Number range doubt

Question

In SQL Server we have some thing like
Select * from Table_Name where Col_Name like '%[0-9]%'
which would get all the row where column has atleast one number. Is there any such functionality in Oracle which is also short in length?

Answer 1

Well! In that case you will need to create a function like the one you will see in the following example. This, of course, is not as simple and elegant as you would have liked it to be. However, it can server the purpose.
SQL> SELECT *
  2  FROM test
  3  /
A
1
1A
B2B
3C
123
AA2
ABC
abc
Abc
assdssf
999ff555333qqq
11 rows selected.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_numbers(p_string varchar2)
  2    RETURN number IS
  3  BEGIN
  4      FOR x IN 1..LENGTH(p_string) LOOP
  5        IF substr(p_string,x,1) BETWEEN '0' AND '9' THEN
  6          RETURN 1;
  7        END IF;
  8      END LOOP;
  9    RETURN 0;
10  END;
11  /
Function created.
SQL> SELECT *
  2  FROM test
  3  WHERE get_numbers(a)=1
  4  /
A
1
1A
B2B
3C
123
AA2
999ff555333qqq
7 rows selected.Anwar