replacement of format(0,"percent") in SQL

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replacement of format(0,"percent") in SQL

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March 10, 2009 at 5:27 am

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do we have a replacment for replacement of format(0,"percent") in SQL?

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 1

not built in , no; typically formatting is left for the presentation layer, like vb;

you can do something pretty close:

declare @val decimal (12,6)

set @val = 0.43365

select convert(varchar,convert(decimal(5,2),@val* 100.0)) + '%'

--43.37%

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184393 More actions · Answer 2

Glad Lowell and I posted the same answer since the post was duplicated (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic672270-338-1.aspx). Please don't post more than once.

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nabajyoti.b SSCrazy Points: 2177 More actions · Answer 3

just realized that sorry...

But thank you both for your posts.

Many Thanks....

davoscollective SSCertifiable Points: 6355 More actions · Answer 4

Lowell (3/10/2009)
not built in , no; typically formatting is left for the presentation layer, like vb;
you can do something pretty close:
declare @val decimal (12,6)
set @val = 0.43365
select convert(varchar,convert(decimal(5,2),@val* 100.0)) + '%'
--43.37%

Strangely enough, the Format() function has been added to SQL Server 2012.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213505.aspx

No idea why they would have added this, as Lowell said, better left to the presentation layer. Maybe if your presentation layer is a bit lacking, or for ad-hock querying it's useful.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003873 More actions · Answer 5

davoscollective (11/18/2013)
Lowell (3/10/2009)
not built in , no; typically formatting is left for the presentation layer, like vb;
you can do something pretty close:
declare @val decimal (12,6)
set @val = 0.43365
select convert(varchar,convert(decimal(5,2),@val* 100.0)) + '%'
--43.37%
Strangely enough, the Format() function has been added to SQL Server 2012.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213505.aspx
No idea why they would have added this, as Lowell said, better left to the presentation layer. Maybe if your presentation layer is a bit lacking, or for ad-hock querying it's useful.

Sometimes... there is no "presentation layer". For example, I didn't write an app for my morning reports and I've never written an app to export data, which may be required in a certain format by the receiver of the data.

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