Hi-
I am trying the following example.
create table mytest (a float, b float(8))
declare @a FLOAT
declare @b varchar(10)
set @b = '0.4'
set @a = @b
PRINT @a
The result is 0.40000000000000002.
Can some one tell me what am I doing wrong? Appreciate your time.
- Sarat
I have a sp that receive a rango of float values,and I need to convert this values to a varchar(20).
I am trying the next but I got a strange result.
@intNoTarjIni = 121456790
set @strTarjeta=cast(@intNoTarjIni as varchar(20))
returns: 1.21457e+008
set @strTarjeta=convert( varchar(20),@intNoTarjIni)
returns:1.21457e+008
How can I convert sucessfully a float to varchar?
Hi -
My field TDMergerVotePercent is defined as a float field. I want it to return 'NA' when the value is -1 but I'm getting the error message
'Error converting data type varchar to float' in my aspx page. Is there where the CAST function can be used? Thanks
CASE
WHEN TDMergerVotePercent = -1 THEN 'NA'
WHEN TDMergerVotePercent IS NULL THEN ''
ELSE TDMergerVotePercent
END AS TDMergerVotePercent
Hi all,
I'm trying to update a table as follows:
Where in the table i got.
OldCol; a varchar
NewCol; Float
Update tbl set newCol = cast(float,oldcol)
Where isNumeric(oldcol) =1
But it give me the follwong error:
Error converting data type from Varchar to Float.
Any suggestion?
Is this possible? I'm trying to user a lookup task and the data I want to compare is a varchar to float. How can I do this? I tried using the data conversion task and it didn't work and also tried cast and convert. Is this even possible or is there a way around it?
thanks,
Hi,
Can I convert from float to varchar without trunc the values? Can I use any mask like '#.##'?
from -> cast ( 123.44 as varchar(256) )
result = '123.44'
thanks,
I've three columns:
Length Width Height
1.5 2.5 10
2 3.7 19
in Query I want to display Like 1.5 X 2.5 X 10 (Length, Width, Height).....
???
Hello,
Is there a way to convert varchar or char to float?
Thank you
I have a field in my database that is stored as varchar. The values are usually contain a decimal, and should have really been a float or decimal. In order for me to do analytics in my BI environment, I need to convert this to a float or decimal.
eg of values.
10.00
20.00
0.00
15.00
or could be missing when I use cast(value as float) or cast(value as decimal(9,2)) or convert(float, value) I get an error
Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 2
Error converting data type varchar to numeric.
I have the following CASE statement:
SELECT CASE WHEN [TBL_whole_rock_geochem].au = 0 THEN '<' + [TBL_ActLab_codes].[Au] ELSE [TBL_whole_rock_geochem].[Au] END AS [Au det]
It errors on the highlighted code.
Error converting data type nvarchar to float
the code should return :
<0.5
<1
I have tried '<' + ISNUMERIC([TBL_ActLab_codes].[Au]) but received this error
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '<' to data type int.
How I can concatenate the < with a float value?
I'm trying to find a way to format a FLOAT variable into a varchar inSQL Server 2000 but using CAST/CONVERT I can only get scientificnotation i.e. 1e+006 instead of 1000000 which isn't really what Iwanted.Preferably the varchar would display the number to 2 decimal placesbut I'd settle for integers only as this conversion isn't businesscritical and is a nice to have for background information.Casting to MONEY or NUMERIC before converting to a varchar works finefor most cases but of course runs the risk of arithmetic overflow ifthe FLOAT value is too precise for MONEY/NUMERIC to handle. If anyoneknows of an easy way to test whether overflow will occur and thereforeto know not to convert it then that would be an option.I appreciate SQL Server isn't great at formatting and it would be fareasier in the client code but code this is being performed as adescription of a very simple calculation in a trigger, all stored tothe database on the server side so there's no opportunity for clientintervention.Example code:declare @testFloat floatselect @testFloat = 1000000.12select convert(varchar(100),@testFloat) -- gives 1e+006select cast(@testFloat as varchar(100)) -- gives 1e+006select convert(varchar(100),cast(@testFloat as money)) -- gives1000000.12select @testFloat = 12345678905345633453453624453453524.123select convert(varchar(100),cast(@testFloat as money)) -- givesarithmetic overflow errorselect convert(varchar(100),cast(@testFloat as numeric)) -- givesarithmetic overflow errorAny suggestions welcome...CheersDave
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi 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???
