Suggestions On Where To Jump-start One's Ability In Transact-SQL
Jul 12, 2006
Hi,
Can some participants in this forum provide ideas on suggested training for somebody with a basic knowledge of SQL (started working in this field 6 months ago and still feel like a newbie beginner).
I assume I should focus on getting T-SQL nailed down before delving into the SSIS piece of SQL Server 2005?
Maybe there are a few companies that seem to give good practical knowledge and are located in the greater Los Angeles metro area?
Is it better to get certified through a 1 week or 2 week course via companies like Trainingcamp - does that really give you the practical skills to jump up several levels at one does at work?
Hope I can get some suggestions or direction on where I could best post this question for answers.
Can some participants in this forum provide ideas on suggested training for somebody with a basic knowledge of SQL (started working in this field 6 months ago and still feel like a newbie beginner).
I assume I should focus on getting T-SQL nailed down before delving into the SSIS piece of SQL Server 2005?
Maybe there are a few companies that seem to give good practical knowledge and are located in the greater Los Angeles metro area?
Is it better to get certified through a 1 week or 2 week course via companies like Trainingcamp - does that really give you the practical skills to jump up several levels at one does at work?
Hope I can get some suggestions or direction on where I could best post this question for answers.
I am stuck on this and its happening no matter what I do. I have a huge project that holds tons of reports. Most are sub-reports.
I have 5 sections I will just use one for example
communictions (totals)
jump to report - summary data
Jump to report - detail data.
The when I get to the detail data I always get the error:
The path of the item '(null)' is not valid. The full path must be less than 260 characters long; other restrictions apply. If the report server is in native mode, the path must start with slash. (rsInvalidItemPath)
I have tried to do all sorts of things and no matter what I do I cant get it to work.
This is a web application using the ReportViewer for the web, SQL Server 2005 SP2
I have searched high and low for an answer to this and nothing works, not even the get instead of the post.
I have weekly billing cycle. And the billing cycle can start on any day of the week.
Assumption: Start day of week is MONDAY
Hence, the following
DayNumber Day 1 Monday if start day is 1, then billing cycle is Monday - Sunday 2 Tuesday if start day is 2, then billing cycle is Tuesday - Monday 3 Wednesday if start day is 3, then billing cycle is Wednesday - Tuesday 4 Thursday if start day is 4, then billing cycle is Thursday - Wednesday 5 Friday if start day is 5, then billing cycle is Friday - Thursday 6 Saturday if start day is 6, then billing cycle is Saturday - Friday 7 Sunday if start day is 7, then billing cycle is Sunday - Saturday
For a given date, i need find start date and end date of current billing cycle.
For example, if my billing cycle starts on 3rd day of week (wednesday), then for the input 09-Oct-2015, i need to get two output 07-Oct-2015 and 13-Oct-2015
I have a report that uses report parameters and navigation in the textbox. When I click in the textbox, it jumps to the same report, but I cannot see the report parameters any more(hidden ). I cannot change the report parameters. When I use only the report paramenters (no navigation option), they appear always during the run time. How can I do to keep the report parameters visible all the time using "jump to the same report"??
I need to find the missing months in a table for the earliest and latest start dates per ID_No.  As an example:
create table #InputTable (ID_No int ,OccurMonth datetime) insert into #InputTable (ID_No,OccurMonth)Â select 10, '2007-11-01' Union all select 10, '2007-12-01' Union all select 10, '2008-01-01' Union all select 20, '2009-01-01' Union all select 20, '2009-02-01' Union all select 20, '2009-04-01' Union all select 30, '2010-05-01' Union all select 30, '2010-08-01' Union all select 30, '2010-09-01' Union all select 40, '2008-03-01'
Hello, My problem is this. I did a dts of my old access database to a new sql 7 db. I used Access 97 as the frontened and connected the two databases using linked tables. I made sure all the indexes and such were correct in the SQL database before linking + made sure all the security was corret. When I open a table in the access frontend that is linked to the sql backend, I cannot update or change any data even though I am part of the NT administration group which is given full permissions to the database. Any reason why?
Hello, My problem is this. I did a dts of my old access database to a new sql 7 db. I used Access 97 as the frontened and connected the two databases using linked tables. I made sure all the indexes and such were correct in the SQL database before linking + made sure all the security was corret. When I open a table in the access frontend that is linked to the sql backend, I cannot update or change any data even though I am part of the NT administration group which is given full permissions to the database. Any reason why?
