Convert Character To NULL
Jun 7, 2007
I am loading a flat file to a table but I also need to scrub the data a bit before the data hits the table. The main update required is converting a dot (.) character to a null value. The source file is using this character to indicate a blank. I know I can use the Dervived Column Transformation, but I have quite a few columns which will take a while to manually configure. Is there another transformation option that anyone can point me to?
Thanks
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Nov 9, 2007
Hi
I have column as month and value as January, february. etcc....
can we convert this character column into date&time format.. if we do that what will be output..
I am doing test instance, when i sort by month column it's sorted in alphabetical order. when we convert this into date&time, it's sorts by date&time, it puts me right direction..
i dont know can we do this or not..
thanks
phani
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Jun 16, 2007
I have a database column like this ColName(CHAR(1), null)I want to set the column to Null if no value is passed to the database.When I set my parameter to " " OR Nothing the column is not Null as I would expect. Instead a square character is there instead. The type of square you get when word or excel cannot resolve a char it puts a square in instead. This 'square' then doesn't appear as Null.Anyone know what is causing this???
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Jan 29, 2007
Hi,
I am getting a date string that is contained in a character field (char(20)).
An example of the data is as follows:
2005-09-20121315001
it is in the format YYYY-MM-DDHHMMSSMMM.
I want to insert this value into a datetime field. I have used convert, but can only insert it when I split out the time portion and separate them with a colon
i.e. to get it to insert into a datetime field the data has to be in the following format
2005-09-20 13:15:18.001
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.MMM
Is there a style parameter in the convert function that will allow me to insert this value without having to separate the hours/minutes/seconds with a colon? I have tried BOL but it seems that all the examples have colons in them where there is a time portion to the date,
Thanks in advance
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Jan 1, 2015
I have one table and this field is character field with save data in below.
Bonus_table->bonus_amt_field. Char(20)
======================================
Record information
0
Null
Blank
3
4
Null
Blank
if i want to convert this character field => change to numeric field to display ,how to handle "Blank" and "null" record?
The result expect:
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
I try this query but wrong message :
select cast(convert(numeric,3)bonus_amt) as bonus_amt
from test
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Aug 19, 2005
Hi All there -
I want to show the o/p of a cursor on a single line. There is a numeric variable that needs to be clubed with the character variable. If I use char() the o/p is not right.
How do I do that?
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Aug 16, 2006
Hi! I need to insert character data into a SQL 2005 table in the datetime format. The strings I need to convert are in the following format: ddmmyyyy
I tried using case and convert:
cast('08162006' as datetime))
convert(datetime,'08162006',101))
Both attempts fail with the following error:
The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Apr 21, 2008
Hi There,
I am trying to create a report that sums up new cases weekly based on the previous 5 months. I have included some sample data below. The only field that displays a date is called monthSubmitted, varchar 7 and not very useful. How can I first convert this firld to a date ddmmyy?
How would you the code it so the user can run the report on demand at any given time and display the data for the last 5 months on a weekly basis? I am not sure as to how the date calculations should be coded.
12-Jan
19-Jan
26-Jan
2-Feb
9-Feb
16-Feb
23-Feb
MSS
New Cases Received
85
84
79
98
79
95
65
S1
30
32
27
40
42
38
29
S2
47
34
37
23
23
37
32
S3
3
7
-
17
4
1
9
Thanks,
Rhonda
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Apr 25, 2008
SQL/SERVER 2000:
Data transform task which copies data from a text file to a db table.
Text file field value = 0000000242E (signed decimal)
DB column data type = decimal(11,2)
How do I get this value correctly converted? Getting "invalid data value" error message.
thanks for any help
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Aug 2, 2009
I have a field that contains number but it actually is character. I want to convert it to number so i can put it into query like this:
sum(field) as Totalmyfield.
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Apr 5, 2014
I'm new to SQL and I've been trying this for a while now.
I have let's say a loop of numbers from one to ten. It appears like this:
1
2
3
4
5
What I want to do is to have it appear on one column like this: 12345, the problem is I can't seem to figure out if I need to only have one variable or I'm missing something else, I figured you need to convert them into a string character but I'm still unable to do it.
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Jun 26, 2007
Hi All,
my dba folks are coming back with an answer to a question that sounds strange and I thought I would check on here.
Situation.
We are using an ETL tool I developed to move data around and building a DW on 2005. In some cases we are using the bulk loader to load and in some cases the tool itself.
One of the defaults of the tool is to truncate trailing blanks....and so fields that contain only blanks get truncated to a zero length character string.
When reloading the data with the tool it carries a null indicator next to the field value so the zero length character string is loaded as not null.
