>>>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-problems

I 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.