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Convert different scientific notations to numeric

I have a table with a varchar field that contains values with the following structures:

1.69665589928627E-06 
3.57807129940753E-07
4.77823428809643E-08
1.58324837684631E-12
1.57160684466362E-13
0.0062
10.1595896112714
0.0505828946151305
0.739
0

How to convert these values to Numeric(12,6)?

I tried using CAST:

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SELECT CAST (NUM_AREA AS NUMERIC(12,6)) FROM APP

SELECT CAST(CAST(NUM_AREA AS FLOAT) AS NUMERIC(12,6)) FROM APP

But the following error is generated:

Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric.

>Solution :

Being a nvarchar, I suspect you have some bogus data.

Use try_convert() which will return a NULL rather than throwing a error

Example or dbFiddle

Declare @YourTable Table ([Num_Area] nvarchar(50))  Insert Into @YourTable Values 
 ('1.69665589928627E-06')
,('3.57807129940753E-07')
,('4.77823428809643E-08')
,('1.58324837684631E-12')
,('1.57160684466362E-13')
,('0.0062')
,('10.1595896112714')
,('0.0505828946151305')
,('0.739')
,('0')
,('Not A NUmber')           -- WOULD THROW AN ERROR USING CONVERT or CAST
,('1.57160684466362E-55')   -- REALLY SMALL NUMBER, YOU'LL JUST GET ZERO

 
Select *
      ,try_convert(numeric(12,6),try_convert(float,Num_Area))
 from @YourTable

--**To Identify the Problem Rows**
Select *
 From  @YourTable
 Where try_convert(float,Num_Area) is null
   and Num_Area is not null

Results

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