Convert ntext to nvarchar... or use LEFT AND SUBSTRING in a ntext field

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  • leedatkinson
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    • Nov 2008
    • 2

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    Convert ntext to nvarchar... or use LEFT AND SUBSTRING in a ntext field

    Hi, I'm pretty new to using SQL as a long standing Access users all these field types are a bit much... I have a ntext field that I need to convert to a nvarchar. I have tried cast and convert and as I understand a text field is just too big to go into a varchar (Elephant into a mini was the analagy used)

    The back ground is; I have been provided a database that has a text field for address information. This field has multiple lines of address information which includes line feeds CHAR(10). I need to replace the line feeds with ", " as an application we are using sees a line feed and crashes.
    I was able to do this simply in a similar version of the data by using a combination of LEFT() and SUBSTRING() but the field type was varchar.

    I'm sure there is a simple solutoin to this but as a noob I'm struggling.

    Any help would me most appreciated.

    Cheers
  • leedatkinson
    New Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 2

    #2
    All sorted now, no need to reply.
    Cheers,
    Lee

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