Conversion from nvarchar to float isn't working - sql

I am unable to get the following query to work due to errors upon conversion from nvarchar to float; I need to convert theData field to float in order to round it, but the data is originally an NVARCHAR(20) because the column holds character data as well. I've tried casting each of the instances of theData to float but it still didn't work, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
UPDATE tblData SET tblData.theNumericData = CASE WHEN IsNumeric([theData]) = 1
THEN Round(Convert(float, [theData]),(Len([theData])-Charindex('.',[theData])))
ELSE Null END
WHERE tblData.theFlag =1;
I have tried the following two variants...
UPDATE tblData SET tblData.theNumericData = CASE WHEN IsNumeric([theData]) = 1
THEN Round(Convert(float, [theData]),(Len(Convert(float, [theData]))-
Charindex('.',Convert(float, [theData]))))
ELSE Null END
WHERE tblData.theFlag =1;
and...
UPDATE tblData SET tblData.theNumericData = CASE WHEN IsNumeric([theData]) = 1
THEN Convert(nvarchar(20),Round(Convert(float, [theData]),(Len(Convert(float,
[theData]))- Charindex('.',Convert(float, [theData]))))) ELSE Null END
WHERE tblData.theFlag =1;

Can't answer the question because we don't know the error you're getting but... you should move the case to where... it'll make it more readable.
UPDATE tblData
SET tblData.theNumericData = Convert(float, [theData])
WHERE IsNumeric([theData]) = 1 AND tblData.theFlag =1;

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Update multiple values using IS NULL condition

I just finished migrating an Access database to the SQL Server and I need to fix the Yes/No values to be defaulted to No as their data type conversion is set to bit.
I do this by setting the default value to 0.
However, I want to execute a query to do that as well, but there are multiple bit rows.
I know how to use multiples with the SET command, but how do we use multiple with WHERE? What is the proper way of structuring it?
UPDATE sometable SET
[isConditionOnePassed] = 0
, [isSecondPassed] = 0
, [isThirdPassed] = 0
WHERE [isConditionOnePassed] IS NULL, [isSecondPassed] is NULL, [isThirdPassed] IS NULL
Or is it with an AND? Like boolean logic?
UPDATE sometable SET
[isConditionOnePassed] = 0
, [isSecondPassed] = 0
, [isThirdPassed] = 0
WHERE [isConditionOnePassed] IS NULL and [isSecondPassed] is NULL and [isThirdPassed] IS NULL
Hmmm . . . If you want to set NULL values to another value, you can use COALESCE():
UPDATE sometable
SET isConditionOnePassed = COALESCE(isConditionOnePassed, 0),
isSecondPassed = COALESCE(isSecondPassed, 0),
isThirdPassed = COALESDCE(isThirdPassed, 0)
WHERE isConditionOnePassed IS NULL OR isSecondPassed is NULL OR isThirdPassed IS NULL;
Seems like what you really need is an ISNULL or CASE expression. Here is an example with both:
UPDATE dbo.SomeTable
SET isConditionOnePassed = ISNULL(isConditionOnePassed,0),
isSecondPassed = CASE isSecondPassed WHEN 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END;

How to update a table concatenating the strings in two columns?

I want to update a column setting it up as the concatenation of the string in one column + the file extension (in this case, '.AVI').
I tried the following but it affects 0 rows; I know for a fact that there are records which have a 'FALSE' value for Video_Name.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
declare #creativity varchar
update [UK_Telco_Pressure_2018Q3_2019-02-26 W6]
set Video_Name=concat(#creativity,'.AVI') where Video_Name = 'false' and
#creativity=Creativity
I would expect something like this:
declare #creativity varchar(255); -- length is really important
set #creativity = <some value goes here> ; -- value is really important
update [UK_Telco_Pressure_2018Q3_2019-02-26 W6]
set Video_Name = concat(#creativity, '.AVI')
where Video_Name = 'false' and
Creativity = #creativity;
Or perhaps you just want:
update [UK_Telco_Pressure_2018Q3_2019-02-26 W6]
set Video_Name = concat(creativity, '.AVI')
where Video_Name = 'false' ;

