T-SQL (SS2K8) :: Wrap Varchar Field Based On Character Count And Spaces
Dec 8, 2014
Because of a limitation on a piece of software I'm using I need to take a large varchar field and force a carriage return/linebreak in the returned sql. Allowing for a line size of approximately 50 characters, I thought the approach would be to first find the 'spaces' in the data, so as to not split the line on a real word. achieve.
--===== Simulate a passed parameter
DECLARE @Parameter VARCHAR(8000)
SET @Parameter = (select a_notes
from dbo.notestuff as notes
where a_id = '1')
[Code] .....
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Jun 30, 2005
I am trying to load a field in my DB and it is defined as varchar(11) but when I populate it, it still adds spaces at the end. When I try to use it in an If statement, it doesn't match and executes the else instead. The wierd part is it seems to make it 10 characters long and not 11 or the the actual length. I think I had originally set it up for char(10) then changed it afterward but I even deleted the field and reentered it as varchar(11).Thanks,Eric
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Jul 20, 2005
I know there has to be a way to do this, but I've gone brain dead. Thescenario..a varchar field in a table contains a date range (i.e. June 1,2004 - June 15, 2004 or September 1, 2004 - September 30, 2004 or...). Theusers have decided thats a bad way to do this (!) so they want to split thatfield into two new fields. Everything before the space/dash ( -) goes intoa 'FromDate' field, everything after the dash/space goes into the 'ToDate'field. I've played around with STRING commands, but haven't stumbled on ityet. Any help at all would be appreciated! DTS?
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Jul 3, 2013
I am trying to get count on a varchar field, but it is not giving me distinct count. How can I do that? This is what I have....
Select Distinct
sum(isnull(cast([Total Count] as float),0))
from T_Status_Report
where Type = 'LastMonth' and OrderVal = '1'
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Nov 9, 2005
Here's a question for the SQL gurus out there:
I have a varchar(20) field DIAGNOSISCODE in a table that can either be null, or contain up to 3 comma-separated codes, each of which relates to a description in another table. For example, some sample rows might be
8060
8060,4450
8060,4123,3245
Now I need to structure a query to return these values from this single field as three fields CODE1, CODE2, CODE3, with NULL as appropriate for example
CODE1=8060, CODE2=4450, CODE3=NULL.
I have been using CASE along with CHARINDEX and PATINDEX but it it becoming extremely messy. Can anyone think of a "neater" way to return three fields from this one field?
Any help very greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Simon.
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Mar 15, 2014
-- My first Data
create table #myfirst (id int, city varchar(20))
insert into #myfirst values (500,'Newyork')
insert into #myfirst values (100,'Ediosn')
insert into #myfirst values (200,'Atlanta')
insert into #myfirst values (300,'Greenwoods')
insert into #myfirst values (400,'Hitchcok')
insert into #myfirst values (700,'Walmart')
insert into #myfirst values (800,'Madida')
-- My Second Data
create table #mySecond (id int, city varchar(20),Sector varchar(2))
insert into #mySecond values (1500,'Newyork','MK')
insert into #mySecond values (5500,'Ediosn','HH')
insert into #mySecond values (5060,'The Atlanta','JK')
insert into #mySecond values (7500,'The Greenwoods','DF')
insert into #mySecond values (9500,'Metro','KK')
insert into #mySecond values (3300,'Kilapr','MK')
insert into #mySecond values (9500,'Metro','NH')
--Third Second Data
create table #myThird (id int, city varchar(20),Sector varchar(2))
insert into #myThird values (33,'Walmart','PP')
insert into #myThird values (20,'Ediosn','DD')
select f.*,s.Sector from #myfirst f join #mySecond s on f.city = s.city
/*
idcitySector
500NewyorkMK
100EdiosnHH
*/
i have doubt on two things
1) How Can i compare the City names, by eliminating 'The ' at the beginning (if there is any in second tale city) between first and second
2) after comparing first and second if there is no match found in second them want to compare with third table values for those not found
--i tried below to solve first doubt, it is working but want to know any other wasys to do it
select f.*,s.Sector from #myfirst f join #mySecond s on replace (f.city, 'THE ','')= replace (s.city, 'THE ','')
--Expected results wull be
create table #ExpectResults (id int, city varchar(20),Sector varchar(2))
insert into #ExpectResults values (200,'Atlanta','JK')
insert into #ExpectResults values (100,'Ediosn','HH')
insert into #ExpectResults values (300,'Greenwoods','DF')
insert into #ExpectResults values (500,'Newyork','MK')
insert into #ExpectResults values (700, 'Walmart','PP')
insert into #ExpectResults values (800, 'Madidar','')
[code]....
