Hi,
I have a table whose Identifying column is not an integer but rather a manually entered id. (i.e. 106F, 106-09, G11 etc.)
When sorted ascending, a G11 will come before a G2 in the list, 106-11 before 106-2, etc.
I would like to insert a new column in the database or use some kind of function when sorting the database to ensure that the list in returned in the proper order.
Any ideas?
Much appreciated...
I am having problem with the unpivot function of sql 2012, i unpivot my column then i get the result that i wanted but the error that i was encountering was the unpivot is automatically sort the column in alphabetically order which is not I desire,
Here is my code
@syear nvarchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
[Code] ....
I have been discussing with some coworkers whether or not it makes sense to invest the time to alphabetize the column names in our tables (aside from the PK and possibly FK's that could be listed first). My reasoning for doing so would make it much easier to scan the list of columns in a table that I was not familiar with to see if it contained a particular column (i.e. meeting_id). I was just wondering if this is common at all in our industry for new DB design (I realize why legacy systems would not be ordered in this way). I remember seeing MSFT designed their tables this way when Site Server first came out.
An argument was made that when you add a new column you would insert it into the appropriate location and in order to make this happen, EP needs to create a temp table, move the data and consequently lock the table until the data has been transferred. While this is correct, I do not see this negative as outweighing the positive experience achieved by scanning a list of fields in a table in a more orderly fashion.
Thoughts?
Hello
I know how I can display a list of names in alphebetical order on my website:
Select L as [Last Name]
From Name_CatEWhere Education = 'yes'Order ByLName ASC
However, to make things a little more orginised I would like to view my database table column in alphabetical order also, but ithie code does not work within my database.
What do I need to change in the following code, to view my database table column in a-z order?
SELECT LName FROM Name_CatEORDER BY LName ASC
Thanks
Lynn
Hi All,
I want to sort the column data which is of positive and negative number like the following.
-5823
-1
200
100
i want to sort like
-1
100
200
-5823
How can i do that can any one help me..
Thanks in advance.
-john
i am working on a small project, that I have found that someone is storing a float as a varchar(). But there are also some actual words in the same column.
I am trying to determine how I can select only the rows with alphabetical characters in that column.
Some of the data is:
1.5008e+015
1.54453e+015
1.51922e+015
1.51922e+015
1.52243e+015
but there is a mix of alphabetical characters in there as well.
1.51922e+015
1.53122e+015
FMCIT
ABCNP
FMCPNG
1.62073e+015
1.6127e+015
I want to be able to select the rows with only the alphabetical characters. There is a huge mix, and I am assuming that every first letter is one of the 26 alphabetical character used. How can I write a query to use a REGEX to select any and all rows that cannot be CAST as a Float? I have nill to no experience using REGEX.
I am trying to sort my sql resultset by an alphanumeric column of a table which is of NVARCHAR datatype. The sample data is given below:
CREATE TABLE #Activities(activityName NVARCHAR(100))
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Field phase S14-04932-01')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase reporting')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase running')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('RD1')
[Code] ....
The output of the query is like this:
A1
A2
A3
A4
E1 0DAA1
E10
E2 0DAA2
[Code] .....
The output what I require is this:
A1
A2
A3
A4
E1 0DAA1
E2 0DAA2
[Code] ....
Hi all,
i have this column name "Effective Date". the data inside it is like this:
01-Aug-2006
01-Jan-2007
01-Jun-2006
01-Mar-2004
01-Nov-2003
01-Oct-2005
02-Oct-2007
05-May-2006
08-Oct-2003
1-Agustus-2005
10-Feb-2002
10-Jan-2005
10-Mar-2003
11-Feb-2008
12-Dec-2006
12-May-2008
14-Nov-2006
15-Jun-2004
19-Jun-2007
22-Mar-2007
23-Apr-2007
23-Jan-2008
26-Feb-2008
27-Jan-2005
27-Mar-2007
27-Sep-2007
How to sort the column? i've using Order by [Effective Date], but it doesnt work.
please help.
thanks,
Addin
I need to sort on a column that has a mix of alpha/numeric...
