format the output of a query to two decimal points

[hari vemulapalli]

HI

I have a column named 'Commision'. It is defined as Number(10,2).

But actual values dont have any decimal points means they have values like 1400
11000
like this. ButI want to get the output as 11000.00 ,1400.00 and if it is null I have to get .00.

Can anyone help me???

Thanks

[Shailesh Chandra]

use trunc function to do same

for example

select trunc(14000.00) from dual

SHailesh

[Paul Campbell]

You need to use both TO_CHAR and NVL (same as Coalesce) to do this.

TO_CHAR formats your number to include the decimal.

NVL gives your column a default value if it happens to be null.

SELECT to_char(nvl(your_column_here,0),99999.99)
FROM rbw_leg.clm_li a

[sowmy raj]

You would have to convert the number to a string in order to control the formatting in SQL (since the number 1400 and 1400.00 are identical as numbers). Something like


SELECT to_char( NVL( comission, 0 ), '9999999999.99' )
FROM dual



would probably do the trick.