Concatenate two columns

Hi,
In BI 11g, I am trying to concatenate DAY/DATE Columns.
1."TM_Details"."Day" || "TM_Details"."Date"
2.concat("TM_Details"."Day")+concat("TM_Details"."Date")
But it displays some error, like
Formula syntax is invalid.
[nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError: 22020] Function Concat does not support non-text types. (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT "TM_Details"."Day" || "TM_Details"."Date" FROM "TMD"
Thanks
Kavitha

Hi kavitha,
1."TM_Details"."Day" || cast("TM_Details"."Date" as char)This works out perfectly as the syntax is right.But you need to cast it accordingly.
2.concat("TM_Details"."Day")+concat("TM_Details"."Date")concat(cast("TM_Details"."Day as char),"cast(TM_Details"."Date" as char)) this is the right syntax.
Before check what is the datatype of day column and Date column as it is erroring out as mismatch.Accordingly convert
Use cast function to convert it to the format needed and here is the cast syntax cast(column as datatype)
*UPDATED POST*
Invalid Alias Format : Table_name.Column_name requiredDont type the table name and column name manually.Please select it from the subject area into the criteria and check if this table name and column name are correct and coming from the same table.
hope answered.award points.
Cheers,
KK
Edited by: Kranthi.K on May 24, 2011 11:50 PM

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