I am an SSIS newbie and looking for some "best approach" guidance on this one.
I am working on a data flow in which I have a string in this format:
000001026+
This string would represent $10.26. It is a fixed width field with 9 numbers followed by a + or -. Somehow I have to account for whether it is a positive or negative number, as well as moving the decimal. I have tried using a script component to convert this to an integer and had a very difficult time. There certainly must be an easier way to do this.
Can this be accomplished with a derived column and a formula of some sort? Or is this one of those cases where a script truly is better (and I just need to brush up on my C#)? Somehow I need to get that string in a format I can use in mathematical calculations.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance!