Create With Select
Mar 12, 2008hi,
when I try the following query an error is ocuured
CREATE TABLE tb1 AS ( SELECT * FROM Tab2 )
Is it not support in SQL Server 2005?
hi,
when I try the following query an error is ocuured
CREATE TABLE tb1 AS ( SELECT * FROM Tab2 )
Is it not support in SQL Server 2005?
Dear All
I need to cerate a SP that SELECTS all the records from a table WHERE the first letter of each records starts with 'A' or 'B' or 'C' and so on. The letter is passed via a parameter from a aspx web page, I was wondering that someone can help me in the what TSQL to use I am not looking for a solution just a poin in the right direction. Can you help.
Thanks Ross
I have the two following tables:tblProject:ProjectID500150026001600270017002tblProject_type:ProjectTypeID ProjectIDFrom ProjectIDToA 5000 5999A 7000 7999I need to create a SELECT statement which shows all records fromtblProjects WHERE ProjectTypeID = A. In this case every project except6001 and 6002.Unfortunately I can't have the ProjectTypeID in tblProject because eachproject can belong to many project types. I know it sounds crazy butthat's the way my customers company is organized.I'm very grateful for help in the right direction!Regards,S
View 4 Replies View RelatedWe use sql server 6.5 with service pack 5A.
What are the differences between "select * into" and "Create TABLE". I know
that select * into creates the table in the background and populates the
data from the old table. What I want to know is
1.Are there any benefits in doing a certain way?
2. Are there any risks?
We have a "select * into" query in our code that created problems INTERMITTENTLY
and we are replacing it with "create table" command. We are not sure if
that is going to fix the problem.
SQLServer2k doesn't let me do a:
CREATE TABLE myNewTbl
AS
select fld1 from myOldTbl
In oracle it works.
Thanks,
Carl
Hi,
I need to create a table which has the columns from the select statement result.
I tried in this way
drop table j9a
SELECT er.* into j9a
FROM caCase c
LEFT OUTER JOIN paPatient pp ON c.caCaseID=pp.caCaseID
Left Outer JOIN paManagementSite pm ON pp.paManagementSiteID=pm.paManagementSiteID
Left Join exexposure ee ON ee.cacaseID=c.caCaseID
LEFT OUTER JOIN exExposureRoute eer ON eer.caCaseID=c.caCaseID
LEFT OUTER JOIN exRoute er ON er.exRouteID=eer.exRouteID
WHERE c.caCallTypeID =0
AND c.Startdate between '1/1/2006' and '12/1/2006'
AND (ee.exMedicalOutcomeID=4 OR ee.exMedicalOutcomeID=10)
AND pp.paSpeciesID=1
AND c.PublicID_adOrganization_secondary is null
declare @1 int,@2 int,@3 int,@4 int,@5 int,@6 int,@7 int,@8 int,
@9 int,@10 int,@11 int,@12 int,@21 int,@22 int,@23 int,@24 int,@25 int,
@26 int,@27 int,@28 int,@29 int,@30 int,@31 int,@32 int
set @21=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Ingestion=1)
set @22=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Inhalation=1)
set @23=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Aspiration=1)
set @24=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Ocular=1)
set @25=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Dermal=1)
set @26=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Bite=1)
set @27=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Parenteral=1)
set @28=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Otic=1)
set @29=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Rectal=1)
set @30=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Vaginal=1)
set @31=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Other=1)
set @32=(select count(*) from j9a whereRoute_Unknown=1)
The exRoute result is like this
70Ingestion
71Inhalation/nasal
72Aspiration (with ingestion)
73Ocular
74Dermal
75Bite/sting
76Parenteral
77Other
78Unknown
524Otic
525Rectal
526Vaginal
The above giving the errors Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 19
Invalid column name 'Route_Ingestion'.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 20
Invalid column name 'Route_Inhalation'
How to create table j9a.j9a has the columns from select
Thanks in advance
In oracle we can create table like
CREATE TBALE AS SELECt * FROM TAB1
How can I do this in SQL Server. I want to craete table on basis of following staement.
select * from t1 inner join t2 on i1.id=t2.id
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I wanted to know a query which will create a final result table from a combination of select queries.
The select query is like :
1. select col1 , col2 , null from table1
2. select null , col2 , null from table2
3. select null , null , col3 from table 3.
null are inserted as i wanted a single select query which will merge all the columns from all the tables and finally create a result table.
Thanks in advance.
