I have two string variables each has Varchar(8000)
Declare @VariableA varchar(8000)
Declare @VariableB varchar(8000)
How can I concatenate these two variables without converting them to varchar(max) ?
If try select @VariableA + @VariableB , I only got 7999 characters…
Hi , I am trying to write a stored procedure (i have given it below).i am basically trying to join 4 strings into one based on some if conditions.But the result gives only the intially assaigned string and rest are not getting concatenated.i have provided teh stored procedure below along with the inputs and result i got.Can anyone Please help me to acheive this set ANSI_NULLS ONset QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONgoALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[TestSearch] @distributorId int, @locationId int, @orderTypeId int, @fromDate Datetime = NULL, @toDate Datetime = NULL, @OrderStatus varchar(500) = NULL, @TaxAuthority varchar(500) = NULL, @TaxStampType varchar(500) = NULLASBEGINDeclare @SQL varchar(8000)Set @SQL ='select * from Orders AS a INNER JOINOrderLines AS b ON a.Id = b.FkOrder INNER JOINTaxStampTypes AS c ON b.FkTaxStampType = c.Id where ''' +CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),@fromDate ,1) + ''' <= CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),a.OrderDate ,1) and ''' +CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),@toDate ,1) + '''>= CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), a.OrderDate,1)and a.fkordertype = '+ convert(varchar(1),@orderTypeId) +'anda.FkDistributor = ('+ convert(varchar(50), @distributorId)+',a.FkDistributor)anda.FkLocation in ('+convert(varchar(10),@locationId)+',a.FkLocation)and'IF(@OrderStatus != null)Beginset @SQL= @SQL + 'a.FkOrderState in ('+ @OrderStatus +') and' EndIF(@TaxAuthority!= null)Beginset @SQL = @SQL +'a.FkTaxAuthority in ('+@TaxAuthority+') and'EndIF(@TaxStampType!= null)Beginset @SQL = @SQL + 'c.id in ('+ @TaxStampType+ ')and'End--Execute (@SQL1)select (@SQL);ENDHere is the Input Given to stored Procedure for executing:DECLARE @return_value intEXEC @return_value = [dbo].[TestSearch] @distributorId = 1002, @locationId = 3, @orderTypeId = 1, @fromDate = N'06/10/07', @toDate = N'10/10/07', @OrderStatus = N'2', @TaxAuthority = N'1000', @TaxStampType = N'1000'SELECT 'Return Value' = @return_valueHere Is The Output i get when I execute the stored procedure: select * from Orders AS a INNER JOIN OrderLines AS b ON a.Id = b.FkOrder INNER JOIN TaxStampTypes AS c ON b.FkTaxStampType = c.Id where '06/10/07' <= CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),a.OrderDate ,1) and '10/10/07'>= CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), a.OrderDate,1) and a.fkordertype = 1 and a.FkDistributor = (1002,a.FkDistributor) and a.FkLocation in (3,a.FkLocation) and--Ajay
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I'm using this store proc to get a pivot table in SQL:
USE [m0851System]
GO
/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[sp_CrossTabIntoTable] Script Date: 01/25/2008 09:59:37 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_CrossTabIntoTable]
@select varchar(8000),
@sumfunc varchar(100),
@pivot varchar(100),
@table varchar(100)
-- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 17 juillet 2007
,@tbl_result varchar(100),
@fld_sufx varchar(10)
-- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
AS
--DECLARE @sql varchar(8000), @delim varchar(1)
DECLARE @sql varchar(8000), @delim varchar(1)
SET NOCOUNT ON
SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF
-- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 17 juillet 2007
-- MODIFIÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 25 janvier 2008 (ajout de la clause case)
IF LEFT(@tbl_result,1)='#'
BEGIN
IF EXISTS(SELECT name FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE type='U' AND name='' + @tbl_result + '')
EXEC ('DROP TABLE ' + @tbl_result + '')
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF EXISTS(SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE type='U' AND name='' + @tbl_result + '')
EXEC ('DROP TABLE ' + @tbl_result + '')
END
-- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
EXEC ('SELECT ' + @pivot + ' AS pvt INTO ##pivot FROM ' + @table + ' WHERE 1=2')
EXEC ('INSERT INTO ##pivot SELECT DISTINCT ' + @pivot + ' FROM ' + @table + ' WHERE '
+ @pivot + ' Is Not Null')
SELECT @sql='', @sumfunc=stuff(@sumfunc, len(@sumfunc), 1, ' END)' )
SELECT @delim=CASE Sign( CharIndex('char', data_type)+CharIndex('date', data_type) )
WHEN 0 THEN '' ELSE '''' END
FROM tempdb.information_schema.columns
WHERE table_name='##pivot' AND column_name='pvt'
-- MODIFIÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 18 juillet 2007
--SELECT @sql=@sql + '''' + convert(varchar(100), pvt) + ''' = ' +
SELECT @sql=@sql + '''' + convert(varchar(100), pvt) + '' + @fld_sufx + ''' = ' +
stuff(@sumfunc,charindex( '(', @sumfunc )+1, 0, ' CASE ' + @pivot + ' WHEN '
+ @delim + convert(varchar(100), pvt) + @delim + ' THEN ' ) + ', ' FROM ##pivot
-- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
-- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 15 octobre 2007
ORDER BY pvt
-- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
DROP TABLE ##pivot
SELECT @sql=left(@sql, len(@sql)-1)
PRINT(LEN(@sql))
SELECT @select=stuff(@select, charindex(' FROM ', @select)+1, 0, ', ' + @sql + ' ')
-- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 17 juillet 2007
SELECT @select=stuff(@select, charindex(' FROM ', @select), 6, ' INTO ' + @tbl_result + ' FROM ')
-- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
--EXEC (@select)
PRINT('YOYO'+@select)
RETURN
SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON
But now my @sql and @select that are varchar(8000) get bigger than 8000 for one of my reports... So my query fails ever times.
