Hello
I am creating the following table
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[myT] (
[name] [varchar] (100) NULL
)
if I do
INSERT INTO myT (name) VALUES ('A')
i get in the table a column with
A ...
the 100 char place is full even if there is a data with only 1 char
how is it possible to avoid it ?
I want 100 char maximum but not full with nothing
thank you for helping
Hi,
I am trying to do this:
UPDATE Users SET uniqueurl = replaceAllEmptySpacesInUniqueURL('uniqueurl')
What would be the syntax.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Hi
I have datacloum called 'code'. When I use @imglink+''+code+''+'.jpg' as [main-image-url],'in my stored procedure. I should get the folowing
http://www.batterymasters.co.uk/ImageResizeCache/productImages/Pack/ACCFUFN076360A.jpg
But I am getting like the one below
http://www.batterymasters.co.uk/ImageResizeCache/productImages/Pack/AABFUFN076360A. jpg
So, some of them are fine but most of them seperated by blank space. I thing the datacolum 'code' has value follwed by empty string like below
'ABFUFN076360A '
SO HOW DO I REMOVE EMPTY STRING AND GET ONLY 'ABFUFN076360A' instead of 'ABFUFN076360A ' in my STORED PROCEDURE.
Please help
I want to add some spaces on the starting feild value. Please see the below example
" " & Fields!Name.Value
This is working on my BIDS. But the spaces are removed automatically when I deployed the report to the report manager. What should be the problem.
Hello,
After the "DAYS" column, some fields are coming null. We don't want it to come null. Beside this, i.e; in the "MONDAY"column, the same "NAMESURNAME" is coming more then one. How can I do the grouping by "NAMESURNAME" ?
MachType DayPeriod Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Negative- || NIGHT || NULL || CAN AK || NULL || FÄ°RDEVS ATEÅž || NULL || NULL
Negative- || NIGHT || NULL || NULL || CEM TEK || NULL || NULL || NULL
Negative- || NIGHT || NULL || NULL || NULL || FÄ°RDEVS ATEÅž || MÃœK HAK || NULL
Negative- || NIGHT || NULL || CAN AK || CEM TEK || FÄ°RDEVS ATEÅž || NULL || NULL
Negative- || NIGHT || NULL || NULL || NULL || NULL || ÖMER CA || NULL
select MachineType,DAYS,
CASE WHEN DIALYSISDAY= 'MONDAY'THEN NAMESURNAME END AS MONDAY,
CASE WHEN DIALYSISDAY= 'TUESDAY' THEN NAMESURNAME END AS TUESDAY,
CASE WHEN DIALYSISDAY= 'WEDNESDAY' THEN NAMESURNAME END AS WEDNESDAY,
CASE WHEN DIALYSISDAY= 'THURSDAY' THEN NAMESURNAME END AS THURSDAY,
CASE WHEN DIALYSISDAY= 'FRIDAY' THEN NAMESURNAME END AS FRIDAY,
CASE WHEN DIALYSISDAY= 'SATURDAY' THEN NAMESURNAME END AS SATURDAY
from
(SELECT SICK.MACHINETYPE,SICK.NAMESURNAME ,
CASE
WHEN SUBSTRING(DAYPERIOD, DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE), 1)= 'N' THEN 'NIGHT' ELSE '' END AS DAYS,
CASE
WHEN SICK.MACHINETYPE= 1 THEN 'Negative-'
WHEN SICK.MACHINETYPE= 2 THEN 'B(+)'
WHEN SICK.MACHINETYPE= 3 THEN 'C(+)B(+)'
WHEN SICK.MACHINETYPE= 4 THEN 'C(+)' END AS MachineType,
CASE
WHEN (DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE)) = 1 THEN 'MONDAY'
WHEN (DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE)) = 2 THEN 'TUESDAY'
WHEN (DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE)) = 3 THEN 'WEDNESDAY'
WHEN (DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE)) = 4 THEN 'THURSDAY'
WHEN (DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE)) = 5 THEN 'FRIDAY'
WHEN (DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE)) = 6 THEN 'SATURDAY' END AS DIALYSISDAY
FROM SEANCE,SICK WHERE SUBSTRING(DAYPERIOD, DATEPART(dw, SEANCE.SEANCEDATE), 1)= 'N' and
SUBSTRING(SICK.EUCLID,1,5)= '18016' AND SEANCEDATEBETWEEN '20080301' AND '20080307'
AND SICK.EUCLID=SEANCE.EUCLID )AS T ORDER BY MachineType
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In sql server 2000 - our QA pointed out that his testing for empty strings returned 200 + rows but that when he clicked in the field there were obviously a space there. This issue came up because of the script I created to replace and earlier one that queried on empty strings instead of datalength and the earlier script always reported that it had updated x number of rows regardless of how many times it was run on the same database.