Hi,
I have a excel file and i am trying to import zip codes to the database... but the some of the zip codes start with 06902 but the excel file treats them as float but i want to treat them as varchar...
How can i do it.
Regards
Karen
Error converting data type varchar to float.
I am getting this error. Any one there to guide me
hello anyone... i got this message "Error converting data type varchar to float" when i was trying to insert values into table using instead of trigger...
below is my table ClimateData
quote:USE [PVMC Database]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[ClimateData] Script Date: 03/26/2008 03:04:44 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ClimateData](
[Climate_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ClimateData_Climate_application_id] DEFAULT (newid()),
[Latitude] [float] NULL,
[Longitude] [float] NULL,
[Altitude] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[Climate_type] [varchar](100) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_ClimateData_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[Climate_application_id] ASC
)WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO
USE [PVMC Database]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[ClimateData] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_ClimateData_Photovoltaic] FOREIGN KEY([PV_application_id])
REFERENCES [dbo].[Photovoltaic] ([PV_application_id])
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE
Below is photovoltaic table
quote:USE [PVMC Database]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Photovoltaic] Script Date: 03/26/2008 03:06:58 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic](
[PV_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Photovoltaic_PV_application_id] DEFAULT (newid()),
[PV_site] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_state] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_type_of_system] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_nominal_power] [float] NULL,
[PV_module] [varchar](150) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_mounting] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_building_type] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_topology] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_new_or_retrofit] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_period_of_design] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_period_of_construction] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_commissioning_date] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Photovoltaic_PV_commissioning_date] DEFAULT (getdate()),
[PV_site_photo] [varbinary](max) NULL,
[PV_peak_nominal_rating] [float] NULL,
[User_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[Org_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Photovoltaic_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[PV_application_id] ASC
)WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO
USE [PVMC Database]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Photovoltaic_OrganizationDetail] FOREIGN KEY([Org_application_id])
REFERENCES [dbo].[OrganizationDetail] ([Org_application_id])
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Photovoltaic_Users] FOREIGN KEY([User_application_id])
REFERENCES [dbo].[Users] ([User_application_id])
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE
Below also my command for instead of trigger
quote:set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go
CREATE trigger [tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] on [dbo].[v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] instead of insert as
BEGIN
insert Photovoltaic (PV_site, PV_state, PV_type_of_system, PV_nominal_power, PV_module,
PV_mounting)
select distinct inserted.PV_site, inserted.PV_state, inserted.PV_type_of_system,
inserted.PV_nominal_power, inserted.PV_module, inserted.PV_mounting
from inserted left join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site
and inserted.PV_state = Photovoltaic.PV_state
and inserted.PV_type_of_system = Photovoltaic.PV_type_of_system
and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_nominal_power
and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_module
and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_mounting
where Photovoltaic.PV_site IS NULL /*** Exclude Organization Detail already in the table ***/
insert ClimateData (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Climate_type, PV_application_id)
select distinct inserted.Latitude, inserted.Longitude, inserted.Altitude, inserted.Climate_type,
Photovoltaic.PV_application_id
from inserted inner join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site
left join ClimateData on inserted.Latitude = ClimateData.Latitude
and inserted.Longitude = ClimateData.Longitude
and inserted.Altitude = ClimateData.Altitude
and inserted.Climate_type = ClimateData.Climate_type
where ClimateData.Latitude IS NULL /*** Exclude Organization Types already in the table ***/
END -- trigger def
and finally, i hav tried using this command to insert into table v_PhotovoltaicClimateData.. this is the command to insert
quote:insert into v_PhotovoltaicClimateData(PV_site, PV_state, PV_type_of_system, PV_nominal_power,
PV_module, PV_mounting, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Climate_type)
values ('CETDEM', 'Sequ Inspection', 'Cheras', 34.44, 'ew', 'ewew',
34343.44, 323.32, 'ewew', 'ewewe')
and i got this error...
quote:Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Procedure tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, Line 6
Error converting data type varchar to float.
so anyone... plzz help me...
