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  • May 10, 2013 at 12:52 am

    #277370

    Ok, I know this is a silly question, but when I execute this code, it returns 1.00; however 3/2 really should be 1.50. What am I doing wrong here?

    select cast (3/2 as decimal (5,2)) as 'test'

  • May 10, 2013 at 1:34 am

    #1614075

    You're dividing an integer by an integer, which will return an integer (no decimal places), then the conversion to decimal takes place. Try:-

    select cast (3/2.0 as decimal (5,2)) as 'test'

    and you get 1.5

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  • May 10, 2013 at 9:30 am

    #1614232

    oh I see, that makes sense.

    Thank you so much, I learned something new today!!

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