>>I've got a list of times and I want to cast them as a time data type but I get an error because they are not a consistent format.
>>
>>example
>>
>>20:30
>>22:00
>>3
>>4
>>
>>so cast('20:30' as time) works but cast('3' as time fails
>>
>>This is a data import . Any ideas on how I can make my SQL accept and cast the different time string .
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick
>
>what are 3 and 4?
>hours, minutes?
>
>

>DECLARE @Test TABLE (Test varchar(5))
>INSERT INTO @Test 
>SELECT '20:30'
>UNION
>SELECT '22:00'
>UNION
>SELECT '3'
>UNION
>SELECT '4'
>
>
>SELECT CAST(CASE WHEN CHARINDEX(':', Test) = 0
>                 then Test+':00'
>            ELSE Test END as time) FROM @Test
>

Thanks Boris. They where hours BTW