SQL 2000 - Substring Function
Jun 20, 2004Hello,
I want to select the characters before "-" from Column A.
For example:
12345-HSC
222-ABC
I'd would like to select it as:
12345
222
Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :confused:
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Substring Function
Jun 20, 2008it's early in the morning (well it is here anyway) and i need a shot of logic...
in the data base i'm currently working with i have a varchar field that holds either a number or a collection of numbers in square brackets. I need to extract the number or the first number in square brackets if it's a list. i know it's gonna be a simple one but my head just won't do it?? i'm trying with substring and charindex to determine the position of the '[' but just not getting it this morning
quick sample of what the data in this column may look like...
declare @t table (col varchar(30))
insert into @t
select '2' union all
select '[5] [4]' union all
select ' [12] [1]'
so i need to get...
col
-------
2
5
12
EDIT-
OK, so i get this to work but only if there is actually square brackets
declare @t table (col varchar(30))
insert into @t
--select '2'union all
select '[5] [4]'union all
select ' [12] [1]'
select col
,substring(col, charindex('[',col)+1, charindex(']',col)-charindex('[',col)-1)
from @t
Em
Substring Function Error.....
Jul 29, 2003select name, datalength(Name),
charindex('_2_', Name),
substring(name, 5, charindex('_2_', Name) - 0)
from msdb.sysjobs.name
name
-------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Job_4927_2_7Sun 30 9 4927_2_7S
Job_250144_2_6Sat 34 11 250144_2_6S
Job_30197_2_1Mon 32 10 30197_2_1M
but when I use following - 3)
select name, datalength(Name),
charindex('_2_', Name),
substring(name, 5, charindex('_2_', Name) - 3)
from msdb.sysjobs.name
I get the result I want (last column):
Job_4927_2_7Sun 30 9 4927_2
Job_250144_2_6Sat 34 11 250144_2
Job_30197_2_1Mon 32 10 30197_2
but also with an error:
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
thanks
David
What Is The Max Length Of Substring Function.
Mar 16, 2001hi thanks for your help
update vendor_invoice
set de_ftpdownload= (select SUBSTRING(de_ftpdownload,1,CHARINDEX('.',de_ftpdow nload,0)-1)as de_ftpdownload from vendor_invoice)
where vendor_invoice_id =931
This get me this error.... so what is the max allowable length of substring function.
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
The statement has been terminated.
Thanks
Al
Problem In Substring Function
Oct 11, 2005Harshi writes "Hello SQL Team!!
I have a problem in Substring function. There is a Text data type field in my Table and it has large no of characters. I want to get the whole text as the result. The problem is its just giving me 300 characters from a row, as the result.
My statement as follows;
//============================================================
SELECT a.L2Topic, a.TopicIndex, a.L1Topic,
Substring(b.Des, 1, 900), b.PriceGroup, b.Price,
b.L1TopicIndex, b.Qty, b.OtherPrice,
c.Customer, c.Address, c.Date, c.ChassyNo,
c.VehicleNo FROM wshpTopicIndex a
LEFT JOIN wshpEstimateDetails b ON (a.EstimateID = b.EstimateID)
INNER JOIN wshpEstimateIndex c ON (b.EstimateID = c.EstimateID)
WHERE (b.RandomNo = a.TopicIndex) AND (a.EstimateID = 54)
GROUP BY a.L2Topic, Substring(b.Des, 1, 900), c.Customer, a.TopicIndex, a.L1Topic, b.Qty,
b.PriceGroup, b.Price, b.L1TopicIndex, b.OtherPrice, c.Address, c.Date, c.ChassyNo, c.VehicleNo
ORDER BY b.PriceGroup, b.L1TopicIndex
//===============================================================
Can some one please help me to get rid of this problem??
Thank you,
Harshi"
Substring Function Can't Figure Out
Mar 5, 2008I have a SQL query in Visual Studio (SSRS). I have a GL Account field that is formatted such as 100-400-123-1234. I wanted to use the substring function to pull out the second set of numbers which I can assign a location:
CASE WHEN substring(GlAccount,5,3)= '400' THEN 'Gainesville'
CASE WHEN substring(GlAccount,5,3)= '401' THEN 'Aledo'
I tried this and it comes back with syntax errors. Can anyone tell me how to approach this as I have a list of about 35 locations that I need to do like this. Thanks.
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Hi All,
I am trying to achieve loading a fact table using my stage and dimesion data , I was planning to use a Lookup transformation to do this, however I am supposed to use a substring task to because the data in the stage table is in adifferent format from that in the dimensions, how do I incorporate this substring task within the data flow, any help is appreciated.
