We are just upgrading a server from 2000 to 2005 and we are getting the message below when we execute a sql statement against a table with a date field with null values:
"Error converting data type DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP to datetime."
Hi.
I have an sql table which contains a number and a name. I would like to create a select statement that will display these two fields in the format :
"number | name", but if there is a null value in the number it will display only the name and vice versa.
How can I do it ?
Any help is appreciated.
Code below:
SELECT
NAME,
CASE WHEN PHONE IS NULL THEN '-' ELSE PHONE END AS PHONE
FROM
PATIENT
WHERE PHONE = '-'
If I am switching the NULL values to hyphens (-), why am I not getting any records when I look for hyphens in the WHERE clause? The script is not as simple as this or else I would just check for NULL values. I really need to switch NULL values to something I can pass on to a variable and query on it from Reporting Services.
Hello,Thanks for helping me with this... I really appreciate it.I have a table called tblPatientDemographics with a number of columns.I would like to count the number of NULL values per record within mytable.tblPatientDemographicsPatientID Age Weight Height Race1234567 20 155 <NULL> Caucasian8912345 21 <NULL> <NULL> <NULL>In the first example above I want to display '1'In the second example above I want to display '3'Any help would be very much appreciated.Thanks !Chad*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
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Jim
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Hi,
In my Excel file, The Application date column contains empty for some rows. In SSIS I am using one Data Conversion to that Application Date column to change it as Date[dt_Date]. This data conversion is giving error Conversion failed. In Sqlserver table, I declare ApplicationDate column datatype as DateTime.
I want to keep those empty date values as Null in Sqlserver.
I tried the IMEX=1 property still it is not working. How to solve this error?
Thanks in advance.
I have a stored procedure with a SELECT statement, that retrieves 1 row.
SELECT name FROM tblNames WHERE nameID = "1"
I want all the NULL values in that row to be change in some default values.
How do I do this?
If I try to run the code below, and even one of the values in the INNER
JOIN statements is NULL, the DataReader ends up with zero rows.
What I need is to see the results even if one or more of INNER JOIN
statements has a NULL value. For example, if I want info on
asset# 2104, and there's no value in the DriverID field, I need the
rest of the data to display and just have the lblDriverName by
blank. Is that possible?
<code>
Sub BindSearchGrid()
Dim searchUnitID As String
Dim searchQuery As String
searchUnitID = tbSearchUnitID.Text
lblIDNum.Text = searchUnitID
searchQuery = "SELECT * FROM Assets " & _
"INNER JOIN Condition ON Condition.ConditionID = Assets.ConditionID " & _
"INNER JOIN Drivers ON Drivers.DriverID = Assets.DriverID " & _
"INNER JOIN Departments ON Departments.DepartmentID = Assets.DepartmentID " & _
"INNER JOIN AssetCategories
ON AssetCategories.AssetCategoryID = Assets.AssetCategoryID " & _
"INNER JOIN Store ON
Store.[Store ID] = Assets.StoreID WHERE RTRIM(Assets.[Unit ID]) = '"
& searchUnitID & "'"
Dim myReader As SqlDataReader
myReader = Data.queryDB(searchQuery)
While myReader.Read
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Store Name")) Then lblStrID.Text =
myReader("Store Name")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("AssetCategory")) Then lblAsstCat.Text =
myReader("AssetCategory")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Condition Description")) Then lblCondID.Text =
myReader("Condition Description")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("DepartmentName")) Then lblDepID.Text =
myReader("DepartmentName")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Unit ID")) Then lblUnID.Text = myReader("Unit
ID")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Year")) Then lblYr.Text = myReader("Year")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Make")) Then lblMk.Text = myReader("Make")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Model")) Then lblMod.Text = myReader("Model")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Mileage")) Then lblMile.Text =
myReader("Mileage")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Vin Number")) Then lblVinNum.Text =
myReader("Vin Number")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("License Number")) Then lblLicNum.Text =
