CASTing error value for FLOAT in SQL Server 2005

I am trying to get a stored procedure to work for a staff member who is sick (and therefore no guidance can be offered).

I have a SQL Server 2005 database with this exact procedure and I am trying to make scripts to convert a test database to match this dev database. My script has multiple lines like:

CAST(RELATIVE_ERROR_RATIO AS FLOAT),
CAST(REPORTING_LIMIT AS FLOAT),

      

        
        
        
      

    

The procedure essentially does "insert into table (all fields) from another table, where field = @input"

When I run the script, I get the error:

CAST or CONVERT: invalid attributes specified for type 'float'

      

        
        
        
      

    

and no procedure is created. But I have compared the original tables in both development and test environments and they match exactly. And the procedure exists exactly the same as the script in the dev environment.

I can't ask my colleague if he had to do any special acrobatics to create this script, so I'm asking you. I did some searches and see that maybe the float should be of the form FLOAT (6,1) (or some such), but that is NOT what it has and I am not comfortable with changing the test environment so that it won’t really matches dev.

Added

The comment is correct. I was told that the error is related to the following piece:

CAST(TRACER_YIELD AS FLOAT(10,3)),

      

        
        
        
      

    

I can post the whole request, but it's long! So instead, I'll just include the cast margins and the first and last margins. I would like to ask my colleague if this field was a bug and he just needed a straight throw. He'll be back on Monday, so it might take a long time.

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[our_LOAD_INPUT]
    @ourNUMBER INT
AS

INSERT INTO our_FILE (our_NUMBER,
DILUTION_FACTOR,
DISTILLATION_VOLUME,
MAXIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT,
MDA,
MINIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT,
NUMBER_OF_TICS_FOUND,
PERCENT_MOISTURE,
PERCENT_RECOVERY,
PERCENT_SOLIDS,
RELATIVE_ERROR_RATIO,
REPORTING_LIMIT,
REQUIRED_DETECTION_LIMIT,
RER_MAX,
RESULT,
RETENTION_TIME,
RPD,
RPD_MAXIMUM,
SAMPLE_ALIQUOT_SIZE,
SPIKE_CONCENTRATION,
TOTAL_PROPAGATED_UNCERTAINTY,
TRACER_YIELD,
TWO_SIGMA_COUNTING_ERROR,
VERSION)
SELECT FILE_NUMBER,
CAST(DILUTION_FACTOR AS FLOAT),
CAST(DISTILLATION_VOLUME AS FLOAT),
CAST(MAXIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT AS FLOAT),
CAST(MDA AS FLOAT),
CAST(MINIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT AS FLOAT),
CAST(NUMBER_OF_TICS_FOUND AS FLOAT),
CAST(PERCENT_MOISTURE AS FLOAT),
CAST(PERCENT_RECOVERY AS FLOAT),
CAST(PERCENT_SOLIDS AS FLOAT),
CAST(RELATIVE_ERROR_RATIO AS FLOAT),
CAST(REPORTING_LIMIT AS FLOAT),
CAST(REQUIRED_DETECTION_LIMIT AS FLOAT),
CAST(RER_MAX AS FLOAT),
CAST(RESULT AS FLOAT),
CAST(RETENTION_TIME AS FLOAT),
CAST(RPD AS FLOAT),
CAST(RPD_MAXIMUM AS FLOAT),
CAST(SAMPLE_ALIQUOT_SIZE AS FLOAT),
CAST(SPIKE_CONCENTRATION AS FLOAT),
CAST(TOTAL_PROPAGATED_UNCERTAINTY AS FLOAT),
CAST(TRACER_YIELD AS FLOAT(10,3)),
CAST(TWO_SIGMA_COUNTING_ERROR AS FLOAT),
VERSION
FROM   our_FILE_CHAR 
WHERE  our_NUMBER = @ourNUMBER

GO

      

        
        
        
      

    

our_File_CHAR is defined as

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[our_FILE_CHAR]
(
[our_NUMBER] [int] NOT NULL,
[DILUTION_FACTOR] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[DISTILLATION_VOLUME] [varchar] (5) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[MAXIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[MDA] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[MINIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[NUMBER_OF_TICS_FOUND] [varchar] (2) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[PERCENT_MOISTURE] [varchar] (5) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[PERCENT_RECOVERY] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[PERCENT_SOLIDS] [varchar] (5) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[RELATIVE_ERROR_RATIO] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[REPORTING_LIMIT] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[REQUIRED_DETECTION_LIMIT] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[RER_MAX] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[RESULT] [varchar] (13) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[RETENTION_TIME] [varchar] (6) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[RPD] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[RPD_MAXIMUM] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[SAMPLE_ALIQUOT_SIZE] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[SPIKE_CONCENTRATION] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[TOTAL_PROPAGATED_UNCERTAINTY] [varchar] (13) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[TRACER_YIELD] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[TWO_SIGMA_COUNTING_ERROR] [varchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[VERSION] [varchar] (2) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
)

      

        
        
        
      

    

our_File is defined as

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[our_FILE]
(
[our_NUMBER] [int] NOT NULL,
[DILUTION_FACTOR] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[DISTILLATION_VOLUME] [numeric] (5, 1) NULL,
[MAXIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[MDA] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[MINIMUM_CONTROL_LIMIT] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[NUMBER_OF_TICS_FOUND] [numeric] (2, 0) NULL,
[PERCENT_MOISTURE] [numeric] (5, 1) NULL,
[PERCENT_RECOVERY] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[PERCENT_SOLIDS] [numeric] (5, 1) NULL,
[RELATIVE_ERROR_RATIO] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[REPORTING_LIMIT] [numeric] (10, 2) NULL,
[REQUIRED_DETECTION_LIMIT] [numeric] (10, 2) NULL,
[RER_MAX] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[RESULT] [numeric] (13, 3) NULL,
[RETENTION_TIME] [numeric] (6, 2) NULL,
[RPD] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[RPD_MAXIMUM] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[SAMPLE_ALIQUOT_SIZE] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[SPIKE_CONCENTRATION] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[TOTAL_PROPAGATED_UNCERTAINTY] [numeric] (13, 3) NULL,
[TRACER_YIELD] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[TWO_SIGMA_COUNTING_ERROR] [numeric] (10, 3) NULL,
[VERSION] [varchar] (2) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
)