How come I am getting this error? Msg 8117, Level 16, State 1, Line 6

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SQL-Server-2008R2

Hi

I was thinking the codes were correct because there as no more red lines. But when I run it, it shows this message:

Msg 8117, Level 16, State 1, Line 6<br />
Operand data type varchar is invalid for divide operator

Here is my query:

SQL

SELECT b.pnNumber
    ,b.loanAmount
    ,b.term
    ,((CAST(SUBSTRING(b.interestRate, PATINDEX('%[^0 ]%', b.interestRate + ' '), LEN(b.interestRate)) AS FLOAT) /100)/12) monthlyInterestRate
    ,POWER(((CAST(SUBSTRING(b.interestRate, PATINDEX('%[^0 ]%', b.interestRate + ' '), LEN(b.interestRate)) AS FLOAT) /100)/12), b.term) SuperScript
    ,CASE WHEN b.interestRate = 0 THEN b.loanAmount/b.term ELSE
        (b.loanAmount*((((CAST(SUBSTRING(b.interestRate, PATINDEX('%[^0 ]%', b.interestRate + ' '), LEN(b.interestRate)) AS FLOAT) /100)/12)*POWER(((CAST(SUBSTRING(b.interestRate, PATINDEX('%[^0 ]%', b.interestRate + ' '), LEN(b.interestRate)) AS FLOAT) /100)/12), b.term))-(POWER(((CAST(SUBSTRING(b.interestRate, PATINDEX('%[^0 ]%', b.interestRate + ' '), LEN(b.interestRate)) AS FLOAT) /100)/12), b.term)-1))) END MonthlyPayment
FROM vw_LoanMas_AcctRel AS b
WHERE b.billingBucket1 = 'U'

Thank you for helping me out in my problem.

Posted 2-Jul-14 23:26pm

mitchiee1226

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Murugesan22 3-Jul-14 5:46am

Please check with b.loanAmount/b.term datatypes
If any varchar datatype means you have convert to datatype which you want

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Solution 1

What is the data type of b.term? I suspect its varchar. Please check

Posted 2-Jul-14 23:36pm

_Asif_

Solution 2

Your query contains, for instance, /b.term. If term is a varchar then you have to cast it to a number (if it makes sense) in order to use it as divide operand.

Posted 2-Jul-14 23:38pm

CPallini

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mitchiee1226 3-Jul-14 19:56pm

I have done the cast of b.term to float and also b.loanAmount. The error gets worst.

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Magic Wonder · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-03T20:39:00

Hi,

You have to check out that wherever you are using numerator and denominator all must be same data type i.e. Numeric data type.

Also, kindly make sure whether data exists in your table should not contain varchar data.

And whatever suggestion made above like use of CAST / CONVERT, if required use it.

Hope this will help you.

Cheers