On SQL Server 2017 I have a base 10 number of type DECIMAL(38,0)
which I need to convert to its base 2 representation.
This works fine for smaller numbers, but fails with the target order of magnitude:
x
DECLARE @var1 DECIMAL(38, 0) = 2679226456636072036565806253187530752;
WITH A
AS (SELECT @var1 AS NUMBER,
CAST('' AS VARCHAR(125)) AS BITS
UNION ALL
SELECT CAST(ROUND(NUMBER / 2, 0, 1) AS DECIMAL(38, 0)),
CAST(BITS + CAST(NUMBER % 2 AS VARCHAR(125)) AS VARCHAR(125))
FROM A
WHERE NUMBER > 0)
SELECT NUMBER,
RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 125) + CASE
WHEN BITS = ''
THEN '0'
ELSE REVERSE(BITS)
END, 125) AS BIN_VALUE
FROM A
WHERE NUMBER = 0;
The error message reads Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 2 Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type numeric.
I have also tried other approaches, but each has failed due to the magnitude of the original value. Any help with performing this conversion is greatly appreciated.
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Answer
--DECLARE @var1 DECIMAL(38, 0) = 2679226456636072036565806253187530752;
DECLARE @var1 DECIMAL(38, 0) = 99999567999999999999999999999999999999;
WITH A
AS
(
SELECT @var1 AS NUMBER,
CAST('' AS VARCHAR(130)) AS BITS
UNION ALL
SELECT CAST(
cast(round(NUMBER*0.1, 0, 1) as decimal(38,0))*5 --high part
+
round(cast('0.'+right(NUMBER, 1) as decimal(10,2))* 5, 0, 1) --low part
--ROUND(NUMBER * 0.5, 0, 1)
AS DECIMAL(38, 0)),
CAST(BITS + CAST(NUMBER % 2 AS VARCHAR(125)) AS VARCHAR(130))
FROM A
WHERE NUMBER > 0
)
SELECT NUMBER,
RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 130) + CASE
WHEN BITS = ''
THEN '0'
ELSE REVERSE(BITS)
END, 130) AS BIN_VALUE
FROM A
WHERE NUMBER = 0
option (maxrecursion 0);