casting a REAL as INT and comparing - sql

Question

I am casting a real to an int and a float to an int and comparing the two like this:
where
cast(a.[SUM(PAID_AMT)] as int)!=cast(b.PAID_AMT as int)
but i am still getting results where the two are equal. for example:
+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+----------+
| accn | load_dt | pmtdt | sumpaidamt | Bpaidamt |
+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+----------+
| A133312 | 6/7/2011 | 11/28/2011 | 98.39 | 98.39 |
| A445070 | 6/2/2011 | 9/22/2011 | 204.93 | 204.93 |
| A465606 | 5/19/2011 | 10/19/2011 | 560.79 | 560.79 |
| A508742 | 7/12/2011 | 10/19/2011 | 279.65 | 279.65 |
| A567730 | 5/27/2011 | 10/24/2011 | 212.76 | 212.76 |
| A617277 | 7/12/2011 | 10/12/2011 | 322.02 | 322.02 |
| A626384 | 6/16/2011 | 10/21/2011 | 415.84 | 415.84 |
| AA0000044 | 5/12/2011 | 5/23/2011 | 197.38 | 197.38 |
+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+----------+
here is the full query:
select
a.accn,
a.load_dt,
a.pmtdt,
a.[SUM(PAID_AMT)] sumpaidamt,
sum(b.paid_amt) Bpaidamt
from
[MILLENNIUM_DW_DEV].[dbo].[Millennium_Payment_Data_May2011_July2012] a
join
F_PAYOR_PAYMENTS_DAILY b
on
a.accn=b.ACCESSION_ID
and
a.final_rpt_dt=b.FINAL_REPORT_DATE
and
a.load_dt=b.LOAD_DATE
and
a.pmtdt=b.PAYMENT_DATE
where
cast(a.[SUM(PAID_AMT)] as int)!=cast(b.PAID_AMT as int)
group by
a.accn,
a.load_dt,
a.pmtdt,
a.[SUM(PAID_AMT)]
what am i doing wrong? how do i return only records that are NOT equal?

Answer 1

I don't see why there is an issue.
The query is returning the sum of the payments in b (sum(b.paid_amt) Bpaidamt). The where clause is comparing individual payments. This just means that there is more than one payment.
Perhaps your intention is to have a HAVING clause instead:
having cast(a.[SUM(PAID_AMT)] as int)!=cast(sum(b.PAID_AMT) as int)

Answer 2

You can do a round and a cast statement.
cast(round(sumpaidamt,2) as money) <> cast(round(Bpaidamt,2) as money)
Sql Fiddle showing how it would work http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/4eb79/1