Hiya!
I'm having a problem updating a varchar(4000) column in Enterprise Manager when I open the table and try to update one particular row directly. Most of my rows have approx. 100-500 characters in this column, and I can update all of them them, but one row which has 1976 characters in this varchar column doesn't let me change data by typing directly into this column, although it will let me update other columns in the same row. Altogether, my row size has a max. of approx. 5000, below the 8060 limit, so I doubt that's the problem. What Is?
I would like to update a varchar field with an update statement that appends information to what is currently stored in the field, for example in the Statement field I may currently have a name (Mark) and I want to add a unique identifier to the end of the name so that it may look like, Markq1572, is there a way to do this in an update statement?
Hi, What is the difference updating a null value to char/varchar type column
versus empty string to char/varchar type column?Which is the best to do and why? Could anyone explain about this?
Example:
Table 1 : tCountry - Name varchar(80) nullable Table 2 :tState - Name char(2) nullable Table 3 :tCountryDetails - countryid,state (char(2) nullable) - May the country contain state or no state So,when the state is not present for the country ,i have two options may be - null,'' tCountryDetails.State = '' or tCountryDetails.State = null?
I have a table with a column that is currently a varchar(50), but I want to convert it into an int. When I try to just change the type in design mode I get an error that conversion cannot proceed. When I look at the field it appears some of the entries have special characters appended at the end, I see a box after the value.
How can I remove all speical characters and then convert that field to an int?
Also I tried the following query which did not work as well, same error about conversion.
I have a textbox that is receiving a date in the format mm/dd/yyyy. The field in the database is VarChar size 10. I purposely don't want to use the DateTime data type for various reasons. When I extract the text from that textbox: Example:4/11/2005 I do my INSERT. When I look in the database at that field, it shows up like:April 11, 2005 12 The database's field is VarChar! How/why is it doing automatic DateTime formatting?
Hi guys I need immediate help with a query that I am trying to write. I want to sum the values in a query but the field has a type of varchar and it has decimal numbers too. So if I do the query something like that, that converts the field to int, I get the error message. I tried converting it into real or float but I get error message on that too. I need help with adding the calculatedValues and getting there sum. I would appreciate any help with that.
Thanks -Sarah Select SUM(Convert(int, calculatedValue)) from monitor.dbo.monHistory where LocalTimeWithoutDst > '8/26/06' and LocalTimeWithoutDst < '8/28/06'
This is the error message I recieve: Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '274.2' to data type int.
After reading Dan Guzman's blog entry (http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dang/archive/2008/02/21/Dont-Bloat-Proc-Cache-with-Parameters.aspx) I started modifying some of my code to try it out and ran into a stumbling block. What size would you specific for a varchar(MAX) field? Since a varchar max field can hold up to 2 billion chracters I really don't think I need to specify 2 billion as the size. Anyone have any ideas?
I have a varchar column which containd comma delimited values like Rec# Fruits 1 Apple, Peach, Strawberry 2 Orange, Mango 3 Banana, Grape ...........
Now i have to add search facility so that a user could search for more than 1 fruit at a time. I have a Stored Procedure which returns records from this table. that SP has a Parameter @SearchFruit Varchar(500) and the user could pass in values like 'Apple, Mango' to this parameter.
Now how should i write the SQL so that i get back the records Rec# 1 & 2 since apple is there in 1st record and mango is there in the 2nd ??
I know if a put the comma delimited values as individual records in a temporary table and also do the same for the parameter values then i can get the desired results. But i want to avoid doing that. Any other way ?
I would like to append information to a varchar field with an update statement, for example the field currently contains a name (Mark) and I would like to add information to name for business purposes, to update it to Markqw215, is this possible to do with an update statement? Thank you.
I would like to append information to a varchar field with an update statement, for example the field currently contains a name (Mark) and I would like to add information to name for business purposes, to update it to Markqw215, is this possible to do with an update statement? Thank you.
I'm importing data from a text file into SQL as a varchar, and I'm leaving it a varchar in its final destination table. It is essentially a price, i.e., $25.65. I'm using this price field (varchar) to perform a calculation...
Everything seems to work OK, but I'm not sure about using this varchar field to perform this calculation. Is this doable, or should it absolutely be converted to say, decimal?
I am setting up a database that will receive a lot of data from twoseparate telephone centers, the log table will in a short time haveover 1 million lines, and I was wondering if I should use 1 identifyfield or two:case 1:[Id] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL[ServerId] [int] NOT NULLcase 2:[Id] [varchar(20)] IDENTITY NOT NULLWhere in case 1 I would just use a combination of Id and ServerId toidentify the line, where in case 2 I would have the Id field a varcharthat would look something like A-000001, A-000002 for server 1 andB-000001, B-000002 for server 2Which solution will be faster when searching for a record when thewill have over 1 million lines?
Hi, I want to update a field in my table whose value is a 0, to a value 1. This field is of type bit and here is the SP that I wrote to achieve this. Somhow, its giving some error when I tried executing it in the Query Analyzer. What am I doing wrong here??
