VARCHAR TO DECIMAL

How can I conver this to a decimal
Query :Convert(varchar(5),[ICD-9-CM]) as [ICD-9-CM]
Current results: 4516
I need character length of 5 ##.##
YFLORES

You can do as below. But Is it always 4 length character? Whats the purpose of doing?Can you explain in detail?
Create table complete_Items([ICD-9-CM] varchar(2000))
Insert into complete_Items Select '4516'
Select Left(Convert(varchar(5),[ICD-9-CM]) ,2)+'.'+Right(Convert(varchar(5),[ICD-9-CM]),2)
From complete_Items
Drop table complete_Items

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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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Convert varchar to decimal - arithmetic overflow

I'm using SQL Server 2014 and I'm trying to convert data from a staging table over to a production table. I seem to be getting an Arithmetic overflow error converting varchar to numeric on the decimal conversion. I'm sure I've overlooked something with the
syntax of the CONVERT.
This is the staging table:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[staging_table](
[TimeIndex] [varchar](100) NULL,
[Cluster] [varchar](100) NULL,
[AvgMem] [varchar](100) NULL,
[AvgCPU] [varchar](100) NULL,
[TotalMemory] [varchar](100) NULL,
[TotalCPU] [varchar](100) NULL,
[Datacenter] [varchar](100) NULL,
[vCenter] [varchar](100) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
This is the prod table I'm moving it to:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Clusters](
[ClusterID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ClusterName] [varchar](25) NULL,
[DatacenterName] [varchar](25) NULL,
[TimeIndex] [datetime] NULL,
[AvgCPU] [decimal](5, 2) NULL,
[AvgMem] [decimal](5, 2) NULL,
[TotalCPU] [decimal](8, 2) NULL,
[TotalMem] [decimal](8, 2) NULL,
[vCenterID] [int] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Clusters_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
[ClusterID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
and here's an example INSERT INTO statement throwing the error:
INSERT INTO [dbo].[Clusters] (ClusterName,DatacenterName,TimeIndex,AvgCPU,AvgMem,TotalCPU,TotalMem,vCenterID)
SELECT SUBSTRING(Cluster,1,25) AS ClusterName,
SUBSTRING(Datacenter,1,25) AS DatacenterName,
CONVERT(datetime,TimeIndex,103) AS TimeIndex,
CONVERT(decimal(5,2),AvgCPU) AS AvgCPU,
CONVERT(decimal(5,2),AvgMem) AS AvgMem,
CONVERT(decimal(8,2),TotalCPU) AS TotalCPU,
CONVERT(decimal(8,2),TotalMemory) AS TotalMem,
'3' FROM [dbo].[staging_table]
Sample data is 0.00 to 100.00 in fields AvgCPU and AvgMem, and TotalCPU and TotalMem usually goes up to about 7 digits with no decimal (eg. 7543253) but could be 8 and although I've never seen a decimal I wouldn't rule it out so decided to account for it.
I assume it's something I've overlooked with the syntax but any ideas would help.
Thanks
Adam

The problem is your precision and scale you are assigning to your decimals.
decimal(5,2) = this is a total of 5 digits, 3 digits for the whole number and 2 for the fractional.
decimal(8,2) = this is a total of 8 digits, 6 digits for the whole number and 2 for the fractional.
So converting a varchar of 7 or 8 digits for TotalCPU or TotalMem will give you an error because your definition will actually only allow for 6 digits of storage. You could test this by doing decimal(8,0) or decimal(10,2) both which will allow for up to
8 whole numbers.
If you are worried about space Sql Server will allocate a set number of bytes for ranges based on the precision (first number in the parenthesis). See this page which explains in detail how much space each range takes up and also further details on
decimal and numerics.
-Igor

Convert varchar to decimal in insert statement

Hi i need one help from you.
can you please help me out
I have one insert statement where i am inserting some values.
first when i am inserting the values are fetched from 'xml' file...
so in one of the xml file i have 'varchar' values which i need to convert to decimal and i need to insert.
from the below script i need this conversion for "M.Item.query('./unitPrice').value('0.0','decimal(18,2)') unitPrice"
could you suggest me on this.
INSERT INTO BWBLineItemDetails_New(Transaction_GUID,Transaction_ID,LineItemNumber,Quantity,UnitPrice,ProductCode,Ship_From_Addr,Ship_To_Addr)
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          M.Item.query('./quantity').value('.','int') quantity,
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          M.Item.query('./unitPrice').value('.','decimal') unitPrice,
          M.Item.query('./productCode').value('.','nvarchar(100)') productCode,
          M.Item.query('./shipFromAddress/address1').value('.','nvarchar(255)') + '' + M.Item.query('./shipFromAddress/address2').value('.','nvarchar(255)')shipFromAddress,
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If this was Oracle, I would point you at the to_number function, but since you seem to be using MS Sql Server, I suggest you ask in a Microsoft soecufic forum.
This is the forum for Oracle's SQL Developer tool.

