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Home 2015 December SQL Server: How to Convert Varbinary to Numeric & vice versa?

SQL Server: How to Convert Varbinary to Numeric & vice versa?

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In this post, I am sharing an example of data conversion between Varbinary and Numeric data type in SQL Server.

This is just like any other data conversion, but whenever you convert from varbinary to numeric, you must be exact in the Precision & Scale. If this is wrong, it gives you the wrong result.

Convert From Numeric to Varbinary:

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DECLARE @Numeric2 AS NUMERIC(8,4)
SET @Numeric2 =8985.4563
SELECT CONVERT(VARBINARY(MAX),@Numeric2) AS Numeric_to_Varbinary
 
-- Result:
Numeric_to_Varbinary
----------------------
0x0804000163125B05

Find Precision & Scale of this Varbinary Data:

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SELECT CONVERT(INT,0x08) AS [Precision]
SELECT CONVERT(INT,0x04) AS [Scale]
 
-- Result:
Precision
-----------
8
 
Scale
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4

Convert From Varbinary to Numeric:

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DECLARE @varbinary2 AS VARBINARY(MAX)
SET @varbinary2=0x0804000163125B05
SELECT CONVERT(NUMERIC(8,4),@varbinary2) AS Varbinary_to_Numeric
 
-- Result:
Varbinary_to_Numeric
----------------------
8985.4563

Dec 28, 2015Anvesh Patel
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Comments: 1
  1. caleb
    May 25, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    Thanks for the excellent information, it really
    comes in handy.

Anvesh Patel
Anvesh Patel

Database Engineer

December 28, 2015 SQL ServerAnvesh Patel, data conversion, database, database research and development, dbrnd, numeric, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Server Administrator, SQL Server Monitoring, SQL Server Performance Tunning, SQL Server Tips and Tricks, TSQL, varbinary
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