My manager is interested in knowing if there is a way to update our website's SQL database using a method with excel, similar to importing.
The person who was previously in my position had imported a few hundred new products into the database with an excel spreadsheet.
Now, we would like to make updates such as a price changes or similar adjustments to a number of the products in the database. We could use a web interface, but ours requires us to find each product individually and it takes too much time. I told him that it would probably be necessary to write an SQL statement to update the tables, but we're also interested in maintaining the integrity of the database and are worried about loosing data due to a typo. Is it possible to export the db contents to an excel file, make changes, and then merge those changes into the existing database? I have tried and failed, so I am wondering if any experienced users could help me out.
Also, is there some kind of phpmyadmin for MS SQL? A free, open source alternative would be best.
"select * from my_table where recordDate between '01/01/2004' AND '02/01/2004'"
As it is, this only returns records that are literally between those two dates, and doesnt return records that hit right on the start date or end date. What is the SQL command to make the between statement grab records inclusively, instead of exclusively as it is doing it now?
I have one field organization_operating_name that is on two tables vendor andvendor_locI want to update the vendor name to the vendor_loc nameI tried this but get errors...update vendor_locset organization_operating_name = vendor.organization_operating_namewhere organization_operating_name like 'DO NOT%'Server: Msg 107, Level 16, State 3, Line 1The column prefix 'vendor' does not match with a table name or alias nameused in the query.vendor is a valid table name...so I must be missing something.jeff--Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
I am new to Sql, so I think this is a really easy question. But I am working on a 2005 MSSQL database. When I add columns to an existing application with data and tables already being used, and the new column will be set to Database Null. What is an easy way to quickly add the data to all the rows in the table. For example if I am adding a checkbox, I've been doing it manually, add the column, change all the rows to False, one by one. And then I can change it to Disallow DBNull. As I get more and more users this could be a very time consuming process.
So the name of the Table is classifeds_Ads and let's say the column I want to add is Bonus and it needs to be filled with False. How do I do this??? Thank you in advance Daniel Meis
Hello,I have 2 ways of updating data I'm using often1) via a cursor on TABLE1 update fields in TABLE22) via an some of variables ...SELECT @var1=FLD1, @var2=FLD2 FROM TABLE1 WHERE FLD-ID = @inputVARUPDATE TABLE2SET FLDx = @var1, FLDy = @var2WHERE ...Now I have a system with 2 databases and I need to update table DB2.TABbased on data in DB1.TAB. Instead of using 1 of the 2 ways I normally use,I thought it would be much easier to get the required data immediately fromDB1.TAB in the update-statement of DB2.TAB ... but the way to do thatconfuses me. I've checked books online and a lot of newsgrouppostingsgiving good information but still I keep getting errors like this ...The column prefix 'x.ADS' does not match with a table name or alias nameused in the query.while executing the following statement ...UPDATE DB2.dbo.TABSETFLD1 = x.FLD1,FLD2 = x.FLD2,...FROM DB1.dbo.TAB x, DB2.dbo.ADSWHERE DB2.dbo.TAB.REFID = x.IDOFTAB1 AND DB2.dbo.TAB.IDOFTAB2 =@InputParameterSo in DB2.TAB I have a field REFID reffering to the keyfield IDOFTAB1 oftable DB1.TABAND I only want to update the row in DB2.TAB with the unique keyfieldIDOFTAB2 equal to variable @InputParameterDo you see what I'm doing wrong?--Thank you,Kind regards,Perre Van Wilrijk,Remove capitals to get my real email address,
Hi all, I am using C# for ASP.NEt 2003. I would like to know if there is any easy method to update a database with about 100 fields in it. At present, I pass all the values of the controls on the web form to the stored procedure as parameters like :- myCommand.Parameters.Add("@CustomerID", SqlDbType.Int).Value = txtCustomerID.text Like this, I add all 100 parameters. Is there any easy method to do it using a class or any other methods? Thanking you in advance, Tomy
Hi guys! Is there a way to combine these update statements? Dim update_phase As New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO TE_shounin_zangyou (syain_No,date_kyou,time_kyou) SELECT syain_No,date_kyou,time_kyou FROM TE_zangyou WHERE [syain_No] = @syain_No", cnn) Dim update_phase2 As New SqlCommand(" UPDATE TE_shounin_zangyou SET " & " phase=2, phase_states2=06,syounin2_sysd=CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),101) WHERE [syain_No] = @syain_No", cnn)
The same table is updated so I think it would be better to have just one update statement. But the problem is that, the first update statement retrieves values from another table, whereas the update values of the second statement is fixed. Is there a way to combine these two statements. I tried to do so but it does not update. Here's my code... Dim update_phase As New SqlCommand("UPDATE TE_shounin_zangyou SET TE_shounin_zangyou.syain_No=TE_zangyou.syain_No, TE_shounin_zangyou.date_kyou=TE_zangyou.date_kyou, TE_shounin_zangyou.time_kyou=TE_zangyou.time_kyou FROM TE_zangyou WHERE TE_zangyou.syain_No = TE_shounin_zangyou.syain_No", cnn) Please help me. Thanks.
