Cast VARCHAR as INT keeping NULLs and setting text value to number
I'm creating an int field from a varchar field in a staging table in SQL Server 2012.
The field contains NULL values, positive and negative integers, and the text value "Unknown".
I would like to create a new int field and update it with the numeric values, set the text value of "Unknown" to 88888 and keep the NULL values as NULL.
I "tried" TRY_CAST but I really need the text "Unknown" set to the 88888 value because in this instance "Unknown" has a different meaning than NULL.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
case
when yourTextColumn is null then null
when yourTextColumn = 'Unknown' then 88888
else cast(yourTextColumn as int)
end
then values of yourTextColumn only contain Unknown, Nulll or integer values in varchar.
you need to tell us if there is exceptional cases, whereas the varchar values not equal to "Unknown"
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