Query errors with "Error converting varchar to numeric."

Thanks for the quick response bhess1,

Tried your suggestions and found the following:
(1) Could not restructure the code for SWAP Rate as I have Complete and CompleteDetail tables although putting everything into the FROM statement was a great idea that I haven't attempted before.

(2) Could not get the 0 or NULL to work for ''ID (HAT, WTL, Tech) as I still receive a error on txtActivityNumber for could not convert varchar to numeric - - I was originally uising the following code snippet for the SWAP Rate and receive the same error still.

Thanks for you help and continuing suggestion greatly!!!

--(10 & 11) SWAP Rate:
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SELECT	DISTINCT scd.txtActivityNumber AS ActivityNumber, 
		'SWAP_Rate' AS DataType, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 30 THEN 'Bluegrass' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 42 THEN 'Michigan' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 31 THEN 'Northeast' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 29 THEN 'Southwest' END) AS Company, 
		dbo.tblBranches.txtBranchName AS Branch, 
		HATUsers.intUserID AS HATID, 
		HATUsers.txtUserFirstName AS HATFirstName, 
		HATUsers.txtUserLastName AS HATLastName, 
		WTLUsers.intUserID AS WTLID, 
		WTLUsers.txtUserFirstName AS WTLFirstName, 
		WTLUsers.txtUserLastName AS WTLLastName, 
		dbo.tblUsers.intUserID AS TechID, 
		dbo.tblUsers.txtUserFirstName AS TechFirstName, 
		dbo.tblUsers.txtUserLastName AS TechLastName, 
		CONVERT(CHAR(10), sc.dteActualEndDate, 101) AS Date, 
		'' AS COV_POV, 
		'' AS COVOccuranceCount, 
		'' AS POVOccuranceCount, 
		'' AS TNOS_Count, 
		'' AS ScheduledActivitiesCount, 
		'' AS CompletedActivitiesCount, 
		'' AS ProductivityPoints, 
		'' AS TechEfficiencyRate, 
		'' AS RepeatServiceFlag, 
		'' AS RepeatServiceOccuranceCount, 
		'' AS Oustanding, 
		'' AS VerySatisfied, 
		'' AS Acceptable, 
		'' AS NotSoGood, 
		'' AS Poor, 
		1 AS SWAPRateCount
 
FROM	dbo.tblUsers AS WTLUsers 
		INNER JOIN dbo.tblUsers ON WTLUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblUsers.intSupNumber 
		INNER JOIN dbo.tblUsers AS HATUsers ON dbo.tblUsers.intMgrNumber = HATUsers.intUserID 
		RIGHT OUTER JOIN (SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1000
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM  dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1200
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1400
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1800) AS scd ON dbo.tblUsers.intUserID = scd.intTechID 
		INNER JOIN (SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1000
					UNION
					SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1200
					UNION
					SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1400
					UNION
					SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1800) AS sc ON scd.txtActivityNumber = sc.txtActivityNumber 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblBranches ON dbo.tblUsers.intHomeBranchID = dbo.tblBranches.intBranchID
 
WHERE	((CASE WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 30 THEN 'Bluegrass' 
			   WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 42 THEN 'Michigan' 
			   WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 31 THEN 'Northeast' 
			   WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 29 THEN 'Southwest' END) IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(dbo.tblBranches.txtBranchName IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(dbo.tblUsers.intUserID IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(scd.txtTechActionTaken IN ('Call Center Removed', 'Call Center Replaced')) AND 
		(scd.txtActivityNumber IN ((SELECT	txtActivityNumber
									FROM	dbo.tblSiebelComplete1000 AS tblSiebelComplete1000_1
									WHERE	(txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND
											(dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
									UNION
									SELECT	txtActivityNumber
									FROM	dbo.tblSiebelComplete1200 AS tblSiebelComplete1200_1
									WHERE	(txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND
											(dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
									UNION
									SELECT	txtActivityNumber
									FROM	dbo.tblSiebelComplete1400 AS tblSiebelComplete1400_1
									WHERE	(txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND
											(dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
									UNION
									SELECT	txtActivityNumber
									FROM	dbo.tblSiebelComplete1800 AS tblSiebelComplete1800_1
									WHERE	(txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND
											(dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')))) AND
		(sc.dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')

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Checking:

If you run from line 1 to line 123 as one process, this works, correct?

If you run line 124 down as one process, does this work?

