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Converting a string to number and limiting precision and scale

Marius2Aug 15 2008 — edited Aug 20 2008
I have a function that I run from a insert select statement. The purpose of the function is to convert extract the number from the text string and convert it into a number. This part works. The problem lately is that I receive ORA-01438, that the precision is larger than allowed in the target column.

Is there a easy way to check the precision of a number?
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