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Champinco
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54 Posts

Posted - 2007-03-20 : 00:30:01
Hi guys,
Been a while, also tried doing a search but no go.
Im getting this error in sql analyser:

Server: Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
Error converting data type varchar to numeric

Both queries work fine individually, im trying to append them together, with column columns as below:


SELECT PERIOD.STARTDATE,
PERIOD.DESCRIPTION,
COMMISSION_TXN.PERIODSEQ,
COMMISSION_TXN.SUPER_DISTRIBUTOR_CODE,
COMMISSION_TXN.PREMISE_CODE,
COMMISSION_TXN.DISTRIBUTOR_CODE,
COMMISSION_TXN.INTERNAL_EXTERNAL,
COMMISSION_TXN.SERVICE_ID,
COMMISSION_TXN.ACCOUNT_NUMBER,
COMMISSION_TXN.PROMOTION_CODE,
COMMISSION_TXN.PRODUCTDESCRIPTION,
COMMISSION_TXN.PRODUCTID,
COMMISSION_TXN.PROMOTION_NAME,
COMMISSION_TXN.EVENTTYPEID,
COMMISSION_TXN.MEASUREMENT_NAME,
Mobile_revenue = ('No Mobile revenue for txn level'),
COMMISSION_TXN.COMMISSION_AMOUNT,
product_id = ('No product id for txn level')
FROM COMMISSION_TXN INNER JOIN
PERIOD ON COMMISSION_TXN.PERIODSEQ = PERIOD.PERIODSEQ
union all
SELECT DISTINCT
PERIOD.STARTDATE,
PERIOD.DESCRIPTION,
TC_Mobile_Usage.PERIODSEQ,
Dealer_Hierarchy.SUPER_DISTRIBUTOR_CODE,
TC_Mobile_Usage.GENERICATTRIBUTE1 AS Dealer_premise_code,
Dealer_Hierarchy.DISTRIBUTOR_CODE,
internal_external = ('External'),
TC_Mobile_Usage.GENERICATTRIBUTE2 AS Service_Id,
account_number = ('none for txn file'),
promotion_code = ('Usage'),
Product_description = ('Usage'),
Product_id = ('Usage'),
promotion_name = ('Usage'),
TC_Mobile_Usage.EVENTTYPEID,
measurement_name = ('Usage'),
sum(TC_Mobile_Usage.VT_VALUE) AS Mobile_revenue,
sum(TC_Mobile_Usage.CONTRIBUTIONVALUE) AS Commission_Amount,
TC_Mobile_Usage.PRODUCTID
FROM TC_Mobile_Usage INNER JOIN
PERIOD ON TC_Mobile_Usage.PERIODSEQ = PERIOD.PERIODSEQ INNER JOIN
Dealer_Hierarchy ON TC_Mobile_Usage.GENERICATTRIBUTE1 = Dealer_Hierarchy.PARTICIPANTID
WHERE (NOT (TC_Mobile_Usage.PRODUCTID = 'iddv')) AND (NOT (Dealer_Hierarchy.POSITIONTYPEID LIKE 'MI %')) AND
(TC_Mobile_Usage.PERIODSEQ IN (107))--, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114))
group by PERIOD.STARTDATE,
PERIOD.DESCRIPTION,
TC_Mobile_Usage.PERIODSEQ,
Dealer_Hierarchy.SUPER_DISTRIBUTOR_CODE,
TC_Mobile_Usage.GENERICATTRIBUTE1,
Dealer_Hierarchy.DISTRIBUTOR_CODE,
TC_Mobile_Usage.GENERICATTRIBUTE2,
TC_Mobile_Usage.EVENTTYPEID,
TC_Mobile_Usage.PRODUCTID



Any suggestion on how to fix it?
Champinco

Champinco
Yak Posting Veteran

54 Posts

Posted - 2007-03-20 : 01:10:18
cancel that...the columns in one table arent the same datatype for an append.
use cast or convert to do so.
Champinco
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