I'm very new to SQL Server so please forgive me if this question is ridiculously simple. I have to upgrade the report engine from one that was used in a legacy VB6 app to a C#.net app. In doing so, I'm looking at assorted reports that came out of the old app. Here is the SQL code for one of them:
SELECT (LTRIM(STR(From_To,10,0)) + '-' + LTRIM(STR(From_To + 49,10,0))) AS Bonus_Earned, COUNT (Empl_ID) AS Men, round(SUM (SumDollars),2) AS Group_Earn, round((SUM (SumDollars) / COUNT (Empl_ID)),2) AS Calc0 FROM (SELECT CONVERT (int, round (SumDollars / 50, 2)) * 50 AS From_To, SumDollars, Empl_ID FROM (SELECT round(SUM (Actual_Hours_Dollars.Incentivedollars * Contract_History.Bonus_Pct / 100), 2) AS SumDollars, employees.Empl_ID FROM ((Employees INNER JOIN Actual_hours_dollars ON Employees.Empl_ID = Actual_Hours_Dollars.Empl_ID_R) INNER JOIN Contracts ON Actual_Hours_Dollars.Contract_ID = Contracts.Contract_No) INNER JOIN Contract_History ON Contracts.Contract_Idx = Contract_History.Contract_Idx_R where employees.empl_idx = (SELECT max(empl_idx) FROM Employees AS OuterEmployees WHERE OuterEmployees.empl_id = employees.empl_id AND outeremployees.Datex = (SELECT max(datex) FROM Employees AS InnerEmployees WHERE InnerEmployees.empl_id = employees.empl_id AND Inneremployees.disabled = 0 AND Inneremployees.Datex < '~EndDate~')) AND Contracts.Datex = (SELECT max(datex) FROM Contracts AS InnerContracts WHERE InnerContracts.contract_no = Contracts.contract_no AND InnerContracts.disabled = 0 and InnerContracts.deleted = 0 AND InnerContracts.Datex < '~EndDate~') AND Actual_hours_dollars.Datex >= '~StartDate~' AND Actual_Hours_Dollars.Datex < '~EndDate~' AND dateadd(month, Contract_History.Monthx - 1, dateadd(year, Contract_History.Yearx - 1900, '01 Jan 1900')) >= '~StartDate~' AND dateadd(month, Contract_History.Monthx - 1, dateadd(year, Contract_History.Yearx - 1900, '01 Jan 1900')) < '~EndDate~' and Actual_Hours_Dollars.IncentiveHours <> 0 GROUP BY employees.empl_ID) AS InnerRS1 GROUP BY ROUND (SumDollars * 2, -2) /2, SumDollars, Empl_ID) AS InnerRS2 GROUP BY From_To
I'm only including it for completeness. The key thing I'd like to draw your attention to are two variables that are clearly input parameters: ~StartDate~ and ~EndDate~.
My question is this: If I want to copy this code into SQL Query Analyzer and run it to see what kind of results I get back, what's the simplest way to define these two input parameters? I'm hoping you could just show me the syntax to define them above the SELECT statement.
HI I want to retrieve data in between two date formats using a query in SQL? can i do it w/o using GUI tools? For Exp i have sales data from date 11/11/2000 to 11/2004. now as a user i want to give Input paramete value ranging between 06/06/2002 and 07/07/2002? Is there any SQL query which i can use to retrieve the above date values? Thanx in Advance VS
is it possible to change the appearence of input fields for parameters on the report server? My parameter is Multi-value with quite large amount of available values. On report server, user can (without scrolling) see only the first value. Parameter values are quite long, so user has to move alternally with both vertical and horizontal scrollbars to find the right value.
CREATE PROCEDURE Add_Junk @Dist char, @CheckNo int =null OUTPUT AS Set NoCount On BEGIN TRANSACTION INSERT INTO Junk (Dist) VALUES (@Dist) COMMIT TRANSACTION select @CheckNo=@@IDENTITY
If what I pass is "416" I only get the "4" in my database and nothing else. I don't get an error message. What is wrong with my syntax?
