In my database I have a table called "users" with a varchar-field that holds categori-id's commaseparated, collected from my other table "category". I do this to control access for my users, some users are only allowed access to some categories. I would like to run a statement sort of like this:select categoryname
from category
where catid in (select categories from user where userid = 12)Naturally, because catid and the field categories have different datatypes I get the error "Syntax error converting the varchar value '340, 344, 356' to a column of data type int."
Is there any way I can bypass this keeping the commaseparated values and without making a new normalized table instead?
(same question is also posted at sql-server-performance.com forums)
hi i want to insert the varchar value inter column, how can i convert the values and insert in to the record if i give direct column name i am getting a message insert into EMP(id) SELECT name from STU
i am getting a message like this Syntax error converting the varchar value '200.00' to a column of data type int.
tbl_Projects ------------------------- ProjID | Description ------------------------- 1 | First 2 | Second 3 | Third
I want to write a SELECT statement that will output in this format: 1 - First 2 - Second etc...
I've tried these two statements:
SELECT (ProjID + ' - ' + Description) AS Projects FROM tbl_Projects //Error: Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'First' to data type int.
and
SELECT CONCAT(ProjID, CONCAT(' - ', Description)) AS Projects FROM tbl_Projects //Error: The data types int and varchar are incompatible in the concat operator.
Is there any way to concatenate an int value with a varchar value?
declare @found int; set @found = 'select sid from StickyContent where StickyId='+0+' and UserId='+171 exec (@found) delete from StickyContent where sid = @found
I need to pass this statement from my UI i.e in a single query. I am getting this error.
"Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'select sid from StickyContent where StickyId=' to data type int. "
I have a table of zip codes, some with Canadian zips. I'd like to takea zip code and search for nearby zips. For example:Dim theZip As Integer = textbox1.text....Parameter.Add(@ziplow, SqlDbType.Int, 5).Value = (theZip - 10)....Parameter.Add(@ziphigh, SqlDbType.Int, 5).Value = (theZip + 10)SELECT * from ZIPCODES where Cast(zip_code as Integer) BETWEEN @lowzipAND @highzipProblem is the letters in the Canadian records cannot be cast asintegers for this process. I get this error:Syntax error converting the varchar value '53151 1' to a column of datatype int.Is there a SQL query that can exclude if no cast can be made to anInteger?Thanks!Anton
Hi, I need help. Understatement of the year right now, too = So... I've created a stored procedure that partially pulls a SQL union query to give me a complete one-line result set of a bunch of data... four separate selects comprise the query. The tables are structured identically to each other, but the values being pulled are specific and distinct. All of the non-date values stored are varchar values in the tables, and yet when I execute the SQL union query, I get the error message: Syntax error converting the varchar value to a column of data type int. I know SQL does implicit conversions, however Im not sure why it's trying to do that with this query, I suppose. it should have been straightforward. Any suggestions? Here is the query logic to look at, in case I'm missing the obvious
exec(' SELECT ACCOUNT, LNAME, FNAME, SEX, DOB, cast(MA_ContentValue as decimal) as MA_ContentValue, cast(MA_DOS as smalldatetime) as MA_DOS,cast(LDL_ContentValue as decimal) as LDL_ContentValue, cast(LDL_DOS as smalldatetime) as LDL_DOS, cast(HgbA1C_ContentValue as decimal)as HgbA1C_ContentValue, HgbA1C_DOS, cast(Creatinine_ContentValue as decimal) as Creatinine_ContentValue, Creatinine_DOS FROM ( SELECT Account, Lname, FName, Sex, DOB,MA_ContentValue, MA_DOS, 0 as LDL_ContentValue, 0 as LDL_DOS, 0 as HgbA1C_ContentValue, 0 as HgbA1C_DOS, 0 as Creatinine_ContentValue, 0 as Creatinine_DOS FROM dbo.vwDiabetic_MicroalbuminTop3 UNION SELECT Account, Lname, FName, Sex, DOB, 0 as MA_ContentValue, 0 as MA_DOS, LDL_ContentValue, LDL_DOS, 0 as HgbA1C_ContentValue, 0 as HgbA1C_DOS, 0 as Creatinine_ContentValue, 0 as Creatinine_DOS FROM dbo.vwDiabetic_LDLTop3 UNION SELECT Account, Lname, FName, Sex, DOB, 0 as MA_ContentValue, 0 as MA_DOS, 0 as LDL_ContentValue, 0 as LDL_DOS, HgbA1C_ContentValue, HgbA1C_DOS, 0 as Creatinine_ContentValue, 0 as Creatinine_DOS FROM dbo.vwDiabetic_HgbA1CTop3 UNION SELECT Account, Lname, FName, Sex, DOB, 0 as MA_ContentValue, 0 as MA_DOS, 0 as LDL_ContentValue, 0 as LDL_DOS, 0 as HgbA1C_ContentValue, 0 as HgbA1C_DOS, Creatinine_ContentValue, Creatinine_DOS FROM dbo.vwDiabetic_CreatinineTop3) tbl1
') Anything else that I can provide for someone to help me? I appreciate any/all feedback!
