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SQL Query Analyzer Results Different Than Clients

  • July 30, 2004 at 9:44 am

    #112103

    The  formatting method using:

    CAST(@MyNumeric AS DECIMAL(8,2)) works OK and data is returned correctly under SQL Query Analyzer.

    However, when executing the same Sp in VB 6. Any trailing '0' decimal numerics are truncated. I am using an ODBC SQL Server driver for this.  . . . .

    So rather than:

    SQL-Qry-Analyzer                   CLIENT

    2.00                           I get    2

    2.10                           I get    2.1

    3.00                           I get    3

    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  Does anyone know why this is the case?

     

    Anthony

  • July 30, 2004 at 9:50 am

    #517066

    try casting as a char(8) and then passing as a string to vb

    or in vb use formating to add back the trailing zeros

    it's for the same reason that Query analyser returns dates in a different format to your application.

    MVDBA

  • July 30, 2004 at 1:05 pm

    #517093

    I suggest checking your VB code. It appears to be in the way the Client-side displays the value.

    VB might have a default that eliminates the trailing zeros.

    Remember, SQL Server (or any database) returns the values that it stores. The front-end determines how it is displayed.

    -SQLBill

  • August 2, 2004 at 3:00 am

    #517204

    If you just want VB to display a certain number of decimal places, you should use something like 

    Format(variable, "0.0000")

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