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

Sometimes you don't get to design the database, you just have to work with what you are given. In my case it's a database located on a computer that I only have read access to which has been around since 2008.

I need to select from a column in a poorly designed database which is a varchar with numbers 1-100 but sometimes a random string. I used the following to get around it (although I wish I could have re designed the entire database).

SELECT A from TABLE where isnumeric(A)=1