Hello everyone... i have some problem with instead of trigger... after insert values into v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, i got this error, Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Procedure tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, Line 6
Error converting data type varchar to float.
below is my DDL for Photovoltaic table
quote:CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic](
[PV_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Photovoltaic_PV_application_id] DEFAULT (newid()),
[PV_site] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_state] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_type_of_system] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_nominal_power] [float] NULL,
[PV_module] [varchar](150) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_mounting] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_building_type] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_topology] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_new_or_retrofit] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_period_of_design] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_period_of_construction] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_commissioning_date] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Photovoltaic_PV_commissioning_date] DEFAULT (getdate()),
[PV_site_photo] [varbinary](max) NULL,
[PV_peak_nominal_rating] [float] NULL,
[User_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
[Org_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Photovoltaic_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[PV_application_id] ASC
)WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
Below is my DDL for ClimateData table
quote:CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ClimateData](
[Climate_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ClimateData_Climate_application_id] DEFAULT (newid()),
[Latitude] [float] NULL,
[Longitude] [float] NULL,
[Altitude] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[Climate_type] [varchar](100) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL,
[PV_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_ClimateData_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[Climate_application_id] ASC
)WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
below is my v_PhotovoltaicClimateData
quote:CREATE VIEW [dbo].[v_PhotovoltaicClimateData]
AS
SELECT dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_site, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_state, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_type_of_system, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_nominal_power,
dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_module, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_mounting, dbo.ClimateData.Latitude, dbo.ClimateData.Longitude, dbo.ClimateData.Altitude,
dbo.ClimateData.Climate_type
FROM dbo.ClimateData INNER JOIN
dbo.Photovoltaic ON dbo.ClimateData.PV_application_id = dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_application_id
below is my instead of trigger command...
quote:CREATE trigger [tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] on [dbo].[v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] instead of insert as
BEGIN
insert Photovoltaic (PV_site, PV_state, PV_type_of_system, PV_nominal_power, PV_module,
PV_mounting)
select distinct inserted.PV_site, inserted.PV_state, inserted.PV_type_of_system,
inserted.PV_nominal_power, inserted.PV_module, inserted.PV_mounting
from inserted left join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site
and inserted.PV_state = Photovoltaic.PV_state
and inserted.PV_type_of_system = Photovoltaic.PV_type_of_system
and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_nominal_power
and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_module
and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_mounting
where Photovoltaic.PV_site IS NULL /*** Exclude Photovoltaic already in the table ***/
insert ClimateData (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Climate_type, PV_application_id)
select distinct inserted.Latitude, inserted.Longitude, inserted.Altitude, inserted.Climate_type,
Photovoltaic.PV_application_id
from inserted inner join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site
left join ClimateData on inserted.Latitude = ClimateData.Latitude
and inserted.Longitude = ClimateData.Longitude
and inserted.Altitude = ClimateData.Altitude
and inserted.Climate_type = ClimateData.Climate_type
where ClimateData.Latitude IS NULL /*** Exclude Climate Data already in the table ***/
END -- trigger def
this is my commad insert values using instead of trigger that i've created...
quote:insert into v_PhotovoltaicClimateData(PV_site, PV_state, PV_type_of_system, PV_nominal_power,
PV_module, PV_mounting, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Climate_type)
values ('CETDEM', 'Sequ Inspection', 'Cheras', 34.44 , 'ew', 'ewew',
34343.44, 323.32, 'ewew', 'ewewe')
after execute this commad, i got this error..
quote:Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Procedure tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, Line 6
Error converting data type varchar to float.
what should i do??? anyone help me.
I have created a stored procedure that contain this field (below) inorder to meet certain criteria. But my problem is when I try to runthe stored procedure I encounter an error "Error converting data typevarchar to float".CASE Final WHEN 0 THEN '--' ELSE Final END AS FinalGradeThe Final field is a float data type.Could anyone teach me how to fix this problem?
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Hi,
I have a excel file which i want to import the data to sql server... The sql server Data type for that particular column is
varchar and it has a contraint too like the data should be in this fashion 00000-0000 or 00000...
but when i try to import the data from the excel to sql server... 08545 just becomes 8545 (cause excel is treating it as a float) and so my insert fails...
what can i do to rectify the problem...
regards
Karen
I HAVE ONE COLUMN CONTAING THE INTEGER TYPE DATA COMING in UNIX DATE FORMAT. NEED TO CONVERT IT TO THE SQL SERVER DATE TIME FORMAT.
