Hi all. I'm new to SQL Server and I've run into a tough problem. I currently have a SQL Server database with 54 US states/territories tables. I'm working on creating a view so that I can view all the states data in a single table-like structure. I've mapped all the columns from all the different tables to their new names and made sure that all the new attributes match. When I use the Management Express tool to open the view, it executes but fails because for some reason it's chosen to map a field called 'id' into an int, rather than a varchar. Is there a way to force the view to treat the 'id' as a varchar and not an int? I can't see a way to change its type through the GUI tools.
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