I am using the following to display a short version of my description field:
<%=LEFT(rs("DESCRIPTION"),150)%>
The only problem is that it cuts at exactly 150 chars...so it will display a portion of a word.
Can any one help me change this so it will cut the record off at the last "space" before the 150 chars is up? So it doesn't chop the last word.
i have a query
select message from ticket
but i want to only get the first 100 characters
select left(message,100) from ticket
is giving me an error - please advise?
I normally use MS ACCESS vs MS SQL,, which has a left() and right()function. I need to use MS SQL for this project but I am not familiarwith it. I have read a few books, but can not figure out how to dothis. Please help.If I need to compare the first 4 letters of a field, with the firstfour letters of another field, how can I do this?Select field1, field2 FROM table1 Where left(field1,4)=left(field2,4)(MS SQL does not have left() and right() functions)Please help.In addition, I have a CSV file with data like 10.20, which I importinrto a numberic field. Unforunately the value gets changed to 10.It's seems to get rounded. How can I fix this.The import SQL I use is....BULK INSERT dbo.tableFROM 'c:MYDATA.CSVWITH(FIRSTROW = 1,FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',ROWTERMINATOR = '')Thank you in advance!!!
View 9 Replies View Relatedselect left('Hello World /Ok',charindex('/','Hello World /Ok')-1)Hello WorldThat works fine.However I got an error message:select left('Hello World Ok',charindex('/','Hello World Ok')-1)Instead of:'Hello World Ok'I get:Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.Microsoft Doc incorrectly says:"LEFT ( character_expression , integer_expression )integer_expressionIs a positive whole number. If integer_expression is negative, a nullstring is returned."Is there an easier solutoin using left or any other string functioninstead of using a case statement?Also, charindex('/','Hello World Ok') should return NULL instead 0 sothat we can use isnull function.Thanks.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow do you combine a left and a right function. I have tried different variation and none seemed to work. What I want to accomplish is 6 spaces to the right and 2 spaces to the left.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAnyone know the reaon the Left function was left out of the list of string functions in the Expression Builder?
Danno
I have not been able to find the answer as to why the LEFT() function doesn't see the variable as being a variable.
I originally thought it did not accept a variable as the first parameter, however the definition says it can be a variable.
Anyone knows why this isn't working?
This is how I have the code:
SELECT LEFT(@tpatdata, CHARINDEX('^', Alert1) -1)
the variable @tpatdata is the column name (tablename.Alert1), iif I rewrite it like this:
SELECT LEFT(tablename.Alert1, CHARINDEX('^', Alert1) -1) it works.
SELECT LEFT(InstanceName,CHARINDEX(' ',InstanceName)-1)
FROM ServerDB
Returns the following error.
Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function.
I found something very strange...stufff function working with self join but not working with left or right join,. I have a table
**Id name**
1 samar
1 Harry
2 jack
I want the output as
**Id name**
1 samar Harry
2 jack
The below query works fine with self join
Select b.id, stuff ((select ` ` + a.name from #test a where a.id = b.id
for xml path (``)),1,1,``)
From #test b
Group by id
But when i do right join i get error _ invalid object name `b`. ....
Select b.id, stuff ((select ` ` + a.name from #test a
right join b on b.id = a.id for xml path (``),1,1,``)
From #test b
Group by id
Hi,
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 :
select * from Table1 where drid in (SELECT DrID FROM Table2
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
Hello!
I am trying to run a query on an SQL-server database:
SELECT (Left(Comments, 20)) As shortComment FROM myTable
The Field Comments is a Text field (datatype is text), and I can't get the LEFT function to work with this datatype...
How can I bypass this problem? Can I convert the commentfield to varchar in the QUERY?
noccy
when I am trying to perform below query,
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM EMPLOYEE_LANDING;
I am getting Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.
I have a table PLACE with a character column CODE
[Code] [nchar](4) NULL
I need to left pad the column with 0 if it is less than 4 characters long and extract the first 2 characters on the left into a new column COUNTY_CODE.
How can I do that in transact SQL?
I tried:
SELECT RIGHT(RTRIM('0000'+ISNULL([Code],'')),4)
FROM [Place]
WHERE [Place Code]='B' and [Code]='627'
And I got 0627. And how do I extract the first 2 characters?