I am trying to create a new column 'COL_4' and, in the same step, create a case statement off of the new col. I know that the code below will not execute. I realize that I could get ride of COL_4 in my code below and concatonate but I need to keep Col_4 in the output.
SELECT
COL_1
,COL_2
,COL_3
,COL_4 = COL_1 + COL_2
,COL_5 = CASE
WHEN COL_1
THEN 'SOMETHING'
END
FROM TABLE_1
;
I have a set of records that will always be the same. A template if you wanna call it that.
"SELECT ID, Field1, Field2, Field3, Field4, Field5, Field6, Field7 FROM TABLE WHERE Field2 = 000"
This returns a 20 record set. The user will click a button and create another set of 20 records, where they can make changes accordingly.
I have two db-tables:
"TAB01" with structure:
CREATE TABLE TAB01 (
ID int NOT NULL,
Name varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID)
)
It contains only name of some object.And "TAB02" with structure:
CREATE TABLE TAB02 (
ID int NOT NULL,
TAB01_ID int NOT NULL,
PositionA int,
PositionB int,
StringVal varchar(32) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID)
)
which contains following data:
ID|TAB01_ID|PositionA|PositionB|StringVal|
1|1|1|1|A|
2|1|1|2|B|
3|1|1|3|C|
[code].....
and I need to find a sequence of values in column "StringVal", for example: A B.I look for a suitable SELECT, that returns (in this case) following result:
TAB02.ID|TAB01.Name|TAB02.PositionA|TAB02.PositionB|
1|ABC|1|1|
10|DEF|2|3|
25|JKL|4|3|
30|MNO|5|1|
36|MNO|5|7|
41|PQR|6|4|
46|STU|7|2|
Data inserted in "TAB02" represents real-life structure:
ID|Name|P01|P02|P03|...|Pxy|
1|ABC|A|B|C|D|E|A|D|
2|DEF|J|K|A|B|F|F|B|
3|GHI|B|A|C|A|F|G|A|F|
4|JKL|F|E|A|B|B|E|E|
5|MNO|A|B|C|B|A|D|A|B|
6|PQR|D|E|F|A|B|A|F|
7|STU|A|A|B|B|E|B|E|
I have select to split FullName on LastName and FirstName columnselect
Substring(FullName, 1,Charindex(',', FullName)-1) LName
,Substring(FullName, Charindex(',', FullName)+1, LEN(FullName)) FName
from Table1
Is it possible to create function based on that select? If yes. How it to do?
HiWe are migrating from Access to SQL server. The code is in VB and usesDAO3.6. I have successfully made the connection to the databases onthe SQL server and done operations with recordsets. I have also used aSELECT INTO command to create new tables. However CREATE TABLE andALTER TABLE commands do not work.Any ideas?The DBA says we have owner privileges on the databases and thereforeshould be able to do what we like.Many thanksSi
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Hi!
I have a select question that look like this:
DECLARE @ID uniqueidentifier;
SET @ID = '40bd3052-60f4-414a-99df-ca882c128493';
SELECT
rp.ID AS ReportPackId
,rp.SupplierPartyIdentifier AS SupplierPartyIdentifier
,rpap.AdditionalPartyIdentifier AS AdditionalPartyIdentifier
FROM
ReportPack rp
INNER JOIN ReportPackAdditionalParty rpap
ON rpap.fk_ReportPack = rp.ID
WHERE rp.ID = @ID
The result a get when running the select question is:
ReportPackId
SupplierPartyIdentifier
AdditionalPartyIdentifier
40BD3052-60F4-414A-99DF-CA882C128493
String
addPartyId1
40BD3052-60F4-414A-99DF-CA882C128493
String
addPartyId2
My problem is that the result I want is the following:
ReportPackId
SupplierPartyIdentifier
AdditionalPartyIdentifier
AdditionalPartyIdentifier
40BD3052-60F4-414A-99DF-CA882C128493
String
addPartyId1
addPartyId2
I always know that the ReportPackId and SupplierPartyIdentifier will be identical for all rows because of the Where condition, and therefore I want all AdditionalPartyIdentifiers to be in columns instead of a new row. Is this possible?
SELECT FriendName from Friends where RegionId = 23
I would like to create a comma delimited list of 'FriendName' column values in above query (example - Mike,John,Lisa,Emburey).
How would I do that?
Example:
Select icount + 1 as icount from table
or
Select counter() as icount from table
The above is wrong ...just a sample to show what I am trying to accomplish.
Is there a function in SQL statement? Thanks.
