hi guys
i have an question how do you find out weather the column is
numeric or combination of char and numbers or it contains
char,numeric and special characters.

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hi guys i have an question how do you find out weather the column is numeric or combination of c..

Answer / abhishek guddu

In Expression t/f
flag--
iif(is_number(id),to_integer(id),to_char(id))

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hi guys i have an question how do you find out weather the column is numeric or combination of c..

Answer / abhishek kumar

IN EXPRESSION
FLAG->OUTPUTPORT
IIF(IS_NUMBER(ID),1,0)
IN FILTER
CONDITION
FLAG=1 (RETURN NUMERIC )
OR FLAG=0 IT WILL RETUN ALPHABETIC CHARACTER

SECOND WAY
IS WE USE ASCII() FUNCTION
ASCII(ID)>64 IT RETURN ALPHABET
ASCII(ID)<64 IT RETURN NUMBER

THANKS
ABHISHEK GUDDU

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