CAST(BillingTotal AS dec(12,2)) : decimal « Data Types « SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial

5> create table Billings (
6>     BankerID           INTEGER,
7>     BillingNumber      INTEGER,
8>     BillingDate        datetime,
9>     BillingTotal       INTEGER,
10>     TermsID            INTEGER,
11>     BillingDueDate     datetime ,
12>     PaymentTotal       INTEGER,
13>     CreditTotal        INTEGER
14>
15> );
16> GO
1>
2> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (1, 1, '2005-01-22', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (2, 2, '2001-02-21', 165, 1,'2002-02-22',123,321.);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (3, 3, '2003-05-02', 165, 1,'2005-04-12',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (4, 4, '1999-03-12', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (5, 5, '2000-04-23', 165, 1,'2005-04-17',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (6, 6, '2001-06-14', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (7, 7, '2002-07-15', 165, 1,'2005-04-19',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (8, 8, '2003-08-16', 165, 1,'2005-04-20',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (9, 9, '2004-09-17', 165, 1,'2005-04-21',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (0, 0, '2005-10-18', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT CAST(BillingTotal AS dec(12,2)) 'YTD Sales'
3> FROM Billings
4> GO
YTD Sales
--------------
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00
        165.00

(10 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> drop table Billings;
4> GO
1>

5.10.decimal
	5.10.1.	Exact Numbers
	5.10.2.	Convert DECIMAL(10,2) to varchar(10)
	5.10.3.	Use like to check DECIMAL after converting
	5.10.4.	CAST(BillingTotal AS dec(12,2))