MS SQL Server Searching Functions
Jun 22, 2005
Hi,the Soundex search words that sounds similar.Does MS SQL Server has some function to make some intuitive search?For example, for search term database, it should return rows that contains: "database" word, but also rows that contains "Oracle", "MySQL", "MS SQL" etc. terms.
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May 26, 2006
I was playing around with the new SQL 2005 CLR functionality andremembered this discussion that I had with Erland Sommarskog concerningperformance of scalar UDFs some time ago (See "Calling sp_oa* infunction" in this newsgroup). In that discussion, Erland made thefollowing comment about UDFs in SQL 2005:[color=blue][color=green]>>The good news is that in SQL 2005, Microsoft has addressed several of[/color][/color]these issues, and the cost of a UDF is not as severe there. In fact fora complex expression, a UDF in written a CLR language may be fasterthanthe corresponding expression using built-in T-SQL functions.<<I thought the I would put this to the test using some of the same SQLas before, but adding a simple scalar CLR UDF into the mix. The testinvolved querying a simple table with about 300,000 rows. Thescenarios are as follows:(A) Use a simple CASE function to calculate a column(B) Use a simple CASE function to calculate a column and as a criterionin the WHERE clause(C) Use a scalar UDF to calculate a column(D) Use a scalar UDF to calculate a column and as a criterion in theWHERE clause(E) Use a scalar CLR UDF to calculate a column(F) Use a scalar CLR UDF to calculate a column and as a criterion inthe WHERE clauseA sample of the results is as follows (time in milliseconds):(295310 row(s) affected)A: 1563(150003 row(s) affected)B: 906(295310 row(s) affected)C: 2703(150003 row(s) affected)D: 2533(295310 row(s) affected)E: 2060(150003 row(s) affected)F: 2190The scalar CLR UDF function was significantly faster than the classicscalar UDF, even for this very simple function. Perhaps a more complexfunction would have shown even a greater difference. Based on this, Imust conclude that Erland was right. Of course, it's still faster tostick with basic built-in functions like CASE.In another test, I decided to run some queries to compare built-inaggregates vs. a couple of simple CLR aggregates as follows:(G) Calculate averages by group using the built-in AVG aggregate(H) Calculate averages by group using a CLR aggregate that similatesthe built-in AVG aggregate(I) Calculate a "trimmed" average by group (average excluding highestand lowest values) using built-in aggregates(J) Calculate a "trimmed" average by group using a CLR aggregatespecially designed for this purposeA sample of the results is as follows (time in milliseconds):(59 row(s) affected)G: 313(59 row(s) affected)H: 890(59 row(s) affected)I: 216(59 row(s) affected)J: 846It seems that the CLR aggregates came with a significant performancepenalty over the built-in aggregates. Perhaps they would pay off if Iwere attempting a very complex type of aggregation. However, at thispoint I'm going to shy away from using these unless I can't find a wayto do the calculation with standard SQL.In a way, I'm happy that basic SQL still seems to be the fastest way toget things done. With the addition of the new CLR functionality, Isuspect that MS may be giving us developers enough rope to comfortablyhang ourselves if we're not careful.Bill E.Hollywood, FL------------------------------------------------------------------------- table TestAssignment, about 300,000 rowsCREATE TABLE [dbo].[TestAssignment]([TestAssignmentID] [int] NOT NULL,[ProductID] [int] NULL,[PercentPassed] [int] NULL,CONSTRAINT [PK_TestAssignment] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED([TestAssignmentID] ASC)--Scalar UDF in SQLCREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnIsEven](@intValue int)RETURNS bitASBEGINDeclare @bitReturnValue bitIf @intValue % 2 = 0Set @bitReturnValue=1ElseSet @bitReturnValue=0RETURN @bitReturnValueEND--Scalar CLR UDF/*using System;using System.Data;using System.Data.SqlClient;using System.Data.SqlTypes;using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;public partial class UserDefinedFunctions{[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction(IsDetermini stic=true,IsPrecise=true)]public static SqlBoolean IsEven(SqlInt32 value){if(value % 2 == 0){return true;}else{return false;}}};*/--Test #1--Scenario A - Query with calculated column--SELECT TestAssignmentID,CASE WHEN TestAssignmentID % 2=0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ASCalcColumnFROM TestAssignment--Scenario B - Query with calculated column as criterion--SELECT