oActual Sort: A1, A100, A14, A2, A222, A25 …
oFavored Sort: A1, A14, A100, A2, A25, A222 …
I have the column of type string in the database
Following is the data in that column
1
2
11
12
21
abc
If i sort the table with the help of this column then the output come in the following manner
1
11
12
2
21
abc
can i improve the order actually i want the output like 1 2 11 12 21 abc
We've just installed SQL Server 2000 on one of our servers and havenoticed a strange behavior. When clicking the column headings in thejob display in Enterprise Manager, the list is sorted (first clickascending, then descending) on the column clicked except for "Next RunDate." When we click on "Next Run Date," the list is reordered, butrandomly. Each time we click it we get a different order but neverascending or descending. This is true whether we're at the server oron a remote machine. We never saw this behavior with SQL Server 7.0.Any ideas? Thanks!
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Zack Gallinger
can anyone please help on a sql statement that would sort out three kinds of data. let's say i have a column that contains a status flag. there are only 2 possible values, add and delete. now, i want to sort out three kinds of data: add_only, delete_only, and update. Update is the data that contains duplicate records in the table. Which means, there are two rows having same "student_number" but two different status flags. This happens when there's an update or change in data, such as new address or new phone number. The old row/data is sent with status flag of delete, while the updated data is sent with status flag of add. Example below. An output table with a new column of tag is created.
reports table
STUDENT_NO
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
STATUS FLAG
1
McKenzie
Ohio
9111111
add
2
Hario
New Jersey
1234567
add
3
Oda
Japan
9876543
delete
4
Davis
Chicago
1112222
add
5
Rodriguez
Detroit
4445555
add
1
McKenzie
Ohio
7778888
delete
4
Davis
Detroit
1112222
delete
create, remove, update table
STUDENT_NO
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
STATUS FLAG
TAG
2
Hario
New Jersey
1234567
add
create
5
Rodriguez
Detroit
4445555
add
create
3
Oda
Japan
9876543
delete
remove
1
McKenzie
Ohio
9111111
add
update
4
Davis
Chicago
1112222
add
update
Anyone knows what SQL statements to use to have this output? Thanks.
Hi
I have Constructed a table
Table Name : MasterEntry
Column Name:
MasterEntryNumber
ServiceName
ServiceDepartment
EmployeeName
MasterEntryNumber is GenerationNumber where ever any entry is happen in table
if put a queries [select * From masterentry Order by MasterentryNumber] is give output in ascending order
e.g MasterEntryNumber has
1
2
3 it give correct ordering
but if i exceed more 10 if i put same queries
Output of queries is
1
10
11
2
3 this is the out of the queries if it exceed more 10 rows
i want queries should be look like this
1
2
3
...... 10
did any have experience on this issue please let me know where i can fix
kinds regards
I am trying to sort this simplied table:
ID - Time
1 2000-2001
2 2002-
3 2001-2003
4 1999
5 2005-2006
I want this as a result:
1999
2000-2001
2001-2003
2005-2006
2002-
Because the "-" means "continues", it the thing is still activated, so if it makes it easier, i could put the today's year afterwards during the query, if it ends with a - ...
Now, simply doing a
SELECT * FROM [table] ORDER BY TIME;
Sorts it "perfectly", apart from the "2002-" is just placed before 2005 and after 2001.
So, of course, it fails on all entries with a leading "-" ...
Right when I clicked "submit", of course, I can simply replace all entries with a time ending with "-", with the todays Year, so at least they will get at the end of the query...
Well, have to do a union, first sorting all without the "-", then sorting all with the "-", and that should be it...
Hi All,
Is there any command which will sort data in text file based on 3rd column (based on any column)?
Thanks
Sanjeev
Hello,
I have data coming in from two sources, one being SQL and the other being Oracle. The end result needs to be a CSV file with the columns in a specific order. I have a Data Flow task setup that takes both sources and does a Merge Join on them. I can add a Sort Transformation and manually set the sorting of all 156 columns that end up going to a CSV file destination. However, I have a table setup that holds the names of the 156 columns and the order that the CSV file expects them to be in. I would much rather do this step dynamically as the column names and order may change in the future. Anyone who has used the Sort Transformation for a large number of columns knows how tedious it can be and how adding a column in the middle will cause you to change the sort # for each of the columns that come after it.
