conversion

Hi All,

I am pretty new to sql server. I have a column with data in the format
of #ddd,dddd
where d is a number between 0 and 9.
e.g. one entry of column #34,56

What is the easiest way to convert it to integer? #56,5-->565

Thanks a lot

Thanks.

So the comma is not significant?  If so, try:

select
cast (replace (replace (MyCol, '#', ''), ',', '') as int)

--
Tom

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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON   Canada

<jack.smith.sam@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I am pretty new to sql server. I have a column with data in the format
of #ddd,dddd
where d is a number between 0 and 9.
e.g. one entry of column #34,56

What is the easiest way to convert it to integer? #56,5-->565

Thanks a lot

Thanks.

If you want to permanently convert  the column datatype to integer, use
Tom's suggestion to clear the non-numeric characters out of the current
column, and then use

ALTER TABLE MyTable
ALTER COLUMN Mycolumn int

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<jack.smith.sam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162070389.388509.50190@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am pretty new to sql server. I have a column with data in the format
> of #ddd,dddd
> where d is a number between 0 and 9.
> e.g. one entry of column #34,56
>
> What is the easiest way to convert it to integer? #56,5-->565
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Thanks.
>