Formatting Numbers In A Mixed Column (numbers In Some Cells Strings In Other Cells) In Excel As Numbers
Feb 1, 2007
I have a report with a column which contains either a string such as "N/A" or a number such as 12. A user exports the report to Excel. In Excel the numbers are formatted as text.
I already tried to set the value as CDbl which returns error for the cells containing a string.
The requirement is to export the column to Excel with the numbers formatted as numbers and the strings such as "N/A' in the same column as string.
Any suggestions?
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Mar 27, 2007
I'm trying to write data to excel from an ssis component to a excel destination.
Even thought I'm writing numerics, every cell gets this error with a green tag:
Convert numbers stored as text to numbers
Excel Cells were all pre-formated to accounting 2 decimal, and if i manually type the exact data Im sending it formats just fine.
I'm hearing this a common problem -
On another project I was able to find a workaround for the web based version of excel, by writing this to the top of the file:
<style>.text { mso-number-format:@; } </style>
is there anything I can pre-set in excel (cells are already formated) or write to my file so that numerics are seen as numerics and not text.
Maybe some setting in my write drivers - using sql servers excel destination.
So close.. Thanks for any help or information.
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Jun 7, 2007
Anyone know why my xls does not have number formats when exporting from a report with a matrix?
I keep having to do 'paste special multiply by 1' on the whole thing.
Ridiculous!
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Jul 20, 2005
Why does M$ Query Analyzer display all numbers as positive, no matterwhether they are truly positive or negative ?I am having to cast each column to varchar to find out if there areany negative numbers being hidden from me :(I tried checking Tools/Options/Connections/Use Regional Settings bothon and off, stopping and restarting M$ Query Analyer in betwixt, butno improvement.Am I missing some other option somewhere ?
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Mar 11, 2008
I have a table with a column ID of ContentID. The ID in that column is all NULLs. I need a way to change those nulls to a number. It does not matter what type of number it is as long as they are different. Can someone point me somewhere with a piece of T-SQL that I could use to do that. There are over 24000 rows so cursor change will not be very efficient.
Thanks for any help
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Mar 16, 2004
Yeah, it's pretty simple. Maybe it'll help someone out.
-- USAGE: fn_extract_chars(string_to_search, 'letters' -or- 'numbers')
CREATE FUNCTION fn_extract_chars (@x varchar(128), @y char(7))
RETURNS varchar(128)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @chars varchar(128)
DECLARE @pos int
DECLARE @action varchar(32)
SET @pos = 0
SET @chars = ''
IF @y = 'numbers' SET @action = '[0-9]'
ELSE IF @y = 'letters' SET @action = '[a-zA-Z]'
WHILE @pos < (DATALENGTH(@x) + 1)
BEGIN
IF PATINDEX(@action,SUBSTRING(@x, @pos, 1)) > 0
BEGIN
SET @chars = @chars + (SELECT SUBSTRING(@x, @pos, 1))
END
SET @pos = @pos + 1
END
RETURN(@chars)
END
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Oct 31, 2006
Hi,
I have an excel export with numeric values. When the SSIS package writes into the excel it treats all data types as strings and attaches an apostrophe in the beginning. I tried formatting the excel sheet with the number data type and saving it . It doesnt work.
Other strange thing is that when I go into the advanced editor for the excel destination and look into the properties of the external columns all of them have the data type as Unicode String[DT_WSTR] irrespective of what the data type is from the input.The UI allows me to change it to numeric for numeric columns without any error but the value is not saved at all which is very frustrating. I also tried changing it in the xml file of the package, it some how seems to overwrite it after validation. It would be really nice if it threw an error saying that it cannot be changed.
Anyways there seems to be no way of changing the destination data type if it s an existing file and if I create a new excel sheet there is no way of formatting data. Is there any way out?
Thanks
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Feb 21, 2007
I have an 'ID' column. I'm up to about ID number 40000, but not all are in use, so ID 4354 might not be in any row. I want a list of all numbers which aren't in use. I want to write something like this:
select [numbers from 0 to 40000] where <number> not in (select distinct id from mytable)
but don't know how. Any clues?