I am creating my companys' database and I have a small problem that must be solved.
I have a pictures table: PicturesTable ------------- ProductID int ForeignKey Picture nvarchar(30) ...
(A product can have many pictures & the ProductID is unique for any product, but not for the table of pictures).
What I want to do is to somehow do a procedure to: 1) Check if any images (for a productID) exists in the table 2) if they do not exist then add the appropriate images into the table 3) if the images exist, then update the images with the new one that I have.
What I thought was to just delete all the images from the table for the specific product:
DELETE FROM PicturesTable WHERE ProductID = '10-11'
and then add the appropriate images: INSERT INTO PicturesTable (ProductID, Picture) VALUES ('10-11', 'Dir1/Pic1.gif') INSERT INTO PicturesTable (ProductID, Picture) VALUES ('10-11', 'Dir1/Pic2.gif') INSERT INTO PicturesTable (ProductID, Picture) VALUES ('10-11', 'Dir1/Pic3.gif')
but I do not like a lot this idea because if a user tries to read the pictures for that product (at the same time I was deleting them) s/he would get nothing. Is any other way that I can do it please?
Hi, I have this update statement that works, it updates the totalamount to calc amount, but I want to update totalamount only when it is not equal to calcamt.I have tried many things but in vain.Can some one please help me. How do i use case statements to update only when totalamount!=calcamt.
update c set totalamount= calcamt from Prepay c JOIN (select sum(amt) as calcamt, payid from pay group by payid )b ON b.payid= c.payid where c.cust_no='somenum'
I have written one CTE (common table expression) and trying to use same CTE with three seperate UPDATE statements which gives me error saying "Invalid Object name" (it works fine when I try to use with 1 update statement (any one from three update statements)
Isnt it possible that I can use 1 CTE with mutiple update statements?
What is the single SQL statement to truncate the blank space on either side of data. Ex. Table1 has Name as column. I have records filled with blank space on both side for Name field. With one query I want to correct (truncate the leading and trailing space) the data. How? SQL Server 2005 SP2. Thank you, Smith
Hi, I have this update statement that works, it updates the totalamount to calc amount, but I want to update totalamount only when it is not equal to calcamt.I have tried many things but in vain.Can some one please help me. How do i use case statements to update only when totalamount!=calcamt.
update c set totalamount= calcamt from Prepay c JOIN ( select sum(amt) as calcamt, payid from pay group by payid )b ON b.payid= c.payid where c.cust_no='somenum'
I am almost sure I can update variables columns in one select/case type statement, but having problems working out the syntax.
I have a table with transactions - with tran types as the key.
in this example, types = A,B,C ,D.
in this first example I am updating the sum of QTY to value t_A based on tran types =A.
can I perform sub query/case to update with the same where clause but for types B,C and D?? I also have to insert for specific lot numbers each sum values.
Create table #t_reconcile( t_lot_number int not null, t_A float, t_B float, t_C float, t_D float)
insert #t_reconcile
select t.lot_number, sum(t.qty) from i , t where i._id = t.event_id i.transaction_type = 'A' group by t.lot_number order by t.lot_number
I'm working on a query which involves changing the case of a field from mixed case to all lower case. The field exists in multiple tables, so to do this I have multiple update statements. Is there a way to make this more efficient?
See below for example:
update InvestBroker set BrokerID = lower(BrokerID)
update InvestFill set BrokerID = lower(BrokerID)
update InvestBrokerAccount set BrokerID = lower(BrokerID)
update InvestFIXBroker set BrokerID = lower(BrokerID)
update InvestUploadBrokerFilter set BrokerID = lower(BrokerID)
update InvestSettleInstructions set BrokerID = lower(BrokerID)
(0 row(s) affected) Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 41 Invalid object name 'X_SET_PREOP'.
