Not sure if this is the best way but you could do something like SELECT TO_CHAR(10000,'9999999.999') FROM DUAL;
Only drawback that I have been running into is if you don't allot of enough spaces before the decimal it display a value of ########. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:14 PM > How do I force display of a FLOAT > > in a format like > > Original number Result > 1234.34 1234.340 > 12345.456 12345.456 > 123.1 123.100 > 123 123.000 > > > The dev on a project wants to preformat the data for a report on the > database side. > > He wants 3 places after the decimal to display even if the number is a whole > number.... > > (I know most VB report controls do this easily....but...) > > I thought it was complicated as it would require a to_char with format > description then searching for the postion of the decimal and then moving > from there to the right counting the characters if the number of characters > to the right of the decimal was < 3 then pad with zeros... > > I messed around with RPAD, TRUNC, ROUND and TO_CHAR and found I was not able > handle all cases of possible significant digits. > > Sounded like a complicated function to do something thats automagic in a > reporting control. Or am I forgetting a oracle function....or fomat? > > This is 8.1.7.... > > I told the developer to use the field formatting contols of his reporting > control because the additional zeros padded in a number are basically > meaningless in a database and mathematical operations. > > Brad O. > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Odland, Brad > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jay 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).
