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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T15:54:09+00:00 2026-05-10T15:54:09+00:00

I am selecting rows from a table, but some of the columns are a

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I am selecting rows from a table, but some of the columns are a text type, but they always have numeric data in them. How can I format them as numbers?

e.g. column quantity heading ‘Quantity’ format 999,999

However, since the column in the table is text, the numeric formatting is ignored.

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  1. 2026-05-10T15:54:10+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 3:54 pm

    You will need to TO_NUMBER the column in your query.

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