DEFINITIVE ANSWER PLEASE -- Can You UPDATE Ntext Datatype Field???
Jul 20, 2005
Hi, I've read conflicting articles on updating an ntext field in a
column.
My ntext field will exceed 8,000 characters (typically twice that size
-- but just a text string).
One article (I think from MicroSoft) said you could NOT use ntext in
an UPDATE statement, but I've seen examples from other people using
it...but don't know if it's related to the size/characters issue.
Is this true or not?
Thanks very much...Kathy
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Mar 15, 2004
Guys
Hunting high and low for the definitive answer to this query.
I need a system to enable the import of a csv file (trypically contacts exported from Outlook) into a SQL Server table unique to that user through a .aspx page.
At the first and most basic level I need to simply get the data into a table.
The ultimate goal though is to have a fully functioning system whereby the user can sync between the csv file and the database enabling them to upload the data for the first time then only update changes subsequently (new records/changes to existing records) etc.
1. Does anyone have code that does such a thing?
2. Does anyone know of a component/utility that can be purchased off the shelf.
3. Is there someone with the capacity to write such a module?
regards in anticipation
Andy.
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I installed, uninstalled, deleted, editted my registry etc and I finally goto to this error while trying to install VS2005 (released) on a Windows 2000 PC (that had Beta2 and RC1 installed & uninstalled):
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Apr 28, 2008
I've searched the forum and saw that this question has been asked several times. However, none of the responses point to any documentation about this limit. We've got different groups bickering over this ("There is no limit!" "Yes there is!" "No there isn't!") and it would help to have a link on the MSDN or a response from Microsoft to this question to put this to rest once and for all. Also, if there is a limit, is that per Sql Server instance or per physical server?
Secondly, we currently have over 400 catalogs. We've noticed it takes 4-5 minutes for new data to show up in search results. Does the number of catalogs affect performance, or is it the amount of data, irrespective of catalog count?
Thanks
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Nov 27, 2007
I had a problem with the ntext datatype. I need to strip the HTML tags out of a ntext datatype column. I have sample query for that, which works fine for STRING, as stuff is the string function, what to do for ntext field.
=======The Process follows like this =========
--**************************************
--
-- Name: A relational technique to strip
-- the HTML tags out of a string
-- Description:A relational technique to
-- strip the HTML tags out of a string. Th
-- is solution demonstrates how to use simp
-- le tables & search functions effectively
-- in SQL Server to solve procedural / ite
-- rative problems.
-- This table contains the tags to be re
-- placed. The % in <head%>
-- will take care of any extra informati
-- on in the tag that you needn't worry
-- about as a whole. In any case, this t
-- able contains all the tags that needs
-- to be search & replaced.
CREATE TABLE #html ( tag varchar(30) )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '<html>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '<head%>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '<title%>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '<link%>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '</title>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '</head>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '<body%>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '</html>' )
go
-- A simple table with the HTML strings
CREATE TABLE #t ( id tinyint IDENTITY , string varchar(255) )
INSERT #t VALUES (
'<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Some Name</TITLE>
<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="/style.css" TYPE="text/css" ></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" VLINK="#444444">
SOME HTML text after the body</HTML>'
)
INSERT #t VALUES (
'<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Another Name</TITLE>
<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="/style.css"></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" VLINK="#444444">Another HTML text after the body</HTML>'
)
go
-- This is the code to strip the tags out.
-- It finds the starting location of eac
-- h tag in the HTML string ,
-- finds the length of the tag with the
-- extra properties if any. This is
-- done by locating the end of the tag n
-- amely '>'. The same is done
-- in a loop till all tags are replaced.
BEGIN TRAN
WHILE exists(select * FROM #t JOIN #html on patindex('%' + tag + '%' , string ) > 0 )
UPDATE #t
SET string = stuff( string , patindex('%' + tag + '%' , string ) ,
charindex( '>' , string , patindex('%' + tag + '%' , string ) )
- patindex('%' + tag + '%' , string ) + 1 , '' )
FROM #t JOIN #html
ON patindex('%' + tag + '%' , string ) > 0
SELECT * FROM #t
rollback
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Aug 17, 2004
Hi All,
I will be doing stress test for my app.
