Purpose
TO_CHAR(character) converts a value of the NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, or CLOB data type to a value of the VARCHAR2 data type.
Note
When you use this function to convert a LOB value to a value of the database character set, the database returns an error if the LOB value to be converted is larger than the target type.
Syntax
TO_CHAR(character)
Parameters
character is the expression to be converted to the VARCHAR2 data type. It can be of the NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, or CLOB data type.
Return type
The return type is VARCHAR2.
Examples
The following example converts the string 010101 to a character string.
obclient> SELECT TO_CHAR('010101') FROM DUAL;
+-------------------+
| TO_CHAR('010101') |
+-------------------+
| 010101 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set