Erland Sommarskog wrote:
MGFoster (me@privacy.com) writes:
SELECT CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(some_column)
THEN 'text'
ELSE 'some other text'
END AS theNumericTest
FROM table_name
... etc. ...
1) CASE WHEN isnumeric(some_column) = 1
2) isnumeric is virtually useless because it approves anything that
can be converted a to numeric data type. For test on "all digits",
this is better: "some_column NOT LIKE '%^[0-9]%'"
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You're correct about the Isnumeric(...) requiring the "=1." You're
incorrect about the NOT LIKE expression. The NOT LIKE expression will
return True for all columns that have both alpha chars and numeric
chars. E.g.:
set nocount on
create table #t (c char(6))
go
insert into #t (c) values ('ab12')
insert into #t (c) values ('1112')
insert into #t (c) values ('cd12')
insert into #t (c) values ('3312')
insert into #t (c) values ('(*)^')
insert into #t (c) values ('$25.10')
insert into #t (c) values ('$25^2')
go
select c,
case when isnumeric(c)=1
then 'T'
else 'F'
end as IsNumericTest,
case when c NOT LIKE '%^[0-9]%'
then 'T'
else 'F'
end as NotLikeTest
from #t
drop table #t
Results:
c IsNumericTest NotLikeTest
------ ------------- -----------
ab12 F T
1112 T T
cd12 F T
3312 T T
(*)^ F T
$25.10 T T
$25^2 F F
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Oakland, CA (USA)
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