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Posted on by RPWC 10
Getting error message in step Execute a Sql Query.
status": 400,
  "message": "Incorrect syntax near 'concat'.\r\nclientRequestId: 
How to fix the SQL statement or is there another approach to this to insert all rows at once in Sql server?
 
2. Compose
3. Initialize Variable
4. Compose 2
5. Compose 4
6 .Execute a SQL query
 
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  • Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    Michael E. Gernaey 53,433 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Hi
     
    You are not getting a SQL error, you are getting an error in the Concat action (which is what it says).
     
    Without even looking further you use substring and sub which are not the same, you need to fix that. Then see if your stuff works.
     
    Also, since its the Substring, it would really be helpful to paste the expression, not just a picture, because then we have to type it all out.
  • RPWC Profile Picture
    RPWC 10 on at
    Sorry for not adding these.  
    I'm totally lost how to fix this concat issue.  Can you please guide me.
     
    Compose:
    INSERT INTO test(FirstName,LastName,BirthDate,Salary,Gender,Department,JobTitle) VALUES 
     
    Compose 2: 
    concat('(', '''', item()?['FirstName'], '''', ',', '''',item()?['LastName'], '''', ',', '''',item()?['BirthDate'], '''', ',', item()?['Salary'],',', '''',item()?['Gender'], '''', ',', '''',item()?['Department'], '''', ',', '''',item()?['JobTitle'], '''','),')
     
    Compose 4:
    concat(outputs('Compose'), substring(join(variables('ArrayVar'), ','), 0, sub(length(join(variables('ArrayVar'), ',')), 1)), ';')
     
    NOTE:  Salary is decimal(18,2).

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