TON

Updated 2023-11-09 19:12:51.183000

Syntax

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

Description

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

Arguments

@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.

@Weight

is any real number. @Weight is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

Return Type

float

Remarks

The following table is a representation of the conversion of one of the weight units of measure into tons:

{"columns":[{"field":"column 1"},{"field":"column 2","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"column 1":"grains","column 2":"0.000000071429"},{"column 1":"drams","column 2":"1.95313E-06"},{"column 1":"ounces avoirdupois","column 2":"0.00003125"},{"column 1":"pounds avoirdupois","column 2":"0.0005"},{"column 1":"stones","column 2":"0.007"},{"column 1":"hundredweights","column 2":"0.05"},{"column 1":"tons","column 2":"1"},{"column 1":"pennyweights","column 2":"1.71429E-06"},{"column 1":"ounces troy","column 2":"3.42857E-05"},{"column 1":"pounds troy","column 2":"0.0004114"},{"column 1":"grams","column 2":"0.00000110231131"},{"column 1":"tonnes","column 2":"1.10231131"}]}

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

Examples

select wct.TON(100, 'lbs');

Here is the result set.

{"columns":[{"field":"column 1","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"column 1":"0.05"}]}