Loading thousands of records to the DB through bulk insert.
There's one field NText which I have left NULL because it will be hard to gen dummy flat file to it.
I have another table which has the Ntext Value which i will want to copy and duplicate to the other table.
what is the way to do it?
simply said i want to update a record with NULL value from one table with NText field with the value from another table..
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Jul 20, 2005
Hi, I've been reading all sorts of info on the ntext field. I needthis to store xml documents in sql server via a stored proc.Because of its size, I apparently can not use SET (as in UPDATE)therefore I'm trying to do an INSERT of the row with this field (afterdeleting the old row).CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.UpdateXmlWF(@varWO varchar(50)@strWF ntext@varCust varchar(50)@varAssy varchar(50))ASINSERT INTO tblWorkOrders (WorkOrder, Customer, Assy, xmlWF) VALUES(@varWO, @varCust, @varAssy, @strWF)I'm using MSDE so I can't tell what's wrong...it just won't save theproc.PLEASE HELP!Thanks, Kathy
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Nov 30, 2007
Hi everyone.
I have a field that is image datatype. That table is included in a snapshot replication. When I try to update that field - on the publication server, which is the same as distributor server - if the image is too big (in size), an error message appears. When I try to update with images that has less size it works. If I take out the subscriptions, it works for every image size.
Any ideas?
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Oct 26, 2005
Hallo. I need help, how pull out some inquiry string from type "ntext" in MS SQL(it is xml document). Sring has invariable length, in note is always on other position and includes variable text (e.g .:<actionId>xx</actionId>) . Position I can find out by the help of "patindex" but I don't know what then. I tryed to write procedures, but I had trouble with declaration variables (data type). Thanks and sorry for my horrible English.
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Oct 3, 2005
I am trying to insert more than 255 characters into ntext dataype in sql server 2000.
But, string is being truncated to 255 characters.
Please help
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Mar 4, 2004
Hi, I have a table with ntext and image datatype. I did BCP out succesfully but when I try to to BCP in, I am getting error.
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Starting copy...
SQLState = 22005, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification
SQLState = 22005, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification
SQLState = 22005, NativeError = 0
------------------
I read somewhere that I can use BULK INSERT with a format file.
Can someone suggest how to BCP in siccesfully or How does the format file looks like for this kind of task?. I am using SQL Server 2000.
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Here is my table structure..
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CREATE TABLE [dbo].[NOTIFY_TEMPLATE] (
[ID] [numeric](28, 0) NOT NULL ,
[SENDER] [varchar] (128) NOT NULL ,
[SUBJECT] [varchar] (512) NOT NULL ,
[BODY] [ntext] NOT NULL ,
[PRIORITY] [numeric](28, 0) NULL DEFAULT (2),
[ENABLED] [numeric](28, 0) NULL DEFAULT (1),
[LANGID] [numeric](28, 0) NOT NULL DEFAULT (0),
[NOTIFY_TYPE] [numeric](28, 0) NULL DEFAULT (0),
[REQUEST_TYPE] [numeric](28, 0) NULL ,
[CUSTOMIZED] [numeric](28, 0) NOT NULL DEFAULT (0)
) ON [DATA1] TEXTIMAGE_ON [DATA1]
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May 30, 2007
Dear experts,
how can i find the ntext datatype columns in a database?
please guide me
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Aug 30, 2006
What is the max. number of characters in ntext?
Are there any way we can format the output of ntext? Or it will just come out as one long line?
Thanks.
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Jun 29, 2015
What would be the best process to change the datatype of ntext fields.
I assume just changing the datatype - is not the way to go?
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Sep 11, 2007
Hi folks,
We have a nice issue here. We are running SQL 2005 Dev edition Service Pack 2 and we are trying to copy the contents of one table in a local sql server database to another table in another database on the same local sql server. We use an oledb source and a sql server destination. The table structure is exactly the same. One column is of the datatype ntext, when we try to load the contents the package will stop with the error:
OnError 11-9-2007 14:38:24 11-9-2007 14:38:24 00:00:00 The attempt to send a row to SQL Server failed with error code 0x80004005.
OnError 11-9-2007 14:38:24 11-9-2007 14:38:24 00:00:00 SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The ProcessInput method on component "<TABLE>" (3382) failed with error code 0xC02020C7. 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. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.
