That should work assuming your datatypes work together. HEre's another example
'The price is ' + CAST(price AS varchar(12)) You may need to break out CONVERT() instead of CAST() E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What's the operator for string concatenation in SQL server - I'm trying: SET txtColumnName1 = txtColumnName1 + '#form.txtFormField1#' And that's throwing me an "Invalid operator for data type" error. Anyone help me out right quick? Adam. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4