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brubakerbr
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 Posted - 2013-10-17 : 13:37:06
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| I am trying to create a derived column in my SSIS package that will Concatinate some data that I have been doing manually.my expression is this: "FEI" + " " + [SHIP TO WHSE] + " - " + [SHIP TO WHSE - NAME]I have a report that has a column labeled `SHIP TO WHSE` and another labeled `SHIP TO WHSE - NAME`. In excel I usually create a new column and add FEI to the column and then concatinate the data in another new column to create a single name for a report. I would like to build this in SQL and automate its creation. The above expression I thought would work to concatinate the data but it's not. The outcome should look like this. FEI 3112 - SandyAny ideas why it's not working?the Error message is telling me that the data types are incompatable for the " + " to work. Brian D. BrubakerBusiness Intelligence AnalystViega LLC |
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brubakerbr
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2013-10-17 : 13:42:16
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| I just did a data conversion before the Derived column. It was the Branch Number that was causing the issue, I converted it to match the rest and it worked.Brian D. BrubakerBusiness Intelligence AnalystViega LLC |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2013-10-18 : 02:00:10
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| If possible try to bring it from source itself concatenated ie using SQL Command in your sourec if its OLEDB. that would be better than doing it in SSIS Derived column.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |
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brubakerbr
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Posted - 2013-10-25 : 08:15:33
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| The Source is Excel, the files are downloaded and saved to a folder then I grab them and convert the data. It's a process I had been doing manually in previous years with Excel but now there are too many rows to contend with so I am automating the majority of it in SQL. Thank you for the advice though, I have another project ti I am working on where that process will be better than what I am currently doing.Brian D. BrubakerBusiness Intelligence AnalystViega LLC |
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Concatinate a Derived Column