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Jan 18, 2005
I am using a MS Access ADP connected to SQL Server Data
In a view I have the following formula:
dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost + dbo.tblQuoteItem.Markup * dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost * .01
this calculates cost + markup
I cannot get it to format in Currency
Ex:
Cost is $1.75
Markup is 2.00 (2%)
Total shows - 1.785000
I want $1.78
Also - I am using this formula to calculate the Quoted price for the Qty Entered
dbo.tblQuoteItem.Qty * dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost + dbo.tblQuoteItem.Markup * dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost * .01
Using a Qty of 2 for above, I get 3.535000
I want $3.53
Any help is appreciated - AB
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On the layout page of Reporting Services I have a table. One of the cells contains the following expression:
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S2Agresso is a decimal type. It contains values such as 0.00, 3.30 etc.
I need it to display it in the following fomat - 00.00
i.e
0.00 becomes 00.00
0.30 becomes 00.30
3.13 becomes 03.13
10.20 remains as 10.20
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Can anyone help?
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Feb 27, 2007
Hello
i got some strings like this
12|56112 Lahnstein-Oberlahnstein|Nordallee 3|rz-Kasten
6|57612 Ölsen|Dorfstrasse 2|rz-Kasten
i want to get all between this stripes "|".
At the End it should look like this
strRoute strPLZ strOrt strStrasse strInfo
12 57612 Ölsen Dorfstrasse 2 rz-Kasten
with this Query i get the first 1-2 Numbers how can i get the other stuff like PLZ Ort....
select strBeschreibung,
CASE when Patindex ('%|%',strBeschreibung)=0 THEN strBeschreibung
Else Rtrim (Substring(strBeschreibung,1,Patindex ('%|%', strBeschreibung)-1)) END AS strRoute
from depot
Thx Gubi
ps:sorry for my bad english
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Aug 23, 2005
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May 28, 2008
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###-###-####-
Basically I'm figuring I need to do the following:
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This seems like a rather complex problem to me, and honestly I don't even know where to begin. I can accomplish this rather easily in javascript or C#, but writing SQL to solve this is beyond me. I'd really appreciate any help you guys can provide. Thanks alot!
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Nov 17, 2005
/*
Format strings for fractional Numbers and Currency values
Return Values: VARCHAR
Parameters: @n Specifies numeric expression to format.
@sFormat: Specifies one or more format codes that determine how the expression is formatted.
The following table lists the available format codes.
9.000000|00 |09
12.100000|### |12
12345.120000|### ### ###.000|12 345.120
12345.120000|### ### ###.###|12 345.12
12345.120000|$ ### ### ###.000|$ 12 345.120
12345.120000|### ### ###.### $|12 345.12 $
12345.120000|$ ###,###,###.000|$ 12,345.120
12345.120000|### ### ###.000|12 345.120
12345.120000| |12345
1.120000|### ### ###.000|1.120
12.120000|### ### ###.000|12.120
123.120000|### ### ###.000|123.120
1234.120000|### ### ###.000|1 234.120
12345.120000|### ### ###.000|12 345.120
123456.120000|### ### ###.000|123 456.120
1234567.120000|### ### ###.000|1 234 567.120
12345678.120000|### ### ###.000|12 345 678.120
123456789.120000|### ### ###.000|123 456 789.120
1234567890.120000|### ### ###.000|1234 567 890.120
12345678901.120000|### ### ###.000|12345 678 901.120
123456789012.120000|### ### ###.000|123456 789 012.120
*/
CREATE FUNCTION xNumberFormat(@n NUMERIC(38, 4), @sFormat VARCHAR(255))
RETURNS VARCHAR(255) AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @sRet VARCHAR(255), @i TINYINT, @j INT, @nDec TINYINT, @sNumber VARCHAR(255), @cF CHAR(1), @cR CHAR(1), @sE VARCHAR(255), @sX VARCHAR(255)
SELECT @sE = '', @i = LEN(@sFormat)
