Populate One DB Field With A List From A &"storage&" DB
Aug 25, 2006
Mike writes "I am trying to learn SQL programming and would like to see if you can provide me with some direction on a small project.
The project that I would like to work on has 2 SQL DBs and entails looking in a database for empty CLASSCODE fields, populate these fields from a “storage� database that contains un-used CLASSCODE codes and tag the assigned codes from the storage DB as used (“Y�)
The main DB called books has the following relevant fields, bookid, bookname, CLASSCODE (besides a number of other fields which are irrelevant to what I need to do). The “storage DB called classcode has 3 fields, CLASSCODE, Used (single character intended to contain either a Y or NULL).
My idea is to create a script to accomplish this that I can run periodically when new books have been added to the DB. I can setup the update routine I am stuck with is trying to do the following:
Pick the first record (classcode) from the classcode DB
Go to the books DB and update the first record that does not contain a code with the above classcode
Go back to the classcode DB and mark the used record with a Y in the Used field
Loop though the books DB and perform the same operation until no more records exist with an empty classcode field. The existing data would look something like:
dbo.Books
BookidClasscode
A123400001
B123400002
C123400003
D1234
E1234
dbo.classcode
classcodeUsedDate
00001Y5/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
00002Y5/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
00003Y5/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
00004
00005
00006
00007
00008
I need to pick the next classcode.classcode record that does not have a Y in the Used field and apply it to the first books.classcode record that has a NULL classcode record and then mark the used classcode.classcode record with a "Y"
Hopefully this will make some sense, I will greatly appreciate any feedback.
I am fairly new to SQL programming and would like to see if you can provide me with some direction on a small project I would like to accomplish. I have experience working with databases (mainly in with different versions of FoxPro) and reporting with Crystal reports, etc. but not much with SQL.
The project that I would like to work on has 2 SQL DBs and entails looking in a database for empty CLASSCODE fields, populate these fields from a “storage� database that contains un-used CLASSCODE codes and delete the assigned codes from the storage DB or mark them as used possibly the book code.
The main DB called books has the following relevant fields, bookid, bookname, CLASSCODE (besides a number of other fields which are irrelevant to what I need to do). The “storage DB called classcode has 3 fields, CLASSCODE, Used (single character intended to contain either a Y or NULL) and date assigned. The original idea was to put a Y in the used field and insert the date the code was assigned to a book, but this is not entirely necessary, we have 90k unused codes and it really does not matter if they are simply deleted from the DB.
My idea is to create a script to accomplish this that I can run periodically when new books have been added to the DB. I can setup the update routine (something like the list below) but what I am stuck with is trying to do the following:
Pick the first record (classcode) from the classcode DB Go to the books DB and update it with this classcode Go back to the classcode DB and mark the used record with a Y in the Used field Loop though the books DB and perform the same operation until no more records exist with an empty classcode field.
I will greatly appreciate your feedback you can provide.
Mike.
UPDATE [dbo].[Books] SET dbo.Books.Classcode = [dbo].[classcode].[classcode] From dbo.classcode On [dbo].[Books].[classcode]= [NULL]
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Could not find stored procedure 'Maryland'. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Could not find stored procedure 'Maryland'.
Source Error:
Line 81: Dim sqlCmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(sqlText, sqlConn) Line 82: sqlCmd.Connection.Open() Line 83: dr = sqlCmd.ExecuteReader(System.Data.CommandBehavior.CloseConnection) Line 84: Return dr Line 85: End Function
Hi,I have table (tbl_a) that get it values form three Dropdown List and the PK of this table is FK in different table(tbl_b).Since tbl_a get its values from three Dropdown List the number of rows in this table is limited to the number of combinations the three Dropdown List is offer (in any case the number of raws in that table will be final).Assuming tbl_a and tbl_b are both empty. The problem is that if i want to insert row to tbl_b i have to check first if there is a row that holds the values (or combination of values) i am getting from the Dropdown List in tbl_a .Then, if such row is exist i have to get the PK of that raw and insert it to tbl_b (as FK),if such row does not exist, i have to insert it and then get the PK of this row and insert it to tbl_b (as FK). In the end, tbl_a will have all the combination the three Dropdown List can offer so checking if raw exist in this table will not be necessary. In my opinion this is not effective way to do that.Can someone offer me better way to do it? Thanks
Hi, I have table (tbl_a) that get it values form three Dropdown List and the PK of this table is FK in different table(tbl_b). Since tbl_a get its values from three Dropdown List the number of rows in this table is limited to the number of combinations the three Dropdown List is offer (in any case the number of raws in that table will be final). Assuming tbl_a and tbl_b are both empty.
The problem is that if i want to insert row to tbl_b i have to check first if there is a row that holds the values (or combination of values) i am getting from the Dropdown List in tbl_a . Then, if such row is exist i have to get the PK of that raw and insert it to tbl_b (as FK), if such row does not exist, i have to insert it and then get the PK of this row and insert it to tbl_b (as FK).
In the end, tbl_a will have all the combination the three Dropdown List can offer so checking if raw exist in this table will not be necessary.
In my opinion this is not effective way to do that. Can someone offer me better way to do it?
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While implementing this, I want to populate the drop-down-list in the VB(.Net) Form, by retrieving the various hierarchies in the dimensions of the cubes (along with dimensions if possible). This should be done dynamically and in real-time!
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Thanks in advance.
Best wishes!
(Software : SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (with Analysis Services and BI Studio), VS.Net 2005 Enterprise Edition, ADOMD.Net)
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0
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5 2 OK 1
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