Convert hh:mm varchar to decimal

How do I convert varchar hh:mm (127:15) to a decimal (127.25)?
Jeff

<strike>
may be just replace
with t as (select '127:15' str from dual)
select to_number(replace(str,':','.')) val
from t</strike>
Edited by: Karthick_Arp on Feb 15, 2010 7:43 AM
my bad. dint read the OP properly. thanks to Massimo Ruocchio for pointing it out.

Convert data values in columns to another value based on a math formula

ISSUE:
I have a database of emergency incidents with descriptive data and longitude and
latitude. I would like to make a google map out of the information but unfortunately
the X Y coordinates are projected in Florida State Plane West in feet. Google maps
requires WGS84 longitude and latitude in decimal degrees.
PROBLEM:
I have written some code in Transact SQL that will convert the values. But I am at a loss as to how to do the following:
1.) plug in the X Y values from my database using an sql SELECT statement.
2.) apply the formula to convert from State Plane to WGS84 to these X Y values
3.) output the results.
In other words, I have the data and I have the formula, but I am not figuring out how to plug the data into the formula and output the results. I am missing how to tie it all together.
CODE:
DECLARE @Easting DECIMAL(18,10);
--SET @Easting = CAST(I_MapX AS DECIMAL(18,10));
DECLARE @Northing DECIMAL(18,10);
--SET @Northing = CAST(I_MapY AS DECIMAL(18,10));
DECLARE @m2sft DECIMAL(10,10);
SET @m2sft = 1200.0/3937.0;
DECLARE @N0 DECIMAL(3,2);
SET @N0 = 0.0;
DECLARE @E0 DECIMAL(18,11);
SET @E0 = 656166.6666666665;
DECLARE @S0 DECIMAL(12,5);
SET @S0 = 2692050.5001/@m2sft;
DECLARE @K0 DECIMAL(18,18);
SET @K0 = 0.9999411764705882;
DECLARE @a DECIMAL(10,2);
SET @a = 6378137.0/@m2sft;
DECLARE @e DECIMAL(18,17);
SET @e = 0.0818191911198883;
DECLARE @ePrime DECIMAL(18,17);
SET @ePrime = 0.08208852110265381;
DECLARE @r DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @r = 6367449.14577/@m2sft;
DECLARE @V0 DECIMAL(15,12);
SET @V0 = 0.005022893948;
DECLARE @V2 DECIMAL(15,12);
SET @V2 = 0.000029370625;
DECLARE @V4 DECIMAL(15,12);
SET @V4 = 0.000000235059;
DECLARE @V6 DECIMAL(15,12);
SET @V6 = 0.000000002181;
DECLARE @L0 DECIMAL(4,2);
SET @L0 = 82.0;
DECLARE @w DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @w = (@Northing - @N0 + @S0)/(@k0*@r);
DECLARE @of DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @of = @w + (sin(@w)*cos(@w))*(@V0 + @V2*power(cos(@w),2) + @V4*power(cos(@w),4) + @V6*power(cos(@w),6));
DECLARE @Rf DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @Rf = @k0*@a/sqrt((1 - power(@e,2)*power(sin(@of),2)));
DECLARE @EPrime2 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @EPrime2 = @Easting - @E0;
DECLARE @Q DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @Q = @EPrime2/@Rf;
DECLARE @tf DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @tf = tan(@of);
DECLARE @nf DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @nf = @ePrime*cos(@of);
DECLARE @B2 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @B2 = -0.5 * @tf * (1 + POWER(@nf,2));
DECLARE @B4 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @B4 = -1/12*(5 + 3 * POWER(@tf,2) +POWER(@nf,2) * (1-9 * POWER(@tf,2)) - 4 * POWER(@nf,4));
DECLARE @B6 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @B6 = 1/360*(61 + 90*POWER(@tf,2) + 45*POWER(@tf,4) + POWER(@nf,2)*(46 - 252*POWER(@tf,2) - 90*POWER(@tf,4)));
DECLARE @Latitude DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @Latitude = (@of + @B2*POWER(@Q,2)*(1 + POWER(@Q,2)*(@B4 + @B6*POWER(@Q,2))))*180/(PI());
DECLARE @B3 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @B3 = -1/6*(1 + 2*POWER(@tf,2) + POWER(@nf,2));
DECLARE @B5 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @B5 = 1/120*(5 + 28*POWER(@tf,2) + 24*POWER(@tf,4) + POWER(@nf,2)*(6 + 8*POWER(@tf,2)));
DECLARE @B7 DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @B7 = -1/5040*(61 + 662*POWER(@tf,2) + 1320*POWER(@tf,4) + 720*POWER(@tf,6));
DECLARE @L DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @L = @Q*(1 + POWER(@Q,2)*(@B3 + POWER(@Q,2)*(@B5 + @B7*POWER(@Q,2))));
DECLARE @Longitude DECIMAL(18,10);
SET @Longitude = (@L0 - (@L/cos(@of))*180/(PI()))*-1;
SELECT
I_EventNumber
FROM Incident
WHERE I_tTimeDispatch > 'May 7, 2012'
SAMPLE DATA:
Here is some raw data in order to get you started. Please notice the MapX and MapY
coordinates are VARCHAR because they are Florida State Plane projections. The goal is
to take these and turn them into WGS84 longitude and latitude expressed as decimal
degrees to be used in Google maps. NOTE: I can convert from VARCHAR to DECIMAL. I just can't figure out where to plug my database columns into the sql query to output a result.
CREATE TABLE Incidents
I_EventNumber VARCHAR(20)
I_MapY VARCHAR(15)
I_MapX VARCHAR(15)
INSERT INTO Incident
VALUES
(FCW69, 0815312, 0672298)
, (FCW70, 0833311, 0697870)
, (FCW71, 0807747, 0699684)
, (FCW72, 0801252, 0689469)
, (FCW73, 0853491, 0692350)