WHILE @i > 0 AND SUBSTRING(@sFormat, @i, 1) NOT IN ('#', '0') SELECT @sE = SUBSTRING(@sFormat, @i, 1) + @sE, @i = @i -1
SELECT @sFormat = LEFT(@sFormat, @i), @sX = '', @i = 1
WHILE @i < LEN(@sFormat) AND SUBSTRING(@sFormat, @i, 1) NOT IN ('#', '0') SELECT @sX = @sX + SUBSTRING(@sFormat, @i, 1), @i = @i +1
SELECT @sFormat = RIGHT(@sFormat, LEN(@sFormat) - @i + 1)
IF @n = 0 AND CHARINDEX('0', @sFormat) = 0 AND @sE = '' AND @sX = '' RETURN ''
SET @nDec = CHARINDEX('.', @sFormat)
IF @nDec > 0 SET @nDec = LEN(@sFormat) - @nDec
SET @sNumber = RTRIM(LTRIM(STR(@n, 255, @nDec)))
IF @nDec > 0 SET @nDec = @nDec + 1
SET @sRet = RIGHT(@sNumber, @nDec)
IF @nDec > 0
BEGIN
SET @i = 1
WHILE RIGHT(@sRet, 1) = '0' AND SUBSTRING(@sFormat, LEN(@sFormat) - @i + 1, 1) = '#' SELECT @sRet = LEFT(@sRet, LEN(@sRet) - 1), @i = @i + 1
IF @sRet = '.' SET @sRet = ''
END
SELECT @i = @nDec + 1, @j = @nDec + 1
WHILE @i <= LEN(@sFormat) AND @j <= LEN(@sNumber)
BEGIN
SELECT @cF = SUBSTRING(@sFormat, LEN(@sFormat) - @i + 1, 1), @cR = SUBSTRING(@sNumber, LEN(@sNumber) - @j + 1, 1)
IF @cF NOT IN ('#', '0')
IF @j = LEN(@sNumber) AND @n < 0 SET @i = @i + 1 ELSE SELECT @sRet = @cF + @sRet, @i = @i + 1
ELSE
SELECT @sRet = @cR + @sRet, @i = @i + 1, @j = @j +1
END
IF @j <= LEN(@sNumber) SET @sRet = LEFT(@sNumber, LEN(@sNumber) - @j + 1) + @sRet
WHILE @i <= LEN(@sFormat) AND SUBSTRING(@sFormat, @i - @j + 1 , 1) = '0' SELECT @sRet = '0' + @sRet, @i = @i + 1
RETURN @sX + @sRet + @sE
END
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Feb 8, 2007
Hi,
I'm using Reporting Services in conjunction with Analysis Services.
The problem I'm having is formatting numbers to be dollar amounts. I know how to set this in Reporting Services and when a data source was regular SQL, then everything was just fine. However, when I switch to Analysis Services the number would just stay the same.
i.e. "60.2" instead of "$60.20". The only thing I can think of is if Analysis Services is returning the number as a string for some reason, and RS won't format strings for currency.
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Mar 2, 2012
I'm trying to put conditional formatting on a field, that behaves as follows:
The data in the field is varchar, and sample data is either:
NULL
3.0 :0
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I want to evaluate the first 3 characters of the string as numbers.
Example:
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Any data that is greater than 1.99, I want to make the background dark red, anything else including nulls, zebra formatting. I have the following expression built so far and it appears to work, except when the value is null. If the value is null, it leaves the background color white.
This is the warning: [rsRuntimeErrorInExpression] The BackgroundColor expression for the text box "Asthma" contains an error: Input string was not in a correct format.
=iif(
isnothing(Fields!Asthma.Value)
,(IIf(RowNumber(Nothing) Mod 2 = 0,"#b8cce4","#dbe5f1"))
,(iif(mid(Fields!Asthma.Value,1,3)>1.99
,"DarkRed"
,IIf(RowNumber(Nothing) Mod 2 = 0,"#b8cce4","#dbe5f1"))))
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Oct 31, 2013
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Excel knows that there is something in the cell but doesn't treat it as a number in any way.
Can I include something in the SQL statement so that it forces the results to be a number?
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Feb 22, 2007
Hi all i'm having an issues when i trying to do a report:
i make a report and there is a field which contains data that can be numeric and numeric with letter: "77756" or "345WS" when i export my report to excel i and i open it i get like a make in the upper left coner of the cells that have only numbers asking me to convert this to numeric format, but this think is that i need this values to be string so i can apply filtering. is there a way that i can format my cell to string so the excel take it like that and allowme to do the autoifilter.
