Checking For Transposed Numbers
Jul 20, 2005Does anyone have a UDF or Stored Procedure that checks for transposed
numbers in a group?
ADVERTISEMENT
How To Find Transposed Data And Near Misses
Jul 23, 2005I would like some advice on a data and query problem I face. I have adata table with a "raw key" value which is not guaranteed to be validat its source. Normally, this value will be 9 numeric digits and map toa "names" table where the entity is given assigned an "official name".My problem is that I'd like to be able to identify data values that are"close" to being "correct". For example, in the case of anine digit number such as 077467881, I'd like to be able to identifyrows with values close to this raw string. That is, ifthere were a row with a value for this column that was "off" by say, atransposed single digit (such as 077647881 in this example)I would like to find a query to locate the "close candidates" in aresult set. If I can find rows having a raw keyvalue that is close to a "good key" then I can allow my user to useother criteria to possibly assign the "close key" asan alternate or alias of the official key. Here is part of my schema:CREATE TABLE MYData (StateCD char (2) NOT NULL ,CountyCD char (3) NOT NULL ,MYID int NULL ,RawNumString varchar(9) NULL ,SaleMnYear datetime NOT NULL ,NumberWidgets int NOT NULL ,)CREATE TABLE MYNames (MYID int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,OfficialName varchar (70) NOT NULL ,CONSTRAINT PK_MYNames PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED(MYID))CREATE TABLE MYAltID (RawNumString varchar (9) NOT NULL ,MYID int NOT NULL ,CONSTRAINT PK_MYALTID PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED(RawNumString) ,CONSTRAINT FK_HasName FOREIGN KEY(MYID) REFERENCES MYNames (MYID))So, how to generalize something like:SELECT * FROM MYData WHERE RawNumString = '077467881'OR RawNumString = '077647881'
View 6 Replies View RelatedFormatting Numbers In A Mixed Column (numbers In Some Cells Strings In Other Cells) In Excel As Numbers
Feb 1, 2007I 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?
Query Analyzer Shows Negative Numbers As Positive Numbers
Jul 20, 2005Why does M$ Query Analyzer display all numbers as positive, no matterwhether they are truly positive or negative ?I am having to cast each column to varchar to find out if there areany negative numbers being hidden from me :(I tried checking Tools/Options/Connections/Use Regional Settings bothon and off, stopping and restarting M$ Query Analyer in betwixt, butno improvement.Am I missing some other option somewhere ?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI Need To Update A Table With Random Numbers Or Sequential Numbers
Mar 11, 2008
I have a table with a column ID of ContentID. The ID in that column is all NULLs. I need a way to change those nulls to a number. It does not matter what type of number it is as long as they are different. Can someone point me somewhere with a piece of T-SQL that I could use to do that. There are over 24000 rows so cursor change will not be very efficient.
Thanks for any help
Generate List Of All Numbers (numbers Not In Use)
Feb 21, 2007I have an 'ID' column. I'm up to about ID number 40000, but not all are in use, so ID 4354 might not be in any row. I want a list of all numbers which aren't in use. I want to write something like this:
select [numbers from 0 to 40000] where <number> not in (select distinct id from mytable)
but don't know how. Any clues?
Dataflow To Excel - Convert Numbers Stored As Text To Numbers Excel Cell Error
Mar 27, 2007I'm trying to write data to excel from an ssis component to a excel destination.
Even thought I'm writing numerics, every cell gets this error with a green tag:
Convert numbers stored as text to numbers
Excel Cells were all pre-formated to accounting 2 decimal, and if i manually type the exact data Im sending it formats just fine.
I'm hearing this a common problem -
On another project I was able to find a workaround for the web based version of excel, by writing this to the top of the file:
<style>.text { mso-number-format:@; } </style>
is there anything I can pre-set in excel (cells are already formated) or write to my file so that numerics are seen as numerics and not text.
Maybe some setting in my write drivers - using sql servers excel destination.
So close.. Thanks for any help or information.
Checking For PK
Feb 10, 2004Hi,
I want to assign a list columns to be the PK on a table. I don't know what this list of columns would be.How do I go about figuring that?
