MS HotFixes/patches Possibly Stunting DB Activity For Certain Amounts Of Data?
Jun 14, 2004
I’m wondering if anyone can shed light on a problem I’ve noticed that's really made for a major thorn in my side. I recently had a Microsoft patch installed on my server, and now for some reason, trying to run INSERT or UPDATE queries against the SQL 2000 database are severely limited. I constantly get the error:
“Error: A severe error occurred on the current command. The results, if any, should be discarded.�
My Event Logs also return the following:
"Invalid buffer received from client."
I think I’ve isolated the problem to be that I can’t add new or modify existing records that try using a field which is of type TEXT, but now can’t be longer than 4,000 characters, else the error fires. This is really weird, as I’ve used the same ASP.NET script to call a stored procedure to INSERT/UPDATE records thousands of times before with 100% success.
I have a feeling this might have something to do with the patch, but has anyone come across this problem specifically, or know for sure which patch(es) cause it? Why all of a sudden would a TEXT field be so limited in capacity?
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Mar 31, 2008
Hi,
I was wondering if any one could help me, I need to store large amounts of data in my database, at present I have it set to nvchar (8000), I've looked around and noticed you can use text which stores up to 2 million, but is slow in displaying the information.
Any ideas or points in the right directions would be great.
Thanks
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Greetings
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So again each supervisor has 100+ subordinates and I need to graph theie phone usage by month
thoughts???
km
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p.s. my email was incorrect in the last mail.
Hi all,
is there a sql 2k thread. Am interseted in finding out what the largest database size of a sqlserver database people have worked with.
We have a 1.2 Terabyte db with about 150-200 million new rows being processed everyday. Would like to share some thoughts on this with other people who are working with this much data and what they are doing with it.
bhala
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I'm getting a dialog box (in SQL server management studio) on save saying :
'xxxx' table
- Saving Definition Changes to tables with large amounts of data could
take a considerable amount of time. While changes are being
saved, table data will not be accessible.
I press 'Yes' to the dialog box.
After 35 seconds, I get another dialog box saying:
'xxxx' table
- Unable to modify table.
Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
Well, the server is responding and I can query that talbe and other, I
can add/delete rows to other columns. I can modify other
(smaller) tables.
Any ideas where I can change this timeout?
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order by event_time desc
GO
--DML for Audit table CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Audit_tbl_Aug2015]( [id] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [event_time] [datetime2](7) NOT NULL, [sequence_number] [int] NULL, [action_id] [varchar](4) NULL, [succeeded] [bit] NOT NULL, [permission_bitmask] [bigint] NOT NULL, [is_column_permission] [bit] NOT NULL, [session_id] [smallint] NOT NULL, [server_principal_id] [int] NULL, [database_principal_id] [int]
[code]...
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Hi all
I just want to make sure I have the proper understanding of how to apply MS security patches in a replicated SQL2k environment.
1) Upgrade Distributor
2) Upgrade Publisher
3) Upgrade Subcriber(s)
Any comment or suggestion would be highly appreciated :-)
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and on this site
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/2960/
There is
9.00.3215 943656 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943656/
Cumulative Update 5 contains hotfixes for SQL Server 2005 issues that have been fixed since the release of Service Pack 2.
Do i just get this one and apply this on top
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Hello all guru's,
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As of now, I'm going to Microsoft's site and reading up on the patches. But, they don't have any info on where there are any negative effects on SQL Server or other Microsoft products.
The patches are being installed on test servers and I plan on running a few jobs to test for any issues.
Does anyone know of any other resources I could check?
