Hi Folks,
I am converting a 6.5 database to 7.0. I have heard that some areas(for e.g. Nulls) are treated differently in SQL Server 7.0. So even if the conversion goes through smoothly there are poteential problems with the way Nulls are treated in 7.0. Is there any whitepaper or some other source which lists all the problems faced by developers when converting from 6.5 to 7.0?
Hi does anybody know how to programmatically convert an SQL Server table into a dbf or an excel spreadsheet? I'm using C#. Also, i need to put the new table into a different folder. Thanks.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIf I develop my app in SQL Server 2005 Express, and then want to use a hosting service that only offers full SQL Server 2005, do I have to do some kind of conversion to my DB file, and if so, what might that be? (I notice that there are hosting services that provide SQL Server Express...I'd like to know how much work it would be to be able to use other services.)
Any guidance on this would be appreciated.
Thanks!
We are Planning to convert from SQL 7 to 2000.Can any one give the related issues and how it can be done?
Sujas
I am in the process of trying to create a mirror image of our Oracle database in SQL Server. I have all of the code that was used to create Stored Procedures on the Oracle side. I am having a lot of trouble trying to figure out what the corresponding syntax to create these procedures in SQL Server would be. Has anybody been able to locate any sources of information that would help me or had any experience with this problem? I would appreciate any help anyone can give me.
Specifically I am looking for help on the following items:
Oracle Sql Server
RETURN NUMBER ?
IS ?
BEGIN ?
SELECT FROM DUAL ?
EXCEPTION HANDLING ?
Here's some of what I have so far:
Oracle SQL Server
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE CREATE PROC AS
Variable_name @variable_name
number numeric
dual #temptable
Thanks!
Why am I getting the following error during a SQL Server 6.5 conversion?
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LOGINSID: Unable to open SQL Server registry key
Any ideas on converting integer to a proper date format in SQL server.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi,
I've got a couple of snippets of code that I am not sure how to convert. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve
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Select
to_char(AM_VEST_YEAR0, 'FM999,999,999,999,990') ||'|'||
to_char(AM_VEST_YEAR1, 'FM999,999,999,999,990') ||'|'||
to_char(AM_VEST_YEAR2, 'FM999,999,999,999,990') ||'|'||
to_char(AM_VEST_YEAR3, 'FM999,999,999,999,990') ||'|'||
to_char(AM_VEST_YEAR4, 'FM999,999,999,999,990') ||'|'||
to_char(AM_VEST_YEAR5, 'FM999,999,999,999,990') as data_row
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from
VEST_SCHED,
(select to_date('31-DEC-'||to_char(to_number(to_char(sysdate, 'yyyy'))+1), 'dd-mon-yyyy') as max_date
from dual) b,
(select to_date('1-JAN-'||to_char(to_number(to_char(sysdate, 'yyyy'))+1), 'dd-mon-yyyy') as min_date
from dual) c
where
OPTS_CANC < '1' and
VEST_DT BETWEEN c.min_date AND b.max_date and
emplid = '[CURRENT_EMPLID]'
group by
emplid, GRANT_NUM
Hi Guys, I have this statement that I am converting from Oracle to SQL. Help pls:-) PP_PRICEPOINT_ID is a decimal. What is the appropriate usage..
Oracle
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update pricepoint set pp_type = decode(substr(pp_pricepoint_id,1,1),7,0,2),
pp_qtybreakindex =substr(pp_pricepoint_id,3,1) where pp_type is null and pp_qtybreakIndex is null;
Here is its SQL
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UPDATE pricepoint
SETpp_type =
CASE SUBSTRING(pp_pricepoint_id, 1, 1)
WHEN 7 THEN 0
ELSE 2
END,
pp_qtybreakindex = SUBSTRING(pp_pricepoint_id, 3, 1)
WHERE pp_type is null
ANDpp_qtybreakIndex is null
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I am getting the error
The data type decimal is invalid for the substring function. Allowed types are: char/varchar, nchar/nvarchar, and binary/varbinary.
Something went a bit wrong. Converted Oracle 10g to Sql Server 2000.
Now, in the schema there is a column that allows nulls.