myReader("License Number")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Name")) Then lblDriverName.Text =
myReader("Name")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("DateAcquired")) Then lblDateAcq.Text =
myReader("DateAcquired")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("DateSold")) Then lblDtSld.Text =
myReader("DateSold")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("PurchasePrice")) Then lblPrPrice.Text =
myReader("PurchasePrice")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("NextSchedMaint")) Then lblNSM.Text =
myReader("NextSchedMaint")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("GVWR")) Then lblGrVWR.Text = myReader("GVWR")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("GVW")) Then lblGrVW.Text = myReader("GVW")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Crane Capacity")) Then lblCrCap.Text =
myReader("Crane Capacity")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Crane Certification")) Then lblCrCert.Text =
myReader("Crane Certification")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Repair Cost")) Then lblRepCost.Text =
myReader("Repair Cost")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Estimate Replacement")) Then lblEstRep.Text =
myReader("Estimate Replacement")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("SalvageValue")) Then lblSalVal.Text =
myReader("SalvageValue")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("CurrentValue")) Then lblCurVal.Text =
myReader("CurrentValue")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Comments")) Then lblCom.Text =
myReader("Comments")
If
Not IsDBNull(myReader("Description")) Then lblDesc.Text =
myReader("Description")
End While
End Sub</code>
I use the merge statement in a sproc to insert, update and delete records from a staging table to a production table.
In the long sql, here is a part of it,
When Matched and
((Student.SchoolID <> esis.SchoolID
OR
Student.GradeLevel <> esis.GradeLevel
OR
Student.LegalName <> esis.LegalName
OR
Student.WithdrawDate <> esis.WithdrawDate
Student.SPEDFlag <> esis.SPEDFlag
OR
Student.MailingAddress <> esis.MailingAddress)
Then update
Set Student.Schoolid=esis.schoolid,
.....
My question is how about if the column has null values in it.for example
if schoolID is null in production table is null, but in staging table is not null, will the <> return true.or if either side of <> has a null value, will it return true.
I don't want it to omit some records and causing the students records not get updated.If not return true, how to fix this?
I have built a SSIS package that bascially updates two columns in table A...the update statement reads;
update Table A
set Colum 1 = ?,('?' is a variable)
Column 2 = ?
In my SSIS package, I would like to be notified/capture, if one or both variables are null....How do I do that ?..error log ?
The package runs fine both ways (if variables are null or not)
Thank you
I am attempting to create search parameters for a gridview control and I am experiencing a small issue. When I get to a date parameter I am unable to display null values.
I setup a sqldatasource and created the parameters below to handle the selections for minimum date required and the maximum date required for the date columns in the database. The problem is I do not know how to display null dates.
Is there a way to incorporate something into the search page to show null dataes?
Sql Where Clause 1 WHERE (LSS_Requests.TypeCode = @TypeCode) AND (LSS_Requests.PersonNo LIKE '%' + @PersonNo + '%') AND
2 (LSS_Requests.TicketNo LIKE '%' + @TicketNo + '%') AND (LSS_Requests.Name LIKE '%' + @Name + '%') AND
3 (LSS_Requests.RequestName LIKE '%' + @RequestName + '%') AND (LSS_Requests.RequiredDate >= @Fromrequireddate) AND
4 (LSS_Requests.RequiredDate <= @ToRequiredDate) AND (LSS_Requests.OriginationDate >= @SearchFromOriginationDate) AND
5 (LSS_Requests.OriginationDate <= @SearchToOriginationDate) AND (LSS_Requests.LastUpdated >= @SearchFromUpdatedDate) AND
6 (LSS_Requests.LastUpdated <= @SearchUpdatedToDate) AND (LSS_Users_1.userFullName LIKE @SearchDDLUsers) AND
7 (LSS_Users.userFullName LIKE @SearchddlCIAsignee) AND (LSS_Requests.TypeCode = 'CC') AND (LSS_lu_Status.stNm LIKE '%' + @StatusName + '%')
I wrote a select statement, I only want to see orders with max lastUpdatedOn date of 14 days and older. Now my results show dates with all orders of 14 days and older (which is OK), but all others are displayed in the "Uitgifte" column as "NULL". But those orders should not be displayed at all.
selectdistinct ProductionHeader.ProdHeaderOrdNr,
ProductionHeader.PartCode,
ProductionHeader.Description,
ProductionHeader.Qty,
(select max (ProdStatusLog.ProdStatusCode)
[code]...