Yes, 1-123 works and 124-End works - - I receive the error when the all is combined to run on the txtActivityNumber field.

point1:
UNION is explicitly DISTINCT across all UNIONed sets. so there is no need for DISTINCT within the top/bottom SQL

can you please do this:

--(1) Scheduled Activities & (12) COV/POV Count & (13) TNOS (Tech Not On Site) Count:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT top 0	sa.txtActivityNumber AS ActivityNumber, 
		'Scheduled_Activities' AS DataType, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 30 THEN 'Bluegrass' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 42 THEN 'Michigan' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 31 THEN 'Northeast' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 29 THEN 'Southwest' END) AS Company, 
		dbo.tblBranches.txtBranchName AS Branch, 
		HATUsers.intUserID AS HATID, 
		HATUsers.txtUserFirstName AS HATFirstName, 
		HATUsers.txtUserLastName AS HATLastName, 
		WTLUsers.intUserID AS WTLID, 
		WTLUsers.txtUserFirstName AS WTLFirstName, 
		WTLUsers.txtUserLastName AS WTLLastName, 
		dbo.tblUsers.intUserID AS TechID, 
		dbo.tblUsers.txtUserFirstName AS TechFirstName, 
		dbo.tblUsers.txtUserLastName AS TechLastName, 
		CONVERT(CHAR(10), sa.dteActivityDueRT, 101) AS Date, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblUsers.txtDONLENNumber IS NOT NULL THEN 'COV' ELSE 'POV' END) AS COV_POV, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblUsers.txtDONLENNumber IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS COVOccuranceCount, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblUsers.txtDONLENNumber IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS POVOccuranceCount, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblTicketDTV.bitTechOnSite = 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS TNOS_Count, 
		1 AS ScheduledActivitiesCount, 
		'' AS CompletedActivitiesCount, 
		'' AS ProductivityPoints, 
		dbo.tblTechEfficiency.decEfficiencyRate AS TechEfficiencyRate,
		(CASE WHEN sa.txtRepeatServiceFlag='Y' THEN 'Yes' ELSE 'No' END) AS RepeatServiceFlag,
		(CASE WHEN sa.txtRepeatServiceFlag='Y' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS RepeatServiceOccuranceCount,
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblActivitySurvey.intSurveyAnswer5 = 5 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Oustanding, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblActivitySurvey.intSurveyAnswer5 = 4 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS VerySatisfied, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblActivitySurvey.intSurveyAnswer5 = 3 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Acceptable, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblActivitySurvey.intSurveyAnswer5 = 2 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS NotSoGood, 
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblActivitySurvey.intSurveyAnswer5 = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Poor,
		'' AS SWAPRateCount
into tmp1__
FROM	dbo.tblSiebelMgnt 
		RIGHT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblTicketDTV 
		RIGHT OUTER JOIN (SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelActivity1000
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelActivity1200
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelActivity1400
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelActivity1800) AS sa ON dbo.tblTicketDTV.txtJobNumber = sa.txtActivityNumber 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblUsers AS HATUsers 
		INNER JOIN dbo.tblUsers AS WTLUsers 
		INNER JOIN dbo.tblUsers ON WTLUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblUsers.intSupNumber ON HATUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblUsers.intMgrNumber 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblBranches ON dbo.tblUsers.intHomeBranchID = dbo.tblBranches.intBranchID 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblTechEfficiency ON dbo.tblUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblTechEfficiency.intTechID ON CAST(SUBSTRING(sa.txtTechUserID, 6, LEN(sa.txtTechUserID)) AS BIGINT) = dbo.tblUsers.intUserID ON dbo.tblSiebelMgnt.intSiebelMgnt = sa.txtServiceRegion 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblActivitySurvey ON sa.intSiebelActivityID = dbo.tblActivitySurvey.intSiebelActivityID
 
WHERE	((CASE WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 30 THEN 'Bluegrass' 
 			   WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 42 THEN 'Michigan' 
			   WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 31 THEN 'Northeast' 
			   WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 29 THEN 'Southwest' END) IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(dbo.tblBranches.txtBranchName IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(dbo.tblUsers.intUserID IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(sa.dteActivityDueRT BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
 
