Hi,
I have a table that has about 12 fields and 700000 records. My client is going to send me 4 fields out of the 12 fields (1 of them will be primary key) in a text format. What is the best way I can get them updated in the table?
Please help!!
Thanks!!
I was wondering if you guys might give me some advice on how best to handle a particular scenario i'm struggling with.
I have a client that basically wants web-based-update access to their sql server database. Specifically, for a group of users to be able to access a page where they select a record for editing. the caveat is that no two users should be able to pull up the same record at the same time. Originally I would have thought there was some easier record-locking-mechanism I could exploit within sql server or ado.net itself, but I haven't been able to come up with anything.. so this is my current approach:
The page they use starts-out with basically a blank form. there are custom-built paging controls at the bottom of the screen. they click page-forward to begin and a stored procedure is ran to select a record and update a field on that record to indicate "in-process". when they finish editing the record - or page on to the next record without updating - another stored procedure is ran - updating/resetting the status field on the record appropriately.
The entire page is encapsulated within an ajax.net updatepanel.
The entire page has caching disabled. This works well in conjunction with the first page being blank. if they get out of the app and try to get back in by clicking the back button - all they can do is get to the first (blank) page.
A piece of javascript window.onunload clicks a button on the page that releases the record they currently have selected in the event of a re-direct, clicking back, etc.. it appears to work with everything except a window close. in that case, i have a stored procedure running periodically on the server that checks how long a record has been selected - and if it exceeds the time indicated - resets the record as to allow it to be re-selected later.
In the event of session timeout, they are redirected to another page that tells them their session has timed-out (and since the window.onunload fires - it takes care of releasing the record if they have one on the screen).
The concept seemed to be working well until I started multi-user testing. Now it seems as if two users time it perfectly - they are actually able to both select the same record. it happens pretty rarely, but it does seem to happen. I'm guessing this has to do with how my stored procedure is structured - possibly allowing a tiny-enough window between the record being selected for editing - and the update running to actually status the record as in-process (2 separate sql statements within the one stored procedure).
I believe I also have a found a second quirk in my approach where something is causing the window.onunload event to fire twice in some strange situations.. but that's more annoying/confusing from a logging standpoint than anything..
I've read where people say to ensure you dont update a record that's already been updated - that you should compare the fields before you actually perform the update and ensure they haven't changed since you selected it.. but to me that doesn't solve anything.. if two people select the same record and both spend time working on it - the person that tries to update last has just wasted their time.
I've also toyed with the idea of maintaining a separate table in the database to hold the keys to the currently selected records and use that to keep multiple people from selecting the same record - but honestly i dont know if that approach is any better than what i'm doing now.
anyway, I was just curious if you guys had any advice in regards to how you'd handle a request like this.. or if you see any obvious problems/fixes with my current approach..
I would greatly appreciate any info you could provide-
thanks-
col1 col2 col3
1IN NULL
2FOR 1
3Small 4
4World 1
5Hj 1
6NJ 1
7Welcome 1
8So 4
9We 1
10Are 1
11Resp 3
12OIJIOJPOJPJO7
13OIJOIJ 1
14LKJ 2
15IJ 1
Is there any way, to query the above table which returns me all the 1's inside col3 until it finds any other number than 1 + the previous row preceding the 1
for eg., my 1st set would be
1IN NULL
2FOR1
2nd set would look something like this
3Small 4
4World1
5Hj 1
6NJ 1
7Welcome1
3rd set
8So4
9We1
10Are1
4th Set
12OIJIOJPOJPJO7
13OIJOIJ1
and the last set
14LKJ2
15IJ1
Any help is appreciated!!
Have an XML file that i load in to a Dataset. works fine, it builds its own scheme perfectly.
I loop through that data to load a check list which also works wonderfully.
two questions based on that.
1) can i add a column after the fact? I want to basically update the the info in the dataset to store if the record was checked in the check list. if not, i can manipulate one of the already defined columns, but i would rather not.
