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May 1, 2005How can I enter NULL manually in one of the rows in Sql Server database. Those rows does not contain any data.
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Entering Dates In Blank Rows
May 9, 2007I'm hoping that someone can help. This is my first time posting and fortunately I can normally find what I need but this time I am stumped.
I have a query that produces a date range. The problem is I want to insert or at lease display the dates between even if they don't show up in table. Here's the problem.
My intial query is
select date_of_call
from call_data
where date_of_call >= '2001-09-01' and date_of_call <= '2001-09-15'
order by date_of_call
Results:
2001-09-03 00:00:00.000
2001-09-07 00:00:00.000
2001-09-10 00:00:00.000
2001-09-13 00:00:00.000
2001-09-13 00:00:00.000
2001-09-13 00:00:00.000
2001-09-13 00:00:00.000
2001-09-13 00:00:00.000
2001-09-14 00:00:00.000
When I do a group by and count it looks like this:
select date_of_call, count(date_of_call) as Count_Date_of_Call
from call_data
where date_of_call >= '2001-09-01' and date_of_call <= '2001-09-15'
group by date_of_call
order by date_of_call
Date_Of_Call, Count_Date_of_Call
2001-09-03 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-07 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-10 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-13 00:00:00.0005
2001-09-14 00:00:00.0001
If you notice out of 15 days it only shows 5 days. I am wondering how I can insert the days missing and insert either null or 0 values in the count column so it would look something like this:
Date_Of_Call, Count_Date_of_Call
2001-09-01 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-02 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-03 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-04 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-05 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-06 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-07 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-08 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-09 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-10 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-11 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-12 00:00:00.0000
2001-09-13 00:00:00.0005
2001-09-14 00:00:00.0001
2001-09-15 00:00:00.0000
Any help would be much appreciates.
Database Tables And NULL Fields
Nov 17, 2006Hi there,
I have a fairly generic question regarding database design.
I am working on my first database using SQL Express.
I am testing the database by inserting records into the pre defined tables.
Sometimes I forget to input text into a non null field. When
this happens it displays an error and then skips a few rows
which makes my row numbering messy. For example say I have
Row 1, Row 2 Row 3 all nicely formatted but on Row 4 I make a mistake
this row then disapears and their is gap between 3 and 5 where 4 was.
Although I am just testing, I was wondering what happens in a real
scenario if an inexperienced data input person makes a few mistakes it
makes the database numbering systems look bad. In this case
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Dec 30, 2006Hi, how do i do a select statement with asp.net to return a record if a field is null. I have the following code:
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Categories WHERE ParentId = @ParentId", cn);.Parameters.Add("@ParentId", SqlDbType.Int).Value = parentId != null ? (object) parentId : DBNull.Value;cn.Open();
The variable parentId is a nullable int. However when i pass in a null value it doesn't return anything even though there are records in the database that have a null value for the ParentId field.
Appreciate if someone could tell me what i am doing wrong. Thanks
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Oct 15, 2007hi
I am working on webforms i have to insert system date into sql database when a button is clicked.
I have have 3 fields on the webform and a submit button.
I have to insert the date along with the other fileds into the sql database
when I am trying to insert date using getdate() it is getting inserted but not into the same row as that of other fields.
Can you plzzz help me with the code for inserting system data into the database into the same row as that of other fields
myCommand2 = New SqlCommand("Insert into Items(Requestdate) values (getdate()) where Hospital= '" & DropDownList2.SelectedItem.Text & "' ", myConnection)
ra = myCommand2.ExecuteNonQuery()
myConnection.Close()
THE ABOVE CODE GIVES AN SYNTAX ERROR NEAR "WHERE"
please help
you can also post me ur replies on urs_forever_tanya2001@yahoo.co.in
Thanks bye
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Apr 13, 2007when inserting or updating fields in sql server and the field is blank sql still adds several spaces into the field. Then if I try to check whether a field is empty or not for display I get incorrect results because fields that should be empty have 2 or 3 spaces in them instead and therefor aren't selected as being empty. Is there any way around this? to force the fields to be saved as blanks or null?
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Jan 9, 2008I thought this was working, but apparently it was not. I was wondering how I would create a SELECT Statement for values that are blank (Equal to ""). I really could have swore that this was working, but I guess it wasn't.