When loading with the bulk loader the dbas are telling me that the field is translated to a null. Note that they want some fields translated to null so they are using the keepnulls parameter.
On other databases (and built into the tool because this is so) the bulk loaders usually allow the specification of the load statement at column level and the specification of a 'null character sting' to be translated to null if this string is found. I put an example below.
I seem to recall that SQL Server 7 had some sort of bulk loader that allowed specification of columns at column level......for example offsets or whatever and the specification of fields to be interpreted as nulls. (Though that was a long time ago.)
I have searched through the manual and I don't see an option there any more to specify a character that will be interpreted to a null by the bulk loader.
Is it possible in 2005 to specify a character such that when the bulk loader sees it the field will be set to null?? And not just set fields to null which are not present in the load file?
(Just by the way, we are going to make the truncate trailing blanks optional and it's easy....it's just that I thought this kind of null if option was available in 2005 and I am keen to know if it is not there, either gone or never was...)
Thanks in Advance and Best Regards
Peter
Example of how Oracle does it...on page
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/help/oracle8/server.815/a67792/ch05.htm#5754
NULLIF Keyword
Use the NULLIF keyword after the datatype and optional delimiter specification, followed by a condition. The condition has the same format as that specified for a WHEN clause. The column's value is set to null if the condition is true. Otherwise, the value remains unchanged. NULLIF field_condition
The NULLIF clause may refer to the column that contains it, as in the following example: COLUMN1 POSITION(11:17) CHAR NULLIF (COLUMN1 = "unknown")
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Jan 8, 2004
Hi,
What would be the Syntax in a SELECT statement to convert a Null Value to 0,
ie,
SELECT RowID, Amount FROM TableA
and Amount is a smallmoney field. For example it is coming back with:
RowID Amount
1 2.3000
2 15.0300
3 NULL
4 7.8900
But I want it to return:
RowID Amount
1 2.3000
2 15.0300
3 0.0000
4 7.8900
Thanks
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Apr 13, 2004
I am trying to convert a value of null to 0. Can I do ot in the VIEW i created. I am calling from the VIEW from a query on my page and using a datareader to populate a datagrid. The error I get isOperator is not valid for type 'DBNull' and type 'Decimal'.
<<itemtemplate><%# String.Format("<font color="darkred">{0:c}</font>", (DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "MyDecimal"))*(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "price"))) %>
Line 81: </itemtemplate>
Line 82: </asp:templatecolumn>
Thanks for any help
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May 12, 2004
I want all the null (blank) values returned by a stored procedure to be shown as a string like "n/a", how to do that easily? Thanks
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Jul 20, 2005
Hi all,I am trying to convert all the NULL values in a column to "Open". Anyideas??TIA
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Aug 26, 2007
Hi
I've got a view which returns Null values due to an left outer join. The field which sometimes returns Nulls is called ClientCount. I want to create a new field which displays the value of ClientCount if ClientCount is not null and 0 if it is null.
In MS Access I use the following: IIF([ClientCount] Is Null,0,[ClientCount])
This does not seem to work in MS SQL. Is there some equivalent function I could use?
Thanks
David
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Feb 14, 2008
Is there any way to make a column to accept NULL but stores it as default value of Column Property?
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Jun 16, 2015
i have a little confusion...
DECLARE @name varchar(30)
SET @name = NULL
SELECT ISNULL(CONVERT(DATE,@name),'')
Result: 1900-01-01
But..
DECLARE @name varchar(30)
SET @name = NULL
SELECT ISNULL(@name,'')
Does NULL inherit a datatype after convert?
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May 12, 2006
Greetings -
I have a problem that I am unable to fix. I am migrating data from one ERP system to another ERP system.
I created a table in SQL via DTS by converting an excel file into an SQL Table.
The table has a column 'currentcost'. Most items in the table have a value in this column. However, some items have <null> in this column. I am updating another SQL table with currentcost that is in this column. However, my table being updated requires a value in its corresponding currentcost table. Therefore, my update statement terminates due to the source table having <null> values.
I tried an update statement to convert <null> into a '0'
It was 'update Source_New_ItemMaster set currentcost = '0' where currentcost = <null>
This obviously didn't work. How can a change a <null> value in an SQL table to '0' (zero)?
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Jul 20, 2005
hi,I have data like 0, null or some value in one column. I want to usethis column for devision of some other column data.It gives me devision by 0 error.how can I replace all 0 and null with 1 in fly.thanks in adv.t.s.negi
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Sep 10, 2015
I am working on a cube and I want to hide the results of a calculation if it is zero.
