Non Deterministic Function?
Oct 9, 2006
Gentlemen What is "Non_Deterministic" about the function below?
I pass DATETIME Column and a DECIMAL column ti the function. It keeps yelling at me saying it is a non-deterministic function.
I am using this function to PERSIST a Computed Column.
I have tried converting all NVARCHARs to VARCHARs.
Tredi returning a VARCHAR instead of a DATETIME, but still did not succeed.
Am I doing something wrong, I must be.....
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udf_GetDateTime](@Date DATETIME, @TimeDecimal DECIMAL)
RETURNS DATETIME
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @DateStr NVARCHAR(23)
DECLARE @TimeStr NVARCHAR(12)
DECLARE @DateTimeResult DATETIME
SET @TimeStr = RIGHT('000000' + CONVERT(NVARCHAR(6), @TimeDecimal), 6)
SET @DateStr = CONVERT(NVARCHAR(10), @Date, 120) + ' ' +
SUBSTRING(@TimeStr, 1, 2) + ':' +
SUBSTRING(@TimeStr, 3, 2) + ':' +
SUBSTRING(@TimeStr, 5, 2)
RETURN CONVERT(DATETIME, @DateStr, 120)
END
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Dec 8, 2007
Hi,
I am using Sql Server 2005 as the database management and Access 2003 as the front-end. In the database, I intend to give different views of tables to different users. That's why I used suser_sname system function, which returns the windows login id and authenticates users to see different records in the same view. What I want to do in Access is, allowing some specific users to be able to do update, insert and delete operations through a form based on this view (which only depends on 1 table). However, Access tells me that "the recordset is not updateable". In order to be able to change records, I tried to create new index for the view in Sql Server, which failed giving "Sql Server, Error number:1949" and telling me that it fails since suser_sname yields non-deterministic results. The strange thing is that when I open VB Editor in Access and write a simple update code within this form, it updates both the view and the table in the database. My question is: How can I do update, delete and insert operations on the form directly? Is there a way to do the authentication without using a nondeterministic function in Sql Server or using the front-end Access 2003? Maybe a function similar to the current_user function in Access can do that, I don't know.
It's been a long question but I desperately need the answer. Any thanks will be appreciated.
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Dec 8, 2007
Hi,
I am using Sql Server 2005 as the database management and Access 2003 as the front-end. In the database, I intend to give different views of tables to different users. That's why I used suser_sname system function, which returns the windows login id and authenticates users to see different records in the same view. What I want to do in Access is, allowing some specific users to be able to do update, insert and delete operations through a form based on this view (which only depends on 1 table). However, Access tells me that "the recordset is not updateable". In order to be able to change records, I tried to create new index for the view in Sql Server, which failed giving "Sql Server, Error number:1949" and telling me that it fails since suser_sname yields non-deterministic results. The strange thing is that when I open VB Editor in Access and write a simple update code within this form, it updates both the view and the table in the database. My question is: How can I do update, delete and insert operations on the form directly? Is there a way to do the authentication without using a nondeterministic function in Sql Server or using the front-end Access 2003? Maybe a function similar to the current_user function in Access can do that, I don't know.
It's been a long question but I desperately need the answer. Any thanks will be appreciated.
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Sep 13, 2006
Per 2005 BOL:
Determinism
Deterministic functions always return the same result any time they are called with a specific set of input values and given the same state of the database. Nondeterministic functions may return different results each time they are called with a specific set of input values even if the database state that they access remains the same.
The Database Engine automatically analyzes the body of Transact-SQL functions and evaluates whether the function is deterministic. For example, if the function calls other functions that are non-deterministic, or if the function calls extended stored procedures, then the Database Engine marks the function as non-deterministic. For common language runtime (CLR) functions, the Database Engine relies on the author of the function to mark the function as deterministic or not using the SqlFunction custom attribute.
Now my question. When wouldn't a function return the same result under these circumstances? When wouldn't any query do this for that matter? What would possibly cause different result sets when the same input parameters are supplied?
TIA, cfr
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May 3, 2008
Hi all... This is the definition on the M/S site:
"Deterministic functions always return the same result any time they are called with a specific set of input values and given the same state of the database. Nondeterministic functions may return different results each time they are called with a specific set of input values even if the database state that they access remains the same."
Good... straight forward, right? Ok.... try entering thses command seperately:
Create Table Readings (ReadingDate DateTime Not Null);
Create Function [dbo].[funct_SameDate](@datReadingDate Datetime)
Returns DateTime
As
Begin
return @datReadingDate;
End
Alter table Readings add
[TempColumn] as (dbo.[funct_SameDate](ReadingDate)) PERSISTED NOT NULL;
Error on last command returns:
Computed column 'TempColumn' in table 'Readings' cannot be persisted because the column is non-deterministic.
Can someone please explain this to me? The same value is always being returned.
This does work:
Create Table Readings (ReadingDate DateTime Not Null);
Alter table Readings add [TempColumn] as (ReadingDate) PERSISTED NOT NULL;
I obviously want to do more things inside the function, but I can't get by the first step.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Forch
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Shows whether the data type of the selected column can be determined with certainty. (Applies only to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later.)
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SQL Server 2005.