I would really appriciate your Help
Thanks
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Aug 14, 2007
Hi there,
I am trying to import about 3300 lines of data from excel. Some of the columns in excel have negative, positive and even 0 as numbers.
I have matched those columns in the DB and have tried all the different data types that i thought should work, but on import, all negative and 0 numbers get dropped.
I have played with the excel formatting as well, but nothing seems to work.
Anyone encounter this before?
Thanks,
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Dec 11, 2007
Hi all,
I'm having an issue with data from an OLE DB source being converted from numeric [DT_R8] to text when I export it to Excel. I had the column in the spreadsheet formatted as Numeric, but when I set it up as the data destination, it is showing in SSIS as [DT_WSTR].
The SSIS job runs OK, it just converts my numeric data to text in the spreadsheet. I'm surprised that the job actually runs, since I have to do explicit data conversions for my OLE DB string data in order to convert it to unicode. From what I have read elsewhere, the decision was made in SSIS not to use implicit data conversion, but to require explicit conversion. Yet this export is converting my numeric data to text.
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Apr 22, 2008
Hi
I have a report, a matrix as always, were the numbers are text when I save the report to Excel. What did I do wrong or what properties do I have to change?
Kind regards
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Apr 4, 2007
Hi,
is there a way to force the numers to show in excel as numbers, not as text?
Thanks,
Igor
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Hi
I'm trying to find a decent way of multiplying a set of numbers in a column without using a cursor in T-SQL.
There is no 'Product' aggregate function that I'm aware of in SQL 7 or 2000. The workaround I'm currently using is this :
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This works fine, except when negative numbers are introduced. The LOG function does not allow negative numbers and therefore returns a domain error and the negative number is eliminated from the aggregate.
I could use a cursor to do the multiplication, however, this is proving too slow for the bulk calculations involved.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, then that would be much appreciated.
thanks....Tom
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Jul 19, 2007
Hello.
Whats the easiest way to add a column with a numeration to my table?
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talking.
I preffer of course doing it in reporting service and not adding a
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Apr 23, 2008
OK I HAVE AN INTERESTING SITUATION HERE.
I HAVE AN SSN COLUMN.
SSN NUMBER HAS 9 NUMERIC DIGITS.
NOW IN THE SSN COLUMN I HAVE A LOT OF BAD SSN WHICH CONTAIN ONLY 3 OR ONLY 4 OR ONLY 5 AND SO ON DIGITS.
HOW CAN I FILTER THESE ONES OUT SO THAT I CAN MAKE AN EXCELL REPORT OF THIS DATA.
I AM THINKGING OF USING CONDITIONAL SPLIT.
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PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE COMMAND
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Oct 11, 2007
Hi,
I have the following tables :
Code Block
Create table #EmployeeList(empname nvarchar(20), emptype char(5))
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('Cary zzz',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('01 Jack',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('02 Tommy',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('03 Ricardo',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('04 Jack',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('Les zzz',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('05 Tim',null);
The final data looks like this :
Cary zzz NULL
01 Jack NULL
02 Tommy NULL
03 Ricardo NULL
04 Jack NULL
Les zzz NULL
05 Tim NULL
1. I want to delete all rows which have 'zzz' in it.
2. I want to remove the numbers from the empname column
Code Block
Expected Output :
Jack NULL
Tommy NULL
Ricardo NULL
Jack NULL
Tim NULL
Can anyone help me please with the query?
thanks.
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Aug 27, 2004
HI all;
I have a simple question to ask; I need to create a column with the data from my DOB column (which has the smalldatetime type attached to it). I know how to do that but I am not too sure how to convert the data from that column int normal character for example when I copy it into my newly created column and change the type to varchar I get this jan 16 1979 from this date 1979/01/16. But I actually want the data to look like this 19790116, so in effect I just want to take out the slashes.
Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks all.
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I have a Column which has both numeric values and Alphabets in them.I want to sort them in descending with numbers first and then Alphabets later.
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Source column:
2008
2005
2010
2013
All-Year
Month-year
Required Output:
Source Column:
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2010
2008
2005
Month-Year
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Hello,
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