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datatype convertion

  • July 9, 2013 at 3:21 am

    #295404

    i have a table with colum having string data in it. i want to convert it into integer. how can i do this..

    example.. region

    south

    north

    i want to convert above into integer format like

    region

    2

    3

  • July 9, 2013 at 3:28 am

    #1630699

    This will do it:

    SELECT 2 AS region

    UNION ALL SELECT 3

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  • July 9, 2013 at 4:43 am

    #1630725

    Or perhaps something like this:

    WITH Regions (Region) AS (

    SELECT 'north' UNION ALL SELECT 'south')

    SELECT region=CASE Region WHEN 'north' THEN 2 WHEN 'south' THEN 3 END

    FROM Regions

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