SQL Server YARDS Function
Updated 2023-11-09 14:21:44.040000
Description
Use the scalar function YARDS to convert from fathoms, feet, furlongs, inches, meters, miles, nautical miles, pica, points or yards to yards.
Syntax
SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[YARDS] (
<@Length, float,>
,<@From_scale, nvarchar(4000),>)
Arguments
@Length
is any real number. @Length is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
@From_scale
is the description of the units for @Length. @From_scale must be a valid value as specified in length unit representations. @From_scale must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar.
Return Type
float
Remarks
The following table is a representation of the conversion of one of the length units of measure into yards:
| column 1 | column 2 |
|---|---|
| inches | 0.0277777778 |
| feet | 0.3333333330 |
| yards | 1.0000000000 |
| meters | 1.0936133000 |
| fathoms | 2.0000000000 |
| furlongs | 220.0000000000 |
| miles | 1760.0000000000 |
| nautical miles | 2025.3718300000 |
| pica | 0.0046296296 |
| points | 0.0003858 |
Conversion of meters includes all the standard prefixes with kilo representing 1,000 and yocto representing 10E-24.
Examples
select wct.YARDS(100, 'yd');
Here is the result set.
| column 1 |
|---|
| 100 |