Hi all,
I have a VB 6.0 application that interacts with an MS Access backend. I am in the process of converting it so that it interacts with SQL Server 2000. The current applications uses Cint, CStr, etc. functions which are MS-Access specific, so I am now switching over to Convert (or Cast) function. The problem is that there are certain places wherein I first need to store the value of the resultant CAST/Convert function in a variable and then use that value in a SQL statement. However, I cant seem to figure out a way of storing the results from CAST/CONVERT functions in the VB 6.0 variable. All the examples on Internet show use of these functions directly in an SQL statement e.g. "Select CAST(title as Int) from xyz", etc.
Can anybody tell me how can i get the values to be stored in the variable? I am really stuck here and cant seem to progress.
Dear Experts,Ok, I hate to ask such a seemingly dumb question, but I'vealready spent far too much time on this. More that Iwould care to admit.In Sql server, how do I simply change a character into a number??????In Oracle, it is:select to_number(20.55)from dualTO_NUMBER(20.55)----------------20.55And we are on with our lives.In sql server, using the Northwinds database:SELECTr.regionid,STR(r.regionid,7,2) as a_string,CONVERT(numeric, STR(r.regionid,7,2)) as a_number,cast ( STR(r.regionid) as int ) as cast_to_numberFROM REGION R1 1.00112 2.00223 3.00334 4.0044SELECTr.regionid,STR(r.regionid,7,2) as a_string,CONVERT(numeric, STR(r.regionid,7,2) ) as a_number,cast (STR(r.regionid,7,2) as numeric ) as cast_to_numberFROM REGION R1 1.00112 2.00223 3.00334 4.0044Str converts from number to string in one motion.Isn't there a simple function in Sql Server to convertfrom string to number?What is the secret?Thanks
Have the following in my SELECT statement, which I'm having issues with when I modify it to include a CAST or a CONVERT.
CONCAT(PER.[PERSON-REF],ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY PER.[PERSON-REF] ORDER BY TEN.[tenancy-ref])) AS 'ID'How do I convert or cast it to a varchar (20)?
We have a 3rd party application that connects to our SQL 2005 as a external database source.
Our external database has a 'datein' field that for some reason is stored as a varchar(50).
I can use cast to convert the field to datetime, but how would I then format to the yyyy-mm-dd format in the same select statement(using in view)?
I need to convert this field to a format of YYYY-MM-DD in order for the 3rd party application to search on it correctly. Below is an example of the data -- FieldName = DateIn DateType = Varchar(50) 2006-07-06 Sep 12 2007 11:16AM 2007-07-19 Oct 2 2007 12:24PM 2007-08-19 Oct 31 2007 8:00PM Sep 15 2007 9:25AM 2007-08-18 Oct 16 2007 7:01PM Oct 30 2007 11:15AM Aug 29 2007 8:54AM Aug 29 2007 8:38PM Aug 25 2007 2:33PM
I have a table with all varchar data for all different fields for money and int etc. I want to do a calcuation in one field with the rule as below:
UPDATE [dbo].[tblPayments] SET [PreInjuryWage]= CASE WHEN [WeekNo]<14 THEN ([MaxWorkCover]+ [WeeklyEarnings] )/0.95 ELSE ([MaxWorkCover] + 0.80 * [WeeklyEarnings] ) /0.80 END
I tried this command after many other ways of tries
UPDATE [dbo].[tblPayments1] SET [PreInjuryWage]= CASE WHEN [WeekNo]<14 THEN CAST ( (cast([MaxWorkCover] as money )+ cast([WeeklyEarnings] as money ))/0.95 AS Varchar(10) ) ELSE CAST ( (convert(money, [MaxWorkCover] + (0.80 * convert(money, [WeeklyEarnings] )) )/0.80 ) as varchar(10)) END
The structure of the table ( its a legacy table from 2000 i beleive)
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblPayments]( [PaymentID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [ClaimID] [int] NOT NULL, [WeekNo] [smallint] NULL,
[code]....
Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type varchar.
select @Agg1= Cast(cast(cast(cast(Max(TotMatch) as decimal) / cast((Max(TotNoMatch) + Max(TotMatch)) as decimal)* 100 as int) - 100 as int) as varchar) + '%' FROM #Rpt;
if i try this it is giving me answer in -2% how i can remove the - sign
also if I try the same statement in different way. well I am going to post in other post.
