I have a Column called PostNr which is of type Char(4)
I want to be able to Convert it to int
How can I accomplish that in query analyser, I tried changing it in Ent Manager, it keeps timing out.
I data in Post is in this format, does not contain illegal character just number
I'm looking through some data in a third party application, trying to figure something out for a report. There is a char(1) column holding control characters that apparently effects the status of certain records, and whether they should appear on the report. I want to look at the integer value of those characters rather than the character representation, but I can't get it to work. I keep getting "Error converting data type varchar to numeric." I'm trying to do something like this:
Code:
SELECT CONVERT(int, MyColumn) As IntValue FROM MyTable
I've tried every combination of cast and convert I can think of, as well as numeric data types other than int. There aren't that many distinct values, so I'm just going to do this manually, but I still want to know why it won't work, or what I'm doing wrong. Any thoughts?
Hi all,I have a column LateHours (Varchar). I want to put it in another table which has Latehours column in Decimal(4,2) Example = +04:33 Should be 4.33 (Only + values) Char to Decimal (4,2) Please Help me,Thanks,Janaka
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There are several columns called enabled with a char datatype in my database. One enabled column per table. These columns either have a value of T or F (true or false), depending on whether they're enabled or not. I want to change these columns to a bit datatype and insert the relevant value of true or false...
I guess the best way to do this is to add a new column to a table with a bit datatype, and based on the value in the current enabled column, insert TRUE or FALSE.
Anyone ideas on the best way to accomplish this?
Thanks.
I am trying to convert Varbinary to Char it keeps returning this ...
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´å
(1 row(s) affected)
Here is the code that I am using....
declare @name varbinary(50)
set @name =0x12b4e5
SELECT Convert(char(50),@name)
Can someone please help! ~Dana
Hi,
I have DB2 date value 00000000. If I'm exporting to SQL server using openquery that is automaticaly converting to char of 8 and stored as the same value 00000000.
My question is how I can convert them as datetime value in SQL server 2000.?
Have a requirement to:
Convert char(7) YYYY-MM variable (eg. '2001-07') to both:
datetime '2001-07-01 00:00:00.000' and
datetime '2001-07-01 23:59:59.997'
thx in advance!
hi, how can I convert a float to a char so I can do:
'£' + convert(char,amount) AS [money]
When I do the above the number is like 1.07848e+006
rather than 1078480
thans for any help.
jamie
if i use the query
SELECT iditem, CONVERT(char(20), dt, 105) FROM planeamento
it works just fine.. but in this case the dt (date) field is not recognised..
SELECT planeamento.iditem, idmodelo, item_planeamento.idproduto, item_planeamento.idpele, cor, ordemfabrico, qtd, CONVERT(char(20), dt, 105) FROM produto INNER JOIN item_planeamento ON produto.idproduto = item_planeamento.idproduto INNER JOIN planeamento ON item_planeamento.iditem = planeamento.iditem WHERE planeamento.idfabrica = 51 AND alterado = 'FALSE' AND estado = NULL GROUP BY planeamento.iditem, produto.idModelo, item_planeamento.idProduto, item_planeamento.idPele, item_planeamento.cor, item_planeamento.ordemFabrico, item_planeamento.qtd, planeamento.dt
before, id just had "id" where "CONVERT(char(20), dt, 105)" is, but the date was printed in a unwanted format..
can you help me?
thanks a lot!