In SQL Server you can do a SELECT INTO to create a new table, much like CREAT TABLE AS in Oracle. I'm putting together a dynamic script that will create a table with the number of columns being the dynamic part of my script. Got any suggestions that come to mind?
Example:
I need to count the number of weeks between two dates, my columns in the table need to be at least one for every week returned in my query.
I'm thinking of getting a count of the number of weeks then building my column string comma separated then do my CREATE TABLE statement rather then the SELECT INTO... But I'm not sure I'll be able to do that using a variable that holds the string of column names. I'm guess the only way I can do this is via either VBScript or VB rather then from within the database.
BTW - this would be a stored procedure...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I need to create a table which has the columns from the select statement result.
I tried in this way
drop table j9a
SELECT er.* into j9a
FROM caCase c
LEFT OUTER JOIN paPatient pp ON c.caCaseID=pp.caCaseID
Left Outer JOIN paManagementSite pm ON pp.paManagementSiteID=pm.paManagementSiteID
Left Join exexposure ee ON ee.cacaseID=c.caCaseID
LEFT OUTER JOIN exExposureRoute eer ON eer.caCaseID=c.caCaseID
LEFT OUTER JOIN exRoute er ON er.exRouteID=eer.exRouteID
WHERE c.caCallTypeID =0
AND c.Startdate between '1/1/2006' and '12/1/2006'
AND (ee.exMedicalOutcomeID=4 OR ee.exMedicalOutcomeID=10)
AND pp.paSpeciesID=1
AND c.PublicID_adOrganization_secondary is null
declare @1 int,@2 int,@3 int,@4 int,@5 int,@6 int,@7 int,@8 int,
@9 int,@10 int,@11 int,@12 int,@21 int,@22 int,@23 int,@24 int,@25 int,
@26 int,@27 int,@28 int,@29 int,@30 int,@31 int,@32 int
set @21=(select count(*) from j9a whereIngestion=1)
set @22=(select count(*) from j9a whereInhalation/nasal=1)
set @23=(select count(*) from j9a whereAspiration=1)
set @24=(select count(*) from j9a whereOcular=1)
set @25=(select count(*) from j9a whereDermal=1)
set @26=(select count(*) from j9a whereBite=1)
set @27=(select count(*) from j9a whereParenteral=1)
set @28=(select count(*) from j9a whereOtic=1)
set @29=(select count(*) from j9a whereRectal=1)
set @30=(select count(*) from j9a whereVaginal=1)
set @31=(select count(*) from j9a whereOther=1)
set @32=(select count(*) from j9a whereUnknown=1)
Create table table9(Route varchar(30),Fatal int)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Ingestion',@1,@21)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Inhalation',@2,@22)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Aspiration',@3,@23)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Ocular',@4,@24)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Dermal',@5,@25)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Bite',@6,@26)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Parenteral',@7,@27)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Otic',@8,@28)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Rectal',@9,@29)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Vaginal',@10,@30)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Other',@11,@31)
insert into table9 values ('Route_Unknown',@12,@32)
select * from table9
The exRoute result is like this
70 Ingestion
71 Inhalation
72 Aspiration
73 Ocular
74 Dermal
75 Bite/sting
76 Parenteral
77 Other
78 Unknown
524 Otic
525 Rectal
526 Vaginal
The above giving the errors
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 19
Invalid column name 'Ingestion'.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 20
Invalid column name 'Inhalation'.
Thanks in advance
Hi,I want to create a temporary table and store the logdetails froma.logdetail column.select a.logdetail , b.shmacnocase when b.shmacno is null thenselectcast(substring(a.logdetail,1,charindex('·',a.logde tail)-1) aschar(2)) as ShmCoy,cast(substring(a.logdetail,charindex('·',a.logdeta il)+1,charindex('·',a.logdetail,charindex('·',a.lo gdetail)+1)-(charindex('·',a.logdetail)+1))as char(10)) as ShmAcnointo ##tblabcendfrom shractivitylog aleft outer joinshrsharemaster bon a.logkey = b.shmrecidThis statement giving me syntax error. Please help me..Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'case'.Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 7Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'end'.sample data in a.logdetailBR··Light Blue Duck··Toon Town Central·Silly Street···02 Sep2003·1·SGL·SGL··01 Jan 1900·0·0·0·0·0.00······0234578······· ····· ··········UB··Aqua Duck··Toon Town Central·Punchline Place···02 Sep2003·1·SGL·SGL··01 Jan 1900·0·0·0·0·0.00·····Regards.
