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This document discusses Oracle SQL functions for converting between numbers, characters, and dates. It provides examples of using TO_CHAR to convert numbers to formatted character strings, TO_NUMBER to convert characters to numbers, and TO_DATE to convert characters to dates. Functions can format output or interpret nonstandard date formats.

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Char Num Date Student Notes

This document discusses Oracle SQL functions for converting between numbers, characters, and dates. It provides examples of using TO_CHAR to convert numbers to formatted character strings, TO_NUMBER to convert characters to numbers, and TO_DATE to convert characters to dates. Functions can format output or interpret nonstandard date formats.

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Character/Number/Date Conversions NUMBER VARCHAR2/CHAR DATE

FROM A NUMBER TO_CHAR TO_CHAR(38923, '$99,999.99') TO_CHAR(salary, '$99,999.99') SELECT TO_CHAR(23930, $99,999.00') FROM DUAL; SELECT TO_CHAR(salary, '$99,999.99') AS "Salary" FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'Abel'; FROM CHAR TO NUMBER TO_NUMBER converts a character string containing digits to a numeric data type, it accepts one parameter which is a column value (postal_code) or a string literal('12345') SELECT TO_NUMBER (postal_code) AS Code FROM locations; SELECT TO_NUMBER('98367') AS Code FROM DUAL; SELECT TO_CHAR(-23930, '99999PR') AS "Negative Number" FROM DUAL SELECT TO_CHAR(23930, '$99,999') AS "Currency" FROM DUAL SELECT TO_CHAR(23930, '$099,999') AS "Leading Zeros" FROM DUAL

FROM A DATE TO CHAR **consider the source..did it come from a table where the column was already configured as "date" datatype or it character data SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'Day, Month DDTH,YYYY ') AS "Birthday" FROM DUAL; SELECT TO_CHAR(hire_date,'Day, Month DDTH,YYYY ') AS "Birthday" FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'Abel'; SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('14-FEB-1943'),'Day Month ddTH YYYY' ) As "Valentine's Day" FROM DUAL; SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'fmDy DD-Mon-YYYY HH24:MI:SS AM') as "Current Time" FROM DUAL; FROM CHAR TO DATE
**WHEN DATE IS NOT IN DEFAULT FORMAT, SHOW ITS FORMAT

SELECT TO_DATE('February 20, 2003', 'Month DD, YYYY') AS "date" FROM DUAL; SELECT TO_DATE('January 1, 1900', 'Month DD, YYYY') AS "date" FROM DUAL;
**WHEN DATE IS IN DEFAULT FORMAT

SELECT TO_DATE('25-FEB-02') AS "date" FROM DUAL;

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