Date to Number

I have to store year and date in a database column like 'yeardate number(6)'.
I have the year and month being passed to my procedure in a number and character strings respective.
Month's value is like 'MARCH' i.e. a string, and year value is like 2009 i.e. a number.
Now I need to convert the 'MARCH' to 03, and then store the value in the table as a number like 200903.
How should I convert the string 'MARCH' month to a number 03, concatanate it to the year 2009, so that I dont get the error 'ORA-01722: invalid number'

Nag Swamiyyee wrote:
Please dont preach. We all get into jobs where applications are already written, data models are in place, and we have live with them. Reading Thomas Kyte is easy, but to work within a given scope of already developed applications is the challenge. With due respect we all know this truth.¿Preach? I don't 'preach', I pointed you to some links that helped me a lot, others a lot and I hoped they would help you as well.
And :this is not about 'reading=easy', it's about understanding how things work.
If you'd have read, searched and understood some more, then you'd know that: "applications come and go".
Data models and applications are not static.
Its about the data.
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1545206281987#51741210713900
(sorry for yet another link)
You don't adjust the data to your application, you adjust your application to the data.
I've spent quite some time to find out/understand that.
But, if you/your superiors think that it's better to store a DATE as NUMBER datatype, feel free to do so.
But 'the scope' you're refering to can be MySQL/.NET/whatever tomorrow, and then you're out of luck. No more Oracle, but we still need the data.
Just because that query using stored as a NUMBER that should actually be a DATE, crippled the database, since it got frequently used by that application you put so much faith into, but through the years it just couldn't perform anymore. Because you treated the data wrong.
work within a given scope of already developed applications is the challenge.I sincerely wish you the best of luck.
Times change.
Versions change.
So: I'm afraid 'your dream' will be shattered within 2/5 years (unless you're into mainframe-stuff), while the data is still there and still needed. And some other application will be 'sexy' then. For a while....
I'm not preaching, I'm being realistic, since I've been through that myself as well.
It's not about preaching or reading, it's about understanding.
Now, why would I reinvent the wheel if it's already there?
Hence I share links with others, since they really helped me (and many many others).
You should not only read, but also try to understand.
Nothing is static.
Applications are certainly not.
Data is.
You should not try to squash your data into a static application.
Your application should fit your data.

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hi
according to
" then I insert 12345678901234567.1234 (17 digit before decimal point and 4 digit after decimal point and it didn't accept 5 digit after decimal point) and click apply button.
It insert the value as 12345678901234600 (value changed after Apply)"
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bcz u r able to insert the same directely into the table using insert statement so kindely have look on the code if something like this is not happening there.try to check code in related EOimpl class
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