T-sql - determine if value is integer

Question

I want to determine if a value is integer (like TryParse in .NET). Unfortunatelly ISNUMERIC does not fit me because I want to parse only integers a

Answer 1

The following is correct for a WHERE clause; to make a function wrap it in CASE WHEN.

 ISNUMERIC(table.field) > 0 AND PATINDEX('%[^0123456789]%', table.field) = 0