Function to convert number to word format.

Question

Dear Friends,
Could you please help me with a code that will take 'sum of all values of a column' as input parameter & return its value in word format.
Number can be negative , it can/can't contain digits after decimal.
i have two ways but it won't work when my no. becomes negative
Moreover i want that it should work on both type of data, numbers without decimal & number with decimal.
that is what i possess:
1)
function CF_1FORMULA return char is
num1 number;
p_number number;
type myArray is table of varchar2(255);
l_str myArray := myArray( '',
' thousand ', ' million ',
' billion ', ' trillion ',
' quadrillion ', ' quintillion ',
' sextillion ', ' septillion ',
' octillion ', ' nonillion ',
' decillion ', ' undecillion ',
' duodecillion ' );
l_num varchar2(50);
l_return varchar2(4000);
begin
num1:=:my_mumber;
     p_number:=num1;
     l_num:=trunc( p_number );
for i in 1 .. l_str.count
loop
exit when l_num is null;
if ( to_number(substr(l_num, length(l_num)-2, 3)) <> 0 )
then
l_return := to_char(
to_date(
substr(l_num, length(l_num)-2, 3),
'J' ),
'Jsp' ) || l_str(i) || l_return||'Rupees';
end if;
l_num := substr( l_num, 1, length(l_num)-3 );
end loop;
return l_return;
end;
and
2)
select to_char(to_date(floor(1234.99),'J'),'Jsp')||' Rupees and '||to_char(to_date((1234.99-(floor(1234.99)))*100,'J'),'Jsp')||' Paise' from dual;
kindly help me.
Thanks & Regards
Vishnu

Answer 1

Common question.
But you will have realised that already if you'd bothered to search the forum...
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=number+to+word&objID=f75&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=30