Cast /Covert from nvarchar to varchar...during select in oledb src

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Cast /Covert from nvarchar to varchar...during select in oledb src

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Learner1

Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:29 PM

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Hi all,

I have my source columns as nvarchar type and want to cast them while select ting to varchar ....how can i do this in se;ect clause itself, i don't want to use a dataconversion after oledb src...

Any help on this?

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Jeff Moden

Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:56 PM

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If the NVARCHAR column has no multi-lingual entries (the main purpose for NVARCHAR), the a simple SELECT CAST(columnname AS VARCHAR(x)) where x is the desired maximum length should work. Please refer to CONVERT or CAST in Books OnLine for additional information on such conversions.

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