declare @new table(
id int not null identity(1,1),
dat char(10))
insert into @new
select'111214'
union
select'121214'
select cast(dat as datetime)from @new
-----------------------
2011-12-14 00:00:00.000
2012-12-14 00:00:00.000
but me need results it
2014-12-11
2014-12-12
Select Cast('100.1234' as float)give me the result 100.1234Now when I convert it back to char I want exactly 100.1234Select Convert(char(100),Cast('100.1234' as float))Gives me 100.123 (Here I was expecting 100.1234)When I doSelect STR(Cast('100.1234' as float),25,4)I get back the result as 100.1234However here I am not sure how many digits do I have after the decimalpoint. If I put some value likeSelect STR(Cast('100.1234' as float),25,8)I get 0's appended to it, which is again not desired.Thanks in advance,Jai
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We have the same database in three different environment. The statement below works just fine in two database environment, but I am getting the error in the third one. All the databases are Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I could not pine point the source of the issue. Please any input that you might be able to provide. Thanks
The issue in simplest from
DECLARE @UDF_Value nvarchar(255)
set @UDF_Value = 111
SELECT CONVERT(money, @UDF_Value)
Msg 235, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Cannot convert a char value to money. The char value has incorrect syntax.
I've been trying to solve this problem or just find an alternative to do this. I have filled a temp table with certain values for all columns except those columns that rely on calculations that need certain cell values from other columns in the temp table. I have a while statement that runs through each cell for one calculation column and this is the code that updates the fields on the calc column:
Code Block
EXEC('UPDATE #tblTemp
SET #tblTemp.['+@CalcColumns+'] = (CAST(ISNULL((SELECT #tblTemp.['+@Column1+']
FROM #tblTemp
WHERE #tblTemp.PK = '''+@PubKey+'''), 0.00)as money) - CAST(ISNULL((SELECT #tblTemp.['+@Column2+']
FROM #tblTemp
WHERE #tblTemp.PK = '''+@PubKey+''') , 0.00)as money))
WHERE #tblTemp.PK = '''+@PubKey+'''')
The problem is that it will not let me convert the two values to money. The error is:
Msg 235, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Cannot convert a char value to money. The char value has incorrect syntax.
This is necessary to calculate the difference between these two cells from the temp table. I would appreciate any help! Thanks!
Hi,
I am extracting data from DB2 into SQL server using DTS. We have the data type char(5) in DB2 and int in SQL server.
I tried to give the
select integer(columname) as columname from tablename in data source.
I did parse the query it was Ok but If I tried to execute that giving the following error.
Can you give me your answere for this issue.
---------------------------
Package Error
---------------------------
Error Source : Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
Error Description : [StarQuest][StarSQL ODBC Driver][DB2]THE VALUE OF A CHARACTER STRING ARGUMENT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE INTEGER FUNCTION
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------
Using SQL 2000 I have data in a sql table that is store in varchar like below
5.00
15.00
9.00
The integer part will never be bigger than 20. I need to move it to another SQL table that is char(5). I need the results that go in that table to like like below
05.00
15.00
09.00
I looked at the replace and cast but couldn't get the results. Any better approaches?
Thanks
What is the easiest way to convert '3/21/1959' to '19590321' I looked at
the CAST and convert and can't come up with a solution.
Thanks
Hello,
Is there a way to convert varchar or char to float?
Thank you
Hi,
I read the topic from JROdden and this case is similiar but...
I got several varchar fields with
values like
1.2
1.3
... these I can covert with
select CONVERT(dec(5,2), fieldname) as fieldname
In fact I also solved undefined- and NULL-values with.
CONVERT(decimal(12, 2), CASE WHEN GESCHKOSTMAX IS NULL OR
GESCHKOSTMAX < '0' THEN '0' ELSE GESCHKOSTMAX END) as GESCHKOSTMAX,
But now there are values like
1,4 and these ones neither CONVERT nor CAST will handle.
I tried the
SELECT DISTINCT KMPAUSCHALE
FROM extr_INTFIRMA
WHERE (isnumeric(KMPAUSCHALE) = 1)
and get
0,40
0.25
0.30 and so on...
The error is:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Driver][SQL Server]Error converting datatype varchar to decimal. (or float or numeric (whatever I tried))
I think the easiest way would be to insist on higher data quality but
I also would like to solve this interesting challenge.
Thanks for any hints
By the way, I followed rudys link to
http://rudy.ca/afdb.html
and now I know how I could protect myself !!!!