Hi people, I am trying to use Aggregate function like count or average on a column which has a datatype Varchar. In order to use avg or count on it , I am doing a cast on it. If somebody has use Cast/Convert with aggregate function please help me Thanks Jesal
How do I use the CAST or CONVERT function in the code below, I require a third column (named Diff) which Minus the StartTime from the EndTime and the result is outputted in the third column (named Diff).
Calculation: @Diff = (@EndTime - @StartTime)
I still want the variables (@StartTime and @EndTime) to remain as nvarchar.
The code:
DECLARE @StartTime nvarchar(10) = '12:10'; DECLARE @EndTime nvarchar(10) = '12:30'; DECLARE @Diff time(1) = '00:00'; SELECT @StartTime AS '@StartTime', @EndTime AS '@EndTimes', @Diff AS '@Diff';
I have created a SQL Stored Procedure that uses a Case statement todetermine the Order By. For one of the Case statements I am trying toturn a Char field into Datetime in for the Order By, however I can notget it to work. Can someone please take a look and my code below andtell me what I am doing wrong. Thank you.ORDER BYCASE WHEN @SortBy = 'dttm_stamp' THEN dttm_stamp End,CASE WHEN @SortBy = 'Event_Date1' THEN CAST(CONVERT(char(10),Event_Date1,101) as datetime) End,CASE WHEN @SortBy = 'FullName' THEN Emp_lastname + ', ' +Emp_firstname End,CASE WHEN @SortBy = 'FullName Desc' THEN Emp_lastname + ', ' +Emp_firstname End DESC,CASE WHEN @SortBy = 'Emp_SSN' THEN Emp_SSN End
I have been having some trouble trying to get the date format YYYYMMDD 00:00:00.00 to convert to MM/DD/YYYY. I am using SQL 2005 and Reporting Services. I attempted several variations to solve this problem as outlined below, with the final working conclusion at the end. I am not saying that this is the BEST or the ONLY way to achieve the solution, but it worked for me.
Code Block --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT DATE_TIME AS DATE1 FROM TRANSLOG --returns value of 20071027 02:26:24.06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME) AS DATE1 FROM TRANSLOG --returns value of 2007-10-27 02:26:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT LEFT(CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME),11) AS DATE1 FROM TRANSLOG --returns value of Oct 27 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT CAST(SUBSTRING(DATE_TIME,0,9) AS SMALLDATETIME) AS DATE1 FROM TRANSLOG --returns value of 2007-10-27 00:00:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), DATE_TIME, 103) FROM TRANSLOG --although this works with GETDATE(), it does not work with the DATE_TIME field --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME), 101) AS DATE1 FROM TRANSLOG --THIS WORKS!!! Displaying 10/27/2007
Hi I have a varchar(8000) and currently XML files are stored in varchar(8000).Some times when i am doing manuplactions in my varchar column i am getting with special characters error. so now i want to keep my column varchar(MAX) and when i am doing calculations i will convert my varchar datatype to xml datatype. By doing this i hope there wont be any special character problems. When i am doing calculations with the wellformed xml i am getting error for both convert and cast methods as below I am trying to do convert(xml,MyVarcharColumn) Implicit conversion from data type xml to nvarchar is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query. Also i tried with casting and getting same problme. is there any way to convert
All of my currency columns are only storing 2 decimal places when I insert into the database but when I pull out the data with a SELECT statement, I always get 4 decimal places instead of the 2 that were inserted. For example: Database Price SELECT statement Price 100.56 100.5600 I have tried to use the CAST and/or CONVERT commands but I cannot get the output to come out as 100.56. Has anyone had a similar problem? Thanks
This is because a date of 04/16/2014 will show as 160416 in the first part of the field I need to parse it out of, thus becoming 04162014.
From there I then need to convert this "date" into a legitimate SQL datetime type, so that I can then run a DATEDIFF to compare it to when the record was actually entered, which is a separate field in the table, and already in datetime format.
When I use the below statement, I am getting the message that, "Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string."
I am getting an invalid cast specification when I call dtexec and try to /SET a user variable within the package that is defined as a string data type. Is there any solution to this? I have tried passing the GUID with {} w/o {} w/ '' w/ "" etc.. many variations... and still get an invalid cast specification. Is there a data type that I need to set the User variable to besides String? The User Variable is used to Select records from a SQL data source where the GUID is stored. I do not have an option of GUID data type for a User Variable.
