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sqlslick
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Posted - 11/29/2012 :  08:53:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey guys,

I have 2 variables below:

@Target (FLOAT)
@Days (INT)

@Days = 182

I am trying to do assign the following calculation to @Target:

@Target = 6/365*@Days

The arithmetic operation above equals a value of 2.99178082 but I need it to display as 3.0 only. However, I keep getting 0 only and I'm not understanding why. I think it is the Datatype I am using but I have tried DECIMAL(3, 3) without success.

Please help!

Thanks,
John

bandi
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India
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Posted - 11/29/2012 :  08:57:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
@Target = 6/(365.0)*Days

(OR)

@Target = 6.0/365*Days

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Chandu
Edited by - bandi on 11/29/2012 08:58:23
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sunitabeck
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Posted - 11/29/2012 :  08:59:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is because of INTEGER division. Force it to be floating point by doing one of the following:
@Target = 6E/365*@Days
@Target = 6.0/365*@Days

You can use ROUND function or cast to decimal ( decimal(18,0) for example) to round off the decimal places.
Edited by - sunitabeck on 11/29/2012 09:00:45
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sqlslick
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Posted - 11/29/2012 :  09:01:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow, that easy eh? I just applied the ROUND() function too and it works perfect!!!

Thank you so much!!!
John
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sunitabeck
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Posted - 11/29/2012 :  09:25:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes:)

More often than not, I end up using CAST to decimal rather than ROUND because of the seemingly rational, but very irrational behavior of ROUND function under certain conditions. If you are interested, the gory details are here:

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=158176
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