CAST DECIMAL to INT

Question

I\'m trying to do this:

SELECT CAST(columnName AS INT), moreColumns, etc
FROM myTable
WHERE ...

I\'ve looked at the help FAQs here: http://

Answer 1

your can try this :

SELECT columnName1, CAST(columnName2 AS  SIGNED ) FROM tableName 

Answer 2

The CAST() function does not support the "official" data type "INT" in MySQL, it's not in the list of supported types. With MySQL, "SIGNED" (or "UNSIGNED") could be used instead:

CAST(columnName AS SIGNED)

However, this seems to be MySQL-specific (not standardized), so it may not work with other databases. At least this document (Second Informal Review Draft) ISO/IEC 9075:1992, Database does not list "SIGNED"/"UNSIGNED" in section 4.4 Numbers.

But DECIMAL is both standardized and supported by MySQL, so the following should work for MySQL (tested) and other databases:

CAST(columnName AS DECIMAL(0))

According to the MySQL docs:

If the scale is 0, DECIMAL values contain no decimal point or fractional part.

Answer 3

From the article you linked to:

The type can be one of the following values:

BINARY[(N)]

CHAR[(N)]

DATE

DATETIME

DECIMAL[(M[,D])]

SIGNED [INTEGER]

TIME

UNSIGNED [INTEGER]

Try SIGNED instead of INT

Answer 4

A more optimized way in mysql for this purpose*:

SELECT columnName DIV 1 AS columnName, moreColumns, etc
FROM myTable
WHERE ...

Using DIV 1 is a huge speed improvement over FLOOR, not to mention string based functions like FORMAT

mysql> SELECT BENCHMARK(10000000,1234567 DIV 7) ;
+-----------------------------------+
| BENCHMARK(10000000,1234567 DIV 7) |
+-----------------------------------+
|                                 0 |
+-----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.83 sec)

mysql> SELECT BENCHMARK(10000000,1234567 / 7) ;
+---------------------------------+
| BENCHMARK(10000000,1234567 / 7) |
+---------------------------------+
|                               0 |
+---------------------------------+
1 row in set (7.26 sec)

mysql> SELECT BENCHMARK(10000000,FLOOR(1234567 / 7)) ;
+----------------------------------------+
| BENCHMARK(10000000,FLOOR(1234567 / 7)) |
+----------------------------------------+
|                                      0 |
+----------------------------------------+
1 row in set (8.80 sec)

(*) NOTE: As pointed by Grbts, be aware of the behaviour of DIV 1 when used with non unsigned/positive values.

Answer 5

You could try the FLOOR function like this:

SELECT FLOOR(columnName), moreColumns, etc 
FROM myTable 
WHERE ... 

You could also try the FORMAT function, provided you know the decimal places can be omitted:

SELECT FORMAT(columnName,0), moreColumns, etc 
FROM myTable 
WHERE ... 

You could combine the two functions

SELECT FORMAT(FLOOR(columnName),0), moreColumns, etc 
FROM myTable 
WHERE ... 

Answer 6

use this

mysql> SELECT TRUNCATE(223.69, 0);
        > 223

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