A Little Noise

Convert an integer in the range 0 to 3999 to Roman numerals.

CREATE FUNCTION `toRoman`(inArabic int unsigned) RETURNS varchar(15) CHARSET latin1 DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
    DECLARE numeral CHAR(7) DEFAULT 'IVXLCDM';

    DECLARE stringInUse CHAR(3);
    DECLARE position tinyint DEFAULT 1;
    DECLARE currentDigit tinyint;

    DECLARE returnValue VARCHAR(15) DEFAULT '';

    IF(inArabic > 3999) THEN RETURN 'overflow'; END IF;
    IF(inArabic = 0) THEN RETURN 'N'; END IF;

    WHILE position <= CEIL(LOG10(inArabic + .1)) DO
        SET currentDigit := MOD(FLOOR(inArabic / POW(10, position - 1)), 10);

        SET returnValue := CONCAT(
            CASE currentDigit 
                WHEN 4 THEN CONCAT(SUBSTRING(numeral, position * 2 - 1, 1), SUBSTRING(numeral, position * 2, 1))
                WHEN 9 THEN CONCAT(SUBSTRING(numeral, position * 2 - 1, 1), SUBSTRING(numeral, position * 2 + 1, 1))
                ELSE CONCAT(
                    REPEAT(SUBSTRING(numeral, position * 2, 1), currentDigit >= 5),
                    REPEAT(SUBSTRING(numeral, position * 2 - 1, 1), MOD(currentDigit, 5))
                )
            END,
            returnValue);

        SET position := position + 1;
    END WHILE;
    RETURN returnValue;
END