right, but if you try SELECT convert(decimal(3,1),'333.14')
you get a conversion error;
that's what i'm thinking is the issue; other daata than the examples you posted are outside of the data boundary; 333.14 will not fit in the decimal 3,1; it would fit in a decimal 5,2 for example.,
Lowell
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