SQL Server GRAMS Function

Updated 2023-11-09 19:07:48.667000

Description

Use the scalar function GRAMS to convert from drams, grains, grams, hundredweights, ounces, pennyweights, pounds, stones, tonnes, tons, troy pounds or troy ounces to troy pounds.

Syntax

SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[GRAMS] (
  <@Weight, float,>
 ,<@From_scale, nvarchar(4000),>
 ,<@To_scale, nvarchar(4000),>)

Arguments

@Weight

is any real number. @Weight 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 @Weight. @From_scale must be a valid value as specified in weight unit representations. @From_scale must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar.

@To_scale

is the description of the units for that @Volume is to be converted into. @To_scale must be a valid value as specified in weight unit representations. In addition to grams, @To_scale  can be decigrams, centigrams, milligrams, micrograms, nanograms, picograms, femtograms, attograms, zeptograms, yoctograms, decagrams, hectograms or kilograms. @To_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 weight units of measure into grams:

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

Examples

select wct.GRAMS(100, 'lbs', 'kg');

Here is the result set.