Hello, a question please. Could anyone say me if I can create a store procedure with 2 'select's statements into. Besides, I'd want to know if I can execute a "select" depending on input parameters.
There is not a way to pass parameters to input of Web Service tasks. I heard this problem is fixed with SQL2K5 SP1 and even the online doc says that one can choose either "value" or "variable" when specifying input for web service tasks, but after I installed what-I-think-is SP1, there is still no way to do this.
If one can only specify values (hard-coded) as input to web service tasks, then this would be a very severe limitation. I hope I'm wrong, so could someone please give a pointer. Thanks
I've been tasked with creating a stored procedure which will be executed after a user has input one or more parameters into some search fields. So they could enter their 'order_reference' on its own or combine it with 'addressline1' and so on.
What would be the most proficient way of achieving this?
I had initially looked at using IF, TRY ie:
IF @SearchField= 'order_reference' BEGIN TRY select data from mytables END TRY
However I'm not sure this is the most efficient way to handle this.
The foolowing code I cannot seem to get working right. There is an open connection c0 and a SqlCommand k0 persisting in class.The data in r0 is correct and gets the input arguments at r0=k0->ExecuteReader(), but nothing I do seems to get the output values. What am I missing about this?
I have just starting creating some stored procedures for our system and have a question related to management of these.
When using input parameters using the following syntax:
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_someInputProcedure @Username as varchar(16) @Password as varchar(12) @Name as varchar(50) @Address as varchar(60) @Zip as int @City as varchar(30) ... etc.
This is all well and good, but what if I make a change in the datamodel - for instance changing a datatype or the length of a varchar - do I need to remember to manually update all stored procedures that uses these columns/variables?
Seems like a bit of a hazzle. Is there an easier way to do this?
How can I run a single SP by asking multiple sales question eitherby using the logical operator AND for all the questions; or usingthe logical operator OR for all the questions. So it's alwayseither AND or OR but never mixed together.We can use Northwind database for my question, it is very similarto the structure of the problem on the database I am working on.IF(SELECT OBJECT_ID('REPORT')) IS NOT NULLDROP TABLE REPORT_SELECTIONGOCREATE TABLE REPORT_SELECTION(AUTOID INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,REPSELNO INT NOT NULL, -- Idenitifies which report query this-- "sales question" is part ofSupplierID INT NOT NULL, -- from the Suppliers tableProductID INT NOT NULL, -- from the Products table, if you choose--a ProductID, SupplierID is selected also by inheritenceCategoryID INT NOT NULL, -- from the Categories tableSOLDDFROM DATETIME NULL, -- Sold from which dateSOLDTO DATETIME NULL, -- Sold to which dateMINSALES INT NOT NULL, -- The minimum amount of salesMAXSALES INT NOT NULL, -- The maximum amount of salesOPERATOR TINYINT NOT NULL -- 1 is logical operator AND, 2 is OR)GOINSERT INTO REPORT_SELECTIONSELECT 1, 1, 2, 1, '1/1/1996', '1/1/2000', 10, 10000, 1 UNION ALLSELECT 1, -1, -1, 1, '1/1/1996', '1/1/2000', 10, 1000, 1You can ask all kinds of sales questions like:1-I want all employees that sold products from supplierID 1(Exotic Liquids), specifically the ProductID 2 (Chang) from theCategoryID 1 (Beverages) between Jan 1 1996 to Jan 1 2000 and soldbetween $10 and $10000 - AND for my 2nd sales question2-I want all employees that sold CategoryID 1 (beverages) betweenJan 1 1996 to Jan 1 2000 and sold between $10 and $1000I want to get the common result of both questions and find outwhich employee(s) are in this list.Here are some of the points:1-I want my query to return the list of employees fitting theresult of my sales question(s).2-If I ask three questions with the logical operator AND, I wantthe list of employees that are common to all three questions.3-If I ask 2-3-4. questions with the logical operator OR, I wantthe list of employees that are in the list of the 1st "successful"sales question (the first question that returns any employee isgood enough)4-You can ask all kind of sales question you want even if theycontradict each other. The SP