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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;== cast(12.98 as number(2)) example1==&lt;br /&gt;
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   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select cast(12.98 as number(2)) example1&lt;br /&gt;
  2  from   dual;&lt;br /&gt;
  EXAMPLE1&lt;br /&gt;
----------&lt;br /&gt;
        13&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
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== Cast date to char==&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE book(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    title_id   CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    title_name VARCHAR(40)  NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  4    type       VARCHAR(10)  NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  5    pub_id     CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    pages      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    price      DECIMAL(5,2) NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  8    sales      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  9    pubdate    DATE         NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
 10    contract   SMALLINT     NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
 11  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Java&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;,111,21.99,566,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Oracle&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 114,19.95,9566,DATE &amp;quot;1998-04-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;computer&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P02&amp;quot;, 122,39.95,25667,DATE &amp;quot;2000-09-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C++&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 511,12.99,13001,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Python&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 101,6.95,201440,DATE &amp;quot;2001-01-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JavaScript&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 173,19.95,11320,DATE &amp;quot;2000-07-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;LINQ&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 331,23.95,1500200,DATE &amp;quot;1999-10-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C#&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 861,10.00,4095,DATE &amp;quot;2001-06-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T09&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL Server&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 212,13.95,5000,DATE &amp;quot;2002-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T10&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;AJAX&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T11&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VB&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 821,7.99,94123,DATE &amp;quot;2000-11-30&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T12&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Office&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 507,12.99,100001,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T13&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VBA&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 812,29.99,10467,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT &amp;quot;Title &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  2         || title_id&lt;br /&gt;
  3         || &amp;quot; published on &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  4         || CAST(pubdate AS CHAR(10))&lt;br /&gt;
  5           AS &amp;quot;Biography publication dates&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  6    FROM book&lt;br /&gt;
  7    WHERE type = &amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  8      AND pubdate IS NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
  9    ORDER BY pubdate DESC;&lt;br /&gt;
Biography publication dates&lt;br /&gt;
---------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
Title T12 published on 31-AUG-00&lt;br /&gt;
Title T06 published on 31-JUL-00&lt;br /&gt;
Title T07 published on 01-OCT-99&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table book;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Cast decimal to integer==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE book(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    title_id   CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    title_name VARCHAR(40)  NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  4    type       VARCHAR(10)  NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  5    pub_id     CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    pages      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    price      DECIMAL(5,2) NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  8    sales      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  9    pubdate    DATE         NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
 10    contract   SMALLINT     NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
 11  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Java&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;,111,21.99,566,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Oracle&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 114,19.95,9566,DATE &amp;quot;1998-04-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;computer&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P02&amp;quot;, 122,39.95,25667,DATE &amp;quot;2000-09-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C++&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 511,12.99,13001,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Python&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 101,6.95,201440,DATE &amp;quot;2001-01-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JavaScript&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 173,19.95,11320,DATE &amp;quot;2000-07-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;LINQ&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 331,23.95,1500200,DATE &amp;quot;1999-10-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C#&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 861,10.00,4095,DATE &amp;quot;2001-06-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T09&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL Server&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 212,13.95,5000,DATE &amp;quot;2002-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T10&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;AJAX&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T11&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VB&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 821,7.99,94123,DATE &amp;quot;2000-11-30&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T12&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Office&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 507,12.99,100001,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T13&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VBA&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 812,29.99,10467,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT&lt;br /&gt;
