We've still got a lot of guesswork to do to help out, and that's what we're here to do. If you read this article and post some samples like...

Could you post some sample data and your expected results please? It will make it a lot easier to answer your questions.

gpascanu (4/11/2014)

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Hi,

I have the following values in a Float column

266.5

280.98

127.558

How do I set the precision in a SELECT? I need to display two digits after the decimal point. My problem...

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BWFC (4/10/2014)

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With the Numeric data type, the first digit in the bracket gives the maximum number of digits for the complete figure and the second is the maximum number of...

With the Numeric data type, the first digit in the bracket gives the maximum number of digits for the complete figure and the second is the maximum number of digits...

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milos.radivojevic (4/8/2014)

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Thank you BWFC for the correction!

A great thing in this forum is whenever...

That solution works but will give an error if the string consists of only numerals.

declare @rowstring as varchar(max) = '1251596483'

select

case

when isnumeric(@rowstring) = 1 then @rowstring

else

REVERSE(

SUBSTRING(REVERSE(@rowstring),PATINDEX('%[0-9]%',

REVERSE(@rowstring)),PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%',

SUBSTRING(REVERSE(@rowstring),(PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', REVERSE(@rowstring))),LEN(@rowstring)))-1))

end

That will...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26822315

It seems to be a theme

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