should still run and returnnothing if that is the case.5-Let's assume you can have the same product name from the samesupplier but under different categories. So entering a ProductIDshould not automatically enter the CategoryID also; whereasentering the ProductID should automatically enter its SupplierID.6-SOLDFROM, SOLDTO, MINSALES, MAXSALES, OPERATOR are mandatoryfields, you can't leave them NULL7-SupplierID, ProductID and CategoryID are the dynamic inputparameters, there can be 5 different combinations to choose from:a-SupplierID onlyb-SupplierID and a ProductID,c-SupplierID and a CategoryIDd-SupplierID, ProductID and a CategoryIDe-CategoryID onlyf-Any time you choose a ProductID, the SupplierID valuewill be filled automatically based on the ProductID'srelationshipg-Any of the three values here that is not chosen by theuser will take a default value of -1 (meaning return ALLfor this Column, in other words don't filter by this column)The major problem I have is I can't use dynamic SQL for choosingthe three dynamic columns as the 2nd row of records would have adifferent selection of dynamic columns (at least I don't know howif the solution is dynamic SQL). The only solution I can think oflooks pretty bad to me. I would use a cursor, run each row at atime, store a TRUE, FALSE value to stop processing or not andstore the result in another detail table. Then if all ANDquestions have ended with TRUE do a union of all the result andreturn the common list of employees. It sounds pretty awful as anapproach. I am hoping there's a simpler method for achieving this.Does anyone know if any SQL book has a topic on this type ofquery? If so I'll definitely buy the book.I appreciate any help you can provide.Thank you
I have 2 source tables emp_ass,aprvl_status these tables are not having common column to join. and 1 target table Time_Card, i have a stored procedure with 4 input parameters, emp_ass_id,status_id,start date,end date,i am inserting data into timecard based on emp_ass_id, my week start date is sunday and end date is saterday if emp start date is sunday i am just incremnting the start date by 7 days as end date is saterday and inserting that row, if employe statrt date is other than Sunday. i am just insering start date with to reach end date saterday, this work fine when i give the input parameters, now my reqirement is i need to automate this process as i need to get new emp_ass_id which is not in target table and insert his records based on his start date and end date, ex: if emp_ass_id is 1001, start date 1/1/2008 and end date is 2/1/2008 then i need to insert
the stored procedure will insert these records if i give the input parameters, now i need to automate this process by using SSIS. please help me,i need to get emp_ass_id,start_date,end_date dynamically from source table if emp_ass_id is not in target table.
id beg for a hint if our idea of a general dynamic CATCH handler for SPs is possible somehow. We search for a way to dynamically figure out which input parameters where set to which value to be used in a catch block within a SP, so that in an error case we could buld a logging statement that nicely creates a sql statement that executes the SP in the same way it was called in the error case. Problem is that we currently cant do that dynamically.
What we currently do is that after a SP is finished, a piece of C# code scans the SP and adds a general TRY/CATCH bloack around it. This script scans the currently defined input parameters of the SP and generates the logging statement accordingly. This works fine, but the problem is that if the SP is altered the general TRY/CATCH block has to be rebuildt as well, which could lead to inconstencies if not done carefully all the time. As well, if anyone modifies an input param somewhere in the SP we wouldnt get the original value, so to get it right we would have to scan the code and if a input param gets altered within the SP we would have to save it at the very beginning.
So the nicer solution would be if we could sniff the input param values dynamically on run time somehow, but i havent found a hint to do the trick.....
I haven't been able to successfully use the ADO.NET connection type to use both input and output parameters in an execute sql task containing just tsql statements (no stored procedure calls). I have successfully used input parameters on their own but when i combine it with output parameters it fails on the simplest of tasks.
