Hi,

I am trying two merge two datasets using the key ID (Neighborhood_Code).
However, Im getting the error
" Each key variable -- the variables on which observations are matched -- must be of the same generic type in the master and using datasets. Same generic
type means both numeric or both string."

The key ID is a combination of numbers like '110111110901'.

In the first dataset, the ID format is %18.0g and in the second %12s.
I want both to be stored as string before merging.
How should I do that ?