Integer column shows 5.00000000000000000 as value

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Integer column shows 5.00000000000000000 as value

mar.ko

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September 4, 2015 at 4:23 pm

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INSERT WITH SELECT HAS THIS:
,Convert(Int,TARG_SALES) AS TARG_SALES
Treats the column as if it were formatted decimal !!

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 1

mar.ko (9/4/2015)
INSERT WITH SELECT HAS THIS:
,Convert(Int,TARG_SALES) AS TARG_SALES
Treats the column as if it were formatted decimal !!

Please supply the following information:

CREATE TABLE statement for the table being inserted into.

CREATE TABLE statement for the table being selected from.

INSERT statements for the table being selected from that will demonstrate this issue.

The exact INSERT statement that you are running that has this issue.

For the data in the INSERT statements that you provided above, what are the results of the INSERT statement? (SELECT results from the table being inserted into)

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 2

mar.ko (9/4/2015)
INSERT WITH SELECT HAS THIS:
,Convert(Int,TARG_SALES) AS TARG_SALES
Treats the column as if it were formatted decimal !!

Looks more like a rounding trick in the insert, pretty certain the column's datatype is of a decimal type.

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mar.ko Default port Points: 1451 More actions · Answer 3

My bad....the column was formatted as decimal (who did that ??!!**&&)

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 4

mar.ko (9/7/2015)
My bad....the column was formatted as decimal (who did that ??!!**&&)

If you don't know this, then you have people with improper access to your database.

Gotta love how requesting the table DDL fixes the problem though... 🙂

Wayne
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