2) what is the best way to update data with in the dataset? Never really done anything but pull data from one. how do i locate the correct row to update ("select name from tbl where name = " + checklist.items[index].tostring(); update row)
sorry for the fairly basic question. i appreciate the help.
Justin
I am totaly confused please help
I am trying to change a tring of 7 characters of the format "XXYZZZZ" to be
"XX0YZZZZ" I wonder if any body has any idea
Also how can get an out of a dattime field in the format of DDMMYYYY and converted into text.
You help is highly appreciated
Hi!
I am using the follwing query for extracting the country name and city in a COLUMN [Destination Name] in Destinations table. The Data in the table looks like:
CANADA - Toronto
United States- ARIZONA
France
Argentina
United States (USA)- ARIZONA
........
........
The folowing query is producing the required results upto soem extent but without using -1 in subtracting the one value of CHARINDEX. The error is:
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
The statement has been terminated.
QUERY
-----
select
Left(
Destinations.[Destination Name],
charindex("-", Destinations.[Destination Name])-1
)
as test
into temp2
from destinations
CAN ANYBODY HELP me in extracting the city an dcoutry name. I also want to delete the name in () like (USA).
I was given a script that was supposed to take a name field that was separated by commas and normalize it into last, first and middle name. My data looks like below in one fieldname called longname
crab,mike,Allen
Lota Weilly,Eric,M
My script to do this looks like
update ailoca
set last_name = substring (longname, 1, patindex( '%,%' , longname) -1 ),
first_name = substring (longname, patindex( '%,%' , longname) + 1, patindex( '% %', longname)-patindex( '%,%' , longname)),
middle_name = substring (longname, patindex( '% %', longname) + 1, len(longname)-patindex( '%,%' , longname))
My problem is that some people actually have 2 last names, not hyphenated, but 2. Whenever I have 2 names I get the following error
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
The statement has been terminated.
It seems to be related to the first name, I can comment out that update and it works
Thanks
Thanks
Hi All,
I am trying to break the string that looks like this
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
into three separate strings to look like this
col1 col2 col3
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
I was able to separate the above string into two columns, but can't figure out how to put the rest of the string into the third column.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Field1 = Dominguez Public Transport Division 03 9320 4326
how do i remove these strings in T-SQL
Field1 = Dominguez
Field2 = Public Transport Division
Field3 = 03 9320 4326
Hi All,
I am trying to break the string that looks like this
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
into three separate strings to look like this
col1 col2 col3
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server All rights reserved.
2007-05-06 07:36:21.28 server Server Process ID is 292.
I was able to separate the above string into two columns, but can't figure out how to put the rest of the string into the third column.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Hi, is there a way i can replace multiple white spaces & tabs into one , on a TEXT column ?
I am using replace function and trying to store the result into a varchar variable and the TEXT being truncated after 255 charecters.
for example, I tried this :
declare @str varchar(4000)
select @str = replace(cast(textcolumn as varchar(4000)), ' ', NULL)
I understand t-SQL dml statement(s)
will automatically truncate after 255 chars in a long string. But, seeking for other options here pls.
thanks for ur help..
Sir
How i m Manipulate String , I have
(ABC,XYZ,EFG) this string
know i want to break this string 1 by 1 and modify and then rearrange in same form ang Get
like (ABCWE,XYZRT,EF)
pls help me out
Yaman
Hi
I have a field which is a file path
like
'C:avde8393948.txt'
I want to separate them into folder and filename
now the filename is always the same length,
so i can use RIGHT to get the filename,
but i prefer a method that from the right detects the
1st occurance of and everything after is the filename,
ALTER procedure [dbo].[sp_debit_credit]
as begin
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @DEBIT_ID INT
DECLARE @CREDIT_ID INT
DECLARE @servicedamount decimal(18,2)
declare @bal_Serviced_Amt decimal(18,2)
[Code] ....
table is like this
------------------------
DEBIT.ID, DEBIT.ACCOUNT_NO,DEBIT.SERVICED_AMT,CREDIT.ID,CREDIT.TRAN_AMT,CREDIT.SERVICED_FLAG,credit.Serviced_Amt
1456050866223983.0006418110.000300000.00
1456050866223983.0006419110.000500000.00
1456050866223983.0006447110.0002800000.00
1456050866223983.0006510110.0003100303.00
[Code] ....