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Dec 10, 2014
This my table named myData
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[myData](
[idx] [int] NULL,
[paymentMethod] [nvarchar](200) NULL,
[daerahKutipan] [int] NULL,
[payer] [int] NULL,
[code]....
I want to calculate the number of payer Group By paymentMethod. The number of payer must be divided by daerahKutipan. So far, my query as follow
select paymentMethod,
COUNT(CASE WHEN daerahKutipan = 1 THEN payer ELSE 0 END) figure_Seremban,
COUNT(CASE WHEN daerahKutipan = 3 THEN payer ELSE 0 END) figure_KualaPilah,
COUNT(CASE WHEN daerahKutipan = 4 THEN payer ELSE 0 END) figure_PortDickson,
COUNT(CASE WHEN daerahKutipan = 5 THEN payer ELSE 0 END) figure_Jelebu,
COUNT(CASE WHEN daerahKutipan = 6 THEN payer ELSE 0 END) figure_Tampin,
COUNT(CASE WHEN daerahKutipan = 7 THEN payer ELSE 0 END) figure_Rembau,
[code]....
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Mar 26, 2014
I am putting a SELECT statement together where I need to evaluate a results field, to determine how the color indicator will show on a SSRS report. I am running into a problem when I try to filter out any non-numeric values from a varchar field, using a nested CASE statement.
For example, this results field may contain values of '<1', '>=1', '1', '100', '500', '5000', etc. For one type of test, I need a value of 500 or less to be shown as a green indicator in a report, and any value over that would be flagged as a red. Another test might only allow a value of 10 or less before being flagged with a red.
This is why I setup a CASE statement for an IndicatorValue that will pass over to the report to determine the indicator color. Using CASE statements for this is easier to work with, and less taxing on the report server, if done in SQL Server instead of nested SSRS expressions, especially since a variety of tests have different result values that would be flagged as green or red.
I have a separate nested CASE statement that will handle any of the values that contain ">" or "<", so I am using the following to filter those out, and then convert it to an int value, to determine what the indicator value should be. Here is the line of the script that is erring out"
case when (RESULT not like '%<%') or (RESULT not like '%>%') then
CASE WHEN (CONVERT(int, RESULT) between 0 and 500) THEN '2'
ELSE '0'
The message I am getting is: Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '<1' to data type int.
I thought a "not like" statement would not include those values for converting to an int, but that does not seem to be working correctly. I did also try moving the not to show as "not RESULT like", and that did not change the message.
How I can filter out non-numeric values before converting the rest of the varchar field (RESULT) to int, so that it is only converting actual numbers?
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Mar 27, 2015
I have a datetime field that is just the date and zero for the time element. I also have a varchar field that is of the format 09:25:30
is there an easy way to add these together?
I don't mind if they get converted to integer as it will be used for comparison.
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Oct 18, 2004
I am trying to write a stored procedure that updates a value in a table based on the sort order. For example, my table has a field "OfferAmount". When this field is updated, I need to resort the records and update the "CurrRank" field with values 1 through whatever. As per my question marks below, I am not sure how to do this.
Update CurrRank = ??? from tblAppKitOffers
where appkitid = 3 AND (OfferStatusCode = 'O' OR OfferStatusCODE = 'D')
ORDER BY tblAppKitOffers.OfferAmount Desc
All help is greatly appreciated.
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Apr 3, 2014
I am trying to setup an indicator value for an SSRS report to show green and red values on a report, based on the NRESULT value. The problem I am facing is that I have several different CASE statements that have the same logic, and they are processing just fine. NRESULT is a decimal field, so no conversion should be necessary. I do not know why I am getting the "Arithmetic overflow error converting varchar to data type numeric." error message.
Below is the CASE statement where the error is occurring. It is in the part of the ELSE CASE. The first CASE works just fine when the ELSE CASE is commented out. If I also change the ELSE CASE statement to say "else case when LEFT(NRESULT,1) = '-' then '0'", then it processes fine, too, so it has to be something I am missing something in the check on negative values. I do need the two checks, one for positive and one for negative values, to take place.
case when LEFT(NRESULT,1) <> '-' then --This portion, for checking positive values, of the CASE statement works fine.
CASE WHEN LEFT(ROUND(NRESULT,2),4) between 0.00 and 0.49 THEN '2' --Green
ELSE CASE WHEN LEFT(ROUND(NRESULT,2),4) > 0.49 THEN '0' --Red
ELSE '3' --White
END
END
else case when LEFT(NRESULT,1) = '-' then --This portion, for checking negative values, of the CASE statement is producing the conversion error message.
[code]....
I checked the NRESULT field, and there are not any NULL values in there, either.
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May 17, 2015
I have a table that contains file paths as
ServernamefolderAfilenameA
ServernameFolderBFilenameB
and I need a query to return
ServernamefolderA
ServernameFolderB
I tried
SELECT DISTINCT left(Source, charindex('', Source)- 0) AS String
FROM Table
But that removes everything after the first and I need it to return all data before the last
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Aug 6, 2015
I have the following scenario, The contents of main file are like :
ServerCentral|||||forum|||||||||||||||is||||||the||best
so||||||be|||||on||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||it
And I need the output in the following form:
ServerCentral=forum=is=the=best
so=be=on=it
The logic being that multiple and consecutive occurrences of the special character, here - pipe , should be replaced by a single special character.
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Apr 16, 2014
How to count the number of values that exist in a row based on the values from an array of numbers. Basically the the array of numbers I want to look for are in row 1 of table [test 1] and I want to search for them and count the "out of" in table [test 2]. Excuse me for not using the easiest way to convey my question below. I guess in short I have 10 numbers and like to find how many of those numbers exist in each row. short example:
Table Name: test1
Columns: m1 (int), m2 (int), m3 (int) >>> etc
Array/Row1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
------
Table Name: test2
Columns: n1 (int), n2 (int), n3 (int), n4 (int), n5 (int)
Row 1: 3, 8, 18, 77, 12
Row 2: 1, 4, 5, 7,18, 21
Row 3: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Answer: 2 out of 5
Answer: 4 out of 5
Answer: 5 out of 5
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Dec 27, 2007
A string needs to be stored in a SQL 2000 table varchar(255) fileld in such a way that when emailed or printed out, it will display as below:
Name: John DoePhone: 213-444-5555Email:jdoe@test.comCity: New YorkCountry: USA
How can such a string be constituted?Thanks
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Jan 28, 2015
Need to know if the varchar datatype field will ingore leading zeros when compared with numeric datatype ?
create table #temp
(
code varchar(4) null,
id int not null
)
insert into #temp
[Code] .....
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Apr 15, 2004
I have data in a column that starts with 1-4 characters followed by a dash then followed by an number of characters (ex: EU-Surgery).
How do I select everything to the right of the dash when the number of characters to the left of the dash varies?
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Sep 15, 2005
I have a table . It has a nullable column called AccountNumber, whichis of varchar type. The AccountNumber is alpha-numeric. I want to takedata from this table and process it for my application. Before doingthat I would like to filter out duplicate AccountNumbers. I get most ofthe duplicates filtered out by using this query:select * from customerswhere AccountNumber NOT IN (select AccountNumber from customers whereAccountNumber <> '' group by AccountNumber having count(AccountNumber)[color=blue]> 1)[/color]But there are few duplicate entries where the actual AccountNumber issame, but there is a trailing space in first one, and hence thisduplicate records are not getting filtered out. e.g"abc123<white-space>" and "abc123" are considered two different entriesby above query.I ran a query like :update customers set AccountNumber = LTRIM(RTRIM(AccountNumber)But even after this query, the trailing space remains, and I am notable to filter out those entries.Am I missing anything here? Can somebody help me in making sure Ifilter out all duplicate entries ?Thanks,Rad
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Jul 14, 2014
I am loading a dimension using a distinct query.There are duplicates coming through and the only differnce is a trailing space on one of the columns.
RTRIM is not removing the space.
how i can fix it?
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Jun 15, 2015
I am writing dynamic sql to create a work table. I would like to format my create script such that the data types are all lined up, rather than one space behind the column name. I tried something like this:
SELECT @SQL2 = COALESCE(@SQL2,'')
+ ' ,' + p.Attribute + (60 - LEN(P.Attribute)) * CHAR(32)+ 'NUMERIC(12,3)' + CHAR(10)
That is, I was trying to put the data type 60 spaces to the right, no matter how long the column name is (as long as it's less than 60 characters). I kept getting an error telling me it couldn't concatenate a character to an int.
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Aug 29, 2014
I am trying to debug a procedure which is timing out, not in every case, but in some cases.
During my perusals, I note that there seems to be a stray space in the 3rd line of following fragment of an UPDATE statement in the procedure:
...
FROM dbo.LoadMedicationsGP LMGP
INNER JOIN dbo.Patient P ON LMGP.PatientId = P.PatientId
INNER JOIN dbo. PatientMonths PM ON P.PatientKey = PM.PatientKey
AND LMGP.DatePeriodKey = PM.DatePeriodKey
...
SSMS seems to parse the statement perfectly OK, but to me it looks as if it ought to be wrong.
I suspect that the space has no material effect, but I just wanted some confirmation one way or the other.
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Mar 19, 2015
I have a procedure that generates some XML from a bunch of tables.Then i use BCP to export it to a file. This works just fine.Here's the sample code:
CREATE TABLE dbo.t_test (i INT, z VARCHAR(30) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT)
INSERT INTO t_test (i, z)
SELECT1, 'Test'
GO
[code]....
But recently, i wanted to add a test that calls this procedure. So, Test procedure uses INSERT / EXECUTE thingy to put XML data into a temp table to compare things. But then you get following error: "The FOR XML clause is not allowed in a INSERT statement."
DECLARE@T TABLE (x XML)
INSERT INTO @t (x)
EXECSPRC_EXPORT -- crashes here
So, i thought, fine, i'll wrap the FOR XML inside a sub-SQL:
CREATE PROCEDURE SPRC_EXPORT
AS
SELECT(
SELECT*
FROMt_test
FOR XML PATH('root')
)
And BCP call still works, BUT, now the file generated becomes 64kb instead of 1kb :) When i look into the file, it displays same XML, but the string is right-padded with a LOT of spaces.how BCP uses SET FMTONLY, OR that the "type" of result somehow gets changed when i do the wrapping.
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Feb 20, 2007
Hi,another problem I have is that have compounded fields in my sql table.Exampleproduct@customerI need a simple function to return "customer", so it should return the valueafter "@", unfortunate "@" will sometimes be character number 6, sometimescharacter number 7 etc.regardsJorgen
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Jan 9, 2007
The name field in our database stores the name in the below format:
Shields~Joseph A
Simmons~Russell G
Resig~Benjamin R
Lindsey Jr.~Harold H
Jordan~Adante D
Kerr~Luke D
Adkins~Guillermo B
Conrad~Brian P
I am trying to separate the last name and first name into 2 fields. I do not want the middle initial or Jr. in the field. I am using the statement below but i am running into an issue with names that have Jr. on them because there is an extra space in the name.
SELECT SubString([Name],CHARINDEX('~',[Name])+1, (CHARINDEX(' ',[Name])-1) - (CHARINDEX('~', [Name])-1)) as FirstName,
Left(Name,CHARINDEX('~',Name)-1) as LastName
FROM Employee
WHERE StrtDate >'7/1/06' and StrtDate < '8/31/06' and Status = 'A' and BirthDate < GetDate() - 7665
Any help would be appreciated.
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Jul 18, 2003
Say i have a COLUMN name varchar(20)
NAME:
----
john
john/a
john/b
john/a/a
------
I want to find the LONGEST NAME in the column and I am trying to use
: Select MAX(name) from tablename
SQL 2000 gives the max as per alphabetical order and in the above example the MAX is john/b
IS there any direct SQL statement to get the MAX name where MAX refers to the LONGEST in terms of length .
I have been able to do it with 2 sql statements where i first find the longest length and then give a query where i match the length..But is there any simpler way??
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Aug 20, 2007
Hi i hv a doubt in Sql server reporting..I do generate some reports based on some criteria.In the results screen i hv empty fields based on the search i hv generated.I need to set "0" instead of blank spaces in the fields..Can any one help me?
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Aug 30, 2007
I have a database setup and the fields setup as nchar(200).
Now, when I update a row using the code below it inserts the text but then seems to fill the rest of the field with spaces. i.e. if the text is only 10 characters, mssql seems to put 190 characters on the end of it to make 200.
Is there any reason how I can stop this/1 // Create new command
2 comm = new SqlCommand(
3 "UPDATE Pages SET PageBody=@PageBody, " +
4 "PageMetaTitle=@PageMetaTitle, PageMetaDesc=@PageMetaDesc, PageMetaKeywords=@PageMetaKeywords " +
5 "WHERE PageID=@PageID", conn);
6
7 // Add command parameters
8 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageID", System.Data.SqlDbType.Int);
9 comm.Parameters["@PageID"].Value = idTextBox.Text;
10 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageBody", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
11 comm.Parameters["@PageBody"].Value = contentTextBox.Text;
12 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageMetaTitle", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
13 comm.Parameters["@PageMetaTitle"].Value = titleTextBox.Text;
14 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageMetaDesc", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
15 comm.Parameters["@PageMetaDesc"].Value = descriptionTextBox.Text;
16 comm.Parameters.Add("@PageMetaKeywords", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar);
17 comm.Parameters["@PageMetaKeywords"].Value = keywordsTextBox.Text;
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Dec 5, 2007
i want to import/copy a varchar field numeric data in to number field pls suggest the solution
one thing more can i convert field type of a table how?
jto it
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Aug 29, 2007
Hello,
I have a table with a column that is currently a varchar(50), but I want to convert it into an int. When I try to just change the type in design mode I get an error that conversion cannot proceed. When I look at the field it appears some of the entries have special characters appended at the end, I see a box after the value.
How can I remove all speical characters and then convert that field to an int?
Also I tried the following query which did not work as well, same error about conversion.
UPDATE myTable SET field = CAST(field AS int)
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Apr 5, 2007
Hello,
I need to strip out all alpha chars and spaces in a given field and return only the numbers.
I've tried =CInt(Fields!Info.Value) and get an unexplained error. If the data was formatted consitantly I could simply do a RTrim or Right, but the number strings are not the same, some have spaces as in phone numbers (1 800 555 1212) or don't have a leading 1. Most instances are correct for my purpose (8005551212).
Any help would be appreciated.
UPDATE: Using the Replace function =Replace(Fields!Info.Value, " ","") gets me almost there. Now I should be able to use a Right, 10 function to return my desired value. Is it possible to combine these two funtions together?
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Apr 13, 2007
I have the following problem, I need to create the TotalsY and TotalsN values.
Can anybody give some direction on how to count these character values.
Column1 Y
Column 2 Y
Column 3 N
TotalsY 2
Totals N 1
Column1 =First(Fields!NOB_Pickup_L_D_T.Value)
Column 2 =First(Fields!NOB_Return_L_D_T.Value)
Column 3 =First(Fields!NOB_New_L_D_T.Value)
TotalsY 2 <I Dont Know>
Totals N 1 <I Don't Know>
Thanks,
Rick
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Mar 25, 2015
The following was found as a solution to detecting non-printable characters in a string. I can find no explanation of how the COLLATE function is used.
how the COLLATE function affects the search string to find the non-printable characters?
patindex('%[^ !-~]%' COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN, titlel) as [Position]
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Mar 12, 2014
I have a web page where the user can select the language (FR, EN, BG, ...) in a drop down list.
Next to the drop down list there is a text box where user can type the some text (translation).
User can add several description
On my web page, i have a button this button collect all information create an xml file and save all in database (sql server 2008)
that's work fine for some language => FR, EN and so on
But for bulgarian (bulgare) and greece there are some problem...
Some characters when i display it in sql look like => ???s??. ? d??ta?? a?t?
The value encoded by the user is => Ένωσης. Η διάταξη αυτή
but the result after t sql xpath is => ???s??. ? d??ta?? a?t?
Here is it my sql code where you can find my temporary table and my xml file and my xpath query
declare @tblTranslation table (idDocID int, languageID varchar(10), value varchar(500))
declare @Translations XML
set @Translations = '<?xml version="1.0" ?><Items><Item><eleKey>EN</eleKey><eleValue>This is a test</eleValue></Item><Item><eleKey>FR</eleKey><eleValue>test</eleValue></Item><Item><eleKey>BG</eleKey><eleValue>Ένωσης. Η διάταξη αυτή</eleValue></Item><Item><eleKey>HR</eleKey><eleValue></eleValue></Item><Item><eleKey>RO</eleKey><eleValue></eleValue></Item></Items>'
-- 2) fill the temporary table with information from the xml file
INSERT INTO @tblTranslation(idDocID, languageID, value)
SELECT
1
, Convert(nvarchar(max), i.query('eleKey/text()')) as colKey
, Convert(nvarchar(max), i.query('eleValue/text()')) as colValue
--
FROM @translations.nodes('/Items/Item') as x(i)
SELECT * FROM @tblTranslation
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