Newbie: how to make a datatypeconversion in a view

Hello,

I'm making a view in SQL Server EM. In this view I want to generate a field
which combines 3 other fields simply together.
I have the fields: lngNumber (numeric), txtOpdrachtgever (string) and
txtAfdeling (string) which I want to combine (with a space between each
field). In Access reporting the string would be.
NameOutputField: lngNumber & " " & txtOpdrachtgever & " " & txtAfdeling
How does this work within SQL server. I get messages of datatype errors when
I use + or &. I don't now the syntaxis to convert fields.

So can anyone give a suggestion on how to make the above string and also
give a little bit information on the conversion of fields within views. I
didn't find it in the SQL help files.

Thanks,

Remco Groot beumer"Remco Groot Beumer" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm making a view in SQL Server EM. In this view I want to generate a
> field
> which combines 3 other fields simply together.
> I have the fields: lngNumber (numeric), txtOpdrachtgever (string) and
> txtAfdeling (string) which I want to combine (with a space between each
> field). In Access reporting the string would be.
> NameOutputField: lngNumber & " " & txtOpdrachtgever & " " & txtAfdeling
> How does this work within SQL server. I get messages of datatype errors
> when
> I use + or &. I don't now the syntaxis to convert fields.
> So can anyone give a suggestion on how to make the above string and also
> give a little bit information on the conversion of fields within views. I
> didn't find it in the SQL help files.
> Thanks,
> Remco Groot beumer

See CAST, CONVERT and "String Concatenation Operator" in Books Online - you
need to make sure everything is in a character data type when you
concatenate the string, eg.

create view dbo.MyView
as select 'Output: ' + cast(NumberColumn as char(10)) + ' ' + CharColumn
from dbo.MyTable

You might find it's easier to do this in your front end - presentation and
formatting are usually done there, and not in the database.

Simon|||Select convert(varchar(30),lngNumber) +' ' + txtOpdrachtgever +' ' +
txtAfdeling + ' ' from tbl

"Remco Groot Beumer" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:d6n28q$acb$1@.news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> Hello,
> I'm making a view in SQL Server EM. In this view I want to generate a
field
> which combines 3 other fields simply together.
> I have the fields: lngNumber (numeric), txtOpdrachtgever (string) and
> txtAfdeling (string) which I want to combine (with a space between each
> field). In Access reporting the string would be.
> NameOutputField: lngNumber & " " & txtOpdrachtgever & " " & txtAfdeling
> How does this work within SQL server. I get messages of datatype errors
when
> I use + or &. I don't now the syntaxis to convert fields.
> So can anyone give a suggestion on how to make the above string and also
> give a little bit information on the conversion of fields within views. I
> didn't find it in the SQL help files.
> Thanks,
> Remco Groot beumer