I am working on an application which uses DTS to move data into temporary tables. I would like to be able to rename/relocate the source file in order to maintain a historical reference. The process which creates the source file is not flexible at all. Is there a way to manipulate the file's name and/or relocate the file by using SQL Server.
Thanks in advance!
Daniel
Austin, Texas
Hi,I recently installed SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (9.0.1399) andI have problems on queries concerning system file manipulation...For example, when I try to increase the Log File of MSDB database :ALTER DATABASE msdbMODIFY FILE(NAME = 'MSDBLog',SIZE = 50MB)This query never terminates...All SQL queries for database creation never terminateCREATE DATABASE EASYSHAREON PRIMARY(NAME = EASYSHAREData,FILENAME = 'D:AQSACOMDATAEasyshareEasyshareData.mdf',SIZE = 200MB,MAXSIZE = 1000MB,FILEGROWTH = 100MB)LOG ON(NAME = EASYSHARELog,FILENAME = 'E:AQSALOGEasyshareEasyshareLog.ldf',SIZE = 100MB,MAXSIZE = 300MB,FILEGROWTH = 50MB)Would someone have an idea of what happens...I'm running on Windows 2000 Server...ThanksPatrick
View 2 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know the best way to handle this type of situation?
A file coming into a directory based on the date filename042707
I use the fileexist stored procedure to check for the existence.
I use xp_cmdshell(sp)... stored procedure to rename the file so that
it just has filename instead of the date.... I can not use
variables within the xp_cmdshell to replace the date...
everyday the filename would change to filename042807,filename042907 etc....
Basically I know how to copy the file to another directory if it exists...
then I want to strip the right 8 characters off... rename just to that
but with the rename i have to know what the file will be named for that day ...
excuse the grammar just somewhat tired...
any suggestions... please thanks time for sleep
Hi
I'm used to DTS but new to SSIS. What's a good reference/tutorial that deals with transforming columns of data (from a flat file) from one format to another when uploading into SQL2005? Typically columns of data have "" around the values and spaces that I want to remove.
Presumably in SSIS I need the following:
A Data flow task containing:
Flat file source
Derived or Copy Column?
OLE DB Destination
Is this on the right track?
Thanks
Gerry
I have a task where I need to process roughly 60000 excel spreadsheets and bring them into a SQL Server 2014 database. All excel files have the same format and same number of identical columns. I have set up an SSIS package that is using Foreach Loop Container to look into a folder and process these files one at a time and load them to a table. The mappings are straight-forward, no problems there.
I am attaching a sample spreadsheet with two tabs - current structure and desired structure.
Basically what I need to do is to repeat the first 7 columns based on the number of lines in a transaction.
The number of lines is variable per patient.
I'm moving data between identical tables and have to use a flat file as an intermediary. I thought: "No problem, SSIS can do a quick export to a file, then move the file to another server, then use SSIS to import the data to the new server."
Seems simple, right?
I'm hitting all sorts of surprising data conversion errors. I used the export wizard to create the export package. This works fine. However using the same flat file definition, the import package fails -- even when I have no destination. That is I have just one data flow task that contains only one control: the Flat File source. When I run the package the flat file definition fails with data type conversion and truncation errors. One of the obvious errors is for boolean types. The SQL field is a bit, SSIS defined the column as DT_BOOL, the output of the data are literal text values "TRUE" and "FALSE". So SSIS converts a sql datatype of bit to "TRUE" and "FALSE" on export, but can't make the reverse conversion on import?
Does anyone else find this surprising? I would expect that what SSIS exports, it can import given all the same table and flat file definitions. Is SSIS the wrong tool to do such simple bulk copies? I'd like to avoid using BCP because this process will need to run automatically within SQL Agent so we can leverage all the error tracking and system monitoring.
Using SQL Server 2005 Server Management Studio, I attempted to back up a database, and received this error:
Backup failed: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Backup and file manipulation operations (such as ALTER DATABASE ADD FILE) on a database must be serialized. Reissue the satement after the current backup or file manipulation is completed (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
Program location:
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup.SqlBackup(Server srv)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.BackupPropOptions.OnRunNow(Object sender)
Backup Options were set to:
Back up to the existing media set
Overwrite all existing backup sets
I am fairly new to SQL 2005. Can someone help me get past this issue? What other information do I need to provide?
I'm quite new to SQL Server and I have a pretty naive question.
I have a table called Company that has a field called Renewal date. I have a task that needs to be run on the first of every month to gather all companies that have Renewal Dates coming up in the next 180 days. The Renewal Date is a datetime field in Sql Server. Is there a way I can have this accomplished.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Hi
I am wishing to
* take a table of data into a C# CLR procedure and store it in an array
* take a second table of data into this procedure row by row, and return a row (into a third table) for each row (and this returned row is based on the data in the array and the data in this row).