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Hope you are all well and having a good day.
I've got a problem i would like you to help me out with. My
company has got a client who sells meat and my senior tech lead
has customized the cart to fit their needs and have created a
despatch table with a "simple asp form" that allows them
to scan their products in with a wi-fi scanner.
The despatch table has the following fields:
1. OrderID
2. Product
3. Quantit
4. sellbydate
5. traceabilitycode and
6. Weight
Question 1: how do i create a form in asp that allow a user to
view the order no, product and quantity
celibate,traceabilitybycode and Weight after scanning the
details into the simple form created?
Question 2: How can i create an asp form that allows users to
search for the Order that populates the orderid, Product,
quantity?
Question 3: How can i create an asp for that allows users to
search for Product with orderid,traceabilitycode and quantity?
Question 4: How can i create an asp form that allows users to
Trace: Orderid, traceabilitycode, sellbydate and Quantity?
Please find below the source code of both the:
despatchLotsRowsSimpleForm.asp that allow them to scan details
into the table and the despatchLotsExec.asp:
THE FORM:
<!#include file="../includes/settings.asp">
<!#include file="../includes/getSettingKey.asp">
<!#include file="../includes/sessionFunctions.asp">
<!#include file="../includes/databaseFunctions.asp">
<!#include file="../includes/screenMessages.asp">
<!#include file="../includes/currencyFormat.asp">
<%
on error resume next
dim mySQL, connTemp, rsTemp
' get settings
pStoreFrontDemoMode =
getSettingKey("pStoreFrontDemoMode")
pCurrencySign = getSettingKey("pCurrencySign")
pDecimalSign = getSettingKey("pDecimalSign")
pCompany = getSettingKey("pCompany")
pAuctions = getSettingKey("pAuctions")
pAllowNewCustomer = getSettingKey("pAllowNewCustomer")
pNewsLetter = getSettingKey("pNewsLetter")
pStoreNews = getSettingKey("pStoreNews")
pSuppliersList = getSettingKey("pSuppliersList")
pRssFeedServer = getSettingKey("pRssFeedServer")
%>
<b><%=getMsg(10021,"despatch")%></b>
<br>
<%=getMsg(10024,"Enter despatch ...")%>
The despatchExec.asp Page
<%
' WebShop 3.0x Shopping Cart
' Developed using ASP
' August-2002
' Email(E-Mail address blocked: See forum rules) for further information
' (URL address blocked: See forum rules)
' Details: add e-mail to newsletter list
%>
<!--#include file="../includes/settings.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../includes/getSettingKey.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../includes/databaseFunctions.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../includes/stringFunctions.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../includes/miscFunctions.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../includes/screenMessages.asp"-->
<!--#include file="../includes/sendMail.asp"-->
<%
on error resume next
dim mySQL, connTemp, rsTemp, pEmail
' get settings
pStoreFrontDemoMode = getSettingKey("pStoreFrontDemoMode")
pCurrencySign = getSettingKey("pCurrencySign")
pDecimalSign = getSettingKey("pDecimalSign")
pCompany = getSettingKey("pCompany")
pEmailSender= getSettingKey("pEmailSender")
pEmailAdmin= getSettingKey("pEmailAdmin")
pSmtpServer= getSettingKey("pSmtpServer")
pEmailComponent= getSettingKey("pEmailComponent")
pDebugEmail= getSettingKey("pDebugEmail")
pGiftRandom= getSettingKey("pGiftRandom")
pPercentageToDiscount= getSettingKey("pPercentageToDiscount")
pStoreLocation = getSettingKey("pStoreLocation")
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pidOrder = lcase(getUserInput(request.form("idOrder"),50))
pProduct = lcase(getUserInput(request.form("product"),50))
pQuantity = lcase(getUserInput(request.form("quantity"),50))
pPriceToDiscount = 0
' insert despatch
mySQL="INSERT INTO despatch2 (idOrder, product, quantity ) VALUES ('"
&pidOrder& "', '" &pProduct& "', '" &pQuantity&
"')"
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pBody=getMsg(10025,"Despatch confirmed...") &VBcrlf&
getMsg(311,"To opt-out click at:") & " (URL address blocked: See
forum rules)="&pEmail
response.redirect "redit_message.asp?message="&Server.Urlencode(getMsg(10025,"Despatch confirmed"))
call closeDb()
%>
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Regards,
philip
Hi,
I want to execute some queries inside a stored procedure, get the data and create from them some strings with formatted parts (bold, italic, underline, different color fonts) and save them in a text field. These strings are going to be displayed in some DBRichText control in a database application built with Delphi. Is there an easy way to create these complex rtf formats in MSSQL
or some ideas regarding this problem?