  2      price&lt;br /&gt;
  3        AS &amp;quot;price(DECIMAL)&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
  4      CAST(price AS INTEGER)&lt;br /&gt;
  5        AS &amp;quot;price(INTEGER)&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
  6      &amp;quot;&amp;lt;&amp;quot; || CAST(price AS CHAR(8)) || &amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  7        AS &amp;quot;price(CHAR(8))&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  8    FROM book;&lt;br /&gt;
price(DECIMAL) price(INTEGER) price(CHAR&lt;br /&gt;
-------------- -------------- ----------&lt;br /&gt;
         21.99             22 &amp;lt;21.99   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         19.95             20 &amp;lt;19.95   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         39.95             40 &amp;lt;39.95   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         12.99             13 &amp;lt;12.99   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
          6.95              7 &amp;lt;6.95    &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         19.95             20 &amp;lt;19.95   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         23.95             24 &amp;lt;23.95   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
            10             10 &amp;lt;10      &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         13.95             14 &amp;lt;13.95   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                              &amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
          7.99              8 &amp;lt;7.99    &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
price(DECIMAL) price(INTEGER) price(CHAR&lt;br /&gt;
-------------- -------------- ----------&lt;br /&gt;
         12.99             13 &amp;lt;12.99   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         29.99             30 &amp;lt;29.99   &amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table book;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== CAST examples==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; DECLARE&lt;br /&gt;
  2     a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE;&lt;br /&gt;
  3     b VARCHAR2(40);&lt;br /&gt;
  4     c TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE;&lt;br /&gt;
  5  BEGIN&lt;br /&gt;
  6     a := CAST (&amp;quot;24-Feb-2002 09.00.00.00 PM US/Eastern&amp;quot; AS TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE);&lt;br /&gt;
  7     b := CAST (a AS VARCHAR2);&lt;br /&gt;
  8     c := CAST (a AS TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE);&lt;br /&gt;
  9&lt;br /&gt;
 10     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(a);&lt;br /&gt;
 11     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(b);&lt;br /&gt;
 12     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(c);&lt;br /&gt;
 13  END;&lt;br /&gt;
 14  /&lt;br /&gt;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Cast null as timestamp==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT CAST(NULL AS TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE) from dual;&lt;br /&gt;
CAST(NULLASTIMESTAMPWITHLOCALTIMEZONE)&lt;br /&gt;
---------------------------------------------------------------------------&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Cast number to a char==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE book(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    title_id   CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    title_name VARCHAR(40)  NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  4    type       VARCHAR(10)  NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  5    pub_id     CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    pages      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    price      DECIMAL(5,2) NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  8    sales      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  9    pubdate    DATE         NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
 10    contract   SMALLINT     NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
 11  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Java&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;,111,21.99,566,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Oracle&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 114,19.95,9566,DATE &amp;quot;1998-04-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;computer&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P02&amp;quot;, 122,39.95,25667,DATE &amp;quot;2000-09-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C++&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 511,12.99,13001,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Python&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 101,6.95,201440,DATE &amp;quot;2001-01-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JavaScript&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 173,19.95,11320,DATE &amp;quot;2000-07-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;LINQ&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 331,23.95,1500200,DATE &amp;quot;1999-10-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C#&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 861,10.00,4095,DATE &amp;quot;2001-06-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T09&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL Server&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 212,13.95,5000,DATE &amp;quot;2002-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T10&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;AJAX&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T11&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VB&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 821,7.99,94123,DATE &amp;quot;2000-11-30&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T12&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Office&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 507,12.99,100001,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T13&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VBA&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 812,29.99,10467,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT CAST(sales AS CHAR(7))&lt;br /&gt;
  2         || &amp;quot; copies sold of title &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  3         || title_id&lt;br /&gt;
  4           AS &amp;quot;Biography sales&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  5    FROM book&lt;br /&gt;
