Single Parameter using 2 fields

Hi Experts,
I have a requirement where in i have to create a parameter on two fields ID and Description. These are two different fields and i have to give them to user in a parameter separated a '-'.
Also i have 2 date fields Start Date and End Date. But i have to give them to the user as a single Date Range Parameter.
Any Help??
Regards,
Raja

Hi Abhilash,
Thanks for your reply.
I will try the first one like you said.
Where as the second one, what i am not sure here is, since Start Date and End Date are 2 different fields, how can i set them up in select expert to form a single parameter?
If i create a parameter on Start date then i will be setting it up in Select Expert as:
Start Date ={StartDate}
So i can create 2 different parameters for both Start Date and End Date. How can create a range parameter such that the first selection will be Start Date and the second selection will be End Date?
Regards,
Raja

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FIELDTERMINATOR = ‘,’,
FIELDTERMINATOR = ‘:’
However, if you want to use a data file with fewer or more fields, we can implement via setting extra field length to 0 for fewer fields or omitting or skipping more fields during the bulk copy procedure.
More Information
For more information about filed terminators, you can review the following article.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa196735(v=sql.80).aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d2fa4b1e-3bd4-4379-bc30-389202a99ae2/multiple-field-terminators-in-bulk-insert-or-bcp?forum=sqlgetsta
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191485.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa173858(v=sql.80).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa173842(v=sql.80).aspx
Applies to
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2008R2
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2000
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Thanks,
Is this a supported scenario, or does it use unsupported features?
For example, can we call exec [ReportServer].dbo.AddEvent @EventType='TimedSubscription', @EventData='b64ce7ec-d598-45cd-bbc2-ea202e0c129d'
in a supported way?
Thanks! Josh

How to deal with single quote (') in a field value?

I can successfully insert value with single quoet using
Prepared statement with placeholder(?) construct .
I can also successfuly use value with single quote(') in
WHERE clause.
My question is, is there a way to use string with single
quote if a Statement like:
String slqString ="INSERT INTO customers (name, address) VALUES ( 'O'Reilly Bob', 'St Mary's Street') ";
Statement sqlStmt = con.createStatement();
sqlStmt.executeUpdate(sqlString);
The last statement will thow an SQLException because due to single quotes
Any ideas?

I think the question was regarding the ' in O'Reily. Use ' twice when using the Statement interface, i.e.
("O''Reilly Bob", "St Mary''s Street")
So that's two single quotes, not a double quote, to successfully insert a single quote, if you know what I mean....
But like you said PreparedStatement does things like this for you.

Single Parameter using 2 fields

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