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--(2) Completed Activities & (4) Productivity Points & (12) COV/POV Count & (13) TNOS (Tech Not On Site) Count:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT	top 0 sc.txtActivityNumber AS ActivityNumber,
		'Completed_Activities' AS DataType,
		(CASE WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 30 THEN 'Bluegrass' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 42 THEN 'Michigan' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 31 THEN 'Northeast' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 29 THEN 'Southwest' END) AS Company, 
		dbo.tblBranches.txtBranchName AS Branch,
		HATUsers.intUserID AS HATID, 
		HATUsers.txtUserFirstName AS HATFirstName, 
		HATUsers.txtUserLastName AS HATLastName,
		WTLUsers.intUserID AS WTLID, 
		WTLUsers.txtUserFirstName AS WTLFirstName, 
		WTLUsers.txtUserLastName AS WTLLastName, 
		dbo.tblUsers.intUserID AS TechID, 
		dbo.tblUsers.txtUserFirstName AS TechFirstName, 
		dbo.tblUsers.txtUserLastName AS TechLastName, 
		CONVERT(CHAR(10), sc.dteActualEndDate, 101) AS Date,
		'' AS COV_POV,
		'' AS COVOccuranceCount,
		'' AS POVOccuranceCount,
		'' AS TNOS_Count,
		'' AS ScheduledActivitiesCount,
		1 AS CompletedActivitiesCount,
		sc.intProductivityPoints AS ProductivityPoints,
		dbo.tblTechEfficiency.decEfficiencyRate AS TechEfficiencyRate,
		'' AS RepeatServiceFlag,
		'' AS RepeatServiceOccuranceCount,
		'' AS Oustanding, 
		'' AS VerySatisfied, 
		'' AS Acceptable, 
		'' AS NotSoGood, 
		'' AS Poor,
		'' AS SWAPRateCount
into tmp2__
FROM	dbo.tblSiebelMgnt 
		RIGHT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblTicketDTV 
		RIGHT OUTER JOIN (SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1000
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1200
						  UNION
						  SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1400
						  UNION
						  SELECT  * FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1800) AS sc ON dbo.tblTicketDTV.txtJobNumber = sc.txtActivityNumber 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblUsers AS HATUsers 
		INNER JOIN dbo.tblUsers AS WTLUsers 
		INNER JOIN dbo.tblUsers ON WTLUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblUsers.intSupNumber ON HATUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblUsers.intMgrNumber 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblBranches ON dbo.tblUsers.intHomeBranchID = dbo.tblBranches.intBranchID 
		LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.tblTechEfficiency ON dbo.tblUsers.intUserID = dbo.tblTechEfficiency.intTechID ON sc.intTechID = dbo.tblUsers.intUserID ON dbo.tblSiebelMgnt.intSiebelMgnt = sc.txtServiceRegion
 
WHERE	((CASE WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 30 THEN 'Bluegrass' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 42 THEN 'Michigan' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 31 THEN 'Northeast' 
			  WHEN dbo.tblBranches.intCompanyBranchID = 29 THEN 'Southwest' END) IS NOT NULL) AND 
		(dbo.tblBranches.txtBranchName IS NOT NULL) AND
		(dbo.tblUsers.intUserID IS NOT NULL) AND
		(sc.dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--(10 & 11) SWAP Rate:
----------------------
SELECT	DISTINCT scd.txtActivityNumber AS ActivityNumber,
		'SWAP_Rate' AS DataType,
		'' AS Company, 
		'' AS Branch,
		'' AS HATID, 
		'' AS HATFirstName, 
		'' AS HATLastName,
		'' AS WTLID, 
		'' AS WTLFirstName, 
		'' AS WTLLastName, 
		'' AS TechID, 
		'' AS TechFirstName, 
		'' AS TechLastName, 
		'' AS Date,
		'' AS COV_POV,
		'' AS COVOccuranceCount,
		'' AS POVOccuranceCount,
		'' AS TNOS_Count,
		'' AS ScheduledActivitiesCount,
		'' AS CompletedActivitiesCount,
		'' AS ProductivityPoints,
		'' AS TechEfficiencyRate,
		'' AS RepeatServiceFlag,
		'' AS RepeatServiceOccuranceCount,
		'' AS Oustanding, 
		'' AS VerySatisfied, 
		'' AS Acceptable, 
		'' AS NotSoGood, 
		'' AS Poor,
		1 AS SWAPRateCount
 
FROM	(SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1000
		 UNION
		 SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1200
		 UNION
		 SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1400
		 UNION
		 SELECT * FROM dbo.tblSiebelCompleteDetail1800) AS scd
 
WHERE	--(scd.txtActionRequired = 'SWAP Relocate') AND
		(scd.txtTechActionTaken IN ('Call Center Removed', 'Call Center Replaced')) AND
		(scd.txtActivityNumber IN ((SELECT txtActivityNumber FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1000 WHERE (txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND (dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
								    UNION
								    SELECT txtActivityNumber FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1200 WHERE (txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND (dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
								    UNION
								    SELECT txtActivityNumber FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1400 WHERE (txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND (dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007')
								    UNION
								    SELECT txtActivityNumber FROM dbo.tblSiebelComplete1800 WHERE (txtOrderSubType = 'Service') AND (dteActualEndDate BETWEEN '11/15/2007' AND '11/16/2007'))))
 
 
select a.name, b.name, xtype, length, xprec, xscale
from syscolumns a, syscolumns b
where a.id = object_id('tmp1')
  and b.id = object_id('tmp2')

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Thanks so much to the experts who helped me understand this now simple and basic concept -- very much appreciated I hope that I too can pass on the knowledge. Many thanks experts!!!