Dave writes "I am in the dark on this one, but maybe by talking about it I can figure something out. I am an amature with sql, so bear with me. What is need to do is search 3-4 fields in a table. For example. If I search for "I am a football fan of the Colts" I somehow need to take out those conjunctions and smaller words. Not to mention weighting the search results. Any help would save me"
I'm having a very difficult time getting any type of transactions to work without encountering blocking.
Here's what I have. I created a package using the Import data option on a database to start with. That gave me the following:
On the control flow tab there is a Preparation SQL task which truncates a table followed by a Data Flow Task that then copies from an oracle database into that same table.
The two are connected by the green success arrow.
For obvious reasons, if the import from oracle fails, I would like the truncate of the table to be rolled back so that the table in question is returned to its previous state.
I have tried the following:
Setting the transactions setting on the data flow panel to "supported" and changing it on the Control Flow tab to required.
Setting both to required.
Setting the data flow setting to "supported", then adding a sequence container onto the control flow panel, moved both the preparation and data flow tasks into it and then set the sequence container to "required".
In all cases I have installed the package onto the server and then scheduled a job in SQL Server agent to run the package.
No matter what way I do it, the preparation sql task apparently opens a transaction and then the following data flow task starts a different one and is blocked by the first one. If you check a log file I set it to generate it clearly gets stuck after the sql preparation job when trying to start the data flow task. Checking sql server itself (Activity monitor), the job is stuck because it is blocked by process "-2".
So I'm lost as to how to make one single transaction be used for the entire package and get the behavior i need....
Hi all,I set up our Oracle Financials as a linked server to one of my SQLServer boxes. On running a test query, I got the following errormessage:OLE DB provider 'MSDAORA' supplied inconsistent metadata for a column.Metadata information was changed at execution time.OLE DB error trace [Non-interface error: Column 'TEST_NUM'(compile-time ordinal 2) of object '"MYUSER"."TEST_LINK"' was reportedto have aDBTYPE of 130 at compile time and 5 at run time].The Oracle datatype of the column with the supposedly inconsistentmetadata was NUMBER, which according to the Oracle OLE DB documentationactually maps to 139. 130 is a null-terminated unicode characterstring, 5 is a float, and 139 is a variable-length, exact numeric valuewith a signed scale value. Oracle NUMBER is an all-purpose numerictype, apparently they use that instead of int, float, etc. The Oracleguy used it for this column in the test table because in OF it is usedin pretty much every table. (For starters it is the datatype of theiridentity columns.)There is something in the OLE DB spec about all datatypes having to beable to be expressed as DBTYPE_WSTR (130), but what I don't get is thatI can connect to the same Oracle instance using VB6 code and theMSDAORA provider and there is no problem at all interpreting the NUMBERcolumns. So why does it work from VB and not as a linked server? Andmuch more importantly, HOW DO I MAKE THE LINKED SERVER WORK?TIA
in a asp .net application, I call a stored procedure which have a output parameter. the output parameter works find in sql session, but not in the asp .net application.
if I put select msg_out = "error message" in position A(see below for stored proc), it works fine if I put them inside the if statement, the output parameter wont work in asp .net application, but fine in SQL session The stored proc was created like this:
Create procedure XXXXXXX (@msg_out varchar(80) OUTPUT ) as begin
while exists (*******) begin //position A if certain condition begin
select msg_out = "error message" return 1 end
end
end
end
It seems to me that anything inside if - the second begin...end - it wont get executed.
Hi All,Quick question, I have always heard it best practice to check for exist, ifso, drop, then create the proc. I just wanted to know why that's a bestpractice. I am trying to put that theory in place at my work, but they areasking for a good reason to do this before actually implementing. All Icould think of was that so when you're creating a proc you won't get anerror if the procedure already exists, but doesn't it also have to do withCompilation and perhaps Execution. Does anyone have a good argument fordoing stored procs this way? All feedback is appreciated.TIA,~CK
I have an ASP that has been working fine for several months, but itsuddenly broke. I wonder if windows update has installed some securitypatch that is causing it.The problem is that I am calling a stored procedure via an ASP(classic, not .NET) , but nothing happens. The procedure doesn't work,and I don't get any error messages.I've tried dropping and re-creating the user and permissions, to noavail. If it was a permissions problem, there would be an errormessage. I trace the calls in Profiler, and it has no complaints. Thedatabase is getting the stored proc call.I finally got it to work again, but this is not a viable solution forour production environment:1. response.write the SQL call to the stored procedure from the ASPand copy the text to the clipboard.2. log in to QueryAnalyzer using the same user as used by the ASP.3. paste and run the SQL call to the stored proc in query analyzer.After I have done this, it not only works in Query Analyzer, but thenthe ASP works too. It continues to work, even after I reboot themachine. This is truly bizzare and has us stumped. My hunch is thatwindows update installed something that has created this issue, but Ihave not been able to track it down.