Here's a way to get the results, all as part of a single extensive query (this would probably be more suited for defining a VIEW, where you could join on the input table with the VIEW to incorporate the computed values.
If you instead had a business situation where you might need to execute this logic from many different places, rewriting as a user defined function might be better. Anyway, for the answer plus a demonstration of the power of CROSS APPLY to generate
interim working values...
Create_Sample_Data:
Declare @Incident TABLE
I_EventNumber VARCHAR(20), I_MapY VARCHAR(15), I_MapX VARCHAR(15)
INSERT INTO @Incident
VALUES
('FCW69', '0815312', '0672298')
, ('FCW70', '0833311', '0697870')
, ('FCW71', '0807747', '0699684')
, ('FCW72', '0801252', '0689469')
, ('FCW73', '0853491', '0692350') /* This insert is SQL 2008 syntax only.. do multiple inserts or a UNION for 2005 */
AsQuery:
Select *
from @INCIDENT
Cross Apply
Select
N0 = 0.0,
E0 = 656166.6666666665,
K0 = 0.9999411764705882,
e = 0.0818191911198883,
ePrime = 0.08208852110265381,
V0 = 0.005022893948,
V2 = 0.000029370625,
V4 = 0.000000235059,
V6 = 0.000000002181,
L0 = 82.0,
Easting = CAST(I_MapX AS DECIMAL(18,10)),
Northing = CAST(I_MapY AS DECIMAL(18,10))
) as CAStatic
Cross Apply
Select m2sft = 1200.0/3937.0,
EPrime2 = Easting - E0
) as CAComputed1
Cross Apply
Select S0 = 2692050.5001/m2sft,
r = 6367449.14577/m2sft,
a = 6378137.0/m2sft
) as CAComputed2
Cross Apply
Select
w = (Northing - N0 + S0)/(k0*r)
) as CAComputed4
Cross Apply
Select
[of] = w + (sin(w)*cos(w))*(V0 + V2*power(cos(w),2) + V4*power(cos(w),4) + V6*power(cos(w),6))
) as CAComputed5
Cross Apply
Select
Rf = k0*a/sqrt((1 - power(e,2)*power(sin([of]),2))),
tf = tan([of]),
nf = ePrime*cos([of])
) as CAComputed6
Cross Apply
Select
Q = EPrime2/Rf,
B2 = -0.5 * tf * (1 + POWER(nf,2)),
B4 = -1/12*(5 + 3 * POWER(tf,2) +POWER(nf,2) * (1-9 * POWER(tf,2)) - 4 * POWER(nf,4)),
B6 = 1/360*(61 + 90*POWER(tf,2) + 45*POWER(tf,4) + POWER(nf,2)*(46 - 252*POWER(tf,2) - 90*POWER(tf,4)))
) as CAComputed7
Cross Apply
Select
Latitude = ([of] + B2*POWER(Q,2)*(1 + POWER(Q,2)*(B4 + B6*POWER(Q,2))))*180/(PI()),
B3 = -1/6*(1 + 2*POWER(tf,2) + POWER(nf,2)),
B5 = 1/120*(5 + 28*POWER(tf,2) + 24*POWER(tf,4) + POWER(nf,2)*(6 + 8*POWER(tf,2))),
B7 = -1/5040*(61 + 662*POWER(tf,2) + 1320*POWER(tf,4) + 720*POWER(tf,6))
) as CAComputed8
Cross Apply
Select
L = Q*(1 + POWER(Q,2)*(B3 + POWER(Q,2)*(B5 + B7*POWER(Q,2))))
) as CAComputed9
Cross Apply
Select
Longitude = (L0 - (L/cos([of]))*180/(PI()))*-1
) as CAComputedLatLong
Notice that each subsequent CROSS APPLY depends on a "working value" column being defined in some previous cross apply, or the working query. There are a few other options, such as leaving off the very last Cross Apply, and computing Longitude as part
of the main query at the beginning, but it works either way.
EDIT: P.S. - By the way, this query is based on the formula in the original poster's query. My formula matches that formula, and I bet it's right (as far as the lat/long conversion), but it could be the formula for Soylent Green, and I wouldn't know any
better... :-)