SQL : Update value when the value in the database is null

I know this is already asked question and possible to be close.
But i really want a answer, I already searched through the internet, Read documentations, Blogs, and Question to SO.
This is my Query so Far,
declare #count numeric
select #count = (select count(1) from E496_TitleReference a where
exists (select 1 from #tempTransactions b where a.EPEB_RoD = b.tEPEB_RoD and
a.EPEB_ENO = b.tEPEB_ENO and a.EPEB_ID = b.tEPEB_ID and a.Title_Seq = b.tTitle_Seq))
update E496_TitleReference
set PrintStatus = '{0}',Is_AESM=isnull(-1,Is_AESM)
from E496_TitleReference a where
exists (select 1 from #tempTransactions b where a.EPEB_RoD = b.tEPEB_RoD and
a.EPEB_ENO = b.tEPEB_ENO and a.EPEB_ID = b.tEPEB_ID and a.Title_Seq = b.tTitle_Seq)
if ##rowcount <> #count
begin
rollback tran
Print "Error: There is an error on table E496_TitleReference."
return
end
go
For eg, In my table in Database i have column name Is_AESM, In Is_AESM column it have 4 values.
Is_AESM
NULL
NULL
-1
-2
Something like this.
Now when i run my script, it has no problem when i run it,
Is_AESM=isnull(-1,Is_AESM)
In this query it will detect if Is_AESM is null, it will update Is_AESM = -1 if not it will retain the value.
Now my problem is, if my query detect Is_AESM has a null value, it will update all the value to -1.
Is_AESM
-1
-1
-1
-1
The result is something like that. Now i want is update only the null value not all the value in column Is_AESM.
I think this query is wrong Is_AESM=isnull(-1,Is_AESM).
Any ideas will be a big help.
You may try with coalsece() function
update E496_TitleReference
set PrintStatus = '{0}',Is_AESM=coalsece(Is_AESM,-1)
from E496_TitleReference a where
exists (select 1 from #tempTransactions b where a.EPEB_RoD = b.tEPEB_RoD and
a.EPEB_ENO = b.tEPEB_ENO and a.EPEB_ID = b.tEPEB_ID and a.Title_Seq = b.tTitle_Seq)
you need to replace order of parameters.
Is_AESM=isnull(Is_AESM, -1)
You can use COALSECE function. It returns the first non-null entry from the given list. So:
Is_AESM= COALSECE(IS_AESM,-1)
This will return IS_AESM value if it is not null (since it is the first non-null value)
Else if IS_AESM is NULL then it returns -1 (since it is the non-null value)

Set Date from another table in SQL Server

I have a code in VB.Net application which I would like to move to stored procedure.
VB code looks something like this :
if(id == 3)
{
var year = Year(invoiceDate)
updatedDate = DateSerial(dueYear, DueDateMonth, DueDateDay)
If updatedDate < invoiceDate Then
updatedDate += 1
updatedDate = DateSerial(updatedDate , getMonthFromDBTable, getDayFromDBTable)
End If
}
This is part of a condition which I am trying to resolve.
Currently in SQL I have the following
DECLARE #tmpCalendarDate DATETIME;
DECLARE #tmpYear int;
SET #tmpCalendarDate = convert(varchar(10), getdate(),120);
SET #tmpYear = DATEPART(yyyy, #tmpCalendarDate);
SELECT COALESCE (
CASE WHEN tt.ID = 1 THEN DATEADD(day, t.DaysUntilDue, r.InvoiceDate) END,
CASE WHEN tt.ID = 3 THEN -- This is where I need to add the condition.
I was thinking of setting the #tmpCalendarDate with the values to look something like
CASE WHEN tt.ID = 3 THEN #tmpCalendarDate = '#tmpYear-t.DueDateMonth-t.DueDateDay'
where t is a table.
This value cannot be changed, so I would rather calculate and fetch it once rather than calculating it every time binding changes (wpf application).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: I realized maybe I am vague with my question, so here it is
How do i set #tmpCalendarDate? I tried
SELECT #tmpCalendarDate = '#tmpYear-t.DueDateMonth-t.DueDateDay' FROM table t
and I get an error 'Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.' Instead I am expecting something like #tmpCalendarDate to be set to '2016-03-12'
Also, can I add an If..Else condition inside CASE.Then
In my example:
CASE WHEN tt.ID = 3 THEN #tmpCalendarDate = '#tmpYear-t.DueDateMonth-t.DueDateDay'
IF (#tmpCalendarDate > InvoiceDate)
BEGIN
--Do some logic
END
ELSE
--Do some logic
BEGIN
END
You can use DATEFROMPARTS
#tmpCalendarDate = DATEFROMPARTS(#tmpyear, t.DueDateMonth, t.DueDateDay)
Your mistake in your original attempt is you are setting #tempCalendarDate to actual string #tmpYear-t.DueDateMonth-t.DueDateDay which results in a conversion error.

Update of column happens even though I don't want it to happen

I've got a case statement:
UPDATE
Answer
SET
AnswerID = #AnswerID,
AnsweredBy = CASE WHEN LEN(#AnsweredBy) > 0 THEN #AnsweredBy END
Even when #AnsweredBy is NULL it still sets the AnsweredBy column to null.
I've tried to test for null as well by doing this:
UPDATE
Answer
SET
AnswerID = #AnswerID,
AnsweredBy = CASE WHEN #AnsweredBy IS NOT NULL THEN #AnsweredBy END
Meaning I do not want to update the answeredby column unless there is a value.
Even in my C# code I do not pass a value to my stored procedure:
if (answeredBy.Length > 0)
cmdSelect.Parameters.Add("#AnsweredBy", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = answeredBy;
unless there is a value. And in my sproc I default that column variable to null:
#RunoffAnswerID bigint,
#AnswerID varchar(3)=NULL,
#AnsweredBy varchar(50)=NULL,
So my question is how do I perform the rest of my updates, because there are about 5-10 more columns but only update the answeredby if there is a value in #AnsweredBy?
SET AnsweredBy = ISNULL(#AnsweredBy, AnsweredBy)
UPDATE
Answer
SET
AnswerID = #AnswerID,
AnsweredBy = CASE WHEN LEN(#AnsweredBy) > 0 THEN #AnsweredBy ELSE AnsweredBy END