Sample Data
Col1...Col2...Col3..Col4
1...........2.......A......X
1...........2........B.....X
1...........2.......A......Y
As you can see Col1 & Col2 ONLY do not make up the PK. I need to include Col3 as well. My concern is I am not sure if I have a row like..
1...........2.......A......X reapeated lower down the order. So how do I figure the PK out?
Thanks
Checking For Row Existence
Nov 1, 2006Can someone show me some C# code for detecting if a SQL row exists or not? This seems like a very typical action and I cannot for the life of me find a tutorial online that explains this step. In my code I'm either going to INSERT or UPDATE a record. I tried sending a SELECT command through a ExecuteNonQuery, but only got -1 as a response. Apparently ExecuteNonQuery does not work with SELECT. I then saw that T-SQL has an EXISTS keyword, but I cannot see anyway to use that from within C#.So...can anyone share the typical code they use to identify if a row exists or not within a database. I guess I was execting there to be some method available to do this sort of thing.
View 1 Replies View RelatedChecking Value In 2 Tables.
Aug 3, 2007i want to check a value in 2 tables. the 1st table i want to check if the value exists and from the 2ed table i samething.
i came up with this but when it's doing the second if i get error on the page.
Dim ReturnVal As Integer
Dim ReturnVal2 As IntegerDim conn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("imacstestConnectionString").ConnectionString)
Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT [ReportNumber] FROM [AppraisalSummaryBlue] WHERE ([ReportNumber] = @ReportNumber)", conn)
'To check if the # is registered.Dim cmd2 As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT [ReportNumber] FROM [t_RegisterInfoTemp] WHERE ([ReportNumber] = @ReportNumber)", conn)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ReportNumber", txtReport.Text)cmd2.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ReportNumber", txtReport.Text)
conn.Open()
ReturnVal = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar())
conn.Close()
'This checks if the # is correct.
If ReturnVal > 0 Then
'This checks if its registered with someone else.
conn.Open()
ReturnVal2 = Convert.ToInt32(cmd2.ExecuteScalar())
conn.Close()
If ReturnVal2 <> 0 ThenServer.Transfer("regccinfo.aspx")
Else
lblError.Text = "the # is registered with someone else."
End If
Else
lblError.Text = "the # does not exists."
txtReport.Focus()
End If
Checking For A New Record
Jan 5, 2005Good morning everyone I am writing a windows forms application that will work similar to the windows messenger popup. I need this application to display a message to the user whenever a record is added to table in my DB. Any help would be appreciated in explaining how I can check the DB for new records.
View 3 Replies View RelatedChecking Character Set
May 2, 2002I've forgotten the character set that I've chosen when I was installing the SQL Server 7. Is there a way to check?
I'm currently using US English version of Windows NT4 and SQL7. But interestingly, all the data is in Japanes characters. It's actually for a Japanese website, and the front-end application is written in ASP. I remember reading somewhere that it is impossible to do certain type of sorting (by some particular order for the Japanese language) as it is limited by the choice of the language of the NT OS.
The type of sorting that I'm looking at is the grouping of 5-characters. One example is in http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/aiueo.html
Would this be possible with my current setup? Or would it help if I migrate over to Windows 2000? (I'd rather not move to Japanese NT4)
Your feedback and advice would be very much appreciated!
Checking @@Error
Feb 20, 2003Hi,
Just a brief question. I have a script which does a number of insert statements. What I would like to do is determine if the insert statements were all successful. Aside from checking @@ERROR after every insert, is there a way to check if all the insert statements completed successfully?
Thanks,
Jim
Checking For A Range
Aug 5, 2004I want to do a check to see if a number falls within a range specified by the user. Basically, they enter in a min and max value and I return a hit if a number falls inbetween.
I have having trouble with my SQL statement:
Code:
SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM Table
WHERE ( (0=0)
AND
(min.value <= Table.Value <= max.value) )
(This isn't my actual code, but just the logic)
It will return all the results everytime. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could be missing here?
Thanks in advance!
Checking Job Status Using SQL-DMO
Jun 27, 2004I have a question I hope someone can help me with.
My situation:
I have a single-step job in SQL Server, which runs a stored procedure, A. This stored procedure invokes another stored procedure, B. In B, one of the statements is a 'BACKUP DATABASE' command, and a database is backed up to a file.