Sun Java Studio enterprise 8 , problem when deployin CMP - pleas

Hi , thank you for reading my post.I really stocked with this error
I have a very odd problem here.
I create a database table in Mysql
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My table has 4 field which one of them is : autoIncrement Integer + Primary ky
two other fields are int varchar and decimal
then i try to run the enterprise application .
I pressed lovely f11
and it Stoped with error .
here is the error messege :
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No scientific notation in csv file

Hi, All
I have a package is extracting data from DB to CSV file.
And I made up a column like '48484848484848484', when I load this column into CSV file,
it shows me scientific notation along with the data.
How can I get rid of the scientific notation ?
I've tried data conversion, derived column. Nothing works.
This really makes my frustrated.
Thank you in advance.

Hi,
In that case, the SQL export process is fine.
It's just Excel suggesting a scientific notation where it's not needed.
You can get rid of the scientific notation by forcing your "long" numeric value into a string.
For example
"A001","Item code", "123376265892759026"
instead of
"A001", "Item code", 123376265892759026
Sebastian Sajaroff Senior DBA Pharmacies Jean Coutu
My data souce is like:
Select '1234567891123' as column1,
Id as column2,
Name as column3,
From Table1
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Varchar to 2 decimal points ?!

Hi,
I have the below code; which I need to set the Line Total to 2 decimal points but it is a varchar since I want to attach the currency symbol to it:
{CASE
                    WHEN T0.DocCur = 'EUR' THEN CONVERT (varchar(50), T0.DocCur) + ' ' + CONVERT (varchar(50), T1.LineTotal)
                    ELSE CONVERT (varchar(50), T0.DocCur) + ' ' + CONVERT (varchar(50), T1.TotalFrgn)
          END as 'Line Total'}
Appreciate your help.
Thanks

First round your line total and other numeric fields and then do your convert.
CONVERT (varchar(50), ROUND(T1.LineTotal, 2))

External table.How to load numbers (decimal and scientific notation format)

Hi all, I need to load inside an external table records that contain 7 fields. The last field is called AMOUNT and it's represented in some records with the decimal format, in others records with the scientific notation format as, for example, below:
CY001_STATU;2009;Jan;11220020GR;'03900;CYZ900;-9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU;2009;Jan;11200100;'60800;CYZ900;41380,77
The External table's script is the following:
CREATE TABLE HYP_DATA
COUNTRY VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
YEAR VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
PERIOD VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ACCOUNT VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DEPT VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ACTIVITY_LOC VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
AMOUNT VARCHAR2(50 BYTE)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY HYP_DATA_DIR
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
BADFILE 'HYP_BAD_DIR':'HYP_LOAD.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'HYP_DISCARD_DIR':'HYP_LOAD.dsc'
LOGFILE 'HYP_LOG_DIR':'HYP_LOAD.log'
SKIP 0
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ";"
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
REJECT ROWS WITH ALL NULL FIELDS
"COUNTRY" Char,
"YEAR" Char,
"PERIOD" Char,
"ACCOUNT" Char,
"DEPT" Char,
"ACTIVITY_LOC" Char,
"AMOUNT" Char
LOCATION (HYP_DATA_DIR:'Total.txt')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
NOPARALLEL
NOMONITORING;
If, for the field AMOUNT I use the datatype VARCHAR (as above), the table is loaded but I have some records rejected, and all these records contain the last field AMOUNT with the scientific notation as:
CY001_STATU;2009;Jan;11220020GR;'03900;CYZ900;-9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU;2009;Feb;11220020GR;'03900;CYZ900;-9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU;2009;Mar;11220020GR;'03900;CYZ900;-9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU;2009;Dec;11220020GR;'03900;CYZ900;-9,99999999839929e-03
All the others records with a decimal AMOUNT are loaded correctly.
So, my problem is that I NEED to load all the records (with the decimal and the scientific notation format) together (without records rejected), but I don't know which datatype I have to use for the AMOUNT field....
Anybody has any idea ???
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
Alex