What can I do to fix it ?
Thanks in advance.
Or Tho
Hi,
I had a VARCHAR(MAX) parameter declared in my stored procedure and trying to concatenat single column from a table which has~500 rows into a string and keep in this variable, if i am not mistaken, i read that the VARCHAR(MAX) actually can hold up to 2GB of data, so it make me confuse why the variable which i declared as MAX size, can only hold up 8000 characters, any idea?
Regards,
Derek
I am trying to change a text field into a varchar 8000.
I get his error message when trying to convert.
Unable to modify table.
ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot create a row of size 8317 which is greater than the allowable maximum of 8060.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The statement has been terminated.
Anyone know of a way to either truncate the text field or
to select only those that are over the 8000 character mark?
Please advise
Thanks
Susan
I was trying to build a string based on one field from one table in Stored Procedure. I know if I declare A VARCHAR variable for the string, it won’t allow to exceed 8000. If does, it will truncate the reminding parts of the fields. What might be the simple solution for that? Even though I know I might need to use several substrings but how?
Thanks!
J827
Declare @sql varchar 8000
Select @sql =@sql + convert(varchar(50),fieldName) from tableA where conditions …
Hi, everyone, I want to know is there a way for me to set varchar to store more than 8000 characters? (I did checked from sql server books online and i know that the maximum storage for varchar, but i just want to know is there any exceptional way for me to store more than that).
Thanks for any reply.
aex
hi all, I'm after a way to produce a single-lined output of a char/varchar string replicated over 8000 times.
basically I've been given a task to create a stored procedure which can accept any integer to replicate a string X times.
From what I've read the replicate() fn will covert to varchar of max 8000 bytes.
I've thought about creating a UDF to accept the varchar and int and run a loop to keep outputting but 'print' will pass an endline to the buffer which is no good for my loop.
Any help would be great on this. Thanks.
Hello,
We have migrated a sql server 2000 database to sql server 2005, this was done through scripts (table, stored procedures and data).
To access this database we are using an ASP.Net 2.0 application which uses the sqlhelper Aplication Block to connect to the database.
Everything works fine except one Stored Procedure which has an OUT varchar(8000) parameter.
We use the following .Net Code to execute the stored procedure this stored procedure:
aParams[2] = sSerDatos.GetParameter("@DominiosMenu", DbType.String, 8000);
aParams[2].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
sSerDatos.ExecuteNonQuery("VM_SDominiosMenu", aParams)
When we invoque the sqlcommand we get this sqlexception:
The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect. Parameter 3 ("@DominiosMenu"): Data type 0xE7 has an invalid data length or metadata length.
If we change the DbType.String Size to 4000 in the .Net code everything works, this same procedure work correctly in SQL Server 2000 with the same .Net code.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam
I have this sql statement in a stored procedure
SELECT @sql=@sql + '''' + convert(varchar(100), pivot) + ''' = ' + stuff(@sumfunc,charindex( '(', @sumfunc )+1, 0, ' CASE ' + @pivot + ' WHEN ' + @delim + convert(varchar(100), pivot) + @delim + ' THEN ' ) + ', ' FROM ##pivot
in the statement, where @sql is defined as DECLARE @sql varchar(Max). the problem is that this statement produces results that are in excess of 8000 characters and the results are truncated. Is there anyway to avoid this? I know that it's not possible to user ntext/text as a local variable, and if i try to return the result as an ouput paramater, only the first result is returned.
my code is based off of this article http://www.sqlteam.com/article/dynamic-cross-tabs-pivot-tables
Thanks for any suggestions.
Hi
I need to pass the where clause of my statement as an input parameter for a stored procedure. As this is built dynamically within the program (Borland C++), it could sometimes exceed the maximum 8000 bytes of a varchar. I thought of sending in two input paramenters and concatenating them into a memo in the sql, but cannot seem to be able to execute the memo variable (i.e. exec(memo) doesn't work). Is there any other options for passing in such a huge parameter.
Also, I do not think there is any other option than passing in the where clause: passing in seperate parameters and building the clause in sql would require over 300 parameters to be passed, and as the possible number of combination is indefinate, I cannot have a different Stored Procedure for each potential case.
Thank you
I need to handle this conversion in SSIS and not on oracle.
The following expression is executed on a datatype of dt_str with a length of 8000.
SUBSTRING((DT_STR,8000,1252)Column_name,1,8000)
Records longer then 4000 bytes take an error path
The next expression with 4000 bytes works but there is truncation.
SUBSTRING((DT_STR,4000,1252)Column_name,1,4000)
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tbl_Projects
-------------------------
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-------------------------
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2 - Second
etc...
I've tried these two statements:
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and
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I also tried
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SQL Server Newbie or here either. I'm a newbie as well.
Give this data set;
declare @BO table (Col1 varchar(50), Col2 varchar(50))
insert into @BO values
('01','009920140516102116'),
('071710811019600001000005',''),
('070534524264000001000005',''),
('001806505517000001000005',''),
[Code] ....
select * from @BO
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insert into @BOD values
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Hi,
Declare @ii varcahr(2)
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when I execute the above SQl statement, it returns error in SQL 6.5.
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Doesn't appear you can do this.
Am I wrong?
Please tell me I am.
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1.0.1
1.1.0
1.2.1
2.0.0
2.1.1
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It errors on the highlighted code.
Error converting data type nvarchar to float
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<1
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Both DBs SIMPLE recovery mode.
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