TestAssignmentID,CASE WHEN TestAssignmentID % 2=0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ASCalcColumnFROM TestAssignmentWHERE CASE WHEN TestAssignmentID % 2=0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END=1--Scenario C - Query using scalar UDF--SELECT TestAssignmentID,dbo.fnIsEven(TestAssignmentID) AS CalcColumnFROM TestAssignment--Scenario D - Query using scalar UDF as crierion--SELECT TestAssignmentID,dbo.fnIsEven(TestAssignmentID) AS CalcColumnFROM TestAssignmentWHERE dbo.fnIsEven(TestAssignmentID)=1--Scenario E - Query using CLR scalar UDF--SELECT TestAssignmentID,dbo.fnIsEven_CLR(TestAssignmentID) AS CalcColumnFROM TestAssignment--Scenario F - Query using CLR scalar UDF as crierion--SELECT TestAssignmentID,dbo.fnIsEven_CLR(TestAssignmentID) AS CalcColumnFROM TestAssignmentWHERE dbo.fnIsEven(TestAssignmentID)=1--CLR Aggregate functions/*using System;using System.Data;using System.Data.SqlClient;using System.Data.SqlTypes;using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;[Serializable][Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlUserDefinedAggregate (Format.Native)]public struct Avg{public void Init(){this.numValues = 0;this.totalValue = 0;}public void Accumulate(SqlDouble Value){if (!Value.IsNull){this.numValues++;this.totalValue += Value;}}public void Merge(Avg Group){if (Group.numValues > 0){this.numValues += Group.numValues;this.totalValue += Group.totalValue;}}public SqlDouble Terminate(){if (numValues == 0){return SqlDouble.Null;}else{return (this.totalValue / this.numValues);}}// private accumulatorsprivate int numValues;private SqlDouble totalValue;}[Serializable][Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlUserDefinedAggregate (Format.Native)]public struct TrimmedAvg{public void Init(){this.numValues = 0;this.totalValue = 0;this.minValue = SqlDouble.MaxValue;this.maxValue = SqlDouble.MinValue;}public void Accumulate(SqlDouble Value){if (!Value.IsNull){this.numValues++;this.totalValue += Value;if (Value < this.minValue)this.minValue = Value;if (Value > this.maxValue)this.maxValue = Value;}}public void Merge(TrimmedAvg Group){if (Group.numValues > 0){this.numValues += Group.numValues;this.totalValue += Group.totalValue;if (Group.minValue < this.minValue)this.minValue = Group.minValue;if (Group.maxValue > this.maxValue)this.maxValue = Group.maxValue;}}public SqlDouble Terminate(){if (this.numValues < 3)return SqlDouble.Null;else{this.numValues -= 2;this.totalValue -= this.minValue;this.totalValue -= this.maxValue;return (this.totalValue / this.numValues);}}// private accumulatorsprivate int numValues;private SqlDouble totalValue;private SqlDouble minValue;private SqlDouble maxValue;}*/--Test #2--Scenario G - Average Query using built-in aggregate--SELECT ProductID, Avg(Cast(PercentPassed AS float))FROM TestAssignmentGROUP BY ProductIDORDER BY ProductID--Scenario H - Average Query using CLR aggregate--SELECT ProductID, dbo.Avg_CLR(Cast(PercentPassed AS float)) AS AverageFROM TestAssignmentGROUP BY ProductIDORDER BY ProductID--Scenario I - Trimmed Average Query using built in aggregates/setoperations--SELECT A.ProductID,CaseWhen B.CountValues<3 Then NullElse Cast(A.Total-B.MaxValue-B.MinValue ASfloat)/Cast(B.CountValues-2 As float)End AS AverageFROM(SELECT ProductID, Sum(PercentPassed) AS TotalFROM TestAssignmentGROUP BY ProductID) ALEFT JOIN(SELECT ProductID,Max(PercentPassed) AS MaxValue,Min(PercentPassed) AS MinValue,Count(*) AS CountValuesFROM TestAssignmentWHERE PercentPassed Is Not NullGROUP BY ProductID) BON A.ProductID=B.ProductIDORDER BY A.ProductID--Scenario J - Trimmed Average Query using CLR aggregate--SELECT ProductID, dbo.TrimmedAvg_CLR(Cast(PercentPassed AS real)) ASAverageFROM TestAssignmentGROUP BY ProductIDORDER BY ProductID
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Dec 6, 2007
Hi
Iam working on a portal where there is a search option. Here, we wanted to search four tables where each table is having three columns as below:
Table1(col1 ntext,col2 varchar,col3 ntext)
Table2(col1 ntext,col2 varchar,col3 ntext)
Table3(col1 ntext,col2 varchar,col3 ntext)
Table4(col1 ntext,col2 varchar,col3 ntext)
The problem here is as how do i search the above four tables on the respective three columns each of each table. Then I wanted to give out the result in a table format with respective data values in the columns EX:
Output table(S.No,Ti,Coli Ti.coli)
The rest i can do it to pull this information from UI and display it. I got stucked up here of searching four tables effectively and with performance ease. I am hoping that somebody would have already faced a similar search issue for their portals and would have used some code.
