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I have a field that is VARCHAR(6) I am trying to insert it into another table of type bigint it is giving me an error
(Error Converting from data type varchar to bigint
here is what i am doing
CONVERT(bigint, seconds) as seconds Can anybody help with this issue?
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SQL Server's CAST() and CONVERT() methods can be used to convert VARCHAR to INT. We'll also look at the more efficient and secure approach to transform values from one data type to another.
To convert a varchar type to a numeric type, change the target type as numeric or BIGNUMERIC as shown in the example below: SELECT CAST('344' AS NUMERIC) AS NUMERIC; SELECT CAST('344' AS BIGNUMERIC) AS big_numeric; The queries above should return the specified value converted to numeric and big numeric.
The cast and convert functions provide similar functionality. They are used to convert a value from one data type to another. So let's take a look at a practical example. The example is developed in SQL Server 2012 using the SQL Server Management Studio.
What is a BigInt? The BigInt data type in SQL Server is the 64-bit representation of an integer. It takes up 8 bytes of storage. It can range from -2^63 (-9,223,372,036,854,775,808) to 2^63 (9,223,372,036,854,775,807). Two raised to the power of sixty-three is about nine quintillion, a very big number.
This is the answer
(CASE WHEN (isnumeric(ts.TimeInSeconds) = 1) THEN CAST(ts.TimeInSeconds AS bigint) ELSE 0 END) AS seconds an alternative would be to do something like:
SELECT CAST(P0.seconds as bigint) as seconds FROM ( SELECT seconds FROM TableName WHERE ISNUMERIC(seconds) = 1 ) P0 If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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