@OP,
What version of Oracle are you using?
Just cut'n'paste of you script and example woked FINE for me.
however my quation is... An external table will LOAD all data or none at all. How are you validating/concluding that...
I have some records rejected, and all these records contain the last field AMOUNT with the scientific notation
select * from v$version where rownum <2;
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bi
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CY001_STATU     2009     Jan     11220020GR     '03900     CYZ900     -9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU     2009     Feb     11220020GR     '03900     CYZ900     -9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU     2009     Jan     11220020GR     '03900     CYZ900     -9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU     2009     Jan     11200100     '60800     CYZ900     41380,77
CY001_STATU     2009     Mar     11220020GR     '03900     CYZ900     -9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU     2009     Dec     11220020GR     '03900     CYZ900     -9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU     2009     Jan     11220020GR     '03900     CYZ900     -9,99999999839929e-03
CY001_STATU     2009     Jan     11200100     '60800     CYZ900     41380,77MYDATA table script is...
drop table mydata;
CREATE TABLE mydata
COUNTRY VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
YEAR VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
PERIOD VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ACCOUNT VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
DEPT VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ACTIVITY_LOC VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
AMOUNT VARCHAR2(50 BYTE)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY IN_DIR
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
BADFILE 'IN_DIR':'HYP_LOAD.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'IN_DIR':'HYP_LOAD.dsc'
LOGFILE 'IN_DIR':'HYP_LOAD.log'
SKIP 0
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ";"
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
REJECT ROWS WITH ALL NULL FIELDS
"COUNTRY" Char,
"YEAR" Char,
"PERIOD" Char,
"ACCOUNT" Char,
"DEPT" Char,
"ACTIVITY_LOC" Char,
"AMOUNT" Char
LOCATION (IN_DIR:'total.txt')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
NOPARALLEL
NOMONITORING;vr,
Sudhakar B.

Saving result from sp_executesql into a variable and using dynamic column name - getting error "Error converting data type varchar to numeric"

Im getting an error when running a procedure that includes this code.
I need to select from a dynamic column name and save the result in a variable, but seem to be having trouble with the values being fed to sp_executesql
DECLARE @retval AS DECIMAL(12,2)
DECLARE @MonthVal VARCHAR(20), @SpreadKeyVal INT
DECLARE @sqlcmd AS NVARCHAR(150)
DECLARE @paramdef NVARCHAR(150)
SET @MonthVal = 'Month' + CAST(@MonthNumber AS VARCHAR(2) );
SET @SpreadKeyVal = @SpreadKey; --CAST(@SpreadKey AS VARCHAR(10) );
SET @sqlcmd = N' SELECT @retvalout = @MonthVal FROM dbo.CourseSpread WHERE CourseSpreadId = @SpreadKeyVal';
SET @paramdef = N'@MonthVal VARCHAR(20), @SpreadKeyVal INT, @retvalout DECIMAL(12,2) OUTPUT'
--default
SET @retval = 0.0;
EXECUTE sys.sp_executesql @sqlcmd,@paramdef, @MonthVal = 'Month4',@SpreadKeyVal = 1, @retvalout = @retval OUTPUT;
SELECT @retval
DECLARE @return_value DECIMAL(12,2)
EXEC @return_value = [dbo].[GetSpreadValueByMonthNumber]
@SpreadKey = 1,
@MonthNumber = 4
SELECT 'Return Value' = @return_value
Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
Error converting data type varchar to numeric.

Please follow basic Netiquette and post the DDL we need to answer this. Follow industry and ANSI/ISO standards in your data. You should follow ISO-11179 rules for naming data elements. You should follow ISO-8601 rules for displaying temporal data. We need
to know the data types, keys and constraints on the table. Avoid dialect in favor of ANSI/ISO Standard SQL. And you need to read and download the PDF for:
https://www.simple-talk.com/books/sql-books/119-sql-code-smells/
>> I need to select from a dynamic column name and save the result in a variable, but seem to be having trouble with the values being fed to sp_executesql <<
This is so very, very wrong! A column is an attribute of an entity. The idea that you are so screwed up that you have no idea if you want
the shoe size, the phone number or something else at run time of this entity.
In Software Engineering we have a principle called cohesion that says a model should do one and only one task, have one and only one entry point, and one and only one exit point.
Hey, on a scale from 1 to 10, what color is your favorite letter of the alphabet? Yes, your mindset is that level of sillyity and absurdity.
Do you know that SQL is a declarative language? This family of languages does not use local variables!
Now think about “month_val” and what it means. A month is a temporal unit of measurement, so this is as silly as saying “liter_val” in your code. Why did you use “sp_” on a procedure? It has special meaning in T-SQL.
Think about how silly this is:
SET @month_val = 'Month' + CAST(@month_nbr AS VARCHAR(2));
We do not do display formatting in a query. This is a violation of at the tiered architecture principle. We have a presentation layer. But more than that, the INTERVAL temporal data type is a {year-month} and never just a month. This is fundamental.
We need to see the DDL so we can re-write this mess. Want to fix it or not?
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in Sets / Trees and Hierarchies in SQL

How to load decimal values into a file using bcp in SQL Server 2000?