So I added a Script Component between the Merge Join and the Flat File Destination hoping that I could alter the order of the columns there. However I added the following code and found that the SortKeyPosition is ReadOnly.
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
Dim column As IDTSInputColumn90
For Each column In Me.ComponentMetaData.InputCollection(0).InputColumnCollection
column.SortKeyPosition = 1
Next
End Sub
I was hoping to add some code to get the sort index from my table for each of the columns and set it to the SortKeyPosition. Has anyone out there done this before or seen an example that might point me in the right direction? I've searched for 2 days without coming up with much.
Thanks!
Hi,
I have a matrix report...the column results
are as follows
Con Std , Con Access, SF Std, SF Acc, Broadband, Pay TV
how would i make the columns appear in the above order when displaying as it is default alphetically sorted...I have tried putting numbers at the front which work till I get to the number 10 which alphetically sorted is next to 1 not 9?
is there a better way off sorting matrix column which have no specific criteria to sort from?
thanks
I am creating a Matrix report using SSRS/Visual Studio 2008 as below:
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
A & B are customers. The values represent sales for each month.I have got most parts in place except the Month are displayed in random order (1,10,2,3,4,5,6 and so on).I have tried the option to create a calculated column with month numbers and change group properties but that did not work.how to get it to sort display as 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
I have a tablix that looks like this...
30 Jul
31 Jul
01 Aug
02 Aug
03 Aug
04 Aug
05 Aug
Region1
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
0.00
[code]....
I would like to sort the last column which is a dynamic date (always the most recent from the last 7 days) from 0 to 100.
I have a report where I am giving the users a parameter so that they can select which field they would like to sort on.The report is also grouping by that field. I have a gruping section, where i have added code to group on the field I want based on this parameter, however I also would like to changing the sorting order but I checked around and I did not find any info.
So here is my example. I am showing sales order info.The user can sort and group by SalesPerson or Customer. Right now, I have code on my dataset to sort by SalesPerson Code and Order No.So far the grouping workds, however the sorting does not.
Any suggestions would help.
Thanks
SSRS 2012 - VS2010...The report compares two years with a sort order on a value that has been engineered based on text switched to int. When sorting A-Z this is the result in the horizontal axis is: 5th, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th..When sorting Z-A the result in the horizontal axis is:5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, PreK..Z-A is correct but A-Z sorting shows 5th as the start and end. The magnitude of the PreK location is correct but the label is wrong on the A-Z sort order. The sorting is implemented using the Category Group sorting option.
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Count = 1 That's = A
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Count = 8 That's = H
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Hi friends,ID LASTNAME--------+----------------------------2FFF1XXX0CCC1DDD2BBB0EEE0GGG3III3HHH4ZZZ4ZZZplease help me in sorting this table. the table should be sorted basedon LASTNAME, and then the ID (only non-zero id should be sorted).ID LASTNAME--------+----------------------------2BBB2FFF0CCC1DDD1XXX0EEE0GGG3HHH3III4XYZ4ZZZshould be sorted based on last name and should be grouped with thesame ID, except for the ID as 0
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I have a matrix report with 2 column SaleAmount and ProfitAmounts by Month like
Sale Profit
Dealer 5/1/2007 6/1/2007 7/1/2007 5/1/2007 6/1/2007 7/1/2007
A 100 200 300 20 25 15
B 200 250 50 30 45 19
how can i do following 3 things
1)Add Total column for Sale and Average column for Profit
2)Sort report by lastMonth of Sale (here 7/1/2007) High to low
3)if last month of sale(here 7/1/2007) is less than second last month here (6/1/2007) whole row should be red
thanks
Apologies if this has been done before, but I couldn't find a completed example. If anyone has time, I'd love to see some improvements...
Where's fribble when you need him?
/*
function:
numeric_order
arguments:
@numeric_string - a string of mixed alpha and numeric values
@max_digits- the maximum length of digits to compare
description:
Function numeric_order creates an orderable string based on the "numeric" value of @numeric_string
which can be ordered alphabetically.
