To_number conversion error in OWB runtime

Question

I have a mapping in OWB 10.1.0.5 that does something like that :
select t1.a_field,to_number(t2.a_stringField)
from a_table t1
an_other_table@source_schemas@source_database t2
where (....)
the t2.a_stringField may contain:
'1256'
'5'
'12'
'5,8'
when I run my mapping from SQL_PLUS
begin
my_mapping.main();
end;
it works well,
but when I run my mapping with OWB, my mapping terminates with errors on the line containing a decimal value (the line with coma decimal separator).
I deployed my mapping over three similar database (developpement,test,production) and the problem appends for just one of them !
any idea ?
these are my database parameter :
NLS_TERRITORY     AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS '.,'
the paramters for the current user (target schemas):
NLS_TERRITORY     FRANCE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS ',.'
my 'source_database' parameters :
NLS_TERRITORY     AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS '.,'
and the parameters for the user 'source_schemas' :
NLS_TERRITORY     FRANCE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS ',.'

Answer 1

Hi Jean,
I think you need to change NLS_LANG to the same value as on your other two servers (and don't forget to restart OWB runtime).
Or you can specify nls parameter in TO_NUMBER function:
TO_NUMBER('9,5','999D99', 'NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = '', ''')
Regards,
Oleg