The job is started by an application. Once started, the application then uses the SQL-DMO property CurrentRunStatus to periodically check the status of the job. When the property returns the value SQLDMOJobExecution_Idle (indicating the job has completed), the application code then continues processing, and attempts to access the .dat file produced by the 'BACKUP DATABASE' command.
My problem:
On occasion, the application will hit the problem where either the backup file cannot be located, or the file is still being locked by another process (Error=The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process).
Is anyone able to shed some light on this?
I assume that the job will only return a completed status after:
(a) both A and B have completed execution, and
(b) the BACKUP operation has completed
Is it possible that even though SQL Server indicates the job has finished, that the BACKUP operation still hasn't completely ended?
Thanks for any help,
Andrew
Checking Agents
Oct 8, 2007I have around 25 sql servers(sql server 2000) all on windows server 2003. i would like to know if anyone has a script that will poll all the servers and check to make sure the agent is running.
thanks for your help
Table Checking
Jan 9, 2004I need to check one table while updating another table
suppose i need to check table1's value is whether less then 0 or not
without if condition can i check it with update query?
thank you
Backup Checking
Feb 25, 2004Hello, everyone:
After backup is finished, how to check if the backup is successful, and it is same as the original database? Thanks.
ZYT
Checking For Null
May 23, 2008I have a table that I know has a null or nothing in a field. When I run this query to get a list of them nothing comes back at all but it doesn't error out. Any ideas?
select *
from lab_test_add_conf
where table_name = null
order by lab_test_conf_id
Version Checking
Mar 18, 2007I chaps and chappets.
It's been a while!
This is going to sound ignorant but...
I had a look here http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321185
And one thing isn't clear. How doe you know if the 32-bit or 64-bit version was installed?
------------------------
Me: What do you want to know from your data warehouse?
Client: Err...Emm...Everything
Me: OK, that's great. That's all I need to know. I'll see you when it's done.
Checking For Availability
May 22, 2007i'm not fluent with sql and i have a question to ask..
if i want to check whether a product is available between two dates, how can i do so? for example, i want to check whether it's available between 5/23/2007 to 5/25/2007..
thanks
Way Of Checking To See If All SP's Work
Jul 25, 2007Our System currently has on the upwards of 300 stored procedures in it.
We have SP's that call SP's that call SP's and sometimes a Stored Procedure will return 10 ResultSets which are used by .NET.
Some of our developers do not check other stored procedures when they modify the SP parameters, and in doing so break the system until the testers find it.
is there a way to run a command to check ALL the stored procedures to see if they work, they match the SP they're calling, etc?
Data Checking?
Jul 23, 2005Hey all,prolly a simple solution, but why isn't the following string working inmy execute sql step within DTS? It produces results, just not the onesI want... What am I doing wrong?select x from new_files where x like '%[^0-9]%' and x like '%[^a-z]%'It's displaying all the records? It should only be displaying thoserecords that do *not* contain letters or numbers.Thanks in advance!-Roy
View 3 Replies View RelatedBest Way To Add To DB While Checking For Duplicates
Jul 23, 2005Situation:Day 1Table contains 100 items of actions imported via FTP. One of the fieldsin the table can be updated to reflect an assigned unit code.Day 2Actions that may be duplicates of the table from Day 1 (with theexception of the updated assigned unit field) are imported forinclusion in the Table from Day 1.Question- What is the best way to insure that any new items are addedto the table and that no duplicates are added at the sametime?Assistance would be appreciated.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSecurity Checking
Nov 16, 2007SQL Server allows for a user to have SELECT permission on a View withoutthat user requiring an associated SELECT permission on the underlying tablethat the VIEW accesses, but the user can still access the data through theView. A similar arrangement holds true for stored procedures.So based on these initial known behaviours, I have a couple of questions:1. If a stored procedure A executes stored procedure B, does the user of Arequire execute permission for B also? Or will access to B be permittedregardless because the user was given access to A?2. Similarly, if a stored procedure A accesses a View, does the user of Arequire permissions on the referenced View?I guess to paraphrase what I am trying to determine is whether SQL Serveronly checks permissions at the "entry" point of a particular function, orwhether permission checks are performed "intra-function". My openingexamples imply they are only checked "on entry", but I am wondering if thisbehaviour is entirely consistent. Perhaps the SQL Standard mandates this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHelp With Error Checking
