Hi,
I am facing issue with the auto fit width. When i am creating a report which includes table. The table column length should get adjusted to the text size displayed in it instead of displaying the text in 2 lines. But i dont find any way to set that option. Could anyone let me know how to set the column length as per the text displayed in the column in table.
Thanks
I know we could change the data type or width of a table column in SQl 7 database, but I am not certain if this column is a primary key. Can we change a primary key column width? If we can, how about this column as a foreign key in another table? Will it be automatically updated to the same width? Thanks in advance for your input.
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I'm trying to read in a flat file (which, admittedly, has one very wide column), and it keeps breaking because of truncation when it tries to read in the file.
Any ideas?
Jim Work
Hi All,
Is there a way by which we can modify the width of a column of a table which is being replicated without touching the ongoing transactional replication? This is for MSSQL2000 Transactional Replication.
I know (and successfully tried) that we can add a column to a table and that gets propaged to the replicate database and indeed the added column gets reflected there. How to add a column? sp_repaddcolumn or Right Click on the Publication-Properties and it shows a button to Add a Column.
This is what I have tried for modifying the width of a column of a table participating in Transactional Replication from varchar(10) to varchar(100)
MH (source) -> MH1 (Replicate)
The column €ścol1€? had width of varchar(10) and this was altered to varchar(100).
insert into MH..test_mh values(4,'abcdeabcdefff')
select * from MH1..test_mh
exec sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2', @destination_db = N'MH1'
go
exec sp_droparticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh'
go
alter table test_mh alter column col2 varchar(100) null OR
MH1..sp_help test_mh
exec sp_addarticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @source_table = N'test_mh'
go
exec sp_addsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2' , @destination_db = N'MH1'
go
Needless to say, help would be apreciated -
~Mihir
How do i import a Varying Column Width Flat file into a Table using SSIS?
I have a flat file that has 4 columns with varying width
Like I should read the file as
Col 1 - (1 to 10 Characters)
Col 2 - (12 to 21 Characters)
Col 3 - (22 to 35 Characters)
Col 4 - (36 to 38 Characters)
At the end of the record is a "LF"
I think "Fixed Width" Columns allow me to define a standard column length for all the columns.. Right?
Any thoughts on how to?
Hi,
I am trying to create a program that transfers tables to flat files.
At this point in time, I have suceeded in created one that creates delimited files.
However, I am now trying to create fixed-width files as you can do with the SSIS designer, but programatically.
Is there a way to programatically determine the width of a column from the source table? I can not seem to find any kind of function or member that stores this information or allows me to retrieve it.
I know what I need to change in order to set a width for a column, but I just don't know how to find the width without just asking the user to provide one.
I have a report with a column which contains either a string such as "N/A" or a number such as 12. A user exports the report to Excel. In Excel the numbers are formatted as text.
I already tried to set the value as CDbl which returns error for the cells containing a string.
The requirement is to export the column to Excel with the numbers formatted as numbers and the strings such as "N/A' in the same column as string.
Any suggestions?
hi all,
is there a way to define a row delimiter to fixed width files? such as this one:
1122333
4455666
7788999
in this file i have 3 columns that are fixed (col1.width = 2, col2.width = 2, col3.width = 3) but have {CR}-{LF} as the row delimiter. when i try to create a flat file connection to these kind of files- he always reads the CR-LF as part of the file text, and there is no place where i can define the row delimiter if i have.
thanks for your help!!!
Is there a better way to handle fixed width flat files than the built-in SSIS capability? I have a fixed width file with over 400 columns and it looks like I need to manually click lines where each column starts/ends (quite tedious and prone to error). I have an excel version of the spec with start position, length, and data type for each column. So far it looks like the only way to automate this task is to somehow automatically generate the package XML from the spec and paste it into the dtsx file. Anyone know of a better way?
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Hi Every1, I'm getting this error.
'Cannot specify a column width on data type smalldatetime.'
I'm using SQL Server & I've check the data type in the db & it's same as smalldatetime.
Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
<Error>
Column or parameter #8: Cannot specify a column width on data type smalldatetime.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Column or parameter #8: Cannot specify a column width on data type smalldatetime.
Source Error:
Line 344: Try
Line 345: myConnection.Open()
Line 346: dgdSearch.DataSource = myCommand.ExecuteReader()
Line 347: dgdSearch.DataBind()
Line 348: Finally
Source File: c:inetpubwwwrootDemo Equip LogSearch Equipment.aspx.vb Line: 346
Stack Trace:
[SqlException: Column or parameter #8: Cannot specify a column width on data type smalldatetime.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream) +742
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader() +41
Demo_Equip_Log.Search_Equipment.BindGrid() in c:inetpubwwwrootDemo Equip LogSearch Equipment.aspx.vb:346
Demo_Equip_Log.Search_Equipment.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:inetpubwwwrootDemo Equip LogSearch Equipment.aspx.vb:195
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750
Hi
When i create a temp table with a field as blank string as in following example and then try to insert a blank string int it following error is coing.
