This is a question that I have not had an opportunity to test. Was wanting to know if anyone in the SQl world knows the answer. In SQL 2K and 2005 your rolls are limited to 8060 bytes without using varchar(MAX). My question is do you have to specify varchar(max) before your roll can exceed 8060 or does SQL 2005 exceed without specifing varchar(Max). Also does it expand it across multiple pages automatically. Please assist if you can.
Thanks
have created a Database Application in Java and display all the records in tabular format of one Table. This table have Millions of Rows, If I run Select * from Table, then my Machine not responding, so Now I wants to add paging of 1000 rows at one time.
Is there are any option/query to read block of rows at one time and then query again for next page ?
i.e In MYSQL have LIMIT clause with Select Statement
Please let me know..
Database : SQL Server 2000/2005,
Thanks in Advance
Laxmilal
I need to look at all tables in a database that has a column name of GEO
Then look for all values in each table where the GEO value is NULL and delete each of the records found...
Stepping thru the code with the debugger shows the dataset rows being deleted.
After executing the code, and getting to the page presentation. Then I stop the debug and start the
page creation process again ( Page_Load ). The database still has the original deleted dataset rows.
Adding rows works, then updating works fine, but deleting rows, does not seem to work.
The dataset is configured to send the DataSet updates to the database. Use the standard wizard to create the dataSet.
cDependChildTA.Fill(cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild, UserId); rowCountDb = cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild.Count; for (row = 0; row < rowCountDb; row++) { dr_dependentChild = cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild.Rows[0]; dr_dependentChild.Delete(); //cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild.Rows.RemoveAt(0); //cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild.Rows.Remove(0); /* update the Client Process Table Adapter*/ // cDependChildTA.Update(cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild); // cDependChildTA.Update(cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild); }
/* zero rows in the DataSet at this point */ /* update the Child Table Adapter */ cDependChildTA.Update(cDependChildDs._ClientDependentChild);
What I'm trying to do is delete a user and all their related information within the other tables. I'm not wanting to delete the table, just one column with that user and their related information. So my Primary_Key is UserID within the table [alumni] and my three Foreign_Keys are CommentID, PhotoID, and AlbumID within the tables [comments], [photos], and [albums]. Here is some of the code that I have:
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource2" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:SoderquistString %>"
DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [alumni] WHERE [UserID] = @UserID"
SelectCommand="SELECT [UserID], [UserName], [FirstName], [LastName], [State] FROM [alumni] WHERE ([State] = @State)">
<DeleteParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="UserID" Type="Int32" />
</DeleteParameters>
<SelectParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="DropDownList1" Name="state" PropertyName="SelectedValue"
Type="String" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
The users are set up in GridView form. Is there some type of DELETE command that I need to be writing that is different than the one above? I have tried adding onto the following DELETE statment:
DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [alumni] WHERE [UserID] = @UserID
DELETE FROM [photo] WHERE [UserID] = @UserID;
DELETE FROM [album] WHERE [UserID] = @UserID;
DELETE FROM [comment] WHERE [UserID] = @UserID;
...but that doesn't work...and doesn't look right. I would really appreciate anyones suggestions or help that you may be able to provide. Thank you!
Hello,
Do anyone knows how can i count rows in all the tables in a database.
With select count(*) I can count rows only from one table .
TIA.
I need to compare two tables in each row. the tables are as follows:-
Table a:
Code:
IDFirst_Name Last_name Birthdate
1Shradha Deshkmukh 1981-12-25 00:00:00
2Shradha Verma 1981-05-11 00:00:00
3Divya Dutta 1982-07-21 00:00:00
4Matthew Palmer 1983-12-28 00:00:00
table d:-
Code:
idfnlndob
1ShradhaTiwari1981-12-25 00:00:00
2DivyaDutta1983-07-21 00:00:00
3SulabhManesar1975-09-11 00:00:00
4MatthewPalmer1983-12-28 00:00:00
5SamuelMaxwell1984-05-22 00:00:00
I want to compare the tables using first name, and I have a log variable which I want to have the value as per the differences in the table that is if the first name matches and second name and dob dont match it shows log value for that FN as 'LN and DOB dont match'.
similarly if First name matches and dob matches then @log is 'LN not match'.
