sql server - Error converting data type varchar to numeric when converting substring to decimal -
i have table includes varchar column populated values
employee not entitled ssp because average weekly earnings below lel.average earnings: £44.13750
i trying extract value after £ sign have tried:
select clientid , max(payperiod) periodno , case when max(comment) '%£%' cast(max(right(comment, charindex('£', reverse(comment))-1) )as decimal(5,2)) else 0 end avgearnings2 t_payrollsspemployeecomment comment '%lel%' , comment '%£%' group clientid i want retrieve value can cast decimal 110.25
but getting error
error converting data type varchar numeric. i can value or without £ sign, need cast right number of decimal places report. doing wrong here?
can try this, substring function can used extract number after character £.
select clientid ,max(payperiod) periodno ,case when max(comment) '%£%' cast(substring(max(comment),2,len(max(comment))) decimal(18,2)) else 0 end avgearnings2 t_payrollsspemployeecomment comment '%lel%' , comment '%£%' group clientid wiki

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