Binaryworld - How to convert TIMESTAMP values to numeric? ... [ SQL Server -> T-SQL ]

CREATE TABLE #mh4 (
ts timestamp not null
);
go
INSERT INTO #mh4 DEFAULT VALUES;
INSERT INTO #mh4 DEFAULT VALUES;
SELECT * FROM #mh4;
/*
ts
------------------
0x00000000000003FC
0x00000000000003FD
*/
go
/*
    To convert timestamp value to numeric , use the
    implicit conversion property of timestamp to numeric.
    The resulting value can then be converted to numeric easily.
    Please note that doing "Convert( numeric( 20, 0 ) , ts )" will
    result in the error:

Server: Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
Error converting data type timestamp to numeric.
*/
SELECT ts , CONVERT( numeric(20,0), ts + 0) AS Numeric_ts
FROM #mh4;
/*
ts         Numeric_ts
------------------ ----------------------
0x00000000000003FC          1020
0x00000000000003FD          1021
*/
go
DROP TABLE #mh4;
go