I need to return the max value from a fieldwhich contains a three part numeric, stored as a varchar. For example
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.1.0
1.2.1
2.0.0
2.1.1
etc
These represent processes, and sub tasks. So I want to return the highest process and its highest task and sub task.
The below TSQL query takes about 19 minutes to run
SELECT count(distinct SessionID) ) FROM SessionTracker
Sessionid is a varchar(138)
Through SQL profiler - I notice implicit conversion taking place when running distinct option.
Select count(sessionid) from sessiontracker
- runs in milliseconds.
I've got a fairly standard query that does a group by a type column, and then sums the lengths of a VARCHAR column. I'd like to add into that a concatenated version of the string always concatenating in primary key order. Is that possible?
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I need to extract specific text elements from a varchar column. There are three keywords in any given string: "wfTask," "wfStatus" and "displayReportFromWorkflow." "wfTask" and "wfStatus" can appear multiple times, but always as a pair and will each be followed by by "==" (with or without surrounding spaces). "displayReportFromWorkflow" is always followed by "(" and there can be spaces on either side. The text elements will be between a pair of double quotes, and following one of keywords. For each row, I need to return the task, status and report name.
declare @t table (rowID int, textValue varchar(1024))
insert @t
(rowID, textValue)
values
[Code] ....
Output:
rowID, Task, Status, ReportName
----- --------- ------- ------------------------
1, Issuance, Issued, General Permit
2, Issuance, Issued, Capacity Letter Type III
2, Review, Denied, Capacity Letter Type III
I started with a string splitter using the double quote character, referencing elements "i" and "i+1" where the text like '%wfTask%' or '%wfStatus%' or '%displayReportFromWorkflow%', but the case of multiple task/status in a row has confounded me so far.
Unfortunately, CLR is not an option.
I am unable to get FTS working where the column to be searched is type varchar(MAX) or Text. I can get this to work if my column to be indexed is some statically assigned array size such as varchar(1000).
For instance this works, and will return all applicable results.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TestHtml](
[ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[PageText] [varchar](1000) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_TestHtml] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
SELECT * FROM TestHTML WHERE Contains(PageText, @searchterm);
And this does not. It returns zero results what so ever.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TestHtml](
[ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[PageText] [varchar](MAX) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_TestHtml] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
SELECT * FROM TestHTML WHERE Contains(PageText, @searchterm);
Could someone please tell me what I need to do to enable FTS on varchar(MAX) or Text columns?
I have cpt codes in qry1 that need to be converted then match against qry2 and return the unmatched.
Example:
Cpt 88305 in qry1 can be either g4164 or g4165 in qry2
Cpt 88174 in qry1 can be either g3564 or g3565 or g3566 in qry2
select
Invoice_number
,cpt
From qry1
Select
Invoice_number
,cpt
From qry2
What is the easiest way to get the unmatched from qry1 against qry2 joining on invoice_number and converted cpt?
I have data:
Ticket User Priority
A ME 1
B ME 1
C ME 2
C ME 3
D ME 2
E YOU 2
F YOU 1
G ME 3
H YOU 2
H YOU 3
I ME 1
Essentially if Ticket and User are the same I just want the min priority returned.
SO:
Ticket User Priority
A ME 1
B ME 1
C ME 2
D ME 2
E YOU 2
F YOU 1
G ME 3
H YOU 2
I ME 1
I've tried partition and rank but can't get it to return the right output.
I have looked far and wide and have not found anything that works to allow me to resolve this issue.
I am moving data from DB2 using the MS OLEDB Provider for DB2. The OLEDB source sees the column of data as DT_TEXT. I setup a destination to SQL Server 2005 and everything looks good until I try and run the package.
I get the error:
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft DB2 OLE DB Provider" Hresult: 0x80040E21 Description: "Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: Failed to retrieve long data for column "LIST_DATA_RCVD".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: There was an error with output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324) on output "OLE DB Source Output" (287). The column status returned was: "DBSTATUS_UNAVAILABLE".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: The "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" failed because error code 0xC0209071 occurred, and the error row disposition on "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: The PrimeOutput method on component "OLE DB Source" (277) returned error code 0xC0209029. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing.
