We have the fixed format data and it has the number with plus/minus sign, like +00005 or -00005. We’d like to convert it to number but Redshift seems not to allow implicit conversion. So, I temporarily use to_number(replace(<numbercolumn>, ‘+’, ”),’99999′) But I guess there should be more better solutions. Anyone know more smart way, your advice would be highly appreciated.
Tag: numeric
Extract number between two characters in Hive SQL
The query below outputs 1642575.0. But I only want 1642575 (just the number without the decimal and the zero following it). The number of delimited values in the field varies. The only constant is that there’s always only one number with a decimal. I was trying to write a regexp function to extract the number between ” and .. How
In Hive, how to convert an array of string to an array of numeric numbers
I have a hive table that looks like the following: I want the result to be the following: I need to convert them into an array of float so that I can use them in ST_Constains(ST_MultiPolygon(), st_point()) to determine if a point is in an area. I am new to Hive, not sure if that is possible, any help would
Casting the Bigint number Returns NULL
I need o convert a integer value to the highest data type in hive as my value is of 25 digits NULL value will be returned for the above select stmnt; I am very well aware that the supplied number is greater than the largest number of Bigint. But we are getting such values upon which i have to calculate
MySQL – Select only numeric values from varchar column
Consider the following table : How can I write a select statement that would only return the numeric values like SQLFiddle Answer
How do I search for a five digit number in a string column?
What I’m trying to do is determine (Using Teradata SQL) if a person’s zip code has accidently been put on an address line. I’ve looked on various forums and I can’t find any similar questions. Ultimately, I would want to write something like: Any ideas? Target database is Teradata 13.x Answer If you want to inspect the entire column to
Extract first numeric part of field
I have a database (Postgres 7.4) field for address Example Data The queries I get all but I don’t want 123 main street I get the results I want My question is how do I just match the numeric part of the address? Answer Returns 1 or more digits from the start of the string. Leave out the anchor ^