There must be a voice in my head saying:
Try the db-forum, try it and stay happy... ;-)
best regards and have fun with new year eve.
Michael
I have to store the result of a calculation in a column of type CHAR(7) (and am unable to change the column type).
The calculation can have results ranging in size from 0.1234567 to 99999999.
In the first case, I would need to store the value of 0.12345 in the column. In the later case, an error should be thrown.
So I need to store all of the significant digits from the left of the decimal (if there are < 7) and as many of the digits to the right as will fit into a CHAR(7), with the remaining precision being truncated.
I have imported some data to sql2k from my old system. Somehow, it importedinvoice amount to char type.I just created another column called invamt2 type NUMERIC so I can copy orconvert content of invamt which is type CHAR. There are about 50,000records.How can I convert/cast from char type to numeric type ?Thanks
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View 17 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to convert a char(24) column to the datetime format. This is my query:
select CONVERT(datetime, [Date], 121) from Table
The date in the char(24) column has this format: 2007-12-14 14:45:31.735
When executing this statemant it says it cannot convert this char to datetime. But when I execute this statement, it works:
select CONVERT(datetime, '2007-12-14 14:45:31.735', 121) from Table
What am I doing wrong?
Hi,
i want to perform the following conversion to yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm: ss SMALLDATETIME format :
print convert( smalldatetime,'2008-02-14 10:16:00', 120)
But i get the error and the wrong conversion format:
Feb 14 2008 10:16AM
Msg 296, Level 16, State 3, Procedure TSU_CalcTempoRespostaPercInterv, Line 43
The conversion of char data type to smalldatetime data type resulted in an out-of-range smalldatetime value.
Any way to achieve this ?! i'm tearing my hear off with this issue #"#"#$"#"$#$"
Hi ,
I am trying to convert a char field of lenght 5 into numeric (5,2) 999.99 format ,
i am getting an arithmentic overflow error.
The Character Data is 5 in length
It works fine if the Data is 00000
it fails if there is any number in the data
Like 10000
or 05000
How do i represent these into Numeric (5,2)
please let me know what taransformation to use and how.
Thanks,
The problem...
A new value is inserted automatically with (convert(smalldatetime,getdate()103)) to a smalldatetime field (date) into a new row in the db
Existing data needs to be updated via an html form in the format ”dd/mm/yyyy” - I get this when I try: “Error The conversion of char data type to smalldatetime data type resulted in an out-of-range smalldatetime value”
Obviously the db field doesn’t like trying to update a smalldatetime field with a char type value. As the date field needs to use some SQL later with DATEADD, I can’t change the date field to char. (The date feild accepts ”dd/mm/yyyy” if I use Enterprise Manager and type it strait in but not via the update on a web page?)
The question...
How do I change the update SQL to convert from Char to Smalltimedate to accept dd/mm/yyyy?
( I am using MS-SQL and ASP3 JS and new(ish) to MS-SQL)
How do I convert (n)(var)char to time? I tried several ways including a simple:
SELECT CONVERT(time,'143825',108)But it always gives me this error:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
I am trying to write a Procedure in SQL 2005 that retreives a list of rows from the database. I pass to the procedure sorting parameters. This procedure works fine for all of the fields that I enter in the Order By, except for one.
The field that does not work is a varchar(500) field (named Description).
I am not sure what the problem is.
The error that I am getting is:
Msg 235, Level 16, State 0, Line 13
Cannot convert a char value to money. The char value has incorrect syntax.
Attached is the T-SQL Code. The declare and set statements in the beginning are for informational purposes.
Any help is appreciated.