I am using a DAL and i want to insert a new row where one of the columns is DATE and it can be 'NULL'.
I am assigning SqlTypes.SqlDateTime.Null.
But when the date is saved in the database, i get the minvalue (1/01/1900) . Is there a way to put the NULL value in the database using DAL????how can i put an empty date in the database?
THANK YOU!!!
I have table Products and Orders that has the following columns:
table Products: ProductID, ProductName
table Orders: OrderID, ProductID, OrderDate, Quantity, Price
The Orders table contains orders placed on all the dates. I want to obtain a list of orders for a particular date, if there is no order for a product on the requested date, I want to return null values for the Quantity and Price fields.
I tried the following select statement:
select Products.ProductName, Orders.Quantity, Orders.Price from Products left join Orders on Products.ProductID = Orders.ProductID where Orders.OrderDate = '10/16/2004'
Where, there are a total of three products (A,B,C) in table Products. Product-C has no order on 10/16/2004, but I want it to return :
ProductName / Quantity / Price
Product-A 5 1.89
Product-B 6 2.43
Product-C null null
Obviously, my sql statement won't work becaue the where clause will filter out Product-C.
Could anyone help me figure out how to modify my sql code to get the resultset I want?
Thanks in advance.
'XXX_DTE' is character type which wont take NULL.
SELECT CONVERT(Datetime,XXX_DTE) FROM XXXX
I get result as : 1/1/1900
Why is it so.....
What I expect is '0000-00-00 00:00:00.000'
Hello! I have a field "End" in my database that is mapped as DateTime and allows nulls. Now I want to do a SQL-Select (in a SqlDataSource) like SELECT * FROM My_Table Where (([End] = @EndDate) OR ([End] = null)) @EndDate is a valid DateTime, but the second OR condition doesn't work. What is the best way to check if the [End]-field is empty or null? Thank you very much!
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I have written a stored proc to bulk insert the data from a data file.
I have a requirement that i need to insert the data into a table of which the name is not known. I mean to say that the table name will be passed as a parameter to the stored proc. And also i need to insert the date that will also be passed as the parameter to the stored proc
The follwing statement works fine if i give the table name directly in the query
Code Snippet
DECLARE @LastUpdate varchar(20)
SET @LastUpdate = 'Dec 11 2007 1:20AM'
INSERT INTO Category
SELECT MSISDN, @LastUpdate FROM OPENROWSET( BULK '\remotemachinedatafile.txt',
FORMATFILE = '\remotemachineFormatFile.fmt',
FIRSTROW = 2) AS a
To satisfy my requirement ( i.e passing the table name dynamically , and the date) , i have formed the query string ( exact one as above ) and passing it to EXEC statement. But its failing as explained below
Code Snippet
@Category - Will be passed as a parameter to the stored proc
DECLARE @vsBulkSQL VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @LastUpdate varchar(20)
SET @LastUpdate = 'Dec 11 2007 1:20AM'
SELECT @vsBulkSQL ='INSERT INTO '+ @Category + ' SELECT MSISDN, ''' + @LastUpdate +''' FROM OPENROWSET ' + '( BULK ' + '''' + '\remotemachinedatafile.txt'+ ''''+ ' ,' +
+ ' FORMATFILE ' + '=' + ''''+ '\remotemachineFormatFile.fmt'+ ''''+ ',' +
' FIRSTROW ' + '=' + '2' + ')' + ' AS a'
Print @vsBulkSQL - This prints the folliwing statement
INSERT INTO Category SELECT MSISDN, 'Dec 11 2007 1:20AM' FROM OPENROWSET ( BULK '\remotemachineDataFile.txt' , FORMATFILE ='\remotemachineFormatFile.fmt', FIRSTROW =2) AS a
Exec @vsBulkSQL - This statement gives the following error
The name 'INSERT INTO Sports SELECT MSISDN, 'Dec 11 2007 1:20AM' FROM OPENROWSET ( BULK '\remotemachineSecond.txt' , FORMATFILE ='\remotemachineFormatFile.fmt', FIRSTROW =2) AS a' is not a valid identifier.
