Hi, Tom. Please see below script.
create table t0326 (id number, num varchar2(100));
declare
v_empno number:=125854437665589038536841445202964995521300;
begin
dbms_output.put_line('v_empno -- ' || v_empno);
dbms_output.put_line('to_char(v_empno) -- '|| to_char(v_empno));
insert into t0326 values(10, to_char(v_empno));
commit;
end;
/
v_empno -- 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300
to_char(v_empno) -- 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300
select * from t0326;
ID NUM
---------- ------------------------------------------------------------
10 1.2585443766558903853684144520296500E+41
declare
v_empno number:=125854437665589038536841445202964995521300;
v_s_empno varchar2(100);
begin
v_s_empno := to_char(v_empno);
dbms_output.put_line('v_empno -- ' || v_empno);
dbms_output.put_line('to_char(v_empno) -- '|| to_char(v_empno));
dbms_output.put_line('v_s_empno -- '|| v_s_empno);
insert into t0326 values(20, to_char(v_empno));
insert into t0326 values(30, v_s_empno);
insert into t0326 values(40, to_char(v_empno, 'FM999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999'));
commit;
end;
/
v_empno -- 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300
to_char(v_empno) -- 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300
v_s_empno -- 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300
select * from t0326;
ID NUM
---------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
10 1.2585443766558903853684144520296500E+41
20 1.2585443766558903853684144520296500E+41
30 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300
40 125854437665589038536841445202964995521300 It display normal when "to_char(v_empno)" in dbms_output.put_line. But insert to database convert to scientific notation.
I try two solutions to solve this problem. Please see below.
1. use a variable to store to_char(v_empno), then insert this varaible to database.
2. use to_char(xx, FMT) to control the format.
I wonder why "to_char(v_empno)" in dbms_output.put_line is not scientific notation ? why add a temp variable could solve this problem ?
Different environments can have different default values for conversions etc. Here you're seeing a difference between the SQL & PL/SQL engines.
In this code block you're running pure PL/SQL:
declare
v_empno number:=125854437665589038536841445202964995521300;
v_s_empno varchar2(100);
begin
v_s_empno := to_char(v_empno);
dbms_output.put_line('v_empno -- ' || v_empno);
end;
/Whereas with this the insert uses the SQL engine:
declare
v_empno number:=125854437665589038536841445202964995521300;
begin
insert into t0326 values(10, to_char(v_empno));
end;
/
To be certain values are formatted in a particular way use a format mask when doing data type conversions.