Below is a snippet of MS SQL inside ASP that retieves Commodity info such as product names and related information and returns the results in an ASP Page. My problem is that with certain searches, elements returned in the synonym field repeat. For instance, on a correct search I get back green, red, blue, and yellow which is correct. On another similar search different commodity say for material, I get Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic Glass Sand. I want to remove the repeating elements returned in this field. I hope this makes sense.
PS I tried to use distinct but with no luck I want just one of each in the example below.
Thanks in Advance!
Scott
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SQL = "" SQL = "SELECT B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM," & _ "A.COMMODITY_NUMBER, " & _ "B.CIMS_TRADE_NME," & _ "B.CIMS_MFR_NME," & _ "B.CIMS_MSDS_PREP_DTE," & _ "B.APVL_CDE," & _ "COALESCE(C.REGDMATLCD,'?') AS DOTREGD," & _ "COALESCE( D.CIMS_TRADE_SYNM,'NO SYNONYMS') AS SYNONYM, " & _ "A.MSDS_CMDTY_VERIF, " & _ "A.CATALOG_ID " & _ "FROM ( MATEQUIP.VMSDS_CMDTY A " & _ " RIGHT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_INF B " & _ " ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM " & _ " LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VDOT_TRADE_PROD C " & _ " ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = C.MSDSNUM " & _ " LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_SYN D " & _ " ON B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = D.CIMS_MSDS_NUM) "
Below is a snippet of MS SQL inside some VB that retieves Commodity info such as product names and related information and returns the results in an ASP Page. My problem is that with certain searches, elements returned in the synonym field repeat. For instance, on a correct search I get green, red, blue, and yellow which is correct. On another similar search with different commodity say for material, I get Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic, Glass, Sand. I want to remove the repeating elements returned in this field. IOW, I just need one set of Plastic, Glass and Sand. I hope this makes sense.
Below is the SQL and the results from the returned page.
PS I tried to use distinct but with no luck I want just one of each in the example below.
Thanks in Advance!
Scott
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SQL = "" SQL = "SELECT B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM," & _ "A.COMMODITY_NUMBER, " & _ "B.CIMS_TRADE_NME," & _ "B.CIMS_MFR_NME," & _ "B.CIMS_MSDS_PREP_DTE," & _ "B.APVL_CDE," & _ "COALESCE(C.REGDMATLCD,'?') AS DOTREGD," & _ "COALESCE( D.CIMS_TRADE_SYNM,'NO SYNONYMS') AS SYNONYM, " & _ "A.MSDS_CMDTY_VERIF, " & _ "A.CATALOG_ID " & _ "FROM ( MATEQUIP.VMSDS_CMDTY A " & _ " RIGHT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_INF B " & _ " ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM " & _ " LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VDOT_TRADE_PROD C " & _ " ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = C.MSDSNUM " & _ " LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_SYN D " & _ " ON B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = D.CIMS_MSDS_NUM) "
I'm extracting data from a log (log_history) of patients where nurses perform various actions on a call, such as assessing and reassessing, despatching etc. This is the script:
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Order By L.URN ASC, LH.THE_TIMESTAMP DESC
The result I get shows duplicate 'timestamp' entries and I only want to return unique timestamp entries. Does anyone have any ideas. I'm self taught and have hit a wall
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AS
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How could you query this:
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Msg 2714, Level 16, State 4, Line 12
There is already an object named 'UserID' in the database.
Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 12
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
I have duplicated this error with the following script:
USE [testing]
IF OBJECT_ID ('[testing].[dbo].[users1]', 'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE [testing].[dbo].[users1]
CREATE TABLE [testing].[dbo].[users1] (
[UserID] bigint NOT NULL,
[Name] nvarchar(25) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [UserID] PRIMARY KEY (UserID)
)
IF OBJECT_ID ('[testing].[dbo].[users2]', 'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE [testing].[dbo].[users2]
CREATE TABLE [testing].[dbo].[users2] (
[UserID] bigint NOT NULL,
[Name] nvarchar(25) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [UserID] PRIMARY KEY (UserID)
)
IF OBJECT_ID ('[testing].[dbo].[users3]', 'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE [testing].[dbo].[users3]
CREATE TABLE [testing].[dbo].[users3] (
[UserID] bigint NOT NULL,
[Name] nvarchar(25) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [UserID] PRIMARY KEY (UserID)
)
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I think that the schema is only allowing a single UserID primary key.
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Code:
SELECT * FROM Artifacts INNER JOIN Project ON Artifacts.ProjectNumber = Project.ProjectNumber WHERE Artifacts.ProjectNumber NOT IN (Project.ProjectNumber);
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------ SQL ------- SELECT job.job_number, (SELECT MAX(jsl.job_log_number) FROM job_status_log jsl WHERE job.job_number = jsl.job_number AND jsl.status_code = '0130') as Last_Early_Warning_Status_Entry
[code].....
In the job_status_log table above, there is a job_log_number field which increments by 1 when there is a new status log entry.
