SQL Server 2008: Error converting data type nvarchar to float

Question

Presently troubleshooting a problem where running this SQL query:

UPDATE tblBenchmarkData 
SET OriginalValue = DataValue, OriginalUnitID = DataUnitID, 
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Answer 1

It would be helpful to see the schema definition of tblBenchmarkData, but you could try using ISNUMERIC in your query. Something like:

SET DataValue = CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(DataValue)=1 THEN CAST(DataValue AS float) * 1.335 
                     ELSE 0 END