RE: SQL function TO_NUMBER()

That's a new-to-me solution. Thanks!

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 5:11 PM
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Subject: Re: SQL function TO_NUMBER()

Taking advantage of the fact that character values and zoned numeric are
the same...

values interpret(binary('123456') as numeric(6,4));

Charles

On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 2:43 PM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a string of numbers (6 characters) that represent a number with 4
decimal places.
I want to convert that in an SQL view to a decimal column.

I have it working, but wasn't sure if there was a "better" way.

Example:
My string looks like this: 234950
I want it to be decimal: 23.4950

My SQL statement works... but it looks like this:

TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(myfield,1,2) || '.' || SUBSTR(myfield,3,4), '00.0000')

To get this to work, I had to concatenate the decimal into the string.
Anyone have a better method?

Greg
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