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What are the date, character, converstion functions in oracle?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: August 11, 2009     Asked by: razaa 
  
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August 11, 2009 12:07:16   #1  
Waseem Mehmood Member Since: November 2007   Contribution: 11    

RE: What are the date, character, converstion functions in oracle?

There are three types of conversions
1- TO_DATE
2- TO_CHAR
3- TO_NUMBER

TO_DATE:
use to convert charector into data by giving format mask.

TO_CHAR:
use to convert number into charecter and date into charecter

TO_NUMBER:
use to convert cherector into number by giving format mask.

If you want more clerification then reply i will explain it with examples.


 
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