this is in form VB Private Sub orderidtxbx_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles orderidtxbx.Click sqlconnection = New SqlConnection("Data Source= xxxx;Initial Catalog = xxxx; user ID = sa; Password = xxxxx;") sqlcommand = New SqlCommand("select Customer.LastName, Customer.FirstName from customer where ticket.ticketid ='" & orderidtxbx.Text & "'", sqlconnection)
error msg The multi-part identifier "ticket.ticketid" could not be bound
query in sql 2005,I need to make store procedure.
SELECT Itinerary.FlightID, Itinerary.Class, Itinerary.Quantity, Ticket.Date, Flight.FlightNo, Flight.AirLine, Flight.DepartureDate, Flight.ArrivalDate, Flight.DepartureTime, Flight.ArrivalTime, Flight.Price, Departure.DepartureLocation, Arrival.ArrivalLocation,GST=convert(int,Itinerary. Quantity*0.06*Flight.Price),PST=convert(int,Itiner ary.Quantity*0.07*Flight.Price),TotalPrice=convert (int,(Itinerary.Quantity*0.06*Flight.Price)+(Itine rary.Quantity*0.07*Flight.Price)+Flight.Price) FROM Flight INNER JOIN Itinerary ON Flight.FlightID = Itinerary.FlightID INNER JOIN Ticket ON Itinerary.TicketID = Ticket.TicketID INNER JOIN Departure ON Flight.DepartureLocationID = Departure.DepartureID INNER JOIN Arrival ON Flight.ArrivalLocationID = Arrival.ArrivalID WHERE (Itinerary.ticketid = '@Itinerary.ticketid')
if i change WHERE (Itinerary.ticketid = 1) it will read the data in the table.
I need to refer that itinerary.ticketid into textbox in form that's why i make like this WHERE (Itinerary.ticketid = '@Itinerary.ticketid') but i don't know what is worng with this.
This error Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '@Itinerary.ticketid' to data type int(but my ticketid value already integer not varchar).
How do we convert both of them into a single SQL DateTime field such as "2015-07-16 01:23:45.000" so that it can be used in a join restricting to a date time in a different SQL File that properly has the DateTime in it?
This works well for converting the transDate Part in the select statement:
dbo.IntegerToDate(at.transDate) as transDate
* That returns: "2015-07-16 00:00:00.000"
* The resulting data must work directly in a Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Query using either using the "on" statement or part of the "where" clause. In other words, NOT as a stored procedure!
Also must be able to be used as a date difference calculation when comparing the 2 files Within say + or - 5 seconds.
I have recently been looking at a database and wondered if anyone can tell me what the advantages are supporting a unique collumn, which can essentially be seen as the primary key, with an identity seed integer primary key.