If I have a lot of dropdowns of similar type but only differ in one field, is there a way to set parameters so that the dropdownlist can specify what the parameter values are? For example dropdowns: expenseaccount, incomeaccount, assetaccount SqlDataSource: SelectCommand="select accountid,accountname from accounts, accounttypest where accounts.accounttypeid=acounttypes.accounttypeid and accounttypes.accounttypename=? order by accountname" <SelectParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="accountTypeName" Type="string" /> </SelectParameters> ------- I would like expenseaccount to be able to specify "EXPENSE", incomeaccount to specify "INCOME", etc... Or is sqldatasource reusage bad practice? (damn vs2k5 colors)
Hi all. We have a mix of informix and mssql server and I want to knowif something we do in informix has an analogous feature in MSSQL. Wecan define a "row type" in informix, like so:create row type name_1(fname char(20),lname char(20));The when we create any table that includes a first and last name, wedo so using this row type like so:create table sometable(name name_1, some column,...etc)This allows us to set a standard for certain common fields and avoidshaving different developers build the same type of field in more thanone way, different lengths, etc.Is there a similar function in MSSQL server?
Alot of people complain, legitamately, that they wish to remove columns from the SSIS pipeline that they know are not going to be used again. This would help to avoid the "clutter" that can exist when there are alot of columns in the pipeline.
If you are one of those people then click-through below, vote and (most importantly) add a comment. The more people that do that - the more likely we are to get this functionality in a future version.
SSIS: Hide columns in the pipeline https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=252462
My requirement is to get the latest start date after a gap in a month for each id and if there is no gap for that particular id minimum date for that id should be taken….Given below the scenario
ID Â Â Â Â Â StartDate 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-01-01 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-02-01 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-05-01-------After Gap Restarted 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-06-01 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-09-01---------After last gap restarted 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-10-01 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-11-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-01-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â 2014-02-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-03-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-04-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-05-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-06-01 2 Â Â Â Â Â Â 2014-07-01
For Id 1 the start date after the latest gap is  2014-10-01 and for id=2 there is no gap so i need the minimum date  2014-01-01
My Expected Output id       Startdate 1        2014-10-01 2        2014-01-01
Hi all. We have a mix of informix and mssql server and I want to know if something we do in informix has an analogous feature in MSSQL. We can define a "row type" in informix, like so:
create row type name_1(fname char(20),lname char(20));
The when we create any table that includes a first and last name, we do so using this row type like so:
create table sometable(name name_1, some column,...etc)
This allows us to set a standard for certain common fields and avoids having different developers build the same type of field in more than one way, different lengths, etc.
I have a user that says that after she installed the ActiveX control for printing, that she can no longer export the reports. Has this happened to anyone else? What settings do I need to check on her machine to fix this problem?
I am using a FTP Connection Manager and the configuration setting for it is being set in the package configuration xml file. So the xml file contains the Ftpserver, FTp server username and password. The package is picking up the values from the xml file and is executing successfully. I have to do this because I was not able to provide an expression to the Connection Manager Server Password property.
Now, I want to pick up the ftp details from a database table and set it in the xml file during runtime. Is this possible? OR something like using the
Kindly look at the items in bold. Is this possible? Then I can set the value of the variable in the package before the FTP connection manager task is executed.
After a period of use (typically 1-2 hours), an application using SQL Server Express stops writing to the database, whilst still continuing to read from it. As far as I can tell, no error message is generated by any operation. The application is written in VB Express and is executed on several machines, with SQL Server Express on a central machine. Re-starting the application on the affected machine restores normal operation.
The problem on one machine does not cause a similar problem elsewhere at the same time (hence it appears to be an issue with the relationship between the application and SQL Server)
This does not appear to relate to the response to Q asked by sgcook on 9 may as we are not using user instances, but only a bare minimum connection string.
I am setting up filtered replication(tran repl) for a table that is 2+ TB in size. The filtered rows are less than 1% of total size.When I run the snapshot, sometimes it complete in 27 mins(I have already optimized the snapshot agent profile) and sometimes it runs for ever. Mostly it runs forever, so the chances of it finishing soon are really very less.I have infact created filtered index just to cater to the query in the filter i.e. on the filter predicates. The reason its flipping flopping is due to the incorrect plan that it chooses. I can force the right index and the filtered query runs just fine but. I cannot use the query hints when I am adding the filter in replication as its not allowed.
I then went ahead and created the plan guides to force the best plan. But the plan guide was not used because even if there is a single space in the actual query that replication runs in the background the plan guide will not be used(testing on plan guides has proved this). The query needs to be ditto same including whitespaces and carriage returns. I then ran profiler and found that there is a view that replication creates and executes to extract the filtered rows and BCP it. Got the text of the view and created the plan guide on it but it was still not used because sp_helptext output seems to be different than what is actually being fired by replication internally.
Further, I collected the verbose log with level 2 and tried to find out if the main query shows up there with no success.
(a) I can't use the plan guide because I do not know the exact syntax(I mean I have the query but I do not know the white spaces, carriage returns, etc) and
(b) I cannot use query hint while filtering the article.