And in case all three match it should show 'match'as log value.The query I use is a s follows:-
Code:
USE testing
GO
DECLARE @NR int
DECLARE @log varchar(200)
SELECT @NR = COUNT(*) FROM a
WHILE @NR>0
[code]...
the result I am getting is :-
Code:
fnlndob (No column name)
ShradhaTiwari1981-12-25 00:00:00match
ShradhaTiwari1981-12-25 00:00:00match
DivyaDutta1983-07-21 00:00:00match
MatthewPalmer1983-12-28 00:00:00match
I have tried using CASE but that doesnt work either.
Hello All
Please can anyone advice me how I can fetch list of all tables which have no records in it in sql server
Thanks
how to append rows of 2 tables. Each table consist only 1 row.
sample:
table1
f1 f2 f3
table2
g1 g2 g3
my expected result is:
f1 f2 f3 g1 g2 g3
Note: tables have no relation to each other...
thanks
RON
________________________________________________________________________________________________
"I won't last a day without SQL"
Hi,
Does anyone know how to calcuate total no of rows of all tables from database in single query?
Thanks in advance
--kneel
Dear All,I have a table with 10 billion records but there are no key on it. I cannotbuild a key on it as it is the data source.However, the data source exits the duplicated rows.I have used the DTS to transform the data into a new table and delete theduplicated rows. As there are 10 billion records, i need to divide it into 3parts and also the process lasts for 6 hours each part.I want to ask is there any other good methods to slove my problem??ThxEsther
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i 1
s 1
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I need to delete some rows in some of my tables after tranfering data from my OLTP to SQL database.
Im using SQL 2000
I have tried with the following:
Delete from fsalesinvoiceline
Join dsalesinvoiceheader on
Fsalesinvoiceline.salesid= dsalesinvoiceheader.salesid and
Fsalesinvoiceline.company= dsalesinvoiceheader.company
Where dsalesinvoiceheader.billtocustomerno=€™INDTAST DEBITORNUMMER€™
Go
Delete from dsalesinvoiceheader
Where dsalesinvoiceheader.billtocustomerno=€™INDTAST DEBITORNUMMER€™
I get the following error message:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'JOIN'
What am I doing wrong?
/Søren D. Jensen
Hello,I have 4 tables having Customer, Customer_personal_info, Customer_Financial_info, Customer_Other_infoIn this Customer table had a primary key CustomerID , related with every other table with fkey.I want to insert data into four tables using one form having TABs .I created class and storedProcedures to insert row for each table.How to execute all four classes using beginTrans-commitTrans-Rollback-EndTrans. Thanking you,
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I have a question, i loaded 2 files into SQL and the files have some cells that have the same model number.
how can I merge the cells together that have the same model number and (if possible take the avarage of their cell called price)
(and combine their other cell called stock)
and make it into one cell.
Any help would be very very apriciated. Thank you.
i tryed this but it does not work
SELECT Model_number FROM Products
Join Where Model_number='3CM3C1670800B'
I have also Tryed this, IT SHOULD work but I have an error someWhere:
delete from Productsfrom part_number a join
(select part_number, max(part_number) from part_number group by part_number having count(*) > 1) b
on a.part_number = b.part_number and part_number < b.part_number
I have two tables and I want to return data from both. Currently my select statement is returning just 1 child record for each parent record and I want to return all child records that match the parent record.
Here's a sample of my tables/data/etc.
t1
------------
speciesid | species
1 | Mammals
2 | Rodents
3 | Reptiles
t2
---------
animalid | animal
3 | Skink
3 | Iguana
3 | Rattlesnake
2 | Meerkat
1 | Hippo
1 | Elk
What I want to do is pull up a list of all the species and under each list all the animals currently listed under that species.
So the result I want should look like:
Mammals (Hippo, Elk)
Reptiles (Skink, Iguana, Rattlesnake)
Rodents (Meerkat)
so currently I have:
SELECT A.animalid, S.speciesid, A.animal, S.species from t2 as A, t1 as S where S.speciesid=A.animalid order by species
this works great, it's just that it only returns one animal instead of all of the animals. Any help would be appreciated.
Can i insert values into multiple tables? Usually we using this
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerID) VALUES ('ABC')
But i want to combine both into one statement
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerID) VALUES ('ABC')
INSERT INTO Orders (OrderID) VALUES ('DEF')
I'm trying to run a sql query using the core dotnetnuke database. I am tying to pull from two separate tables in the same database and return the results below:
------------------------------------
LastName | FirstName | City | PhoneNumber
Smith Joe New York (555)555-5555
------------------------------------
Last Name and FirstName are two separate columns in the DB_Users table, while City and PhoneNumber are both values of the same column DB_UserProfile.PropertyValue located in separate rows defined by an ID in the DB_UserProfile.PropertyDefinitionID column.
