More problems with updateText

Hi,

Basically I am trying to add 2 ntext fields together sandwhiched by a literal ( '<BR /><BR />' ) in a SP for a report I will be running.

First step is to add <BR /><BR />, which I have done with some help from this forum, using a cursor and temp tables.

The last step is add the second ntext column (if it exists for the case only though). So like the 1st step I am using cursor and updatetext to amend the temporary table. The problem is that rather than update the temp table, the query section I have highlighted is run and nothing at all gets added to temptable. Since the column I am trying to add is a ntext I can't create a local variable. Does anyone know where I am going wrong?

Thanks in advance

Declare @.value2 varbinary(16)
DECLARE TEXTPTR_CURSOR2 CURSOR FOR
SELECT TEXTPTR(RT.Status) FROM #TempReport RT
DECLARE @.CurrentCase int

OPEN TEXTPTR_CURSOR2
FETCH NEXT FROM TEXTPTR_CURSOR2 INTO @.value2

WHILE @.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN

SELECT @.CurrentCase = caseid from #tempreport rt
where TEXTPTR(RT.Status) = @.value2

If ( select count(*) from tbl_memo m
where caseid = @.CurrentCase
and memotypeid = 8) > 0
BEGIN

UPDATETEXT #tempreport.Status @.value2 null 0
(select IsNull(thevalue,'')
from tbl_memo m
where caseid = @.CurrentCase
and memotypeid = 8)

END

FETCH NEXT FROM TEXTPTR_CURSOR2 INTO @.value2

END

CLOSE TEXTPTR_CURSOR2
DEALLOCATE TEXTPTR_CURSOR2

For those interested, I managed to crack this by using another text pointer:

Declare @.value2 varbinary(16)
DECLARE TEXTPTR_CURSOR2 CURSOR FOR
SELECT TEXTPTR(RT.Status) FROM #TempReport RT
DECLARE @.CurrentCase int

OPEN TEXTPTR_CURSOR2
FETCH NEXT FROM TEXTPTR_CURSOR2 INTO @.value2

WHILE @.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN

SELECT @.CurrentCase = caseid from #tempreport rt
where TEXTPTR(RT.Status) = @.value2

If ( select count(*) from tbl_memo m
where caseid = @.CurrentCase
and memotypeid = 8) > 0
BEGIN
declare @.value3 varbinary(16)
select @.value3 = textptr(thevalue) from tbl_memo m where caseid = @.currentcase and memotypeid = 8

UPDATETEXT #tempreport.Status @.value2 null 0 tbl_memo.thevalue @.value3

END

FETCH NEXT FROM TEXTPTR_CURSOR2 INTO @.value2
END

CLOSE TEXTPTR_CURSOR2
DEALLOCATE TEXTPTR_CURSOR2