For example:
id [unique integer auto incremented primary key - not null], ClientCode [unique index varchar - not null], name [varchar null], surname [varchar null]
isn't it just better to use ClientCode as the primary key straight of because when one references the above table, it can be done easier with the ClientCode since you dont have to do a lookup on the ClientCode everytime.
I have looked far and wide and have not found anything that works to allow me to resolve this issue.
I am moving data from DB2 using the MS OLEDB Provider for DB2. The OLEDB source sees the column of data as DT_TEXT. I setup a destination to SQL Server 2005 and everything looks good until I try and run the package.
I get the error: [OLE DB Source [277]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft DB2 OLE DB Provider" Hresult: 0x80040E21 Description: "Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: Failed to retrieve long data for column "LIST_DATA_RCVD".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: There was an error with output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324) on output "OLE DB Source Output" (287). The column status returned was: "DBSTATUS_UNAVAILABLE".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: The "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" failed because error code 0xC0209071 occurred, and the error row disposition on "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: The PrimeOutput method on component "OLE DB Source" (277) returned error code 0xC0209029. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing.
Any suggestions on how I can get the large string data in the varchar column in DB2 into the varchar(max) column in SQL Server 2005?
I am trying to create a store procedure inside of SQL Management Studio console and I kept getting errors. Here's my store procedure.
Code Block CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sqlOutlookSearch] -- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here @OLIssueID int = NULL, @searchString varchar(1000) = NULL AS BEGIN -- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from -- interfering with SELECT statements. SET NOCOUNT ON; -- Insert statements for procedure here IF @OLIssueID <> 11111 SELECT * FROM [OLissue], [Outlook] WHERE [OLissue].[issueID] = @OLIssueID AND [OLissue].[issueID] = [Outlook].[issueID] AND [Outlook].[contents] LIKE + ''%'' + @searchString + ''%'' ELSE SELECT * FROM [Outlook] WHERE [Outlook].[contents] LIKE + ''%'' + @searchString + ''%'' END
And the error I kept getting is:
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sqlOutlookSearch, Line 18
The data types varchar and varchar are incompatible in the modulo operator.
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sqlOutlookSearch, Line 21
The data types varchar and varchar are incompatible in the modulo operator.
For the life of me I cannot figure out why SSIS will not convert varchar data. instead of using the table to table method, I wrote a SQL query so that I could transform the datatype ntext to varchar 512 understanding that natively MS is going towards all Unicode applications.
The source fields from Access are int, int, int and varchar(512). The same is true of the destination within SQL Server 2005. the field 'Answer' is the varchar field in question....
I get the following error
Validating (Error)
Messages
Error 0xc02020f6: Data Flow Task: Column "Answer" cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode string data types. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004706b: Data Flow Task: "component "Destination - Query" (28)" failed validation and returned validation status "VS_ISBROKEN". (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004700c: Data Flow Task: One or more component failed validation. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0024107: Data Flow Task: There were errors during task validation. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
DTS used to be a very strong tool but a simple import such as this is causing me extreme grief and wondering of SQL2005 is ready for primetime. FYI SP1 is installed. I am running this from a workstation and not on the server if that makes a difference...
I have a table that contains a lot of demographic information. The data is usually small (<20 chars) but ocassionally needs to handle large values (250 chars). Right now its set up for varchar(max) and I don't think I want to do this.
How does varchar(max) store info differently from varchar(250)? Either way doesn't it have to hold the container information? So the word "Crackers" have 8 characters to it and information sayings its 8 characters long in both cases. This meaning its taking up same amount of space?
Also my concern will be running queries off of it, does a varchar(max) choke up queries because the fields cannot be properly analyzed? Is varchar(250) any better?
Should I just go with char(250) and watch my db size explode?
Usually the data that is 250 characters contain a lot of blank space that is removed using a SPROC so its not usually 250 characters for long.
I was doing some research on how SQL stores data on disk. MSDN states that when storring a varchar, only the length of the data itself is used plus two bytes. So, if you store "car" in a VarChar(50) it will take 5 bytes. But when you store "car" in a VarChar(500) it will also take 5 bytes.
