Hi!
I run a query that returns strings that look like this: 08-07, 06-07,04-05 etc. But when I copy the query outuput from Management Studion in SS2005 into Excel 2003, strings get converted into custom dates such as 8-Jun, 9-Jul, 4-May etc in Excel. Is there anthing I can do in T-SQL to prevent this conversion? The strings are set as char(5) datatype in a T-SQL view.
Thanks.
Can anyone help with this. IF i have a ssn like 123459636 and i want to insert dashes into it how would i do that. Results would be 123-45-9636
The second problem is that some of the ssn dont have zero in them so some look like 1234567 i would have to pad with zero then trim from the right to 9 digits then insert the dashes not sure how to do that
results would be 001-23-4567
Hi,
In a extract that i have the SS# is as 123-45-6789 how do i remove the dashes in the string and have the final expression of 123456789.
thanks
Karen
Hi,I have a large table with a 'datetime' column that has date and timevalues in it. The data is in this format:2007-10-02 09:54:00.000The table is called 'profile' and the column 'msgdate'I want to return only rows that match a specific date. So far I havethe following query working:select * from profile where msgdate like '%2007%'This returns all rows that start with '2007'. However I cannot seem toge the syntax that will allow me to return a specific date, e.g.2007-10-02I have researched this, trying all sorts of queries with escapecharacters/sequences because of the dash character, but I cannot getit to return anything. Most of my queries have ran without error, itsjust that no data is returned.James
View 2 Replies View Relatedwhen i do a bulk insert with dashes (i.e. one - two), i get the character u with two dots above it ( Ü ) in place of all the dashes? can't seem to figure out why. the field terminator is a comma ( , ).
i'm inserting just text with dashes into char(75) field.
can someone explain and provide a solution? i would greatly appreciate it!
my script is quite simple, maybe i'm missing something.
Code Snippet
bulk insert testtable
from '\localc$adjust.txt'
with (fieldterminator = ',')
thanks!
Ok. Here is a weird problem.
I have a package which contains a variable with the value of a UNC sharename. The hostname in the share contains dashes.
I am trying to create a SQL Agent entry to execute said package. Because the package is now in production I want to pass in a new value for the sharename variable. I use the SQL @@SERVERNAME variable to build the package command. (Notice the BlotterUploadFolder variable at the end.)
SELECT @command = N'/FILE "\' + @@SERVERNAME + 'PackagesMiddleOfficeReconcilliationImportManualBlotter_AccountTransfers.dtsx" /MAXCONCURRENT " -1 " /CHECKPOINTING OFF /REPORTING EW /CONNECTION MiddleOfficeDb;"Data Source=' + @@SERVERNAME + ';Initial Catalog=MiddleOffice;Provider=SQLNCLI.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Auto Translate=False;" /SET package.variables[BlotterUploadFolder].Value;\' + @@SERVERNAME + 'ManualBlottersUploads'
If I print the @command variable right after setting it, I get what I expect.
/FILE "\PRD-NY-DB-01PackagesMiddleOfficeReconcilliationImportManualBlotter_AccountTransfers.dtsx" /MAXCONCURRENT " -1 " /CHECKPOINTING OFF /REPORTING EW /CONNECTION MiddleOfficeDb;"Data Source=PRD-NY-DB-01;Initial Catalog=MiddleOffice;Provider=SQLNCLI.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Auto Translate=False;" /SET package.variables[BlotterUploadFolder].Value;\PRD-NY-DB-01ManualBlottersUploads
If I cut-paste this into cmd window and execute it with DTExec.exe the package works fine. But when I run the schedule task it causes an error. When I go into the Job Properties dialog to look at the step, I see the value (in the "Set values" table) set to \PRD instead of \PRD-NY-DB-01.
If I modify the SELECT command above to put double-quotes around the value, the value is correct in the Job Properties dialog but causes an error when I exec it with DTExec.