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to load data from a database table to a text file using bcp on SQL Server 2000. When I'm loading the decimal values, the values before the decimal are not being loaded into the file. How could I load the values before decimals?
Here are the DDLs and DMLs of what I'm trying to run:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Product_Sales](
[Year_of_Sale] [smallint] NOT NULL,
[Product_Type] [varchar](25) NOT NULL,
[Product_Group] [varchar](25) NOT NULL,
[Category_Type] [varchar](25) NOT NULL,
[Category_Group] [varchar](10) NOT NULL,
[Product_Count] [bigint] NOT NULL,
[Product_Amount] [decimal](19, 2) NOT NULL,
[Category_Count] [bigint] NOT NULL,
[Category_Amount] [decimal](19, 2) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Product_Sales] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
[Year_of_Sale] ASC,
[Product_Type] ASC,
[Product_Group] ASC,
[Category_Type] ASC,
[Category_Group] ASC
) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
INSERT INTO [Yearly_Sales].[dbo].[Product_Sales]
VALUES(2010, 'Online', 'Web', 'Cameras', 'Electronics', 547, 0.00, 0, 0.00)
EXEC [master].[dbo].[xp_cmdshell] 'bcp "SELECT * FROM [Yearly_Sales].[dbo].[Product_Sales]" queryout D:\Yearly_Sales\Product_Sales.dat -c -T -S'
And the output I see in the file is:
2010 Online Web Cameras Electronics 547 .00 0 .00
The values before decimals are being truncated.
Thanks,
Bangaaram
Known is a DROP, Unknown is an OCEAN.

You can modify the decimal column(s) in the table to varchar type before export. But it does not look good.
alter table [dbo].[Product_Sales]
Alter column [Product_Amount] varchar(20)
alter table [dbo].[Product_Sales]
Alter column [Category_Amount] varchar(20)
Does that make any sense?
Known is a DROP, Unknown is an OCEAN.
Basically you modify the decimal column to a varchar type before you run the bcp command for export. You can modify your source table or you can modify them on the fly. It is just a workaround.
Modifying the source wouldn't be a good idea. Never do that if you can't get your desired output.
Known is a DROP, Unknown is an OCEAN.

Static Decimal value in insert query

HI am going to insert decimal value in table but i got this error" Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric."
HERE val one is a decimal value how can do this?
INSERT INTO TBL(CON,VAL)
SELECT ID,'2.0' FROM TBL1

Chino,
SHud eb a problem with the precision value of your column. Try increasing the same. The following example shud help:
--case 1
declare @tab table (id decimal(3,2),name varchar(100))
--precision=1 scale=2
insert @tab select 51.987 , 'jk'
select * from @tab
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 8, Line 2
Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric.
--case 2
declare @tab table (id decimal(4,2),name varchar(100))
--precision=2 scale=2
insert @tab select 51.987 , 'jk'
select * from @tab
Works Fine
Thanks,
Jay
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Error with decimal value using DG4MSQL

