THOUSANDSCHAR

(Read-only) The THOUSANDSCHAR option is the value specified for the NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS option discussed in NLS Options.

Note:

The value of THOUSANDSCHAR only affects the way Oracle OLAP formats numbers in output. It does not affect the way numbers should be formatted for input.

Data type

Syntax

THOUSANDSCHAR

Examples

Example 23-14 Displaying the Decimal and Thousands Markers

The following statements show the DECIMALCHAR and THOUSANDSCHAR values. Assume that you issue the following statements.

SHOW THOUSANDSCHAR 
SHOW DECIMALCHAR

Assume that a comma is displayed as the marker for THOUSANDSCHAR and that a period is displayed as the marker for DECIMALCHAR. With these values, a SHOW TOTAL(sales) statement would produce the following output.

63,181,743.50