NOTE: UNIX IS STORING THE DATE IN SECONDS STARTING FROM 1970/1/1
ANYBODY CAN HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
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I can't take full credit for this. I want to share this with Jeff Moden who did the important research for this calculation here.
All I did was just adapting some old code according to the mantissa finding Jeff made and optimized it a little
Some test codeDECLARE@SomeNumber FLOAT,
@BinFloat BINARY(8)
SELECT@SomeNumber = -185.6125,
@BinFloat = CAST(@SomeNumber AS BINARY(8))
SELECT@SomeNumber AS [Original],
CAST(@SomeNumber AS BINARY(8)) AS [Binary],
dbo.fnBinaryFloat2Float(CAST(@SomeNumber AS BINARY(8))) AS [Converted],
@SomeNumber - dbo.fnBinaryFloat2Float(CAST(@SomeNumber AS BINARY(8))) AS [Error]
And here is the code for the function.CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnBinaryFloat2Float
(
@BinaryFloat BINARY(8)
)
RETURNS FLOAT
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE@Part TINYINT,
@PartValue TINYINT,
@Mask TINYINT,
@Mantissa FLOAT,
@Exponent SMALLINT,
@Bit TINYINT,
@Ln2 FLOAT,
@BigValue BIGINT
SELECT@Part = 1,
@Mantissa = 1,
@Bit = 1,
@Ln2 = LOG(2),
@BigValue = CAST(@BinaryFloat AS BIGINT),
@Exponent = (@BigValue & 0x7ff0000000000000) / EXP(52 * @Ln2)
WHILE @Part <= 8
BEGIN
SELECT@Part = @Part + 1,
@PartValue = CAST(SUBSTRING(@BinaryFloat, @Part, 1) AS TINYINT),
@Mask =CASE WHEN @Part = 2 THEN 8 ELSE 128 END
WHILE @Mask > 0
BEGIN
IF @PartValue & @Mask > 0
SET @Mantissa = @Mantissa + EXP(-@Bit * @Ln2)
SELECT@Bit = @Bit + 1,
@Mask = @Mask / 2
END
END
RETURNSIGN(@BigValue) * @Mantissa * POWER(CAST(2 AS FLOAT), @Exponent - 1023)
END
Thanks again Jeff!
Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden
I have looked far and wide and have not found anything that works to allow me to resolve this issue.
I am moving data from DB2 using the MS OLEDB Provider for DB2. The OLEDB source sees the column of data as DT_TEXT. I setup a destination to SQL Server 2005 and everything looks good until I try and run the package.
I get the error:
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft DB2 OLE DB Provider" Hresult: 0x80040E21 Description: "Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: Failed to retrieve long data for column "LIST_DATA_RCVD".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: There was an error with output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324) on output "OLE DB Source Output" (287). The column status returned was: "DBSTATUS_UNAVAILABLE".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: The "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" failed because error code 0xC0209071 occurred, and the error row disposition on "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: The PrimeOutput method on component "OLE DB Source" (277) returned error code 0xC0209029. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing.
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I am trying to create a store procedure inside of SQL Management Studio console and I kept getting errors. Here's my store procedure.
Code Block
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sqlOutlookSearch]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
@OLIssueID int = NULL,
@searchString varchar(1000) = NULL
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
-- Insert statements for procedure here
IF @OLIssueID <> 11111
SELECT * FROM [OLissue], [Outlook]
WHERE [OLissue].[issueID] = @OLIssueID AND [OLissue].[issueID] = [Outlook].[issueID] AND [Outlook].[contents] LIKE + ''%'' + @searchString + ''%''
ELSE
SELECT * FROM [Outlook]
WHERE [Outlook].[contents] LIKE + ''%'' + @searchString + ''%''
END
And the error I kept getting is:
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sqlOutlookSearch, Line 18
The data types varchar and varchar are incompatible in the modulo operator.
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sqlOutlookSearch, Line 21
The data types varchar and varchar are incompatible in the modulo operator.
Any help is appreciated.
For the life of me I cannot figure out why SSIS will not convert varchar data. instead of using the table to table method, I wrote a SQL query so that I could transform the datatype ntext to varchar 512 understanding that natively MS is going towards all Unicode applications.
The source fields from Access are int, int, int and varchar(512). The same is true of the destination within SQL Server 2005. the field 'Answer' is the varchar field in question....
