STR Function [String]

Returns the string equivalent of a number.

Syntax

STR ( numeric-expression [ , length [ , decimal ] ] )

Parameter	Description
numeric-expression	Any approximate numeric (FLOAT, REAL, or DOUBLE precision) expression.
length	The number of characters to be returned (including the decimal point, all digits to the right and left of the decimal point, the sign, if any, and blanks). The default is 10 and the maximum length is 255.
decimal	The number of digits to the right of the decimal point to be returned. The default is 0.

VARCHAR

The following statement returns a string of six spaces followed by 1234, for a total of ten characters:

SELECT STR( 1234.56 ) FROM iq_dummy

The following statement returns the result 1234.5:

SELECT STR( 1234.56, 6, 1 ) FROM iq_dummy

If the integer portion of the number cannot fit in the length specified, then the result is NULL. For example, the following statement returns NULL:

SELECT STR( 1234.56, 3 ) FROM iq_dummy