Any suggestions on how I can get the large string data in the varchar column in DB2 into the varchar(max) column in SQL Server 2005?
Hi,
I am trying to return [string/SqlString] from a CLR function, but it was truncated at 8000 characters.
How can I solve this problem and return varchar(MAX)?
Thanks
I can't get a varchar to datetime conversion to work. The varchar data is in the form yyyymmddhhmi
I tried convert(datetime, '200508310926')
also tried cast('200508310926' as datetime) both have error "Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string"
Is there a format code that needs to be there? If so, I can't figure out what it should be.
I eventually need to convert these to dates and compare them to getdate, example:
...where convert(datetime, dtfield) >= getdate()-1
I am asked to compare the address fields (three columns of nvarchar(100) ) of a customer database (around 10,000 records) and find any duplicates. If it is a character by character match, I could have just GROUPed and get the result.
But, I am expected to produce a list with similar addresses which the guys who entered may have use slightly different spelling or more or less characters, or a "." here and there.
is there any way to create a query for this?
I have the following CASE statement:
SELECT CASE WHEN [TBL_whole_rock_geochem].au = 0 THEN '<' + [TBL_ActLab_codes].[Au] ELSE [TBL_whole_rock_geochem].[Au] END AS [Au det]
It errors on the highlighted code.
Error converting data type nvarchar to float
the code should return :
<0.5
<1
I have tried '<' + ISNUMERIC([TBL_ActLab_codes].[Au]) but received this error
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '<' to data type int.
How I can concatenate the < with a float value?
I want to concatenate image column with varchar column in stuff function.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a written a dll in 2.0 that calls a webservice.
This webservice is used to authenticate users in Active Directory. I created a assembly to that calls this dll because of the diverse languages versions that will use it (from asp,vb6 on up) and all can get values from a stored procedure that calls that assembly. I works great. Until now, I have to add another function to my dll that calls the webservice and returns the Users Full name from Active directory for electronic signitures. Okay I added to the dll then tried to reconstruct my Assembly and stored procedures and recieved the following error. "CREATE PROCEDURE failed because a CLR Procedure may only be defined on CLR methods that return either SqlInt32, System.Int32, void"
I want to keep all these Active directory call all in one place so I can be consistant in all the different applications. I was reading about UDF but that could get messy as I have a config file for the dll that allows the user to dynamically change the url for the webservice. Any suggestions/help will be greatly appreciated
Hi All,
I have a Stored procedure as below..
create procedure sp_sample
@name varchar(12)
as
begin
set @name = (select name from mytable where id = 1)
select @name
end
how can i return the varchar value from the above Stored procedure?
I want to capture it in SQLFetch ODBC call.
Thanks in advance!!
vishu
Bangalore
I have a statement that I'm having trouble converting:
select * from emails join InternalContacts On emails.EmailAddress = InternalContacts.EmailID
When I run this I get -
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'credentialing@floridaeyeclinic.com' to data type int.
What is the correct syntax to convert?
I'm archiving some data. In a 2 step process.
1. Copy old data from each table in LiveDB to same table in ArchiveDB.
2. Delete the data from each table in LiveDB which is in ArchiveDB
Both DBs SIMPLE recovery mode.
Each table has a clustered PK on a single int value. In both DBs
The tables with varchar(max) columns are taking a v.long time to copy over.
IS there anything I can change in the ArchiveDB to make it run faster.
It is the insert that is taking the time. I've tried dropping the clustered PKs in ArchiveDB tables and then rebuilding afterwards but it has not made any difference. After all I am adding data to the ArchiveDB in clustered index order, so wouldn't have expected it to.
How I can change the Archive DB but cannot touch the schema/settings of Live DB.