I would really find it beneficial if you could use the flexibility of an ADO.NET connection type as the parameter marker and parameter name can be referenced anywhere throughout the sql statement in no particular order. The addition of an output parameter would really make it great!!
In a Database "AP" of my SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE), I have a stored procedure "spInvTotal3":
CREATE PROC [dbo].[spInvTotal3]
@InvTotal money OUTPUT,
@DateVar smalldatetime = NULL,
@VendorVar varchar(40) = '%'
This stored procedure "spInvTotal3" worked nicely and I got the Results: My Invoice Total = $2,211.01 in my SSMSE by using either of 2 sets of the following EXEC code: (1) USE AP GO --Code that passes the parameters by position DECLARE @MyInvTotal money EXEC spInvTotal3 @MyInvTotal OUTPUT, '2006-06-01', 'P%' PRINT 'My Invoice Total = $' + CONVERT(varchar,@MyInvTotal,1) GO (2) USE AP GO DECLARE @InvTotal as money EXEC spInvTotal3 @InvTotal = @InvTotal OUTPUT, @DateVar = '2006-06-01', @VendorVar = '%' SELECT @InvTotal GO //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Now, I want to print out the result of @InvTotal OUTPUT in the Windows Application of my ADO.NET 2.0-VB 2005 Express programming. I have created a project "spInvTotal.vb" in my VB 2005 Express with the following code:
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data.SqlTypes
Public Class Form1
Public Sub printMyInvTotal()
Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS; Initial Catalog=AP; Integrated Security=SSPI;"
Dim conn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(connectionString)
Try
conn.Open()
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand
cmd.Connection = conn
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
cmd.CommandText = "[dbo].[spInvTotal3]"
Dim param As New SqlParameter("@InvTotal", SqlDbType.Money)
param.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
cmd.Parameters.Add(param)
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
'Print out the InvTotal in TextBox1
TextBox1.Text = param.Value
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Throw
Finally
conn.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I executed the above code and I got no errors, no warnings and no output in the TextBox1 for the result of "InvTotal"!!?? I have 4 questions to ask for solving the problems in this project: #1 Question: I do not know how to do the "DataBinding" for "Name" in the "Text.Box1". How can I do it? #2 Question: Did I set the CommandType property of the command object to CommandType.StoredProcedure correctly? #3 Question: How can I define the 1 output parameter (@InvTotal) and 2 input parameters (@DateVar and @VendorVar), add them to the Parameters Collection of the command object, and set their values before I execute the command? #4 Question: If I miss anything in print out the result for this project, what do I miss?
How can I do this with Parameters? I can get a single parameter to filter for a single date (or even a combo list of the dates in DB). But I want my parameters to interact so that they specify a range. Is this possible?
Hi all, From the "How to Call a Parameterized Stored Procedure by Using ADO.NET and Visual Basic.NET" in http://support.microsft.com/kb/308049, I copied the following code to a project "pubsTestProc1.vb" of my VB 2005 Express Windows Application:
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data.SqlDbType
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim PubsConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;integrated security=sspi;" & "initial Catalog=pubs;")
Dim testCMD As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("TestProcedure", PubsConn)
testCMD.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
Dim RetValue As SqlParameter = testCMD.Parameters.Add("RetValue", SqlDbType.Int)
Console.WriteLine("Number of Records: " & (NumTitles.Value))
End Sub
End Class
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The original article uses the code statements in pink for the Console Applcation of VB.NET. I do not know how to print out the output of ("Book Titles for this Author:"), ("{0}", myReader.GetString(2)), ("Return Value: " & (RetValue.Value)) and ("Number of Records: " & (NumTitles.Value)) in the Windows Application Form1 of my VB 2005 Express. Please help and advise.
I have a SSRS report with four parameters,and I want to be able to enter information for two of the parameters and run the report opposed to all four of them. However, when I select allow blanks and only select the parameters that I want to run the report by, the report come back blank..Essentially, I want to be able to the run report by different parameters without having to enter information for all parameters at the same time.
Hi, I have an app in C# that executes a query using SQLCommand and parameters and is taking too much time to execute.
