Replace Nulls With Blank Spaces In Float Data Type
May 8, 2008
Hello,
I have a simple question. Is it at all possible to replace columns which has nulls with blank spaces for a float data type column.
The columns has null values( written)) in it in some rows and has numbers in other rows . I want to remove nulls before copying it to another file.
Thanks
I need to convert a a string column to integer. Before converting, I need to check if it has blank values then convert it to NULL. Someone told me that its easier to convert it to NULL before converting to integer.
I can populate a dataTable with type double (C#) of say '1055.01' however when I save these to the CE3.5 database using a float(CE3.5) I lose the decimal portion. The 'offending' code is:
I am using SQL Server 7.0. I create a table with one field..type of float. Using SQL Server Query Analyzer: INSERT INTO MyTable(MyField) VALUES (4.9) INSERT INTO MyTable(MyField) VALUES (Round(4.9,2))
SELECT * FROM MyTable
Result = 4.9000000000000004
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Hi all, I have declared a field with datatype as float. When I enter value with two precision it chooses to round off to lower value and insert into the database.
I am losing precision in this case.
I want to insert 4.56. It inserts the way shown and hence all my further calculations go haywire.
Is SQL server designed to store float like this or Am I doing soemting wrong ???
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W2k3 server, SQL 2005. @@version = Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.1399.06 (Intel X86) Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 1)
I have my first SSIS package almost working, but I'm having an odd problem and can't find any information to help resolve it.
I'm importing from a flat file (csv) to an existing table (append). I've got a Derived Column transformation in the middle to do some data cleanup. It's all working except for one little problem...
One of the transformations is 'REPLACE([Column 3],"^","; ")', output to a new column. (The input file has a field that uses carets as delimiters between an unknown number of items; I'm changing that to semicolons for easier reading.) Not all rows have data in this column, some will have one item, some will have multiple items.
The REPLACE works except that it fills in repeated data for all the blank rows.
Example:
Incoming data is:
1 Smith,Jane^Jones,Jane
2 Brown,John
3
4 Adams,James^Adams,Jim
5
6 White,Debra
Data inserted into the table is:
1 Smith,Jane; Jones,Jane
2 Brown,John
3 Brown,John
4 Adams,James; Adams,Jim
5 Adams,James; Adams,Jim
6 White,Debra
I've tried to use a Conditional to skip the empty rows, but I can't get that working at all (get syntax errors no matter what I put in).
Any suggestions on how to fix this would be most appreciated!
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
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.
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...
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.
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?
In the following code I want to compare 2 values: AccessVal and SQLVal. The values are stored as nvarchars, so I'm isolating the numeric values in a subquery. Notice I'm only selecting 1 row. The commented line, where I compare the values, is throwing the error.
SELECT QA_AutoID, AccessVal, SQLVal ,ROUND(ABS(CONVERT(float, AccessVal,1)),0) as AccessFloat ,ROUND(ABS(CONVERT(float, SQLVal,1)),0) as SQLFloat FROM QA WHERE QA_AutoID in ( SELECT TOP 1 QA_AutoID FROM QA WHERE ISNUMERIC(SQLVal) = 1 AND ISNUMERIC(AccessVal) = 1 ) --AND ROUND(ABS(CONVERT(float, AccessVal,1)),0) <> ROUND(ABS(CONVERT(float, SQLVal,1)),0) ORDER BY ROUND(ABS(CONVERT(float, AccessVal,1)),0) DESC ,ROUND(ABS(CONVERT(float, SQLVal,1)),0) DESC
Here is the output with the comparison commented out...
Here's what I get with the comparison line activated:
I've tried converting to numeric, int and bigint instead of float. I've tried CAST instead of CONVERT. Nothing works.
I have a problem with the round of SQL Server 2K on the float data type.
In my application I do a SQL request for find a row in a table of SQL Server 2K.
This is the request :
SELECT DISTINCT N_ROW_ID FROM COMM WHERE N_ARTICLE_ID=79510 AND N_DATASOURCE_ID=1 AND N_SOURCE_ID=-102 AND N_PROVIDER_ID=-100 AND N_LEAD_TIME IS NULL AND N_UNIT_PRICE = 329.78 AND N_UNIT_PRICE_CURRENCY_ID=1
N_UNIT_PRICE is a float data type.
In the line need, the field N_UNIT_PRICE has 329.78 but with the round of SQL Server 2K I have 329.779999999999997.
So I never find the row
Do you have a solution for comparate a float flied with SQL Server round and a float send in a request as my 329.78?
I can't transform the column in decimal or numeric data type.
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What we have:
..1A02938.....
What we need:
1A02938 (no spaces)
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