/FILE "\PRD-NY-DB-01PackagesMiddleOfficeReconcilliationImportManualBlotter_AccountTransfers.dtsx" /MAXCONCURRENT " -1 " /CHECKPOINTING OFF /REPORTING EW /CONNECTION MiddleOfficeDb;"Data Source=PRD-NY-DB-01;Initial Catalog=MiddleOffice;Provider=SQLNCLI.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Auto Translate=False;" /SET package.variables[BlotterUploadFolder].Value;"\PRD-NY-DB-01ManualBlottersUploads"
causes the error
Option "-NY" is not valid.
Hopefully somebody has an idea of what is going on.
Thanks.
- Jason
Hi,I'm having trouble running the following query:select * from message where text_body like ' ----------%'ie, five spaces followed by at least ten hyphens. The query doesn'tcomplete, so eventually I cancel it. If I remove the hyphens from thequery ("... like ' %'") then it runs fine (though it doesn't findthe correct data).Am I confusing SQL Server by using a wildcard or regular expression?(I'm using SQL Server 2000 - 8.99.760).Thanks in advance for any helpRichard
View 5 Replies View RelatedHello,I have had a request, one of our tables is used as a report and I have beenasked that all fieldnames for months have dashes in them,like Jan-05 instead of Jan05 and so on...Now what we have is a CURSOR which loops through all values in another tablegenerating these fieldnames, like 'Jan-05', Feb-05' etc..Then the table definition is modified so these months display as fieldnames.That is fine,Except later it calls another stored procedure which inserts values fromanother table into this one.INSERT INTO TableNameSELECT *FROM TablenameObviously this is failing because the newly amended table now has dashes inthe fieldnames now.Now as the fieldnames are created dynamically I cannot simply do INSERTTablename ([Jan-05], [feb-5]) etc, as one would normally do,How could I do this bearing in mind its not always going to be 12 months weuse,Basically I am asking how can I modify this INSERT statement so it takesinto account the fieldnames with dashes in themBearing in mind I don't know what the fieldnames are called as they arecreated dynamically by a CURSOR in a different routine.And its not always 12 months.have you any ideas?and the dashes are requiredJayne
View 4 Replies View RelatedHi all,I have a table in the DB which holds ISBN book nubers .. which, as you knowhave dashes (examlple: 0-98765-8-9).When I run a query from an ASP page to find the number, it doesn't returnanything:sISBN = "0-98765-8-9"OpenSQL(select URL from ISBN_Redirect where ISBN=" & sISBN )Can you give me a hind of what I am doing wrong?Thanks so much in advance.S
View 1 Replies View RelatedUsing the "set values" tab, I am trying to set the values of package variables to strings that contain spaces and/or dashes. If I run the package using the integrations services server, it runs perfectly. If I schedule the package on SQL Server agent, I get the following error.
"Executed as user: GBPSQLServer. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility Version 9.00.3042.00 for 64-bit Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved. Option "-restofstring" is not valid. The command line parameters are invalid. The step failed."
Looking at the command line generated by the SQL Agent interface, the value is quoted using double quotes like this:
/SQL "PackageName" /SERVER SQL1 /MAXCONCURRENT " -1 " /CHECKPOINTING OFF /SET "Package.Variables[LogFolder].Value";"\remoteservernameinetpub he-restofstring
estofstring" /REPORTING E
It seems that the command line parser is not recognising the quotes, or maybe the slashes are throwing it off, or sql server agent is doing something funny to the command line before it executes it.
Anybody got any ideas?
I have created a job which executes a procedure which executes and creates logs of StartTime and EndTime and records affected. The last step of the job sends mails to recipients from the logs table. Though I get the info correctly I get all annoying dashes for 4-5 lines between each line of message. How to remove the dashes.
Below is the code i use to send mails.
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@profile_name='SQL Mail Service',
@recipients='biscribbler@gmail.com',
@copy_recipients='biscribbler@gmail.com',
@subject='SOFT SCRUB Completed for LiveDB',
[Code] ....
I have imported a package using SSIS into the Maintenance Plan folder from another server.
It imports fine, but when i Modify the package then click save I get the following error : 'Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes'.
This has been reported on other forums without resolution.
Pete