Any pointers on this is highly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Mar 31, 2008
hi there,i have a textbox in my page and a button,when the button is clicked the application will search for the text written in the textbox in my database which is sql server, it works fine in my system but when i upload my website in the web it doesn't work correctly i mean that it dosent find all the matches, why this happens? is it possible that this problem occur because of the different fonts which is used in sql server and the font is used in my application?
thanks for help
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Oct 26, 2007
Does any one know of any good components I can buy in to sit on top of my SQL Server to provide the kind of search functionality that google has - 'Did you mean...,' nearset match etc. I have set up SQL Server Full Text but to build all the extra functionality will take some time and I think it will be more cost effective to buy a component in. If any one has used any could you let me know of you experinces please. CheersScott
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Jun 11, 2008
Hi ,
I'm using sql server 2005. In my 'Books' table some of the 'subject' column contains data's with single and double quote. example: Quantu"m phys'ics
i'm passing the subject as parameter and it have to display results if the corresponding subject name is in the table. Here is my code... i'm using dynamic query...
alter procedure getbooks
@sub varchar(200)
as
begin
declare @sqlq nvarchar(2000)
set @sqlq='select subject from books where subjectname like '''+@sub+'%'''
exec sp_executesql @sqlq
end
How can i search for words like this Quantu"m phys'ics in the above query? Any one who knows how to do this please send me the code..
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Nov 3, 2004
I was wondering how exactly one can search the Active Directory with SQL Server 2000. There is all kind of stuff on the Internet about how to connect them and how useful it is to connect them together - plus how you can use Active Directory to query SQL Server, but I`ve never encountered any article where they explain how SQL Server can search the Active Directory.
I`m thinking about how one has their user-database in Active Directory with all users in groups, but only uses groups in SQL Server. How exactly can SQL Server figure out how a user belongs to a group?
Does Active Directory tell SQL Server about that when the user tries to access something from SQL Server, or does SQL Server already knows which group is accessing it as soon as the user authenticates in Active Directory?
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Feb 17, 2014
I have french word like "Services d'organisation de minaires"..and i want to search word in SQL SERVER 2008. but the main problem is SQL SERVER give an Error because of string break.Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near 'organisation'.
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Mar 5, 2015
All I really need to know is how to see if a specific node exists. Here's the XML, as well as the query I have:
<PaymentData xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="Com.Commerce.Data/PaymentData.xsd"><CreditCardResult Code="0" Message="APPROVED" Last4="xxxx" AuthorizationNumber="123456" Amount="6.34000000" /></PaymentData>
Basically I just need to see if the CreditCardResult node exists, and return that relevant row. That's it!
Here's the where clause so far. I've tried every variation I can think of and checked tons of forums and tech sites.. no luck..
SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM tblOrder
WHERE zPaymentData.exist('(/PaymentData/CreditCardResult[1])') = 1
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Jul 26, 2007
Hi
We have a application running on Sql server 2005, which require to browse/search text field. Does anyone know if Sql server's search/browse performance on text field is better than oracle?
The table the application will search on is a customer table that has a 10000 records in it, does this size of table casue a performance problem for sql server 2005 if I index the text field?
Please advise, thanks for your help!
Li
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Sep 6, 2001
Hello all,
Recently I changed over a ASP script from our old Access 97 database to our new SQL database. When I changed it over, some of my SQL pulls on my Active Server Page started to give me erros. One of them is the function
date(). When I used it pulling from Access like this :
strSQLQ = "SELECT * FROM cocoitem WHERE CustNum = '" & strcustnum & "' AND stat = 'C' AND [due-date] > DateAdd('yyyy', -1, Date()) Order By [cust-po], [due-date] ASC ;"
Then it worked fine. When I redirected the ASP to the new SQL server I recieved an error like this:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e14'
'Date' is not a recognized function name.
