CAST CONVERT doesn't work

• ChrisM@Work

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  March 20, 2013 at 8:39 am

  #1598937

  DECLARE @SomeDate CHAR(8) = '0'

  SELECT

  ISDATE(@SomeDate),

  CAST(NULLIF(@SomeDate,'0') AS DATE)

  -- similar to this handy trick:

  DECLARE @numerator INT = 1, @denominator INT = 0

  SELECT @numerator/@denominator

  --Msg 8134, Level 16, State 1, Line 3

  --Divide by zero error encountered.

  SELECT @numerator/NULLIF(@denominator,0)

  -- returns NULL, no error

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