I Am Looking For The Function That Is The Same As InStr In Access
Jan 29, 2001
Hello there...
I am looking for the function that is the same as InStr in Access for SQL server. I have a column that has format like this.. Lastname,Firstname Middlename...
This column doesn't separate each one of them. However I need to separate Lastname and Firstname and Middlename.. I was told that in Access there is function(InStr) that can find a position of comma and separate it as Lastname like that....
I was searching BOL but I couldn't find like this function in SQL Server..
So I need help:-))))
Because everybody has a different length of the lastname, I have a problem.
I can not use SUBSTRING or LEFT or RIGHT because of the varying position of comma ...
Hi,In SQL SERVER 2005 Database I have a field called MedNames with values such as "sodium % 34ml" "desx chloride 9 % 76ml"I need to return the words before and including % so "sodium % 34ml" should return ""sodium % " Is it possible to do it in a select statement? I need to populate a dropdownlist with the shortened names.Thanks
I am using the Instr(), Len(), and Mid() function in my SQL query and I keep getting errors stating those are not recognized functions. IS this correct? are there any equivelants?
In VB there is InStr, in Excel you have SEARCH. what function can i use to search a string for a specific string. ie: how can i find where a space is in someones name?
our database has a table that is used for security. it contains a user code, user name and passcode. i need to split the username (currently forename and surname in same field) into two, around the space.
in VB i would write something like strFName = left(<usernamefield>,InStr(1,<usernamefield>," ")-1) to get the forename and similar to get the surname. how can i do this in SQL so that a view will supply the data apprpriately?
one of the reasons i want to do this is so that i can sort the users by surname! another is so that i can give options on their usercode - a combination of forename initial and 2 characters from surname.
Hi everybody,I was looking for an equivalent ORACLE INSTR Function in MSSQL but Idon´t found it and I don´t know if it exist so I must to write it andthis is the code. Maybe it will be helful to you:/************************************************** *************************Description:Looks for a string inside another string and returns an integerthat correspond to the position of first ocurrence.Parameters:Input:- strSource. Contains the string where the functions look for theother string- strToFind. Contains the string to look for inside strSourceSalida:- Integer value indicating the position of first occurrence ofstrToFind in strSource************************************************** *************************/CREATE FUNCTION posSubString(@strSource varchar(400),@strToFind varchar(200)) RETURNS intASBEGINDECLARE@position int,@maxPos int,@longSubStr int,@res int,@strSub varchar(200)SET @position = 0SET @res = 0SET @longSubStr = LEN(RTIRM(LTRIM(@strToFind)))SET @maxPos = LEN(@strSource) - @longSubStrWHILE (@position <= @strToFind)BEGINSET @strSub = SUBSTRING(@strSource, @position, @longSubStr)IF (@strToFind = @StrSub)BEGINSET @res = @position - 1RETURN @resENDELSESET @position = @position + 1ENDRETURN @resENDAlonso
Hi My question is about the INSTR function of MSAccess I want to know
Goodbye at every I would you like to know if in TransactSQL of SQLServer7 exist a function that return the position of a string into an other string . that is a Instr function MSAccess like
I went to Microsoft to find some info about the function Instr. I need to perform a search with a string similar to their example I found below. Can anyone explain to me Microsoft's example?? I am little confused by the parameters used and the explanation it gives back to me??
Dim SearchString, SearchChar, MyPos SearchString ="XXpXXpXXPXXP" ' String to search in. SearchChar = "P" ' Search for "P". MyPos = Instr(4, SearchString, SearchChar, 1) ' A textual comparison starting at position 4. Returns 6. MyPos = Instr(1, SearchString, SearchChar, 0) ' A binary comparison starting at position 1. Returns 9. MyPos = Instr(SearchString, SearchChar) ' Comparison is binary by default (last argument is omitted). Returns 9. MyPos = Instr(1, SearchString, "W") ' A binary comparison starting at position 1. Returns 0 ("W" is not found).
My problem is this:
I need to scan within SearchString for blanks/spaces characters. When I find one, then place the values to the left and right of it in seperate columns. For example, I would need to scan 'John Smith A' and then place 'John' in FirstName column, 'Smith' in LastName column, and 'A' in MidName column.
