The Text Data Type Cannot Be Selected As DISTINCT Because It Is Not Comparable.
May 28, 2008
I'm having a problem building a query for an application I'm writing. Basically, there are a bunch of records in a table, and some of them may have the same identifier code. I only want one of each identifier code. The table looks like this:
Memo
---------
Msg_Identifier varchar(60)
Memo_ID int (pk)
Subject varchar(64)
Message text
Priority int
Deleted int
My query:
SELECT DISTINCT Msg_Identifier, Memo_ID, Subject, Message, Priority FROM Memo WHERE Deleted = '0'
When I run this query, I get "The text data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT because it is not comparable."
I only want Msg_Identifier to be the distinct field, and it's obviously not set up as text. I've used SELECT DISTINCT in the past but I don't ever recall hitting an issue like this. What's the best way to do it?
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Mar 3, 2008
Hello,
When I am using DISTINCT in the SELECT clause for a table having a column of datatype "ntext" in SQL 2000 as well SQL 2005, it fails giving the error as "ntext data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT". This is coz
"The text, ntext, or image data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT."
But I am able to insert into a temporary table having a column whose datatype is nvarchar) using this SELECT clause in SQL 2000. Please advice me how this happens. If I am not worng, implicit conversion has happened. But this insert fails raising the same error in SQL 2005. Please help me to find the difference
thanks in advance!
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Oct 9, 2015
Field is not listed as text in any of the databases it is a varchar(255) - and that can be changed if that is what causes the issue.
But here is my syntax which produces the error Msg 421, Level 16, State 1, Procedure, Line 2
The text data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT because it is not comparable.
DECLARE @c NVARCHAR(MAX)
WITH c1 AS (
SELECT [abcd] AS table_name
FROM [intranet].[dbo].[soccerfieldinfo]
where [abcd] IS NOT NULL
), c2 AS (
SELECT Row_Number() OVER (ORDER BY table_name) AS r
[Code] ....
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Hi,
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I encounter this particular error.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The data types varchar and text are incompatible in the equal to operator.
Line 21: Dim reader As SqlDataReader = command.ExecuteReader()
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Dim querystring As String = "SELECT Password FROM Member WHERE Username = @username"
'Dim conn as SqlConnection
Using conn As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("mainconnect").ConnectionString)
Dim command As New SqlCommand(querystring, conn)
command.Parameters.Add("@username", SqlDbType.Text)
command.Parameters("@username").Value = txtLogin.Text
conn.Open()
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = command.ExecuteReader()
While reader.Read()
password = reader("Password").ToString()
End While
reader.Close()
End Using
My database:
User_ID int(4)
Username varchar(50)
Password varchar(255)
Email varchar(50)
Any ideas?
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Hi All,
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Whenever I run the code, no row is updated
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[PATH] [varchar] (255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ,
[PAGE] [varchar] (60) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ,
[DESCRIPTIVETEXT] [text] NULL
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE TRIGGER [Update_Staging_Test] ON [dbo].[AB]
INSTEAD OF UPDATE
AS
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If Update(DescriptiveText)
--Get the Path of the record from Inserted
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Varchar(7000))
from Inserted
UPDATEAB
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Rgds
GERI
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Msg 306, Level 16, State 1, Procedure SPDocs_LoadData, Line 41
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