Comments on: SQL Server SELECT INTO http://sqlserverplanet.com/tsql/sql-server-select-into Tips and Articles on SQL Server Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:36:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skiilz http://sqlserverplanet.com/tsql/sql-server-select-into/comment-page-1#comment-726 Skiilz Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:29:29 +0000 http://sqlserverplanet.com/?p=1439#comment-726 How do you enforce a strict output structure when using a 'select into'? I am taking the union of two or more VERY large tables so using a select into is great.. But I need the output structure to be defined. I know I can 'cast' and 'convert' the data to the desired structure but this truncates the data. I need to KNOW when my data is being truncated (as I would when using an 'INSERT' statement). i.e. I want the program to blow up rather than ignore the data mis-match. ~Skiilz How do you enforce a strict output structure when using a ‘select into’?

I am taking the union of two or more VERY large tables so using a select into is great.. But I need the output structure to be defined.

I know I can ‘cast’ and ‘convert’ the data to the desired structure but this truncates the data.
I need to KNOW when my data is being truncated (as I would when using an ‘INSERT’ statement).

i.e. I want the program to blow up rather than ignore the data mis-match.

~Skiilz

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