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Asked: 2026-05-16T02:49:53+00:00

In an app, where SQL server databases with schemas and locale unknown at compile-time

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In an app, where SQL server databases with schemas and locale unknown at compile-time (determined at runtime) can be plugged in, I need to figure out how to update a decimal field – ie. what decimal separator to use.

So against one server, if I need to update a decimal field, I would send 100.125. On another server that would be interpreted as 100,125.

I use oldschool SqlCommand-class to do so, since I do not know the schema at compile-time.

At runtime, can I determine which separator I should use? Or is there another way of handling this, that I am overlooking?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is some discussion on that issue here.

    Can you supply some context to your query why just using a dot wouldn’t work?

    As far as I understand it

    UPDATE tbl SET Col = 1.23

    would work anywhere and you would only get problems if you did

    UPDATE tbl SET Col = '1.23'
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