I think this is how my code would read, but I am confused on how to place the results into my table to the correct columns?
my search string would be SearchString = 'John Smith A' my SearchChar would be SearchChar = ' ' (note I am searching for a space/blank character)
So would then my code be like:
Dim SearchString, SearchChar, MyPos SearchString = 'John Smith A' SearchChar = ' ' MyPos = Instr(1, SearchString, SearchChar, 0)
How do I get whatever is returned from the Instr function to a column in a table??
My SQL is extremly rusted so I need some help with a very basic function. I have a character field which is built up using a category code + '-' + number. The problem I have is that the category codes are all different lengths and the items were added using 9 instead of 09. I'm trying to clean up the data so that the same item with e.g. category code DZ20 cannot be added as DZ20-1 and DZ20-01. How do I find the position of the '-' in the Query Analyser for MSSQL 2000?
I have this function in access I need to be able to use in ms sql. Having problems trying to get it to work. The function gets rid of the leading zeros if the field being past dosn't have any non number characters.For example:TrimZero("000000001023") > "1023"TrimZero("E1025") > "E1025"TrimZero("000000021021") > "21021"TrimZero("R5545") > "R5545"Here is the function that works in access:Public Function TrimZero(strField As Variant) As String Dim strReturn As String If IsNull(strField) = True Then strReturn = "" Else strReturn = strField Do While Left(strReturn, 1) = "0" strReturn = Mid(strReturn, 2) Loop End If TrimZero = strReturnEnd Function
i have a field i wish to make into two and i need the position of a string "-" in the field so i can do a select right and copy that data to a new colm
TASK: At my work we want to categorize and summarize all our IIS web logs and make statistics from it and such. What I need to do is take the browser type from a certain column in the table. All the information is stored in 1 column, and I figure an instr function would be best to do this. I am new to SQL, so I was told to look up the cursor function. In summary, I want to take all the IIS data and match it up against a defined table and then have a sum function for each browser.
Here are some examples of what the column data looks like: (found in the [csMethod] column
I made a define table which lists an ID (primary key) and instr to search for as well as the full browser name. (define.browser)
DEFINE.BROWSER
ID# INSTR# BROWSER NAME ############################### 1___Opera+7_______Opera 7 2___Opera/9_______Opera 9 3___Safari/_______Safari 4___Firefox/1.0___Mozilla Firefox 1.0 5___Firefox/1.5___Mozilla Firefox 1.5 6___Firefox/2.0___Mozilla Firefox 2.0 7___MSIE+5.5______Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 8___MSIE+5________Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 9___MSIE+6________Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 10___MSIE+7________Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 11_________________OTHER BROWSER
I am having problems getting a cursor to work. Are there any good tutorials out there, or can anyone be of assistance. Thank you in advance.
I am trying to convert a complex function from Oracle to SQL Serverand have come across Oracle's Instr() function. I see SQL Server hasCHARINDEX() which is similar, however it does not provide some keyfunctionality I need. Here is an example of the Oracle code:if Instr( sTg , cDelim, 1, 3 ) > 0 thensd := SubStr( sTg, Instr( sTg , cDelim, 1, 1 ) + 1, Instr( sTg,cDelim, 1, 2 ) - Instr( sTg , cDelim, 1, 1 ) - 1)end if;Has anybody converted anything similar to this within SQL Server? Anyhelp is GREATLY appreciated!Thanks.
I have some data-- specifically times for cell phone usage in the format of (7:00, 15:51, 1,200:45, etc). I need to find a way to remove the ":" and the ","-- sum the data and then return it to its previous format of (7:00, 15:51, 1,200:45, etc). Does anyone have some code they could post??
string2 is the substring to search for in string1.
start_position is the position in string1 where the search will start. This argument is optional. If omitted, it defaults to 1. The first position in the string is 1. If the start_position is negative, the function counts back start_position number of characters from the end of string1 and then searches towards the beginning of string1.
nth_appearance is the nth appearance of string2. This is optional. If omiited, it defaults to 1.
