Concatenated Long Varchar Fields Are Getting Truncated
Mar 30, 2004
(I'm using MS SQL 2000)
I've two tables that I've made from some query subsets. Each table has a varchar field with notes/memos and I want to concatenate the fields into one long field.
The problem I'm running into is that when I run the query to check the concatenation, the field is truncated maybe 256 chars in.
I tried converting and casting the field as nvarchar 4000, and I've also done the same for the fields in the two tables, but that doesn't seem to help.
I can query for the fields from each table and none of them are truncated by themselves. It only happens after I concatenate them.
I've created a new table and inserted the results into it, but the field in it is also truncated.
Am I missing something obvious here?
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Sep 21, 2005
Greetings,I used to do this kind of query in Ingres, where I concatenate(+)various fields as one field and search accordingly.Is there an equivalent method in SQL server ?SELECT a.rsrcid,a.rsrchqnumber,c.perslastname,c.persfirst name,b.asgtid,b.asgtactualstartdate,b.asgtactualenddate ,CASE b.enumstateWHEN '2' THEN 'Running'WHEN '3' THEN 'Cancelled'WHEN '4' THEN 'Closed'WHEN '6' THEN 'Open'END AS statusFROM pblocal.dbo.resources aINNER JOIN pblocal.dbo.assignments b ON b.asgtrsrcguid = a.rsrcguidINNER JOIN pblocal.dbo.persons c ON c.persguid = a.rsrcpersguidWHERE a.rsrcid+a.rsrchqnumber+c.perslastname+c.persfirst name not in(SELECT e.rsrcid+e.rsrchqnumber+g.perslastname+g.persfirst nameFROM dtlocal.dbo.resources eINNER JOIN dtlocal.dbo.assignments f ON f.asgtrsrcguid = e.rsrcguidINNER JOIN dtlocal.dbo.users h ON h.userguid = e.rsrcuserguidINNER JOIN dtlocal.dbo.persons g ON g.persguid = h.userpersguid)
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CSV SQL
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Hi
I defined the following table in MSSQL 2000
sql Code:
Original
- sql Code
CREATE TABLE saved_query (
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query_text VARCHAR(2048) NOT NULL
)
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is this possible?
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