Microsoft KB Archive/234783

= FIX: Error 8115 on Conversion from NUMERIC Constant to REAL =

Article ID: 234783

Article Last Modified on 9/6/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q234783



BUG #: 18122 (SQLBUG_65)



SYMPTOMS
A SQL statement that performs an implicit or explicit conversion from numeric constant 0.0 to data type real may fail and return the following error:

Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2

Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to type real.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the integer constant 0 whenever assigning the value zero to a column of type real.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 6.5. This problem has been corrected in the Post Service Pack 5a Update for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. To install the Post Service Pack 5a Update, you must have either SQL Server 6.5 SP5 or SP5a installed.

For information about how to download and install the SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 5a, refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197177 INF: How to Obtain SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 5a

If you already have SQL Server 6.5 SP5 or SP5a installed, you can download the Post SP5a Update from the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

274036 INF: How to Obtain SQL Server 6.5 Post Service Pack 5a Update

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words: datatype

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