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I am trying to do a comparison based on a column. Let’s say, if column>5.
select * where column>5
The column contains non digits. I thought Oracle allows one to compare strings (like Java).
Apparently this is not allowed.
ORA-01722: invalid number
01722. 00000 - "invalid number"
Is there a way to do comparisons with non numeric fields?
Thanks
Yes, you have to put the 5 in quotes :