| Oracle® OLAP DML Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14346-03 |
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| Oracle® OLAP DML Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14346-03 |
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(Read-only) The DECIMALCHAR option is the value specified for the NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS option.
DECIMALCHAR only affects the way Oracle OLAP formats numbers in output. When you format numbers for input, use a period (.) for the decimal marker. To use a different decimal marker, enclose the value in single quotes and use the TO_NUMBER function to convert the value from text to a valid number.
Data type
ID
Syntax
DECIMALCHAR
Examples
Example 12-1 Identifying the Decimal and Thousands Markers
The statements in this example show the DECIMALCHAR and THOUSANDSCHAR values.
The following statement might produce a comma as output.
SHOW THOUSANDSCHAR
The following statement might produce a period as output.
SHOW DECIMALCHAR
With these values, the following statement might produce the output that follows it.
SHOW TOTAL(sales) 63,181,743.50
