The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft SQL Server, version 6.0
   
BUG# NT: 12977 (6.00)
 SYMPTOMS
 
Microsoft SQL Server "Books Online" is missing the plus sign concatenation
operator (+) in many places.
 
 STATUS
 
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server
version 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
 MORE INFORMATION
 
The following are examples of where the concatention operator is missing in
"Books Online":
 - In the "Database Developer's Companion," Chapter 4, Using Built-in
   Functions, String Functions, the String functions section, and then
   the example:
       SELECT 'The price is '  CONVERT(varchar(12), price)
      FROM titles
      WHERE price > 10.00
  - In the "Database Developer's Companion," Chapter 4, Using Built-in
   Functions, String Functions, in the Concatenation section.
 - In the "Transact-SQL Reference," F, Functions chapter, Convert Function
   section, and then the example:
       SELECT 'The date is '  CONVERT(varchar(12), getdate())
 
 - In the "Administrator's Companion," Part 8, Chapter 24 in the sections
   on sp_resetstatus and sp_marksuspect (as reported in  BUG 12099).
   However, at some places in "Books Online," the concatenation operator is
present.
For example:
 - In the "Transact-SQL Reference," P, Print, in the example:
   DECLARE @returnmessage varchar(255)
   SELECT @returnmessage = 'This record was updated on ' +
       RTRIM(CONVERT(char(30), GETDATE())) + '.'
    PRINT @returnmessage
   NOTE: The printed documentation set for SQL Server 6.0 is fine, it is not
missing the concatenation operator.
	 
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