Oracle Tip – Set Decimal separator for an oracle session
To set in a single session the decimal separator, for example when you need to cast some string in numbers you can use the next istruction :
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ALTER SESSION SET NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS ='. '; |
in this case the “decimal separator” is the point “.”.
if you want the parameter is set inside a procedure or a function you can write like this
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EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ''. '''; |
tested on Oracle version: 10g , 11g
