SQL (Select) based on Excel data

Question

Hi
I have accounts & their status in a Excel file (like below)
Account     status     
1111     1
22222     11
I have like 300 rows in excel file
(sometimes Account will have only 4digits, in that case I want to append '0' in the front)
(sometimes status will have only 1/2digits, in that case I want to append '00', if its one digit and '0' if its two digit)
I want to write a select statement based on those, for example (in this case)
SELECT * FROM SUPPLIER
WHERE (Account = '01111' AND Status = '001')
OR (Account = '22222' AND Status = '011')
How do I write the select for all 300 rows(in excel) at one time? I don't want to use(create) tables. And I am using Oracle version 9
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
I assume this question is just about how to format the numbers, not about directly reading the Ecel file.
To use different formats in different situations, all in the same column, use CASE to to choose the appropriate format, like this:
WITH     my_excel_table     AS
(     -- Begin test data
     SELECT     1 AS n     FROM dual     UNION ALL
     SELECT     22     FROM dual     UNION ALL
     SELECT     333     FROM dual     UNION ALL
     SELECT     4444     FROM dual     UNION ALL
     SELECT     55555     FROM dual     UNION ALL
     SELECT     666666     FROM dual     UNION ALL
     SELECT     7777777     FROM dual
)     -- End test data, cut here
SELECT     n
,     TO_CHAR     ( n
          , 'fm'     
            ||
            CASE
               WHEN     n < 1000     THEN '000'
               WHEN     n < 100000     THEN '00000'
                              ELSE '9999999999'
            END
          )     AS f
FROM     my_excel_table
ORDER BY     n;The code above produces:
         N F
         1 001
        22 022
       333 333
      4444 04444
     55555 55555
    666666 666666
   7777777 7777777As written, this assumes the numbers are all non-negative integers, but it can be modified.
Message was edited by:
Frank Kulash
Sorry if this confused you. I see now that it doesn't really answer your question.
You can use TO_CHAR separately on the two columns:
TO_CHAR (account, 'fm00000')
TO_CHAR (status, 'fm000')
or use LPAD, as Visu demonstrated.
Only use these things for display. In the WHERE-clause (and similar places), you can use leading zeros if you like, but do not use quotes, that is, just say "account = 1111" and "status = 1", or, if you prefer, "account = 01111" and/or "status = 001".