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…
CREATE TABLE #TEST (Keyfield varchar(30) NULL)
INSERT INTO #Test (keyfield) VALUES ('M-S Logistics');
INSERT INTO #Test (keyfield) VALUES ('Monster Racing');
INSERT INTO #Test (keyfield) VALUES ('Mueller Farms');
DECLARE @Search AS nvarchar(30), @Search2 AS varchar(30)
--Query 1
SET @Search = 'Monster Racing'
SELECT TOP(1) keyfield FROM #Test WHERE keyfield >= @Search;
--Query 2
SET @Search2 = 'Monster Racing'
SELECT TOP(1) keyfield FROM #Test WHERE keyfield >= @Search2;
-- Why does query 2 return different result than query 1
There are a few databases I work with that have been designed where varchar columns are used to store what actually displays on the front end as Ints, Decimals, Varchars, Datetimes, checkboxes.
I often have to write integrations with these databases bringing data in and prefer to validate the data whilst loading from the staging tables.
I have seen allsorts of values being passed into the staging tables that will load into the target database because the columns are all varchars but the values don't display on the front end because the app actively filters bad values out.
What I would like to do is for my validation scripts to warn up front of potentially invalid datatypes. My problem is that forexample the ISNUMERIC() function return 1 for the value ',1234' but a CONVERT(NUMERIC, ',1234') or CAST(',1234' AS NUMERIC) will fail with a "Error converting data type varchar to numeric).
I've been trying to locate a set of reliable datatype testing functions that will reliably determine if a varchar can be converted to a given data type or not.
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?
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.
The following T-SQL 2005 snippet executes a remote sproc on an Oracle database.
DECLARE @OutParam VARCHAR(5)
EXEC ('{Call getnextpin(1)}') AT ALTTEST
GetNextPin takes a single input parameter.
I need to modify the above code snippet to return the next PIN number into @OutParam.
Any ideas?
Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Paul.
My store procedure get the QuestionID (PK) from the page and then it's to return a few varchars but gives me the error that string can't be converted to int. ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[usp_getQuestionsforEditPopulateText]@QuestionID int,@QuestionDescription varchar(MAX) OUTPUT,@Option1 varchar(50) OUTPUT,@Option2 varchar(50) OUTPUT,@Option3 varchar(50) OUTPUT,@Option4 varchar(50) OUTPUT,@Option5 varchar(50) OUTPUT,@reference varchar(50) OUTPUT,@chb1 int OUTPUT,@chb2 int OUTPUT,@chb3 int OUTPUT,@chb4 int OUTPUT,@chb5 int OUTPUTAsSet @QuestionDescription =(Select questionDescription from QuestionsBank Where questionID = @QuestionID)Set @Option1 =(Select optionDescription from options Where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 1)Set @Option2 =(Select optionDescription from options Where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 2)Set @Option3 =(Select optionDescription from options Where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 3)Set @Option4 =(Select optionDescription from options Where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 4)Set @Option5 =(Select optionDescription from options Where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 5)Set @reference = (Select referencedescription from reference where questionID = @QuestionID)Set @chb1 = (Select correctOption from options where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 1)Set @chb2 = (Select correctOption from options where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 2)Set @chb3 = (Select correctOption from options where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 3)Set @chb4 = (Select correctOption from options where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 4)Set @chb5 = (Select correctOption from options where questionID = @QuestionID and optionNumber = 5) RETURN This is what the page callsDim dbConnection As System.Data.IDbConnection = New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("myconnectionstring ") Dim cmdUpdate As New Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("usp_getQuestionsforEditPopulateText", dbConnection) cmdUpdate.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@QuestionID", Data.SqlDbType.Int)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@QuestionID").Value = QuestionID cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@QuestionDescription", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@QuestionDescription").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@Option1", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@Option1").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@Option2", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@Option2").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@Option3", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@Option3").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@Option4", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@Option4").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@Option5", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@Option5").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@reference", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@reference").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@chb1", Data.SqlDbType.Int)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@chb1").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@chb2", Data.SqlDbType.Int)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@chb2").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@chb3", Data.SqlDbType.Int)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@chb3").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@chb4", Data.SqlDbType.Int)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@chb4").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add(New Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter("@chb5", Data.SqlDbType.Int)) cmdUpdate.Parameters("@chb5").Direction = Data.ParameterDirection.Output 'open connection dbConnection.Open() 'Execute non query cmdUpdate.ExecuteNonQuery() 'close connection dbConnection.Close()
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am looking for an elegant way to return top n and sum up the rest, in my case CTE/temp table/variables are not allowed.
View 9 Replies View Related-- 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]....
I have a query that returns the jobs that have completed for the nightly processing.
If I run the query it does not reflect jobs that are in progress.How can the following query be modified to reflect jobs that have started but have not completed?
SELECT DISTINCT j.Name AS Job_Name,
msdb.dbo.Agent_datetime(Run_Date, Run_Time) AS Run_Datetime,
Dateadd(second, Datediff(second, 0, msdb.dbo.Agent_datetime(19000101, Run_Duration)), msdb.dbo.Agent_datetime(Run_Date, Run_Time)) AS Run_Endtime,
Stuff(Stuff(RIGHT('000000'
+ Cast(Run_Duration AS VARCHAR(6)), 6), 5, 0, ':'), 3, 0, ':') AS Run_Duration,
[code]....
I have a report that needs to return a count of zero for the rows that have no data, I have tried to use the Left Outer Join but my where clause is excluding the rows with no data and I need to filter the report with the Year, day and Month.
The date filters are from different table(dimDate), not sure how to include them in the #tmpOperationalTypes join as filters
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[spcAdvancedComparisonDateDWReport]
@Year varchar(4000) = '',
@Day varchar(28) = '',
@Month varchar(28) = '',
@Locations varchar(4000) = '',
[Code] .....
I have a small problem with a join clause, because i need to return all values from my table BL:
my code is:
SELECT cast(0 as bit) as 'Escolha',data, contado , ollocal ,origem, ousrdata,ousrhora
FROM
(
SELECT noconta,banco, u_area
FROM BL
[code]....
In fact, i need to return 2 accounts (16,35) - x.NOCONTA IN (16,35), but I know that the problem is on the WHERE clause.How can do that, because i need all the condition on WHERE clause regarding my table OL, but also, i need to return my two accounts (16,35).
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] .....
I'm trying to convert the query immediately below into a function with the conditional logic to return a VARCHAR value with the gender: male, female or unknown.
SELECT empid, firstname, lastname, titleofcourtesy,
CASE
WHEN titleofcourtesy IN('Ms.', 'Mrs.') THEN 'Female'
WHEN titleofcourtesy = 'Mr.' THEN 'Male'
ELSE 'Unknown'
END AS gender
FROM HR.Employees;
GO
Below is the conditional logic function I'm trying to create to replicate the logic above.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Gender
(
@male AS VARCHAR(10),
@female AS VARCHAR(10),
@unknown AS VARCHAR(10)
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(10)
[Code] .....
I am using SQL Server 2008 as a back end for a Microsoft Access front end. I have created a report that is essentially a Bill Of Lading. The detail section lists all the purchase orders that are being shipped on a single load. The problem with the Access Report is that I always need a set number of records (8) so that the layout is consistent. So, if the query returns 5 records, I need an additional 3 blank records returned with the recordset. If there are 2 records, I need an additional 6, and so on. For simplicity sake the query is:
SELECT tblBOL.PONumber FROM tblBOL WHERE tblBOL.BOLNumber=@BOLNumber;Now, I can get the results I want by using a union query for the "extra" records.
For instance, if there are 6 records returned for BOLNumber '12345', I can get the expected results by this query:
SELECT tblBOL.PONumber FROM tblBOL WHERE tblBOL.BOLNumber='12345'
UNION ALL SELECT '12345',Null
UNION ALL SELECT '12345',Null;
Another solution would be to create a temporary table with the "extra" records and then have only one Union statement. Not sure which is better, but I'm not really sure how to programmatically do either of these. I'm guessing I need to do it in a stored procedure. How do I programmatically create these extra records? One other note.... If there are more than 8 records, I need to return 8 of these "blank" records and none of the real records (hard to explain the reason behind this, but it has to do with the report being only a summary when there are more than 8 records while the actual records will go on a different supplemental report).