Oracle publisher problem with integers and doubles

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hello every body;

i want to create a report with oracle publisher 11g

I create the model, i check for data every thing is ok.

but when i create the report based on this model there some not displayed.

when i try to check the problem i found this:

1-when the data is double type therse no problem for displaying

2-when the data is integer type, only date whitout camma "," are siplayed : it means: 123 is diplayed: 123,4 is not!!!

i searched but no thing found

plz any solution?

thank you at advance.

BluShadow · Answer

to_number is a function that takes either a DATE datatype or a VARCHAR2 datatype and returns a number from it.

By supplying a numeric datatype it will first implicitly convert it to a string (varchar2) and then to a NUMBER.

To avoid implicit conversion, you would be better to use the cast function e.g.

CAST(columnname AS NUMBER)

BluShadow · Answer

You do realise that integer values don't have decimal precision?  That's the definition of an integer.

Aouadj N · Answer

thank you for your response.

i have resolved the problem by adding to_number(field) in my views at the database

and it works fine.

thank you a lot