OnError 11-9-2007 14:38:24 11-9-2007 14:38:24 00:00:00 SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC02020C7. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited.
OnError 11-9-2007 14:38:26 11-9-2007 14:38:26 00:00:00 SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E07.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80040E07 Description: "Error converting data type DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP to datetime.".
OnError 11-9-2007 14:38:26 11-9-2007 14:38:26 00:00:00 A commit failed.
Removing the column from the sql server destination will result in loading the complete table. Using an oledb destination instead of sql server destination fixes the problem. Is this a bug in the SQL server destination component?
Thanks,
Marc
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Jul 11, 2005
I'm using DTS to import data from an Access memo field into a SQL Server ntext field. DTS is only importing the first 255 characters of the memo field and truncating the rest.I'd appreciate any insights into what may be causing this problem, and what I can do about it.Thanks in advance for any help!
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Mar 19, 2007
From the SQL Server documentation : "The input parameters and the type returned from a SVF can be any of the scalar
data types supported by SQL Server, except rowversion, text,
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Nov 8, 2005
For some reasons I have to use a ntext field for both small strings like "10" and large binalry files.
I need to sort the field to some extend to present the small strings on a sorted nice way - answers to " What country are you from" etc.
To trick the sorting I use a calculated field:
ORDER BY RSort - where Rsort is:
convert(varchar(4), RD.response) as RSort
It works but put a high load on the SQL server when the number of responses increases.
I though of making a non clustered index based on the calculated field, but is not sure that it will work as intended.
What do I do. The last thing would be to change the ntext to vchar(3800) or something like that. :confused:
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Jan 15, 2004
Hello All,
Maybe a stupid question but I'm new to the db admin work so please bear with me.
I've imported an Access db into SQL, in the Access db the field type was 'memo' to accomodate the large amount of text (on avg ruffly 4100 chars. with spaces). Now in SQL the field in the table I have set up as an ntext field, which I understood to be equivalent to a memo field in Access.
My problem is when saving data to the field the first time it saves all the data correctly with the exception of the field in question. The data in the field is '<LongText>', now when I try to update the data in the table I get a 'Data Truncated' error message and no update takes place throughout the table.
After testing this and trying different things, I've found that if I shorten this one field and try to save to the db I still get the 'Data Truncated' error message. If I shorten the data in the field AND delete the record from the SQL table then it will save just fine from there on out (which won't work for the reports).
I'm not sure what I'm missing here to get this to work the way it did in Access.
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Jul 20, 2005
I am trying to view all the ntext from a profiler trace. The data istruncated at 256 and I am not sure why... The max length is 1820 viathis command:select max(datalength(textdata)) from "monitor forms usage"where textdata like '%gforms%' .I then issueset textsize 8000select (textdata) from "monitor forms usage" where textdata like'%gforms%' and datalength(textdata) >1800and still only 256 is returned. this is true even if I redirect theoutput to a file.Any ideas on how a humble man like me can see all of the data.Mike--Posted via http://dbforums.com
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Jan 29, 2008
I'm trying to parse an ntext field that in my SQL View contains an invoice comment in order to be able to group on parts of the comment. I have two problems--one, the syntax to do this, and two, the best way to deal with the parts that I want.
The comment is like: "standard text ABCDE : $99.99" but can have multiple "ABCDE"s, e.g. "standard text ABCDE FGH IJKL $999.99" and I found some that had duplicates like "standard text standard text...".
I want to be able to report in SSRS 2005 by grouping the "ABCDE", "FGH", "IJKL" items.
Any ideas? Please be specific as I'm still learning.
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Jul 22, 2002
The title says it all. I've used ALTER DATABASE, and ALTER TABLE...ALTER COLUMN to change all my character fields from 'Compatibility_42_409_30003' to the default I want ('Latin1_General_CI_AI') on databases converted from SQL7. Now I just have these ntext fields to change...
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Feb 27, 2006
Hi,
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Jun 16, 2006
I need help on replace char in ntext data type
Here is the example data
<qMultipleChoice><qText>The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off
20on.</qText><qChoice>Strongly20Disagree</qChoice><qChoice>Disagree
</qChoice><qChoice>Agree</qChoice><qChoice>Strongly%20Agree</qCh
I want result look like this
First Column:The AE Understands what conditions the Account Manager is allowed to sign-off.