In SQL Server, we are having CHARINDEX and PATINDEX functions. But they will not accept the fourth paremeter (nth_appearance)
I have a field that contains a town  ex : New York. Sometimes, the field will have brackets to be more specific ex: New York (Brooklyn). What I need is a formula that will return only "Brooklyn" if there are brackets or  the whole field if there are no brackets.Here's what I thought would do the trick :
So if InStr returns more than 0, meaning that I have brackets, I'll split at the "(", get the second part and remove the last character which is the closing bracket I don't want. If there is no bracket, I'll return the whole field.Somehow, when there is no bracket, my report overview shows me "#Error" as if the first Iif was true and what's in the true part is not actually possible, because it's trying to take the second part of a split that couldn't split because there is no bracket to split.
What is the counterpart of this function when using SQL Server 2000? Im getting this error "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: 'Val' is not a recognized function name"
What do I have to change in my queryString?
SELECT ASP_MainForm.UserID, Val([FormNo]) AS Expr1, ASP_MainForm.DateCreated, ASP_MainForm.DateNeeded, ASP_MainForm.FormStatus, ASP_MainForm.Print, ASP_MainForm.PRNo, ASP_MainForm.ForUse, [FirstName]+' '+[LastName] AS CompName FROM ASP_MainForm INNER JOIN CEN_USERS ON ASP_MainForm.UserID = CEN_USERS.UserBadgeNo WHERE (((ASP_MainForm.FormStatus)<>'Approved') AND ((ASP_MainForm.ForUse)<>'Test')) ORDER BY Expr1 DESC
I have a database in Access with the following fields: Portfolio Code Trade ID <- Uniquie Trade Shares Order Decision Price Trade Execution Price Trade Date
I want to retrieve total traded market value for the 2nd quarter (months 4, 5 and 6) for specific portfolio's. When I retrieve a list of all individual trades (by trade ID which is unique for each), Trade Shares, Order Decision Price and Trade Execution Price and do the Multiplying in Excel (i.e. Order Decision Price * Trade Shares and Trade Execution Price * Trade Shares), the final aggregate total looks correct. However, when I try to do the calculation in Excel and group it so I do not get a list of all trades, just the total Traded Market Value ( using Sum([Order Decision Price]*[Trade Shares]) and Sum([Trade Execution Price]*[Trade Shares]) ) in design view as Expression, the total traded market value is larger than what it was in the first step when the calc was done in Excel. It seems that some of the reported values are exactly double of what I get while doing the calc in Excel.
This is only happening in the 2002 database. When I use the Sum method in all other databases, the results are 100% on.
Any ideas??
Example of the SQL created by design view: SELECT Sum([Order Decision Price]*[Trade Shares]) AS Expr1, Sum([Trade Execution Price]*[Trade Shares]) AS Expr2 FROM TradeHist WHERE (((TradeHist.[Portfolio Code])="852" Or (TradeHist.[Portfolio Code])="2CM" Or (TradeHist.[Portfolio Code])="2CN" Or (TradeHist.[Portfolio Code])="2WA") AND ((Month([Trade Date]))=4 Or (Month([Trade Date]))=5 Or (Month([Trade Date]))=6));
Does anyone know if you can call an Access function from DTS? I'm trying to delete data from an Access database, Compact the database, and load new data. My snag is calling a function in Access to compact the database.
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How is this function called in the MS SQL Server 2000? Apparently I cannot use either "IIF" nor "CASE" in the query/view.....
I am trying to get the details of an xml. For this I am using below code. I am not able to get the desired output.I want to add 1 more columns AnimalID and DetailID.I want these column to interlink the other values. Below is the desired output.
declare @x xml set @x= '<config> Â <Animal name="Baboon" ref="Ape"> Â Â Â Â <detail name="Ape detail" ref="Monkey" typo="animal" required="true">
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I am used to working in Access and just recently became somewhate proficient using custom functions in modules. I am trying to figure out what the equivalent of functions is in SQL Server. I mean, does a Stored Procedure in SQL Server replace a module in Access? Can you declare different functions in SQL Server like you can in Access? Thanks for your help. Mike
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I have a combo box named [myControl] on an Access form that I can use to select/enter a site name (ABC). There is a button on the same form that runs a report. The underlying record source for the report is a SQL Function. Is there an easy way to pass the combo box value to the SQL Function so that only records for site 'ABC' are displayed in the report? I tried Forms![myForm]![myControl] in the criteria box of the Function and it did not work. THANKS!
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I could always use a parameter to pass in the name of the server, but I would like to have as few parameters as possible.
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