QA query based on the earlier script:
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My script:
The fields are nvarchars in the newer database but older version of the database had varchars. I had created a script to replace empty strings as follows:
-- if LongString column is varchar - run varchar update else nvarchar update
If exists (Select * from sysobjects o
inner join syscolumns c on c.id = o.id
where c.name = 'LongString' and o.name = 'StringTable' and c.xtype = 167) begin
-- update varchar LongString
UPDATE StringTable
SET LongString = char(32)
-- Select * from StringTable
WHERE ((DATALENGTH(LongString ) < 1) OR LongString IS NULL)
END
Else Begin
-- update nvarchar LongString
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SET LongString = char(32)
-- Select * from StringTable
WHERE ((DATALENGTH(LongString ) < 2) OR LongString IS NULL)
END
If exists (Select * from sysobjects o
inner join syscolumns c on c.id = o.id
where c.name = 'ShortString' and o.name = 'StringTable' and c.xtype = 167) begin
UPDATE StringTable
SET ShortString= char(32)
-- Select * from StringTable
WHERE ((DATALENGTH(ShortString) < 1) OR ShortString IS NULL)
END
Else Begin
-- update nvarchar ShortString
UPDATE StringTable
SET ShortString= char(32)
-- Select * from StringTable
WHERE ((DATALENGTH(ShortString) < 2) OR ShortString IS NULL)
END
My method for checking for datalength appears to work correctly why doesn't the QA script? I thought it might have to do with the nvarchar used in the table but I changed the column to a varchar and still has the same issue.
Thanks
Hi guys,
Is there a way to declare a default value of empty string '' for a varchar table column?
Thanks,Kevin
Hello, I attempt to export a CSV formatted file from SSRS and if the field is not containing data, a space is added to the field.
output:
4, ,1, , , ,
desired output:
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I have a main report and a subreport. If the subreport doesn't have any data then I hide it, but the main report still shows the white space of where the subreport would show up if it had data. So how can I get rid of the extra white space in the main report?
Thanks,
Han
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Example:
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How do we suppress multiple spaces to a single space in T-SQL
E.G.
Field: FullName
e.g.
WOMENS HEALTH RIVER VALLEY
JOHN FAMILY MED GROUP
HERSH STWEART P.
PARK HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER
KOPP WHITEFIELD E
The o/p wanted is
HERSH STWEART P.
Thank you.
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I get the error:
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[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: Failed to retrieve long data for column "LIST_DATA_RCVD".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: There was an error with output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324) on output "OLE DB Source Output" (287). The column status returned was: "DBSTATUS_UNAVAILABLE".
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I am trying to create a store procedure inside of SQL Management Studio console and I kept getting errors. Here's my store procedure.
Code Block
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sqlOutlookSearch]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
@OLIssueID int = NULL,
@searchString varchar(1000) = NULL
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
-- Insert statements for procedure here
IF @OLIssueID <> 11111
SELECT * FROM [OLissue], [Outlook]
WHERE [OLissue].[issueID] = @OLIssueID AND [OLissue].[issueID] = [Outlook].[issueID] AND [Outlook].[contents] LIKE + ''%'' + @searchString + ''%''
ELSE
SELECT * FROM [Outlook]
WHERE [Outlook].[contents] LIKE + ''%'' + @searchString + ''%''
END
And the error I kept getting is:
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sqlOutlookSearch, Line 18
The data types varchar and varchar are incompatible in the modulo operator.
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sqlOutlookSearch, Line 21
The data types varchar and varchar are incompatible in the modulo operator.
Any help is appreciated.
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Validating (Error)
Messages
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(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004700c: Data Flow Task: One or more component failed validation.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0024107: Data Flow Task: There were errors during task validation.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
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Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'
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Thanks and have a good friday
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I was doing some research on how SQL stores data on disk.
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So, if you store "car" in a VarChar(50) it will take 5 bytes.
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Dim test As String
Dim sqlConnection3 As New SqlConnection("data Source=EQ-520-WEBSQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=CRDB.MDF;Integrated Security=True")
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand
Dim returnValue As Object
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT COUNT(ReqID) AS Expr1, LineManager FROM TblReqMain GROUP BY LineManager HAVING (LineManager = @Names)"
cmd.CommandType = Data.CommandType.Text
cmd.Connection = sqlConnection3
cmd.Parameters.Add("@Names", Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar)
sqlConnection3.Open()
cmd.Parameters("@Names").Value = test
If test = "" Then
Response.Write("An error occured")
Exit Sub
Else
returnValue = cmd.ExecuteScalar()
sqlConnection3.Close()
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