Re: varchar(10) to decimal

2005-05-18 Thread Michael Stassen
und up. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:00 AM To: Jerry Swanson Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: varchar(10) to decimal Hi, if varchar represents decimal(6,x) where x>2, it's truncated. Else, it&#

RE: varchar(10) to decimal

2005-05-18 Thread Gordon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:00 AM To: Jerry Swanson Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: varchar(10) to decimal Hi, if varchar represents decimal(6,x) where x>2, it's truncated. Else, it's converted : mysql> create table dcml (a

Re: varchar(10) to decimal

2005-05-18 Thread mfatene
Hi, if varchar represents decimal(6,x) where x>2, it's truncated. Else, it's converted : mysql> create table dcml (a varchar(10)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.24 sec) mysql> insert into dcml values('16.00'),('16.25'),('16.125'); Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.05 sec) Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Wa

Re: varchar(10) to decimal

2005-05-18 Thread Jerry Swanson
decimal(6,2) On 5/18/05, Philippe Poelvoorde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Swanson wrote: > > > I need to change format from varchar(10) to decimal. > > When I alter the table the data is trimmed. > > > > What I'm doing wrrong? > > > > TH > > > > ALTER TABLE your_table MODIFY your_column do

Re: varchar(10) to decimal

2005-05-18 Thread Philippe Poelvoorde
Jerry Swanson wrote: I need to change format from varchar(10) to decimal. When I alter the table the data is trimmed. What I'm doing wrrong? TH ALTER TABLE your_table MODIFY your_column double NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0'; should normally work. What is the command you are doing and have you example re

Re: varchar(10) to decimal

2005-05-17 Thread mfatene
Hi, to convert '16.00' to 16.00, you can use select '16.00'+0 mysql> select '16.00'+0; +---+ | '16.00'+0 | +---+ |16 | +---+ 1 row in set (0.08 sec) for ur columns, select col+0 from tbl; Mathias Selon Jerry Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I need to change format