I don't believe there is a direct conversion available for your field. If you are using SQL 2000 you can write a function that will take your field, split it at the '/' and then do the math returning the numeric result. You can then use that in your select statement.
______________________________________________________ Bill Grover Supervisor MIS Phone: 301.424.3300 x3324 EU Services, Inc. FAX: 301.424.3696 649 North Horners Lane E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD 20850-1299 WWW: http://www.euservices.com ______________________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Che Vilnonis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 1:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: SQL Question... > > > In my db I've got a varchar column called 'width'. > It has values like 3/4" or 5/8", etc. > > I'd like to write a where clause in a SQL query that does > something like this: > > WHERE 0=0 > AND (WIDTH BETWEEN #FORM.Width1# AND #FORM.Width2#) > [i.e. -- (AND (0.75 BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1))] > > What do I need to do to make this work? Covert? Cast? > > Che Vilnonis > Application Developer > Advertising Systems Incorporated > 8470C Remington Avenue > Pennsauken, NJ 08110 > p: 856.488.2211 > f: 856.488.1990 > www.asitv.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm