Hi everyone
Is it possible to search dynamically in table columns without using dynamic SQL (i.e. EXEC or sp_executesql)?
I wanna exec FREETEXT(<column_name>, @searchPhrase) by giving columns' names as paramater to stored proc. Is it possible to avoid using dynamic SQL?
Thanks in advance
Hi Craig/Kamal,
I got your email address from your web cast. I really enjoyed the web cast and found it to be
very informative.
Our company is planning to use SSIS (VS 2005 / SQL Server 2005). I have a quick question
regarding the product. I have looked for the information on the web, but was not able to find
relevant information.
We are getting Source data from two of our client in the form of Excel Sheet. These Excel sheets
Are generated using reporting services. On examining the excel sheet, I found out that the name
Of the columns contain data itself, so the names are not static such as Jan 2007 Sales, Feb 2007 Sales etc etc.
And even the number of columns are not static. It depends upon the range of date selected by the user.
I wanted to know, if there is a way to import Excel sheet using Integration Services by defining the position
Of column, instead of column name and I am not sure if there is a way for me to import excel with dynamic
Number of columns.
Your help in this respect is highly appreciated!
Thanks,
Hi Anthony, I am glad the Web cast was helpful.
Kamal and I have both moved on to other teams in MSFT and I am a little rusty in that area, though in general dynamic numbers of columns in any format is always tricky. I am just assuming its not feasible for you to try and get the source for SSIS a little closer to home, e.g. rather than using Excel output from Reporting Services, use the same/some form of the query/data source that RS is using.
I suggest you post a question on the SSIS forum on MSDN and you should get some good answers.
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=80&siteid=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=80&siteid=1
Thanks
Craig Guyer
SQL Server Reporting Services
Hi,
I am developing a search engine for my application and I need to grab the entire row from the table if I found the search field in any of the columns and the search is not defined to one table. Please let me know how to search all columns in table without using column names indivdually.
I have tried building an Inline TVF, as I assume this is how it would be used on the DB; however, I am receiving the following error on my code, I must be missing a step somewhere, as I've never done this before. I'm lost on how to implement this clr function on my db?
Error:
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure clrDynamicPivot, Line 18
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'external'.
CREATE FUNCTION clrDynamicPivot
(
-- Add the parameters for the function here
@query nvarchar(4000),
@pivotColumn nvarchar(4000),
[code]....
Dear GroupThe scaenario is as follows:FirstName and LastName are separate columns in the contact table and Iwant to be able to search e.g. for the FirstName and part of theLastName at the same time e.g. 'John A' should return 'John Adams'.Would be grateful if you can give me some hint as I don't seem to getit work.SELECT FirstName, Lastname FROM i2b_contact WHERE (SELECT Firstname +Lastname AS CName) LIKE 'John A%'Thanks very much for your help and efforts!Martin
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am new to database programming and was curious how others solve theproblem of storing encrypted in data in db table columns and thensubsequently searching for these records.The particular problem that I am facing is in dealing with (privacy)critical information like credit-card #s and SSNs or business criticalinformation like sales opportunity size or revenue in the database. Therequirement is that this data be stored encrypted (and not in theclear). Just limiting access to tables with this data isn't sufficient.Does any database provide native facilities to store specific columns asencrypted data ? The other option I have is to use something like RC4 toencrypt the data before storing them in the database.However, the subsequent problem is how do I search/sort on these columns? Its not a big deal if I have a few hundred records; I couldpotentially retrieve all the records, decrypt the specific fields andthen do in process searches/sorts. But what happens when I have (say) amillion records - I really don't want to suck in all that data and workon it but instead use the native db search/sort capabilities.Any suggestions and past experiences would be greatly appreciated.much thanks,~s
View 10 Replies View RelatedBasically, I'm given a daily schedule on two separate rows for shift 1 and shift 2 for the same employee, I'm trying to align both shifts in one row as shown below in 'My desired results' section.
Sample Data:
;WITH SampleData ([ColumnA], [ColumnB], [ColumnC], [ColumnD]) AS
(
SELECT 5060,'04/30/2015','05:30', '08:30'
UNION ALL SELECT 5060, '04/30/2015','13:30', '15:30'
UNION ALL SELECT 5060,'05/02/2015','05:30', '08:30'
UNION ALL SELECT 5060, '05/02/2015','13:30', '15:30'
[Code] ....
The results from the above are as follows:
columnAcolumnB SampleTitle1 SampleTitle2 SampleTitle3 SampleTitle4
506004/30/201505:30 NULL NULL NULL
506004/30/201513:30 15:30 NULL NULL
506005/02/201505:30 NULL NULL NULL
506005/02/201513:30 15:30 NULL NULL
My desired results with desired headers are as follows:
PERSONSTARTDATE STARTIME1 ENDTIME1 STARTTIME2 ENDTIME2
506004/30/2015 05:30 08:30 13:30 15:30
506005/02/2015 05:30 08:30 13:30 15:30
Dear All,
I have a requirement, in which i have to add columns dynamically depending the records of a master table in sql server 2000.
Pl, do help me
I admit I am a novice to queries and stored procedures but understand stored procedures are more secure, so I am choosing to challenge myself with a stored procedure and have not been successful at all.
What I am looking for is a stored procedure which would query the single table named Hospital, which would search from a single textbox the end user would enter the text they are searching for on a Windows VB application but is dependant on a few end user selected items.
1. The end user can select a radio button either "Starts with" or "Contains"
2. The end user can select from 6 checkboxes (Hospitals, Address, City, State, Zip, Type) to limit or expand their search from the columns in the table.
The table has 17columns (CO, PARENTCO, ADDR, POBox, CITY, State, ZIP, TEL, FAX, WEBSITE, HOSP_TYPE, OWNERSHIP, BEDS, CONTACT, TITLE, Email) but I am only allowing the end user to search by the above 6 columns and need to display the above 6 columns plus the phone, fax and website columns.
After the user clicks the search button it displays the results in a listbox and the user will then select the one they want and it displays the information in another set of textboxes.
Hopefully someone can get me pointed in the right direction! Thanks for your help!
I've seen several posts that begin to address this problem, but havenot found a simple, elegant solution that will accomplish this goal.The important part of this solution is that it must be completelydynamic - I have over 40 different categories of devices, each withdifferent fields, and each search will return only one category. Ihave no knowledge of the number or datatype of these field namesbeforehand and must use the sp to dynamically create the table and thentranspose the data.Here is an exampleI have normalized data in this format (this is a simplification)deviceId fieldName fieldValue1 color red1 shape square1 weight(kg) 2.02 shape round2 weight(kg) 1.53 color blue3 shape oval3 weight(kg) 1.0I would like to convert this to the format: (note that it must handlenulls - deviceId 2)deviceId color shape weight(kg)1 red square 2.02 round 1.53 blue oval 1.0Anyone with any thoughts on how best to accomplish this?thanks,Matt
View 19 Replies View RelatedHi,
how to dynamically create columns for a table
I have a report that displays data based on the last 12 months. Is there a way I can order the columns (header and data) based on the month it was run. eg. If I were to run the report in March, I want the columns to be ordered like this:
MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC, JAN, FEB
If run the report in April, I want the columns to be ordered like this:
APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC, JAN, FEB, MAR
So, the columns in the report are always ordered (12 months backward) based on the month it was run.
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to dynamically delete all of the values for a group of columns. What I mean by this is that lets say a table (TableA) has five fields (Field1, Field2, Field3, Field4, and Field5) with 100 rows of data. I want to delete all of the data in Field1, Field2, and Field4. I do not want to delete any of the data in Field3 and Field5. I would then end up with a table with 5 fields and 100 row, but only 2 fields (Field3 and Field5) have data.
The catch is that I can't hardcode the field names of the fields I want to clear out (Field1, Field2, and Field4) into the SQL. This is because if any new fields are eventually added to the table I want them to be cleared out as well without modifying the SQL.
I can hardcode the field names of the fields that I want to keep values for (Field3 and Field5) in the SQL.
If anyone has any idea how to do this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
I have a requirement where in I have to concatenate the fields based on their sequence given in another table along with respect to their lengths.
eg..
Input 1:
Table A: (below are the fields and their respective values, not all fields will have values)
-----------
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR
KUNNR-->1234567890
LIFNR
VKORG-->a234
PRCTR
KUNRE-->4355325363
LIFRE-->88390234
PRODH
---------
Table BSadIt contains the same fields as in table A and will have sequence number in which the concatenation should happen. The length field(LEN) will have corresponding field lengths(pipe delimited) should be considered in concatenation)
---------
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR
KUNNR-->1
LIFNR
VKORG-->3
PRCTR
KUNRE-->2
LIFRE -->4
PRODH
LEN--> 10|10|4|10
Expected Result:
---------------------
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR
KUNNR1234567890
LIFNR
VKORGa234
PRCTR
KUNRE4355325363
LIFRE0088390234
PRODH
Concat_String12345678904355325363a2340088390234
Note: If the field length given in Table B doesn't match with actual size of the fields then, the field should be filled with 2 left spaces while concatenation.. Eg. In above example say LIFNR value = 88390234(len =icon_cool.gif
then after concat the value should be like below:
12345678904355325363a234 88390234
Note:The fields are not constant..I have around 40 fields like that in which any combination of fields can be possible...eg..
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR -->2
KUNNR--> 4
LIFNR
VKORG-->1
PRCTR
KUNRE
LIFRE --> 3
PRODH
I am not sure which field has the value 1, 2 etc.. and how many fields are forming the combination..It can be sometimes 3/40 fields or it can be 10/40 fields...I have to dynamically get those values and concat...
I can have any number of fields for concatenation..above example is just for 4...it should be dynamic enough to handle any number of fields..
Hi,
I am wondering if someone has some experience with hiding columns in a Matrix report. I have got two details columns: "Yr to Yr Credits Growth€? and "Yr to Yr Credits Growth %" and those two columns return only one value "N/A" for the earliest year since there is nothing to compare to. Thus, I don't really need them for the earliest year. On top of detail columns, I have got three matrix groups: matrix1-Year, matrix1-Quarter and matrix-Date. Once those two detail columns are hidden, I would like obviously resize (shrink) those three matrix groups columns to reflect the fact that the detail columns were hidden.
Thanks!
Hi,
I have a sproc that returns somevalues and everything is working fine... and in my reports i am assigning the header data (in a detail column) based on the some feilds in the sproc... and there around 20 feilds that i want to show... but at a given time i am pretty sure that there wont be more than 10 fields that will have data.
So is it possible that show only the columns that have data in it and sometimes if there is less that 5 - 6 fields.. i want to realign the widths in those tables..
any help is appreciated..
Regards
Karen
thanks
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I have an OLEDB source that uses a stored procedure which pivots records and returns me data with columns which are dynamic (Changing every time). How can I export this data with dynamic number of columns to excel destination?
Thanks
Jatin
I have a requirement where in I have to concatenate the fields based on their sequence given in another table along with respect to their lengths. eg..
Input 1:
Table A: (below are the fields and their respective values, not all fields will have values)
-----------
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR
KUNNR-->1234567890
LIFNR
VKORG-->a234
PRCTR
KUNRE-->4355325363
LIFRE-->88390234
PRODH
Table BIt contains the same fields as in table A and will have sequence number in which the concatenation should happen. The length field(LEN) will have corresponding field lengths(pipe delimited) should be considered in concatenation)
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR
KUNNR--> 1
LIFNR
VKORG-->3
PRCTR
KUNRE-->2
LIFRE -->4
PRODH
LEN10|10|4|10
Expected Result:
---------------------
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR
KUNNR1234567890
LIFNR
VKORGa234
PRCTR
KUNRE4355325363
LIFRE0088390234
PRODH
Concat_String12345678904355325363a2340088390234
Note: If the field length given in Table B doesn't match with actual size of the fields then, the field should be filled with 2 left spaces while concatenation.. Eg. In above example say LIFNR value = 88390234(len =icon_cool.gif then after concat the value should be like below:
12345678904355325363a234 88390234
Note:The fields are not constant..I have around 40 fields like that in which any combination of fields can be possible...eg..
KSCHL - ZIC0 (KEY)
KOTABNR - 521 (KEY)
MATNR -->2
KUNNR--> 4
LIFNR
VKORG-->1
PRCTR
KUNRE
LIFRE --> 3
PRODH
I am not sure which field has the value 1, 2 etc.. and how many fields are forming the combination..It can be sometimes 3/40 fields or it can be 10/40 fields...I have to dynamically get those values and concat...
I can have any number of fields for concatenation..above example is just for 4...it should be dynamic enough to handle any number of fields..
I have SSRS report that has around 80+ columns. I have requirement where in dynamically hideshow columns in report based on user selection. I could able to do it by setting expression for "Visiblity" property and having report parameter thro' which columns to display can be choosen.
My problem is 2 points
1. fox example if columns 2 and 4 to be hidden, then there is an empty column between 1 and 3 and 5 columns. How to avoid this
2. When i export to PDF / Excel these spaces prevail.
I have a scenario where we have to handle dynamically changing source columns.
For example , some times in the source files the number of columns will be increased or decreased, new columns can be added in the middle or in the end of the source file.
How to handle this kind of scenario in the SSIS ?
I have created some dynamic sql to check a temporary table that is created on the fly for any columns that do contain data. If they do the column name is added to a dynamic sql, if not they are excluded. This looks like:
If (select sum(Case when [Sat] is null then 0 else 1 end) from #TABLE) >= 1 begin set @OIL_BULK = @OIL_BULK + '[Sat]' +',' END However, I am currently running this on over 230 columns and large tables 1.3 mil rows and it is quite slow. How I can dynamically create a sql script that only selects the columns in the table where there is data in a speedier manner. Unfortunately it has to be on the fly because the temporary table is created on the fly.
I've created a SSIS package which takes a matrix from Excel file and insert into SQL table. It works perfectly! However, if I would add a new column into that matrix in Excel. Unpivot tool should take into process dynamically. Is there a way to provide this automatically?Â
View 4 Replies View Related I have a situation where I want to load the Excel file dynamically, and the excel file have different columns or even worksheet name. How I could approach this? I believe there's no way to modify the meta data (specifically the mapping) in the data flow.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHi All,
The current/ Base table would be like below,
Products
level
Date
N1
b
11/5/2007
N2
p
11/6/2007
N3
p
11/7/2007
N4
p
11/14/2007
N5
b
11/15/2007
N6
p
11/23/2007
Expected Result.
<=11/7/2007
<= 11/14/2007
<=11/21/2007
b
1
1
2
p
2
3
4
Total
3
4
6
As you can see, the above table has cumulative data.
1. It calculates the number of Products submitted till a particular date- weekly
2. The date columns should increase dynamically(if the dates in base table increases) each time the query is executed
For ex: the next date would be 11/28/2007
I tried something like, it gives me count of €˜b€™ level and €˜p€™ level products by week
declare @date1 as datetime
select @date1 = '6/30/2007'
while (@date1 != (select max(SDate) from dbo.TrendTable))
begin
set @date1 = @date1 + 7
select Level, count(Products)
from
dbo.TrendTable
where SDate < @date1
group by Level
end
what I think is required is a pivot that dynamically adds the columns for increase in date range.
/Pls suggest if any other way of achieving it.
Pls help!!!
Thanks & Regards
I have created a dynamic SQL program that returns a range of columns (1 -12) based on the date range the user may select. Each dynamic column is month based, however, the date range may overlap from one year to another. Thus, the beginning month for one selection may be October 2005, while another may have the beginning month of January 2007.
Basically, the dynamic SQL is a derived Pivot table. The problem that I need to resolve is how do I now use this dynamic result set in a Report. Please keep in mind that the name of the columns change based on the date range select.
I have come to understand that a dynamic anything is a moving target!
Please advise.
Hi all, a quicky.
What is wrong with:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.QuotePrice
@DateFrom datetime,
@DateTo datetime
AS
declare @days as int
declare @price as smallint
declare @daycolumn as nvarchar(6)
set @price = 0
set @days = DATEDIFF(day, @DateFrom, @DateTo)
set @daycolumn = 'Day_' + CAST(@days AS nvarchar(2))
set @price = (SELECT @daycolumn FROM pasPriceTable)
return @price
GO
Problem is:
Syntax error converting the nvarchar value 'Day_10' to a column of data type smallint
How do I set a variable to a result from a query?
Thanks,
/ j0rge
Hi all again,I need an output like :|----|----|----|---|------||row1|row2|row3|...|row(n)||----|----|----|---|------|is possible to create output like that, without querying manuallycause too many dynamic columns in my application.sorry if my question a bit weird cause i'm a newbie in MSSQL.Cheers.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy report has a large number of rows in the details section, This wastes a lot of space. I'd like to spread these rows across multiple columns in the details section of my table.
What i'm currently getting...
---ROW1----------
---ROW2----------
---ROW3----------
---ROW4----------
---ROW5----------
---ROW6----------
---ROW7----------
---ROW*----------
---ROW9----------
What I'd like to see...
---ROW1---------- ---ROW2---------- ---ROW3----------
---ROW4---------- ---ROW5---------- ---ROW6----------
---ROW7---------- ---ROW8---------- ---ROW9----------
Is this possible, if so, how??
Hi folks
I'm trying to roll out / createcolumns dynamically, based on a parameter selection, which in turn can calculate the number of columns to be inserted.
For example, if my parameter selects the first Option viz. Business Unit, I need to find out how many standard business units exist (un-specified and depending on the client) and have that many standard width columns generated and have each populated with a column header label + appropriate value.
the columns have to be dynamic and the same information is preferred if it is NOT presented in a drill down format (row-wise).
Thanks for any inputs coming in :)
Prashanth
when using sorred procedure to create a temporary table is it possable to base the number of columns in that table on another variable?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI need to write a query that will return an unknown number of columns. Here's the problem:
Let's say you've got a database tracking applications to different university study abroad programs. There may be a dozen or more programs, and the application could be used at any number of different schools, each with different programs. So you have a programs table with ProgramName and ProgramID.
Each program could require a different set things submitted during the application process. So you have a Submissions table, with SubmissionItem and SubmissionID to list the names of each required submission, a Program_Submissions table, with ProgramID and SubmissionID to link Programs to required application items, a SubmittedItems table, that accepts documents uploaded by a user to fullfill the submission requirements, and of course a users table.
I'm not very concerned at the moment about the last two tables. What I need to do is create a report (query) where the first column is the program name, and the other columns are determined by the contents of the Submissions table- if Program_Submissions record exists linking a program to a submission, place a value of 'Y' in that cell, otherwise leave it blank. Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?
I need to do this in a single query that a I can dump into a report builder application to save as a template to give to several people that have been asking for it, and to complicate matters even more, the description above is a little simple, as there are couple different kinds of submissions, with a different table for each.
Any help appreciated. I give rep for good answers!
I have the following Tables:
Table1: Row1
----------------------------------
Name Gary
Garbage1 A
Garbage2 B
Table2: Row1 Row2 Row3
------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Gary Gary Gary
Value 1 2 3
Desc Day Afternoon Night
Table1 has a 1 to Many relationship with Table2
Id Like to have the select statement Return the data as follows:
Gary,A,B,Day,1,Afternoon,2,Night,3
not like this:
Gary A,B,Day,1
Gary A,B,Afternoon,2
Gary A,B,Night,3
Any Ideas?