Thanks,
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Hi, has anyone got the following error message before? It seems like it occurred when the snapshot creation agent reached the UDF fn_getOwner():
StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
Error messages:
Message: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
Command Text:
select 'number' = convert(int, 0), 'definition' = definition
from sys.sql_modules
where object_id = object_id(@qualified_object_name)
union all
select 'number' = convert(int, procedure_number), 'definition' = definition
from sys.numbered_procedures
where object_id = object_id(@qualified_object_name)
Parameters: @qualified_object_name = [dbo].[fn_getOwner]
Stack: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ExecuteWithOptionalResults(CommandSetupDelegate commandSetupDelegate, ProcessResultsDelegate processResultsDelegate, Int32 queryTimeout, CommandBehavior commandBehavior)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ExecuteWithOptionalResults(CommandSetupDelegate commandSetupDelegate, ProcessResultsDelegate processResultsDelegate, CommandBehavior commandBehavior)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.TextModeOnObjectScripter.Script()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateNonTableArticleSchScript(Scripter scripter, BaseArticleWrapper articleWrapper, SqlSmoObject smoObject, Boolean quotedIdentifierOn, Boolean ansiNullsOn, Boolean textMode)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateFunctionArticleScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.TransSmoScriptingManager.GenerateArticleScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateObjectScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.DoScripting()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SqlServerSnapshotProvider.DoScripting()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SqlServerSnapshotProvider.GenerateSnapshot()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.SnapshotGenerationAgent.InternalRun()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.Run() (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 52006)
Get help: http://help/52006
Source: mscorlib
Target Site: System.Text.StringBuilder Remove(Int32, Int32)
Message: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
Stack: at System.Text.StringBuilder.Remove(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.TextModeOnObjectScripter.ProcessGetObjectScriptResult(SqlDataReader dataReader)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ExecuteWithOptionalResults(CommandSetupDelegate commandSetupDelegate, ProcessResultsDelegate processResultsDelegate, Int32 queryTimeout, CommandBehavior commandBehavior) (Source: mscorlib, Error number: 0)
Get help: http://help/0
Here's the function:
set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go
/* various comments here. */
ALTER
FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_getOwner] (@moduleID integer, @FY char(4))
RETURNS varchar(5)
AS
BEGIN
declare @tin char(9),
@owner varchar(5),
@ownerCount integer
-- Get owner via ModuleID
select @owner = owner
from tblControlPage
where moduleid = @moduleID and AuditFY = @FY;
-- Get owner via ATIN (This is when the moduleId is not on control page or no owner.
-- Check to see if the ATIN is on control page and use ATIN's Owner)
if @owner is null
begin
-- get module's TIN.
select @tin = tin from tblModule where moduleid = @moduleID
-- count the number of owners by ATIN those owner is not null via entity association.
select @ownerCount = count(*) from
(
select owner from vwControlPage c inner join vwEntityAssociation e
on c.tin = e.atin and e.tin = @tin
and auditfystart <= @FY and @FY < auditfyend
where owner is not null
group by owner
) owners
if @ownerCount = 1
begin
-- good, there's only one owner, get the ATIN owner.
select top 1 @owner = owner from vwControlPage c inner join vwEntityAssociation e
on c.tin = e.atin and e.tin = @tin
and auditfystart <= @FY and @FY < auditfyend
where owner is not null
group by owner
end
-- else there are multiple owners, set owner value to 'Multi'
if @ownerCount > 1
begin
set @owner = 'Multi'
end
end
-- Get owner via TIN if @owner is still null
if @owner is null --or len(@owner) = 0
begin
-- get TIN of module (Commented out the following because it was retrieved on prior "if" condition)
-- select @tin = tin from tblModule where moduleid = @moduleID
-- count number of owners by that TIN those not null.
select @ownerCount = count(*) from
(
select owner from vwControlPage
where tin = @tin and auditFY = @FY and owner is not null
group by owner
) owners
if @ownerCount = 1
begin
-- good, there's only one owner.
select top 1 @owner = owner from vwControlPage
where tin = @tin and auditFY = @FY and owner is not null
group by owner
end
-- else there are multiple owners, set owner value to 'Multi'
if @ownerCount > 1
begin
set @owner = 'Multi'
end
end
return @owner
end
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Dec 8, 1999
I have a situation where I may have found a bug in SQL 6.5. I have a process that creates a temp table, then calls a stored procedure that uses that temp table, and the temp table has an identity column on it. The second procedure declares a cursor using an ORDER BY clause on the identity column and spins through the records, updating each row. The below sample is a test case that I think proves the bug. If you remove the ORDER BY clause from the cursor declaration, it works fine. Because of the nature of our data, we have to have the ORDER BY clause.
