There is an INSERT statement in SQL that I am working on - See query below. When I run the statement, it gives this error:
Msg 8152, Level 16, State 2
String or binary data would be truncated.
The statement has been terminated.
How do I rectify this error?
In the Old table (Where the data is coming from), the [Environment] column is called [Err_Dev_Prod], and it is an NVARCHAR (50) datatype. In the new table it is BIT datatype
IF OBJECT_ID(N'LCN_Board', N'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE LCN_Board
CREATE TABLE [LCN_Board](
[Metric_Id] VARCHAR(128) NULL,
[Environment] BIT NULL, --[Err_Dev_Prod]
[Date/Time] DATETIME NULL,
[IMPORT_DATE] DATE DEFAULT GETDATE() NULL,
[MODIFIED_DATE] DATE DEFAULT GETDATE() NULL,
[REPORTING_PERIOD]DATE NULL,
[Process_ID] Uniqueidentifier DEFAULT (NEWID()) NOT NULL,
[Key] VARCHAR(128) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
INSERT INTO LCN_Board
( [Metric_Id],
[Environment],
[Date/Time],
[IMPORT_DATE],
[MODIFIED_DATE],
[REPORTING_PERIOD],
[Process_ID]
)
SELECT
[Metric Id],
CASE LOWER([Err_Dev_Prod]) WHEN 'yes' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END,
[Date/Time],
[IMPORT_DATE],
[MODIFIED_DATE],
[REPORTING_PERIOD],
[Process_ID]
FROM dbo. LCN_Board_old
ORDER BY [Date/Time];
GO
This is not the case of BIT conversion,try to increase the varcahar limit or set to max if possible