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cplusplus
Aged Yak Warrior
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 Posted - 2012-12-30 : 10:22:30
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| How to convert a varchar number to decimal with max length 7.select emp_no from employee;emp_no is available in varchar format, now want to convert to decimal.decimal(7,0).example of empnos can be: 320, 7880, 123890, 3425678Thanks a lot for the helpful info. |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7174 Posts |
Posted - 2012-12-30 : 10:34:34
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| Why Decimal?? Can't you convert to int? |
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ScottPletcher
Aged Yak Warrior
550 Posts |
Posted - 2012-12-31 : 11:52:49
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| If you're sure the value is numeric, you can CAST it to the desired data type:CAST(column_name AS decimal(7, 0)) |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2013-01-01 : 23:56:17
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| decimal with scale value of 0 is as good as integer------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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how to convert a varchar to decimal number with 7