Ideally the strings should really be broken up into constituent parts and ordered properly,
but occasionally you come across data where it's just not worth the while.
eg
select title from regulations order by title
returns:
Regulation 1(a) section 3
Regulation 11 section 100(b)
Regulation 11 section 2(c)(iii)
Regulation 2 section 1
Regulation 21 section 3 (b)
whereas
select title from regulations order by dbo.numeric_order(title,10)
returns:
Regulation 1(a) section 3
Regulation 2 section 1
Regulation 11 section 2(c)(iii)
Regulation 11 section 100(b)
Regulation 21 section 3 (b)
which is the order most users would expect.
NOTE: because the original strings are mixed, the user may include alphas between digits which are to be
sorted alphabetically, which means the string must keep all alpha parts of the original string as is.
expected output:
select dbo.numeric_order('Part 1(b) subsection 1',4)
returns
Part 0001(b) subsection 0001
test data:
use test
--go
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[regulations]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[regulations]
--go
create table regulations (id int identity(1,1), title varchar(200))
--go
insert into regulations (title) select 'Regulation 1(a) section 3'
insert into regulations (title) select 'Regulation 11 section 100(b)'
insert into regulations (title) select 'Regulation 11 section 2(c)(iii)'
insert into regulations (title) select 'Regulation 2 section 1'
insert into regulations (title) select 'Regulation 21 section 3 (b)'
--go
select title as [Incorrectly Ordered] from regulations order by title
--go
select title as [Correctly Ordered] from regulations order by dbo.numeric_order(title, 10)
--go
drop table [dbo].[regulations]
--go
*/
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[numeric_order]') and xtype in (N'FN', N'IF', N'TF'))
drop function [dbo].[numeric_order]
go
create function [dbo].[numeric_order](
@numeric_string as varchar(1000),
@max_digits as int)
returns varchar(8000) as
begin
declare @return varchar(8000)
declare @part varchar(1000)
declare @digit_position int
declare @rest varchar(1000)
declare @non_digit_position int
declare @numeric_term varchar(1000)
declare @after varchar(1000)
declare @between varchar(1000)
declare @first_time int
declare @digits varchar(100)
--create a string of zeros equal in length to max number of digits of enclosed numeric values
set @digits = replace(space(@max_digits),' ','0')
--handle length issues
--worst case scenario is a number every second character multiplied by padlen < 8000
--which would potentially add len(@numeric_string)/2 * padlen characters - so subtract this from the string
set @part = left(@numeric_string, ((len(@numeric_string)/2) * @max_digits))
--starting values
set @non_digit_position = 0
set @first_time = 1
set @return = ''
--loop while not at end of string
while ((@non_digit_position > 0 or @first_time > 0) and (len(@part) > 0))
begin
--if there are digits in the string
set @digit_position = patindex('%[0-9]%', @part)
if @digit_position > 0
begin
--get the part of the string after the first digit
set @rest = substring(@part, patindex('%[0-9]%', @part) + 1, len(@part)-patindex('%[0-9]%', @part) + 1)
set @non_digit_position = patindex('%[^0-9]%',@rest)
--extract the string of digits
set @numeric_term = case
when @non_digit_position > 0 then substring(@part, @digit_position, @non_digit_position)
else substring(@part, @digit_position, len(@part) - @digit_position + 1)
end
--keep track of the rest of the string after and between the digits
set @after = substring(@part, @digit_position + len(@numeric_term), len(@part) - @digit_position + @non_digit_position)
set @between = '' + substring(@part, 1, @digit_position - 1)
--build return string
set @return = @return + @between + right(@digits + @numeric_term, @max_digits)
end
else
begin
--no more digits, just add back the rest of the original string
set @return = @return + @part
set @after = ''
end
--iterate
set @first_time = 0
set @part = @after
end
return @return
end
go
--
I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money"
Hi Friends,How can we insert records in sorted orderlike consider a tableNo Name Phone1 test1123451 test1234552 test2686383 test3676844 test4548084 test474594if i add a new record like this2 test234454it should go in specific order. so that the final table should looksomething like thisNo Name Phone1 test1123451 test1234552 test2344542 test2686383 test3676844 test4548084 test474594
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MCT
Hello,
I am a little new at T-SQL. and I could use a suggestion on the best way to accomplish this task. I have an application where I must loop through a table in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, find the records that match and break them up into groups where the value of the Thickness field is in groups of ( <=8).
