> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viraj Luthra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> No, I mean, if (x+y) < 1, that is a value of .92 which it
> prints out, but I want it to print out like, 0.92, that is a
> "0." is concatenateed to the result.
>
> therefore, when i have,
>
> select x+y from blah
>
> I should get 90 when the value is really 90
> and I should get 0.92 when the value is really .92
Here is a starting point to help you.
a) Read the manual on the following functions:
sign
decode
to_char
abs
b) Look at the example below
SQL> select
2 x, y, x + y as x_plus_y,
3 decode (sign (abs (x + y) - 1),
4 -1, to_char (x + y, '0.99'),
5 to_char (x + y, '99')
6 ) as formatted_x_plus_y
7 from t ;
X Y X_PLUS_Y FORMA
---------- ---------- ---------- -----
.7 .3 1 1
-.4 1.8 1.4 1
.2 .16 .36 0.36
13 65 78 78
-20 -16.2 -36.2 -36
1 -1.4 -.4 -0.40
34 -34 0 0.00
7 rows selected.
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