Using OnSelected on the SqlDataSource----here is my currect code:private void On_Load(Object sender, SqlDataSourceCommandEventArgs e){if (e.Command.Parameters["@DueDate"].Value = "NULL"){e.Command.Parameters["@DueDate"].Value = "0000-00-00 00:00:00.000";}} I am trying to change the value from NULL(in a datetime field) to "0000-00-00 00:00:00.000" for use on the page.Any ideas, suggestions, or thoughts would be greatly appreciated! ,Gary"we truly fail, only when we quit."
Hi, I have dates in "mmddyy" format coming from the sources and they are older dates of mid 80s like 082580 for instance.
When I cast it this way (DT_DBTIMESTAMP) Source_Date , It says ok but throws a runtime error.
When I hardcode a date in same format, (DT_DBTIMESTAMP) "082580" , It becomes red (an indication of syntax error) . Please note that we use double quotes in expressions in Derived Column Transformation; So an anticipation that using double quotes over single ones would be the syntax problem would be wrong.
I need to convert the number of rows returned from a column in a table & assign it to a variable, so I can use it to control a loop. So far no joy. The T-SQL used is :
SELECT COUNT(column_name) FROM table AS column_alias GO SET @numberofrows = column_alias GO
Any suggestions? I have declared all variables etc. The headache seems to be the converting from the column alias.
Dim subtot As Double Dim tax As Double Dim tot As Double subtot = "0.00" Dim sql As String sql = "SELECT items.qty, products.descrip, products.price FROM items INNER JOIN products ON items.productid = products.id WHERE (items.orderid = " & Request.QueryString("oid") & ")"Dim objConn As New SqlConnection("Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|AllStar.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True") Dim cmdCustomers As New SqlCommand(sql, objConn)Dim dataReader As SqlDataReader objConn.Open() dataReader = cmdCustomers.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)While dataReader.Read subtot = subtot + (dataReader.GetValue(0) * dataReader.GetValue(2)) End While tax = (subtot * 0.07) tot = (subtot + tax) Label1.Text = subtot Label2.Text = tax Label3.Text = tot ---------------------------------------- How to a convert the variable tax to just two decimals? I tried label2.text = CType(tax, Double) but that didn't work either Thanks in advance
I am trying to assign @sql variable to @total, where @sql is a sqlstatement stored on the database, however what I am getting is itsstring value and not its calcuation. Could anybody help?DECLARE my_cursor CURSOR FORSELECT sqlstatement from Sn_SalesReportdeclare @sql varchar(255), @total varchar(20)OPEN my_cursorFETCH NEXT FROM my_cursor INTO @sql-- Check @@FETCH_STATUS to see if there are any more rows to fetch.WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0BEGINSET @total = (@sql)print @total-- This is executed as long as the previous fetch succeeds.FETCH NEXT FROM my_cursorINTO @sqlENDCLOSE my_cursorDEALLOCATE my_cursorI tried this SET @total = EXEC (@sql), but no successRod
Hi there, I've a question regaarding datatype conversions... I can't convert the above mentioned datatype. I always get an error message that the conversion fails. Doesn't matter If convert or cast is used.
How would you convert the above mentioned variable into float???
I have created one variable name migration_start datetime which give me default format of 6/11/2015 1:26 AM...But I expecting to get in 2015-06-11 01:26:22.813 format.I have used below expression betting getting issue with that
I have a table that has a DATE field named. AccountingDate that is in the format YYYY-MM-DD. It's not a VARCHAR field. I simply want to convert this date field into the format MM/DD/YYYY and call it New_Accounting_Date.
I've played with various combinations of CAST & CONVERT but haven't been able to get it to work.
Below is my latest effort which returns the error:
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'as'
What code would work to return a MM/DD/YYYY value for New_Accounting_Date?
Select GLBATCH.AccountingDate, convert(GLBATCH.AccountingDate as date),101) AS New_Accounting_Date from GLBATCH
Here's a problem description I read on another post but I have the same issue:
I am trying to Import Data from a csv file into a SQL Sever table. The Data being imported has a Unique Identifier in it but it is being considered as DT_WSTR datatype in SSIS
When i directly try to import, it gives an error:
The conversion returned status value 2 and status text "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".
I Tried to use Data Conversion to convert it to DT_GUID and import into SQL Server table but it again throws the above error. Anyone has a clue?
