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Question : Subtract number and pad as 3 digits in Oracle 9i
Oracle 9i environment.
I need to read the first 3 digits of a field, subtract 400 from it, and ensure the result remains as three digits.
The code I am working with is as follows:
TO_CHAR(TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(m
y_field,1,
3))-400,'0
09')
It is returning the correct value, but the next step in the process fails and says it cant read the value. I suspect it is because it is looking for a number, and this has converted it to CHAR.
Normaly the - 400 is not required and the code is simply
SUBSTR(my_field,1,3) which works perfectly
examples:
523 should return 123
403 should return 003
Any thoughts on how to acheive this and keep it as a number. maybe LENGTH ?
Answer : Subtract number and pad as 3 digits in Oracle 9i
sorry
lpad(TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(my_f
ield,1,3))
-400,3,'0'
)
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