Here is my code:
Code Block
try
{
string conString = @"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"MyDB.accdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyPassword;";
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this.DataGridView.Columns[1].Width = 234;
this.DataGridView.Columns[2].Width = 50;
this.DataGridView.Columns[3].Width = 50;
this.DataGridView.Columns[4].Width = 75;
//Sort on the Title Column
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ListSortDirection direction;
direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending;
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DataGridView.Rows[0].Selected = false;
}
catch
{
}
Thank you again for your help.
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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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Oct 29, 2007
I have created a report with a stored proc which takes a parameter whose default value is null. Now when I run my stored proc in Enterprise Manager without any params I get 4 rows otherwise with proper parameter I get 2 rows.
Now I set the params value to allow for Null and blank values. When I run the report if I provide parameter value it works fine but if i try to run it without any param it shows an empty report while the stored proc running without params shows 4 rows.
I have earlier sucessfully created reports where stored procs had 4 params out of which 3 where defaulted to null. And so I set the allow nulls, Allow Blanks values to be true for those params in Rep services. So when I selected value for 1st param and ran the report I got the desired report. But this time I have only one param which can be null. But its not working.
Thanks in advance.
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ONETWO
a1
2
3
b1
2
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a1
a2
a3
b1
b2
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update Table A
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The package runs fine both ways (if variables are null or not)
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Code:
IF ((SELECT Note FROM XATPoDetail WHERE ReqNbr = (SELECT ReqNbr FROM Inserted)) LIKE(''))
Note is the text field, XATPoDetail is the table where its being inserted into. I had to do the select FROM the table because it wouldn't let me select a text data type from the "Inserted" virtual table
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IF ((SELECT Note FROM XATPoDetail WHERE ReqNbr = (SELECT ReqNbr FROM Inserted)) LIKE(''))
Note is the text field, XATPoDetail is the table where its being inserted into. I had to do the select FROM the table because it wouldn't let me select a text data type from the "Inserted" virtual table
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SqlConnection1.Open()
strSQLu = "UPDATE table1 " _
& "SET Field1Tag = @Field1Tag, Field2Tag = @Field2Tag " _
& "WHERE (Field1Tag = @Field1Tag) "
cmdCategoriesUpdate.CommandText = strSQLu
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Aug 15, 2006Hi,
In SSIS flat file import using fastload, I'm trying to import data into SQL 2005 previously created tables.
The table may contain column that are NULLable BUT there is NO DEFAULT for them.
If the incoming data from flat files contains nothing either between the delimeters, how can I have a NULL value inserted in the column instead of blank/empty string?
I didn't find an easy flag unless I'm doing something wrong. I know of at least two ways to do it the hard way:
1- set the DEFAULT(NULL) for EVERY column that needs this behaviour
2-set up some Derived Column option in the package to return NULL if the value is missing.
Both of the above are time consuming since I'm dealing with many tables. Is there a quick option to default the value to NULL WHEN there is NO data ELSE insert the data itself? So the same behavior that I have right now except that I want NULL in place of empty string/blank in the varchar(x) columns.
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States: StateID, StateName
Counties: CountyID, CountyName
Cities: CityID, CityName
Zips: Zip, StateID, CountyID, CityID
Regions: RegionID, RegionName
Region_Data: RegionID, StateID, CountyID, CityID
The thing about the region is that it can be defined by states only, in which case CountyID and CityId are NULL, can be defined by Counties too, in which case only CityID is NULL or it can be defined up to City level, in which case all 3 are set to something. Example, Northeast would be all cities from northeast, but Pocono would be just some counties in PA, and so on...
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Regards,
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Mar 16, 2008How can I make empty cells show NULL on my table? Some cells show NULL others won't. Does this mean that they have contents?
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Nov 20, 2007
Im trying to use MS SQL server mananagement studio to greate a view to recive information from my database.
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Apr 26, 2006Requirements:
1) Cannot have results in which both m.homephone & d.homephone are both null, or both m.workphone & d.workphone are both null in the result set
2) We also do not want to see any combos where one homephone is null and the other has only the char 0....same for workphone...no null & 0 combinations.
e.g.
m.homephone d.homephone
null 0
0 null
The phone fields are varchar
I know this is hidiously wrong but is my first sloppy attempt at best:
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FROM master m
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where (d.homephone <> m.homephone OR d.workphone <> m.workphone)
AND (d.homephone IS NOT NULL AND m.homephone IS NOT NULL)
AND (d.workphone IS NOT NULL AND m.workphone IS NOT NULL)
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