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 Posted - 2001-09-27 : 09:17:57
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| Joey writes "Why do floating point numbers get rounded and truncated when a CONVERT is used as shown below, and, more importantly, is there any way to get a CONVERT to accurately display the floating point number in the way it is stored (without rounding and truncating it)? Thanks!/* Code: */SET NOCOUNT ONDECLARE @myfloat FLOATSET @myfloat = 1.123456789012345SELECT @myfloat AS original_floatSELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(30),@myfloat) AS converted_float/* Results:original_float ----------------------------------------------------- 1.123456789012345converted_float ------------------------------ 1.12346*/" |
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Using CONVERT with FLOAT data really bugs me...