compatibility level of database is 70
following is the example
Select CtpId = convert(int, a.CtpId), a.OrgId, a.Sname, a.Intls, a.Prfx, a.CallName, a.Sex, a.RspblEmp,
City = convert(char(40), ''), OrgDescr = convert(char(46), ''),
a.ActvtyStatus, a.Sales, a.SaleCntct, a.ContractCntct, a.ContractSigner,
a.CRW, a.WkndCntct, a.UseOrgAddr, CtpTimeStamp = convert(int, a.TimeStamp), FrequentFlyer = convert(bit,0) ,
a.PrevCmpl, b.St, a.DtIns
into #Ctp
from tbCtp a, tbAddr b
where 0 = 1
Select a.CtpId, a.OrgId, a.Sname, a.Intls, a.Prfx, a.CallName, a.Sex, a.RspblEmp,
City = '', OrgDescr = '',
a.ActvtyStatus, a.Sales, a.SaleCntct, a.ContractCntct, a.ContractSigner,
a.CRW, a.WkndCntct, a.UseOrgAddr, CtpTimeStamp = convert(int, a.TimeStamp),FrequentFlyer = 0, a.PrevCmpl,
St = "", a.DtIns
into #CTP
from tbctp a
where a.Sname like 'as%'
and CallName = '%'
ERROR MESSAGE:: Server: Msg 2731, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
"The width of column 'City' is 0. This width is not valid."
Please tell why this error is coming.
Thanks in advance
Rajesh
Is there a way to change the width of the bars in a bar chart?
I know that there is an option to 'Plot the data as line', but for some reason this is greyed out.
Any ideas on both?
I have been looking over the forums looking for answers to the question that nails us all: how do you dynamically resize column widths? MS says: you don't. However, I have heard many people say they have found ways around it. I wonder if anyone might share those with me (and everyone else). Share the wisdom you have gained with those less experienced!
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Here is typical SQL statment that works for most of them.
left(RTRIM(A.City) + Replicate(' ', 25) ,25) as [City]
The above one is not working, but many other works fine like the address. Why would it work for some, but not others?
It works fine if I use any char, but not space. i.e.
left(RTRIM(A.City) + Replicate('*', 25) ,25) as [City]
I use bcp command to output to excel, it works. But I want to format the excel, some column width are too small,user need adjust the column width, otherwise it shows ######.
How can I set columns width when I use bcp output to excel.
Also, can bcp command output to multiple excel sheets and add report title in each excel sheet?
Hello,
We are generating RDL file on the fly using a XSLT. We are trying to implement an auto width to all the columns dislpayed in the Report. Is Automatic horizontal width for column supported in RDL? If so how? If not is there is any workaround for it?
We tried using CanGrow and CanShrink tags, but those are for only vertical.
Thanks in advance.
The title, I think, accurately illustrates the situation in my report.
Naturally, this result is unwanted.
How do I get the avg-function to ignore empty cells in the column?
Thanks in advance,
Pluggie
I have a subreport on my main report, and the subreport contains a matrix. When I run the report, the subreport seems to expand beyond the width of the main report. The matrix itself does not expand beyond the width of the body of the main report, but for some reason it seems that the subreport does. The subreport does not contain any headers that might be messing up the width. If I cut and paste the matrix from the subreport directly onto the main report, and remove the subreport, it prints fine. But as soon as I include the subreport on the main report it prints with blank pages because the subreport expands beyond the width of the body of the main report. I have checked the width and margins on the subreport and compared to the width of the main report and all looks good. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Hi All,
Is there a way by which we can modify the width of a column of a table which is being replicated without touching the ongoing transactional replication? This is for MSSQL2000 Transactional Replication.
I know (and successfully tried) that we can add a column to a table and that gets propaged to the replicate database and indeed the added column gets reflected there. How to add a column? sp_repaddcolumn or Right Click on the Publication-Properties and it shows a button to Add a Column.
This is what I have tried for modifying the width of a column of a table participating in Transactional Replication from varchar(10) to varchar(100)
MH (source) -> MH1 (Replicate)
The column “col1” had width of varchar(10) and this was altered to varchar(100).
insert into MH..test_mh values(4,'abcdeabcdefff')
select * from MH1..test_mh
exec sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2', @destination_db = N'MH1'
go
exec sp_droparticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh'
go
alter table test_mh alter column col2 varchar(100) null OR
MH1..sp_help test_mh
exec sp_addarticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @source_table = N'test_mh'
go
exec sp_addsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2' , @destination_db = N'MH1'
go
Needless to say, help would be apreciated -:)
~Mihir
However, adding a column was possible.
I am trying to eliminate the extra space in columns that have been returned from a DB query...the tables have character lengths of 40, I would like to return just the necessary characters.
Thanks in advance.