If you put the following code in a window, run it, you'll see. Then remove the ORDER BY and rerun and you'll get good results. Has anyone seen this or know of a work around? The only solution I have for a workaround is to select the data from the temp table into another temp table and declare the cursor on the second temp table. That seems to work fine. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
SQL SERVER 6.5 - SP5a; NT 4.0 SP5
Thanks,
Mike Nolen
Dealer Solutions Sr. DBA
Houston, TX
-----------SNIP AND RUN------------
-- just needed for the below proc to compile...
create table #mn_temp (
col1 int identity NOT NULL,
col2 char(1)NOT NULL
)
go
drop proc mn2
go
create proc mn2
as
begin
declare @iint, @cchar(1)
-- insert a few records
insert into #mn_temp values ('A')
insert into #mn_temp values ('B')
insert into #mn_temp values ('C')
insert into #mn_temp values ('D')
insert into #mn_temp values ('E')
-- cursor should spin through 5 records
declare aaa cursor for
select col1, col2 from #mn_temp
order by col1
open aaa
fetch next from aaa into @i, @c
select @@fetch_status "fs", @i "ident", @c "char"
while (@@fetch_status <> -1)
begin
print 'In while loop'
fetch next from aaa into @i, @c
-- should print 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D, 5E...but it doesn't!!!
select @@fetch_status "fs", @i "ident", @c "char"
end
close aaa
deallocate aaa
end
go
-- temp table no longer needed...drop it before compiling mn0...
drop table #mn_temp
go
drop proc mn0
go
create proc mn0
as
begin
create table #mn_temp (
col1 int identity NOT NULL,
col2 char(1) NOT NULL )
exec mn2
end
go
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Mar 27, 2006
i'm merge joining 2 data sources, one is oracle and the other is excel...the problem is in the oracle source, it's a sql statement like:
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from qctrl_div_ord_header hdr,
(select max(sub.eff_dt_from) min_eff_dt_from, div_ord_no
from qctrl_div_ord_header sub
group by div_ord_no
) tmp
where hdr.eff_dt_from = tmp.min_eff_dt_from
and hdr.div_ord_no = tmp.div_ord_no
having that sql statement, merging will come out with 0 rows
however, having a simple query like:
select hdr.div_ord_no, hdr.mtr_no, hdr.prod_cd
from qctrl_div_ord_header hdr
merging will come out with 2 rows
you may think that the data in the first sql statement is not there for the merge, which causing the 0 rows, however, the data is there, i'm only joining by one column and definitely the data is there, the merge result should be 2 rows for both query statements
i believe this is a problem with SSIS, anyway around this?
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Jan 27, 2004
Right, I'm no SQL programmer. As I type this, I have roughly the third the hair I had at 5 o'clock last night. I even lost sleep over it.
I'm trying to return a list of records from a database holding organisation names. As I've built a table to hold record versions, the key fields (with sample data) from a View I created to display this is as follows:
record_id-----org_id-----live-----version
====== ===== === =====
1-------------1----------0----------1
2-------------2----------0----------1
3-------------1----------1----------2
4-------------2----------0----------2
as you can see the record id will always be unique. record 3 is a newer version of record 1, and 4 of 2. the issue is thus: i only want to return unique organisations. if a version of the organisation record is live on the system (in this case record id 3), i want to return the live version with its unique record id. i'm assuming for this i can perform a simple "SELECT WHERE live = 1" query.
however, some organisations will have no live versions (see org with id 2). i still wish to return a record for this organisation, but in this case the most recent version ie version 2 (and again - its unique record id)
in actual fact, it seems so much clearer when laid out like this. however, i feel it's not going to happen this end, and so any help would be greatly appreciated.
many thanks in advance,
phil
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Here is my query:
SELECT factCaseCosts.nUpcKey, factCaseCosts.dCaseCost, factCaseCosts.dtEffectiveDate
FROM factCaseCosts
WHERE (factCaseCosts.dtEffectiveDate <= GETDATE())
ORDER BY dtEffectiveDate DESC
Here is my current result set:
52023.762006-08-01 00:00:00
52023.762006-02-18 00:00:00
52123.762006-08-01 00:00:00
52123.762006-02-18 00:00:00
52230.362006-08-01 00:00:00
52230.362006-02-18 00:00:00
52323.762006-08-01 00:00:00
52323.762006-02-18 00:00:00
I only want the first 520 returned, the first 521 returned, the first 522 returned, and the first 523 returned.
