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How to append constant string to a filed for DBlookup

Zone: Lotus Notes
Tags: append, string, formula
This is probably a fairly simple Formula question, but I don't have the patience to debug a formula when it starts getting complicated.

t_cj_DeptId is a field on a form
"REPL40" is a constant that needs to be apended to it for the lookup.
I do not want to add or change any existing fields.
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The following lookup Works fine for view v_BU_LU_Dept1
Temp := @DbLookup("";"";"v_BU_LU_Dept1";t_cj_DeptId;"BU_TOT_L1");
@If(@IsError(Temp);"";Temp)

I need a formula for view v_BU_LU_Dept2, which requires as the key the

Contents of field t_cj_DeptId & "REPL40"  concatenated to it.
How would I go about changing this :

Temp := @DbLookup("";"";"v_BU_LU_Dept2";t_cj_DeptId;"BU_TOT_L1");
@If(@IsError(Temp);"";Temp)

Since Formula is not my strong point, I would appreciate any help on this.
In addition, if you can also return an error if  t_cj_DeptId is blank, it would be helpful.

Thanks !
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Question Asked By: SysExpert
Solution Provided By: p_partha
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