Hello,
when i make an update on a numeric column [numeric(38,15)] of a database table residing on a MS-SQL-Server 2005 it works fine when the value has no decimal part:
declare
v_test1 number := 1;
begin
update CUSTOMER@DBL_MSSQL4 set "freenumber1" = v_test1;
commit;
end;
/But if i use a value with a decimal part it gets an error
declare
v_test1 number := 1.2;
begin
update CUSTOMER@DBL_MSSQL4 set "freenumber1" = v_test1;
commit;
end;
/Error message:
ORA-28500: Verbindung von ORACLE zu Fremdsystem gab diese Nachricht zurück:
[Oracle][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Ungültiger Zeichenwert für Konvertierungsangabe
ORA-02063: vorherige 2 lines von DBL_MSSQL4
ORA-06512: in Zeile 7And here is the trace:
Oracle Corporation --- MONTAG     MRZ 08 2010 15:20:14.940
Heterogeneous Agent Release
11.1.0.6.0
Oracle Corporation --- MONTAG     MRZ 08 2010 15:20:14.940
    Version 11.1.0.6.0
Entered hgogprd
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL" returned "DEBUG"
Entered hgosdip
setting HS_OPEN_CURSORS to default of 50
HOSGIP returned value of "RECOVER" for HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT
HOSGIP returned a value for HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD
setting HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_LOG to default of "HS_TRANSACTION_LOG"
setting HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_ISOLATION to default of "READ_COMMITTED"
setting HS_NLS_NCHAR to default of "AL16UTF16"
setting HS_FDS_TIMESTAMP_AS_DATE to default of "TRUE"
setting HS_RPC_FETCH_REBLOCKING to default of "ON"
setting HS_FDS_FETCH_ROWS to default of "100"
setting HS_FDS_RESULTSET_SUPPORT to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_PROC_IS_FUNC to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_CHARACTER_SEMANTICS to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_MAP_NCHAR to default of "TRUE"
setting HS_NLS_DATE_FORMAT to default of "YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS"
setting HS_FDS_REPORT_REAL_AS_DOUBLE to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_LONG_PIECE_TRANSFER_SIZE to default of "65536"
setting HS_SQL_HANDLE_STMT_REUSE to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_QUERY_DRIVER to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_CALL_NAME_ISP to "gtw$:SQLTables;gtw$:SQLColumns;gtw$:SQLPrimaryKeys;gtw$:SQLForeignKeys;gtw$:SQLProcedures;gtw$:SQLStatistics"
Exiting hgosdip, rc=0
ORACLE_SID is "DG4MSQL"
Product-Info:
Port Rls/Upd:6/0 PrdStat:0
Agent:Oracle Database Gateway for MSSQL
Facility:hsa
Class:MSSQL, ClassVsn:11.1.0.6.0_0006, Instance:DG4MSQL
Exiting hgogprd, rc=0
Entered hgoinit
HOCXU_COMP_CSET=1
HOCXU_DRV_CSET=178
HOCXU_DRV_NCHAR=2000
HOCXU_DB_CSET=178
HOCXU_SEM_VER=102000
Entered hgolofn at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
RC=-1 from HOSGIP for "PATH"
PATH from environment is "D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Programme\IBM\Informix\Client-SDK\bin;C:\Programme\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0"
Exiting hgolofn, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
HOSGIP for "HS_OPEN_CURSORS" returned "50"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_FETCH_ROWS" returned "100"
HOSGIP for "HS_LONG_PIECE_TRANSFER_SIZE" returned "65536"
HOSGIP for "HS_NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTER" returned ".,"
Exiting hgoinit, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
Entered hgolgon at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
reco:0, name:testuju, tflag:0
Entered hgosuec at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
uencoding=UTF16
Entered shgosuec at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
Exiting shgosuec, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
shgosuec() returned rc=0
Exiting hgosuec, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT" returned "RECOVER"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_LOG" returned ""HS_TRANSACTION_LOG""
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_TIMESTAMP_AS_DATE" returned "TRUE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_CHARACTER_SEMANTICS" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_MAP_NCHAR" returned "TRUE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_RESULT_SET_SUPPORT" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_PROC_IS_FUNC" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_REPORT_REAL_AS_DOUBLE" returned "FALSE"
using testuju as default value for "HS_FDS_DEFAULT_OWNER"
HOSGIP for "HS_SQL_HANDLE_STMT_REUSE" returned "FALSE"
Entered hgocont at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO = "OBELIXUS//testuju"
RC=-1 from HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_CONNECT_STRING"
Entered hgogenconstr at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
dsn:OBELIXUS//testuju, name:testuju
optn:
Entered shgogohn at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
ohn is 'OraGtw11g_home1'
Exiting shgogohn, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
Entered hgocont_OracleCsidToIANA at 2010/03/08-15:20:14
Returning 2252
Exiting hgocont_OracleCsidToIANA at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
##>Connect Parameters (len=211)<##
## DRIVER=Oracle 11g dg4msql-OraGtw11g_home1;
## SERVER=OBELIXUS;
## Database=testuju;
#! UID=testuju;
#! PWD=*
## AnsiNPW=Yes;
## QuotedId=Yes;
## IANAAppCodePage=2252;
## ArraySize=100;
## PadVarbinary=0;
## SupportNumericPrecisionGreaterThan38=1;
Exiting hgogenconstr, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
DriverName:HGmsss22.dll, DriverVer:05.20.0053 (b0041, u0024)
DBMS Name:Microsoft SQL Server, DBMS Version:09.00.3068
Exiting hgocont, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
SQLGetInfo returns Y for SQL_CATALOG_NAME
SQLGetInfo returns 128 for SQL_MAX_CATALOG_NAME_LEN
Exiting hgolgon, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
Entered hgoulcp at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
Entered hgowlst at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
Exiting hgowlst, rc=1 at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
SQLGetInfo returns Y for SQL_PROCEDURES
Exiting hgoulcp, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
Entered hgouldt at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
Exiting hgouldt, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:15
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber1
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber2
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber3
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber4
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber5
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber6
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber7
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber8
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber9
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber10
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber11
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber12
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber13
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber14
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber15
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber16
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber17
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber18
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber19
3 DECIMAL       Y         41         41 38/ 15    0   0   0 freenumber20
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate1
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate2
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate3
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate4
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate5
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate6
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate7
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate8
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate9
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate10
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate11
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate12
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate13
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate14
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate15
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate16
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate17
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate18
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate19
91 DATE          Y         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 freedate20
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean1
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean2
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean3
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean4
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean5
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean6
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean7
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean8
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean9
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean10
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean11
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean12
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean13
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean14
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean15
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean16
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean17
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean18
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean19
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean20
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean21
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean22
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean23
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean24
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean25
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean26
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean27
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean28
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean29
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean30
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean31
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 freeboolean32
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 custtypekey
-4 LONGVARBINARY Y          0          0   0/ 0    0   0 20 logo
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 Active
91 DATE          N         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 CreateDate
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 CreateUser
91 DATE          N         16         16   0/ 0    0   0   0 UpdateDate
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 UpdateUser
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 Status
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 WFInstanceId
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 RightPk
3 DECIMAL       Y         12         12 10/ 0    0   0   0 ClientNo
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 MassData
3 DECIMAL       Y          3          3   1/ 0    0   0   0 OfflineData
12 VARCHAR       Y         50         50   0/ 0    0   0   0 PersonPk
Exiting hgodscr, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Entered hgotcis at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Calling SQLStatistics for CUSTOMER
Calling SQLColumns for testuju.CUSTOMER
Exiting hgotcis, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Entered hgoclse, cursor id 1 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Exiting hgoclse, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Entered hgodafr, cursor id 1 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Exiting hgodafr, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Entered hgopars, cursor id 1 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
type:0
SQL text from hgopars, id=1, len=39 ...
     00: 41445055 22204554 54535543 52454D4F [UPDATE "CUSTOMER]
     10: 45532022 66222054 6E656572 65626D75 [" SET "freenumbe]
     20: 20223172 3D203F                      [r1" = ?]
Exiting hgopars, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Entered hgoexec, cursor id 1 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
octype=2
hgoexec, line 91: Printing hoada @ 02175BCC
MAX:1, ACTUAL:1, BRC:1, WHT=3
DTY         NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN   PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
3 DECIMAL N         65          0   0/ 0    0   0   0 ?
Entered hgoprbv at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
hgoprbv, line 119: Printing hoada @ 02175BCC
MAX:1, ACTUAL:1, BRC:1, WHT=3
DTY         NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN   PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
3 DECIMAL N         65          0   0/ 0    0   0   0 ?
Exiting hgoprbv, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
Entered hgopoer at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
hgopoer, line 159: got native error 0 and sqlstate 22018; message follows...
[Oracle][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Ungültiger Zeichenwert für Konvertierungsangabe
Exiting hgopoer, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16
hgoexec, line 216: calling SQLExecute got sqlstate 22018
nrows:0
Exiting hgoexec, rc=28500 at 2010/03/08-15:20:16 with error ptr FILE:hgoexec.c LINE:216 ID:Executing SQL stmt
Entered hgocomm at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
keepinfo:0, tflag:1
   00: 44555248 45522E42 53455247 44522E53 [HRUDB.REGRESS.RD]
   10: 2E534D42 2E564544 4F2E5355 4C434152 [BMS.DEV.US.ORACL]
   20: 4F432E45 65312E4D 33366465 322E6631 [E.COM.1eed631f.2]
   30: 2E34332E 38363832 31                 [.34.28681]
                 tbid (len 10) is ...
   0: 00220002 00007009 0104               [.."..p....]
cmt(0):
Entered hgocpctx at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
Exiting hgocpctx, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
Exiting hgocomm, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
Entered hgolgof at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
tflag:1
Exiting hgolgof, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
Entered hgoexit at 2010/03/08-15:24:22
Exiting hgoexit, rc=0 at 2010/03/08-15:24:22The init file for the DG4MSQL look like this:
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=OBELIXUS//testuju
HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL=DEBUG
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT=RECOVER
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD=RECOVERAny ideas what i have to change to be able to update numeric columns with values containing a deciomal part using DG4MSQL?
Many thanks in advance for any help.
Regards Hartmut