How to remove space left to right and right to left
If I give limit >60 for first 60 character; limit 60< second 60 character
Result would be check if space at 60 character if yes remove and go the 59 character check then space remove and 58 character check if there is charater then display
As well as after 60 character to till 120 for right space
Anyone know why using
SELECT *
FROM a LEFT OUTER JOIN b
ON a.id = b.id
instead of
SELECT *
FROM a LEFT JOIN b
ON a.id = b.id
generates a different execution plan?
My query is more complex, but when I change "LEFT OUTER JOIN" to "LEFT JOIN" I get a different execution plan, which is absolutely baffling me! Especially considering everything I know and was able to research essentially said the "OUTER" is implied in "LEFT JOIN".
Any enlightenment is very appreciated.
Thanks
-- Why is the left table in a LEFT JOIN limited by the where clause on the right table?eg
DECLARE @LeftTable TABLE (LeftID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), LeftValue INT NULL)
INSERT @LeftTable (LeftValue)
VALUES (111)
INSERT @LeftTable (LeftValue)
VALUES (222)
[code]....
hello
for MS SQL 2000, i cannot get it
i am having names like AB_12 I want to get all rows with left part similar , AB im that case
SELECT id, name
FROM Users
WHERE LEFT(name, CHARINDEX('_', name) - 1) AS name IN
(
SELECT LEFT(name, CHARINDEX('_', name) - 1) AS ns
FROM Users
GROUP BY LEFT(name, CHARINDEX('_', name) - 1)
HAVING (COUNT(*) > 1)
)
does not work
is there any way to use a variable ?
declare @nm nvarchar
set @nm = SELECT LEFT(name, CHARINDEX('_', name) - 1) AS ns
FROM Users
thank you for helping
Hi All,
Im having a problem with a statement i cannot seem to get 2 left joins working at the same time 1 works fine but when i try the second join i get this error:-
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'children_tutorial.school_id=schools.idx LEFT JOIN regions ON children_tutorial.region_id=region.idx'.
My SQL statment is as follows :-
SELECT children_tutorial.*,schools.schoolname,regions.rname FROM children_tutorial LEFT JOIN schools ON children_tutorial.school_id=schools.idx LEFT JOIN regions ON children_tutorial.region_id=region.idx
I am using an Access database i have tried all sorts to get it working and its driving me mad!! any help would be really appreciated.
Is there any difference between left join and left outer join in sql server 2000?please reply with example if any?
Thanks in advance
Hi,
Whats the diference between a left join and a left outer Join
I have this function in access I need to be able to use in ms sql. Having problems trying to get it to work. The function gets rid of the leading zeros if the field being past dosn't have any non number characters.For example:TrimZero("000000001023") > "1023"TrimZero("E1025") > "E1025"TrimZero("000000021021") > "21021"TrimZero("R5545") > "R5545"Here is the function that works in access:Public Function TrimZero(strField As Variant) As String Dim strReturn As String If IsNull(strField) = True Then strReturn = "" Else strReturn = strField Do While Left(strReturn, 1) = "0" strReturn = Mid(strReturn, 2) Loop End If TrimZero = strReturnEnd Function
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi all,
I executed the following sql script successfuuly:
shcInLineTableFN.sql:
USE pubs
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AuthorsForState(@cState char(2))
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN (SELECT * FROM Authors WHERE state = @cState)
GO
And the "dbo.AuthorsForState" is in the Table-valued Functions, Programmabilty, pubs Database.
I tried to get the result out of the "dbo.AuthorsForState" by executing the following sql script:
shcInlineTableFNresult.sql:
USE pubs
GO
SELECT * FROM shcInLineTableFN
GO
I got the following error message:
Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'shcInLineTableFN'.
Please help and advise me how to fix the syntax
"SELECT * FROM shcInLineTableFN"
and get the right table shown in the output.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang
how can I can update a table :: I must get all the left part of a columns part1_part2I dont know how many characterssomething like :UPDATE Users SET Users.Info = left(Users.name, _ ??? or split('_'))in that case Users.name = part1i must update only the one with a '_' and do nothing for the othersthank you
View 5 Replies View RelatedHi,
I am trying to pad a field from the left with zeros that is defined in a table as "[char] (9)". The field can have from 1 to 9 chars populated. In this instance the value in the field is "133000", which I am trying to pad so that it will be "000133000". I have made several failed attempts to do this, the latest of which was this:
select
right(replicate('0',9)+ convert(varchar(9),a.GS06GRP_CTL_NBR),9)
fromTable1 a
Thanks,
Jeff
I need to know how can i incoporate the functionality of DECODE function like the one in ORACLE in mSSQL..
please if anyone can help me out...
ali
Got some errors on this one...
