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  • October 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    #308783

    Concat is not working in 2008 R2. Can you please advise how to write the below line without using concat.

    declare @EXPDate varchar(25) = Concat(Convert(varchar(20),dateadd(day,@RetentionDays,getdate()), 101),' ',Convert(varchar(20),dateadd(day,@RetentionDays,getdate()), 108));

  • October 10, 2015 at 1:36 pm

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    gary1 (10/9/2015)

    Concat is not working in 2008 R2. Can you please advise how to write the below line without using concat.

    declare @EXPDate varchar(25) = Concat(Convert(varchar(20),dateadd(day,@RetentionDays,getdate()), 101),' ',Convert(varchar(20),dateadd(day,@RetentionDays,getdate()), 108));

    Remove the CONCAT and then just use a "+" to "add" the strings together. If you want possible NULL values to be converted to empty strings, encapsulate that part in an ISNULL(thepart,'').

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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