I have a table in Oracle, let's say Table1
:
Column - ticketNo - NOT NULL VARCHAR2(10)
Now when I run different queries, I get different outputs, though record is present.
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = '0900000106'; -- Fetches the record
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = '0810087720'; -- Fetches the record
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = '0050001104'; -- Fetches the record
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = '3180000013'; -- Fetches the record
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = '900000100'; -- Does not fetch the record
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = '5889770'; -- Fetches the record
select *
from Table1
where ticketNo = 0900000106; -- Fetches the record
select * from Table1 where ticketNo = 0810087720; -- Fetches the record
select * from Table1 where ticketNo = 0050001104; -- Fetches the record
select * from Table1 where ticketNo = 3180000013; -- Fetches the record
select * from Table1 where ticketNo = 900000100; -- Fetches the record
select * from Table1 where ticketNo = 5889770; -- Fetches the record
I am not able to understand why for the few records '' comparison fails.
I am using SQL Developer to query above.
Oracle IDE 17.4.1.054.0712
For example when your compare ticketNo = 900000106
the character value '0900000106' of ticketNo is converted to number 900000106 and matches the right term of equality.