Can any one please point out where am i doing wrong? Or do i need to do anything else to achive the same
~Mohan
I have a pivot transform that pivots a batch type. After the pivot, each batch type has its own row with null values for the other batch types that were pivoted. I want to group two fields and max() the remaining batch types so that the multiple rows are displayed on one row. I tried using the aggregate transform, but since the batch type field is a string, the max() function fails in the package. Is there another transform or can I use the aggragate transform another way so that the max() will work on a string?
-- Ryan
I'm using an ObjectDataSource in Visual Studio to retrieve records from a SQL Server 2005 database.
I have a very simple dilemma. In a table I have fields FirstName, Surname, Address1, Address2, Address3 etc. None of these are mandatory fields.
It is quite common for the user not to enter data in Address2, Address3, so the values are <null> in the SQL table.
In Visual Studio 2005 I have an aspx form where users can pass search parameters to the ObjectDataSource and the results are returned according to the passed in parameters.
The WHERE clause in my Table Adapter is:WHERE (Address1 LIKE @Address1 + '%') AND (Address2 LIKE @Address2 + '%') AND (Address3 LIKE @Address3 + '%') AND (FirstName LIKE @FirstName + '%') AND (Surname LIKE @Surname + '%')
If, for example, I simply want to search WHERE FirstName LIKE ‘R’, this does not return any results if the value of Address3 is <null>
My query is this: Could someone please show me the best way in Visual Studio 2005 to return records even if one of the Address fields is <null>.
For reference, I have tried: Address3 LIKE @Address3 + '%' OR IS NULLThis does work, however itsimply returns every instance where Address3 is <null> (accounting for about 95% of the records in the database). Thanks in advance Simon
Does anyone know if this is a SQL Native Client bug? I've read a previous thread (posted back on Jan. 18th, 2007) about this error, but there are no replies. I am getting this error when I issue the sp_setapprole command using sqlexecdirect() ODBC api call. Is there any way to work around this? Or is there a fix to the SQL Native Client? The error 15002 message text states "The procedure sys.sp_setapprole cannot be executed within a transaction". This is on a new connection so there should be no transactions active at the time. Thanks in advance for any info anyone can provide on this.
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alter column ColumnName decimal(18,3) [null]
the above command is right ?
Question: Why would I not be able to import an Access 97 table inwhich some records have null values in fields that allow null values?Wouldn't the table's design be imported first, bringing the columns'"allow nulls" attribute with it?I'm dealing with both text and numeric columns. Not all columnscontaining nulls cause an error.Thanks,Bob C.
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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;
[code]...
A .NET Framework error occurred during execution of user-defined routine or aggregate "function":
System.InvalidCastException: La conversión especificada no es válida.
System.InvalidCastException:
  en Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.ValueUtilsSmi.GetSqlInt16(SmiEventSink_Default sink, ITypedGettersV3 getters, Int32 ordinal, SmiMetaData metaData)
  en UserDefinedFunctions.function()
Dear Members,
I extracted data from a flat file using SSIS package and load them into destination table. One column contains no data. Data type of that column is varchar(9). I want to display "NULL" values in that column.
I used LOOK up transformation and used the following query.