I open a SQLProfiler and this is what I have :
exec sp_executesql N' SELECT TranDateTime ... WHERE CustomerId = @CustomerId', N'@CustomerId nvarchar(4000)', @CustomerId = N'11111
I ran the same query directly from Query Analyzer and take the same amount of time to execute (about 8 seconds)
I decided to take the parameters out and concatenate the value and it takes less than 2 second to execute.
Here it comes the first question... Why does using parameters takes way too much time more than not using parameters?
Then, I decided to move the query to a Stored Procedure and it executes in a snap too. The only problem I have using a SP is that the query can receive more than 1 parameter and up to 5 parameters, which is easy to build in the application but not in the SP
I usually do it something like (@CustomerId is null or CustomerId = @CustomerId) but it generate a table scan and with a table with a few mills of records is not a good idea to have such scan.
Is there a way to handle "dynamic parameters" in a efficient way???
When I query the ReportServices WS and scan the parameter dependencies for SalesRep it says there are four dependencies: FromDate, ToDate, DivisionalOffice and Manager!!!
If I change "dsSalesRep" to use "DivisionalOffice.Value" the ReportingServices WS parameter dependency scan returns only one dependency for "SalesRep" parameter!!!( This is the correct behavior )
Has anybody seen this behavior and more importantly, is there a work around?
Table is created. I can SELECT * FROM accepted and see my column names.
Then I try to BCP into the table using:
C:>BCP sales..east in C:Resultsaccepted.txt -t -f C:cpformataccepted.fmt -Usa -Ppwd
I get this error:
Starting copy... SQLState = 22001, NativeError = 0 Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]String data, right truncation SQLState = 22001, NativeError = 0 Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]String data, right truncation
and so on......
In the .fmt file I've tried "", " ", " " and everthing I could think of as a delimiter. Still no luck. I've tried almost every switch available to both OSQL and BCP. The data I am trying to BCP is a SQL result so I don't think any special delimiters are placed. I've tried not using the .fmt file and using the prompts but still no luck. Data is CAST in the query and doesn't excede 45 characters. Hope I've explained my problem well enough.
Hello all, Given: string commandText = "Categories_Delete";SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand(commandText, connection);myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; Is there a reason NOT to use myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CategoryID",CategoryID); I'd prefer to use that over myCommand.Parameters.Add("@CategoryID", SqlDbType.Int, 4).Value = CategoryID; as I have these functions being created dynamically and hope to get away from a big lookup to try to convert System.Types into SqlDbTypes. [shudder] It seems that ADO.NET makes an implicit conversion to the valid type. If this is correct then I can move on fat dumb and happy. Anyone have any good insight? Thanks,
Hi,I need to input Chinese character into the table of the database. I did try to install/run both Chinese/English version of Visual Studio into Chinese/English version of Server 2003 but it still didn't work.Please help !stephen
I have two textboxes on the page...shipdate and duedate. When the page loads, shipdate has today's date loaded and duedate has a date that's 28 days later than today. When I change the dates and submit it's not updating in the database instead I'm getting the two dates in pageload. What am I doing wrong?Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
ShipDateTxt.Text = Today() DueDateTxt.Text = DateAdd(DateInterval.Day, 28, Today()) End SubProtected Sub LoanRequest_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles LoanRequest.Click Dim conn As New Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("TrainUserConnectionString").ConnectionString)Dim cmd As New Data.SqlClient.SqlCommandWith cmd .Connection = conn .CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure .CommandText = "UpdateloanerInfo".Parameters.AddWithValue("@requestorid", Integer.Parse(Request.QueryString("requestorid"))) .Parameters.AddWithValue("@shipdate", ShipDateTxt.Text).Parameters.AddWithValue("@duedate", DueDateTxt.Text) End With Here's updateloanerinfo stored procedure: @requestorid int,@shipdate datetime,@duedate datetime AS update LibraryRequest set [shipdate] = @shipdate,[duedate] = @duedate Where requestorid=@requestorid
Here is what I am trying to do: Every month we need to import a fixed format text file into one of our tables. The format and location of the file is same every month except for the name. I want to create a DTS package to import it and call this DTS package first thing in a stored procedure(after which I do some processing with this imported data). I want to create the filename in my stored procedure and then call this DTS package to import it.