Second Column: Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
This is what i had so far
Select (SUBSTRING(QuestionText, (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7),(PATINDEX(N'%</qText>%', QuestionText) - (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7)))) From tblQuestion
my result:
The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off%20on.
I have problem with replace '%20' and how to make the second column.
Any Help?
Thanks
Shan
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Sep 9, 2006
My Stored Proc runs through a loop and concats the contents of each field into one big nvarchar. Procedure works fine on a smaller scale but now it is being implemented on a very large table and the results of the sequel overflow the nvarchar limits. I looked into using text and ntext but both cannot be declared locally. Does anyone know how I can work aroudn this limitation?
Summary:The problem is that the temporary variable I am using (nvarchar) is too small to contain the robust size that the SQL is concating into it. The final field it winds up in is a text field and will be able to handle the amount of data, its just getting the data there is the issue..... Your thoughts please....
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I found it rather hard to replace a string in an NTEXT field in sql server 2000. Would it be easier in SSIS 2005? Please advise. Thanks.
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Jun 20, 2007
Hello,
I have around 7 ntext fields in my data base table and I am getting data from the data base table through executing stored procedure, But when I am displaying data using record set, few of the ntext fields in recored set are empty .Iam sure that these are having data in table.
I am not sure why recordset is lossing that ntext field data?Because of this I am unable to display that data in web form.
any ideas really appriciated.
Thanks
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May 24, 2002
I am having an interesting error. I have a bunch of data that I am updating to a field in my sql server 7.0 database. It updates the data, however only puts the first 64,999 characters into the field. The datatype is ntext. From what I understand, ntext datatype can hold much more than 65,000 characters. Am I right in this? The data I'm putting into the field is html tags/text. I've tried several different data sets. I'm updating the data using Coldfusion/SQL commands.
Here is my SQL syntax:
UPDATE htmltest
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WHERE htmlid = #form.htmlid#
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Oct 24, 2007
Hello everybody,
i have a problem with copying (read it from one row and set it to another) a ntext field in a stored procedure. I know how
to get a pointer to the data and how to read from it.
But i want to copy the whole data.
Does anybody know how to do that?
Thanks in advance
A.Gempp
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I'm using SQL Server 2000
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Apr 9, 2008
I have a third party application with a ntext field that I need to parse the data out of. The data looks like this:
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The fieldname is Data and the tablename is ProcessData
Again, this looks like xml, but the field type is ntext. I would like to create a view displaying the parsed data in fields. How would I go about parsing the data?
Thanks.
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Apr 25, 2008
Has anyone seen this issue before? We are running a SQL CE 3.5 database on a windows desktop. A couple of our tables have ntext fields. When we do an insert the statement updates the value for all rows, not just the one that was added. I can easily repro this with some of the online samples too. Try the following:
SqlCeConnection conn = new SqlCeConnection(_sConn);
conn.Open();
SqlCeCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE BlobTable(name nvarchar(128), blob ntext);";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO BlobTable(name, blob) VALUES (@name, @blob);";
SqlCeParameter paramName = cmd.Parameters.Add("name", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 128);
SqlCeParameter paramBlob = cmd.Parameters.Add("blob", SqlDbType.NText);
paramName.Value = "Name1";
paramBlob.Value = "Name1 Memo";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO BlobTable(name, blob) VALUES (@name, @blob);";
SqlCeParameter paramName = cmd.Parameters.Add("name", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 128);
SqlCeParameter paramBlob = cmd.Parameters.Add("blob", SqlDbType.NText);
paramName.Value = "Name2";
paramBlob.Value = "Name2 Memo";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
After the second execution the blob column in both rows will have the value 'Name2 Memo'.
This is obviously a huge problem for us and would appreciate it if someone can explain what is happening. Seems like a bug but would like to be certain before I go the support route.
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A sql server 2000 table contains a ntext field that needs to be updated. The update is replacing a particular string in the ntext field. I heard it's hard to do it in sql server 2000 itself. Can it be done easily in an SSIS? Please kindly provide example. Thanks.
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