Implicit Conversion Of Char Value To Varchar Cannot Be Performed Because The Collation Of The Value Is Unresolved..
Nov 12, 2007
I got this erorr when trying to create my stored proc,
What do i need to fix, and how do i fix it?!!
Msg 457, Level 16, State 1, Procedure PROC_DAILY_ACTIVITY, Line 13
Implicit conversion of char value to varchar cannot be performed because the collation of the value is unresolved due to a collation conflict.
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set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go
-- =============================================
-- Author: <Zaccheus,Tenchy>
-- Create date: <NOVEMEBER,12,2007>
-- Description: <Reporting stored procedure,DAILY ACTIVITY,>
-- =============================================
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[PROC_DAILY_ACTIVITY]
(@Region_Key int=null)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT
Region_Key,
Null as Customer_Code,
Non_Customer_Activities.Question_code,
Non_Customer_Activities.Description,
Region AS Region,
Name AS Territory_Name,
Non_Customer_Activities.Que_Desc AS Store_Name,
Non_Customer_Activities.Logged_Time AS TheDate,
Non_Customer_Activities.response AS Response,
Null as is_Visit_Fg
FROM [FSSRC].[dbo].Qry_Sales_Group Sales_Group
INNER JOIN
(Select QH.[question_code]
,Question_Header.Description
,CONVERT(datetime,DATEADD(day, (qh.cycle_day-1), p.start_date),6) Logged_Time
,SUBSTRING([entity_code],1,5) SR_Code
,[response]
,Territory_Code SR_Territory_Code
,'Not Customer Related' Que_Desc
From question_history QH
INNER JOIN Period P
ON p.period_code = qh.period_code
INNER JOIN [RC_DWDB_INSTANCE_1].[dbo].[Tbl_Territory_In_Sales_Responsible] as Territory_In_Sales_Responsible
ON Territory_In_Sales_Responsible.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code=SUBSTRING([entity_code],1,5) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS
INNER JOIN dbo.questions Question_Header
ON Question_Header.question_code = QH.question_code
WHERE [entity_code] like '%.USER%'
AND Question_Header.Question_Code IN('AME01','ASE01','ACO01','ALU01','AOS01','APH01','ATR01','ATE01','ACR06','ACR05','ACR02','ACR03','ACR08','ACR07')
AND CONVERT(datetime,DATEADD(day, (qh.cycle_day-1), p.start_date),6) = '11/9/2007'
) Non_Customer_Activities
ON Sales_Group.Code = Non_Customer_Activities.SR_Territory_Code
UNION ALL
SELECT
Customer_Activities.Customer_Code,
NULL,
NULL,
Region AS Region,
Name AS Territory_Name,
Customer_Activities.Customer_Name AS Store_Name,
Customer_Activities.Logged_Time AS TheDate,
NULL AS Response,
is_Visit_Fg
FROM [FSSRC].[dbo].Qry_Sales_Group Sales_Group
INNER JOIN
(Select distinct time_log Logged_Time
,[entity_code] Customer_Code
,[name] Customer_Name
,Territory_Code Cust_Territory_Code
,MAX(is_Visit_Fg) Is_Visit_Fg
From question_history QH
INNER JOIN Period P
ON p.period_code = qh.period_code
INNER JOIN dbo.questions Question_Header
ON Question_Header.question_code = QH.question_code
INNER JOIN [FSSRC].[dbo].[customer]
ON Entity_Code = [customer_code]
INNER JOIN [FSSRC].[dbo].[visit] V
ON V.[customer_code] = QH.[entity_code]
AND V.[period_code] = QH.[period_code]
AND V.[cycle_day] = QH.[cycle_day]
INNER JOIN [RC_DWDB_INSTANCE_1].[dbo].[Tbl_Territory_In_Sales_Responsible] as Territory_In_Sales_Responsible
ON Territory_In_Sales_Responsible.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code=[sales_person_code] COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS
WHERE [entity_code] NOT like '%.USER%'
AND Convert(datetime,convert(Varchar,time_log,110)) = '11/9/2007'
GROUP BY
time_log
,[entity_code]
,[name]
,Territory_Code
) Customer_Activities
ON Sales_Group.Code = Customer_Activities.Cust_Territory_Code
WHERE @Region_Key=Region_Key
order by 4
END
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I am trying to construct a query in Query Analyzer (with SQL Server 2000), but am getting an error regarding "implicit conversion."
Here is the query:
SELECT dbo.AUCTION.EbayNum, dbo.AUCTION.EndDate, DATENAME([month], dbo.AUCTION.EndDate) + ' ' + DATENAME([year], dbo.AUCTION.EndDate) AS [PmtMonth], dbo.LOT.Description, dbo.AUCTION.WinBid, PaidStat = CASE dbo.AUCTION.PaidStatus WHEN 0 THEN '' ELSE 'PAID' END, PaidAmt = CASE dbo.AUCTION.PaidStatus WHEN 0 THEN '' ELSE dbo.AUCTION.WinBid END FROM dbo.AUCTION INNER JOIN dbo.LOT ON dbo.AUCTION.LotNum = dbo.LOT.LotNum WHERE (LEN(dbo.AUCTION.Winner) > 0)
The error occurs in the PaidAmt CASE statment: "Implicit conversion from data type varchar to money is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query."
