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Message Posted: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 @ 23:09:20 GMT

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Numeric to Numeric Conversion

     SELECT CAST (50500.75 AS INTEGER);
     Result: 50500  (truncated),

     SELECT CAST (50500.75 AS DEC (6,0));
     Result: 50501.  (rounded).

When you cast from a decimal to an integer, the system discards everything to the right of the decimal point. In our example, even though the decimal portion was .75, making the number closer to 50501 than to 50500, the result of the cast is still 50500.

Thanks,

Mahesh

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