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How to Pass number value to a varchar field [message #678498] Mon, 09 December 2019 09:51 Go to next message
asadkhan_2
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Hi,

I have a requirement that i have a column with data type varchar 2 and number values are being stored in that number. i need the highest value from that column which i am able to get from below query but now i need to pass this query in where clause to the same varchar column.
select MAX (TO_NUMBER (REGEXP_SUBSTR (colname, '\d+'))) colnameFROM tab
now i have below requirement
colname=select MAX (TO_NUMBER (REGEXP_SUBSTR (colname, '\d+'))) colname FROM tab where id=@id);

Thanks
Re: How to Pass number value to a varchar field [message #678499 is a reply to message #678498] Mon, 09 December 2019 10:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: How to Pass number value to a varchar field [message #678500 is a reply to message #678499] Mon, 09 December 2019 10:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ok, so what is the problem?
Re: How to Pass number value to a varchar field [message #678502 is a reply to message #678498] Mon, 09 December 2019 10:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: How to Pass number value to a varchar field [message #678504 is a reply to message #678498] Mon, 09 December 2019 11:18 Go to previous message
Solomon Yakobson
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with sample_data as (
                     select '100,31,12345,17,55' num_list from dual union all
                     select '100,31,-12345,17,55' num_list from dual
                    )
select  num_list,
        xmlcast(xmlquery(concat(concat('max((',num_list),'))') returning content) as number) max_num
  from  sample_data
/

NUM_LIST               MAX_NUM
------------------- ----------
100,31,12345,17,55       12345
100,31,-12345,17,55        100

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