SELECT PassThroughRouting =
CASE PassThroughRouting
WHEN 'NULL' THEN 'NULL'
END
FROM EPICWareTable
But it gives a error message.
Does any body can help me?
Thanks
Hi,
How do I filter out Null values in a matrix table
one off my columns is picking up the Null values and I would like to filter this out.
Is there a simple way of doing this as filtering it out at the Dataset level is not the ideal solution for me.
thanks
Example code:
declare @somesql nvarchar(20)
execute sp_executesql @somesql, N'@lnCurrRow int', @lnCurrRow = 1
PRINT @@ERROR
@@Error returns 0, which is seems incorrect since @somesql is null. If you substitute @somesql for the constant NULL then an error is fired. The above also executes successfully with @@error = 0 if you set @somesql = '' (empty string).
EXEC behaves the same way.
It makes sense that executing an empty string should be fine, but NULL? Is there a SET option available that will cause an error to be raised if sp_executesql attempts to execute a nvarchar variable that's set to NULL?
Thanks.
I am working on SSIS Packages. I have raw files in which data is in text qualifier.
When I am trying to load files into database it's throwing me error when there is no values in text qualifier.
For Example. "Others","0","0"," "," "
If I have the value above in raw files. SSIS Package throwing me error in " " this column.
Saying Data Conversion failed.
I have two tables 1) tblCustomer (ID, Name, City) 2) tblemp (ID, NAME, Dept.ID, tblcustomer.ID)
Both the tables have ID as PKA emp can be either assigned a) All customers b)single customer c) NO customer
Pls note:- there will never be 2 or 3 customer linked to emp (my actuall requirement tables are different but to explain i am using the above tables)
I know how to assign single customer......but had problem how to link all customers and "no customer"
Please tell me if the following solution is right?1) I will manually insert a record in tblCustomer with id 0 as " all customers" and will not allow the user to delete it 2) store null in FK if it is "no customer"
Also please tell me is it ok to store one more value in tblCustomer as -1 and take it as "No customer"
I have a DDL in the Employee page which should be displaying the names of allthe customers with 2 extra values "ALL CUSTOMERS" and "SELECT" Select is the default value in DDL which says "NO CUSTOMER" selected yet
Thank youSara
I have a table with data in two columns, item and system. I am trying to accomplish is we want to compare if an item exists in 1, 2 or all systems. If it exists, show item under that system's column, and display NULL in the other columns.
I have aSQL Fiddle that will allow you to visualize the schema.
The closest I've come to solving this is a SQL pivot, however, this is dependent on me knowing the name of the items, which I won't in a real life scenario.
select [system 1], [system 2], [system 3]
from
(
SELECT distinct system, item FROM test
where item = 'item 1'
) x
pivot
(
max(item)
[Code]...