Is Rand function cannot be used in the User Defined function?
Thanks.
I need to be able to pass the output of a function to another function as input, where all functions involved are user-defined in-line table-valued functions. I already posted this on Stack Exchange, so here is a link to the relevant code: [URL] ...
I am fairly certain OUTER APPLY is the core answer here; there's *clearly* some way in which does *not* do what I need, or I would not get the null output you see in the link, but it seems clear that there should be a way to fool it into working.
Hi,
I wonder if there a function that i can use in the expression builder that return a value (e.g o) if the input value is null ( Like ifnull(colum1,0) )
i hope to have the answer because i need it so much.
Maylo
I'm trying to join 2 tables. I thought I was getting the correct results but it turns out I'm not.
My Query:
SELECT IVINVA, IVORDN, IVCSLN, IVRESR, IVCITM, CONVERT(varchar(12),CAST(IVIAMT as money),1) AS ExtPrice, CONVERT(varchar(12),CAST(IVPIVC as money),1) AS DistPrice, IVCSUM, IVQYCS, IVDESC, OIRESR, OIDPCT, CONVERT(varchar(12),CAST(IVPIVC - (OIDPCT / 100 * IVPIVC) as money),1) AS NetPrice FROM INVDET1_TBL LEFT JOIN ORDDIS_TBL ON ORDDIS_TBL.OIORDN = INVDET1_TBL.IVORDN AND ORDDIS_TBL.OIRESR = INVDET1_TBL.IVRESR WHERE IVORDN = '0859919' AND IVINVA = '00324024'
Basically, my problem lies in the seonc condition of the LEFT JOIN. I needed to set the two tables equal my item number, because in some situations I need that logic to get the correct result. It most other cases, that item column in the ORDDIS_TBL is NULL, thus giving me the wrong results. In that case, I would want the JOIN to only be ORDDIS_TBL.OIORDN = INVDET1_TBL.IVORDN, and not include the second part. Is there a way I can condition this with an If statement, If ORDDIS_TBL.OIRESR is Null then do this join, if not, then do this? I'm confused how to get the proper result here.
What is the syntax of left triming characters seperated by space.
e.g elsie reed
and i want elsie to go to one field and reed in another field i do not want to use numbers because they don't all have the same numbers but are all seperated by spaces
I need to make a left join from the freezefile f, to sped s, instead of having f.studentid = s.id in the where clause. Any help??
select f.studentid, f.studentname, f.sex, fs.mealstatus, s.except, s.lre, r.description, g.testid, g.scale_la, g.scale_ma, t.test_name, t.year
from freezefile f, fsapps fs, sped s, regtb_exception r, gqe_scores g, test_info t
where
f.type = 'ADM'
and
s.except = r.code
and
t.test_name = 'ISTEP'
and
t.year = 2004
and
g.testid = t.testid
and
f.studentid = fs.id
and
f.studentid = s.id
and
f.studentid = g.studentid
To the wise,
This may be a very simple problem but it's been racking may brains for a while and I just can't seem to think it through clearly.
I'm trying to return a query which uses a left join and where. I'm hoping to get a result set which shows - let us says all the departments in a company. I would like to see all the department but only the names of department heads that earn 20.000+.
In MS Access I used a subquery. My subquery returned only departments with department heads that earned 20.000+ - I then left joined the departments table to that query - no problem.
With MSSQL I've tried IN, ANY, ALL but my result sets only returns the departments that earn 20.000+ and the employees for those particular departments.
I'm thinking there must be some way of doing this without having to use a union clause.
Thanks for taking the time to read this message through.
Sincerely,
Arthur Lambiris
i'm shure it's some smal stiupid mistake bat I can't find it, PLZ help.
1)
select komorka from #plantemp
--result
komorka
09
10
I-P
II-P
III-P
SI/1
SI/2
SI/3
2)
select komorka,ustalenia from analiza_1 a where a.koniec between '20040701'and '20040731'
komorka ustalenia
SI/1788138.9300
SI/246638.4900
SI/216218.4000
08.0000
3)
select p.komorka,isnull(sum(ustalenia),0)
from #plantemp p left join analiza_1 a on p.komorka=a.komorka
where a.koniec between '20040701'and '20040731'
group by p.komorka
komorka ustalenia (sum)
08.0000
SI/1788138.9300
SI/262856.8900
I need all rows from table 1 bat right and left join gives me the same results, WHY