How to remove decimal places from SQL 2005 query result?

Question

SQL version = 2005.

The following query produces the result 2.000000. I would like it to show just 2.

How do i remove decimal places from the result ?

SELECT ROUND(SUM([Total Order (mins)])/60, 0) as [Total Cutting Time (Hours) Saw 50] FROM [IT_REPORTS].[dbo].[cutting_data] WHERE [AssignedCuttingDate] = DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) and [Saw No] = '50'

Answer 1

The problem with round() is that the value changes, but not necessarily the type . So, you might get a bunch of trailing zeros, as you have noticed.

My advice is to convert to a decimal (or integer):

SELECT CAST(SUM([Total Order (mins)])/60 as DECIMAL(10, 0)) as [Total Cutting Time (Hours) Saw 50]
FROM [IT_REPORTS].[dbo].[cutting_data]
WHERE [AssignedCuttingDate] = DATEADD(day, DATEDIFF(day, 0, getdate()), 0) AND
      [Saw No] = '50';

You can also use str() to convert to a string.