In SQL sERVER 2008, I have two fields - Depatment and Employees. I need to sort the result set by employee number ascending order, with following exception
1)when department number = 50 - the preferred order is Employee # - 573 followed by 551-572 (employee # belong to Dept 50 = 551-573)
2)When Department number = 20 – the preferred sort order is Employee # 213-220, followed by Employee # 201-213 (employee # belong to Dept 20 = 201-220)
As bcp does not allow for the column names to be included; I have developed a method for providing the columns. The end result is that two Tables are required for each output; a "ColumnNames" table and the Table that contains the actual data; however the bcp command is sorting the data; why this is happening?Â
According to Microsoft, by default bcp will not apply any sorting unless specified.
Here is the command I am using to perform the bcp output: -
SET @bcpCommand =(select 'bcp "SELECT * FROM GPReports.dbo.MIS001_BCPColumnNames UNIONÂ SELECT * FROM GPReports.dbo.voltemp" queryout ' + @FilePath+' -c -t -T')
How can I alter the default SORT order when SQL2000 originally installed ? --Is there a Store_Proc in SQL2000 to do this ? Thank you very much if you can help me !!
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Field phase S14-04932-01') INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase reporting') INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase running') INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('RD1')
I am trying to set sorting up on a DataGrid in ASP.NET 2.0. I have it working so that when you click on the column header, it sorts by that column, what I would like to do is set it up so that when you click the column header again it sorts on that field again, but in the opposite direction. I have it working using the following code in the stored procedure: CASE WHEN @SortColumn = 'Field1' AND @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN Convert(sql_variant, FileName) end DESC, case when @SortColumn = 'Field1' AND @SortOrder = 'ASC' then Convert(sql_variant, FileName) end ASC, case WHEN @SortColumn = 'Field2' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, Convert(varchar(8000), FileDesc)) end DESC, case when @SortColumn = 'Field2' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), FileDesc)) end ASC, case when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), VersionNotes)) end DESC, case when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), VersionNotes)) end ASC, case WHEN @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, FileDataID) end DESC, case WHEN @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, FileDataID) end ASC And I gotta tell you, that is ugly code, in my opinion. What I am trying to do is something like this: case when @SortColumn = 'Field1' then FileName end, case when @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' then FileDataID end, case when @SortColumn = 'Field2' then FileDesc when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' then VersionNotes end
case when @SortOrder = 'DESC' then DESC when @SortOrder = 'ASC' then ASC end and it's not working at all, i get an error saying: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'case' when i put a comma after the end on line 5 i get: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'DESC' What am I missing here? Thanks in advance for any help -Madrak
Hi, have uncovered a curious problem with sort ascending in tables. In a table I'm grouping on CONTRACT_ID field. The grouping works fine but the sort acending on CONTRACT_ID doesn't.
Here are the actual contract id's I have to sort: 0202018B 0202019C 0202020G 0202021H 0202022J 0202023K 0202800B
The above list is how the Crystal Report I'm converting does this sort - i.e. the normal, common sense, intuitive answer.
Here's how SSRS does the sort: 0202022J 0202021H 0202019C 0202800B 0202018B 0202023K 0202020G
i.e. a completely non-intuitive, non common-sense answer!
I can probably solve this by stripping the last character and converting to int via an expression, but why does one get a completely non-sensical answer with the standard values? What is the logic by which Microsoft have implemented sorting. It seems very odd to me. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Hi, We got a problem. supposing we have a table like this:
CREATE TABLE a ( aId int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, aName string2 NOT NULL ) go ALTER TABLE a ADD CONSTRAINT PK_a PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (aId) go
insert into a values ('bank of abcde'); insert into a values ('bank of abcde'); ... ... (20 times)
select top 5 * from a order by aName Result is: 6Bank of abcde 5Bank of abcde 4Bank of abcde 3Bank of abcde 2Bank of abcde
select top 10 * from a order by aName Result is: 11Bank of abcde 10Bank of abcde 9Bank of abcde 8Bank of abcde 7Bank of abcde 6Bank of abcde 5Bank of abcde 4Bank of abcde 3Bank of abcde 2Bank of abcde
According to this result, user see the first 5 records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 in page 1, but when he tries to view page 2, he still see the records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. This is not correct for users. :eek:
Of course we can add order by aid also, but there are tons of sqls like this, we can't update our application in one shot.
So I ask for your advice here, is there any settings can tell the db use default sort order when the order by column value are the same? Or is there any other solution to resolve this problem in one shot?
