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Bjcascone
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 Posted - 2009-06-08 : 09:33:57
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| I am trying to update the column type of a table from Varchar(75) to Decimal Using the command:Alter Table [DB].dbo[tablename]Alter Column [columnName]Decimal (4)There is currently no data in the fields i am updating they are all going to be blank untill i insert new data in them.I am getting the error "Error Converting data type varchar to numeric"Is there a better way to do this?Thank you for your help!Brian |
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raky
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2009-06-08 : 09:47:36
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| When there is no data in that column then just drop that varchar column and recreate the same column with decimal datatype and do as u like further... |
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Bjcascone
Starting Member
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Posted - 2009-06-08 : 10:03:04
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| How would i drop a select few columns and then recreate them? |
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Bjcascone
Starting Member
37 Posts |
Posted - 2009-06-08 : 10:13:45
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| I figured it out! it was operator error!! Thank you for your help. |
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Update columns from Varchar to Decimal