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  1. #1
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    Hi All

    Can anybody explain this

    Oracle Version 8.0.5 Windows NT and HP UNIX

    SQLPLUS> select to_number('54.12','99.99') from dual;
    54.12
    SQLPLUS>c/54.12/,
    SQLPLUS>;
    select to_number(',','99.99') from dual;
    SQLPLUS> /
    5.12


    Any idea about this ?????

    TIA
    Santosh

  2. #2
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    Hrm, did it on 8i and 8.0.5 and got the same result.

    <font face="courier">
    SQL> select to_number('54.12', '99.99') from dual;

    TO_NUMBER('54.12','99.99')
    --------------------------
    54.12

    SQL> c/54.12/,
    1* select to_number(',', '99.99') from dual
    SQL> /

    TO_NUMBER(',','99.99')
    ----------------------
    0

    SQL>
    </font>


  3. #3
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    I agree with pwoneill. It is the same when i tried on 8.1.6 and 8.0.4 on solaris and aix

    SQL> select to_number('54.12','99.99') from dual;

    TO_NUMBER('54.12','99.99')
    ==========================
    54.12

    SQL> c/54.12/,
    1* select to_number(',','99.99') from dual
    SQL> /

    TO_NUMBER(',','99.99')
    ======================
    0

    SQL>


    You might require some patch.

    Sam

  4. #4
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    Thanks for the answers

    its happening only in 8.0.5 , other versions are fine

    santosh

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    SQL> select * from v$version;

    BANNER
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
    PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
    CORE Version 4.0.5.0.0 - Production
    TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
    NLSRTL Version 3.3.2.0.0 - Production

    SQL> select to_number('54.12','99.99') from dual;

    TO_NUMBER('54.12','99.99')
    --------------------------
    54.12

    SQL> c/54.12/,
    1* select to_number(',','99.99') from dual
    SQL> /

    TO_NUMBER(',','99.99')
    ----------------------
    4.12

    If its a bug , i couldn't find anything in metalink?
    any idea about the bug number???

    Thanks
    Santosh

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    Was it on HP, NT, or both? Maybe it's platform specific, I'm on Solaris.

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    On HP and NT both.

    Thanks,
    Santosh

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    Hi pwoneill

    Can you please send me the output of the V$version view from 8.0.5 database

    TIA
    Santosh

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    I just recently applied the 8.0.5.2.1 patch so mine is

    SQL> select * from v$version;

    BANNER
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.2.1 - Production
    PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.2.0 - Production
    CORE Version 4.0.5.0.0 - Production
    TNS for Solaris: Version 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
    NLSRTL Version 3.3.2.0.0 - Production

    SQL>

    The readme.txt for the patch is at [url]ftp://192.86.152.21/pub/patches/patchsets/610/80521/README.txt[/url] . It's actually in HTML format but they saved it as a .txt, so for easier reading you might have to save it and open it locally in a browser.

    The only thing regarding to_number in the patch set is "PLSQL assignment using TO_NUMBER dumps when ORA-1722 expected"

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    Thanks

    Let me try the 8.0.5.2.1 Patchset


    Santosh

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