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jeff06
Posting Yak Master

166 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-09 : 16:58:59

Why @b*10=0? in following code.

I want to get 4.

declare @b decimal;
select @b=0.4;

select @b*10;

Thanks,
Jeff

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-09 : 17:06:24

It's because you didn't provide a size for decimal.

Try decimal(4, 2) or whatever makes sense for your data.

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