It is an inventory problem based on a transaction pattern. (add plus one to the inventory, add minus one to the inventory).
The sum of those two is zero, but the cube get messed but by thousands of zero.
I found some solutions of displaying 0 for NULL but I want to dispaly NULL (or empty) for 0.
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Apr 14, 2006
Let me start by saying that I'm brand new to SQL Server 2005 and SSIS. I'm using the import wizard in SQL2005 to import from a flat file into a table and everything works fine except for dates. A typical date in my flat file is 01-JAN-06. 01 represents the day of the week, JAN represents the month and 06 represents the year. The flat file also contains date values of 00-XXX-00 which represent no date. For example a column containing last purchase date data would look like this:"DateOfLastOrder"
"01-JAN-06"
"02-JAN-06"
"00-XXX-00"
"03-DEC-05"The value of 00-XXX-00 means that there is no purchase date.I want to bring these columns into my table and replace the 00-XXX-00 values with a NULL.
The table Data Type is datetime.
If I use the import wizard using the example above I get this error message:
- Copying to [cpstest].[dbo].[date] (Error)
Messages
Error 0xc0202009: Data Flow Task: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc020901c: Data Flow Task: There was an error with input column "DateOfLastOrder" (32) on input "Destination Input" (26). The column status returned was: "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0209029: Data Flow Task: The "input "Destination Input" (26)" failed because error code 0xC0209077 occurred, and the error row disposition on "input "Destination Input" (26)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0047022: Data Flow Task: The ProcessInput method on component "Destination - date" (13) failed with error code 0xC0209029. The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0047021: Data Flow Task: Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0209029.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
If I remove the 00-XXX-00 values and import something like this:
"DateOfLastOrder"
"01-JAN-06"
"02-JAN-06"
"03-DEC-05"
The import is successfull and the dates look correct in a querry.
SELECT *
FROM date
date
-----------------------
2006-01-01 00:00:00.000
2006-01-02 00:00:00.000
2005-12-03 00:00:00.000
(3 row(s) affected)
Does anyone know how I should go about getting these date columns into a datetime table and convert the 00-XXX-00 values into NULLs?
Thank you,
Ryan
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Apr 17, 2008
Hi, where I return the address details, in some of the fields they are blank, I need these blank fields as nulls, how do i do that ?
Thanks
Code Snippet
SELECT
a.[Account Name],
a.[Line Address 1],
a.[Line Address 2],
a.[Line Address 3],
a.[Line Address 4], b.*
FROM (
SELECT
abCUSA AS Company,
abCUSB AS Account,
0 AS DeliverTo,
abcnam AS [Account Name],
abcad1 AS [Line Address 1],
abcad2 AS [Line Address 2],
abcad3 AS [Line Address 3],
abcad4 AS [Line Address 4],
CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), abCUSA) + CAST(abCUSB AS VARCHAR(20)) AS [Customer Number]
FROM
LIVEAS400.S65C422B.WRFDTA.PARNADR
) a
Inner JOIN
(
SELECT
SLDATE as Date,
SLCUSA as [Company Number],
SLCUSB as [Customer Suffix],
SLDELN as [Deliber To Number],
SLTREF as [Trans Reference],
SLCNAM as [Deliver To Name],
CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), SLCUSA) + CAST(SLCUSB AS VARCHAR(20)) AS [Customer Number],
CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), SLCUSA) + CAST(SLCUSB AS VARCHAR(20)) + CAST(SLDELN AS VARCHAR(20)) AS [Full Deliver To Number],
-- SLTRT2 as [Trans type],
CASE WHEN SLTRT2 IN (92, 93, 94, 95, 98) THEN SLGDSV * -1 ELSE SLGDSV END as [Goods Value],
CASE WHEN SLTRT2 IN (92, 93, 94, 95, 98) THEN SLVATV * -1 ELSE SLVATV END as [VAT],
CASE WHEN SLTRT2 IN (92, 93, 94, 95, 98) THEN SLTOTV * -1 ELSE SLTOTV END as Total,
SLDESC as [Trans Description]
FROM LIVEAS400.S65C422B.WRFDTA.SQLSLDGR
) b ON a.[Customer Number] = b.[Customer Number]
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Dec 28, 2007
Hi there, I've a question regaarding datatype conversions... I can't convert the above mentioned datatype. I always get an error message that the conversion fails. Doesn't matter If convert or cast is used.
How would you convert the above mentioned variable into float???