  6    WHERE type = &amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  7      AND sales IS NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
  8    ORDER BY sales DESC;&lt;br /&gt;
Biography sales&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
1500200 copies sold of title T07&lt;br /&gt;
100001  copies sold of title T12&lt;br /&gt;
11320   copies sold of title T06&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table book;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Cast string to date type before comparison==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table emp&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ( empno      NUMBER(4)    constraint E_PK primary key&lt;br /&gt;
  3  , ename      VARCHAR2(8)&lt;br /&gt;
  4  , init       VARCHAR2(5)&lt;br /&gt;
  5  , job        VARCHAR2(8)&lt;br /&gt;
  6  , mgr        NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  7  , bdate      DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  8  , sal       NUMBER(6,2)&lt;br /&gt;
  9  , comm       NUMBER(6,2)&lt;br /&gt;
 10  , deptno     NUMBER(2)    default 10&lt;br /&gt;
 11  ) ;&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(1,&amp;quot;Tom&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;N&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Coder&amp;quot;, 13,date &amp;quot;1965-12-17&amp;quot;,  800 , NULL,  20);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(2,&amp;quot;Jack&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JAM&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;,6,date &amp;quot;1961-02-20&amp;quot;,  1600, 300,   30);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(3,&amp;quot;Wil&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;TF&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;,6,date &amp;quot;1962-02-22&amp;quot;,  1250, 500,   30);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(4,&amp;quot;Jane&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JM&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Designer&amp;quot;, 9,date &amp;quot;1967-04-02&amp;quot;,  2975, NULL,  20);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(5,&amp;quot;Mary&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;,6,date &amp;quot;1956-09-28&amp;quot;,  1250, 1400,  30);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(6,&amp;quot;Black&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Designer&amp;quot;, 9,date &amp;quot;1963-11-01&amp;quot;,  2850, NULL,  30);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(7,&amp;quot;Chris&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;AB&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Designer&amp;quot;, 9,date &amp;quot;1965-06-09&amp;quot;,  2450, NULL,  10);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(8,&amp;quot;Smart&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SCJ&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Coder&amp;quot;, 4,date &amp;quot;1959-11-26&amp;quot;,  3000, NULL,  20);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(9,&amp;quot;Peter&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;CC&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Designer&amp;quot;,NULL,date &amp;quot;1952-11-17&amp;quot;,  5000, NULL,  10);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(10,&amp;quot;Take&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JJ&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;,6,date &amp;quot;1968-09-28&amp;quot;,  1500, 0,     30);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(11,&amp;quot;Ana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;AA&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Coder&amp;quot;, 8,date &amp;quot;1966-12-30&amp;quot;,  1100, NULL,  20);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(12,&amp;quot;Jane&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;,   6,date &amp;quot;1969-12-03&amp;quot;,  800 , NULL,  30);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(13,&amp;quot;Fake&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;MG&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Coder&amp;quot;, 4,date &amp;quot;1959-02-13&amp;quot;,  3000, NULL,  20);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into emp values(14,&amp;quot;Mike&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;TJA&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;,   7,date &amp;quot;1962-01-23&amp;quot;,  1300, NULL,  10);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select e.ename as emp&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ,      m.ename as Designer&lt;br /&gt;
  3  from   emp m&lt;br /&gt;
  4         JOIN&lt;br /&gt;
  5         emp e&lt;br /&gt;
  6         ON e.mgr = m.empno&lt;br /&gt;
  7  where  e.bdate &amp;gt; date &amp;quot;1965-01-01&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  8  order  by emp;&lt;br /&gt;
EMP      DESIGNER&lt;br /&gt;
-------- --------&lt;br /&gt;
Ana      Smart&lt;br /&gt;
Chris    Peter&lt;br /&gt;
Jane     Black&lt;br /&gt;
Jane     Peter&lt;br /&gt;
Take     Black&lt;br /&gt;
Tom      Fake&lt;br /&gt;
6 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table emp;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Cast table of numbers==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table num_tab (col1 number(10));&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE numberTableType AS TABLE OF NUMBER(10);&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
Type created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE address_list (list_id VARCHAR2(6)PRIMARY KEY,&lt;br /&gt;
  2                   home_addresses numberTableType )&lt;br /&gt;
  3                   NESTED TABLE home_addresses STORE AS home_addreses_tab;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO address_list VALUES (&amp;quot;H101&amp;quot;,numberTableType(1001,1002,1003,1004));&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; declare&lt;br /&gt;
  2    v_numberVarryType numberTableType := numberTableType(NULL,NULL,NULL);&lt;br /&gt;
  3  begin&lt;br /&gt;
  4    v_numberVarryType(1):=1001;&lt;br /&gt;
  5    v_numberVarryType(2):=1002;&lt;br /&gt;
  6    v_numberVarryType(3):=1003;&lt;br /&gt;
  7    insert into num_tab select column_value from TABLE(CAST(v_numberVarryType AS numberTableType));&lt;br /&gt;
  8  end;&lt;br /&gt;
  9  /&lt;br /&gt;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select * from num_tab;&lt;br /&gt;
  COL1&lt;br /&gt;
------&lt;br /&gt;
  1001&lt;br /&gt;
  1002&lt;br /&gt;
  1003&lt;br /&gt;
3 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table num_tab;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table address_list;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Cast varchar to char==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE book(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    title_id   CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    title_name VARCHAR(40)  NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  4    type       VARCHAR(10)  NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  5    pub_id     CHAR(3)      NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    pages      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    price      DECIMAL(5,2) NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  8    sales      INTEGER      NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
