Question

I have a float field which shows data as such:

1
1.00
3.12
3.00

I also have a varchar field that shows as such:

NA
ND 
I

Data is as such: Fld_N is a float and Fld_S is varchar

Fld_N   Fld_S
-----   ------
1 
        ND
1.00    
3.12
3
       NA
       I

Notice that a row can have a value for either the Fld_N or the Fld_S but not both.

What I am doing is using the coalesce as such:

    COALESCE(STR(Fld_N,9,2), Fld_S)  Fld

This doesn’t quite work well as I have the decimal points always be upto 2 decimal points whereas I need it to support showing 1 as well as 1.00. Is there a way to not specify the decimal points and still accomomdate for showing 1 and 1.00 in my example?

Answer 1

try the convert function:

coalesce(convert(varchar,Fld_N),Fld_S) Fdl