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Jun 9, 2007
Hi all,I have this code that I use for my Search function:SELECT DISTINCT [MUSIC_TITLE], [MUSIC_ORIGINAL_SINGER], [MUSIC_PERFORMER]FROM t_musicWHERE (@MUSIC_TITLE IS NULL OR [MUSIC_TITLE] LIKE '%' + @MUSIC_TITLE + '%') AND (@MUSIC_ARTIST IS NULL OR ([MUSIC_ORIGINAL_SINGER] LIKE '%' + @MUSIC_ARTIST + '%' OR [MUSIC_PERFORMER] LIKE '%' + @MUSIC_ARTIST + '%')) But right now if I don't enter anything in one of the textbox (2 have two, either of them can be left empty), the above Sql statement doesn't return anything since ADO.NET can't tell an empty textbox and treat it at null... So anyone please help me how to detect an empty textbox and set that to null for the above SQL statement to work. (It work in SQL Manager Studio, when I set one of the parameter = null.) I'm very new to ASP.NET stuffs, so if someone can help me to convert that function to code-behind and help me to call it from the .aspx, that would be even better as I don't want to put the code in my .aspx page... But I'm not quite there yet. Thank you all,Kenny.
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Feb 20, 2007
Using a reporting services model/report builder we have two related tables:
- Fundings, (parent)
- Draws, (child)
Report Builder reports that subtract "Total Fundings.Amount", (which is SUM(FundingAmount)) from "Total Draw Amount", (which is SUM(DrawAmount)) to get a balance work as expected except when there are no Draw rows, in which case a NULL is returned. Obviously we want to convert NULL values of "Total Draw Amount" to zero so that when subtracted from "Total Fundings.Amount" the correct value is displayed. I've searched for a function similar to COALESCE (Transact-SQL) in report builder but found nothing.
Can anybody help me with this?
Thanks
Bruce
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Apr 21, 2015
In the below scenario we are inserting some time related fields in Temp table.But its data type is varchar. Once data loading is finished in the temp table (Data is loading by source team SQOOP and they are unable to load if the source datatype is having Date or datetime) we have to alter the column datatypes. somehow, some character data in inserted in date columns (look at into 3rd insert statement). while altering the table it is failing. Can we do any alternative for this (Means if any varchar data that is non convertible to date can we make as null)
INSERT INTO ##TEMP_TEST
SELECT '2014-09-30','2017-10-06','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM'
UNION SELECT '2014-09-29','2017-10-06','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM'
UNION SELECT '2014-09-28','2017-10-06','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM'
GO
INSERT INTO ##TEMP_TEST SELECT NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL
[Code] ....
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Oct 5, 2015
I need to convert a a string column to integer. Before converting, I need to check if it has blank values then convert it to NULL. Someone told me that its easier to convert it to NULL before converting to integer.
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May 17, 2015
I have a table that contains file paths as
ServernamefolderAfilenameA
ServernameFolderBFilenameB
and I need a query to return
ServernamefolderA
ServernameFolderB
I tried
SELECT DISTINCT left(Source, charindex('', Source)- 0) AS String
FROM Table
But that removes everything after the first and I need it to return all data before the last
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Aug 6, 2015
I have the following scenario, The contents of main file are like :
ServerCentral|||||forum|||||||||||||||is||||||the||best
so||||||be|||||on||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||it
And I need the output in the following form:
ServerCentral=forum=is=the=best
so=be=on=it
The logic being that multiple and consecutive occurrences of the special character, here - pipe , should be replaced by a single special character.
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I have data in a column that starts with 1-4 characters followed by a dash then followed by an number of characters (ex: EU-Surgery).
How do I select everything to the right of the dash when the number of characters to the left of the dash varies?
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Dec 30, 2003
I need to pass in null/blank value in the date field or declare the field as string and convert date back to string.
I tried the 2nd option but I am having trouble converting the two digits of the recordset (rs_get_msp_info(2), 1, 2))) into a four digit yr. But it will only the yr in two digits.
The mfg_start_date is delcared as a string variable
mfg_start_date = CStr(CDate(Mid(rs_get_msp_info(2), 3, 2) & "/" & Mid(rs_get_msp_info(2), 5, 2) & "/" & Mid(rs_get_msp_info(2), 1, 2)))
option 1
I will have to declare the mfg_start_date as date but I need to send in a blank value for this variable in the stored procedure. It won't accept a null or blank value.
With refresh_shipping_sched
.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
.CommandText = "spRefresh_shipping_sched"
.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("ret_val", adInteger, adParamReturnValue)
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@option", adInteger, adParamInput, 4, update_option)
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@mfg_ord_num", adChar, adParamInput, mfg_ord_num_length, "")
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@mfg_start_date", adChar, adParamInput, 10, "")
Set rs_refresh_shipping_sched = .Execute
End
Please help
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