Thank you,
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Hi
I am new to SQL Server and am migrating another database
In my original database I have a default(constant) type field and a calculated field both of which call the same user defined function: GetMyUID()
My Function GetMyUID() returns the current date, time and users initials, i.e. "20080522T09:31:15.250LSG"
When a record is first created both fields have identical values
As the record is updated over time my constant field stays constant and my calculated field reflects the time the record was last updated and the initials of that person. So my first field is called 'Created' and my second is called 'Updated'
I would have thought that something like this would be a pretty bog standard and very straightforward requirement in any database
However in SQL I am getting error messages about the return value being non deterministic
I searched the web and found advice that to sort the problem I need to use WITH SCHEMABINDING in my function definition
Unfortunately I am still getting the same 'non deterministic' error
I wonder if (in the quest to not have an overlong field) by looking up the persons initials from a 'STAFF' file rather than leaving the username in full tacked on to the end that this is causing the problem?
I can't imagine that what I am trying to achieve is rocket science but unfortunately have not been able to find any resource on the web that solves this issue for me
In desperation I turn to you
Please help (preferably by letting me have a few lines of code that return the current date/time followed by the username lookup of a Username's initials, here is a snippet of my code...
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Where the dbo.myInitials() calls:
RETURN (SELECT STAFF.Code from dbo.STAFF where STAFF.Login = dbo.myLogin())
and dbo.myLogin() calls
return UPPER(Right(System_User,PATINDEX('%\%',System_User)))
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Hi all,
I executed the following sql script successfuuly:
shcInLineTableFN.sql:
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RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN (SELECT * FROM Authors WHERE state = @cState)
GO
And the "dbo.AuthorsForState" is in the Table-valued Functions, Programmabilty, pubs Database.
I tried to get the result out of the "dbo.AuthorsForState" by executing the following sql script:
shcInlineTableFNresult.sql:
USE pubs
GO
SELECT * FROM shcInLineTableFN
GO
I got the following error message:
Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'shcInLineTableFN'.
Please help and advise me how to fix the syntax
"SELECT * FROM shcInLineTableFN"
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Thanks in advance,
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Got some errors on this one...
Is Rand function cannot be used in the User Defined function?
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I'm writing a stored procedure that needs to use the primary key fields of a table that is being passed to me so that I can generate what will most likely be a dynamically generated SQL statement and then execute it.
So the first thing I do, is I need to grab the primary key fields of the table. I'd rather not go down to the base system tables since we may (hopefully) upgrade this one SQL 2000 machine to 2005 fairly soon, so I poke around, and find sp_pkeys in the master table. Great. I pass in the table name, and sure enough, it comes back with a record set, 1 row per column. That's exactly what I need.
Umm... This is the part where I'm at a loss. The stored procedure outputs the resultset as a resultset (Not as an output param). Now I want to use that list in my stored procedure, thinking that if the base tables change, Microsoft will change the stored procedure accordingly, so even after a version upgrade my stuff SHOULD still work. But... How do I use the resultset from the stored procedure? You can't reference it like a table-valued function, nor can you 'capture' the resultset for use using the syntax like:
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Now, I'm happily going along and building my routine, and realize, hey, I don't really want that in a comma-delimited varchar, I want to use it in one of my queries, and I have this nice little table-valued function I call split, that takes a comma-delimited varchar, and returns a table... So I preceed to try it out...
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Syntax Error. Ugh. Eventually, I even try:
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Syntax Error.
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SELECT *FROM Split('bc,def',DEFAULT) works just fine.
So my questions are:
Is there any way to programmatically capture a resultset that is being output from a stored procedure for use in the stored procedure that called it?
Is there any way to pass a scalar-valued function as a parameter into a table-valued function?
Oh, this works as well as a work around, but I'm more interested in if there is a way without having to workaround:
DECLARE @tmp varchar(8000)
SET @tmp=(SELECT dbo.fn_pkeys('MyTable'))
SELECT *
FROM Split(@tmp,DEFAULT)
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We'll call this function UserUsage()
------------------------------------
RETURN(
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CEILING(Sum(hu.session_time)/ 60000) AS [Time Spent(MIN)],
Max(hu.time_stamp) AS [Last Log Date],
pct.Title, cat.topic_name
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AND hu.course_id = pct.CourseID
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AND (pct.ClientID=@ClientID)
AND (ut.GroupID=3400)
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And hu.time_stamp< @EndDate)
AND (hu.session_time<21600000))
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)
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-----------------------------------------
RETURN (
SELECTut.LastName, ut.FirstName,
CEILING(SUM(hu.Session_Time) / 60000.0) AS [Time Spent(MIN)]
FROM ZSRIVENDEL.dbo.UserTable AS ut
INNER JOIN ZSRIVENDEL.dbo.History_Usage AS hu
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WHERE ut.ClientID = @ClientID
AND ut.GroupID = 3400
AND hu.Time_Stamp >= @StartDate
AND hu.Time_Stamp < @EndDate
AND hu.Session_Time < 21600000
GROUP BY ut.LastName, ut.FirstName
)
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In C# it would create a method and just call that method as well as the variables. However i'm not sure how to do that with sql functions. Could someone shed some light please?
Thank you!
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-
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ORDER BY 1 DESC
id firm covacc avgFinal
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------------
80430 122 0 8.000000
80430 122 29353 9.000000
80430 505 NULL 8.500000
80430 2045 NULL 7.500000
80430 122 18815 9.000000
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Executing the next query give me the following results
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from lead_with
where [ID] = 80430
group by avgFinal,IBFirm
order by avgFinal desc
IBFirm
---------------------------------------- -----------
9.000000 122
8.500000 223
8.500000 505
8.000000 122
8.000000 625
7.500000 2045
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above
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end
GO
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also I tried
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Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80040E07)
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