The UserProfile table looks something like this...
ID | PropertyDefinitionID | PropertyValue
1 27 New York
2 31 (555)555-5555
------------------------------------
This is what I have so far but it is not working out to well...
SELECT DB_Users.FirstName, DB_Users.LastName, DB_UserProfile.PropertyValue AS City, DB_UserProfile.PropertyValue AS PhoneNumber
FROM DB_Users, DB_UserProfile WHERE DB_Users.UserID = DB_UserProfile.UserID AND DB_UserProfile.PropertyDefinitionID = 27 AND DB_UserProfile.PropertyDefinitionID = 31
ORDER BY DB_Users.LastName
------------------------------------
THANKS!!
Script for finding row counts of two specific tables in each database of SQL in PIVOT format . e.g
Database || TableName1| Tablename2|| RowsCounts
Say for instance I got 2 tables
Subject Table and a Student Table
The Subject Table consist of the following attributes:
Subject_ID [PK], Subject_Name, Course_ID and Course_Name
The Student Table consists of the following attributes:
Subject ID [FK], Students_Name, Students_bday, Students_age, Students_height and Students_weight
How can I use the INSERT function when I would like to add a row with the following details:
Course_Name : Biotechnology
Students_Name : Fred
Students_bday : 01/JAN/1990
Stundets_age : 54
how to use the INSERT function for multiple tables.
I am using three tables/view.
The first is a vendor table where I am pulling company/ID/name
I am using a left join to the other two tables on company/ID
The problem I am having is if the second table has 8 rows and the third table just has 1 row it will repeat 8 times.
How do I show all 8 from the second table but only the 1 from the third table?
You can see below that the voucher number and amount repeat
vendor_idvendor_namepo_nopo_amountvoucher_no amount_due
36999VITEK6012838 $174.00 2622666 $(1,791.00)
36999VITEK6016464 $822.90 2622666 $(1,791.00)
36999VITEK6017791 $876.00 2622666 $(1,791.00)
36999VITEK6025495 $600.00 2622666 $(1,791.00)
36999VITEK6029781 $930.00 2622666 $(1,791.00)
36999VITEK6034433 $3,264.00 2622666 $(1,791.00)
36999VITEK6037821 $2,715.00 2622666 $(1,791.00)
I need to write a sql statement to retrieve column headers and rows from 2 different tables.
E.g.:
row1: EMP column list, tag: emp
row2: DEPT column list, tag: Dept
row3: EMP columns data
row4: DEPT columns data
And the data sorted by deptno column
E.g.:
EMP, Deptno, empno, ename, age, ...,
DEPT, Deptno, ename, loc
EMP, 10, 7548, Justin, 43,....
DEPT, 10, marketing, california
EMP, 20, 7345, Carol,26,....
DEPT, 20, finance, New York
EMP, ....
DEPT,...
.....
......
Hello , I have 870 tables in a database and I need to sort tables by row numbers to get the ones having biggest number of rows , is there a query?
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Hi,
I have a table in Sql 2005 called
Customers
CustomerId
CustomerName
CustomerAge
CustomerRank
CustomerStCode
I have to transfer the records into 2 tables
CustomerMaster
CustomerId
CustomerStCode
CustomerDetails
CustomerId
CustomerName
CustomerAge
CustomerRank
I have to pick up a row from Customers and transfer it to CustomerMaster and CustomerDetails. CustomerId of CustomerMaster will be the CustomerId of CustomerDetails while transfer.
How to do this?
thanks
Rows in table A that have a business status of 'open' are written to table B (on a different db) on a daily basis.
I have managed to extract the relevant rows in table A and table B.
What I now need to do is compare table A, row N with table B row N and return them both if the values differ.
What is the best way of doing this
e.g.
Table A
customerId amount
1 200
2 106 *return this row*
3 412
Table B (filtered by MAX(audit date))
customerID amount
1 200
2 100 *return this row*
3 412
?
I imported all rows of my txt file using SSIS 2005 into a table. I am now trying to figure out how to split out the header, payment rows, and maintenance rows. First, some information.
An example of table results is here:
http://www.webfound.net/split.txt
The table has just one field of type varcha(100) because the incoming file is a fixed length file at 100 bytes per row
The header rows are the rows with HD in them...then followed by detail rows for that header (see here http://www.webfound.net/rows.jpg).
