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Vinnie881
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Posted - 2007-07-06 : 22:37:31
Here is a very useful script I to convert Numbers / Currency to words. I found it online then modified it to work with currency and decimals.

For example if you were to do

select dbo.Currency_ToWords(1235.34)
the output would be

ONE THOUSAND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AND 34/100 CENTS

I figured I'd post this, because I spent 2 hours trying to get it, and could not find a function like this for sql anywhere. enjoy!



Create FUNCTION [dbo].[Currency_ToWords] (
@Input Numeric (38, 3) -- Input number with as many as 18 digits

) RETURNS VARCHAR(8000)

/*
* Converts a integer number as large as 34 digits into the
* equivalent words. The first letter is capitalized.
*
* Attribution: Based on NumberToWords by Srinivas Sampath
* as revised by Nick Barclay
*
* Example:
select dbo.udf_Num_ToWords (1234567890) + CHAR(10)
+ dbo.udf_Num_ToWords (0) + CHAR(10)
+ dbo.udf_Num_ToWords (123) + CHAR(10)
select dbo.udf_Num_ToWords(76543210987654321098765432109876543210)

DECLARE @i numeric (38,0)
SET @i = 0
WHILE @I <= 1000 BEGIN
PRINT convert (char(5), @i)
+ convert(varchar(255), dbo.udf_Num_ToWords(@i))
SET @I = @i + 1
END
*
* Published as the T-SQL UDF of the Week Vol 2 #9 2/17/03
****************************************************************/
AS BEGIN
Declare @Number Numeric(38,0)
set @Number = @Input
Declare @Cents as int
set @Cents = 100*Convert(money,(@Input - convert(Numeric(38,3),@Number)))
DECLARE @inputNumber VARCHAR(38)
DECLARE @NumbersTable TABLE (number CHAR(2), word VARCHAR(10))
DECLARE @outputString VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @length INT
DECLARE @counter INT
DECLARE @loops INT
DECLARE @position INT
DECLARE @chunk CHAR(3) -- for chunks of 3 numbers
DECLARE @tensones CHAR(2)
DECLARE @hundreds CHAR(1)
DECLARE @tens CHAR(1)
DECLARE @ones CHAR(1)

IF @Number = 0 Return 'Zero'

-- initialize the variables
SELECT @inputNumber = CONVERT(varchar(38), @Number)
, @outputString = ''
, @counter = 1
SELECT @length = LEN(@inputNumber)
, @position = LEN(@inputNumber) - 2
, @loops = LEN(@inputNumber)/3

-- make sure there is an extra loop added for the remaining numbers
IF LEN(@inputNumber) % 3 <> 0 SET @loops = @loops + 1

-- insert data for the numbers and words
INSERT INTO @NumbersTable SELECT '00', ''
UNION ALL SELECT '01', 'one' UNION ALL SELECT '02', 'two'
UNION ALL SELECT '03', 'three' UNION ALL SELECT '04', 'four'
UNION ALL SELECT '05', 'five' UNION ALL SELECT '06', 'six'
UNION ALL SELECT '07', 'seven' UNION ALL SELECT '08', 'eight'
UNION ALL SELECT '09', 'nine' UNION ALL SELECT '10', 'ten'
UNION ALL SELECT '11', 'eleven' UNION ALL SELECT '12', 'twelve'
UNION ALL SELECT '13', 'thirteen' UNION ALL SELECT '14', 'fourteen'
UNION ALL SELECT '15', 'fifteen' UNION ALL SELECT '16', 'sixteen'
UNION ALL SELECT '17', 'seventeen' UNION ALL SELECT '18', 'eighteen'
UNION ALL SELECT '19', 'nineteen' UNION ALL SELECT '20', 'twenty'
UNION ALL SELECT '30', 'thirty' UNION ALL SELECT '40', 'forty'
UNION ALL SELECT '50', 'fifty' UNION ALL SELECT '60', 'sixty'
UNION ALL SELECT '70', 'seventy' UNION ALL SELECT '80', 'eighty'
UNION ALL SELECT '90', 'ninety'

WHILE @counter <= @loops BEGIN

-- get chunks of 3 numbers at a time, padded with leading zeros
SET @chunk = RIGHT('000' + SUBSTRING(@inputNumber, @position, 3), 3)

IF @chunk <> '000' BEGIN
SELECT @tensones = SUBSTRING(@chunk, 2, 2)
, @hundreds = SUBSTRING(@chunk, 1, 1)
, @tens = SUBSTRING(@chunk, 2, 1)
, @ones = SUBSTRING(@chunk, 3, 1)

-- If twenty or less, use the word directly from @NumbersTable
IF CONVERT(INT, @tensones) <= 20 OR @Ones='0' BEGIN
SET @outputString = (SELECT word
FROM @NumbersTable
WHERE @tensones = number)
+ CASE @counter WHEN 1 THEN '' -- No name
WHEN 2 THEN ' thousand ' WHEN 3 THEN ' million '
WHEN 4 THEN ' billion ' WHEN 5 THEN ' trillion '
WHEN 6 THEN ' quadrillion ' WHEN 7 THEN ' quintillion '
WHEN 8 THEN ' sextillion ' WHEN 9 THEN ' septillion '
WHEN 10 THEN ' octillion ' WHEN 11 THEN ' nonillion '
WHEN 12 THEN ' decillion ' WHEN 13 THEN ' undecillion '
ELSE '' END
+ @outputString
END
ELSE BEGIN -- break down the ones and the tens separately

SET @outputString = ' '
+ (SELECT word
FROM @NumbersTable
WHERE @tens + '0' = number)
+ '-'
+ (SELECT word
FROM @NumbersTable
WHERE '0'+ @ones = number)
+ CASE @counter WHEN 1 THEN '' -- No name
WHEN 2 THEN ' thousand ' WHEN 3 THEN ' million '
WHEN 4 THEN ' billion ' WHEN 5 THEN ' trillion '
WHEN 6 THEN ' quadrillion ' WHEN 7 THEN ' quintillion '
WHEN 8 THEN ' sextillion ' WHEN 9 THEN ' septillion '
WHEN 10 THEN ' octillion ' WHEN 11 THEN ' nonillion '
WHEN 12 THEN ' decillion ' WHEN 13 THEN ' undecillion '
ELSE '' END
+ @outputString
END

-- now get the hundreds
IF @hundreds <> '0' BEGIN
SET @outputString = (SELECT word
FROM @NumbersTable
WHERE '0' + @hundreds = number)
+ ' hundred '
+ @outputString
END
END

SELECT @counter = @counter + 1
, @position = @position - 3

END

-- Remove any double spaces
SET @outputString = LTRIM(RTRIM(REPLACE(@outputString, ' ', ' ')))
SET @outputstring = UPPER(LEFT(@outputstring, 1)) + SUBSTRING(@outputstring, 2, 8000)


RETURN UPPER(@outputString) + ' DOLLARS & ' +convert(Varchar(20),@Cents) + '/100 CENTS'-- return the result
END

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-06 : 23:00:17
Well. You should have posted this in Script Library Forum

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail
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lawrence.baker
Starting Member

1 Post

Posted - 2007-07-25 : 11:50:21
Tried this function out on SQL Server 2000 and found a small bug. The variable @Number (numeric (38,0))is rounding off to the nearest whole number when assigning the variable @Input when it should be truncating it. So running the number 1234.54 through the function returns the text "One thousand two hundred thirty-five and -46 /100". That's a negative 46 cents. So from a purely mathmatical standpoint, the answer is correct (1235.00 - 0.46 = 1234.54), it's just not right! I changed the data type of the @number variable to an int and everything worked. Thanks again for posting this function - it saved me a good day or two worth of work to figure this out on my own.

Lawrence Baker
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