I get the following error
Validating (Error)
Messages
Error 0xc02020f6: Data Flow Task: Column "Answer" cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode string data types.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004706b: Data Flow Task: "component "Destination - Query" (28)" failed validation and returned validation status "VS_ISBROKEN".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004700c: Data Flow Task: One or more component failed validation.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0024107: Data Flow Task: There were errors during task validation.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
DTS used to be a very strong tool but a simple import such as this is causing me extreme grief and wondering of SQL2005 is ready for primetime. FYI SP1 is installed. I am running this from a workstation and not on the server if that makes a difference...
Any help would be appreciated.
I have a table that contains a lot of demographic information. The data is usually small (<20 chars) but ocassionally needs to handle large values (250 chars). Right now its set up for varchar(max) and I don't think I want to do this.
How does varchar(max) store info differently from varchar(250)? Either way doesn't it have to hold the container information? So the word "Crackers" have 8 characters to it and information sayings its 8 characters long in both cases. This meaning its taking up same amount of space?
Also my concern will be running queries off of it, does a varchar(max) choke up queries because the fields cannot be properly analyzed? Is varchar(250) any better?
Should I just go with char(250) and watch my db size explode?
Usually the data that is 250 characters contain a lot of blank space that is removed using a SPROC so its not usually 250 characters for long.
Any insight to this would be appreciated.
Does it make a difference if I use the Float or Int data type for a field such as ReceiptNumber or CheckNumber?
Thanks for any thoughts,
Hi!
I'm quite new to SQL Server. I need to set a float datatype to display something like 3.55. However, all values that are stored in the float column are truncated to 4 or some other single digit. How can this be prevented?
Regards,
Sam
Hello everyone,
I am sure this is a newbie question as I am new to Microsoft SQL server but any help is greatly appreciated. I am populating a SQL database from an AS400. The decimal numbers from the AS400 are coming accross with extra decimals. (ie. 63.02 is coming accross as 63.0200001)
Is there a way to limit the number of decimals in a float or real field - or a SQL command I can put in a script to truncate each field to 2 decimal places after they are populated.
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We are having problems with rounding errors on large monetary calculations in sql server 6.5
The calculations include float fields (for volumes and unit of measure conversions in product movements). I was wondering if the float being "approximate" could be the problem.
IF it is, why would I want to store things as a float instead of a dec(28,14)?
Is it faster to compute numbers stored as approximate binaries? Will we see a big performance hit if we switch some of the table`s field`s to decimals?
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Hi,
why does converting integer to float take so long? Its a column with about 5 Million rows.
I want to avoid cast(inumber1 as float) / cast(inmuber2 as float), thats why converting them. Queries should be a bit faster after that.. hope so :)
Thanks a lot
I have some engineering data in my table and the db designer is representing it with a float datatype. Here's what is happening. If I query on a record based on id num and get a row and put it in text boxes in my Windows App, min_riv_hd_dia (the float) is 0.026<14 zeroes>2. If I try to query and get that same record again but this time based on id num and min_riv_hd_dia equal to 0.026<14 zeroes>2, I get no row found. If I just do a select on this row based on id number, sql server displays it as 0.026. But if I query with 0.026 as my value, still the row is not found. If I query min_riv_hd_dia > 0.026, the record is found.
So my question is, how can I tell the exact value that must be input in my search criteria in order to find this row?
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Hi there
I have two Databases
in both databases are fields with float - no null
If I am transfering data from one database to the other everything works well unless there is a comma in the field ( 0,99 or 123,456 )
"SQLAString = "Insert into InventurDaten (Artikelnummer,Hauptartikelnummer,Auspraegung,Arti kelbezeichnung,Artikeltext1,EDVEingang ,EDVAusgang,InventurmengeEDV) values ('" & ArtNr & "','" & ArtNrT & "','" & AP & "','" & ArtBez & "','" & ArtText & "'," & EDVEingang & "," & EDVAusgang & "," & ArtMenge & ")"
"
where EDVEingang and EDVAusgang are defined as float, no null
Then the programm stops with the following message:
Within the INSERT-Procedure there are less columns then there are Contents in the Value-Clause.
I have to finish the programm until tomorrow morning and don't know what the problem is.
If anybody has an idea, please let me know.
regards
Reiner
When should I choose decimal over float and vice versa?
Mike B