Mysterious text in query result

Hi,
I have a database with a column defined as varchar(100) called Surname.
When I use Query Analyzer to retrieve data from the column and display as
text, I get strange text appearing for one of the records. Thus, the field
contains "Wilson" but when I run the following:
SELECT '''' + Surname + '''', Surnname FROM tblManagers
WHERE FirstName = 'Glenn'
I get the following result:
'Wilson d g e d w i t h t h e a ' Wilson
Where has the "d ged with the a" come from. If I show the results in a grid
the final apostrophe is missing from the first part of the query:
'Wilson
If I run a query using ADO and show the result on a web page, the extra text
is not shown.
Any ideas what is going on here?
Glenn
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BigMan2001 (BigMan2001@.discussions.microsoft.com) writes:
> I have a database with a column defined as varchar(100) called Surname.
> When I use Query Analyzer to retrieve data from the column and display
> as text, I get strange text appearing for one of the records. Thus, the
> field contains "Wilson" but when I run the following:
> SELECT '''' + Surname + '''', Surnname FROM tblManagers
> WHERE FirstName = 'Glenn'
> I get the following result:
> 'Wilson d g e d w i t h t h e a ' Wilson
> Where has the "d ged with the a" come from. If I show the results in a
> grid the final apostrophe is missing from the first part of the query:
> 'Wilson
> If I run a query using ADO and show the result on a web page, the extra
> text is not shown.
Looks like some junk data slipped in, and there is a NUL character hiding
there. See what
SELECT convert(varbinary(100), Surname) FROM tblManagers
WHERE FisttName = 'Glenn'
returns.
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