Arithmetic Overflow error converting float to data type numeric

Hi,
Am facing strange issue,I have function which returns money datatype and assigning the return money value to float datatype in table.
Error msg:
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 6, Procedure GBCalcCatalogPriceNewV2, Line 204
Arithmetic overflow error converting float to data type numeric.
The statement has been terminated.
Strange thing is the same stored procedure is working fine in production environment,but in the deveopment i see this error.Am scared if the same happens in the production environment.Please advice and advance
thanks
Regards
RAj

Strange thing is the same stored procedure is working fine in production environment,
How could that be strange? This is an error that occurs depending on the data. Accidents that are waiting to happen will happen sooner or later.
Then again, a development database may be more prone to such errors, because data that entered are completely out of whack with real life data. Still it is a warning sign. If you have some place where you convert data from float to numeric, you must consider
the risk that the float value is outside the range for the numeric data type. How do you prevent that from happening? Maybe a CHECK constraint on the column? Of if the data origins from a money column, use a numeric data type with sufficient precision.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]

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Native Error: 0, 0
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Source: Line Number: 0
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