3590002 - Error 245 when converting BINARY to 8-byte FLOAT - SAP ASE

Error 245 when converting BINARY or VARBINARY to FLOAT

Example:

1>  select convert(float,0x0952778a545af0ff)
2> go
Msg 245, Level 16, State 1:
Domain error during explicit conversion of VARBINARY value '    RwŠTZðÿ' to a FLOAT field.

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise - all versions

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