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Query Output Showing Wrong Results with varchar2 datatype with numbers stored (Doc ID 3072067.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Query output showing wrong results with number data stored in varchar2 column when using max function to the get the maximum value

Changes

 No changes

Cause

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