I just migrated a stand alone MSAccess2003 .mdb to an .adp Access Data Project. In the former .mdb I had a parameter query to search for a portion of a 17 character part number, primarily the 2 grouping of 4 digits as in (00-0000-XXXX-0-00). In Access the query was written as
LIKE *&[Enter a portion of the part number]&*
Then we ported to a web based portal using MSAccesss DAP (data access pages) and I was told due to ADO vs DAO the query had to be rewritten using the % symbol as in
LIKE %&[Enter a portion of the part number]&%
So far so good. However with the migration to a SQL Server and ANSI-92 compatible wildcard characters this has changed. The new query looks like this
LIKE @Enter_a_portion_of_the_part_number +n%
The problem I am having is the prompt for data entry works but the wildcard will only return matching values from the first digit place holder. Some of the books I have read said to use the Under Score character to move the search criteria to the section I want to search which would be starting with the 9th character (00-0000-XXXX-0-00) as in
LIKE @Enter_a_portion_of_the_part_number +n________%
However the Under Score only works with Alpha Characters and not Numeric.
So how do I write a SQL Server Query to perform like it did in Access?
I want to update data only where the value of the 'image_path' column is NOT = 192.168.150.12/images/*
Im basically trying to exclude creating duplicates, where this path already exists.
Here is my code:
INSERT INTO IMAGE (FCN, IMAGE_NAME2) SELECT FCN, Col066 FROM GRAB where Col066 <> ' ' update IMAGE Set PERIMAGE_PATH = 'http://192.168.150.12/images/' +IMAGE_NAME2+ '.jpg' FROM IMAGE WHERE image_name2 IS NOT NULL and perimage_path is NOT = 192.168.150.12/images/*
What is the proper code to do this. I know the last line does not work. Thanks
I have a problem with SQL CE 3.5 and VS 2005. When I execute query with parameters and wildcard, I have an error : FormatException. Here is my query with parameters : Query: SELECT "PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_ID" AS "Numero","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_SECT_ID" AS "Section","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_NUMERO" AS "Rang","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_GROUPE" AS "Groupe","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_ENTITES" AS "Entites","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_LBL_COURT" AS "Court","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_LBL_LONG" AS "Long","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_ACTIVE" AS "Active","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_CONDITIONS" AS "Conditions","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_PARENTS" AS "Parents","PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_QUESTIONS" AS "QuestionsConditions" FROM "PARAGRAPHES" WHERE ( ( ( ( "PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_SECT_ID" = ? AND ( ( "PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_ENTITES" LIKE ?) OR "PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_ENTITES" IS NULL))) AND "PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_ID" IN (SELECT "DOSSIER_LINKS"."DOLI_PARA_ID" AS "Paragraphe" FROM "DOSSIER_LINKS" WHERE "DOSSIER_LINKS"."DOLI_DOSS_ID" = ?) AND "PARAGRAPHES"."PARA_NUMERO" = ?)) Parameter: @Section1 : Int32. Length: 0. Precision: 0. Scale: 0. Direction: Input. Value: 52. Parameter: @Entites2 : String. Length: 3. Precision: 0. Scale: 0. Direction: Input. Value: "%D%". Parameter: @Dossier3 : Int32. Length: 0. Precision: 0. Scale: 0. Direction: Input. Value: 1. Parameter: @Rang4 : Int32. Length: 0. Precision: 0. Scale: 0. Direction: Input. Value: 2. and my error : [System.FormatException] = {"@Entites2 : %D% - FormatException"}
If I execute query in Query Analyzer (without parameter : values directly on query) there is no errors.
Hi, I'm working with a third party app on SQL Server 2000, and from what I can gather, programmed in C# & VisualFoxPro.
When we search with Note contains 94949 we get 571 results, when we search with Note contains 94949* we get 575 results.
There should be at least a hundred different entries that start with "94949-1" so I expected the query with the wildcard to return something like 680 results, not an additional four rows.
I had a User Management module in my application where I created a user with name
`~!@#$@%^&*()[_]+|}{":?><-=[[]];',./
Now I have a functionality to search for the user existing. For that give the search string or a single character and it finds out all the records containing the character.
How do I go about it as the SP i created for it gives correct results except the following
1. Search for % - Gives all record 2. Search for _ - Gives all records 3. Search for [ - Gives NO record 4. Search for the whole string - Gives NO Record
Has anyone seen a problem querying Excel or Access database when the "LIKE" clause is used with the "*" wildcard? The problem I'm seeing is that the query fails to return a dataset whenever "*" wildcard is used.