Is it possible to retrieve the resultset of a stored procedure from another procedure in sql server 2000. Basically I am calling proc2 from the inside of proc1. proc2 returns 2 resultsets. I want to process these two resultsets from within proc1.
I am working with a large application and am trying to track down a bug. I believe an error that occurs in the stored procedure isbubbling back up to the application and is causing the application not to run. Don't ask why, but we do not have some of the sourcecode that was used to build the application, so I am not able to trace into the code. So basically I want to examine the stored procedure. If I run the stored procedure through Query Analyzer, I get the following error message: Msg 2758, Level 16, State 1, Procedure GetPortalSettings, Line 74RAISERROR could not locate entry for error 60002 in sysmessages. (1 row(s) affected) (1 row(s) affected) I don't know if the error message is sufficient enough to cause the application from not running? Does anyone know? If the RAISERROR occursmdiway through the stored procedure, does the stored procedure terminate execution? Also, Is there a way to trace into a stored procedure through Query Analyzer? -------------------------------------------As a side note, below is a small portion of my stored proc where the error is being raised: SELECT @PortalPermissionValue = isnull(max(PermissionValue),0)FROM Permission, PermissionType, #GroupsWHERE Permission.ResourceId = @PortalIdAND Permission.PartyId = #Groups.PartyIdAND Permission.PermissionTypeId = PermissionType.PermissionTypeId IF @PortalPermissionValue = 0BEGIN RAISERROR (60002, 16, 1) return -3END
Hello, I have a table of data with the following columns:ParticipantResult (win or lose)The table has other data in, but I want to make a league to sort by the amounts of wins. For example: Participant Won PlayedA 5 10B 4 7C 3 3 I want this to show up on web page. I was hoping to do this through the source code on the web page, but I am struggling to do it.Is there a better way to do this, or a place where I can see an example of the code. Many Thanks, Oliver
I hope I can explain this somewhat coherantly. Here goes..
I have a products database. I want to select product details for items having distinct style codes. IE if there are 20 products that different from one another in some way, and 3 different style numbers throughout them, I want to end up with 3 products selected. I don't care which ones, as long as i have a sample product for each style. I've attemped to use GROUP BY to do this, but it's not giving me what I want. I managed to get right number of products, but the query seems to have mixed and matched the fields together in an undesireable way. I guess this kinda makes sense, since providing aggregate functions for each of the extra fields is necessary. SO THE QUESTION IS: How do I select (number of distinct styles) products, and still keep the records in tact as they should be?
Here is a sample...
Code:
SELECT DISTINCT Min(team) as team, min(pict) as pict, min(colors) as colors, min(league) as league, min(product_description) as product_description, min(category) as category, min(subcategory) as subcategory, min(style) as style FROM prods WHERE (style='style1' or style='style2' or style='style3') AND league='leaguex' AND soldout='' GROUP by style ORDER by style
Thanks very much for any help!! I'm sure I'm going about this all wrong.
What is the best method/model for having real time replication set up and also needing the ability to drop and recreate SP's/Tables/UDF's etc? I keep getting the error of the SP is being used in replication so it cannot be dropped...
Hi alllI have these tables below with 3 fields each. I want to get the recordin table 1 whose field number value is same in table 2 but field number2 on both tables are different. I mean i want the record1500 800 2. Insight: Table 1 is modules ordered and table 2 is modulesdelivered. I want to get 1500 800 2.beacuse module 800 was ordered butin table 2 module 503 was delivered. can some one help me with a joinnice weekeendTable 110 5012 101600502100 502 31500800 2Table 21500503 114004000100502 10100600100502 3
Please see the detail of tables with fields in SQL server 2000.·TableStudent .Table Good Qualities( It is a list of Students) (It is a list of Good Qualities)1-Student Id (P.Key)1- Serial No. (P. Key)2-Student Name 2- Good Quality· Table Bad Qualities .Table Future Plans(It is a list of Bad Qualities) (It is a list of Plans)1-Serial No. (P. Key) 1- Serial No. (P. Key)2-Bad Quality 2- Future Plans·Table-Personality1-Student Name/ID2-Good Qualities3-Bad Qualities4-Future PlansData will store in Personality table like thatStudent IDG.Q.No B.Q.NoF.P.No101 3 2 1101 4 5 NUll101 8 Null Null202 4 8 9202Null 3 1Required ResultNow I have to generate a report of One student andsometimes of many students comprising of their Name, G.qualities, BadQualities and Future Plan. To generate report User input will be onlystudent id.I Need help in making relationship of these tables as well as inMaking a Query. Any suggestion to get the required result. Speciallyplease look at the Personality Table because I do not understandPrimary key for it. Should I just include the Serial No. as Primarykey.Please make necessary changes to get the required result.I shall be really thankful to you for your kind favor.
I have a dimension that has the following members:
Directors
Senior Managers
Managers
Senior Associates
Associates
But they way they need to be displayed includes subtotals. Senior Managers and Managers are placed into Management and Staff is a total of everyone except Directors. They should appear on the report in something like this:
Directors 10
Senior Managers 15
Managers 9
Management 24
Senior Associates 17
Associates 40
Staff 81
Total 91
What is the best way to do this? Right now I am using a matrix because I am also showing headcounts by Period. Is a table a better way to go? Is it something that should be done in my dimension?
I can do the Total part. I am just not sure how to make the subtotals inbetween the other lines.
I have been reading up on how replicating schema changes work, but I must be missing something. When I configured a database for replication, it added a rowguid column to each table. This I understand.
I want to test making a schema change and replicating that change. For example, I tried to add a column to an existing table. When I tried to save the table i get the following error:
"Error validating the default for column rowguid".
"- Unable to modify table. It is invalid to drop the default constraint on the rowguid column that is used by merge replication. The DDL operation failed inside merge DDL replication manipulation. The transaction ended in the trigger. The batch has been aborted."
So, what am I missing? Do i need to drop the rowguid column, add the new column, and then re-add the rowguid column?
In my ScriptTask, i am checking the file validity. Now if the file is found incorrect, I do not want the DataFlowTask and other to execute. Instead i want the file to be moved to Error and the loop to proceed with the next file. If the file validity is correct, DFT and ExecuteSQL execute. How do i do this?
Some explanation supported by examples would help.
hi I am not able to create connection string through vwd express for sql express database file n getting a error: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) plz tell me where is the problem n how can i resolve it Thanks n with regardsCN
Hi Guys, I came here again to ask something about my application, Is there a way to make 2 columns unique with each other even if they don't have a primary key? If there's a way how? I wanna make a rule so, my application wont replicate its record. Graciaz,Nhoyti
I have no idea but want to learn it how to make random names with sql server... I have a table, called table1, for colums Firstname and Last name I want it to make random names, so much it is possible it can get, in table2 where the colums is named Names
I have a datagrid in my file along with an Update Query.
My Update Query basically adds the numerical values in two columns together when the page is loaded. This means whenever the page is Refreshed the Update query is fired.
This is my Update Query (which is in an Stored Procedure):
UPDATE Rental SET TotalFee = ExtraFee + TotalFee WHERE DaysOverdue >= 0
I have declared my query in the 'Page_Load' part of the coding, because I want the query to run automatically. Not manually by a button.
My main question is that how can I get the query to run only once a day, no matter how many times the page is loaded.
Playing with DTS for converting text data to SQL Server table and sending email messages. Package is to be scheduled hourly.
1. Is there any easy way to force DTS to choose Success or Failure based on a SQL Task? Wish to check contents of a table for new values and branch accordingly in DTS.
2. When new records are brought in I wish to build a custom email message rather than attaching a text file. Any Idea how to build a custom message?
I am attempting to auto scan an error log on a Unix based system and email myself when errors occur. This is an exercise to test scheduling of jobs, bridging between technologies and sending out meaningful messages based on the process via email.
Is there any possible way to make a row delete itself at a certain date and time? I am tring to make an "On_Sale" table and perticular items(rows) must expire at a certain Date and time. I have an idea to delete a row when it expires but it will cause an extra burden on my application. So is it possible to have SQL responsible for deleting a row at a certain time and date?
Also, I have another question: when I asign a PK Identity to a certain column is there a way I can enforce consecutive order of PK values? For example if I delete a row and the PK value was 5 it will reoder the whole table so all PK values are in consecutive order:
hi. i'm trying to make a report in asp that sums up a whole bunch of statistics. the report is quite lengthy and takes about 2 minutes to load. i thought i would solve that problem by making a table to dump the statistics into instead of calculating the statistics every time the report is viewed. this way, the page would just read the table with the statistics already put in it. these statistics would be updated every day or two so i don't need anything up to the minute.however, i have run into a small problem which is actually updating the information in the table. my new table is called OfficeReport and it looks like this:UserID Stat1 Stat2 Stat3 ...... Stat3223 0 0 0 056 0 0 0 072 0 0 0 0this is a query for one of the statistics i am currently using:SELECT DefendantCase.UserID, COUNT(DefendantCase.UserID) AS CountOfUserID FROM DefendantCase LEFT JOIN UserDescription ON DefendantCase.UserID=UserDescription.UserID WHERE UserDescription.Status=1 AND UserDescription.UserType=1GROUP BY DefendantCase.UserIDif i run this query, this is what i get:UserID CountOfUserID54 2160 1052 294 427 22how can i modify this query so its output updates the same UserID column in the OfficeReport table? Thanks!
I have a table to which data is being imported via bcp. When I get this data there are some fields nvarchar that has some decimal, for instance 1098.000000 is always 6 zeros..What I want to achieve is to make the above number only 1098
So what I did was this: LEFT (AMOUNT, LEN(AMOUNT)-7) AS AMOUNT
But i get an error saying invalid lenght parameter passed to the left or substring