Hi i hv a doubt in Sql server reporting..I do generate some reports based on some criteria.In the results screen i hv empty fields based on the search i hv generated.I need to set "0" instead of blank spaces in the fields..Can any one help me?
View 5 RepliesI am trying to load a field in my DB and it is defined as varchar(11) but when I populate it, it still adds spaces at the end. When I try to use it in an If statement, it doesn't match and executes the else instead. The wierd part is it seems to make it 10 characters long and not 11 or the the actual length. I think I had originally set it up for char(10) then changed it afterward but I even deleted the field and reentered it as varchar(11).Thanks,Eric
View 3 Replies View Relatedi have a field with blank spaces.
i wanna replace the spaces with just one spaces. ihave 500 fields in 500 tables.
any input will be appreacited.
i have something like this but its not working.
declare @field varchar(50)
declare @minVoter int
declare @maxVoter int
declare @tableName varchar(20)
set @tablename = '00001'
-- select ad_str1 from [00170]
select @minVoter = min(id_voter),
@maxVoter = max(id_voter) from quotename(@tablename)
while (@minVoter <= @maxVoter)
begin
select @field = ad_str1
from quotename(@tablename)
where id_voter = @MinVoter
update [00170]
set ad_str1 = replace(@field, ' ', ' ')
select @minVoter = min(id_voter)
from quotename(@tablename)
where id_voter > @minvoter
end
We imported approximately 2.9 million records from our mainframe server
into our SQL Server but have run into a problem. The data in a
few of the fields contains both leading and trailing spaces. An
example of the data would be like this, using periods to represent
spaces:
What we have:
..1A02938.....
What we need:
1A02938 (no spaces)
Is there some sort of algorithm I can run on the data to remove
those spaces? The problem is coming up when trying to perform a
SELECT query. We try something like:
SELECT * FROM PCPIPT0 WHERE PANO20 = "1A02938" but we get zero
results because of the spaces in the database. The datatype of
the filed is char(20) because we need some flexibility on the size of
the data stored.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I got two columns DEATHDATE and STATUS
I have to update STATUS Column as INVALID when data in DEATHDATE column as follows
Example of INAVLID DEATH DATE : 1221, 12xt88,12#10, 1, ABC, #@ , etc
Do nothing when the DEATHDATE is VALID like
Examples of Valid/accepatable DEATHDATE: 09122012, 091212 ,******,********, 000000,00000000
How can i achieve this.
Hello,
I have a simple question. Is it at all possible to replace columns which has nulls with blank spaces for a float data type column.
The columns has null values( written)) in it in some rows and has numbers in other rows . I want to remove nulls before copying it to another file.
Thanks
In Sql server reporting service the blank spaces or white spaces are coming in between the subreports, when we place the subreports in the main reports.
If any one know how to remove the blank spaces between the subreports, please reply me. Its very urgent.
I wanted to remove duplicate records from SSRS report. I set the "Hide Duplicates" to True. It is now working, But i am getting the space between the two records, which i want to get rid of. How to get rid of extra spaces between two records ( Please find the details below).
View 5 Replies View RelatedI need to pass in null/blank value in the date field or declare the field as string and convert date back to string.
I tried the 2nd option but I am having trouble converting the two digits of the recordset (rs_get_msp_info(2), 1, 2))) into a four digit yr. But it will only the yr in two digits.
The mfg_start_date is delcared as a string variable
mfg_start_date = CStr(CDate(Mid(rs_get_msp_info(2), 3, 2) & "/" & Mid(rs_get_msp_info(2), 5, 2) & "/" & Mid(rs_get_msp_info(2), 1, 2)))
option 1
I will have to declare the mfg_start_date as date but I need to send in a blank value for this variable in the stored procedure. It won't accept a null or blank value.
With refresh_shipping_sched
.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
.CommandText = "spRefresh_shipping_sched"
.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("ret_val", adInteger, adParamReturnValue)
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@option", adInteger, adParamInput, 4, update_option)
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@mfg_ord_num", adChar, adParamInput, mfg_ord_num_length, "")
.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@mfg_start_date", adChar, adParamInput, 10, "")
Set rs_refresh_shipping_sched = .Execute
End
Please help
A table was created in version 6.5 that has 2 blank spaces and a slash '/' in it's name (i.e. Item Type w/Groups). This was done in error and now the table cannot be dropped or renamed and dropped.
Does anyone know how I can delete this table? Please let me know.