In Oracle if you look at the column, you see NULL.
However if I look at the same created in Sql Server it actually does not have a <NULL> value there.
When the conversion was done however, all of these NULLs from Oracle came across into Sql Server with the actual value of <NULL>.
This causes the problem that these objects are now no longer displayed within my application. They show up fine using Oracle, and if I use Sql Server from the start it is fine -- the column is just blank, not acutally NULL. I can force the <NULL> value by doing the ctrl+0 on the field, and that breaks it as well.
The column has to allow nulls, but the actual value cannot be <NULL> (in Sql Server). Any suggestions on getting rid of the NULL - I could do an update, but it actually just has to be blank rather than having a value. I tried an update to set it to ' ' but that didn't really work - here was my statement:
update [table] set [columnname] = '' where [columnname] = '<NULL>'
Any other suggestions besides try again? But if it has to be 'try the conversion again' then that's the answer.
Thanks much
Hi folks,
Here are the fields I have
eventDate = smallDateTime 2005-12-12 00:00:00
eventTime = varchar(20) 1:00:00
newEventDate = dateTime [desired result: 2005-12-12 1:00:00]
When I run the following script:
update healthEvent
set newEventDate = cast(substring(convert(varchar,eventDate,120),1,10 )+' '+eventTime as DateTime)
I get "Syntax error converting datetime from character string." error.
Any ideas why?
Thanks!
-Parul
I have been asked to look into converting a DBase II database on an AS400 to MS SQL Server 2000 or newer running on Windows 2003 or newer.
I know that it can be done but how hard will it be and how long could it take?
Are there any conversion packages out there that will do the majority of the leg work for us?
We also need to convert all of the screens written in RPG to a web based application. We want to get rid of the AS400.
Thanks
enak
Here is the scoop:
I have MSDE installed on a production machine together with a bunch of ASP.NET applications. I was asked to replace MSDE with SQL Server 2000 and move every application from MSDE to SQL Server 2000 with minimum downtime.
Did any of you go through a similar process?
What is the best way of doing this conversion?
How to move the backups from MSDE to SQL Server?
Is it possible to have MSDE and SQL Server 2000 coexists for a time while moving stuff around and redirecting every connection?
Any hints or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Can anyone tell me how to calculate datatype conversion times in SQL Server
7? I have a varchar (15) field that I tried to convert to integer using
the table design GUI in Enterprise Manager. The table holds about
72,000,000 records about 1k apiece in size.
It's been running for about an hour now with no seeable results. In
Performance Monitor I don't see any page reads happening, so is this
indicative that the process died? Enterprise Manager is no longer
responsive - even if I open another session.
I'd like to know how long I can reasonably expect this conversion to take.
Also, how can I abort this request safely if I want to?
Thanks for any insights.
Alex Nguyen
Hi,
Could anyone refer me any kind of tools or process to convert from SYBASE to SQL SERVER 2000.
My complany is trying to migrate from SYBASE to SQL SERVER 2000.
Any help is greately appreciated!
Thanks.
Hi Friends,
Need ur help desperately. I am stuck with one of the queries which i had written in Oracle and need the same in SQL Server.Please have a look at the following query :
select * from r_tin_1099_info where instr(translate( nm_ctrl_cd , '~!@#$%^&*()_+}{":?><`-=]['''';/., ', '*******************************' ),'*') > 0;
Basically my purpose is to replace the values in column NM_CTRL_CD having wild card characters with '*' and then select this rows to display.
However i am not able to run the same query in SQL Server since TRANSLATE is not a built in func. I have tried a lot to replace it but could only one func : REPLACE . But the same will not replace any one of the above wild characters but will replace the entire pattern.Please note that it should be able replace even if one of the wild card characters are present in the string and not necessarily the entire pattern shown above.
please reply ASAP since i am working and need this query to fix a defect.
Thanks in advance.
