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Cast(varchar column As Integer) fails
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07/07/2005 08:18:33
 
 
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07/07/2005 07:44:54
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Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01029872
Message ID:
01029877
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12
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>I tried:
>
>
>Select DamageNo,Cast(RequisitionNo AS Integer) As RequisitionNo From
>(Select  DamageNo,
>   Case ISNUMERIC(DamageNo)
>      When 1 Then DamageNo
>   Else Null
>   End As RequisitionNo
>from dbo.DamageInserts) T
>
>
>The column DamageNo is of type varchar and contains values such as '1542A111','0455E204','104702'...
>
>Isnumeric filters out '1542A111' as not convertible, but leaves '0455E204' because it can can be converted to float, that is, a numeric.
>
>Which is all Isnumeric promises to determine.
>
>Since I've got a legacy table to convert, I need is something like
>
>
>-- pseudo code
>
>Select DamageNo,
>   Case Cast(DamageNo As Integer)
>      When -- no error occurred return the integer
>   Else    -- Return Null
>   End As RequisitionNo
>from dbo.DamageInserts
>
>
>Help is deeply appreciated.
Select  DamageNo,
   CAST(Case WHEN ISNUMERIC(REPLACE(DamageNo,'E','_'))=1 Then DamageNo End AS INTEGER) As RequisitionNo
from dbo.DamageInserts
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