Hi, We got a problem. supposing we have a table like this:
CREATE TABLE a ( aId int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, aName string2 NOT NULL ) go ALTER TABLE a ADD CONSTRAINT PK_a PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (aId) go
insert into a values ('bank of abcde'); insert into a values ('bank of abcde'); ... ... (20 times)
select top 5 * from a order by aName Result is: 6 Bank of abcde 5 Bank of abcde 4 Bank of abcde 3 Bank of abcde 2 Bank of abcde
select top 10 * from a order by aName Result is: 11 Bank of abcde 10 Bank of abcde 9 Bank of abcde 8 Bank of abcde 7 Bank of abcde 6 Bank of abcde 5 Bank of abcde 4 Bank of abcde 3 Bank of abcde 2 Bank of abcde
According to this result, user see the first 5 records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 in page 1, but when he tries to view page 2, he still see the records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. This is not correct for users. Of course we can add order by aid also, but there are tons of sqls like this, we can't update our application in one shot. So I ask for your advice here, is there any settings can tell the db use default sort order when the order by column value are the same? Or is there any other solution to resolve this problem in one shot?
Hi, I've created a website usiing asp.net and all the data are stored in sql front. All the item are sorted in ascending order except one record. The correct order should be MP61, MP100, MP200, but this record is retrieved as MP100, MP200, MP61. If the coding is wrong, all the order displayed is not in ascending order. We have hundreds of items, but why it happens to this particular record? Can anyone help? Thanks in advance
Is there a way to change the order that "select * from #table" returns data? It doesn't appear to return data in the same order that it was inserted into the table. This wasn't a problem with the same code in SQL Server 2005.
We are on SQL Server 2012 and I was wondering if you store the values in the columns with "date" or "datetime" datatype in MM/DD/YYYY format? Currently I am storing them as Varchar(10) using the Cast &Â Convert function to preserve "fomatting" but it would be great to do that in the date/ datetime datatype as well -- is that possible?
Note that this is not for a transnational table but for a data warehouse project. I have three fields in the date dimension each with it's own usage: INT (e.g. 20151016), DATE & VARCHAR.
I have a data load process that reads data from flat file into a Stage table in sql server. The order of the records in the stage table is exactly same as the order in the flat file. The identity column on the Stage table (which is also the clustered index) represents the exact line/row number of the data in the filat file. I perform some transformations on the data in the stage table and then insert it into a cumulative table which has a clustered index on an identity column again. When I do this, does the order of the data in the cumulative table be in the same order as the data in the stage table? Anyone, please let me know if I can rely on SQL server to maintain the same order or I will be forcing a sort order on the Identity column (clustered index) of the stage table when I insert the data into a cumulative table.
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...
insert into test_sort values('Non-A'); insert into test_sort values('Non-O'); insert into test_sort values('Noni'); insert into test_sort values('Nons');
then execute the following selects: select * from test_sort order by cast( 1 as nvarchar(75));
select * from test_sort order by cast( description as nvarchar(75));
Hi, I am using SQLSERVER2000. When storing data in to database ,it is taking/storing only 255 characters for all the datatypes like nvarchar,nchar,char,ntext,text, etc... I need to increase the maximum length of a field which takes 1000 characters & more. I already increased the field length to 2000, but it is taking/storing only 255 characters. Please help me in this................
Hey folks, the question is fairly simple, unfortunately the answer has proven rather elusive.
Is it possible to declare a variable which would then be used to identify either a column or table in an SQL statement?
Here's a basic idea of what I'd like to do:
DECLARE @myVar AS NVARCHAR(50)
SELECT * FROM @myVar
or
DECLARE @myVar AS NVARCHAR(50)
SELECT @myVar FROM MyTable
I'm probably looking for some sort of built in function that will accept an argument here... like COLUMN(@myVar) or something of the like. I just don't know where to look...
Hi, I have created a database using VWD to keep values of urls and have structured it as... Prefix (http://, network name), address(www.name.com), and name (name of address), the address field has been defined as a nvarchar(MAX). Most of the addresses updated into the address field work, except something like: www.java-scripts.net/javascripts/Image-Rollover-Script.phtml. I get this error: Cannot open user default database. Login failed.Login failed for user 'NETWORKNAMEASPNET'. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open user default database. Login failed.Login failed for user 'NETWORKNAMEASPNET'.Source Error:
Line 1176: if (((this.Adapter.InsertCommand.Connection.State & System.Data.ConnectionState.Open) Line 1177: != System.Data.ConnectionState.Open)) { Line 1178: this.Adapter.InsertCommand.Connection.Open(); Line 1179: } Line 1180: try { I can insert something like www.google.com into the addresses field without any errors. Any ideas why?If it is a nvarchar type it should be able to except all sorts of characters??
How do we find the "column name" and "data type" of all the columns in a table. Assuming that I know the Table name or Table Object ID. I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Hi there,I have a table named Action. This table has a column InPrice with datatypenvarchar(12). I want to change its datatype from nvarchar(12) to money. Ibrowsed through the values and removed any dots. Th column now has onlynumeric values (and commas for decimal values such as 105,8). When I try tochange the datatype from nvarchar to money, following mesage is displayed:ADO error: Cannot convert a char value to money. The char value hasincorrect syntax.How can I solve this problem? I cannot figure out which values are causingthis error.Thanks in advance,Burak