HiI need some help on achieving the following:I wrote a querie which collects Data out of three Tables, the Resultlooks like this:SET NOCOUNT ONDECLARE @ROWINTDECLARE @CURPTNO CURSORSET @CURPTNO = CURSORFORSELECT * FROM TEMPOPEN @CURPTNOFETCH NEXT FROM @CURPTNOINTO @ROWWHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)BEGINSELECT ONE.CYNO, ONE.ROLE, ONE.ROL_BEZ, ONE.PTNO, ONE.NOCY, TWO.TEXTAS NOCY_TEXTFROM(SELECT CY.CYNO,RE.CYNO AS RECYNO, RTRIM(RE.ROLE) AS ROLE, RTRIM(V_ROLE.TEXT) ASROL_BEZ,RE.PTNO AS PTNO, RTRIM(RE.NAME) AS SACHBEARBEITER, RE.NOCYFROM CYRIGHT OUTER JOINRE ON RE.CYNO = CY.CYNOINNER JOINV_ROLE ON RE.ROLE = V_ROLE.CODEWHERE (RE.PTNO IN(SELECT PT.PTNOFROM PTWHERE PT.PTNO IN(@ROW)AND V_ROLE.LANGUAGE = PT.CLANG))) AS ONELEFT JOIN(SELECT V_NOCY.CODE, V_NOCY.TEXTFROM V_NOCYINNER JOINPT ON PT.CLANG = V_NOCY.LANGUAGEAND PT.PTNO IN (SELECT PT.PTNOFROM PTWHERE PT.PTNO IN(@ROW))) AS TWOON ONE.NOCY = TWO.CODEFETCH NEXT FROM @CURPTNOINTO @ROWENDCLOSE @CURPTNODEALLOCATE @CURPTNOThe Result looks like this:RS1:6313,1300,Architekt,99737505,NULL,NULL2392762,100,Bauherr,99737505,NULL,NULLRS2:2693265,100,Bauherr,99756900,NULL,NULLNULL,1,Planer,99756900,2,Bauherr macht Pläne selberRS3:2691919,100,Bauherr,99755058,NULL,NULL2691962,6000,Kontakt,99755058,NULL,NULLMy Problem is, that I need to have all the Resultsets in one Table atthe end.So my further undertaking was to create a Temp Table with theexpectation to receive all the resultsets in one Step.The TSQL for this looks like that:SET NOCOUNT ONCREATE TABLE #CYRE_TEMP(CYNOINT NULL,ROLEINT NULL,ROL_BEZVARCHAR (60) NULL,PTNOINT NULL ,NOCYINT NULL,TEXTVARCHAR (60) NULL)GODECLARE @CYNOINT,@ROLEINT,@ROL_BEZVARCHAR (60),@PTNOINT,@NOCYINT,@TEXTVARCHAR (60),@ROWINT,@CURPTNOCURSORSET @CURPTNO = CURSOR FORSELECT PTNO FROM TEMPOPEN @CURPTNOFETCH NEXT FROM @CURPTNOINTO @ROWWHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)BEGININSERT INTO #CYRE_TEMP (CYNO, ROLE, ROL_BEZ, PTNO, NOCY, TEXT)VALUES(@CYNO,@ROLE ,@ROL_BEZ ,@PTNO ,@NOCY ,@TEXT)SELECT @CYNO = ONE.CYNO,@ROLE = ONE.ROLE,@ROL_BEZ = ONE.ROL_BEZ,@PTNO = ONE.PTNO,@NOCY = ONE.NOCY,@TEXT = TWO.TEXTFROM(SELECT CY.CYNO, RTRIM(RE.ROLE) AS ROLE, RTRIM(V_ROLE.TEXT) ASROL_BEZ,RE.PTNO AS PTNO, RTRIM(RE.NAME) AS SACHBEARBEITER, RE.NOCYFROM CYRIGHT OUTER JOINRE ON RE.CYNO = CY.CYNOINNER JOINV_ROLE ON RE.ROLE = V_ROLE.CODEWHERE (RE.PTNO IN(SELECT PT.PTNOFROM PTWHERE PT.PTNO =@ROWAND V_ROLE.LANGUAGE = PT.CLANG))) AS ONELEFT JOIN(SELECT V_NOCY.CODE, V_NOCY.TEXTFROM V_NOCYINNER JOINPT ON PT.CLANG = V_NOCY.LANGUAGEAND PT.PTNO IN (SELECT PT.PTNOFROM PTWHERE PT.PTNO =@ROW)) AS TWOON ONE.NOCY = TWO.CODEFETCH NEXT FROM @CURPTNOINTO @ROWENDCLOSE @CURPTNODEALLOCATE @CURPTNOSELECT * FROM #CYRE_TEMPDROP TABLE #CYRE_TEMPGOAnd the Output looks like this now:Q1:NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL2392762,100,Bauherr,99737505,NULL,NULLNULL,1,Planer,99756900,2,Bauherr macht Pläne selberCan someone help me getting all the 6 Rows into one Table as Output?I appreciate any available Help on this..Ssscha
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