How can I do this?
Thanks!
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i had a problem with a server instance where an app processing a file and putting the data into the database using a stored procedure was timing out. the app is a service and in the case of errors, will try to process the file until it has been succesfully added data to the database. in the event viewer i keep seeing this message during this timeout period:
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is there a possibility that this process was causing my SP to timeout? are there any other log or debug files that SQL Express creates that might be helpful in discovering what caused the timeout? currently the log is at... ouch 10gigs restricted... maybe trying to autogrow from this while restricted is hogging resources?
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OK since my company really would not prefer to spend the money for Windows 2003 Enterprise and MS SQL 2005 Enterprise I was thinking about this idea...
Server1 - W2K3 Std - SQL2005 Std - Primary
Server2 - W2K3 Std - SQL2005 Std - Mirror
Server3 - W2K3 Std - SQL2005 Std - Witness
Server4 - W2K3 Std - SQL2005 Std - Processing
OK So we have Server1 & Server2 doing the Database Mirroring. Then I have Server3 as the Witness to say who is the Primary and so forth. Now Server4 I thinking to us to create jobs that will run on a Schedule to pull data from our Ticketing system and import it into Server1 & Server2 (Yes this is a Datawarehouse).. So what I am wondering... We really wish to not have to change our connections to the DB with the Failover connection string and just use a common name. Since we are not usng Enterprise I can not do the Failover Clustering... So what I was wondering is if we could use the MS NLB. So for example with Server1 being primary and Server2 being Mirror... Server1 dies or goes down for maintance or whatever... Then Server3 will notice that and say OK Server2 you are now primary but also have Server3 go into the MS NLB and say Server3 Online and take all connections. Then when Server1 comes back on-line it is set as the Mirror system and is Offline in the NLB... Is this possible? If yes can someone either A... Give me directions on how to do that... or B shot me some URL's where I can read up on this stuff?
Thanks for all your help anyone is able to provide. It is greatly appricated.
Billy S.
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/* Test table */
create table test (c1 char(1), c2 varchar(1));
insert into test values ('','');
/* Query */
select
c1,
len(c1) len_c1,
c2,
len(c2) len_c2
from test
The result of the len(c1) expression is 0. I would expect the correct result to be 1, since "c1" is a fixed-length character string type and the values are right-padded with spaces to fit the defined length, in this case 1.
I'm using SQL Server 2005.
Regards,
Ole Willy Tuv
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Hi,
We've had this issue for awhile, but I have not been able to find a resolution for this. We have 2 identical servers (hardware & software) set-up: IBM x3850-(88633RU) running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 (5.2.3790 SP1 Build 3790 R2). Server A was running SP1 (Build 9.0.2047) on a 3-node active-passive-passive failover cluster. Server B was running SP2 + Hotfix KB933097 (Build 9.0.3152) on a 2-node active-passive failover cluster. Both these servers are heavily utilized, and when originally installed with these versions of SQL Server Enterprise 2005 experienced no issues during or post-install. The original install of SQL 2005 Enterprise on both these servers had the Cluster Group Selection "Data files" setting changed to "M:MICROSOFT SQL SERVER" so that all system dbs and binaries would be installed to that location. On Server B where SP2 had already been applied, the update was downloaded on May 1, 2007, well after the GDR issues which had been plaguing SP2 releases was supposed to have been resolved.
Our problems began the night when we tried to apply hotfix KB933097 on Server A, and cumulative update packages 1,2,3 on Servers A & B, as well as catch-up the same SP2 and hotfix packages on other non-clustered servers where default system db locations remained the same. On all servers other than Servers A and B, the installs proceeded smoothly and without issue.
On Server B, which was already running SP2 + Hotfix KB933097, we tried installing Cumulative Update Package 1 (Build 9.0.3161) on the primary node. The install proceeded until the following errors were encountered:
"[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot find the object 'dm_exec_query_resource_semaphores', because it does not exist or you do not have permission."
"[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot find the object 'dm_exec_query_memory_grants', because it does not exist or you do not have permission."
