when I am trying to perform below query,
Â
 INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
  SELECT TOP 100 *
 FROM EMPLOYEE_LANDING;
I am getting Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.
is it possible to identify which value is causing me the above error message and how to resolve it,These are for British postcodes.
create table #tmp (postcode varchar(200) NULL)
insert into #tmp values ('NULL')
insert into #tmp values ('-')
insert into #tmp values ('.')
insert into #tmp values ('0L6 7TP')
insert into #tmp values ('AB10 1WP')
insert into #tmp values ('AB51 5HH')
[code]...
This is the main query
select postcode,LEFT([Postcode], CHARINDEX(' ',[Postcode]) - 1)
from #tmp
order by Postcode
drop table #tmp
I have a sql job which will execute the below stored proc.
Basically it Refresh the data by truncating the tables and using BCP to import the data. Job was running fine but today got a error message.
Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 536). The step failed.
USE [database]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE Procedure [dbo].[Refresh_tables]
[Code] ......
Hi,
I was trying to execute the following query.
select substring(ISNULL(CAST(FullAdress AS NVARCHAR(MAX)),''),1,charindex(',',ISNULL(CAST(FullAdress AS NVARCHAR(MAX)),''))-1) from tbl_lrf_company_details_with_codes
but i am getting the error as "Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function."
Please advice
Thanks In advance
SELECT
C.Description,
SUBSTRING (
(CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)), --expression
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)) + 1), --start
( (LEN (CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))) -
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))*2) - 1
)--length
) AS Version
FROM
:
:
WHERE
:
:
This does not work while
:
:
--SUBSTRING (
(CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)) as expression, --expression
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue)) + 1) as start, --start
( (LEN (CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))) -
(CHARINDEX ('>', CONVERT (VARCHAR (255), D.CurrentXmlValue))*2) - 1
) as length --length
--) AS Version
:
:
works!!
I get
Msg 536, Level 16, State 5, Line 2
Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function.
Error.
Any idea why i am getting this??
I am trying to get rid of xml tags in the column.
Thanks,
Hi,
I am using a simple procedure to pivot results (found in another forum and adapted it). It is done on SQL Server 2005 server with all service packs. Procedure:
**************
ALTER Procedure [dbo].[EthnicityPivot] @StDate as Datetime, @EndDate as Datetime
as
begin
DECLARE @Teams varchar(2000)
truncate table ForEthnicPivot
INSERT INTO ForEthnicPivot
SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(ID), Team, Ethnicity
FROM dbo._EthnicityByTeamEpisode
where Startdate between @StDate and @EndDate
GROUP BY Ethnicity, Team
SET @Teams = ''
--// Get a list of the pivot columns that are important to you.
SELECT @Teams = @Teams + '[' + Team + '],'
FROM (SELECT Distinct Team FROM ForEthnicPivot) Team
--// Remove the trailing comma
SET @Teams = LEFT(@Teams, LEN(@Teams)-1)
--// Now execute the Select with the PIVOT and dynamically add the list
--// of dates for the columns
EXEC( 'SELECT * FROM ForEthnicPivot PIVOT (SUM(countID) FOR Team IN (' + @Teams + ')) AS X' )
end
************
I can call the function:
exec EthnicityPivot '01/01/2007','09/09/2007'
and it works fine in SQL analyzer, but when I want to use it in Visual Studio in a new report I am getting this error
message:
There is an error in the query. Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function. Incorrect syntax near ')'.
Anyone had similar error and sorted it?
Cheers
Polda
Hi,
I am new at sql 2000 and 2005, I have created a package in 2005 which I am trying to execute on a daily bases by creating a job. At first because of security issues the job would not execute. Hence, I had to create a credential and a proxy to run the job with sa account. Now it is giving me this error,
€œSQLServer Error: 536, Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function. €œ
Through research I have no clue as what I need to do, or where to look.
The package runs without error when I execute the package itself.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Lori
Hi
i got errro mess "Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function" from this below. Anyone how can give me a hint what cause this, and how i can solve it? if i remove whats whitin thoose [] it works, i dont use [] in the code :)
colums:
VLF_InfectionDestination is nvarchar 254
SELECT TOP 10 tb_AVVirusLog.VLF_VirusName, COUNT(tb_AVVirusLog.VLF_VirusName) AS number
FROM tb_AVVirusLog INNER JOIN
__CustomerMachines002 ON tb_AVVirusLog.CLF_ComputerName = __CustomerMachines002.FalseName
WHERE (CONVERT(varchar, tb_AVVirusLog.CLF_LogGenerationTime, 120) BETWEEN @fyear + @fmonth + @fday AND @tyear + @tmonth + @tday) AND
(__CustomerMachines002.folder_id = @folderId) [OR
(CONVERT(varchar, tb_AVVirusLog.CLF_LogGenerationTime, 120) BETWEEN @fyear + @fmonth + @fday AND @tyear + @tmonth + @tday) AND
(tb_AVVirusLog.VLF_InfectionDestination LIKE N'%@%')]
GROUP BY tb_AVVirusLog.VLF_VirusName
HAVING (NOT (tb_AVVirusLog.VLF_VirusName LIKE N'cookie'))
ORDER BY COUNT(tb_AVVirusLog.VLF_VirusName) DESC
An application I developed normally works great, but it seems that when processing a certian record (and none of the others so far), SQL Server throws this error:
"Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function."