  9    pubdate    DATE         NULL    ,&lt;br /&gt;
 10    contract   SMALLINT     NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
 11  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Java&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;,111,21.99,566,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Oracle&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 114,19.95,9566,DATE &amp;quot;1998-04-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;computer&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P02&amp;quot;, 122,39.95,25667,DATE &amp;quot;2000-09-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C++&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 511,12.99,13001,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Python&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 101,6.95,201440,DATE &amp;quot;2001-01-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;JavaScript&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 173,19.95,11320,DATE &amp;quot;2000-07-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;LINQ&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 331,23.95,1500200,DATE &amp;quot;1999-10-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;C#&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 861,10.00,4095,DATE &amp;quot;2001-06-01&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T09&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;SQL Server&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;children&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 212,13.95,5000,DATE &amp;quot;2002-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T10&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;AJAX&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T11&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VB&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;psychology&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P04&amp;quot;, 821,7.99,94123,DATE &amp;quot;2000-11-30&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T12&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Office&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P01&amp;quot;, 507,12.99,100001,DATE &amp;quot;2000-08-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO book VALUES(&amp;quot;T13&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;VBA&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;P03&amp;quot;, 812,29.99,10467,DATE &amp;quot;1999-05-31&amp;quot;,1);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT&lt;br /&gt;
  2      CAST(sales AS CHAR(8))&lt;br /&gt;
  3      || &amp;quot; copies sold of &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  4      || CAST(title_name AS CHAR(20))&lt;br /&gt;
  5        AS &amp;quot;History and biography sales&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  6    FROM book&lt;br /&gt;
  7    WHERE sales IS NOT NULL&lt;br /&gt;
  8      AND type IN (&amp;quot;history&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;biography&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  9    ORDER BY sales DESC;&lt;br /&gt;
History and biography sales&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
1500200  copies sold of LINQ&lt;br /&gt;
100001   copies sold of Office&lt;br /&gt;
11320    copies sold of JavaScript&lt;br /&gt;
10467    copies sold of VBA&lt;br /&gt;
9566     copies sold of Oracle&lt;br /&gt;
566      copies sold of Java&lt;br /&gt;
6 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table book;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== select cast(null as date ) example3==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select cast(null as date ) example3&lt;br /&gt;
  2  from   dual;&lt;br /&gt;
EXAMPLE3&lt;br /&gt;
---------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== select cast(&amp;quot;oak&amp;quot; as char(10) ) example2==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select cast(&amp;quot;oak&amp;quot; as char(10) ) example2&lt;br /&gt;
  2  from   dual;&lt;br /&gt;
EXAMPLE2&lt;br /&gt;
----------&lt;br /&gt;
oak&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Use Date to cast string to date type==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE price_avg&lt;br /&gt;
  2  (product  VARCHAR(20)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  ,whn      DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  4  ,price    DECIMAL(10,2)&lt;br /&gt;
  5  ,PRIMARY KEY (product,whn)&lt;br /&gt;
  6  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_avg VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2006-05-19&amp;quot;, 10);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_avg VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2006-05-20&amp;quot;, 10);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_avg VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2006-05-21&amp;quot;, 10.5);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_avg VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2006-05-22&amp;quot;, 10.5);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE price_delta&lt;br /&gt;
  2  (product  VARCHAR(20)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  ,whn      DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  4  ,price    DECIMAL(10,2)&lt;br /&gt;
  5  ,PRIMARY  KEY (product,whn)&lt;br /&gt;
  6  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_delta VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2001-01-01&amp;quot;, 10);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_delta VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2006-05-21&amp;quot;, 10.5);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_delta VALUES (&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2005-06-15&amp;quot;, 9);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_delta VALUES (&amp;quot;Product B&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2001-01-01&amp;quot;, 12);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO price_delta VALUES (&amp;quot;Product B&amp;quot;,DATE &amp;quot;2005-06-15&amp;quot;, 13);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT price&lt;br /&gt;
  2    FROM price_avg&lt;br /&gt;
  3   WHERE product=&amp;quot;Product A&amp;quot; AND whn=DATE &amp;quot;2006-05-20&amp;quot;;&lt;br /&gt;
     PRICE&lt;br /&gt;
----------&lt;br /&gt;
        10&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; DROP TABLE price_avg;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; DROP TABLE price_delta;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Admin</name></author>	</entry>

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