/scripts/order/shippingstatsclose.asp, line 45
So my question is, what is the SQL server equivalent of the function Date()?
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Apr 8, 2015
I am searching for the key word 'Platform Customer Support' using full text search. My code is as below
Set @KeywordSearch = 'Platform Customer Support'
Select AA, BB, CC, DD from SM9..TableName A Right Outer Join SM9_Experiment..TableName C
On A.IncdTouchedGSF like '%' + C.SM9GroupName + '%'
Where
(
Contains(A.[Description], @KeyWordSearch)
And A.OpenTime Between @StartDate and @EndDate
And C.Classification = @GroupNameClassification
)
The code is throwing:
Msg 7630, Level 15, State 3, Line 46
Syntax error near 'Customer' in the full-text search condition 'Platform Customer Support.
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Feb 4, 2007
Hi I have a problem which I’m not sure how to resolve!
I have a aspx with two drop down list;
1st one has (annual salary, daily salary, hourly rate)
2nd one has ( 0-4999, 5000-9999......)
The second one is generated by the value selected in the first one.
I have stored the values in a table (as nvarchar) and used sqldatasource to run a query, which matches the entry in the first box and fill the second drop down list accordingly.
How ever I have a problem, when I want some one to search for example; an average salary of 5000-9999, it should output entry's that have a similar daily rate, and hourly rate...
But I’m not sure how I can accomplish this, does any one have any ideas!
Many thanks
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Jan 7, 2002
Can someone tell me if this is a SQL Server bug? I tried this in both
version 7 and 2000, the results are the same.
DECLARE @timeA DATETIME
DECLARE @timeB DATETIME
DECLARE @msDiff INT
SET @timeA = GETDATE()
SET @msDiff = 0
WHILE @msDiff <= 10
BEGIN
SET @timeB = DATEADD(ms,@msDiff,@timeA)
PRINT 'If adding ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,@msDiff) + ' milliseconds to Time
B, then Time B is ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEDIFF(ms,@timeA,@timeB)) + '
millisecond greater than Time A'
SET @msDiff = @msDiff + 1
END
This seems like a serious bug if an application depends heavily on
milliseconds comparison.
Thanks,
Aiden
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Sep 6, 2001
I am sorry to continue bothering this forum with the
continuation of this question but here it is. And thank you to Craig for
giving me the equivalent of the function Date() in SQL. Now when I pull from
the SQl Server with the old ASP pull with this statement using GETDATE()
strSQLQuery1 = "SELECT * FROM cocoitem WHERE CustNum = '" & strcustnum & "' AND (stat = 'O' OR stat = 'F') AND [due-date] > DateAdd('yyyy', -1, GETDATE()) Order By [cust-item], [due-date] ASC;"
I get this:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e14'
Invalid parameter 1 specified for dateadd.
/scripts/order/shippingstatsopen.asp, line 28
So I guess I need to also know the equivalent of DateAdd . Also, does anyone
know of a Access Function to Sql 7 function comparison chart so I can write
for the new database comprehendingly?
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
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Jul 26, 2000
Hi,
I am new to this, SQL Server. I hv worked in Oracle. Now I am learning 'SQL Server'. In Oracle, it has features like Packages and functions (PL/SQL), like that in SQL Server, is there any facility available?.
thanks in advance.
srini
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Apr 10, 2002
Do we have any builtin functions in SQL Server for certain financial calculations. For eg., like the PV, FV functions in VB
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Thanks in advance,
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Hi,
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I have an If Update ( My_Column ) trigger set up, where once an update happens to My_Column much information from the updated row along with , Host_Name and App_Name is sent. I also want to send the exact query used to update it, any ideas?
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Thanks,
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Jul 20, 2005
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Jul 20, 2005
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Hi everybody,
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Nov 15, 2006
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hai,
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Aug 20, 2007
Hi,
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Jul 20, 2005
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Oct 4, 2006
Hi
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Apr 23, 2008
Hi ,
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My question is If I can skip the "dbo" part. Call the function without using the dbo .
Can I do that ?
Should I create the function as supervisor ? Does Sql Server has a property or something which will allow me to call the function without using the "dbo." ?
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