Totally understand why you don't want to do this manually! But …

I know of nothing in the market that can do it, though I haven't looked for a few years....

Hi, thanks for replying. its 50% of the way there. splits out my uniqueidentifier perfectly.

I however, also need the false or true part that relates to each identifier, so...

This issue is likely due to how the Excel driver interprets data types dynamically. If possible, switch to .xlsx format, as it's more stable.

Also, try adding IMEX=1 to the...

Regarding the Excel file, is it empty when the job runs? If not, what does it contain?

I suspect the problem may be to do with the guesswork employed by the...

Regarding my 'easier to read' comment, please also consider using table aliases and removing superfluous brackets.

SELECT h.Date
      ,h.EstCompDate
    ...

This is not directly related, but still worth mentioning.

We try to avoid using FORMAT() here because of its poor performance. Assuming tblWTHistory.EstCompDate is a date, please try changing those two...

If you are really sure that it's not going to cause issues, you can do this.

Disable the trigger, perform the deletion, then re-enable the trigger.

https://www.mssqltips.com/tutorial/sql-server-disable-and-enable-triggers/

OK, that explains it. The deletes are being blocked and instead the delete attempts are being logged in table JournalDeleteAudit.

Please right-click / Script as Create

and post the code here.

Weird. Are there any triggers on this table?

What does it say in the Messages tab after attempting the deletions?

Understood. But in your database, the function definition will exist. Otherwise the code you provide would not execute.

You need to provide that (in the form of CREATE FUNCTION oracle.xxxfloat AS...

Are you trying to rewrite the Oracle functions? In which case, you'll need their definitions, not just the code which is using them. If not, I don't really understand what...

OK (and good pun!). I...

DECLARE @first INT = 13
       ,@second INT = 2;

SELECT Result = CASE
         ...