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Asked: 2026-05-29T03:36:00+00:00

I’m trying to get a query to work which returns a list of locId’s

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I’m trying to get a query to work which returns a list of locId’s from the database when fed a long and a lat.

Here’s the sql:

eg: lat = “-37.8333300” : lon = “145.000000” : radius = (5 * 0.621371192) ^ 2

SELECT locId,longitude,latitude FROM tbliplocations WHERE (69.1*([longitude]- "&lon&") * cos("&lat&"/57.3))^2 + (69.1*([latitude]- "&lat&"))^2 < "&radius

Here’s the error I receive:

The data types float and int are incompatible in the ‘^’ operator.

I’m unsure of a workaround, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer:

Using SQL Server 2008 R2

SELECT city FROM tbliplocationsnew WHERE POWER((69.1*([longitude]- "&lon&") * cos("&lat&"/57.3)),2) + POWER((69.1*([latitude]- "&lat&")),2)  < "&radius
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  1. Editorial Team

    Not sure what database you use, but I think that “^2” in SQL does not mean “squared” like in maths. You should use a math “power” function, like POWER(number,2) in SQL Server (since you use VB maybe you use SQL Server ?)

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