I am new to CLR programming, and pulling my hair out at the moment. I€™m sure that what I€™m trying to do is simple, but I am not making any progress with the on-line help and error messages L. I have now described what I am trying to do in more detail, firstly in English, and then in a T-SQL implementation that works (for this simple example). I€™m looking for the C# CLR code to be returned €“ containing preferably two parts:
* the C# code and
* the CLR code to €˜make it live€™
Since I am not sure where my coding is going wrong. (I think it should be possible to read in the one table, and then loop through thte second table, calculating and returning the necessary output as you do the calculations...
Problem in English
Consider a situation where there are three tables: DATATABLE, PARAMETERTABLE and RESULTSTABLE.
For each row in PARAMETERTABLE, I will calculate a row for RESULTSTABLE based on calculations involving all the entries form DATATABLE.
I am wishing to do this in a C# CLR for performance reasons, and because the functions I will be using will be significantly more complex, and recursively built up.
Consider the following table structures
DATATABLE €“ [i int, datavalue real]
[1,12.5]
[2.10]
[3.14]
[4,17.5]
(where numberofrows is 4)
PARAMETERTABLE [parametera real, paramaterb real]
[10,2]
[11.7,1.1]
RESULTSTABLE [resultvalue real]
[20.5]
[18.26]
The values of the results table are calculated as the
sum (for i = 1 to numberofrows)
of
(Parameter1+i*parameterb-datavalue)^2
Which leads to the values shown.
T-SQL Implementation
-- Set up database and tables to use in example
USE master
GO
CREATE DATABASE QuestionDatabase
GO
sp_configure 'clr enabled', 1
GO
USE QuestionDatabase
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
CREATE TABLE DataTable (i INT NOT NULL, DataValue REAL NOT NULL)
GO
CREATE TABLE ParameterTable (ParameterNumber INT NOT NULL, ParameterA REAL NOT NULL, ParameterB REAL NOT NULL)
GO
CREATE TABLE ResultsTable (ParameterNumber INT NOT NULL, ResultsValue REAL NOT NULL)
GO
--Initialise the Tables
INSERT INTO DataTable (i, DataValue) VALUES (1,12.5)
INSERT INTO DataTable (i, DataValue) VALUES (2,10)
INSERT INTO DataTable (i, DataValue) VALUES (3,14)
INSERT INTO DataTable (i, DataValue) VALUES (4,17.5)
INSERT INTO ParameterTable (ParameterNumber, ParameterA, ParameterB) VALUES (1, 10, 2)
INSERT INTO ParameterTable (ParameterNumber, ParameterA, ParameterB) VALUES (2, 11.7, 1.1)
-- The TSQL to be rewritten in C#, to produce the Output as hoped
INSERT INTO ResultsTable (ParameterNumber, ResultsValue)
SELECT ParameterNumber, SUM((parametera+i*parameterb-datavalue)*(parametera+i*parameterb-datavalue)) AS b
FROM DataTable
CROSS JOIN
ParameterTable
GROUP BY ParameterNumber
-- Output as hoped
SELECT * FROM DataTable
SELECT * FROM ParameterTable
SELECT * FROM ResultsTable
-- which produced
1 12.5
2 10
3 14
4 17.5
1 10 2
2 11.7 1.1
1 20.5
2 18.26
-- but I hope to do the same with something like:
CREATE ASSEMBLY *** FROM 'C:***.dll'
CREATE PROCEDURE GenerateResultsInCLR(@i int, @r1 real, @r2 real)
RETURNS TABLE (i int, r real)
EXTERNAL NAME ***.***.***
EXEC GenerateResultsInCLR
This is a simple example, that can be easily written in T-SQL. I am looking to develop things that are recursive in nature, which makes them unsuited to T-SQL, unless one is using cursors, but this becomes very slow when the parameter table has 1m records, and the data table 100k records. This is why the datatable must be read in once, and manipulated many times, and the manipulation will need to be in the form of a loop.
Thanks very much for your help.
Go well
Greg
I have a question on date manipulation functions and CASE statements
My sql is passed the following parameter's and performs a select using a manipulation on these date param's to get a start and end date range depending on the conditions;-
monthColHeader = eg 'Feb 2015'
defaultStartDate and defaultEndDate
filterStartDate and filterEndDate.
These are my conditions;-
if defaultStart and End = filterStart and End use monthColHeader for the date range
if defaultStart and End != filetrStart and End AND the month/year of filterStart and filterEnd match then use the filterStart & End month/Year with the monthColHeader to get the date range
if defaultStart and End != filetrStart and End AND the month/year of filterStart and filterEnd DON't match use filterStart Day and monthColHeader for our start date and monthColHeader for our end date.
When I say use monthColHeader I mean like this;-
(r.dbAddDate >= (CAST('@Request.monthColHeader ~' AS DATETIME)) AND r.dbAddDate < DATEADD(mm,1,'@Request.monthColHeader ~'))
This sql works for converting say 'Feb 2015' to '2015-02-01' & '2015-02-28'....
I am having a field 'Flight Route that holds hyphen delimited character sequences.
E.g. : ABC-BCD-DEF-EFG.
My requirement is like this:
If the flight route is:
ABC-BCD-BCD-DEF make it ABC-BCD-DEF
ABC-ABC-BCD-DEF make it ABC-BCD-DEF
i.e. 'whenever a sequence repeats,only one appearance of that sequence should be displayed.The field Flight Route has to be updated with this replaced string.
I was wondering if you guys might give me some advice on how best to handle a particular scenario i'm struggling with.
I have a client that basically wants web-based-update access to their sql server database. Specifically, for a group of users to be able to access a page where they select a record for editing. the caveat is that no two users should be able to pull up the same record at the same time. Originally I would have thought there was some easier record-locking-mechanism I could exploit within sql server or ado.net itself, but I haven't been able to come up with anything.. so this is my current approach:
The page they use starts-out with basically a blank form. there are custom-built paging controls at the bottom of the screen. they click page-forward to begin and a stored procedure is ran to select a record and update a field on that record to indicate "in-process". when they finish editing the record - or page on to the next record without updating - another stored procedure is ran - updating/resetting the status field on the record appropriately.
The entire page is encapsulated within an ajax.net updatepanel.
The entire page has caching disabled. This works well in conjunction with the first page being blank. if they get out of the app and try to get back in by clicking the back button - all they can do is get to the first (blank) page.
A piece of javascript window.onunload clicks a button on the page that releases the record they currently have selected in the event of a re-direct, clicking back, etc.. it appears to work with everything except a window close. in that case, i have a stored procedure running periodically on the server that checks how long a record has been selected - and if it exceeds the time indicated - resets the record as to allow it to be re-selected later.
In the event of session timeout, they are redirected to another page that tells them their session has timed-out (and since the window.onunload fires - it takes care of releasing the record if they have one on the screen).
The concept seemed to be working well until I started multi-user testing. Now it seems as if two users time it perfectly - they are actually able to both select the same record. it happens pretty rarely, but it does seem to happen. I'm guessing this has to do with how my stored procedure is structured - possibly allowing a tiny-enough window between the record being selected for editing - and the update running to actually status the record as in-process (2 separate sql statements within the one stored procedure).
I believe I also have a found a second quirk in my approach where something is causing the window.onunload event to fire twice in some strange situations.. but that's more annoying/confusing from a logging standpoint than anything..
I've read where people say to ensure you dont update a record that's already been updated - that you should compare the fields before you actually perform the update and ensure they haven't changed since you selected it.. but to me that doesn't solve anything.. if two people select the same record and both spend time working on it - the person that tries to update last has just wasted their time.
I've also toyed with the idea of maintaining a separate table in the database to hold the keys to the currently selected records and use that to keep multiple people from selecting the same record - but honestly i dont know if that approach is any better than what i'm doing now.
anyway, I was just curious if you guys had any advice in regards to how you'd handle a request like this.. or if you see any obvious problems/fixes with my current approach..
I would greatly appreciate any info you could provide-
thanks-
col1 col2 col3
1IN NULL
2FOR 1
3Small 4
4World 1
5Hj 1
6NJ 1
7Welcome 1
8So 4
9We 1
10Are 1
11Resp 3
12OIJIOJPOJPJO7
13OIJOIJ 1
14LKJ 2
15IJ 1
Is there any way, to query the above table which returns me all the 1's inside col3 until it finds any other number than 1 + the previous row preceding the 1
for eg., my 1st set would be
1IN NULL
2FOR1
2nd set would look something like this
3Small 4
4World1
5Hj 1
6NJ 1
7Welcome1
3rd set
8So4
9We1
10Are1
4th Set
12OIJIOJPOJPJO7
13OIJOIJ1
and the last set
14LKJ2
15IJ1
Any help is appreciated!!
Have an XML file that i load in to a Dataset. works fine, it builds its own scheme perfectly.
I loop through that data to load a check list which also works wonderfully.
two questions based on that.
1) can i add a column after the fact? I want to basically update the the info in the dataset to store if the record was checked in the check list. if not, i can manipulate one of the already defined columns, but i would rather not.
2) what is the best way to update data with in the dataset? Never really done anything but pull data from one. how do i locate the correct row to update ("select name from tbl where name = " + checklist.items[index].tostring(); update row)
sorry for the fairly basic question. i appreciate the help.
Justin
I am totaly confused please help
I am trying to change a tring of 7 characters of the format "XXYZZZZ" to be
"XX0YZZZZ" I wonder if any body has any idea
Also how can get an out of a dattime field in the format of DDMMYYYY and converted into text.
You help is highly appreciated
Hi!
I am using the follwing query for extracting the country name and city in a COLUMN [Destination Name] in Destinations table. The Data in the table looks like:
CANADA - Toronto
United States- ARIZONA
France
Argentina
United States (USA)- ARIZONA
........
........
The folowing query is producing the required results upto soem extent but without using -1 in subtracting the one value of CHARINDEX. The error is:
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
The statement has been terminated.
QUERY
-----
select
Left(
Destinations.[Destination Name],
charindex("-", Destinations.[Destination Name])-1
)
as test
into temp2
from destinations
CAN ANYBODY HELP me in extracting the city an dcoutry name. I also want to delete the name in () like (USA).
Hi,
I have a table that has about 12 fields and 700000 records. My client is going to send me 4 fields out of the 12 fields (1 of them will be primary key) in a text format. What is the best way I can get them updated in the table?
Please help!!
Thanks!!
I was given a script that was supposed to take a name field that was separated by commas and normalize it into last, first and middle name. My data looks like below in one fieldname called longname
crab,mike,Allen
Lota Weilly,Eric,M
My script to do this looks like
update ailoca
set last_name = substring (longname, 1, patindex( '%,%' , longname) -1 ),
first_name = substring (longname, patindex( '%,%' , longname) + 1, patindex( '% %', longname)-patindex( '%,%' , longname)),
middle_name = substring (longname, patindex( '% %', longname) + 1, len(longname)-patindex( '%,%' , longname))
My problem is that some people actually have 2 last names, not hyphenated, but 2. Whenever I have 2 names I get the following error
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
The statement has been terminated.
It seems to be related to the first name, I can comment out that update and it works
Thanks
Thanks
Hi All,
I am trying to break the string that looks like this
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
into three separate strings to look like this
col1 col2 col3
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
I was able to separate the above string into two columns, but can't figure out how to put the rest of the string into the third column.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Field1 = Dominguez Public Transport Division 03 9320 4326
how do i remove these strings in T-SQL
Field1 = Dominguez
Field2 = Public Transport Division
Field3 = 03 9320 4326
Hi All,
I am trying to break the string that looks like this
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
into three separate strings to look like this
col1 col2 col3
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
I was able to separate the above string into two columns, but can't figure out how to put the rest of the string into the third column.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Hi, is there a way i can replace multiple white spaces & tabs into one , on a TEXT column ?
I am using replace function and trying to store the result into a varchar variable and the TEXT being truncated after 255 charecters.
for example, I tried this :
declare @str varchar(4000)
select @str = replace(cast(textcolumn as varchar(4000)), ' ', NULL)
I understand t-SQL dml statement(s)
will automatically truncate after 255 chars in a long string. But, seeking for other options here pls.
thanks for ur help..
Sir
How i m Manipulate String , I have
(ABC,XYZ,EFG) this string
know i want to break this string 1 by 1 and modify and then rearrange in same form ang Get
like (ABCWE,XYZRT,EF)
pls help me out
Yaman
Hi
I have a field which is a file path
like
'C:avde8393948.txt'
I want to separate them into folder and filename
now the filename is always the same length,
so i can use RIGHT to get the filename,
but i prefer a method that from the right detects the
1st occurance of and everything after is the filename,
ALTER procedure [dbo].[sp_debit_credit]
as begin
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @DEBIT_ID INT
DECLARE @CREDIT_ID INT
DECLARE @servicedamount decimal(18,2)
declare @bal_Serviced_Amt decimal(18,2)
[Code] ....
table is like this
------------------------
DEBIT.ID, DEBIT.ACCOUNT_NO,DEBIT.SERVICED_AMT,CREDIT.ID,CREDIT.TRAN_AMT,CREDIT.SERVICED_FLAG,credit.Serviced_Amt
1456050866223983.0006418110.000300000.00
1456050866223983.0006419110.000500000.00
1456050866223983.0006447110.0002800000.00
1456050866223983.0006510110.0003100303.00
[Code] ....
I need result, I have to subtract
(DEBIT.SERVICED_amt - CREDIT.TRAN_AMT) and set CREDIT.SERVICED_FLAG =1 ,
if DEBIT.SERVICED_amt = CREDIT.TRAN_AMT then set debit.SERVICED_FLAG =1
Using with cursor. It will check row by row , i have written stored procedure , but flag is not updated .
I have two tables TableA and TableB as shown in the example below. I will have to Update TableA based on the data in TableB.
If a member in TableB has an EmployerId different from the one in TableA where the EffectiveDate in TableB between the EffectiveDate and ExpirationDate in TableA, then it should void the row in TableA and create rows as shown in the example below (Please refer to the 1st record and the last three records).
I would like to get some suggestions on how to do this efficiently. I am not looking for queries, but I need some ideas...
Thanks in advance.
TableA
MemberId EmployerId EffectiveDate ExpirationDate VoidIn
12345 111 1/1/2006 10/31/2006 0
12345 222 11/1/2006 5/31/2007 0
12345 333 6/1/2007 12/31/9999 0
TableB
MemberId EmployerId EffectiveDate
12345 444 4/1/2006
TargetTable (TableA Updated)
MemberId EmployerId EffectiveDate ExpirationDate VoidIn
12345 111 1/1/2006 10/31/2006 1
12345 222 11/1/2006 5/31/2007 0
12345 333 6/1/2007 12/31/9999 0
12345 111 1/1/2006 3/31/2006 0
12345 444 4/1/2006 4/30/2006 0
12345 111 5/1/2006 10/31/2006 0
Thanks
Suresh
I have a table with one column as a date field in the form of mm/dd/yyyy and I would like to create a new column on a report as 'Days Open' using the column with random dates in the past and subtracting it from the current system date. Can anyone provide any assistance. I'm very new to SQL Server. I know in Oracle u can use 'sysdate'
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi If i have a string like :
AX4030303022
in one field and need to split it into
AX 030303022
I can use LEFT(field_name,2) for the 1st one, but
what can i use for the 2nd ?
and how can i deal with NULLS ?
if its NULL i want a blank space..
Hello,
I have to perform some data manipulation based on ID1, ID2 with respect to Effective dates (below represented as effdt)
Source Code:
create table #source (id1 int, id2 int, effdt datetime)
insert into #source values (111, 123, '1/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 123, '3/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 123, '4/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 124, '5/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 125, '6/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 123, '7/1/2007')
Source Code Data:
ID1 ID2 Effdt
111 123 1/1/2007
111 123 3/1/2007
111 123 4/1/2007
111 124 5/1/2007
111 125 6/1/2007
111 123 7/1/2007
Target Data should look like:
ID1 ID2 Effdt Expdt
111 123 1/1/2007 4/30/2007
111 124 5/1/2007 5/31/2007
111 125 6/1/2007 6/30/2007
111 123 7/1/2007 7/31/2007
The logic is like the min(effdt) as effdt, min(effdt) - 1 as expdt of the next id2 from the source. Nut the problem comes when the same ID2 comes later after a different id2, so just a group by on id1, id2 does not suffice.
If it is the last record then the expdt is that month's end date.
Can someone throw me some light on what kind of logic I should be using to accomplish this.
Thanks in advance.
Greg
I would like to drop the leading 0x on a binary value so I can do abitwise operation.Here is simplified code:select right(0x88186000,8)I expected to get back 88186000, this was not the case. The commandreturned some wierd characters.Am I missing something?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWe have some rows that we need to do some tricky string manipulationon.We have a UserID column which has userid entries in the formatfirstname.lastname and i need to change each entry tolastname.firstnameCan this be done by some script?Thanks so much for your help.Sid
View 3 Replies View RelatedI need to to get the result of the function GETDATE and converted to a simpler "mm/dd/yyyy" format in order to compare the results to another date in a table. In ACCESS the function DATE returns the format of 'mm/dd/yyyy' since I need to work with date ranges without a need for this application 'HH:MM:SS'
I have try 'TRANSFORM(GETDATE,'mm/dd/yyyy') but I keep getting errors.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong? Any help is appreciated since I need to work in SQL Server 2000.
Gratefull
Neil
Hi all,
I am having problem in string manipulation in SSIS - Derived Column Transformation.
I am trying to extract the OU names from Active Directory objects into a SQL table.
Assume that a distinguish name (DN) of an object as below:
CN=John, Doe,OU=Users,OU=SubOU,OU=ParentOU,DC=domain,DC=company,DC=com
How can I manipulate the above string so that I get:
ParentOU/SubOU/Users
Thanks in advance. Help is much appreciated!