After this, the setup finished with the message "Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64-bit) - Update 'Hotfix 3161 for SQL Server Database Services 2005 (64-bit) ENU (KB935356)' could not be installed. Error code 1603. Additional information is available in the log file C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGHotfixSQL9_Hotfix_KB935356_sqlrun_sql.msp.log."
We rebooted the server and tried several times to reinstall the hotfix as sa and as the database service account with full windows and sa credentials, each time with no success, and rebooting between retries. All other components were installed successfully. We were hesitant to try uninstalling the hotfix, since it was unable to be removed successfully in previous attempts. However, when I connected to Database Engine using Management Studio, I found that the version of SQL being reported was in fact Build 9.0.3161! Everything also appeared to be running properly.
I tried to to Google the answer, but could only find information as applied to SP1 when system dbs master and mssqlsystemresource were located on different locations (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;918695 ). I had already verified that all system dbs, including the ones mentioned, were originally and currently located together on M:Microsoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData.
Finally I contacted a fellow DBA who advised me to continue installing all the other hotfixes, and then compare all SQL files against other servers where the install succeeded to ensure all system files were updated correctly (matching file sizes and datetime stamps). Since we were depending on a fix in Cumulative Update Package 3 to fix a critical log-shipping security issue, I went ahead with the rest of the installs, getting the same error with each package, rebooting between each install.
We found after the final install that the mssqlsystemresource files in the M:Microsoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData
directory were in fact updated after each install with a new timestamp, and that all files in C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBinn matched on both file size and timestamp. The log-shipping security issue we were looking to fix also appeared to be resolved by the last update.
On Server A, which was running SP1 (Build 9.0.2047), we installed the same SP2 package as we had on Server B with no issue. We rebooted and then tried to apply the same Hotfix KB933097 (Build 9.0.3152) that had been applied successfully on Server B and found to our surprise that the same errors were being generated here as well. We continued to apply the rest of the hotfixes so that both servers matched software updates. Comparing the above directories showed that files seemed to have been updated, even though database services appeared to be not installed.
It looks like we now need Cumulative Update 5 hotfix package in order to deal with WMI alerting issues, but I'm afraid to apply it until we have a known resolution for the past errors.
Since this issue was supposed to be resolved by SP2, I'm not sure why these post-SP2 hotfixes should fail. It seems to me to be an issue of the directory location of the system files which is in question.
I can post the hotfix log files as well, if anyone is interested in seeing them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. As well, does anyone have any idea when SP3 is scheduled to come out? I really don't like applying hotfixes which are usually untested for general purposes, and it seems Microsoft is delaying this in favour of releasing SQL 2008.
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Mar 23, 2006
It's me again :)
So; if you read my earlier thread here (http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=1214353), you'll know that I'm trying to build stored procedures to deal with ticketing queries, and that it's all getting a bit complicated. I have, however, made a bit of progress and now have the following working:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[getAvailableTickets]
@eventId INT,
@standId INT,
@admissionDateId INT,
@concessionId INT,
@userId INT
AS
DECLARE @startyear DATETIME
DECLARE @endyear DATETIME
SELECT @startyear=CONVERT(datetime, '2006/01/01')
SELECT @endyear=CONVERT(datetime, '2006/12/31')
SELECT
[tblTickets].[id] AS ticketId,
[tblEvents].[id] AS eventId,
[tblStands].[id] AS standId,
[tblAdmissionDates].[id] AS admitDateId,
[tblEvents].[event_name],
[tblStands].[stand_name],
[tblTicketConcessions].[concession_name],
[tblMemberships].[membership_name],
[tblAdmissionDates].[admission_start_date],
[tblAdmissionDates].[admission_end_date],
[tblBookingMinQuantities]. AS minBookingQuantity,
[tblBookingMaxQuantities].[booking_quantity] AS maxBookingQuantity,
MIN([tblQuotas].[quota]) AS Quota,
[B]SUM([tblBasket].[ticket_quantity]) AS History,
[tblTickets].[price],
[tblTickets].[availability]
FROM [tblTickets]
LEFT JOIN [tblEvents]ON [tblEvents].[id] = [tblTickets].[event_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblStands]ON [tblStands].[id] = [tblTickets].[stand_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblBookingDates]ON [tblBookingDates].[id] = [tblTickets].
