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	<title>Comments on: Formatting Numbers in Oracle and Postgres</title>
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		<title>By: jason</title>
		<link>http://www.weheartcode.com/2006/10/09/formatting-numbers-in-oracle/comment-page-1/#comment-7</link>
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		<description>This works in postgresql too.

Example:
[sql]
select to_char(5689731, &#039;$9,999,999.00&#039;) AS mysalary
[/sql]

returns

$5,689,731.00</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This works in postgresql too.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
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<div class="sql"><span style="color: #993333; font-weight: bold;">SELECT</span> to_char<span style="color:#006600; font-weight:bold;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">5689731</span>, <span style="color: #ff0000;">'$9,999,999.00'</span><span style="color:#006600; font-weight:bold;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #993333; font-weight: bold;">AS</span> mysalary</div>
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<p>returns</p>
<p>$5,689,731.00</p>
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