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Add Currency Sign £, $ to certain fields ORACLE

I have a table of values that represent money, I want to prefix the SQL query output with a £ sign.

Is there anyway of doing this?

Answer 1

You can

SELECT to_char( column_name, '£999,999,999.99' ) 
  FROM table_name

assuming you want to hard-code the currency symbol and the formatting. If you want to use the session’s NLS settings to determine the appropriate currency symbol and grouping symbol

SELECT to_char( column_name, 'L999G999G999D99' ) 
  FROM table_name

Breaking that down

• L is the local currency symbol
• G is the grouping symbol (a comma in the US)
• D is the decimal separator (a period in the US)