LEFT JOIN [tblTicketConcessions]ON [tblTicketConcessions].[id] = [tblTickets].[ticket_concession_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblBookingQuantities] AS tblBookingMinQuantities ON [tblBookingMinQuantities].[id] = [tblTickets].[booking_min_quantity_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblBookingQuantities] AS tblBookingMaxQuantitiesON [tblBookingMaxQuantities].[id] = [tblTickets].[booking_max_quantity_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblAdmissionDates]ON [tblAdmissionDates].[id] = [tblTickets].[admission_date_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblMemberships]ON [tblMemberships].[id] = [tblTickets].[membership_id]
LEFT JOIN [tblQuotas]ON
([tblQuotas].[event_id] = [tblTickets].[event_id] OR [tblQuotas].[event_id] IS NULL) AND
([tblQuotas].[stand_id] = [tblTickets].[stand_id] OR [tblQuotas].[stand_id] IS NULL) AND
([tblQuotas].[admission_date_id] = [tblTickets].[admission_date_id] OR [tblQuotas].[admission_date_id] IS NULL) AND
([tblQuotas].[concession_id] = [tblTickets].[ticket_concession_id] OR [tblQuotas].[concession_id] IS NULL) AND
([tblQuotas].[membership_id] = [tblTickets].[membership_id] OR [tblQuotas].[membership_id] IS NULL) AND
([tblQuotas].[ticket_id] = [tblTickets].[id] OR [tblQuotas].[ticket_id] IS NULL)
[B]LEFT JOIN [tblBasket] ON [tblBasket].[ticket_id] = [tblTickets].[id]
LEFT JOIN [tblOrders] ON [tblOrders].[id] = [tblBasket].[order_id]
WHERE 1=1
AND ([tblTickets].[ticket_open] = 1)
AND (([tblEvents].[id] = @eventId OR @eventId = 0)AND ([tblEvents].[event_open] = 1))
AND (([tblStands].[id] = @standId OR @standId = 0)AND ([tblStands].[stand_open] = 1))
AND (([tblAdmissionDates].[id] = @admissionDateId OR @admissionDateId = 0)AND ([tblAdmissionDates].[date_open] = 1))
AND ([tblTicketConcessions].[id] = @concessionId OR @concessionId = 0)
AND ((getdate() BETWEEN [tblBookingDates]. AND [tblBookingDates].[booking_end_date]) OR ([tblBookingDates].[booking_start_date] IS NULL AND [tblBookingDates].[booking_end_date] IS NULL))
AND (([tblMemberships].[id] IN (SELECT [membership_id] FROM [tblUsers_Memberships] WHERE [user_id]=@userId)) OR [tblMemberships].[id] IS NULL)
[B]AND ([tblOrders].[user_id] = @userId OR @userId=0)
GROUP BY
[tblTickets].[id],
[tblEvents].[id],
[tblStands].[id],
[tblAdmissionDates].[id],
[tblEvents].[event_name],
[tblStands].[stand_name],
[tblTicketConcessions].[concession_name],
[tblMemberships].[membership_name],
[tblAdmissionDates].[admission_start_date],
[tblAdmissionDates].[admission_end_date],
[tblBookingMinQuantities].[booking_quantity],
[tblBookingMaxQuantities].[booking_quantity],
[tblTickets].[price],
[tblTickets].[availability]
GO
Except... there's two problems with it. One is that it only returns tickets that you've already bought, the other is that it doens't work out correctly how many of those tickets you've bought in past orders.
This is what's in tblBasket:
idticket_idquantityorder_iddate
152321/03/2006
262321/03/2006
3144421/03/2006
4154421/03/2006
551421/03/2006
Both the orders in there are for the same user id: "1". All the tickets in there are tied to event "2".
When I run Exec dbo.getAvailableTickets 2,0,0,0,1, it tells me it's found 6 of ticket 5, 4 of ticket 6 and 12 of ticket 14. And I can't for the life of me figure out how it's calculating it. Any ideas?
And how do i get it to return all tickets regardless of whether you've bought them previously or not?
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