The name field in our database stores the name in the below format:
Shields~Joseph A
Simmons~Russell G
Resig~Benjamin R
Lindsey Jr.~Harold H
Jordan~Adante D
Kerr~Luke D
Adkins~Guillermo B
Conrad~Brian P
I am trying to separate the last name and first name into 2 fields. I do not want the middle initial or Jr. in the field. I am using the statement below but i am running into an issue with names that have Jr. on them because there is an extra space in the name.
SELECT SubString([Name],CHARINDEX('~',[Name])+1, (CHARINDEX(' ',[Name])-1) - (CHARINDEX('~', [Name])-1)) as FirstName,
Left(Name,CHARINDEX('~',Name)-1) as LastName
FROM Employee
WHERE StrtDate >'7/1/06' and StrtDate < '8/31/06' and Status = 'A' and BirthDate < GetDate() - 7665
Any help would be appreciated.
I have a database setup and the fields setup as nchar(200).
Now, when I update a row using the code below it inserts the text but then seems to fill the rest of the field with spaces. i.e. if the text is only 10 characters, mssql seems to put 190 characters on the end of it to make 200.
Is there any reason how I can stop this/1 // Create new command
2 comm = new SqlCommand(
3 "UPDATE Pages SET PageBody=@PageBody, " +
4 "PageMetaTitle=@PageMetaTitle, PageMetaDesc=@PageMetaDesc, PageMetaKeywords=@PageMetaKeywords " +
5 "WHERE PageID=@PageID", conn);
6
7 // Add command parameters
8 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageID", System.Data.SqlDbType.Int);
9 comm.Parameters["@PageID"].Value = idTextBox.Text;
10 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageBody", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
11 comm.Parameters["@PageBody"].Value = contentTextBox.Text;
12 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageMetaTitle", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
13 comm.Parameters["@PageMetaTitle"].Value = titleTextBox.Text;
14 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageMetaDesc", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
15 comm.Parameters["@PageMetaDesc"].Value = descriptionTextBox.Text;
16 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageMetaKeywords", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
17 comm.Parameters["@PageMetaKeywords"].Value = keywordsTextBox.Text;
I want to add spaces (like space - len(col)) to first column so that second column will be aligned when exported to email (text).
DECLARE @ColumnSpaces TABLE (
 Col_1 VARCHAR(50),
 Col_2 VARCHAR(50)
 )
INSERT INTO @ColumnSpaces VALUES ('AAA', '123')
INSERT INTO @ColumnSpaces VALUES ('AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA', '123')
Hello,
I need to strip out all alpha chars and spaces in a given field and return only the numbers.
I've tried =CInt(Fields!Info.Value) and get an unexplained error. If the data was formatted consitantly I could simply do a RTrim or Right, but the number strings are not the same, some have spaces as in phone numbers (1 800 555 1212) or don't have a leading 1. Most instances are correct for my purpose (8005551212).
Any help would be appreciated.
UPDATE: Using the Replace function =Replace(Fields!Info.Value, " ","") gets me almost there. Now I should be able to use a Right, 10 function to return my desired value. Is it possible to combine these two funtions together?
I want to be able to use a query to display all the records in the 6.5 database that have no data in the STATUS field. This is the query I thought would work....."SELECT * from travel_date WHERE status="''"
But, that is not working. Can someone please help me figure out the right way to wrtie this?
I appreciate your help!
Originally, I hit this problem with PHP. But then I was able to reproduce using VBScript.
I have a table with a couple of text fields, and one Real field in a table. One row of data in the table. Both text fields set, but the real field doesn't even need to have a value set.
Connecting to SQL 2005 using a DSN - ODBC.
I'm using a stored procedure I named ExecIt that runs a SQL statement that is sent in and returns records.
If I use cursor location adUseClient, it returns values for the text fields.
If I use asUseServer, it returns blank values.
If I use a SQL statement directly, it works. Only fails when using SQL statement by way of ExecIt.
In each case, cursor type is adOpenStatic or adOpenDynamic.
Using this combination fo cursor type and cursor location, it mimics what I see in SQL profiler when PHP is using ODBC.
Anyone have a solution?
Table:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[test3](
[ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[text1] [text] COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[text2] [text] COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[real1] [real] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_ReworkLog2] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[ID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
Stored Procedure - ExecIt:
create PROCEDURE [dbo].[ExecIt]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
@Statement nvarchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
exec (@Statement)
END
DSN has been set up through ODBC manager. Can be using 2005 native driver, or older sql server driver.