Lets say I have 100 records and the table contains sacks marked A, B, C, and D. Within Sack A is 6 records. Each of the 6 records has a thickness column with a value between 0.5 to 1.0 (my example shows 2) I have a column called bundle that I must update to show a 1 for the first group of (<=8) inches thick a 2 for the second group (<=8) inches thick and so on. Then repeat the process for sacks B, C and D.
The table itself has the following
Order Number |Zipcode |Sack(A, B, C,or D)| Thickness |Bundle|
1 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL |
2 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL
3 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL
4 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL
5 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL
6 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL |
7 |19721 |B | 4 |NULL |
8 |19721 |B | 3 |NULL |
9 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
10 |19721 |B | 5 |NULL |
11 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
12 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
What I need to do is sum the thickness until it gets to less than 8 and update bundle with a 1. The result would be 4 records and the table would then look like this:
Order Number |Zipcode | Sack(A, B, C,or D)| Thickness |Bundle|
1 |19809 |A | 2 |1 |
2 |19809 |A | 2 |1
3 |19809 |A | 2 |1
4 |19809 |A | 2 |1
5 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL
6 |19809 |A | 2 |NULL |
7 |19721 |B | 4 |NULL |
8 |19721 |B | 3 |NULL |
9 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
10 |19721 |B | 5 |NULL |
11 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
12 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
Notice there are two records that are not bundles for sack A. I need to place them in a separate bundle called 2. The result will be as follows
Order Number |Zipcode | Sack(A, B, C,or D)| Thickness |Bundle|
1 |19809 |A | 2 |1 |
2 |19809 |A | 2 |1
3 |19809 |A | 2 |1
4 |19809 |A | 2 |1
5 |19809 |A | 2 |2
6 |19809 |A | 2 |2 |
7 |19721 |B | 4 |NULL|
8 |19721 |B | 3 |NULL
9 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL
10 |19721 |B | 5 |NULL |
11 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
12 |19721 |B | 2 |NULL |
Now Sack A is complete so I must move on to Sack B. The first two records total to 7 and adding another record would move the thickness past 8 so I must update the bundle for only the first two records with a 1. The next two total to seven also and the following 2 total to four. We must set those bundles to 1, 2, 3 as follows
1 |19809 |A | 2 |1 |
2 |19809 |A | 2 |1
3 |19809 |A | 2 |1
4 |19809 |A | 2 |1
5 |19809 |A | 2 |2
6 |19809 |A | 2 |2 |
7 |19721 |B | 4 |1 |
8 |19721 |B | 3 |1 |
9 |19721 |B | 2 |2 |
10 |19721 |B | 5 |2 |
11 |19721 |B | 2 |3 |
12 |19721 |B | 2 |3|
These scenarios just keep repeating until the last record
Thank you for any help you can give me
I have a table which visibility can be toggled by a text box. By default it is invisible. After it is made visible, clicking a sortable column header makes the table invisible. Does this mean sorting makes the table go back to its default visibility?
I have a field (varchar) in a list that contains numbers and letters. I want to sort this table but I have only two functions that will work to convert the values:
Val
The Val function sorts the numbers in the string, but the letters are not sorted
CStr
The CStr function sorts the letters, but the numbers are not sorted
How can I sort the numbers and letters?
In SQL 2000, when you generated an SQL script for a database, it was logical and the tables in the script were in alphabetical order. In SQL 2005 they are all mixed up. Am I missing something?
Thanks
Peter
akanksha shukla writes "the issue is that i want to sort the records stored in a table according to aparticular column in such a manner that the sorted reaults are permanantly commited onto the same table i.e. the results are reflected on the same table whose records are being used for sorting
i know that order by clause can provide me a view of records sorted on basis of a particular column but the changes are not being reflected onto the table .
i donot want to create a fresh table to reflect the changes.
kindly suggest some help"