I have a number of bit datatypes ( Boat types: Cruiser, Sportfisher, Megayacht, Sailboat) that I would like to place in a text box and do away with the individual selections. For instance, some marinas cater to "Cruiser", "Megayacht" and "Sailboat" while others include the "Sportfisher" also and there are many other combinations of vessels. I am stumped at how to write a query that takes the existing "True" values for each boat type and places them in a text box in the form of
" Cruisers, Megayachts, Sailboats" .
I have a field in a table that stores date of birth. The field's datatype is char(6) and looks like this: 091703 (mmddyy). I want to convert this value to a datetime datatype.
What is the syntax to convert char(6) to datetime?
i have so doubts in my mind and that i want to discuss with you guys... Can i use more then 5/6 fields in a table with datatype of Text as u know Text can store maximu data... ? acutally i am trying to store a very long strings values into the all fields. it's just popup into my mind that might be table structer would not able to store that my amount of data when u use more then 5/6 text datatypes...
and another thing... is which one is better to use as data type "Text" or "varchar(max)"... ? if any article to read more about these thing,, can you refere to me...
Hi all, There are several columns called enabled with a char datatype in my database. One enabled column per table. These columns either have a value of T or F (true or false), depending on whether they're enabled or not. I want to change these columns to a bit datatype and insert the relevant value of true or false... I guess the best way to do this is to add a new column to a table with a bit datatype, and based on the value in the current enabled column, insert TRUE or FALSE. Anyone ideas on the best way to accomplish this? Thanks.
I am using a varchar datatype for PIN number to handle zero at start. Now i want to do mathematical calculation to encrypt the PIN so i need to convert that varchar datatype to int so that zero should not be discarted after conversion. i.e. 0123 and 123 must not be treated as same PIN.
Please kindly give me a way out. I am using RSA encryption.
Hi, I have a talbe with a column type varchar(8000). i am facing problems sometimes as it corsses the limit also have the problems with special characters. so i went through few articles and been advised to use xml datatype. but when i am changing comumn name from varchar (8000) to xml as: alter table tblStudentForm alter column FormDetails xml not null i am getting following error: Msg 9400, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 XML parsing: line 46, character 402, unexpected end of input The statement has been terminated.
I have a table Table1 which has a Col called "Msg" datatype image<binary>. Msg alreay has the plain text or RTF text as a image datatype (binary)If I execute the following query "Select Msg from Table1 where id =3" then this query is returning the following ASCII/Binary data.Msg = "0x7B5C727466315C616E73695C616E7369637067313235325C64656666305C6465666C616E67313033337B5C666F6E7474626C7B5C66305C6673776973735C66707271325C66636861727365743020417269616C3B7D7B5C66315C6673776973735C66707271325C666368617273657430204D6963726F736F667420"Can any body tell me how can I convert the above binary data to plain text from my query?Thanks for any reply.
I read the topic from JROdden and this case is similiar but...
I got several varchar fields with values like 1.2 1.3 ... these I can covert with select CONVERT(dec(5,2), fieldname) as fieldname
In fact I also solved undefined- and NULL-values with. CONVERT(decimal(12, 2), CASE WHEN GESCHKOSTMAX IS NULL OR GESCHKOSTMAX < '0' THEN '0' ELSE GESCHKOSTMAX END) as GESCHKOSTMAX,
But now there are values like 1,4 and these ones neither CONVERT nor CAST will handle.
I tried the SELECT DISTINCT KMPAUSCHALE FROM extr_INTFIRMA WHERE (isnumeric(KMPAUSCHALE) = 1)
and get 0,40 0.25 0.30 and so on...
The error is: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Driver][SQL Server]Error converting datatype varchar to decimal. (or float or numeric (whatever I tried))
I think the easiest way would be to insist on higher data quality but I also would like to solve this interesting challenge.
Thanks for any hints
By the way, I followed rudys link to http://rudy.ca/afdb.html and now I know how I could protect myself !!!!
There must be a voice in my head saying: Try the db-forum, try it and stay happy... ;-)
Need to fetch the date from parent table to chile table. This is the script ....
case When @AccountingDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@AccountingDate , 101) END, Case When @InventoryDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@InventoryDate,101) END, Case When @StatusDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@StatusDate,101) END, Case When @LastInstallmentDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@LastInstallmentDate,101) END, Case When @RetailFirstPayDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@RetailFirstPayDate,101) END , Case When @LeaseFirstPayDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@LeaseFirstPayDate,101) END , Case When @DayToFirstPayment IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@DayToFirstPayment,101) END , Case When @EntryDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@EntryDate,101) END , Case When @DealBookDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@DealBookDate,101) END , Case When @RealBookDate IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CONVERT (varchar,@RealBookDate,101) END
I am using SQL server 2008 .I have a table which has 1.5 crore records and some of my columns are Char datatype.Because of this i have spaces in my columns.Now I want to convert char to varchar datatype .But i have index on those columns .