Code:
dim txtOut
set conn1=CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn1.Open "my-DSN","my-userid","my-password"
sql="exec execit 'select * from test3 where ID=1'"
set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
rs.CursorLocation = 2 'adUseServer - 2, adUseClient - 3
rs.CursorType = 3 'adOpenStatic
rs.Open sql,conn1
if not rs.EOF then
txtOut = "Results" & vbcrlf
txtOut = txtOut &"text1:" & rs("text1") & vbcrlf
txtOut = txtOut &"text2:" & rs("text2") & vbcrlf
txtOut = txtOut & vbcrlf
end if
msgbox txtOut
rs.Close
conn1.Close
Because of a limitation on a piece of software I'm using I need to take a large varchar field and force a carriage return/linebreak in the returned sql. Allowing for a line size of approximately 50 characters, I thought the approach would be to first find the 'spaces' in the data, so as to not split the line on a real word. achieve.
--===== Simulate a passed parameter
DECLARE @Parameter VARCHAR(8000)
SET @Parameter = (select a_notes
from dbo.notestuff as notes
where a_id = '1')
[Code] .....
I am storing formatted data (including spaces and line breaks) in a single field in a table.
When I run a report on that field, the preview of the report is automatically removing all the extra spaces and line breaks, making the report unreadable.
When exporting the report to PDF or printing it, it shows the line breaks and spaces as expected.
Does anyone know how to make the report preview show the spaces and line breaks?
I have a single column value like this. I want to get the charindex value whereever it is a single space.
'6 REP5426 15936 022708 107/0000 33003301985 BAILEY AMY NICOL 11454 PP 25.00 000-00 00110080 A O '
Thanks.
i'm going nuts with this, i suppose i will crack it eventually, but i thought i'd ask around here, seems like all the smart SQL Server guys hang out here
(i'm an SQL guy, not an SQL Server guy)
how does one place 5 spaces into a CHAR(5) column?
create table testzeros
( id smallint not null primary key identity
, myfield char(5)
)
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 1')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 11')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 111')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 1111')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values ('11111')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' ')
select id
, myfield
, len(myfield) as L
from testzerosno matter what i do, id=6 shows up with L=0, just like an empty string
i've even tried inserting 4 spaces and a non-blank character, which enters just fine, just as you would expect, but when i update the value and replace the non-blank character with a blank, all 5 spaces collapse back to an empty string
is there some kind of server setting like SET ALL_SPACE_EQUALS_EMPTY_YOU_IDIOT to OFF or something?
Hello,
I am fairly new to SQL I have started to administer a system which handles carrier information for a mail order system. The logic behind the system is quite simple there are 5 or so columns in a table the first column is the first part of the postcode i.e EX15, the other columns contain which delivery services and depot numbers are associated with that postcode. It works fine at the moment.
However now the main carrier has decided that they are now going to split these postcodes so for example EX15 1* goes to a different depot than EX15 2*
I cant seem to insert EX15 1 into the first column, I get the following error:
Attempt to store duplicate value in unique column. (-155)
Is this because of the space in 'EX15 1'? Because 'EX15' already exists in that column? In which case do I need to somehow tell SQL that there is a space there?
I hope this makes sense
Below is a snap of the table with the existing EX15 postcode data
postcode|carrier_code|available|depot_code|hub_code|county_code
----------------------------------------------------------------
EX15.....|NF/S93......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/SAT......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/930......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/AM.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/ON.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/48.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/3D.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
Here is a snap of how I would like to set up another entry:
postcode|carrier_code|available|depot_code|hub_code|county_code
----------------------------------------------------------------
EX15 1...|NF/S93......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/SAT......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/930......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/AM.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/ON.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/48.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/3D.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
Thanks
Hi all,
Is it a bad practice to create column names with spaces. like [Last Modified On]?
If yes, y?
Data from as400 imports into SQL with blank fields which is the way as400 outputs records. How can you insert previous record of data null or blank field. ex:
ONETWO
a1
2
3
b1
2
3
Would want:
ONETWO
a1
a2
a3
b1
b2
b3
Performing security audit using command to retrieve data from Active Director about security groups and drop results into local tbl for analysis.
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'net group "AnalyticsDev" /domain'
Problem is the col created to store result is varchar(1000) and can hold 1-3 values (loginIDs) per row with lots of trailing/white space.
E.g. (EmpID101, EmpID250 EmpID10)
Is there a technique to extract the needed value (loginIDs) from col?
