| TO_NUMBER |
| Converts a string to the NUMBER data type |
TO_NUMBER(<value>[, <format>, <NLS parameter>]) RETURN NUMBER |
CREATE TABLE test (
testcol VARCHAR2(10));
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('12345.67');
SELECT TO_BINARY_DOUBLE(testcol) BIN_DOUBLE, TO_BINARY_FLOAT(testcol) BIN_FLOAT, TO_NUMBER(testcol) NMBR
FROM test; |
| Converts a HEX number to FLOAT |
TO_NUMBER(<value>, <format>); |
SELECT TO_NUMBER('0A', 'XX')
FROM dual; |
| Converts a HEX number to DECIMAL |
TO_NUMBER(<binary_float | binary_double | number>,
'<hex mask>') RETURN <binary_float | binary_double | number>; |
SELECT TO_NUMBER(100000,'XXXXXXXX')
FROM dual; |
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