Best Regards,
Manolis Perrakis
What I'm trying to do is this;
I have a table with Year , Account and Amount as fields. I want to
SELECT Year, Account, sum(Amount) AS Amt
FROM GLTable
WHERE Year <= varYear
varYear being a variable which is each year from a query
SELECT Distinct Year FROM GLTable
My thought was that I would need to pass a variable into a select statement which then would be used as the source in my Data Flow Task.
What I have done is to defined two variables as follows
Name: varYear (this will hold the year)
Scope: Package
Data type: String
Name:vSQL (This will hold a SQL statement using the varYear)
Scope: Package
Data type: String
Value: "SELECT Year, Account, sum(Amount) AS Amount FROM GLTable WHERE Year <=" + @[User::varYear]
I've created a SQL Task as follows
Result set: Full Result Set
Connection Type: OLE DB
SQL Statement: SELECT DISTINCT Year FROM GLTable
Result Name: 0
Variable Name: User::varYear
Next I created a For Each Loop container with the following parameters
Enumerator: Foreach ADO Enumerator
ADO Object source Variable: User::varYear
Enumeration Mode: Rows in First Table
I then created a Data Flow Task in the Foreach Loop Container and as the source used OLE DB Source as follows
Data Access Mode: SQL Command from Variable
Variable Name: User::varYear
However this returns a couple of errors "Statement(s) could not be prepared."
and "Incorrect syntax near '='.".
I'm not sure what is wrong or if this is the right way to accomplish what I am trying to do. I got this from another thread "Passing Variables" started 15 Nov 2005.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Regards,
Bill
Can anyone tell me how can I create a table in (SQL Server 2000) direct from a stored procedure execution or from a SELECT result?
I need something like this: CREATE TABLE < t > FROM <sp_name p1, p2, ...>or like this:
CREATE TABLE < t > FROM SELECT id, name FROM < w > ...
Thank you!
I have the below script to create directories based on my select statement.
create table students
(
f_name varchar(100),
l_name varchar(100)
);
insert into students values ('John','Smith'),
[Code] ...
The result I am getting is truncating the directory names as in the below:
Hello, I recently view a webcast of sql injection, and at this moment I created a user, and give dbo to this user, and this same user, is the one I have in the connection string of my web application, I want to create a user to prevent sql injection attacks, I mean that user wont be able to drop or create objects, only select views, tables, exec insert,update, deletes and exec stored procedures.
Is any easy way to do this?
A database role and then assing that role to the user?
I am writing a stored procedure and have a query where I create a variable from other table
Declare @Sem varchar (12) Null
@Decision varchar(1) Null
Select emplid,name, Semester
Decision1=(select * from tbldecision where reader=1)
Decision2=(select * from tbldecision where reader=2)
Where Semester=@Sem
And Decision1=@Decision
But I am getting error for Decision1 , Decision2. How can I do that.
Ok I have a query "SELECT ColumnNames FROM tbl1" let's say the values returned are "age,sex,race".
Now I want to be able to create an "update" statement like "UPATE tbl2 SET Col2 = age + sex + race" dynamically and execute this UPDATE statement. So, if the next select statement returns "age, sex, race, gender" then the script should create "UPDATE tbl2 SET Col2 = age + sex + race + gender" and execute it.
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I'm trying to create a proc for granting permission for developer, but I tried many times, still couldn't get successful, someone can help me? The original statement is:
Create PROC dbo.GrantPermission
@user1 varchar(50)
as
Grant create table to @user1
go
Grant create view to @user1
go
Grant create Procedure to @user1
Go
Thanks Guys.
the subject pretty much says it all, I want to be able to do the following in in VB.net code):
{[If [table with this name] already exists [in this sql database] then [ don't create another one] else [create it and populate it with these values]}
How would I do this?
I created a cursor that moves through a table to retrieve a user's name.When I open this cursor, I create a variable to store the fetched name to use within the BEGIN/END statements to create a login, user, and role.
I'm getting an 'incorrect syntax' error at the variable. For example ..
CREATE LOGIN @NAME WITH PASSWORD 'password'
I've done a bit of research online and found that you cannot use variables to create logins and the like. One person suggested a stored procedure or dynamic SQL, whereas another pointed out that you shouldn't use a stored procedure and dynamic SQL is best.