I need result, I have to subtract
(DEBIT.SERVICED_amt - CREDIT.TRAN_AMT) and set CREDIT.SERVICED_FLAG =1 ,
if DEBIT.SERVICED_amt = CREDIT.TRAN_AMT then set debit.SERVICED_FLAG =1
Using with cursor. It will check row by row , i have written stored procedure , but flag is not updated .
I have two tables TableA and TableB as shown in the example below. I will have to Update TableA based on the data in TableB.
If a member in TableB has an EmployerId different from the one in TableA where the EffectiveDate in TableB between the EffectiveDate and ExpirationDate in TableA, then it should void the row in TableA and create rows as shown in the example below (Please refer to the 1st record and the last three records).
I would like to get some suggestions on how to do this efficiently. I am not looking for queries, but I need some ideas...
Thanks in advance.
TableA
MemberId EmployerId EffectiveDate ExpirationDate VoidIn
12345 111 1/1/2006 10/31/2006 0
12345 222 11/1/2006 5/31/2007 0
12345 333 6/1/2007 12/31/9999 0
TableB
MemberId EmployerId EffectiveDate
12345 444 4/1/2006
TargetTable (TableA Updated)
MemberId EmployerId EffectiveDate ExpirationDate VoidIn
12345 111 1/1/2006 10/31/2006 1
12345 222 11/1/2006 5/31/2007 0
12345 333 6/1/2007 12/31/9999 0
12345 111 1/1/2006 3/31/2006 0
12345 444 4/1/2006 4/30/2006 0
12345 111 5/1/2006 10/31/2006 0
Thanks
Suresh
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Hello,
I have to perform some data manipulation based on ID1, ID2 with respect to Effective dates (below represented as effdt)
Source Code:
create table #source (id1 int, id2 int, effdt datetime)
insert into #source values (111, 123, '1/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 123, '3/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 123, '4/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 124, '5/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 125, '6/1/2007')
insert into #source values (111, 123, '7/1/2007')
Source Code Data:
ID1 ID2 Effdt
111 123 1/1/2007
111 123 3/1/2007
111 123 4/1/2007
111 124 5/1/2007
111 125 6/1/2007
111 123 7/1/2007
Target Data should look like:
ID1 ID2 Effdt Expdt
111 123 1/1/2007 4/30/2007
111 124 5/1/2007 5/31/2007
111 125 6/1/2007 6/30/2007
111 123 7/1/2007 7/31/2007
The logic is like the min(effdt) as effdt, min(effdt) - 1 as expdt of the next id2 from the source. Nut the problem comes when the same ID2 comes later after a different id2, so just a group by on id1, id2 does not suffice.
If it is the last record then the expdt is that month's end date.
Can someone throw me some light on what kind of logic I should be using to accomplish this.
Thanks in advance.
Greg
I would like to drop the leading 0x on a binary value so I can do abitwise operation.Here is simplified code:select right(0x88186000,8)I expected to get back 88186000, this was not the case. The commandreturned some wierd characters.Am I missing something?
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Hi all,
I am having problem in string manipulation in SSIS - Derived Column Transformation.
I am trying to extract the OU names from Active Directory objects into a SQL table.
Assume that a distinguish name (DN) of an object as below:
CN=John, Doe,OU=Users,OU=SubOU,OU=ParentOU,DC=domain,DC=company,DC=com
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col1 col2 col3
1 IN NULL
2 FOR 1
3 Small 4
4 World 1
5 Hj 1
6 NJ 1
7 Welcome 1
8 So 4
9 We 1
10 Are 1
11 Resp 3
12 OIJIOJPOJPJO 7
13 OIJOIJ 1
14 LKJ 2
15 IJ 1
Is there any way, to query the above table which returns me all the 1's inside col3 until it finds any other number than 1 + the previous row preceding the 1
for eg., my 1st set would be
1 IN NULL
2 FOR 1
2nd set would look something like this
3 Small 4
4 World 1
5 Hj 1
6 NJ 1
7 Welcome 1
3rd set
8 So 4
9 We 1
10 Are 1
4th Set
12 OIJIOJPOJPJO 7
13 OIJOIJ 1
and the last set
14 LKJ 2
15 IJ 1
Any help is appreciated!!