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declare @Match varchar(75)
declare @NumRows int
declare @StartPos int
declare @OrderBy varchar(25)
declare @OrderDir varchar(4)
set @Match = 'dog% AND bark%'
set @NumRows = 25
set @StartPos = 100
set @OrderBy = 'Description'
set @OrderDir = 'ASC'
WITH catitems AS
(
SELECT ci.ID, ci.SupplierCode, ci.Description, ci.AUDIO_LINK, ci.SoundLength, ci.HighCost, ci.Channels,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY
CASE
WHEN @OrderBy='ID' AND @OrderDir='ASC'
THEN CAST(ci.ID AS int)
WHEN @OrderBy='SupplierCode' AND @OrderDir='ASC'
THEN CAST(ci.SupplierCode As int)
WHEN @OrderBy='Description' AND @OrderDir='ASC'
THEN CAST(ci.[Description] As varchar(500))
WHEN @OrderBy='HighCost' AND @OrderDir='ASC'
THEN CAST(ci.HighCost AS money)
WHEN @OrderBy='Channels' AND @OrderDir='ASC'
THEN CAST(ci.Channels AS smallint)
END ASC,
CASE
WHEN @OrderBy='ID' AND @OrderDir='DESC'
THEN CAST(ci.ID AS int)
WHEN @OrderBy='SupplierCode' AND @OrderDir='DESC'
THEN CAST(ci.SupplierCode As int)
WHEN @OrderBy='Description' AND @OrderDir='DESC'
THEN CAST(ci.[Description] As varchar(500))
WHEN @OrderBy='HighCost' AND @OrderDir='DESC'
THEN CAST(ci.HighCost AS money)
WHEN @OrderBy='Channels' AND @OrderDir='DESC'
THEN CAST(ci.Channels AS smallint)
END DESC) As RowNo
FROM TableName As ci
WHERE CONTAINS (ci.Keywords, @Match) AND ShowOnWeb=1
)
SELECT catitems.ID,
catitems.SupplierCode,
catitems.Description,
catitems.AUDIO_LINK,
catitems.HighCost,
catitems.Channels
FROM catitems
WHERE RowNo BETWEEN @StartPos AND @StartPos + @NumRows -1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks,
Aric
Msg 234, Level 16, State 2
There is insufficient result space to convert MONEY value to CHAR.
hi, I have one procedure that insert data into a table, I called the procedure 3 times ,and run it in one step, then got the above erorr message.
what can I do to avoid this error message?
and why I am getting it... thanks for your help
regards
Ali
Is there a way to extract the date part (11/27/2012) of a datetime/time stamp column (11/27/2012 00:00:00.000) and keep it in a date format?
The code i have below extracts the date part of a timestamp column and converts it to a char field. This becomes a problem when I joing the resultant table with a SAS dataset which contains the same column but is in a date format. The join process generates an error saying the column is in different formats.
convert(char(15), process_date,112) as process_dt
Hi there.
I'm trying to extract data from my SQL server & everything in the script I've got is working (extracting correct data) except for one field - which is for the most part it's off by +2 days (on a few occasions - I see it off by just +1 day or even +3, but it's usually the +2 days).
I'm told that it's due to the conversion formula - but - since SQL is not my native language, I'm at a bit of a loss.
The DB table has the date field stored as a type: CHAR (as opposed to 'DATE')
Can anyone out there help?
Please advise. Thanks.
Best.
K7
Hi,
I receive blanks for a column called value and i need to represent it as a blank or NA into a colum whose datatype is float in the datawarehouse.
how is this possible because in current schenario a blank is being converted to 0
which is not the right thing.
i would like to retain the blank in conversion from char to float ,
please explain me if it can be done or how to overcome this issue.
Thanks
Database is SQL Server 2000
I have a field in a table that stores date of birth. The field's datatype is char(6) and looks like this: 091703 (mmddyy). I want to convert this value to a datetime datatype.
What is the syntax to convert char(6) to datetime?
Thank you in advance.
Hi,
I need to convert a var char field to date field (DD/MM/YYYY)
Current convertion format:
CAST(Report_Date as DATETIME)
How can i convert to Date field with date format of DD/MM/YYYY?
Thanks.
Onn Onn