Hello Mike,
here the results of the given select statements:
select * from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS;
NLS_LANGUAGE          AMERICAN
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET     AL16UTF16
NLS_TERRITORY          AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY          $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET     WE8MSWIN1252
NLS_CALENDAR          GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT          DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN
NLS_SORT          BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT          HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     $
NLS_COMP          BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSE
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION     10.2.0.4.0select * from NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS ;
NLS_LANGUAGE          GERMAN
NLS_TERRITORY          GERMANY
NLS_SORT
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE
NLS_DATE_FORMAT
NLS_CURRENCY
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY
NLS_CALENDAR
NLS_TIME_FORMAT
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY
NLS_COMP
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSEselect * from NLS_SESSION_PARAMETERS ;
NLS_LANGUAGE          GERMAN
NLS_TERRITORY          GERMANY
NLS_CURRENCY          €
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     GERMANY
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     ,.
NLS_CALENDAR          GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT          MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     GERMAN
NLS_SORT          GERMAN
NLS_TIME_FORMAT          HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     €
NLS_COMP          BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSEThat was easy, but how and where to read the settings of the MS-SQL-Server?
All i can find is
Sprache               Deutsch (Deutschland)
Standardsprache          EnglischI have defined one more parameter in the ini<...>.ora file:
HS_LANGUAGE=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252and now it works!
(With "HS_LANGUAGE=GERMAN_GERMANY.WE8MSWIN1252" is gives the same old error.)
Many thanks for your help!
Reagrds Hartmut

Query to display integer and decimal and integer in the same column

Hello ,
Have a question,
is there a easier way to do this.. is the question
i have a column called units.. and i need to display either a integer in it if the value does not have any value after the decimal point .. so it shud be display as integer. But if it is a float then only display it with decimal values
like
Units
100
.123
1000.55
2000

Check this out although formatting needs to be done in the client application:
DECLARE @t TABLE (units FLOAT)
INSERT INTO @t (units)
VALUES (100)
,(.123)
,(1000.55)
,(2000)
SELECT units
,convert(VARCHAR(30), units) AS DisplayOnly
FROM @t
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