Re: Cast char to number

I don't understand what you mean. This is a column in a table that is
already a char and has numbers in it. I want it to be a number field
not character. How can I change the data type of that column without
loosing the data I have in it?

Christine

At 11:38 AM 24/02/2010, you wrote:
>In response to Christine Penner <christine(at)ingenioussoftware(dot)com>:
>
> > I have a character field I want to change to a number. The values in
> > that field are all numbers that may or may not be padded with spaces
> > or 0's. What is the best way to do that?
>
>Put the values in numeric fields to begin with and cast to chars as
>needed. Basically reverse what you're doing.
>
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