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mdhingra01
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2004-08-19 : 15:17:58
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| I was trying to convert a char field to numeric, but I get te following error:Error converting data varchar to numeric.My syntax is as follows:Select convert(numeric (4),f_year) from osrinit |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2004-08-19 : 15:28:03
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| You might have data that can't be converted to numeric. Use the IsNumeric function to find these.Also, you might try numeric(4,1). But if f_year is just years, then just use smallint.Tara |
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