I need to
1) Split out the header into a header table
2) Split out the maintenance rows (related to the header) into a maint table
3) Split out the payment rows (related to the header) into a payment table
I'll need to maintain a PK/FK relationship between each Header and it's corresponding maint and payment rows in the other 2 tables.
To determine if it's a payment vs. maintenance row, I need to compare chars 30 - 31. If it contains 'MT' then you know it's a maintenance row, else it's a payment row.
How in the hell do I do this???
I have an SQL 2000 server. I have multiple tables in the db that have a row with a time stamp of '10-23-2007'. What I am trying to do is delete these specific rows because they don't belong.
So I need to query the db for table names that are like 'elect_Sub%' and then execute a query on those tables that would delete the row with the time_stamp '10-23-2007'. I know that I have to use the db schema to get the table names, but I need help in writing the sql script that will automatically scroll through the tables.
Thanks,
From Newbie to Newbie,
Add reference to:
'Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library
'Microsoft ADO Ext.2.8 for DDL and Security
'Microsoft Jet and Replication Objects 2.6 Library
--------------------------------------------------------
Imports System.IO
Imports System.IO.File
Code Snippet
'BACKUP DATABASE
Public Shared Sub Restart()
End Sub
'You have to have a BackUps folder included into your release!
Private Sub BackUpDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BackUpDB.Click
Dim addtimestamp As String
Dim f As String
Dim z As String
Dim g As String
Dim Dialogbox1 As New Backupinfo
addtimestamp = Format(Now(), "_MMddyy_HHmm")
z = "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb"
g = addtimestamp + ".mdb"
'Add timestamp and .mdb endging to NewAppDB
f = "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissBackUpsNewAppDB" & g & ""
Try
File.Copy(z, f)
Catch ex As System.Exception
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
MsgBox("Backup completed succesfully.")
If Dialogbox1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
End If
End Sub
Code Snippet
'RESTORE DATABASE
Private Sub RestoreDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
RestoreDB.Click
Dim Filename As String
Dim Restart1 As New RestoreRestart
Dim overwrite As Boolean
overwrite = True
Dim xi As String
With OpenFileDialog1
.Filter = "Database files (*.mdb)|*.mdb|" & "All files|*.*"
If .ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Filename = .FileName
'Strips restored database from the timestamp
xi = "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb"
File.Copy(Filename, xi, overwrite)
End If
End With
'Notify user
MsgBox("Data restored successfully")
Restart()
If Restart1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Application.Restart()
End If
End Sub
Code Snippet
'CREATE NEW DATABASE
Private Sub CreateNewDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
CreateNewDB.Click
Dim L As New DatabaseEraseWarning
Dim Cat As ADOX.Catalog
Cat = New ADOX.Catalog
Dim Restart2 As New NewDBRestart
If File.Exists("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb") Then
If L.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then
Exit Sub
Else
File.Delete("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb")
End If
End If
Cat.Create("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb;
Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5")
Dim Cn As ADODB.Connection
'Dim Cat As ADOX.Catalog
Dim Tablename As ADOX.Table
'Taylor these according to your need - add so many column as you need.
Dim col As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col1 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col2 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col3 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col4 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col5 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col6 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col7 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Dim col8 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Cn = New ADODB.Connection
Cat = New ADOX.Catalog
Tablename = New ADOX.Table
'Open the connection
Cn.Open("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb;Jet
OLEDB:Engine Type=5")
'Open the Catalog
Cat.ActiveConnection = Cn
'Create the table (you can name it anyway you want)
Tablename.Name = "Table1"
'Taylor according to your need - add so many column as you need. Watch for the DataType!
col.Name = "ID"
col.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adInteger
col1.Name = "MA"
col1.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adInteger
col1.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col2.Name = "FName"
col2.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar
col2.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col3.Name = "LName"
col3.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar
col3.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col4.Name = "DOB"
col4.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adDate
col4.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col5.Name = "Gender"
col5.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar
col5.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col6.Name = "Phone1"
col6.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar
col6.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col7.Name = "Phone2"
col7.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar
col7.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
col8.Name = "Notes"
col8.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar
col8.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
Tablename.Keys.Append("PrimaryKey", ADOX.KeyTypeEnum.adKeyPrimary, "ID")
'You have to append all your columns you have created above
Tablename.Columns.Append(col)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col1)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col2)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col3)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col4)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col5)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col6)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col7)
Tablename.Columns.Append(col8)
'Append the newly created table to the Tables Collection
Cat.Tables.Append(Tablename)
'User notification )
MsgBox("A new empty database was created successfully")
'clean up objects
Tablename = Nothing
Cat = Nothing
Cn.Close()
Cn = Nothing
'Restart application
If Restart2.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Application.Restart()
End If
End Sub
Code Snippet
'COMPACT DATABASE
Private Sub CompactDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
CompactDB.Click
Dim JRO As JRO.JetEngine
JRO = New JRO.JetEngine
'The first source is the original, the second is the compacted database under an other name.
