Hi
So far, I have only used Access which has an autonumber data type so that in some of my tables the id is automatically generated.
I guess this is a simple question but is there an equivalent data type in sql server?
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I have developed a web database application using ASP and MS Access, however the requirement for hosting the application is that it must use an MS SQL Server database. I converted the database to SQL without any problems, and many features of the application work under SQL Server except the 'add record' function. I realised there isn't an 'autonumber' field in SQL Server (which i use as the primary key for many tables), but an 'int' field. I considered pulling out the latest int from the database, incrementing it manually and adding the new record with this number... i also noticed there is a 'unique identifier' field.
Is there a quick solution for this problem?
Thanks
What is the equivalent to autonumber in SQL 7? I ported over some data into SQL but when I bring it up in Access 97 as linked tables it shows that
what used to be autonumber in Access is listed only as number in SQL. So what is the equivalent to Autonumber in SQL?
Hello, Does anyone know if there is an equivalent of an autonumber in SQL Server.
I have tried to use the int field which I thought preformed the same function but it doesn't work for me.
The code I am using is as follows
aCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO customers (customer_Name, customer_Id) " + "VALUES (@customer_Name, @customer_Id)";
aCommand.Parameters.Add("@customer_Name", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 50).Value = TextBox1.Text;
aCommand.Parameters.Add("@customer_No", SqlDbType.Int, 4).Value = SqlDbType.Int;
However, when I try this my customer Id is not unique., and my cusomer_Id is always set to to the number 8.
Does anyone know a way around this?
hii @ll..
well m havin a probelm with this :S... i ve created a DB in access and then import that db in sql server 2000, but autonumber data type got change to int :S...
well is there any solution... currently m working on JSP which is created to SQL Server 2000 and when i user insert into command.. it shows me err cuz of tht...
plz help me out..
thanx
@kS
Does anyone know how to add an autonumber field into a table? Is this the same as uniqueidentifier?? I have a table and I need to create a field to use as Primary Key. I would appreciate any help.
-Brad B
I am building a simple table, populated by ASP form, where every record should be assigned a unique ID. When working with Access I used `autonumber` datatype to keep track of every record. Can something like this be done with MS SQL server, if not what do you think is a good way to solve the problem ??
Thanks,
Robert :)
I have 2 SQL statements in Visual Basic(with sybase as backend)
1) "set option DBA.MAX_STATEMENT_COUNT = 1069999900"
2) "set option DBA.MAX_CURSOR_COUNT = 1069999900"
And when I migrated the DB from Sybase to SQL server and try to run the vb code it is giving me error in that SQL statement as MS SQL server might not be recognising the above two statements. Is there an equivalent of this in SQL server.
Thanks
In sql server 6.5, standard security......
Will i assign the SA rights to some one/login...?
wincy
what is the equivalent of val() function in SQL server?
and cstr() function
Hello MSSQL professionals,
Please tell me the equavalent of the below MySQL query in SQL Server.
create table temp1(variable1 varchar(24) character set latin1 not null default '')
Immediate help will be highly appreciated
In ORACLE, I can use DESCRIBE PS_JOB to see the columns for that record. What is the SQL-Server equivalent?
TIA,
Joe
Hello all,
I'm making a query for this application that is not in the same server where the database is located.
This query I can easily get results when making the query within the server:
USE ADW_Publish;
SELECT distinct b.Subject
FROM dbo.F_Class_Exam a
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.D_Course_Catalog b
ON a.Course_ID = b.Course_ID
WHERE a.Term = '$536870994$' AND a.Class_Exam_Type = 'FIN' AND b.Term = '$536870994$'
ORDER BY b.Subject
Here are the details:
Servername: SERVER01
What would an equivalent query be if I apply this to an external application (located outside the server?)
I've gotten some hints to use:
SELECT *
FROM OPENDATASOURCE('MSDASQL', 'DataSource=DataSourceName;UserID=User;Password=SomePassword').DBName.dbo.TableName
But I dont know how to apply the query above to use that..
Any thoughts? Or are there other ways of doing it?
Thanks!
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Hi,
I've been looking for the equivalent of the MS Access 2003 field caption property in SQL but it appears as though there isn't one.
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Hi,
I have small question regarding ORDER BY clause.
I wanted some value of the fields should come first before other values….Something like:
+----------+----------------------------------------+
| code | name |
+----------+----------------------------------------+
| UK | United Kingdom |
| US | United States |
| AF | Afghanistan |
| AL | Albania |
| DZ | Algeria |
| AS | American Samoa |
I want to display country UK and US code first and then rest of the countries using SQL statement. I know in MySQL, I can use ORDER BY code IN (...)
--SQL
SELECT * FROM countries ORDER by code IN ('UK', 'US') desc
But not sure how can I do same thing in SQL Server. Is there any equivalent of ORDER BY [field] IN (…) clause in SQL Server???
Though I can create a new field something like sequence and use it to display these countries but I can not do that…
Please advice.
Thanks,
Firoz Ansari
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Jake :confused:
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Thanks,
Navy
Hi,
Can any one tell me is there anything in SQL Server thats equivalent
to Oracle's ROWNUM.
Note that the Identity Property or TOP n will not solve my problem.
I want to asign a sequence no. to each row when its being fetched.
For example if in the emp table there are 2000 rows and I write
the following query in Oracle ,
SELECT rownum , empno, empname FROM emp Where rownum < =3
I get the result like this
Rownum----Empno--------------Empname
------------------------------------------
1-----------2345---------------ABCD
2-----------3334---------------EFGH
3-----------4484---------------IJKL
I know I can limit the output rows in SQL Server by using TOP n. But
I also want to generate a sequence no. The identity property of SQL Server
will not be usefull here because my actaul WHERE clause will be more
complex like WHERE resigndate = '01-jan-2004'
Thanks
Asim Naveed
3
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Hi,
Kindly give the SQL Server equivalent for the below Oracle query :
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t1.t1col1 (+) = t2.t2col1 and
t2.t2col1 (+) = t3.t3col1
Thanks,
Sam
The syntax for Oracle's INSTR function is
instr (string1, string2, [start_position], [nth_appearance])
string1 is the string to search.
string2 is the substring to search for in string1.
start_position is the position in string1 where the search will start. This argument is optional. If omitted, it defaults to 1. The first position in the string is 1. If the start_position is negative, the function counts back start_position number of characters from the end of string1 and then searches towards the beginning of string1.
nth_appearance is the nth appearance of string2. This is optional. If omiited, it defaults to 1.
In SQL Server, we are having CHARINDEX and PATINDEX functions. But they will not accept the fourth paremeter (nth_appearance)
Do anybody know the solution for this ????
Hi
I want to know the equivalent of the Oracle translate function in SQL Server.
eg : select translate('entertain', 'et', 'ab') from dual.
I tried the SQL Server Replace function , but it replaces only one character or a sequence of character and not each occurrence of each of the specified characters given in the second argument i.e 'et'.
Please let me know if there is some other equivalent function in SQL Server
thanks.
hi,
There is no direct equivalent to Oracle's rownum or row id in SQL Server
there is any possiblity are alternate thing is exist then please reply
regards
santosh
Hi
I want to know the equivalent of the Oracle translate function in SQL Server.
eg : select translate('entertain', 'et', 'ab') from dual.
I tried the SQL Server Replace function , but it replaces only
one character or a sequence of character and not each occurrence of
each of the specified characters given in the second argument i.e 'et'.
Please let me know if there is some other equivalent function in SQL Server
thanks.