Convert nvarchar to int in order to join SQL tables in a view

Question

I want to create a view which will display the info from two tables joined by different type fields. The one field is nvarchar and the other one is int. I know i need to convert one type in the other but don't know how to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    SELECT dbo.co.co_num, dbo.pck_hdr.weight, dbo.STR_ShipTrack.TrackingNumber 
    FROM dbo.co 
INNER JOIN dbo.pck_hdr ON dbo.co.co_num = dbo.pck_hdr.co_num INNER JOIN dbo.STR_ShipTrack ON dbo.pck_hdr.pack_num = dbo.STR_ShipTrack.Reference1

Answer 1

Looking at your code, I can't tell either what you should do.

The SQL engine will do automatic conversions for the comparison. However, if might decide to convert the character field to an integer -- and then get an error.

So, just cast your int field to nvarchar:

cast(IntField as nvarchar(255))

The length doesn't matter for an nvarchar() comparison.

In your query, you would replace:

ON dbo.pck_hdr.pack_num = dbo.STR_ShipTrack.Reference1

with:

ON cast(dbo.pck_hdr.pack_num as nvarchar(255)) = dbo.STR_ShipTrack.Reference1