I have a SQL Server database.
One field has values which are like
ID VALUE
1 NEGATIF
2 11.4
3 0.2
4 A RH(+)
5 -----
6 >>>>>
7 5.6<
8 -13.9
I want to CONVERT VALUE field to decimal, of course convert-able fields.
What kind of SQL statement can do this?
How can I understand which value is raising error while converting?
PS: I think this can solve WHERE VALUE LIKE '[a-z]' but how can I add more filter like [-+ ()] ?
解决方案
Plain ISNUMERIC is rubbish
Empty string, +, - and . are all valid
So is +. etc
1e-3 is valid for float but not decimal (unless you CAST to float then to decimal)
For a particularly cryptic but failsafe solution, append e0 or .0e0 then use ISNUMERIC
SELECT
ISNUMERIC(MyCOl + 'e0') --decimal check,
ISNUMERIC(MyCOl + '.0e0') --integer check
So
SELECT
ID, VALUE,
CAST(
CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(VALUE + 'e0') = 1 THEN VALUE ELSE NULL END
AS decimal(38, 10)
) AS ConvertedVALUE
FROM
Mytable