+ sign not inserted to Oracle db

Question

I am trying to insert data with the query

UPDATE CONTACTS SET internationalmsisdn = +904562038544 WHERE id = 31328

After executing query, the internationalmsisdn column is shown as 904562038544 . Why do I lost + sign ?

Any idea?

Answer 1

To insert a special character as a string you need to have the column type as varchar and pass the values as ,

UPDATE CONTACTS SET internationalmsisdn = '+904562038544' WHERE id = 31328

Hope this helps !!