SQL Server/Oracle CAST problem

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SQL Server/Oracle CAST problem

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DBASlut
Yak Posting Veteran

71 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-26 : 12:39:48

i have a linked Oracle database that has a view that I use. One of the fields is a NUMBER field in ORACLE. I want to convert the field to a VARCHAR and append some leading zeros to it. But when I CAST the field to a VARCHAR, it gives me the following:
OriginalValue CastedValue
2718525 2.71853e+006

My cast code is CAST(OriginalValue AS VARCHAR(25))
What am I doing wrong?

DBASlut
Yak Posting Veteran

71 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-26 : 12:49:32

hmmm.. i used CONVERT(INT,OriginalValue) and it worked.
i just wanted to avoid doing 2 function calls, ie.
'0000' + CAST(ORIGINALVALUE AS VARCHAR(225))
instead of
'0000' + CAST(CONVERT(INT,ORGINALVALUE) AS VARCHAR(225))

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