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arkiboys
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1433 Posts |
 Posted - 2012-10-15 : 05:51:17
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| Both the following select and set return correct values heredeclare @Value decimal(20, 10) = 87.8764566declare @ValuePrevious decimal(20, 10) = 86.48456540select ((@Value - @ValuePrevious)/@ValuePrevious) * 100 set @ValueFinal = ((@Value - @ValuePrevious) / @ValuePrevious) * 100.0print @ValueFinalI am using a cursor with the above set statementI can not see why in my cursor the set returns 0.0000000000Do you see why please? |
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lionofdezert
Aged Yak Warrior
885 Posts |
Posted - 2012-10-15 : 06:00:19
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| arki, you have to share your cursor code, as its hard to guess, whats actually missing ?--------------------------http://connectsql.blogspot.com/ |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2012-10-15 : 22:31:13
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Originally posted by arkiboys
Both the following select and set return correct values heredeclare @Value decimal(20, 10) = 87.8764566declare @ValuePrevious decimal(20, 10) = 86.48456540select ((@Value - @ValuePrevious)/@ValuePrevious) * 100 set @ValueFinal = ((@Value - @ValuePrevious) / @ValuePrevious) * 100.0print @ValueFinalI am using a cursor with the above set statementI can not see why in my cursor the set returns 0.0000000000Do you see why please?
please dont cross postdidnt you get solution here?http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=179760------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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arkiboys
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1433 Posts |
Posted - 2012-10-16 : 00:35:03
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| Solved by not using a cursor.Thanks |
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wrong calculation