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SQL Server FTHR Function

Updated 2023-11-09 14:32:32.377000

Description

Use the scalar function FTHR to convert from feet per hour, feet per minute, feet per second, inches per second, kilometers per hour, knots, miles per hour, miles per minute, miles per second, meters per second, meters per minute or meters per hour to feet per hour.

Syntax

SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[FTHR] (
  <@Speed, float,>
 ,<@From_scale, nvarchar(4000),>)

Arguments

@Speed

is any real number. @Speed 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 @Speed. @From_scale must be a valid value as specified in  speed 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 speed units of measure into feet per hour:

column 1column 2
feet per hour1
feet per minute60
feet per second3600
inches per second300
kilometers per hour3280.8399
knots6076.11549
miles per hour5280
miles per minute316800
miles per second19008000
meters per second11811.0236
meters per minute196.850394
meters per hour3.2808399

Conversion of meters includes all the standard prefixes with kilo representing 1,000 and yocto representing 10E-24.

Examples

select wct.FTHR(10, 'm/s');

Here is the result set.

column 1
118110.236