For Example,
sQry="Select * From [EmployeeData$] WHERE Id LIKE 'AAA'" 'query WORKS
sQry="Select * From [EmployeeData$] WHERE Id LIKE 'AAA*'" 'query does NOT WORK
Assume that Table name is "EmployeeData", with "ID", "Name" and "Birthdate" as Fields.
Data: ID Name Birthdate
AAA Aaron 5/4/1975
CCC Charlie 10/14/1948
DDD Deloris 7/19/1998
The code I use is listed as follows:
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Data Public Class Form1
Private m_sConn1 As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=C:ExcelData1.xls;" & _
"Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES"""
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
'Use a DataSet to Query data from the EmployeeData table.
Dim QryConn As New OleDbConnection(m_sConn1)
'Dim strQry as string ="Select * From [EmployeeData$] WHERE Id LIKE 'AAA'" '- works
Dim strQry as string ="Select * From [EmployeeData$] WHERE Id LIKE 'AA*'" ' does not work
Dim da As New OleDbDataAdapter(strQry, QryConn)
Dim ds As DataSet = New DataSet
da.Fill(ds)
Dim dr As DataRow
For Each dr In ds.Tables(0).Rows 'Show results in output window
Hello everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am working on an application that does a property search off of a database that contains approximately 40000 records. The search criteria allows the use to specify a minimum and maximum price, subdivision name, number of bedrooms, etc. I set up a stored procedure to query the databse. if one of the parameters is not specified, i simply pass it a "%". However, when i execute this sproc in Query Analyzer, it takes in excess of 10 seconds to return the records, even if only one or two are returned. I am assuming this is due to the use of the wildcard character when the user does not have a preference, but I am not sure of any other way to do this. Any help on this topic would be grealy appreciated.
hi,i have an sqldatasource a gridview and dropdownlistthe gridview is updated on the selectedIndexChanged Event of the dropdownlistmy goal is to add an item in the dropdownlist with the name ALLwhich should matches all the records in the databasei tried to put the value of the all item = * and % but neither seems to workany help on what could be going wrong would be appreciated
Is it a good idea to have multiple contains? I have this query:Select * from myTable where contains (Col1, 'Africa') or (Col2, 'Africa')Also, I tried this, didn't return anything:Select * from myTable where contains (Col1, 'Africa*') or (Col2, 'Africa')Both Col1 and Col2 has the string 'Africa' and 'African' in it.--sharif
I am trying to control how users view records. I want to create a solution that would, for instance permit:user A to view Store 1user B to view store 2 and store 3user C to view store 5 and store 6and User D to view all stores even if more stores were added in the future (in other words user D would have access to all records) I want to create an 'authorization table' so that different users can see different records. I think the easiest way to do this is to pass a parameter to the where clause, but the problem that I face is the how can I use a wildcard in a SQL 'IN' clause? Does anyone have any suggestions. Perhaps I am taking the wrong approach. I would appreciate any guidance.
Hello, I'm trying to pull some data from a table with the option to filter on 2 columns. I've set up my sql statement to accept 2 parameters and I'd like to be able to send 1 or 2 wildcards if needed. My statement looks like this:SELECT * FROM City WHERE CityName= @CityName AND State= @State ORDER BY CityName For example, if you wanted all of the cities in all of the states I would pass (*,*) as parameters. Or if I wanted to see all of the states that have a city named Richmond, I'd pass (Richmond,*) as the parameters. The wildcards are not returning anything and I don't know why. It works fine if I pass something like (Indianapolis,Indiana) as parameters so I think it's in my use of the wildcards that is wrong. Thanks.
I'm writing a stored procedure where one of the arguments (WHERE area) really only needs to be used in some circumstances. I.e., when the procedure is passed a USER_ID it needs to check that against the database, but in some instances I'll send 0 instead of a real USER_ID, and in those cases it should return all records regardless of the ID.
Here's what I've got: ... and b.user_ID = CASE @user_ID WHEN 0 THEN '%' ELSE @user_ID ... ...the problem being the '%' part. That won't work on an integer column.
I've got a text field with a list of dates in this format:
10/31/2006 11/2/2006 11/4/2006 11/5/2006
The field can contain multiple dates (as listed above). I need to query the db and retrieve dates by month and year. For example, all fields containing 10/%/06 or 11/%/%06.
