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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:33:29 +0200
From: Ireneusz Pluta <ipluta@wp.pl>
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To: Joshua <joshua@joshuaneil.com>
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Subject: Re: simple SQL question
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Joshua napisał(a):
> I have a column with the following values (example below)
> 
> 5673
> 4731
> 4462
> 5422
> 756
> 3060
> 
> I want the column to display the numbers as follows:
> 
> 56.73
> 47.31
> 44.62
> 54.22
> 7.56
> 30.60
> 
> I have been playing around with string functions but cannot seem to 
> figure out a quick solution. Does anyone have any suggestions?

if I read you correctly, I might suggest:

select round(your_column/100.0, 2) as divided_by_100 from your_table;

(note dividing by 100.0 (decimal), not just by 100 (integer))

> 
> Please let me know.
> 
> Thanks.
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