Converting varchar list to number

hi everybody,
can anyone help me to convert the varchar to number
ex
the input arg is varchar in this query below
select * from student where rollno in ('1,2,3,4');
in this example the roll no is of type number.when i use to_number function it shows error.
how can i conver to number list?
so that the query can change like this
select * from student where rollno in (1,2,3,4);
thanks
Message was edited by:
user542111

It worked for me.
SQL> select to_number('542111') from dual;
TO_NUMBER('542111')
542111
SQL>
Try to run this (Assumeing rollno is varchar2)
SQL> select to_number(rollno) from student where rollno in ('1','2','3','4');

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INSERT INTO @t
VALUES ('1/2/12')
,('3/10/10')
,('7/23/9')
,('aa')
,('12/31/99')
,('10/20/00')
,('10/20/01')
SET DATEFORMAT mdy
SELECT dt
,CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CASE
WHEN isdate(dt) = 0
THEN NULL
ELSE cast(dt AS DATE)
END, 101) AS newDt
FROM @t;/******** TRY_CONVERT() method ************/
SELECT dt, newDt=CONVERT(varchar(10),TRY_CONVERT(date,dt),101) FROM @t;
GO
dt newDt
1/2/12 01/02/2012
3/10/10 03/10/2010
7/23/9 07/23/2009
aa NULL
12/31/99 12/31/1999
10/20/00 10/20/2000
10/20/01 10/20/2001
dt newDt
1/2/12 01/02/2012
3/10/10 03/10/2010
7/23/9 07/23/2009
aa NULL
12/31/99 12/31/1999
10/20/00 10/20/2000
10/20/01 10/20/2001
Starting with SQL Server 2012 you can use TRY_CONVERT().
You can start studying datetime functions here:
http://www.sqlusa.com/bestpractices/datetimeconversion/
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Convert varchar(255) to varchar(50)

I want to transfer data from a staging table to another table. The staging table has columns with datatypes I don't always want, and I'm converting them like so:
INSERT INTO [dbo].[my_table]
SELECT CONVERT(datetime,TimeIndex,103),
CONVERT(decimal(6,3),Network_In,3),
CONVERT(decimal(6,3),Network_Out,3),
CONVERT(decimal(6,3),Network_Total,3)
FROM [dbo].[staging_table]
How would I convert varchar(255) to varchar(50)?
Thanks in advance
Adam

Using substring is returning the column so thanks but now I can't convert datetime for some reason:
INSERT INTO [dbo].[mytable]
SELECT SUBSTRING(ClusterName,1,50) AS 'ClusterName',
CONVERT(datetime,TimeIndex,103),
ClusterID,
CONVERT(decimal(3,2),Memory,3),
CONVERT(decimal(3,2),CPU,3),
CONVERT(int,CPUTotal),
CONVERT(int,MemoryTotal)
FROM [dbo].[stagingtable]
GO
Now I get an error I didn't get before:
Implicit conversion from data type datetime to decimal is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.
But if I run the datetime convert on it's own as a single column select then it works okay. Any ideas where I've gone wrong there?
To sum up - the above fails but the below works:
SELECT CONVERT(datetime,TimeIndex,103) AS 'TimeIndex'
FROM [dbo].[stagingtable]
Thanks
Adam

Replace and convert varchar to decimal

Hi all
What could be the easiest way to replace and convert varchar(50) to decimal
My string '21 807,00' Need to have it in db as 21807.00
Thanks
AKE

On any version you can use somple convert with replace:
declare @MyStr varchar(10) = '21 807,00'
SELECT CONVERT(decimal(10,2), REPLACE(REPLACE(@MyStr, ',','.'),' ',''))
but if there is a different format and the convert will not work, then you will get error. Therefore it is best (as mentioned) to use TRY_CONVERT on newer server or use Try block on old servers
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