Question

I have two bit type columns in my sql table, and the values in it are like,

FirstHalfLeave         SecondHalfLeave
 ------------           -------------
      0                      1
      1                      1

I need to sum these two fields to make it leave for a single day and I need to dislay the exact result(3/2=1.5)

I just converted these bit to integer like

sum(CAST(StaffAttendance.FirstHalfStatus as Integer) + 
             CAST(StaffAttendance.SecondHalfStatus as integer))/2 as TotalLeave

it showing the result as 1 not 1.5, for this I think I need to cast it to double or to float, I dunno how to do this, can anyone help me here, thanks in advance

Answer 1

use /2.0 instead to force decimal type

Edit:

To remove the trailing zeros cast to float. And I think you placed a ) wrong. Try:

select cast(
           sum(
                 (
                   CAST(StaffAttendance.FirstHalfStatus as Integer) + 
                   CAST(StaffAttendance.SecondHalfStatus as integer)
                 ) 
                 / 2.0
           ) as float
       ) as TotalLeave
from your_table