How to convert number to words - ORACLE

Question

I have written a very simple query which result a value 500, i need to convert this value like following:-

old value =     500

new value =  FIVE HUNDERED/=
         


        

Answer 1

Use the force Luke ;)

SqlFiddleDemo

SELECT UPPER(TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(500,'J'),'Jsp')) || '/=' AS new_value
FROM dual;  

The clue is Date in spelled format.

EDIT:

Adding support for negative numbers:

SqlFiddleDemo

WITH cte AS
(
  SELECT 10 AS num      FROM dual
  UNION ALL SELECT -500 FROM dual
  UNION ALL SELECT 0    FROM dual
)
SELECT num AS old_value,
       decode( sign( num ), -1, 'NEGATIVE ', 0, 'ZERO', NULL ) ||
       decode( sign( abs(num) ), +1, to_char( to_date( abs(num),'J'),'JSP') ) || '/=' AS new_value
FROM cte

EDIT 2:##

Adding limited support for float:

SqlFiddleDemo3

WITH cte AS
(
  SELECT 10 AS num       FROM dual
  UNION ALL SELECT -500  FROM dual
  UNION ALL SELECT 0     FROM dual
  UNION ALL SELECT 10.3  FROM dual
  UNION ALL SELECT -10.7 FROM dual
)
SELECT 
  num AS old_value,
  decode( sign( num ), -1, 'NEGATIVE ', 0, 'ZERO', NULL )
  || decode( sign( abs(num) ), +1, to_char( to_date( abs(TRUNC(num)),'J'),'JSP') )
  ||
  CASE
     WHEN INSTR (num, '.') > 0
     THEN  ' POINT ' || TO_CHAR (TO_DATE (TO_NUMBER (SUBSTR(num, INSTR (num, '.') + 1)),'J'),'JSP')
     ELSE NULL
  END AS new_value
FROM cte

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EDIT 3:

for 10.3 output is TEN POINT THREE but it should be TEN POINT THIRTY for 10.3 and TEN POINT THREE for 10.03. How could I achieve this?

Depending of how many digits you want for identity it could be RPADed with 0:

WITH cte AS
(
  SELECT 10.03 AS num FROM dual
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 10.30 FROM dual
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 10.33 FROM dual
)
SELECT 
  num AS old_value,
  decode( sign( num ), -1, 'NEGATIVE ', 0, 'ZERO', NULL )
  || decode( sign( abs(num) ), +1, to_char( to_date( abs(TRUNC(num)),'J'),'JSP') )
  ||
  CASE
     WHEN INSTR (num, '.') > 0
     THEN  ' POINT ' || TO_CHAR (TO_DATE (TO_NUMBER (RPAD(SUBSTR(num, INSTR (num, '.') + 1)
                                                     ,2,'0')
                                                     ),'J'),'JSP')
     ELSE NULL
  END AS new_value
FROM cte;

db<>fiddle demo

Output:

+-------------+------------------------+
|  OLD_VALUE  |       NEW_VALUE        |
+-------------+------------------------+
|      10.03  | TEN POINT THREE        |
|       10.3  | TEN POINT THIRTY       |
|      10.33  | TEN POINT THIRTY-THREE |
+-------------+------------------------+

Answer 2

You could use the J --> JSP trick:

SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(500,'J'),'JSP')||'/=' num_2_words FROM dual;

NUM_2_WORDS
--------------
FIVE HUNDRED/=

To understand how it works, look at this explanation by Thomas Kyte.