hi
more than likely TOAD is doing it. It is not that uncommon for imported data
to end up as text. some computer system sore numbers as text. I would
investigate your sorce problem from that end. by default excel, ids numbers
as numbers and text as text.
what to do.
enter a one in a cell off the the side. copy it.
then high light your numbers as text and paste special - multiply.

this should convert the numbers as text to numbers.

Regards
FSt1


"VK" wrote:

I am saving my TOAD query results in Excel spreadsheet format. However, when
I open the Excel file, all the numberic values are being stored as text. Is
there a setting in Excel I need to change or is this originating from TOAD
itself?

Thanks =D