My query:
SELECT * FROM tblCalData WHERE visible='1' and approved='1' and eventDates LIKE '11%06%' ORDER BY eventDates DESC
so even though a field contains dates in October and November, selecting all November dates, in this example, don't appear. The query seems to be looking only at the first date.
Is this possible? Is there another/better way to do this?
everytime i want to query for any of tbl_c_? that contain a specific value i have to reference all 25 in my query. is there a better way? I cannot change the table.
HI Guys, I have a question. I am converting Access SQL to SQL Server. One of the statements calls for a wildcard if the user does not select a value for the designated parm field. The value is selected from a cbolist (of names).
Current Statement: And tblRetailer_Contact.faxcontact LIKE *
I substituted: And tblRetailer_Contact.faxcontact LIKE β%@faxContacts%β
This might work if the User selects a name but if the User leaves it blank it will not work. Any ideas on how I go about establishing a wildcard if not name is selected?
DECLARE @FaxContact as varchar (50)
SET @H_Date = (SELECT StartDate FROM tblRpt_Params WHERE RptID = 5) SET @Start_Date = (REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR (8), @H_Date, 112), '-', ''), ' ', '')) SET @H_Date = (SELECT EndDate FROM tblRpt_Params WHERE RptID = 5) SET @End_Date = (REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR (8), @H_Date, 112), '-', ''), ' ', '')) SET @FaxContact = (SELECT FaxContact FROM tblRpt_Params WHERE RptID = 5)
SELECT tblEData.Timestamp As [TimeStamp], LTRIM(RTrim([ResultsCustName])) AS CustName, LTRIM(RTrim([ResultsPH])) AS Phone, Status As [Status], FaxContact AS FaxContact, ResultsPKey As ResultsKey INTO tmpE_Callbacks FROM tblEData LEFT JOIN tblContact ON tblEData.RetailerPrefix = tblContact.Prefix WHERE tblEData.Timestamp BETWEEN @Start_Date And @End_Date AND FaxContact Like '%@FaxContact%'
The where statement on my stored proc is as follows:
Where actv.ProjID + '-' + actv.Activity = @project
@project is something the user provides in the form of "xxxx-xx-xx-xx". I would like to use a wildcard, so I changed my where statement to the following:
Where actv.ProjID + '-' + actv.Activity = @project + '%'
But this returns nothing and I am not sure why. I don't get any errors, just no results. Anyone got any ideas as to why?
Does SQL Server support wildcard Certificates. When you install the wild cert in the certificate store, the sql configuration manager does not see it in its drop down list. Id it does, what are the steps or please point me to the right direction. Does the cert need to be specifically for that particular hostname. Thanks
I have a number of functions that require the input of parameters in order to ultimatly create a report under Reporting Services by making use of a Stored Procedure.
All the functions etc work as does the stored procedure, but it only works if I specify data that I know exists e.g.
I'm very new to SQL so please forgive my ignorance... I've made a simple .net search page which queries an sql database with the following query, (in a stored procedure): SELECT Category, Number, RegisteredUser, DeptName, Surname, Forename, Site, IDFROM tblTelephonesWHERE (@surname IS NULL OR Surname LIKE @surname) AND (@site IS NULL OR Site = @site) AND (@deptname IS NULL OR DeptName LIKE @deptname) This works fine, as expected if i leave fields null or enter an exact match, but I (of course) have to add a wildcard in my search string for a wildcard search. For example, looking for 'duncan' i need to enter 'du%' or 'duncan'. What I really want is for all searches to have wildcards behind them so only the first few characters need be inputted, and I could just search for 'd' or 'dun' without adding the '%' to get 'duncan'. I think I am aware of the implications of this approach and do want to go ahead as there are only about 850 records. Any help or links to useful articles would really be greatly appreciated.
Hi all, I am currently using SQL Server 2000and am having some issues when searching a CHAR column and using the WildCard character '%'. The problem is that when I use this WildCard character, the results returned (if any!) are incorrect. For example, I know that there are many rows in the DB that have the following data in a column, 'ABERYSTWYTH CEREDIGION', but when I using the following SQL...'(WHERE (UPPER(AddrLine3) = 'ABERYSTWYTH%')' I get no results returned.Is there a known issue with the WildCard character in SQL Server 2000?ThanksTryst
I have a query with 4 parameters: Name Location Employee Number Officer Code There are no null values in Name, location and Employee Number. However, all employees do not have an officer code. So in my query I use a where clause that says WHERE OfficerCode LIKE '%'+@Param4+'%'. I use a % for the default value in my ASP.net data control. The only problem is that the only records returned have non-null values in the OfficerCode field. How can I use a wildcard for a default value and return all records (null and non-null)?