Hi all,I am new to these so plz never mind if this is funny.here is my problem :Table : moodyColumn : TitleNew column : NospaceI have data in "Title" column of many rows which are normal sentence.My requirment is to remove the "white space", +, | , ., / , ! @, $, %etc special characters and fill it by ( hyphen) and put it in new"Nospace" ColumnExample :I have : Hurray ! I won the GameNeeded : Hurray-I-won-the-GameCan any body helpme in getting an SQL Query for this if possibleThanks in Advance
View 4 Replies View RelatedHello,This is a simple question, hopefully with a simple answer. I havean nvarchar column of length 255. In one of the rows I have thefollowing sentance - 'See the brown ball bounce'. Is it possible touse a command to remove all of the spaces in that sentance, so thatthe sentance reads 'Seethebrownballbounce'? As you can see, I am notjust interested in getting rid of the trailing and leading spaces.Thanks,Billy
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi,
I currently have a column in a table with data type char and length 500. However, not every column fills up the entire 500 length, and I would like to fill up the rest of the spaces with dots. Is there a setting in SQL to do this? I do not want to use varchar since I want a fixed length with dots at the end. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Alan
i have a trigger on a table right now... when fields are inserted, theres a text field inserted and i want to check if that text field = '' (the empty string, not NULL) and if it doesn't equal that, then perform some row updates on other tables, but if it is empty, to not do anything else in the trigger... right now i have this:
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
but it tells me me "Error 279: The text, ntext, and image data types are invalid in this subquery or aggregate expression"
thanks
i have a trigger on a table right now... when fields are inserted, theres a text field inserted and i want to check if that text field = '' (the empty string, not NULL) and if it doesn't equal that, then perform some row updates on other tables, but if it is empty, to not do anything else in the trigger... right now i have this:
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
but it tells me me "Error 279: The text, ntext, and image data types are invalid in this subquery or aggregate expression"
thanks
I have a table . It has a nullable column called AccountNumber, whichis of varchar type. The AccountNumber is alpha-numeric. I want to takedata from this table and process it for my application. Before doingthat I would like to filter out duplicate AccountNumbers. I get most ofthe duplicates filtered out by using this query:select * from customerswhere AccountNumber NOT IN (select AccountNumber from customers whereAccountNumber <> '' group by AccountNumber having count(AccountNumber)[color=blue]> 1)[/color]But there are few duplicate entries where the actual AccountNumber issame, but there is a trailing space in first one, and hence thisduplicate records are not getting filtered out. e.g"abc123<white-space>" and "abc123" are considered two different entriesby above query.I ran a query like :update customers set AccountNumber = LTRIM(RTRIM(AccountNumber)But even after this query, the trailing space remains, and I am notable to filter out those entries.Am I missing anything here? Can somebody help me in making sure Ifilter out all duplicate entries ?Thanks,Rad
View 3 Replies View RelatedThe table I have is:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[FTE2015](
[Firm Number] [varchar](50) NULL,
[w9] [varchar](50) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
select * from dbo.FTE2015
Firm Number w9
709485"" Â 0
040898A" 12.5
709502"" 2.4
041382"" 0.4
709503"" 0.3
709681"" Â 4.9
How do I remove the trailing blanks? I tried RTRIM but it does not work.
SELECT RTRIM([Firm Number])
FROM dbo.FTE2015;
(No column name)
709485""
040898A"
709502""
041382""
709503""
How can I resolve this? The [Firm Number]column is not of a fixed length.
I am using Advantage ODBC 6.2 to connect to a Advantage Data Server to
push data from a SQL table into this server. I can view the data from
the ADS with DTS and I can insert data by using "Insert into TempTable ("Last
Name","First Name") values ('test','test)" from a Execute SQL Statement. The issue is when I build
up a DTS package to pull from SQL into the Advantage ODBC, I get a
"missing closing ")"" error. I have narrowed it down to the column
names in the destination table having spaces (Last Name, First Name,
and a bunch of others. DBA 101 here). How do I beat this?
I have tried editing the destination column names in disconnected edit
by adding the double quotes but get a "Column Name '"Last Name"' not
found" error. Wrapping them with [] doesn't work. I think this is a
limit on Advantage.
When I try to use Advantage OLE DB, I get an 'Ace32.dll must be newer
then the other dll" error. I am afraid of upgrading Ace32.dll and not
break other things.
So with this said my two questions:
How do I get the destniation column names wrapped in double quotes when using transformations?
or
Is there a way I can do an Insert into Advantage connection(column names) values (Select Values from SQL Server connection)?
Hi All,
I put a blank or ‘0’ in one of column of a text file and then I used BCP to load this file to a table of SQL server 6.5. The field in SQL server table is char type with size 1. After I run this process, all rows with this column received ‘0’ and no blank or null at a black value place. Could you please help me to fix this problem and make some of rows in the column get a blank or null value.
TIA.
Stella Liu