Conversion failed when converting the varchar value to data type int

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I have table branch and an another table pincode with a column which can contain pincode IDs separated with comma as varchar data type. I want to Select related pincodes based on branch id but I'm getting error "Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '1,3,5,' to data type int." when trying to select:

SELECT Pincode from tblpin where pinID in (select pinid from branch where brnchID='1');

The subquery returns data like "1,3,5"

Posted 10-Aug-14 1:57am

sahabiswarup

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-08-10T02:11:00

You can;t do it like that: SQL deos not understand comma separated data except in specific places - and a data column value is not one of them.
It's possible - but a pain: Using comma separated value parameter strings in SQL IN clauses[^]

A much, much better solution is not to store ID as strings at all, but set up a separate table linking them instead.