What is the reason users should define the parameter lenght? Can you use VarChar(8000) whole the time, without any drawback?
My question is, i guess, a simple one: When is it more convenient to use a uniqueid Data Type instead of a smallint, tinyint, bigint, etc (any type of int) when the field is gonna be the primary key for the table?
i have an autonumber field (primary key) and another integer field as part of a table. What i want to do is when a record is created, the default value of the integer field should be the_autonumber+1000 for eg record with pk 82 will have an integer field that's automatically 1082. Would it be possible to do this ? Thanks in advance.
Public Function insertReport(ByVal userID As String, ByVal taskID As Integer) As DataSet Dim ds As New DataSet Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter("INSERT INTO report(userID, taskID) VALUES ('" + userID + "', " + taskID + ")", cn) cn.Open() da.Fill(ds) cn.Close() Return ds End Function Above is my code I used to invoke when inserting a record. But i receive an error message when i try to insert the integer. I cannot see where the problem lies..my datatype in sql server is int. Can anyone see what is wrong with it. Thank you in advance.
I have an sql statmetn that counts all the votes in the table. i need this to calculate the quota. My problem is how to i get the value(i.e the count of the votes) into the area thats colored red below? SqlCommand SqlCmd1 = new SqlCommand("SELECT count(vote)FROM PRTest", SqlCon1); int quota = (count(Vote) + 1) / ((11) + 1); Response.Write(quota);
I use MS SQL Server 2005...Is there a structural advantage/disadvantage with using GUID as oposed to an integer?(also I use the sqltableprofileprovider and it doesnt seem to work with uniqueidentifiers)
I have a situation where I will have to insert a value(whole number) into the table where the the value is more than what the Integer can hold , I was wondering is there any other datatype which i can use other than integer
I had a field called camp is integer data type. I just found it had a default value, but the value is " (0) ", not just " 0 ". It should be 0, right? why it use (0), are they same? thanks.
Can I put a constraint on an integer column that will only allow a certain range of numbers to be entered, or do I have to put that into the application layer only?
I'd like the range to be 0 to 30 as the only allowable values. The only thing that I could think of was to create another table and populate with 0,1,2...,30 and put a foreign key on the new column that wouldn't allow anything not in that list but I was wondering if there was a better way.
philippe writes "Hello , i am just starting with sql...
I have a table: Table_user
Inside a column user_no (integer) with value like 35678 (about 8000 rows) I would like to modifie all rows of this Table_user.user_no with a value of 60 at the begining of each value. For example : before 35678 will be 6035678 Its'a concatenation,but it's an integer value . so do i need to convert tehm to varchar first
I am building an application that counnts clicks on an ad. I use the integer field to count them but someone told me there is a limit number this field can count - is that correct? if so, is there a solution for my problem? Thanks and happy 2007! R
Trying to write the most effective UDF to convert INT to Datetime. We have a column from a table on AS400 that is a INT type. Some are 4, 5, 6 ,7 digits. I have the 4 digits right. I need to fix it for 5 and 6 digits.
ALTER FUNCTION IntegerToDatetime (@int INT) RETURNS DATETIME AS BEGIN DECLARE @IntegerToDatetime int DECLARE @time DATETIME SET @time = '2001-01-01' SET @IntegerToDatetime = CASE WHEN LEN(@int) = 7 THEN '20' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(7)),2,2) AS int) + '-' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(7)),4,2) AS int) + '-' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(7)),6,2) AS int) WHEN LEN(@int) = 6 THEN '19' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(6)),1,2) AS int) + '-' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(6)),3,2) AS int) + '-' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(6)),5,2) AS int) WHEN LEN(@int) = 5 THEN '200' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(5)),1,1) AS int) + '-' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(5)),2,2) AS int) + '-' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(@int AS CHAR(5)),4,2) AS int) WHEN LEN(@int) = 4 THEN cast(@time AS INT)
I wanted to hear from you - if you've used any unique integer generation technique in the context of a disconnected smart client/local data store and have been successful with it.
