GRAMS
Updated: 01 December 2008
Use 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 Types
float
Remarks
· The following table is a representation of the conversion of one of the weight units of measure into grams:
|
grains
|
0.06479891000
|
|
drams
|
1.7718452
|
|
ounces avoirdupois
|
28.34952
|
|
pounds avoirdupois
|
453.59237
|
|
stones
|
6350.29318
|
|
hundredweights
|
45359.237
|
|
tons
|
907184.74
|
|
pennyweights
|
1.55517384
|
|
ounces troy
|
31.1034768
|
|
pounds troy
|
373.2417216
|
|
grams
|
1
|
|
tonnes
|
1000000
|
· Conversion of grams includes all the standard prefixes with kilo representing 1,000 and yocto representing 10E-24.
Example
select wct.GRAMS(100, 'lbs', 'kg')
Here is the result set
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45.359237
(1 row(s) affected)