Concatenating two floats with a comma in the middle

i am using the following code to try and get the following results:
convert(varchar,r.LowerStrike)+ ',' + convert(varchar,r.UpperStrike)
to get:
(for example) "100.22,44.5"
But i get the following error: Error converting data type varchar to
float.
I assume sqlserver is trying to convert the comma to a float to do an
addition.
I thought that the fact that i converted the two floats to varchars
would have stopped this, but it doesn't.
Does anyone know why?
<arun.hallan@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>i am using the following code to try and get the following results:
> convert(varchar,r.LowerStrike)+ ',' + convert(varchar,r.UpperStrike)
> to get:
> (for example) "100.22,44.5"
>
> But i get the following error: Error converting data type varchar to
> float.
> I assume sqlserver is trying to convert the comma to a float to do an
> addition.
> I thought that the fact that i converted the two floats to varchars
> would have stopped this, but it doesn't.
> Does anyone know why?
>
Your code snippet worked fine for me using the following DDL. Can you post
your DDL and maybe we can find the error?
CREATE TABLE #Foo (
LowerStrike float,
UpperStrike float
)
INSERT #Foo VALUES (100.22, 44.5)
INSERT #Foo VALUES (889.38, 4830.0)
SELECT *
FROM #Foo
SELECT CONVERT(varchar, r.LowerStrike) + ', ' + CONVERT(varchar,
r.UpperStrike) AS 'NewValue'
FROM #Foo r
DROP TABLE #Foo
Rick Sawtell
MCT, MCSD, MCDBA
|||I'm not sure what my DDL is.
It's the sqk server at work - not sure where those things are kept.
|||<arun.hallan@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure what my DDL is.
> It's the sqk server at work - not sure where those things are kept.
>
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Rick Sawtell
MCT, MCSD, MCDBA