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Asked: 2026-06-15T03:49:38+00:00

In SQL Server 2005 str() behaves strange on some float values while rounding. While

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In SQL Server 2005 str() behaves strange on some float values while rounding. While searching in net, I found the below code and explanations there.

select STR(4.65,5,1) -- it will give 4.7
select STR(3.65,5,1) -- it will give 3.6

I got some explanations here and here, but didn’t get anything from there (that above T-SQL taken from one of the explanations link)

Could anyone please explain why it behaves like this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Syntax of STR(); STR ( float_expression [ , length [ , decimal ] ] ) clearly says that the number is a float_expression. Therefore whatever the number you give it will be first converted to a FLOAT(n) where default value of n = 53.

    So 

    SELECT STR(4.65,5,1), SELECT STR(3.65,5,1)

    Equal to:

    SELECT STR(CAST(4.65 AS FLOAT(53)),5,1) , STR(CAST(3.65 AS FLOAT(53)),5,1)

    If you specify n, say n = 4 it will give the answer you are expecting (ie; 4.7 and 3.7)

    SELECT STR(CAST(4.65 AS FLOAT(4)),5,1) , STR(CAST(3.65 AS FLOAT(4)),5,1)
              --4.7,                     3.7
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