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Convert Data in Table from float to Integer

RecordNumber	TLInstance	Timestamp	Hundredths	Type	Data	Flags
139543	101	2013-01-17 09:15:00.000	4	0	1.91663e+006	0
139544	101	2013-01-17 09:30:01.000	52	0	1.91673e+006	0
139545	101	2013-01-17 09:45:00.000	11	0	1.91682e+006	0
139546	101	2013-01-17 10:00:01.000	49	0	1.91692e+006	0
139547	101	2013-01-17 10:15:00.000	20	0	1.91701e+006	0
139548	101	2013-01-17 10:30:01.000	69	0	1.91709e+006	0
139549	101	2013-01-17 10:45:00.000	12	0	1.91718e+006	0
139550	101	2013-01-17 11:00:01.000	53	0	1.91727e+006	0
139551	101	2013-01-17 11:00:01.000	53	1	259::42	0
139552	101	2013-01-17 11:06:01.000	70	3	11	0
139553	101	2013-01-17 11:06:01.000	70	3	00	0
139554	101	2013-01-17 11:15:00.000	0	0	1917363	0
139555	101	2013-01-17 11:30:00.000	0	0	1917455	0
139556	101	2013-01-17 11:45:00.000	0	0	1917548	0
139557	101	2013-01-17 12:00:00.000	0	0	1917641	0
139558	101	2013-01-17 12:15:00.000	0	0	1917735	0
139559	101	2013-01-17 12:30:00.000	0	0	1917831	0

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Hi,

I have a application archiving data every 15mins into a database. I've recently changed the datatype of the data going into the table (the table column is still a Varchar(32)), but  now need to convert the Historic data to an integer.

to better display my requirement, I've attached a sample of the old and new data. I could really use an update query to go through all of the rows, and convert from the old to new datatype, so that is displays correctly in the application. Currently, the application on displays a 1 when the Data is recorded as 1.91663e+006. I need to convert this 1.91663e+006 to its actual value of 1916630.

Any help is appreciated.
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this small code shall help:
declare @table table ( field varchar(20)) 
insert into @table values ( '1.91663e+006' )

select t.field
  , left(t.field, charindex('e+', t.field)-1) base
  , right(t.field, len(t.field) - charindex('e+', t.field) -1 )
  , cast(left(t.field, charindex('e+', t.field)-1) as float) * power( 10, cast(right(t.field, len(t.field) - charindex('e+', t.field) -1 ) as int ))
from @table t

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Can this be used to update all historic data (2 years of samples recorded @ 15min intervals) on  table called Data? I need it to update all rows in the table.
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