FOR THE FOLLOWING CODE SEGMENT.. I am trying to do 2 updates with just one WITH BLOCk.Create table #temp( MPOG_CASE_ID uniqueidentifier, lab_name varchar(100), lab_date datetime, lab_value decimal(19,2) );
with X_SET_PREOP as ( SELECT xx= ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY lab.MPOG_Case_ID, lab.lab_name ORDER BY lab.lab_date DESC ), lab.MPOG_Case_ID, lab.lab_name, lab.lab_value,lab.lab_date FROM MPOG_Research..ACRC_427_lab_data lab
HiI'm using the SQL 2000 table variable to hold 2 different fact sets.I'm declaring the variable @CurrentTable and inserting into it using aSELECT statement with no problems.I'm leaving certain of the columns null in order to later update themwith the PK.Problem is in the UPDATE syntax I'm usingUPDATE @CurrentTableSET ManagerTitle = (select mgrs.pos_title from mgrs) wheremgrs.pos_num = @CurrentTable.MgrPosNumIt is insisting I declare the @CurrentTable variable when I try to useit in the where clause.Is it simply out-of-scope or am I really doing something foolish?Andrew
Hi,I am using MS SQL Server 7.0 SP2 in Windows 2000 server SP4.I have one-to-many tables (TABLE_HEAD and TABLE_DETAILS)which I amgoing to update by using a stored procedure with UPDATE statements.But somehow ,ONCE IN A WHILE, when executing the stored procedurewith about 1000 rows updated, I lost 10-20 records from TABLE_HEAD(seems like 10-20 records were deleted) , and all data rows inTABLE_DETAILS were updated correctly (even details of lost rows ofTABLE_HEAD).In update procedure, I update both part of primary key and othercolumns with having WHERE condition.Please help , I really don't know why this happens.Thanks in advanceNipon Wongtrakul
Our existing DW's ETL was written in a very complex fashion by the previous team. They use DTS package lookups to read a row in the Source SQL Server database see if that row exists in the taget SQL Server database. If the row does not exist, they use ActiveX scripts to INSERT the row in the target SQL Server database. If it exists, they update the row on the target side. How would you do this in SSIS? Apologize if this sounds like a basic question, however, I would have done this via Stored Procedures or SQL Scripts especially since it involves SQL Servers alone. Appreciate any help.
I have a SP that has the correct syntax. However when I run my web-app it gives me this error: "Only one expression can be specified in the select list when the subquery is not introduced with EXISTS. " The procedure takes in three parameters and retrieves 23 values from the DB to display on my form. Any ideas?
I have been posting to the Data Presentation Controls forum for about a month regarding a problem I've been dealing with.
http://forums.asp.net/thread/1223055.aspx
What it boils down to is that on a button click event, I was updating some records, then re-executing a SELECT statement to get the records back out and rebind my DataGrids. This was happening too quickly and the data was not being updated in time before the SELECT was executed. So my grids would still display "old" data.
How do I get SQL Server to commit the UPDATE before my C# code continues?
Does an UPDATE statment lock the entire table or just the rows that will be affected by the UPDATE?
I ask because -
Can I run UPDATE statements in parallel on the same table on the same column. The need for doing this is because the table is a large fact table. I plan to execute the same UPDATE statements on different time sections of the data to expedite the processing.
If the UPDATE statment lock the entire table then I cannot run an UPDATE in parallel. If the UPDATE statement just locks the rows that will be affected then maybe I can because rows affected will be different for each UPDATE.
I searched a bit but didn€™t get too far in actually solving a case of deadlock in a simple query I have running here. The queries in question are executed under 2 separate transactions (Serializable IsolationLevel) and are shown below. I guess I don€™t understand how those 2 can deadlock because they are operating on different rows of the table and Serializable should keep them isolated pretty well too. Is it because I€™m using the column value inside an update stmt? How should this query be split if that€™s the case?
This is what the SQL Profiler has to say: Lock: Deadlock Chain Deadlock Chain SPID = 59 Lock: Deadlock Chain Deadlock Chain SPID = 57 Lock: Deadlock my_user_name
57: UPDATE CreditCard SET Balance = Balance - 200 WHERE (Account = 0 AND CardHolder = 'Foo' AND Balance - 200 >= 0) 59: UPDATE CreditCard SET Balance = Balance - 250 WHERE (Account = 3 AND CardHolder = 'Bar' AND Balance - 250 >= 0)
I also used DBCC TRACEON(1204, 3605, -1) but I don€™t understand what the SQL log is telling me. Can anyone shed some light on why the above 2 statements sometimes cause the following: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Transaction (Process ID 57) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
I really don't want to retry the update if I don't have to. Table looks like: Column DataType Length
Hi , I am trying to update a main table from its staging table based on certain criteria
like if the checksum doesnot match for the same Business/primary key update that row in the main table .
