Laura, Are those really zeros in $34,000.05 or are they letter Os? If so use Replace. (Beware of letter l being used instead of numeral 1 as well.)
Any leading or trailing spaces? If so use Trim(unit_cost). Just a couple of quick suggestions. Jack C. Applewhite Database Administrator Austin Independent School District Austin, Texas 512.414.9715 (wk) 512.935.5929 (pager) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Burton, Laura L." To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <BurtonL@prism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> plus.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: To_Number [EMAIL PROTECTED] om 12/05/2002 01:24 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L I have a table which contains a Unit_Cost varchar2(16) which contains $34,000.05. I can enter select to_number('$34,990.08','$999,999,999.99') from dual; and the results is 34990.08. However when I enter select to_number(unit_cost,'$999,999,999.99') from elas.qdr I get ora-01722: invalid number. Is there any other way to do this? I am trying to add a varchar2 field that contains $ and commas. I thought the to_number function would convert the data to a number field. Thanks, Laura -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).