Nov 9, 2007I have built a procedure to send mail using OLE Automation and want to be able to trap error information when it doesn't work. So in an attempt to do that I have the following stored procedure that will return informaiton if the return value is <> 0. Here is how it is being used:
IF @return <> 0
BEGIN
EXECUTE sp_displayoaerrorinfo @handle, @return
END
ELSE
PRINT 'Success'
This works fine, but I would like to write the error message to a table and so I thought I could just alter to to be:
IF @return <> 0
BEGIN
EXECUTE sp_displayoaerrorinfo @handle, @return = @failure
END
ELSE
PRINT 'Success'
Where @failure is a variable I declared earlier. Then I could insert the value of this variable along with some other infomration into a table that would track the errors. However, when I do this I receive the following:
Error: Procedure or Function 'sp_DisplayOAErrorInfo' expects parameter '@HResult', which was not supplied. Number:201 Severity:16 State:4
So it isn't seeing that I am passing two variables into the stored procedure. I know I must be missing something simple but I've tried a bunch of different itterations and can't seem to get it right. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Checking For Not Null
Apr 1, 2008Hi,
How can I check in a conditional split for fields not null? I see where I can use the isnull() function but I need to check for is not null.
Checking Job Status Using T-SQL
Dec 19, 2006Hi.
How can i check the job status using SQL Query?
Checking For Records Where One Value Is NOT In The Other?
Aug 27, 2007I am trying to display results in which a value in my first result table is NOT contained in the second result table. Any idea on how to do this?.
SELECT CUSTOMERID, CUSTOMER FROM TABLE1
WHERE CUSTOMERID NOT IN TABLE2
If Statement Checking For Duplicates???
Jul 2, 2007I'm wanting to create a if statement that will query a table and check for a duplicate and if there is a duplicate return that uniqueID or if it doesnt find a duplicate continue to add a new record...so here is my question is there a way to run a if statement that will call a function (lets say a function that returns like a bool) and if it finds a duplicate grab that id and store it in a session.....i guess my question is how do i query the database for a record and if found return true if not return false....that is my question....
View 9 Replies View RelatedTrouble Storing And Checking....
Jul 6, 2007I'm currently working on this portion of a program...what it does is it takes a "char" of 24 digits, what the user inputs is something like this "50-32-18-000-008.000-018" i take it out of the text box and store it on a session and then call the insert into the database....but like i said the database is configured to have a char of 24 go into it...and it won't insert it is saying that im having a conflicting with the calling of two different things...here is the code.....
//***set the query text to the name of a stored proceduremyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO BZA ParcelNumber, BZAcaseNum, ApplicantID, OwnerID, DateFiled, Acreage, Zoning, HearingMonth, HearingDay, PropertyAddress VALUES (@parcelNum, @caseNum, @applicant, @ownerID, @dateFiled, @acreage, @zoning, @hearingMonth, @hearingDay, @propertyAddress)";
//create an input parameterSqlParameter parcel = new SqlParameter();
parcel.ParameterName = "@parcelNum";parcel.SqlDbType = SqlDbType.Char;
parcel.Size = 24;
parcel.Value = (string)Session["parcelNumber"]; //set the Parcel Number to what is entered in
I've tried doing a Convert.ToChar((string)Session["parcelNumber"]) but when i do that it says that the string needs to be one character
What should I do??
Sql Syntax Eroor Checking
Oct 22, 2007Dear All,
I have an complex SQL statement that is store in string variable as_SQL. i want to check is it syntax error free or not? how i can do it.
Checking If Somthing Is In A Database?
Apr 22, 2008I am very VERY new to using Visual Studios...
I have a SQL database with a table in it "table1" inside the table there is a field "ID"
I have made a new website project thing, and I have a textbox and a submit button
What I want to do is make a function that will check if what the user has typed into ID is valid, e.g. it exists in the database
Can anyone point me in the right direction about how I could do this?
Thanks very much