CREATE PROCEDURE PublishSchedule ( @SiteCode smallint, @YearMonth int ) AS
DECLARE @Active bit IF ( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CabsSchedule WHERE YearMonth = @YearMonth AND SiteCode = @SiteCode) > 0 ) BEGIN UPDATE CabsSchedule SET Active=1 WHERE SiteCode=@SiteCode AND YearMonth=@YearMonth END GO
All other fields are updating ok and I'm not getting an error.I am trying to update a date and time (smalldatetime) using a stored procedure.First, the info to be updated comes from a datagrid. Dim sDate As DateTime sDate = CType(e.Item.FindControl("tDate"), TextBox).TextThen, passed to the SQLDal class and then to the stored procedure..... Public Function updateData(ByVal sDate As DateTime, ByVal sp As String) 'Some items snipped for easier read Dim command As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(sp, conn) 'Where sp is the stored procdure name command.Parameters.Add("@date", sDate)'And so on.....And then the stored procedure....@num VARCHAR(256),@date SMALLDATETIME,@contact VARCHAR(256),@notes VARCHAR(8000),@media VARCHAR(256) ASBEGIN DECLARE @errCode INT BEGIN TRAN -- UPDATE THE RECORDS UPDATE dbo.tblData SET fldDate = @date, fldContact = @contact, fldNotes = @notes, fldMedia = @media WHERE fldNum = @num <sniped>Like I said, all other fields are updated with no problems, but not the date.The date format being passed into the sp is {0:MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm tt} or Aug 05, 2005 04:39 PM Is it the format of the date? Or something else I'm not seeing...Thanks all,Zath
I have a sql database that includes a table of customer contact information. The area code for many of my customers is about to change. Is there a way to mass update the phone number field so that all phone numbers that currently start with 111 change to 222 ? Ex 1115554444 to 2225554444 ?
I try to update a field of text datatype using WRITETEXT statement. The information that I try to change has both the single(') and double (") quotes in it. How can I get it done ?
Trying to update part of a field. Currently using ColdFusion 4.0 and SQL Server 7.0. My field looks something like this: ABC.DEF.GHI and I just want to update the last 3 characters, GHI. The length of the field may change so it's not going to be 11 characters long. Any help would be appreciated.
I need to update the path only to H:2007|( Winter019997.htm)Filename as in database.
Question 2 This needs to be done automatically so when attachments are being added this updates. How can I do this?
Question 3 I have the attachments saved in this location C:Program Files etc… I need them moved to another location on the network. How can I do this?
I have 3 tables and 1 view. Which are: TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON PlanningPointLocation paflarea VIEW_paapplic
The View paaplic has 100 records and I have to do the below for all 1000 records individually. I have to update the field TP_Total in the TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON table depending on what is in the fields in the tables. I am writing the below code but am unsure if this is going to achieve what I want.
BEGIN Select file_number, land_use_code, pluse1_code From VIEW_paapplic END
BEGIN If pluse1_code = 'A' Then Select TP_Total From TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
Update TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON SET TP_Total As TP_Total + 1 WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
Else If pluse1_code = 'C' Then Select Count(*) As TempCount From table paflarea Where fk_paapplicfile_nu = file_number
Select TP_Total From TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
Update TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON SET TP_Total As TP_Total + TempCount WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number END
ok, i am trying to update a database at work for a product we are developing.
i need to run this command update <tablenamehere> set value = Replace(value, 'GeoLynxAO_Henrico', 'GeoLynx') on every tabe in the database
is there a simple way to do this while pulling the table names out of information_schema.tables?
i have searched using google and been unable to find anything so far. the db server is running sql server express 2005 and i'm doing this from sql server management studio express
i really don't want to have to type the update statement by hand for 90+ tables................
I need to insert data in a varchar column to that when its displayed new lines will appear in the text, that is the field will hold text with multiple lines...
Hi,I am using MSDE together with Enterprise Manager.I have a table with a field named description.This field will be filled by a web forms's textbox web control.The textbox's maxsize attribute is set to "3000" characters.What size do I have to adjust for my DB field description?Is the size of 3000 in Enterpise Manager equal to 3000 characters for the textbox?I am just trying to avoid errors if MSDE cuts off the string that comes from the textbox webcontrol.
I am trying to load a field in my DB and it is defined as varchar(11) but when I populate it, it still adds spaces at the end. When I try to use it in an If statement, it doesn't match and executes the else instead. The wierd part is it seems to make it 10 characters long and not 11 or the the actual length. I think I had originally set it up for char(10) then changed it afterward but I even deleted the field and reentered it as varchar(11).Thanks,Eric
I have a field with State and Zip (ie; CA94526) which is a varchar field. I have lots of data that is invalid and need SELECT all records that the right(myfield,5) IS NOT Numeric. Can this be done?
I am trying to change a text field into a varchar 8000. I get his error message when trying to convert.
Unable to modify table. ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot create a row of size 8317 which is greater than the allowable maximum of 8060. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The statement has been terminated.
Anyone know of a way to either truncate the text field or to select only those that are over the 8000 character mark?