Why is there an implicit conversion going on? And how can I fix it? :mad:
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Excel file is already created columns in the view and excel file are the same and cell format of the excel is converted to text.
--- code used insert into OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'Excel 8.0;Database=c:filename.xls;', 'SELECT * FROM [filename$]') select * from ViewName
I have a sql statement that must run in both sql server and oracle. I can't change the sql statement as it is created as part of a core application from Rational Rose.
Basically the problem is that I have a table with a column defined as a decimal type in sql server (numeric in oracle).
The select statement, however, treats the column as a char. I can reproduce the problem with this simple code:
create table atest2 (a decimal(9,0))
insert into atest2 values (1)
insert into atest2 values (2)
insert into atest2 values (null)
insert into atest2 values (4)
select * from atest2 where a = ' '
This gives the error:
Error converting data type varchar to numeric.
The documents seem to indicate the sql server will implicitly convert decimals to varchar but this doesn't seem to be happening. Is there an environment setting that might control this?
have a sql statement that must run in both sql server and oracle. I can't change the sql statement as it is created as part of a core application from Rational Rose.
Basically the problem is that I have a table with a column defined as a decimal type in sql server (numeric in oracle).
The select statement, however, treats the column as a char. I can reproduce the problem with this simple code:
create table atest2 (a decimal(9,0))
insert into atest2 values (1)
insert into atest2 values (2)
insert into atest2 values (null)
insert into atest2 values (4)
select * from atest2 where a = ' '
This gives the error:
Error converting data type varchar to numeric.
The documents seem to indicate the sql server will implicitly convert decimals to varchar but this doesn't seem to be happening. Is there an environment setting that might control this?
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Function to add parameters and execute SP
private int _startdate = DateTime.Now; private int _finishdate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(30);
CREATE PROCEDURE myInsert @StartDate datetime, @FinishDate datetime AS
INSERT INTO myTable (STARTDATE, FINISHDATE) VALUES (Convert(datetime, @StartDate), Convert(datetime, @FinishDate))
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Here's the snippet of code where the problem is coming in:
DECLARE @ID INT; SET @ID = (SELECT ID From OtherTable WHERE FKID = @IDParameter); SELECT COUNT(*) FROM LargeTable
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I've confirmed that the MostlyZeroID column in the LargeTable is defined as an INT NOT NULL. I also tested the scenario outside the stored procedure without any variables as the following to make sure it wasn't some kind of strange parameter sniffing scenario:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM LargeTable WHERE MostlyZeroID = 0 AND MostlyZeroID > 0
However, this query also did the implicit conversion. I then tried this out on a temp table populated with a similar number of records (100 million) with a similar distribution and I didn't get the implicit conversion (I got a constant scan as I would've expected) when I did this:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #TestTable WHERE MostlyZero = 0 AND MostlyZero > 0
I also tried the same on several other tables that are set up similarly (large amount of zeros in an INT column) and I always got a constant scan and didn't do an implicit conversion.
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Also my concern will be running queries off of it, does a varchar(max) choke up queries because the fields cannot be properly analyzed? Is varchar(250) any better?
Should I just go with char(250) and watch my db size explode?
Usually the data that is 250 characters contain a lot of blank space that is removed using a SPROC so its not usually 250 characters for long.
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Implicit conversion from data type sql_variant to uniqueidentifier is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Implicit conversion from data type sql_variant to uniqueidentifier is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace:
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I have some columns that are using 'char' data type, but the data in them is not fixed length. So, to gain some disk space I am planning to change the data type to 'varchar'. But, I am concerned if there will be any performance de-gradation or any other implications of doing this.
I have recently inherited a database where all of the tables use varchar instead of chars for fields. Very , very few of these fields are involved in keys of even indices, but performance is an issue. I thought that I had read that varchars are worse for performance than chars when page splits may occur. Is this related to updates only, or does it matter?
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i would like to know if there is an overhead in using VARCHAR when you use to store it...
a colleague of mine claims that if the field is defined to be VARCHAR the system creates and additional column DOUBLE/DECIMAL with storage size of 17/18bytes.
such that if the size of the varchar field is less than 30 it is better to be defined as CHAR instead.
please help me out here... i think there's something wrong with his statement, but i need concrete proof to it... a link to page or pdf file would be very much appreciated.
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select right('0000000' + convert(char(7), isnull(a.SEQ_NBR2, 0.0)), 7) fromTXN_HEAD_837 a where a.file_auth_nbr = '1084472388468' anda.seq_nbr2 = 4 and a.sgmt_id2 = 'BHT'
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