JRO.CompactDatabase("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:Program
FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb; Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5", "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
Data Source=C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDBComp.mdb; JetOLEDB:Engine Type=5")
'Original (not compacted database is deleted)
File.Delete("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb")
'Compacted database is renamed to the original databas's neme.
Rename("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDBComp.mdb", "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb")
'User notification
MsgBox("The database was compacted successfully")
End Sub
End Class
I'm working on an ASP.Net project where I want to test code on a localmachine using a local database as a back-end, and then export it tothe production machine where it uses the hosting provider's SQL Serverdatabase on the back-end. Is there a way to export tables from oneSQL Server database to another in such a way that if a table alreadyexists in the destination database, it will be updated to reflect thechanges to the local table, without existing data in the destinationtable being lost? e.g. suppose I change some tables in my localdatabase by adding new fields. Can I "export" these changes to thedestination database so that the new fields will be added to thedestination tables (and filled in with default values), without losingdata in the destination tables?If I run the DTS Import/Export Wizard that comes with SQL Server andchoose "Copy table(s) and view(s) from the source database" and choosethe tables I want to copy, there is apparently no option *not* to copythe data, and since I don't want to copy the data, that choice doesn'twork. If instead of "Copy table(s) and view(s) from the sourcedatabase", I choose "Copy objects and data between SQL Serverdatabases", then on the following options I can uncheck the "CopyData" box to prevent data being copied. But for the "CreateDestination Objects" choices, I have to uncheck "Drop destinationobjects first" since I don't want to lose the existing data. But whenI uncheck that and try to do the copy, I get collisions between theproperties of the local table and the existing destination table,e.g.:"Table 'wbuser' already has a primary key defined on it."Is there no way to do what I want using the DTS Import/Export Wizard?Can it be done some other way?-Bennett
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tblOpenSiteDates
Site: int
OpenDate: smalldate
Comment: VarChar
tblCloseSiteDates
Site: int
CloseDate: smalldate
Comments: VarChar
newLocationID: int
I am trying to get a view which would display a site with the open and close dates. Null is ok for a close date for those opens that are still open.. not every office has an open date and close date.. it is possible to have just a close date and not an open date (ie unsure of open date but I know its closing)
so the output would be
viewOpenCloseSites
Site: int
opendate: smalldate
closedate: smalldate
PLEASE HELP i just can not figure it out
thanks...
Hi folks, I've got a fairly easy one here me thinx. I'm looking for the best way to compare two entire rows from two seperate tables which have the same primary key.
Here's the basic lowdown:
I get some data every night from an external system (cache') via DTS. This is more or less my "master" data which drives my application. I have just been informed of an interesting constraint. If any of the data changes in the external system, those changes do not become effective until the first day of the ensuing fiscal quarter.
I'm solving this by running the DTS as normal, but populating a "duplicate" table which I will evaluate once per quarter for any changes. This is also the preferred solution because they would like to see a snapshot between current cache' data and the data my application is currently working with.
So, I end up with two identically structured tables. both tables have the same primary key and can be linked by an id field with relative ease. What I would like to do is a full row comparision once this join is established.
Right now I explicitly check the value of each column. ie:
WHERE t1.field1 <> t2.field1 OR t1.field2 <> t2.field2 OR t1.field3 <> t2.field3 ... etc
I'm hoping there is something buried in TSQL that I just don't know about that can handle comparing entire rows and tell me if they're different. Or perhaps there's another approach all-together.
Any thoughts?
I have a query which returns all parts and labour lines for a particular work order. It returns all parts lines seperately, but the labour lines are repeated for each row. What I want to accomplish for a given work order, is a list of all the parts lines, followed underneath by a list of all labour lines.This is the code from the report:
select
h.worknumber,
--- Select parts lines and charges
wp.description as [charges desc],
case
when wp.charge_to_cust = 1 then wp.sale_price
[code]...
For this example what I'd like to see is 5 lines here - the labour description and charge under charges description, unit price, qty and est_parts_sale etc, and of course, there could be more than 1 labour line.