Question

I have two tables. One is temp table and another is main table.
In temp table, I have a column called “Contract Number” which is of “float” datatype.
In Main table, I have a same column “Contract Number” but with “varchar(50)” datatype.

In Temp table, the Contract Number column has a value “40494318“.
When I insert into the Main table the value changes into “4.04943e+007“.

I used the query,

INSERT INTO Temp_Contract (Contract_Num)  
Select Contract_Num From Main_Contract

Please help me how to insert the values correctly.

Answer 1

If you’re sure Contract_Num is always an integer:

INSERT INTO Temp_Contract
    (Contract_Num)
    SELECT CAST(Contract_Num AS INT)
        FROM Main_Contract