How to implement ISNUMERIC function in SQL *Plus ?
Submitted by: AdministratorMethod 1:
Select length (translate (trim (column_name),' +-.0123456789',' ')) from dual ;
Will give you a zero if it is a number or greater than zero if not numeric (actually gives the count of non numeric characters)
Method 2:
select instr(translate('wwww',
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',
'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'),'X')
FROM dual;
It returns 0 if it is a number, 1 if it is not.
Submitted by: Administrator
Select length (translate (trim (column_name),' +-.0123456789',' ')) from dual ;
Will give you a zero if it is a number or greater than zero if not numeric (actually gives the count of non numeric characters)
Method 2:
select instr(translate('wwww',
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',
'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'),'X')
FROM dual;
It returns 0 if it is a number, 1 if it is not.
Submitted by: Administrator
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