Posted by Patti on 12/12/06 15:04

I am struggling with converting a certain varchar column into an int.
I have a table that has 2 fields - one field holds the loan number and
the other field holds the codes associated with that loan number.
Here's some example data:

Loan# Codes
11111 24-13-1
22222 1
33333 2-9

I need to check the Codes field for certain code numbers. The Select
statement I'd like to use is:

SELECT Loan#
FROM Table1 WHERE Codes IN (2, 13, 1)
/*My desired results is that all loans from the above example would be
selected because they all have one of these codes*/

Of course I cannot use the above statement because the Codes field is a
varchar. And if I put single quotes around the numbers in my IN
statement I don't get the desired results; the fields with multiple
codes are excluded.

But how do I convert this varchar to an int? A simple convert or cast
statement doesn't work. I've looked all over the web to find how to do
this, but have not been able to figure it out. Any help would be much
appreciated.

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