Error converting data type varchar to bigint.

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Error converting data type varchar to bigint.

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peace
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

420 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-18 : 05:09:32

i have this data:

BookedID Booked_Date
114199636 2013-01-09 14:55:21.740

would like to get the output into txt format with delimited in between columns.

i tried this but getting this error: Error converting data type varchar to bigint.

select BookedID+'|'+Booked_Date from tableA

bandi
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2242 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-18 : 05:16:20

select CAST( BookedID AS VARCHAR(20))+'|'+Booked_Date from tableA

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Chandu

peace
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

420 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-18 : 05:21:20

still getting the error

bandi
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2242 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-18 : 05:35:52

what are the datatypes og BookedID and Booked_Date

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Chandu

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-18 : 08:02:34

would like to get the output into txt format with delimited in between columns.
for that you can use export import wizard or bcp with format file

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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-19 : 10:18:30

quote:
Originally posted by bandi

select CAST( BookedID AS VARCHAR(20))+'|'+Booked_Date from tableA

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Chandu

You need to convert booked_date into varchar too. But Visakh's suggestion is the way to go

Madhivanan

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