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?
Yeah, it's pretty simple. Maybe it'll help someone out.
-- USAGE: fn_extract_chars(string_to_search, 'letters' -or- 'numbers')
CREATE FUNCTION fn_extract_chars (@x varchar(128), @y char(7))
RETURNS varchar(128)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @chars varchar(128)
DECLARE @pos int
DECLARE @action varchar(32)
SET @pos = 0
SET @chars = ''
IF @y = 'numbers' SET @action = '[0-9]'
ELSE IF @y = 'letters' SET @action = '[a-zA-Z]'
WHILE @pos < (DATALENGTH(@x) + 1)
BEGIN
IF PATINDEX(@action,SUBSTRING(@x, @pos, 1)) > 0
BEGIN
SET @chars = @chars + (SELECT SUBSTRING(@x, @pos, 1))
END
SET @pos = @pos + 1
END
RETURN(@chars)
END
Hi All,
I have a field in a table that is varchar. The field can contain numbers or alpha characters. I have a view against this table and I am trying to sort on the output of this field and am running into some problems.
I am trying to use 'isnumeric' to determine if the field contains numbers and if so, then I am using 'convert' to change it to an integer so I can sort it properly. I am using a CASE statement but I am encountering a conversion error on the alpha characters. I am new to SQL and my syntax may be wrong.
Can anyone help please?
SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT SpaceName, CASE WHEN isnumeric(RoomTable.RoomNumber) <> 0 THEN CONVERT(int, RoomTable.RoomNumber)
ELSE RoomTable.RoomNumber END RoomNumber
FROM dbo.RoomTable
ORDER BY SpaceName, RoomNumber
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I have a report with a column which contains either a string such as "N/A" or a number such as 12. A user exports the report to Excel. In Excel the numbers are formatted as text.
I already tried to set the value as CDbl which returns error for the cells containing a string.
The requirement is to export the column to Excel with the numbers formatted as numbers and the strings such as "N/A' in the same column as string.
Any suggestions?
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
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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 |
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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 |
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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|
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Thank you for any help you can give me
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-5823
-1
200
100
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100
200
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Thanks in advance.
-john
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"
Hello.
Whats the easiest way to add a column with a numeration to my table?
I want the users to have an easier life finding on which row they are
talking.
I preffer of course doing it in reporting service and not adding a
column in my dataset.
Thanks.
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If my question is not understandable I can send simple *.rdl report with sample.
Thank you in advance for help.
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vijay
Hi
I have 2 columns the first column is a counter thats always counting up like a meter, the second column is a formula that calculate the difference between the counter(column one). like
Counter
Difference
1
1
3
2
6
3
9
3
11
2
13
2
17
4
25
8
The first row is taken as it is, but the second row will be difference = 3-1 the third one will be 3-6 and so on.
How can I do this in a SQL table or any other away?
Your help will be highly appreciated.
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Hello All,
I have one table that contains information about invoices.
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Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Hello,
One more question about this Custom Calendar table I'm creating. I have a column called "IsWorkdays" which indicates if the day represented by a row is a workday or not. For our purposes, I also need to create a row that accumulates those numbers by month. So, if it is the 3rd workday of the month, this column would have a 3. This is beyond my current T-SQL ability. Does anyone know how to do this?
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SQL version: 2005, Standard edition.
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
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DECLARE @Start FLOAT , @End FLOAT ---DECIMAL(2,2) Numeric (2,2)
SELECT @Start=01.00, @End=20.00
;WITH NumberSequence( Number ) AS
(
SELECT @start as Number
UNION ALL
SELECT Number + 00.01
FROM NumberSequence
WHERE Number < @end
I have a question on autogenerating numbers for a primary key field, "studyID," in a table€”but with a few twists.
We want studyID to be automatically generated as a 5-digit number. Additionally, we have two study sites and would like the studyIDs pertaining to the first site to begin with a 1 and StudyIDs associated with our second site to start with a 2. When we begin entering data, we will enter either a 1 or 2 in a field called, "Site." Upon entering that 1 or 2, we would like at that moment for Access to instantly autogenerate the appropriate studyID for that site and put it in the "StudyID" field. We want the very first number generated for each site to end in a 1 (10001 and 20001).
Here€™s the range of values we want our StudyIDs to be (this is to be our validation rule as well):
10001-19999 for Site 1
20001-29999 for Site 2
Your suggestions are VERY VERY WELCOME! THANKS!
In a t-sql 2012 sql update script listed below, it only works for a few records since the value of TST.dbo.LockCombination.seq only contains the value of 1 in most cases. Basically for every join listed below, there should be 5 records where each record has a distinct seq value of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Thus my goal is to determine how to add the missing rows to the TST.dbo.LockCombination where there are no rows for seq values of between 2 to 5. I would like to know how to insert the missing rows and then do the following update statement. Thus can you show me the sql on how to add the rows for at least one of the missing sequence numbers?
UPDATE LKC
SET LKC.combo = lockCombo2
FROM [LockerPopulation] A
JOIN TST.dbo.School SCH ON A.schoolnumber = SCH.type
JOIN TST.dbo.Locker LKR ON SCH.schoolID = LKR.schoolID AND A.lockerNumber = LKR.number
[Code] ....