CREATE FUNCTION BinaryToDec (@BinaryChar char(10)) RETURNS int AS BEGIN DECLARE @stringLength int,@ReturnValue int,@Index int DECLARE @CurrentChar char(1) SET @Index = 0 SET @ReturnValue = 0 SET @stringLength = LEN(@BinaryChar) While @Index<@stringLength BEGIN SET @Index = @Index + 1 SET @CurrentChar = SUBSTRING(@BinaryChar,@Index,1) IF(@CurrentChar='1' or @CurrentChar='0') BEGIN SET @ReturnValue = @ReturnValue + (CAST(@CurrentChar as int) * POWER(2,@stringLength - @Index)) END END RETURN @ReturnValue END