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sqlserverdeveloper
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2008-06-12 : 16:53:27
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| I am trying to do the following:On running the query select 59/60 - I am getting value as 0.But actual 59/60 is 0.983333I want the select 59/60 to return the actual value which is 0.983333, tried to convert that to int, decimal, float etcbut nothing worked, please let me know what I should do. Thanks!! |
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chiragkhabaria
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-06-12 : 16:55:23
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| try this select 59/60.0Chiraghttp://www.chirikworld.com |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2008-06-12 : 17:14:05
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Check out data type precedence in SQL Server Books Online. In it, you'll see this:quote:
When both operand expressions have the same data type, the result of the operation has that data type.
59/60 is int/int, so you'll get an int returned. It chopped off all of your decimal places. 59/60.0 is int/decimal, so you'll get a decimal returned due to data type precedence.Tara KizerMicrosoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Serverhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/Subscribe to my blog |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2008-06-13 : 01:09:50
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| There's also a blog of Madhi on thishttp://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2008/01/16/beware-of-implicit-conversions.aspx |
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