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Convert to number

527448Nov 26 2007 — edited Nov 26 2007

I have a column char(10) that can have a number or null. I need to convert to number, but the problem is that if the numeric value is in the format "###.##" I get an exception, because my database is expecting a number in the format "###,##" (comma instead of period). Is there a work-around for this?
A universal-independet way to work with these types of columns?

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