MySQL Insert Cast - mysql

Question

I have tried to Insert a value into a table in MySQL but I can't make it work. I am using the following queries:
INSERT into articulo values (32,'Sala',CAST('$10,000.45999' AS DECIMAL(10,5)),40.2399,200.2399,3,'kid 3');
MySQL shows the following error:
1 row(s) affected, 1 warning(s): 1292 Truncated incorrect DECIMAL value: '$10,000.45999'
And it shows the following into the table:
Of course I created the table 'articulo' before:
CREATE Table articulo
(
id_art int NOT NULL,
nom_art varchar (25) DEFAULT 'XXXXXXXXXXXXX',
prec_art decimal (10,5) DEFAULT 0.000,
peso_art decimal (10,5),
existencia float,
color_art int, CONSTRAINT chk_color1 CHECK (color_art between 0 and 20),
um_art varchar (10) DEFAULT 'DEF_PZA',
primary key (id_art)
);
I have seen many examples for Casting but all of them use the cast function under a select
statement.
Any idea how I can do in order to perform what I want?
I want to store $10,000.45999 into the table as a decimal value.
This would be 10000.45999
Thanks for your support!

Answer 1

You can insert the value by fixing up the number. For your case, this should work:
INSERT into articulo
SELECT 32, 'Sala',
CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE('$10,000.45999', ',', ''), '$', '') AS DECIMAL(10,5)),
40.2399, 200.2399, 3, 'kid 3';
Strictly speaking, the cast() is not necessary, but I like to avoid implicit conversions -- these can lead to hard-to-detect problems.
As a note: it is a good idea to include the column list in the insert statement.

Answer 2

You can't use commas or the dollar symbol in your value in that query.
You could rewrite your query as:
INSERT into articulo values (32,'Sala',CAST('10000.45999' AS DECIMAL(10,5)),40.2399,200.2399,3,'kid 3');
However you don't need to cast your value as a decimal if your column is already well defined as DECIMAL(10,5).
Simply write:
INSERT into articulo values (32,'Sala',10000.45999,40.2399,200.2399,3,'kid 3');