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I got this erorr when trying to create my stored proc,

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Msg 457, Level 16, State 1, Procedure PROC_DAILY_ACTIVITY, Line 13

Implicit conversion of char value to varchar cannot be performed because the collation of the value is unresolved due to a collation conflict.




Code Block
set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go

-- =============================================
-- Author: <Zaccheus,Tenchy>
-- Create date: <NOVEMEBER,12,2007>
-- Description: <Reporting stored procedure,DAILY ACTIVITY,>
-- =============================================
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[PROC_DAILY_ACTIVITY]
(@Region_Key int=null)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT
Region_Key,
Null as Customer_Code,
Non_Customer_Activities.Question_code,
Non_Customer_Activities.Description,
Region AS Region,
Name AS Territory_Name,
Non_Customer_Activities.Que_Desc AS Store_Name,
Non_Customer_Activities.Logged_Time AS TheDate,
Non_Customer_Activities.response AS Response,
Null as is_Visit_Fg
FROM [FSSRC].[dbo].Qry_Sales_Group Sales_Group
INNER JOIN
(Select QH.[question_code]
,Question_Header.Description
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AND CONVERT(datetime,DATEADD(day, (qh.cycle_day-1), p.start_date),6) = '11/9/2007'
) Non_Customer_Activities
ON Sales_Group.Code = Non_Customer_Activities.SR_Territory_Code
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SELECT
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NULL,
NULL,
Region AS Region,
Name AS Territory_Name,
Customer_Activities.Customer_Name AS Store_Name,
Customer_Activities.Logged_Time AS TheDate,
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is_Visit_Fg
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,[entity_code] Customer_Code
,[name] Customer_Name
,Territory_Code Cust_Territory_Code
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From question_history QH
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ON p.period_code = qh.period_code
INNER JOIN dbo.questions Question_Header
ON Question_Header.question_code = QH.question_code
INNER JOIN [FSSRC].[dbo].[customer]
ON Entity_Code = [customer_code]
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ON V.[customer_code] = QH.[entity_code]
AND V.[period_code] = QH.[period_code]
AND V.[cycle_day] = QH.[cycle_day]
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ON Territory_In_Sales_Responsible.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code=[sales_person_code] COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS
WHERE [entity_code] NOT like '%.USER%'
AND Convert(datetime,convert(Varchar,time_log,110)) = '11/9/2007'

GROUP BY
time_log
,[entity_code]
,[name]
,Territory_Code
) Customer_Activities
ON Sales_Group.Code = Customer_Activities.Cust_Territory_Code
WHERE @Region_Key=Region_Key
order by 4
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