Hello Everyone, thank you for taking the time to read my post. I'm creating a view in SQL Server 2005 to base a report on Crystal Reports XI. I've been trying to figure out how I can convert a date field in the format YYYYMMDD to MM/DD/YYYY. I'm not quite sure about the steps I need to take to accomplish this since I'm pretty new to this. The date is stored as an Int on the database, and I've tried converting it directly to the DATETIME data type like this: CONVERT(DATETIME, datefield,101) but I'm getting an error saying illegal data type conversion. Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it.
MS
Hi Gurus,
I need to convert this statement to sql server.
SELECT to_date('24-08-2007 13:11:12','dd-mm-yyyy hh24:mi:ss'),to_date('24-aug-2007 13:11:12','dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from dual
can anyone help please.
Hi there,I have written an application which uses MS Access for it's database engine.Due to the large size which the database has become I have decided that itwould be sensible to use SQL Server with the application instead.I am an extreme SQL Server newbie so I am not really sure what I'm doingyet! I have successfully downloaded and installed the MS SQLDE 2000 andservice pack 3.What do I need to do next? Ideally I would like to convert the existingAccess database to MS SQL Server format. Also I would like to know if it ispossible to create an SQL Server database from scratch using a guienvironment similar to Access and if so which software (preferably free) doI need to achieve this?Many thanks,Clive.
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi everyone,
I have worked soley with Sybase for almost ten years! Now I have been tasked with converting a bunch of data currently in a FoxPro database to a Microsoft SQL Server database. Short of writing some routines myself (which I don't mind doing), is there a shortcut for doing this? Any specifics would be great as it seems this could be mind boggling as far as dates go and so many other things!
Thanks so much!
Rachel
I have a sql statement that must run in both sql server and oracle. I can't change the sql statement as it is created as part of a core application from Rational Rose.
Basically the problem is that I have a table with a column defined as a decimal type in sql server (numeric in oracle).
The select statement, however, treats the column as a char. I can reproduce the problem with this simple code:
create table atest2 (a decimal(9,0))
insert into atest2 values (1)
insert into atest2 values (2)
insert into atest2 values (null)
insert into atest2 values (4)
select * from atest2 where a = ' '
This gives the error:
Error converting data type varchar to numeric.
The documents seem to indicate the sql server will implicitly convert decimals to varchar but this doesn't seem to be happening. Is there an environment setting that might control this?
Thanks,
Rut
have a sql statement that must run in both sql server and oracle. I can't change the sql statement as it is created as part of a core application from Rational Rose.
Basically the problem is that I have a table with a column defined as a decimal type in sql server (numeric in oracle).
The select statement, however, treats the column as a char. I can reproduce the problem with this simple code:
create table atest2 (a decimal(9,0))
insert into atest2 values (1)
insert into atest2 values (2)
insert into atest2 values (null)
insert into atest2 values (4)
select * from atest2 where a = ' '
This gives the error:
Error converting data type varchar to numeric.
The documents seem to indicate the sql server will implicitly convert decimals to varchar but this doesn't seem to be happening. Is there an environment setting that might control this?
Thanks,
Rut
Hi:
I get this following error when I run try to insert a record from the DetailsView. Please help me out.
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Disallowed implicit conversion from data type sql_variant to data type uniqueidentifier, table 'getsetwin.lax21.tblCreateGoal2', column 'ApplicationId'. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.Disallowed implicit conversion from data type sql_variant to data type uniqueidentifier, table 'getsetwin.lax21.tblCreateGoal2', column 'UserId'. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.Operand type clash: sql_variant is incompatible with image
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Thank you & Best regards,
Lax
Hello Everyone,
First problem :
I have an application which uses Power Builder and Oracle and my job is to convert it so that it can run on a SQL server database.
Oracle allows empty strings - '' - to mean NULL. If the application inserts an empty string in a column of a table, Oracle takes it to mean NULL.
How can i have this functionality in SQL Server?
Second Problem:
SQL Server does not allow stored procedures like sp_addlogin and sp_droplogin etc., to be executed from within a transaction. So everytime i need to execute these stored procedures thru my application, i disconnect and set autocommit to true and connect again. after executing these stored procedures, i disconnect again , set autocommit to false and then connect again. is this how it should be done or is there some better way of doing it.
All help will be highly appreciated. I really need help on these problems - fast.
