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insanepaul
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2010-11-11 : 12:33:43
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I tried:ROUND(sil.SalesInvoiceLineAmount,2) but it still adds loads of zero's |
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TimSman
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2010-11-11 : 12:37:16
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| What is the datatype?You could try: CONVERT(decimal(18, 2), ROUND(sil.SalesInvoiceLineAmount, 2)) |
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insanepaul
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2010-11-11 : 12:55:16
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quote:
Originally posted by TimSman
What is the datatype?You could try: CONVERT(decimal(18, 2), ROUND(sil.SalesInvoiceLineAmount, 2))
Great that worked thanks, I noticed something similar online but thought it was a lot of code! |
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Kwex
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-08-19 : 09:59:58
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| You can also use this to ensure that the decimal places are not returned if the number is a whole number.SELECT ISNULL(CONVERT(FLOAT, ROUND(202028318.5623, 2)), 0) would yield 202028318.56and SELECT ISNULL(CONVERT(FLOAT, ROUND(343300343, 2)), 0) would yield 343300343Kwex. |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2011-08-19 : 10:23:13
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| best to do the formatting in the Application, not the database query. Not always avoidable though ... |
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How to round to 2 decimal places?