Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric

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Hi, I keep getting arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric when I try inserting values into a table. I am using MS Visual Studios.

What I have tried:

this is the table:

SQL

CREATE TABLE RESERVATION(
R_RESERVATIONNUM	VARCHAR(7) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
T_TRIPNUM		INTEGER NOT NULL,
R_TRIPDATE		DATE NOT NULL,
R_NUMPERSONS		INTEGER NOT NULL,
R_TRIPPRICE		DECIMAL(3,2) NOT NULL,
R_OTHERFEES		DECIMAL(3,2) NOT NULL,
C_CUSTOMERNUM		VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (R_RESERVATIONNUM),
FOREIGN KEY (T_TRIPNUM) REFERENCES TRIP,
FOREIGN KEY (C_CUSTOMERNUM) REFERENCES CUSTOMER);

here is the insert:

SQL

INSERT INTO RESERVATION VALUES ('1600001',40,'2018-3-26',2,55.00,0.00,'101');
INSERT INTO RESERVATION VALUES ('1600002',21,'2018-6-8',2,95.00,0.00,'101');
INSERT INTO RESERVATION VALUES ('1600003',28,'2018-9-12',1,35.00,0.00,'103');

Posted 26-Apr-18 13:05pm

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Updated 26-Apr-18 21:37pm

Maciej Los

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phil.o · Answer 1 · 2018-04-26T16:04:00

Correct syntax is

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INSERT INTO RESERVATION (R_RESERVATIONNUM, T_TRIPNUM, R_TRIPDATE, R_NUMPERSONS, R_TRIPPRICE, R_OTHERFEES, C_CUSTOMERNUM) VALUES ( ... );

You have to indicate which columns, and in which order, for the INSERT statement to be clear about what goes where.

Moreover, the precision you have chosen for your decimal columns seems a little bit too low (only 3 digits, left and right from the decimal point). With the values you provided, precision should be at least 4, but you could go to 9 without impacting the number of bytes used to store the values.

Please see decimal and numeric (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs[^] for further information.