Thanks
How do I convert Oracle's LTRIM(char, set) to SQL Server?
Thanks,
Jake
I would like to reach out in converting rows to cols.
Format:
NodeName|upsBasicIdentName|upsBasicIdentModel | upsAdvIdentSerialNumber | upsAdvIdentDateOfManufacture | upsBasicBatteryLastReplaceDate
I have this query. the values of each are under status.
SELECT
Nodes.Caption AS NodeName, CustomNodePollers_CustomPollers.MIB AS MIB, CustomNodePollerStatus_CustomPollerStatus.Status AS Status
FROM
((Nodes INNER JOIN CustomPollerAssignment CustomNodePollerAssignment_CustomPollerAssignment ON
[Code] ....
I am in need of converting serial date to regular date ie...735510.40461 and only need the hours, minutes and seconds, I have used the examples I've seen on different forums,
DATEADD(d, -1, DATEADD(m, DATEDIFF(m, '1900-1-1', getdate()) + 1, '1900-1-1'))
How do I pass a variable to an INT calculation?
CREATE PROC CLEAR_MY_TABLE
@TableStat varchar(30)
AS
If OBJECT_ID('MyDB.dbo.' + @TableStat + '') is not null
BEGIN
---PRINT 'I FOUND THE TABLE'
DECLARE @count INT = -1;
SELECT @count = (Select COUNT(*) FROM [dbo]. + @TableStat);
IF (@count > 0)
BEGIN
TRUNCATE TABLE @TABLESTAT
END
I have column moddat which is of varchar(10,null)
Here is my data:
20020415
20020508
19991104
19990701
20040514
20021112
20020124
19990628
20020514
20010822
I want those data in this format YYYY-MM-DD
How to convert varchar to datetime?
The database for our software stores dates and times in clarion format. I'm trying to write some custom reports in T-SQL and I need to convert these dates but it's giving me a lot of trouble. How do I query the dates and times and have the results shown as a "regular" date/time? Below is what I have so far which is really the very beginnings of this report. Basically on the results/output I need the ClarionDate and ClarionTime to be shown as typical date/time columns. I did some research on my own but I'm having a hard time grasping this. I believe they have to be pulled into a temp table and then converted?
SELECT A1.DATEOFACCESS ClarionDate, A1.TIMEOFACCESS ClarionTime, A2.NAME Event
FROM dbo.History A1
JOIN dbo.SysEvents A2
ON A1.RSVD_Action = A2.RSVD_EVENTTYPE
Does anyone know of a reference site where I can find a reference table to get a better idea of data type conversions that I should be using?
I have a MySQL 5.0 database which had a lot of tables (mostly empty) that I already have gotten transferred to SQL Server 2005. However, I am suspicious of some of the data type conversions that SQL Server did.
I would really like a good web site to bookmark to help me with this if there is such a reference. Can anyone help?
If not, the most specific example I have right now is a MySQL column that is expecting to accept currency and the MySQL data type is "Double". SQL Server 2005 translated this as a "float" data type. I normally use a "decimal" data type.
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I'm having data converted to unicode and I don't understand why.
My Sybase server is configured with the standard Latin CP1252 character set and my source column is varchar(2000). My understanding is this should not be unicode in Sybase.
My SQL Server 2005 SP2 is configured with the standard SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation. Again, my understanding is this should not be unicode.
I'm connecting to Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0.2 from SSIS SP2 via the Data Reader Source using the .Net ODBC data provider.
My SQL Server destination column is a varchar(2000) column. To me, it looks like I'm going from one equivalent data type to another yet I receive the 'cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode data types' message.
Now, I can get around this in several different ways, but that's not my question. My question is: WHERE is the conversion to unicode occuring and WHY is it occuring?
I'm using a VB 6.0 front end with a date variable
that throws a SQL 2005 datetime conversion error in the following UPDATE query:
UPDATE MYTable
SET Feild1 = 'VBVar1', Field2='VBVar2'
WHERE MydateField = 'VBdateVar'
I'm guessing that I probably am missing some appropriate method for passing the date datatype variable to SQL
Can anyone help me
Thanks