July 10, 2009 at 2:29 am
Hello
I have this scenario, I am using the northwind database as a sample and within that database I am using just the Orders and the Employees tables, as the data source.
I have a test database with a table by the name Test_Orders, with three columns, OrderID, EmployeeID, and EmployeeName.
The Test_Orders table EmployeeName column is to be populated with the concatenated fields FirstName and LastName (select Firstname + ' ' +
Lastname from employees) from the Employees table in the Northwind database
I know I have to use a merge join, but I can only map Orders.OrderID to test_Orders.OrderID; Orders.EmployeeID to test_Orders.EmployeeID, but cant to get the Firstname + ' ' + Lastname from employees mapped to Test_Orders. EmployeeName
Can anyone help?
July 10, 2009 at 6:28 am
When your source data is already in a single database there is no need for a merge join ... just write a query to bring out the data that you want, including the concatenated field.
When you say that you cannot map the field, can you say why? I cannot understand why there is any problem whatsoever, so you'll have to go into a bit more detail.
Phil
If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.
July 10, 2009 at 7:35 am
Hello Phill
I have attached the sample data I am using, but saved the into an excel file (orders and employees), for a better understanding.
The excel attachment is the sample output (test_orders)
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