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 Originally Posted by aryasen
select to_number( substr('12345-6',1,(instr('12345-6','-')-1)) ||substr('12345-6',(instr('12345-6','-')+1),( length('12345-6')-instr('12345-6','-')) ) ) from dual;
It returns "123456" so... it doesn't work.
You have to test!!! 
Last edited by PAVB; 03-04-2010 at 05:50 PM.
Reason: Typo
Pablo (Paul) Berzukov
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