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turbohao
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2009-11-30 : 09:09:19
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| greetingsI try to convert an integer to a decimal value COUNT(book_id) from booksi have a value 6,i want to have 6.00i try to convert it withCAST(count(book_id) as DECIMAL(1,2)) FROM booksdoes anyone know the correct syntax? |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2009-11-30 : 09:15:41
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| 1 count(book_id)*1.002 CAST(count(book_id) as DECIMAL(12,2))MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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rajdaksha
Aged Yak Warrior
595 Posts |
Posted - 2009-11-30 : 09:16:14
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| HiCOUNT always returns an int data type value.-------------------------R... |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
8781 Posts |
Posted - 2009-11-30 : 09:31:10
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To make it more clear:6.00 would be DECIMAL(3,2)1000.9 would be DECIMAL(5,1)125.345 would be DECIMAL(6,3)So DECIMAL(1,2) is not possible.
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2009-11-30 : 09:34:52
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| yeah as DECIMAL (p,s) represents value with p precision (total number of digits p) and scale s (number of digits after decimal point s) |
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turbohao
Starting Member
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Posted - 2009-12-01 : 04:31:09
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| thanks for the explenation :) |
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convert an int to a decimal value