Thousands of dollars

Question

The actual value in the database is 400000, but I would like to see 400 under the column heading 'Contribution|(thousands of dollars)'.
How do I format?

Answer 1

Elegance is my middle name ;)
SQL> create function thousands (k in number) return pls_integer
  2  is
  3  begin
  4    return round(k/1000, 0);
  5  end;
  6  /
Function created.
SQL> select thousands(456777) as "contribution (000s)" from dual
  2  /
contribution (000s)
                457
SQL> Cheers, APC