How to convert the exponential data into number

Question

Hi,
I have a table with a column which is a vaarchar2(60). I have a CSV file in which, I have stored value as 77052512125510000, but it got converted into 7.71E16. And when I have stored the same in the database, it got saved as 7.71E16. How can I get the original value
Please help
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Edited by: Sarma12 on May 25, 2012 3:11 AM

Answer 1

Sarma12 wrote:
The issue is, the data is already copied into the database. Now while retrieving from the database, I am getting that value in the scientific notation and not similar to the data which I have in the CSV file.
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bcm@bcm-laptop:~$ sqlplus user1/user1
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Fri May 25 09:50:02 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
09:50:03 SQL> @test
09:50:07 SQL> drop table test;
Table dropped.
09:50:09 SQL> create table test (id number);
Table created.
09:50:10 SQL> insert into test values (77052512125510000);
1 row created.
09:50:10 SQL> select * from test;
     ID
7.7053E+16
09:50:10 SQL> column id format 999999999999999999999
09:50:10 SQL> select * from test;
              ID
     77052512125510000
09:50:10 SQL>
09:50:10 SQL>