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wided
Posting Yak Master

218 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-01 : 04:52:55

in database, i stock hour (int)

exemple 1290

with calculate or MS excel, if i do 1290/60 i have 21.5
with sql, i have 21 without .5

why?
i need help

thanks

Transact Charlie
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3451 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-01 : 05:08:38

it's an implicit conversion to integer arithmatic.

Try


SELECT 1290/60.0

And you'll get 21.5

If you need to do this in a set (for int columns) cast them to FLOAT or DECIMAL

Example


SELECT
   [Col1] / CAST([col2] AS FLOAT)
FROM
    <ExampleTable>

Charlie
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The ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request has no corresponding BEGIN TRANSACTION