1. I cannot afford to have downtime. 2. I cannot use backup and restore option either.
OS: Windows XP Pro, SP2 SQL: SQL Server 2005 (Server 9.0.2047) SP1 VS: Visual Studio 2005 RTM.050727-4200 --------
After upgrading our SQL Servers to SP1 we have lost the ability to debug .net CLR stored procedures. The debugging process worked fine until we installed the Service Pack. All other features we use test out fine after the upgrade. The only and very important feature that does not work is debugging CLR procs. In fact this problem is happening in every environment we have. Be it SQL2005 running on Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Window Server 2000 SP4. SQL Server remote or local on the machine doing the debugging. All 5 developer workstations with Visual Studio in virtual machines or installed on in base OS are behaving exactly the same. Every developer on our team has the exact same problem regardless of their configuration after the upgrade to the service pack 1. All developers and environments were working correctly before the upgrade.
Even building a new SQL box from scratch and installing all tools and creating a new clean database we fail with same error.
We have verified CLR Debugging is enabled for the database connection. We have dropped the connection and recreated it.
Here is an example of the output from the output window:
This is the output up to the CLR call
The thread 'sql_test2 [62]' (0x68c) has exited with code 0 (0x0). The thread 'sql_test2 [62]' (0x68c) has exited with code 0 (0x0). Auto-attach to process '[1072] [SQL] sql_test2' on machine 'sql_test2' succeeded.
Output AFTER the CLR Call
Auto-attach to process '[1072] sqlservr.exe' on machine 'sql_test2' succeeded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_32mscorlib2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089mscorlib.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBinnSqlAccess.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_32System.Data2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089System.Data.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_MSILSystem2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089System.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_32System.Transactions2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089System.Transactions.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_MSILSystem.Security2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3aSystem.Security.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_MSILSystem.Xml2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089System.Xml.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'CIS_Release6a', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_MSILMicrosoft.VisualBasic8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3aMicrosoft.VisualBasic.dll', No symbols loaded.
'sqlservr.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:WINNTassemblyGAC_MSILSystem.Configuration2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3aSystem.Configuration.dll', No symbols loaded.
Program Locks up with blank screen and hangs. If we stop the Debugging then the correct results will appear in the output window.
<CIS><Header><MessageType>FosterParent</MessageType><Status>-1</Status><ErrorMsg><Code>-100</Code><Description>Requested Record Not Available</Description></ErrorMsg></Header></CIS>
I am trying to get this to work - but it only returns minutes & seconds:
Function Seconds2mmss(ByVal seconds As Integer) As String Dim ss As Integer = seconds Mod 60 Dim mm As Integer = (seconds - ss) / 60 Seconds2mmss = String.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}", mm, ss) End Function
Can anyone help me out? I am not that familiar with VB.
In one of my environments, I need to grant the ability to view all the logins and agent jobs to an account, but I don't want to give him "sysadmin" or "securityadmin".
I need a Select sentence that return me the first week of the month for a given week.
For example If I have week number 12 (Begins 2015/03/16 and Ends 2015/03/22) I need that returns 9, I mean Week number 9 wich is the first week of march (having in mind @@DATEFIRST).
I only need give a week number of the year and then returns the week number of the first week of that month.
Please consider enhancing SQL 2005 Reporting Services to provide the ability to disable Clickthrough Reports (Live Links) at the Report and Export Function level. Today you can only enable or disable Clickthrough Reports at the View/Model Level for all Report Builder reports.
I use the "jump to url" in a report that links out to a page on our company intranet. Our internal users have to use http and an external user needs to be routed to the site w/ https. How can I account for this in a report?
I want to add two link(navigation) buttons in SINGLE CELL ... if i click on 1st it should navigate to xyz page and if i click on second then it should navigate to abc page...can u pls help me...
Hi, I am trying to link to a page outside of reporting services from a report. I am using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services [Standard Edition]. The hyperlink works if it is a straight URL, however, nothing happens if I modify it to use Javascript so I can open the link in a new window. I have found many posts on the web from others indicating it should be really easy, but I can not get the link to recognize ANY Javascript (also tried a basic alert with no luck).
The Javascript I am using is well formatted. I can place it into a test page and it runs fine. I can also RC and View Source on my report, grab the entire link, put it in a test page and it works fine. It just doesn't work from the report - ?
The Hyperlink expression for the textbox €˜textbox24€™ refers to the field €˜Unit€™. Report item expressions can only refer to fields within the current data set scope or, if inside an aggregate, the specified data set scope.
I have created a hyperlink(textbox) with an action property setting of "Jump to report" The report I am jumping to takes 5 parameters. I want to pass 4 of the parameters from the main report and have the user enter the 5th. I have mapped the 4 parameters and in preview mode, everthing works great. In preview mode, the parametrs are passed and the last parameter is left waiting for entry. After deployment, this is not the case. In the deployed state, I simply get an error that parameter #5 is blank. Is there there something I am missing?