Hi I have a varchar(8000) and currently XML files are stored in varchar(8000).Some times when i am doing manuplactions in my varchar column i am getting with special characters error. so now i want to keep my column varchar(MAX) and when i am doing calculations i will convert my varchar datatype to xml datatype. By doing this i hope there wont be any special character problems. When i am doing calculations with the wellformed xml i am getting error for both convert and cast methods as below I am trying to do convert(xml,MyVarcharColumn) Implicit conversion from data type xml to nvarchar is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query. Also i tried with casting and getting same problme. is there any way to convert
Hi, on a migration from access 97 to SQL Server 7.0 columns in access like 'hyperlink' are converted to datatype 'text' on the SQL Server 7.0. Now I miss the function in the access application I had before with fields like 'hyperlink'. Now I can't start e.g. a word document with a click and I have to type in the hyperlink manualy. Does anyone had the same problem an possibly have a resolve? Thanks.
From the BOL, what I understood is, Text Datatype can accept more characters than 'char' & 'varchar' datatypes. There is no limitation like 8000 characters(what we hv in 'char' & 'varchar').
But I am surprised I am not able to add more than 8000 characters to my text datatype. Can anybody guide me how to do this?. Any help is appreciated.
i have a column type text i want to perform split functionality that is not currenctly availablein mssql server 2000.
to achieve this i have to used len() , left() right() and substring() functions incase of varchar datatype.. but len(), right() and left() functions are not supported for text datatype....
I have to create Sum() in SSRS for my report. My field data type is TEXT and i can not create sum function in ssrs. I can not make change to data type since it is linked table in access database. Is there any way to sum text data type???.
I have a problem within a procedure I am working on. I would like toprocess every column in a table in a cursor. Now to my problem, Ican't save a column of type text into a cursor variable. It's notallowed to use datafields of type text in this context. I also thinkthat I runned in to a simular kind of problem when trying to use textcolumns in triggers.Is there a way to evade this problem or is the only solutions to putthe text colum value into a varchar(8000)?Regards,Jenny
I'm trying to convert a column in my source table of datatype varchar(6) to a column of datatype int in my destination. I tried using the Derived Column/Data Conversion transformations but none of them worked. So, I tried using the following C# (credits to the original poster) and getting an error during compilation.
Note: "MyCol" is the Input Column I've specified in the Script Component and "CleanCol" is the Output column I've specified as datatype [DT_I4].
public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row) { int colOut = 0; if (!Int32.TryParse(Row.MyCol, out colOut)) { Row.CleanCol_IsNull = true; } else { Row.CleanCol = colOut; } }
The best overloaded method match for 'int.TryParse(string, out int)' has some invalid arguments
The other expression I've tried was:
ISNULL(MyCol) ? (dt_i4)"" : (dt_i4)MyCol
From the above code, you might have understood that the source field has some blank records as well in the MyCol field.
What is the best possible way to do the conversion from a String to Int or fixing the error from the above.
In the below scenario we are inserting some time related fields in Temp table.But its data type is varchar. Once data loading is finished in the temp table (Data is loading by source team SQOOP and they are unable to load if the source datatype is having Date or datetime) we have to alter the column datatypes. somehow, some character data in inserted in date columns (look at into 3rd insert statement). while altering the table it is failing. Can we do any alternative for this (Means if any varchar data that is non convertible to date can we make as null)
INSERT INTO ##TEMP_TEST SELECT '2014-09-30','2017-10-06','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM' UNION SELECT '2014-09-29','2017-10-06','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM' UNION SELECT '2014-09-28','2017-10-06','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM','Nov 6 2014 6:11AM' GO INSERT INTO ##TEMP_TEST SELECT NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL
Hello, I am writing a sproc and am getting this error: Any ideas? Thanks!!Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure InsertUserPreferences, Line 18The data types text and text are incompatible in the equal to operator.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------create procedure InsertUserPreferences(@PublisherServer text)asbeginif exists(Select Preference_StringList from USER_Preference where Preference_StringList = @PublisherServer)begin--UPDATEexec dbo.uProc_USER_Preference end
I need to replicate a table with datetime,char and text datatypes.Is it possible to replicate text datatypes?What is the alternate if not?It should be merge replication.Please reply. Thanks.
