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Why is ISNUMERIC('-') = 1

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KCWMS

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I was writing a function to strip out non-numerics and found that SELECT ISNUMERIC('-') = 1.

What!!!
 
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select convert(int,'-')

brings back 0 so it looks like that's another way of sayinf zero!

select '-'+3 brings back 3!

Interesting.
 
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Have a look at this thread for some more interesting info:

thread183-1010578

--James
 
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