I have a problem using the LIKE operator in a stored procedure. I have simplified the script so that it runs in query analyser and still have the same problem. The script is:
DECLARE@FirstName varchar (50)
SELECT @FirstName = 'B%'
SELECT * FROM PhoneList WHERE PhoneList.FirstName LIKE CASE @FirstName WHEN '' THEN PhoneList.FirstName ELSE @FirstName END
This code produces no rows in the result. However if I change the second line to: SELECT @FirstName = 'Ben' Then I get all of the rows with 'Ben' as the first name. If I change it to: SELECT @FirstName = 'Be%' Then I get all of the rows with three character first names beginning with 'Be'. If I change it to: SELECT @FirstName = 'B%%' Then I get all of the three character first names beginning with 'B'.
I need the conditional where so that if an empty string is passed it returns every row, which works fine as it is.
The % wildcard appears to be operating the same way as the _ wildcard. Has anyone seen this before?
I am writing a stored procedure to pull records from a table of personal data related to jobs applied for.
There are 3 tables involved, the jobs, the applicants and the applications.
I need to search on job title, job ref from the jobs table and on forename, surname and applicant ID from the applicants table.
There are some quirks here, if the user enters an applicant ID then we can simply scan the jobs table for that id where it also matches the job title wildcards, so that is quite easy to manage.
My own idea for the more complicated searches was to gather the unique ID's from the jobs table into a var, then do similar with the applicants and then search the applications table where both these ID's matched? I think that wouldn't work so well if using the 'WHERE IN()' clause for the main query?
So what approach would be best here to perform the second part of the SP if the client hasn't passed an ApplicantID?
Obviously the applications table has both JobID and ClientID's to relate back to the applicants table.
So can anyone help here, it seems a fairly complicated statement or set of statements would be required here.
im trying to use wildcard in CASE statement with no luck.
im use this:
SELECT CASE tb001 WHEN '%price%' then 'Price' ELSE 'No price'
the colum is varchar
The expected result would be 'Price' in every row that contains price (with wildcard around) but every line shows 'No price' Everything works fine if i don't use wildcard and put in the whole string.
I have SQL Server 2012 and want to encrypt my connections by using a wildcard [URL] ssl certificate from a trusted party. After installing my certificate i want to selecti in in de SQL Server Configuration Manager but the certificate does not appear in the properties of protocols.
In older versions it was possible to add the thumprint of my certificate to the registry, but in this version that result into a sql server that cannot be started anymore.
Is it possible to replace a string value that uses a wildcard? For example, I'm trying to update a field on a table and replace the field value where it starts with a specific two character pattern and remove it from the string. The field is a delimited string and I want to replace any occurrence of ;A0% or ;A0* with a null value. I don't want to replace the entire field with a null value.
Let's say my field value is this:
;00236;08231;06106 Washington DC;06106 CCA Wash DC;05120;A0106;
I want the result to be this:
;00236;08231;06106 Washington DC;06106 CCA Wash DC;05120;
I was trying several variations:
UPDATE myTable SET myField = REPLACE(myField,'XX%','')
i have a serach page which have 4 textboxes. passing this textboxes as parameters to storedproc iam searching the value. filling atleast one textbox should fetch the value.
i have stored proc for searching it using normal column values but i want it do using wildcard search also.
set ANSI_NULLS ON set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON go
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[search1] (@val1 varchar(225), @val2 varchar(50), @val3 varchar(50), @val4 varchar(50)) AS BEGIN
DECLARE @MyTable table (CNo varchar(255))
INSERT @MyTable
Select CNo From customer where ((@val1 IS NULL) or (CNo = @val1)) AND ((@val2 IS NULL) or(LastName = @val2)) AND ((@val3 IS NULL) or(FirstName = @val3)) AND ((@val4 IS NULL) or(PhoneNumber = @val4))
--Now do your two selects
SELECT c.* FROM customer c INNER JOIN @MyTable T ON c.CNo = T.CNo Select r.* From refunds r INNER JOIN @MyTable t ON r.CNo = t.CNo END
I WANT THE SEARCH TO BE DONE FOR WILD CARD CHARACTERS ALSO.
if the user enters lastname s*
using same storedproc can i insert wildcard search.