Mark.
I have a report that has a certain number of columns that are hidden and when hidden they leave a lot of white space. Is there a way to detect when they are hidden and set the width property to 0 and then reverse the value when they are visible?
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Dear all hi,
I would like to create a function that will return to me the width of the column of the table without giving as a parameter the table name. I need it, as I want to exceed my data in this column to the column length. I want to fill the column data with trailing blanks until I reach the column width. The function len returns the length of the data in the column.
I know that If I have the table name I can find the column width through the system tables. I don€™t want this.
Sincerely,
Hellen
I want to query a column of xml files in a table,
use mysql1
declare @bp xml
select @bp=xml
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://schemas.openehr.org/v1' as bp,'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' as xsi,'OBSERVATION' as type)
select * from (
select
m.c.value('(./bp:data/bp:items[1]/bp:value[1]/bp:magnitude)[1]','int') as systolisch
from
BloodpressureMitSchema cross apply
@bp.nodes('/bp:content/bp:data/bp:events') as m(c))m
But with this "cross apply" I can only query all the values in one xml and repeat them. Is there something wrong at "declear"
Hi,
I have a package that reads a fixed width flat file data into a single CHAR column in an sql server 2005 table.
In the "Columns" tab of the Flat File Connection Manager, I set the RowDelimiter value to {LF} and nothing for the ColumnDelimiter (since I read the entire row from the flat file into a single column in my sql table).
However, in the "Advanced" tab, the ColumnDelimiter Misc property shows {LF}. This was working fine for me.
The problem I was facing was with some files which were recently identified to have rows containing a special character (probably ASCII ZERO) in the middle of the row. So, now if the record was having 400 characters and the 200 th character had this special character, the package was writing the first 200 characters into the sql table and ignoring the rest of the characters.
I am sure that the special character was ASCII ZERO - I wrote a script to read each character in the line and find the ascii code for it.
Has anyone faced this problem ever. If so, pls let me know your solution or any ideas that can help sort this problem. Your help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!
Will the width property of a column be able to be set at run-time (i.e. ability to set the width of a column to an expression) in SQL Reporting Services 2008? One problem I have seen is the inability to set the width of columns in a report when you you have several columns whose order is determined based on parameters.
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Lets say I have 2 columns in a report and two fields from the database which will populate those columns: 1 field that is varchar(5) and one which is varchar(50). If I do not know which column each field will go to until runtime how am I supposed to adjust the column width? Letting the column width be set by an expression would solve everything as I could pass the width in to the report. As it stands now, I would have to set each column's width to accomodate a field of type varchar(50) in order to avoid wrapping of data.
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You could say just create 2 reports, one for each case, but what if I had 15 fields? 20?how to dynamically set the width of a column? Will the width of a column be able to be set at run-time in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 via expression or some other means?
I have two questions. I am somewhat of a novice at this but would really appreciate some help.
Table = svc
There are multiple columns but I just need adjustments in the first 2.
Current Table:
code name svctype
CTS0003CT Abd Ltd 51608
CTS0005CT Abd W Cont 51608
CTS0011CT Abd WWO Cont 51608
CTS0013CT Abd WO Cont 51608
CTS0023CT Abd-Ltd Pel W Cont51608
CTS0025CT Abd-Ltd Pel WO Cont51608
What I want it update it to:
code name svctype
RCT0003AR CT Abd Ltd 19254
RCT0005AR CT Abd W Cont 19254
RCT0013AR CT Abd WO Cont 19254
RCT0011AR CT Abd WWO Cont 19254
RCT0023AR CT Abd-Ltd Pel W Cont19254
RCT0025AR CT Abd-Ltd Pel WO Cont19254
QUESTION #1:
So I am trying to figure out if I could write a statement that basically updates the CODE column’s first three letters in each cell from CTS to RCT and retains the numbers afterwards.
QUESTION #2
The NAME column in Table 1 would also need a little adjustment.
I need to add AR in front (almost like a prefix) of all of the descriptions (so that it looks like Table #2). How do I insert something into the description?
I greatly appreciate anyone's help in this. It would save me counltess hours.
-T.C.
hello All,
I am trying to now access the data (if any) in the current cell of a table. I want to know if this cell has been populated, and if so to move on...if not then I want to populate with a zero.
I am using the following:
ReportItems!textbox9.Value inside of an if statement but it tells me that I am unable to do so as, and I quote:
"The Value expression for the textbox 'textbox 9' contains a direct or indirect reference to itself. Loops in expressions are not allowed."
Any ideas guys?
Hi,
I've a report projects where each report has a number of columns and the spec is to have all the columns print-out on the same page. Is there a setting that will auto-scale these columns to fit to the page or will I have to edit the font size and widths manually on each report to fit to the page?
Thanks for any comments.
I keep getting requests to increase the width of a varchar colum every now and then.
I want to ask if its perfectly ok when you have active users connecting to the application to do this?