Division not returning whole numbers and not decimal values

I'm trying to divide 2 int columns and am expecting a result in a decimal
value, however, only whole values are being returned. First I tried
returning a calculated value from a select statement like this:
CREATE TABLE #tmp (col1 int, col2 int, TEST decimal(8,7))
INSERT INTO #tmp (col1, col2)
VALUES (7,5)
SELECT col2 / col1
FROM #tmp
But it returned zero. So then I tried to update the calculated value into a
decimal column but I got the same result.
UPDATE #tmp
SET TEST = col2 / col1
SELECT col1, col2, TEST FROM #tmp
Any help on this? THANKS!
moondaddy@.nospam.nospamYou've got to convert at least 1 of the values to a floating-point or decima
l
type first. e.g:
select 4 / 3 -- returns int
select convert(float, 4) / 3 -- returns float
"moondaddy" wrote:

> I'm trying to divide 2 int columns and am expecting a result in a decimal
> value, however, only whole values are being returned. First I tried
> returning a calculated value from a select statement like this:
>
> CREATE TABLE #tmp (col1 int, col2 int, TEST decimal(8,7))
> INSERT INTO #tmp (col1, col2)
> VALUES (7,5)
> SELECT col2 / col1
> FROM #tmp
> But it returned zero. So then I tried to update the calculated value into
a
> decimal column but I got the same result.
> UPDATE #tmp
> SET TEST = col2 / col1
> SELECT col1, col2, TEST FROM #tmp
> Any help on this? THANKS!
> --
> moondaddy@.nospam.nospam
>
>