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

I have a feeling doing it this way is the work of satan, but as an alternative:

How about a TRY - CATCH?

DECLARE @Converted as INT
DECLARE @IsNumeric BIT

BEGIN TRY
    SET @Converted = cast(@ValueToCheck as int)
    SET @IsNumeric=1
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
    SET @IsNumeric=0
END CATCH

select IIF(@IsNumeric=1,'Integer','Not integer') as IsInteger

This works, though only in SQL Server 2008 and up.