problem what i am facing is if there are two rows in the staging table with different checksum values the main table's corresponding row gets updated with only the first row from the staging table and ignores the second row in staging , i want the update to be capturing each row. is there a way to do this task repitively in ssis.
iam using execute sql task in ssis
first step to delete all matching checksum records in staging next update non matching checksum into main table.
i want to repeat these two steps based until condition that count of rows in staging is equal to zero .
is there a way to acheive this please let me know.
for example
staging main table
name age checksum name age checksum xyz 26 456 xyz 24 876 xyz 28 234
my result should have in main table
xyz 28 234
but instead i am getting xyz 26 456
i want the update statement row by row not set based . please help me with this
Hi, I just want you to know that I am very young in ASP.NET world so please bear with me.I have been looking for an answer to my problem, but unfortunately I couldn’t find one. So I created a user here on www.asp.net just for making this post. Before I continue I just want to apologies if there is another post where this question is already answered.
Please watch this Print Screen I just took: � http://www.bewarmaronsi.com/Capture.JPG “ As you can see the “INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE Statements� are disabled, and that’s exactly my problem. I tried with an MS access database and it works perfect, but when I use a MS SQL database this field gets disabled for some reason. The MDF file is located in the App_data folder and is called ASPNETDB. And when I try to add custom SQL statements, it gives me Syntax error near “=�. Something like that. I bought the Total Training Set1 package and it works perfect in their examples. I just want to thank you for reading my post and I hope that you got some useful information for me. By the way, I’, from Sweden so you have to excuse me if my English is rusty. Thanks! PS: Can it be that I’m running windows Vista?
I have problem in using the SQLDataSource. When in VS 2005 I drag and drop the SQLDataSource onto my page and then add a GridView control.I bind the GridView control to the SQLDataSource control. But the problem is it does not generate the INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements. The dialog box is inactive. The screenshots may help. please help me in this regard. I also tried it for Accesscontrol but the same problem. Sorry for my poor English!. thanks in advance
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One process ( a service ) inserts data into this table , as well as updates certain fields of the table periodically.
Another process ( SQL Job ) updates the table with certain defaults and rules that are unknown to the service - to deal with some calculations and removal of null values where we can estimate the values etc.
These 2 processes have started to deadlock each other horribly.
The SQL Job calls one stored procedure that has around 10 statements in it. This stored proc runs every minute. Most of them are of the form below - the idea being that once this has corrected the data - the update will not affect these rows again. I guess there are read locks on the selecting part of this query - but usually it updates 0 rows - so I am wondering if there are still locks taken ?
UPDATE s SET equivQty = Qty * ISNULL(p.Factor,4.5) / 4.5 FROM Stock s LEFT OUTER JOIN Pack p on s.Product = p.ProductId AND s.Pack = p.PackId WHERE ISNULL(equivQty,0) <> Qty * ISNULL(p.Factor,4.5) / 4.5
The deadlocks are always between these statements from the stored procedure - and the service updating rows. I can't really see how the deadlocks occur but they do.
Another suggestion has been to try and use an exists before the update as below
IF EXISTS( SELECT based on above criteria ) ( UPDATE as before )
Does this reduce the locking at all ? I don't know how to test the theory - i added this code to some of the statements, and it didn't seem to make much difference ?
Is there a way to make a process ( in my case the stored procedure ) - give up if it can't aquire the locks rather than being deadlocked - which leads to job failures and emails etc ?
We are currently trying to filter down the data that is updated to be only the last few months - to reduce the amount of rows even analyzed - as the deadlocking does seem to be impacted by the number of rows in the tables.
Hi,I'm new to ASP.NET and having a problem configuring the SqlDataSource control. I am using the standard ASP.NET 2.0 "aspnetdb" database to manage user accounts. The problem is this:When using the wizard to configure my SqlDataSource control, the option to auto-generate the Insert/Update/Delete SQL statements are grayed out. I've searched this forum and found that this can be a symptom of no primary keys in the tables. However, there are primary keys (UserId), which is the default schema as generated by asp.net (aspnet_regsql.exe). When I use the wizard, I make the following choices:How would you like to retrieve data from your database?-> Select "Specify columns from a table or view"-> Select the "vw_aspnet_MembershipUsers" view from the "Name:" drop-down list-> Select "UserId", "Email", "UserName" from "Columns:"After this, still no option to auto-generate I/U/D statements. Any thoughts on why this isn't working??? Thanks,Leah.
What are the options for a user to trigger an ssis package or job, it needs to be user friendly or in excel can I have a custom component to do update statements or trigger job?
