>>>>What is fred doing at the end of your code - was it for test? Add print @SQL before executing, you will see the error.
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>>>See my reply to Boris.
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>>You have an extra + before like.
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>>It should be
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>>where myField LIKE '%' + @SomeNumber + '%'

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>I am concatenating strings, this is my current code:
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SET @sWhereClause = @sWhereClause + @NewLine + ' AND [cus_number] LIKE + ''%'' + @cus_Number + ''%'''

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>strangely enough it works as is, but I'm not quite understanding how the string concatenation is working here anyhow.
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>>Also, if the number is nchar(5) when what is the point of using LIKE at all? You should use
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>>Number = @SomeNumber
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>See my conversation with Boris regarding this.

In this string above you don't need + before LIKE.

I saw your conversation with Boris and that is why I am saying you need to use = instead of LIKE for the number. Since you always provide the full number (all 5 chars) and the number is 5 chars in the table, there is no sense to use LIKE.