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Oct 18, 2007Hi,
I've tried the following query in SQL SERVER 2005, SQL Express and MACCESS.
select * from Table1 where drid in (SELECT DrID FROM Table2 WHERE (substring(PostalCode,1,3) IN ('B0E','B1P','B2H','B2Y','B3A','B3M','B4A','B4H','E1A','E1C','E1N','G0A', …)) and (substring(Telephone,1,3) IN ('204','250','306','403','416','418','450','506','514','519','604','613','705','780','807','819','902','905')))
The query is using two table. The first one Table1 is a table with user info. The second table Table2 has the info concerning a survey.
The Table1 containt approx. 6000 row and Table2 containt only 210 rows
The table structure from the different environment(MACCESS, SQL SERVER 2005, Sql Server Express 2005) are the same. The Table1 containt the field "PostalCode" and "Telephone".
When I execute this query on MACCESS and in SQL Server 2005 the result are approximately the same(Less than half second). But there a performance issue in Sql Express 2005. The query take an execution time between 7 and 9 secondes.
When I add a condition using a field from tblResponsePQ2Part1 ex: QA=1
like in the following query :
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WHERE (QA = 1 substring(PostalCode,1,3) IN ('B0E','B1P','B2H','B2Y','B3A','B3M','B4A','B4H','E1A','E1C','E1N','G0A', …)) and (substring(Telephone,1,3) IN ('204','250','306','403','416','418','450','506','514','519','604','613','705','780','807','819','902','905')))
the query take an execution time of ~15 secondes!!!!
This issue only happen in Sql Server Express, on the others cases(mean MSAccess, Sql Server) the execution time is less than half second.
It’s weird because, Sql Express 2005 is supposed to be more performant
than MACCESS, and have the same performance than Sql Server Professional Edition. Please Help Me!!!!
Anyone have an idea why?
Mathieu Desbiens
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Oct 30, 2007Hi All,
Can we use the SUBSTRING or PATINDEX function with a User Defined Function as one of the parameters? Something like this:
Code Block
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Mannu.
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Nov 12, 2004Does anyone know what the above error message means?
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Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 536). The step failed.
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GO
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Feb 1, 2008Hi,
I was trying to execute the following query.
select substring(ISNULL(CAST(FullAdress AS NVARCHAR(MAX)),''),1,charindex(',',ISNULL(CAST(FullAdress AS NVARCHAR(MAX)),''))-1) from tbl_lrf_company_details_with_codes
but i am getting the error as "Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function."
Please advice
Thanks In advance
Invalid Length Parameter Passed To The SUBSTRING Function
May 27, 2008
SELECT
C.Description,
SUBSTRING (
(CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)), --expression
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)) + 1), --start
( (LEN (CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))) -
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))*2) - 1
)--length
) AS Version
FROM
:
:
WHERE
:
:
This does not work while
:
:
--SUBSTRING (
(CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)) as expression, --expression
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)) + 1) as start, --start
( (LEN (CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))) -
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))*2) - 1
) as length --length
--) AS Version
:
:
works!!
I get
Msg 536, Level 16, State 5, Line 2
Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function.
Error.
Any idea why i am getting this??
I am trying to get rid of xml tags in the column.
Thanks,
Error: Invalid Length Parameter Passed To The SUBSTRING Function.
Sep 28, 2007Hi,
I am using a simple procedure to pivot results (found in another forum and adapted it). It is done on SQL Server 2005 server with all service packs. Procedure:
**************
ALTER Procedure [dbo].[EthnicityPivot] @StDate as Datetime, @EndDate as Datetime
as
begin
DECLARE @Teams varchar(2000)
truncate table ForEthnicPivot
INSERT INTO ForEthnicPivot
SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(ID), Team, Ethnicity
FROM dbo._EthnicityByTeamEpisode
where Startdate between @StDate and @EndDate
GROUP BY Ethnicity, Team
SET @Teams = ''
--// Get a list of the pivot columns that are important to you.
SELECT @Teams = @Teams + '[' + Team + '],'
FROM (SELECT Distinct Team FROM ForEthnicPivot) Team
--// Remove the trailing comma
SET @Teams = LEFT(@Teams, LEN(@Teams)-1)
--// Now execute the Select with the PIVOT and dynamically add the list
--// of dates for the columns
EXEC( 'SELECT * FROM ForEthnicPivot PIVOT (SUM(countID) FOR Team IN (' + @Teams + ')) AS X' )
end
************
I can call the function:
exec EthnicityPivot '01/01/2007','09/09/2007'
and it works fine in SQL analyzer, but when I want to use it in Visual Studio in a new report I am getting this error
message:
There is an error in the query. Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function. Incorrect syntax near ')'.
Anyone had similar error and sorted it?
Cheers
Polda
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Oct 9, 2006Hi,
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€œSQLServer Error: 536, Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function. €œ
Through research I have no clue as what I need to do, or where to look.
The package runs without error when I execute the package itself.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Lori
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...
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..............................................
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go
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insert into tmpTest (a, b, c) values (2, 3, 4)
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----------- ----------- -----------
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----------- ----------- -----------
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