Question

I have a float value that i need to do some calculations on and insert into a numeric(9,2). However in rare (and likley erronous) cases there are some data anomolies and I end up with a value that will not fit into numeric(9,2).

What is a good solution to this problem? Maybe just use 9999999.99 if the number is 9999999.99 or greater?

Any better ideas (besides of course changing the column data type)

Thanks!

EDIT:

I just wanna make the thing run without error.
I can’t “correct” the data.
I can’t omit it because then when I do a sumation there will be no indication that this value is wrong.
We are talking a FRACTION of a FRACTION of a percent of the data has this issue.
Just need to make the query run.

Answer 1

Add an independent overflow field or variable, or introduce an error condition.