SQLSERVER 2000 auto rounding!

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SQLSERVER 2000 auto rounding!

chandrika5

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June 18, 2008 at 8:33 am

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I have a strange problem: Stored procedure to feed a report.
The SP created a temp table and one of the fields is Decimal(8,1)
The sequence of building this field is:
Insert integer from a table
Update the field: this is a simple division formula, the result could be a decimal and I want it upto 1 place only:
Update #tempTable
Set theDecimalField = (12*IntegerField)/IntegerField
Where .... Just 1 condition
Final SP that puts all together is just a select * from #tempTable.
After verifying the math, one of the records should should give 1.6 in the DecimalField I get a 2.0 instead.
What am I missing?

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PhilPacha Hall of Fame Points: 3645 More actions · Answer 1

(IntegerConstant * IntegerColumn) / IntegerColumn = IntegerResult

You need to CONVERT or CAST somthing to at least Decimal(8, 2), then round. I'd suggest your IntegerConstant for this.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004177 More actions · Answer 2

Nah... make it easy on yourself...

(IntegerConstant * IntegerColumn *1.0) / IntegerColumn = IntegerResult

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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