Table1:
Id column1
--------------------
251 a
251 b
251 c
What I need to accomplish:
Table2:
Id column1 column2 column3
--------------------------------------------------------
251 a b c
Using SSIS i need to extract data from table1 and combine records with same id into one record in order to map to my destination table2
Hi
I have a scenario while creating a report where I need to maintain the same number of rows for a column, even if the data grows or shrinks for that column
example
Each Scenario is grouped by ID
Scenario 1
columnA
Row1 X X
Row2 X
Row3 X
Row4 XYZ
Scenario 2
columnA
Row1 XA
Row2 XYZ
In both scenario's I need to control from front end
the number of row should remain 4
I am grouping by row field say Type
This field Type varies for each ID group
I have a column(dts) in the database that will retun the date in this format:
2008-02-19 15:10:59:840
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Feb -19-08
or
Feb -19-2008
Thanks
Is it possible to INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE data in this type of relationship? If so, how in VS2005? Not having issues with SELECT, even without joins.
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I am working on an application which uses DTS to move data into temporary tables. I would like to be able to rename/relocate the source file in order to maintain a historical reference. The process which creates the source file is not flexible at all. Is there a way to manipulate the file's name and/or relocate the file by using SQL Server.
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Austin, Texas
Does anyone know the best way to handle this type of situation?
A file coming into a directory based on the date filename042707
I use the fileexist stored procedure to check for the existence.
I use xp_cmdshell(sp)... stored procedure to rename the file so that
it just has filename instead of the date.... I can not use
variables within the xp_cmdshell to replace the date...
everyday the filename would change to filename042807,filename042907 etc....
Basically I know how to copy the file to another directory if it exists...
then I want to strip the right 8 characters off... rename just to that
but with the rename i have to know what the file will be named for that day ...
excuse the grammar just somewhat tired...
any suggestions... please thanks time for sleep
Hi everyone!
I recently found out that using ADO to connect to the SQL server without mentionning the data source; then, by sending a query with the following syntax: dbname.owner.tablename.columnname... an implicit connection to the data source (database) is performed automatically. This way of connecting allowed me to manipulate accross two or more databases thing that is necessary in my project.
My question is:
1- Do anyone have any bad experience and/or negative consequence to such connectivity (memory consumption, unexpected disconnection, ...)? Please consider a very high frequency of manipulation since we are dealing here with a 24/24 hour operational site.
2- Are there any alternative solutions for cross database manipulation (select, insert, update, delete)?
Thanks
I have the following data in a table;
Create Table #Table (Column1 Varchar(1000))
INSERT INTO #Table
Select 'Execute Procedure @param1 = 100, @param2 = 1000, @param3 = ''longtext'' '
UNION ALL
Select 'Execute Procedure @param1 = 10, @param2 = 1000, @param3 = ''longtext'' '
UNION ALL
Select 'Execute Procedure @param1 = 100000, @param2 = 1000, @param3 = ''longtext'' '
Select * from #Table
I want to get rid of @Param1 in every row of the table so my final results look like this.
Create Table #FinalTable (Column1 Varchar(1000))
INSERT INTO #FinalTable
Select 'Execute Procedure @param2 = 1000, @param3 = ''longtext'' '
UNION ALL
Select 'Execute Procedure @param2 = 1000, @param3 = ''longtext'' '
UNION ALL
Select 'Execute Procedure @param2 = 1000, @param3 = ''longtext'' '
Select * from #FinalTable
The tricky part is that the @param1 value length varies so a straight forward substring or replace function won't work.