CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION APPS.

spell_number (p_number IN NUMBER)

RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
TYPE myArray IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2 (255);

l_str myArray
:= myArray ('',
' thousand ',
' million ',
' billion ',
' trillion ',
' quadrillion ',
' quintillion ',
' sextillion ',
' septillion ',
' octillion ',
' nonillion ',
' decillion ',
' undecillion ',
' duodecillion ');

l_num VARCHAR2 (50) DEFAULT TRUNC (p_number);

l_return VARCHAR2 (4000);
BEGIN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_str.COUNT
LOOP
EXIT WHEN l_num IS NULL;

IF (SUBSTR (l_num, LENGTH (l_num) - 2, 3) <> 0)

THEN
l_return :=
TO_CHAR (TO_DATE (SUBSTR (l_num, LENGTH (l_num) - 2, 3), 'J'),
'Jsp')
|| l_str (i)
|| l_return;
END IF;

l_num := SUBSTR (l_num, 1, LENGTH (l_num) - 3);

END LOOP;

RETURN l_return;
END;
/