CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnTS2VC
(
@ts BINARY(8)
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(16)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 1, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 1, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 2, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 2, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 3, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 3, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 4, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 4, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 5, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 5, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 6, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 6, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 7, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 7, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 8, 1) AS TINYINT) / 16, 1)
+ SUBSTRING('0123456789ABCDEF', 1 + CAST(SUBSTRING(@ts, 8, 1) AS TINYINT) % 16, 1)
ENDCall with
SELECT dbo.fnTS2VC(@@DBTS)
You can also use SELECT CAST(@@DBTS AS BIGINT) if you only need to convert the TIMESTAMP value to INTEGER.
Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden
Converting TIMESTAMP to VARCHAR
Posted - 11/23/2006 : 09:58:48
