error in select query merge

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I am trying to merge three values in one column in select query, except getdate functionquery working fine but when i write getdate() it gives error. "Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'FA/118,' to data type int." following is my query which is raising the error

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select top 1 ([Casetype] +'/'+ CaseNo +','+ YEAR(GETDATE()) )as CaseNo from tbl_RecordRequisition where Casetype='FA' order by id desc

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Posted 25-Jun-15 20:40pm

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Member 11589183 · Answer 1 · 2015-06-25T20:44:00

Solution 1

select top 1 ([Casetype] +'/'+ convert(varchar(50),CaseNo) +','+ convert(varchar(50),YEAR(GETDATE())) )as CaseNo from tbl_RecordRequisition where Casetype='FA' order by id desc

Posted 25-Jun-15 20:44pm

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Chinnadurai Ramalingam · Answer 2 · 2015-06-26T04:19:00

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select top 1 (isnull(Casetype,'') +'/'+ convert(varchar(50),isnull(CaseNo,'')) +','+ convert(varchar(50),YEAR(GETDATE())) )as CaseNo from tbl_RecordRequisition where Casetype='FA' order by id desc

Posted 26-Jun-15 4:19am

Chinnadurai Ramalingam