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                                         AnsiSQL92 
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                                             Posted - 2014-08-13 : 07:03:08
                                            
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                                            | Hi All,I need to convert a number to binary format (1 and 0 strings). Is it possible in Standard SQL 92 syntax?I have a number to binary conversion formula which is valid for Oracle database but I need it's equivalent in Standard SQL 92 syntax.select DECODE(BITAND(16, 16), 16, '1', '0') || DECODE(BITAND(16, 8), 8, '1', '0') || DECODE(BITAND(16, 4), 4, '1', '0') || DECODE(BITAND(16, 2), 2, '1', '0') || DECODE(BITAND(16, 1), 1, '1', '0') FROM dual;Please help.It's urgent.Thanks MuchPurnima | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     gbritton 
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                                            Posted - 2014-08-13 : 07:41:56
                                          
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                                          | See here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/127116/sql-server-convert-integer-to-binary-string  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     SwePeso 
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                                            Posted - 2014-08-13 : 09:05:59
                                          
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                                          [code]DECLARE	@Sample INT = 5,	@Short BIT = 1;SELECT	REPLACE(CASE WHEN @Short = 1 THEN LTRIM(v) ELSE v END, ' ', '0')FROM	(		VALUES	(				CASE WHEN @Sample & CAST(2147483648 AS BIGINT) >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 1073741824 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 536870912 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 268435456 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 134217728 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 67108864 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +						CASE WHEN @Sample & 33554432 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 16777216 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 8388608 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 4194304 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 2097152 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 1048576 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 524288 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 262144 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 131072 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 65536 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 32768 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 16384 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 8192 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 4096 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 2048 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 1024 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 512 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 256 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 128 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 64 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 32 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 16 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 8 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 4 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 2 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END +				CASE WHEN @Sample & 1 >= 1 THEN '1' ELSE ' ' END			)		) AS d(v);[/code] Microsoft SQL Server MVP, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCP, MCITP, MCTS, MCDBA  | 
                                         
                                        
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