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    Welsh Corgi (1/19/2013)


    I'm haveing trouble with a simple CAST to VARCHAR Statement.

    SELECT

    CASE WHEN CAST(LEFT(Customer.STARTDATE, 2 AS VARCHAR(2)))

    = '98' THEN CAST(substring(Customer.STARTDATE, 3, 2) AS VARCHAR(2))

    WHEN LEFT(CAST(Customer.STARTDATE, 2) AS VARCHAR(2)) = '99' THEN

    CAST(substring(Customer.STARTDATE, 3, 2) AS VARCHAR(2)) END AS LossMo

    FROM Customer

    Any help would be greatly apreciated.

    In the first WHEN clause you have

    CAST(LEFT(Customer.STARTDATE, 2 AS VARCHAR(2)))

    instead of

    CAST(LEFT(Customer.STARTDATE, 2) AS VARCHAR(2))

    In the second WHEN, you have

    LEFT(CAST(Customer.STARTDATE, 2) AS VARCHAR(2))

    instead of

    CAST(LEFT(Customer.STARTDATE, 2) AS VARCHAR(2))

    MM



    select geometry::STGeomFromWKB(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