Question

I have a function that I am using to insert values in to my DB. Here is the relevant part of my insert function:

BEGIN
....
INSERT INTO TABLE1   (AMOUNT)
VALUES (pAmount);

……

So this statement works fine, but if pAmount = 531.42, it inserts 531 to my DB. So it does not take into consideration anything after the decimal point. Fyi, I have also tried:

VALUES (to_char(pAmount, '99,999.99'));

And this also cancels the decimal. Is there a quick fix to this?

Answer 1

What is the datatype of the column? If it is NUMBER(10,0) for example then that means 10 digits max, 0 decimal places. You would want NUMBER(10,2) to allows for 2 decimal places for example.