>>>So, it is important to know this behavior.
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>>I already know this but the point of my reply was your nitpicking a mistake in Bonnie's post that din't change the result one bit. If its a decimal or an integer, the cast will still take place.
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>I just want to show that in T-SQL, for example, you need to be very careful about implicit conversions
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http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBProgramming/MSSQLServer/sql-server-case-when-data-type-problemsI don't wish to be taught anything by you. I've been using sql for probably longer than you are old, so please don't lecture me with what you think is important.