I am usig DTS as the interface is so much easier and want to avoid bcp :-)
I am just learning SQL Server and I am stuck with a few things. I was wondering if you can define input masks for columns in the database in SQL Server. I have used this feature many times in Access and on the front end in Oracle Forms. Is there such a thing in SQL Server?? Is it just called something different.....? I will be trying to format telephone numbers and dates. Thank you for you time.
(Select distinct t.itemnmbr,t.totalprice as totalcost
from ( select distinct
vs.itemnmbr, sum(vs.totalsumprce) as totalprice
from vwquantityprice vs
Where vs.itemnmbr = @itemnmbr and (vs.docdate between @startdate and @enddate)
group by vs.itemnmbr
) as t
)
select * from quantityprice('06-5840','4/1/2007','4/1/2008')
well, guys, i have this function and obviously i will get one row from this in output...with that particular itemnumber but i want multi-itemnmbrs some times in output...some times 2..soemtimes 3...
example, select * from quantityprice('06-5840,ab-4581,0a-1458,45-0945','4/1/2007','4/1/2008')
can you tell me what condition it will come to get this output..
like in where itemnmbr in('06-5840,ab-4581,0a-1458,45-0945') and in starting input v ariable @itemnmbr..
create function quantprice
( @itemnmbr varchar(50)..
don't know what condition it will come and where i have to put condition in where clause or in input variable..
any help would be appreciated..thanks a lot!! guys plz reply.
Hi there, I'll be going through a training couse for SQL Server next month. The class I'm signed up for is M2780: Maintaining a Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005. My company uses SQL Server 2000 now and unless I give good reasons to upgrade to 2005, we won't be upgrading. I have very little DBA experience, but since I was told SQL Server is my responsibility, I figured it would make sense to go through some type of training for it. My questions are: Is there enough the same between the two that it makes sense for me to take this class? Are there good business reasons I can give for upgrading? If we don't upgrade is it worth taking a class for 2000 vs 2005?
I’m trying to pass inputs from one stored proc to another but I’m having problems in passing them.
First proc (input_passing) should pass the following inputs – FirstName, LastNmae and RecordID to the second proc (input_receive) – then the second proc will diplay the outcome – YES/NO if there is a match. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ First proc (input_passing) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECLARE @RecordIDVARCHAR(11), @FirstNameVARCHAR(60), @LastNameVARCHAR(60)
--DECLARE tbInputs CURSOR FOR SELECT RecordID, FirstName, LastName
FROM tbInputs
OPEN tbInputs
FETCH NEXT FROM tbInputs INTO @RecordID, @FirstName, @LastName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN --GET RECORD SET @RecordID = RecordID from dbo.tbInputs)
END
FETCH NEXT FROM tbInputs INTO @RecordID, @FirstName, @LastName
END
CLOSE tbInputs DEALLOCATE tbInputs exec input_receive ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second proc. (input_receive)
-- ******* Initializations ********** SET @Count = 0 SET @Found = 0 -- DEFAULT to No File Match SET RecordMatch = 0 SET @MatchedOn = 'NO FOUND' -- ******* END Initializations **********
-- First check to see if the RecordID Matches IF( @RecordID IS NOT NULL AND @RecordID <> '' ) BEGIN IF( CAST( REPLACE(@RecordID, '-', '') AS DECIMAL(18,0)) > 0 ) BEGIN SELECT @Count = COUNT(*) FROM tbAlert WHERE REPLACE(RecordID, '-', '') = REPLACE(@RecordID, '-', '')
IF( @Count > 0 ) BEGIN SET @RecordMatch = 1 SET @MatchedOn = 'FOUND : RecordID' RETURN END END END
