Checking Special Character for EmpNumber

Hi all,
i want to elimate special characters in my employee number using oracle function
EMPNO CHAR(9)
585856789 --Correct
79799&%3 --InCorrect  (Error Out)
i want to know the query for finding these special characters in my column can anyone help
Thanks in advance

To determine what characters are comprising your empno string, use the DUMP function:
select empno, dump(empno) from emp;In order to limit the result set to only those records with invalid characters, translate out all the valid characters selecting non null values:
select empno, dump(empno) from emp where translate(empno,chr(13)||'0123456789',chr(13)) is not nullThis code assumes that the carriage return character (chr(13)) is invalid. You just need to extend the string of valid characters (currently 0-9) with any additional valid characters so they will be removed as well. Additionally could perform the dump function on the translated string instead of the original empno column so that you only see the invalid characters being dumped.

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