Here's the code in question:
orderConnection.Open()
orderReader = orderCommand.ExecuteReader()
setControls(orderReader)
...
Private Sub setControls(ByVal dr As SqlDataReader)
If (dr.Read()) Then '<--*******problem line*******
The SqlDataReader (orderReader) doesn't blow up or anything until I call .Read() (and, as mentioned, this problem only occurs for one order). What could be happening here?
I have the follwoing stored procedure:ALTER procedure [dbo].[up_GetExecutionContext](@ExecutionGUID int = null) asbeginset nocount ondeclare@s varchar(500)declare @i intset @s = ''select @s = @s + EventType + ','-- Dynamically build the list ofeventsfrom(select distinct top 100 percent [event] as EventTypefrom dbo.PackageStepwhere (@ExecutionGUID is null or PackageStep.packagerunid =@ExecutionGUID)order by 1) as xset @i = len(@s)select case @iwhen 500 then left(@s, @i - 3) + '...'-- If string is too long thenterminate with '...'else left(@s, @i - 1) -- else just remove the final commaend as 'Context'set nocount offend --procedureGOWhen I run this and pass in a value of NULL, things work fine. When Ipass in an actual value (i.e. 15198), I get the following message:Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function.There is no SUBSTRING being used anywhere in the query and thedatatypes look okay to me.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!!
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi there when i tried to execute the following query in sql server
select au_fname,
SUBSTRING(P1.au_lname, CHARINDEX('/', P1.au_lname) + 1,
CHARINDEX('=', P1.au_lname, 1)-3)AS [Full Name]
from authors as P1
i will get the error like
"Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function."
If i remove -3 from there it works fine...
Please can anyone clarify this issue.
Thank You.
pavan
Does anyone know what the above error message means?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a ##temp table which collects command (varchar(120)) info from sysjobsteps table as follows:
command
------------------------------
BACKUP DATABASE FDMS_11111_2 To Backup_11111_2_4Thu with init, name = 'Backup of Job_11111_2_4Thu'
Now, I need to extract the database name from the command string: It did return the correct database name but ended with error message.
select substring(command, 17, charindex(' To Backup_',Command)-17) from ##tempServerNameDatabaseNameJobHistory
Command
-------
FDMS_11111_2
FDMS_9999_2
(2 row(s) affected)
Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.
-D
I have a requirement where, I need to get the value of parameter from a query string of url and use it in my report.
Ex:- http://www.mysite.com?name=bobby
From the above url, I have to take the value of name and be able to use it in my report query or assign to a parameter.
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I have a procedure that calls a SVF to convert an xmldocument. The ultimate purpose is to update the xml in a column in a multi-million row table. The xml is stored as varchar(MAX), it was supposed to carry any type of text, initially at least.
My question is: why is the xml-parsing performed inside the function much slower when i pass the xmldocument as type xml than when it is passed as varchar(MAX) and the CAST to xml is within the function? Does processing the xml input parameter in SlowFunction involve expensive crossing of some context border?
The two versions of the SVF (they return the rowcount in this simplified example):
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[FastFunction]
(
@inDetaljerText varchar(MAX)
)
RETURNS int
[Code] ....
The two versions of the SP
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[FastProcedure]
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
select
dbo.FastFunction(al.Detaljer)
[Code] ....
I'm trying to replace a view with stored procedure for faster performance. the View is called by end user using a query as below, I need to pass the date as parameter for sp to execute with quotes for it to execute with correct results. Â I tried to pass the date as parameter but could not execute stored procedure with correct results. Is there any way to put quotes around returned date from sub query :Â
Execute statement is like
Exec dbo.storedProc1Â select max(date) from table
I need to pass the above as :
Exec dbo.storedProc '2015-03-24'Â .
Somehow passing the date as parameter is giving me empty result set.
select left('Hello World /Ok',charindex('/','Hello World /Ok')-1)Hello WorldThat works fine.However I got an error message:select left('Hello World Ok',charindex('/','Hello World Ok')-1)Instead of:'Hello World Ok'I get:Server: Msg 536, Level 16, State 3, Line 1Invalid length parameter passed to the substring function.Microsoft Doc incorrectly says:"LEFT ( character_expression , integer_expression )integer_expressionIs a positive whole number. If integer_expression is negative, a nullstring is returned."Is there an easier solutoin using left or any other string functioninstead of using a case statement?Also, charindex('/','Hello World Ok') should return NULL instead 0 sothat we can use isnull function.Thanks.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen I use for instance:
SELECT
FORMAT(BegDate,"dd.mm.yyyy")
FROM TABLE1
result is - |BegDate|22.12.2013.......................|
Is there any way to limit length of string returned from FORMAT function .
Database is on ACCESS.
Well adding it to a group by or function skews the result set. How to write this query so it displays as I need it to? Â This is what I have thus far, and it works as it should UNTIL I add in the line ofÂ
cast(cte.[C] As float)/cast(sum(cte.[C]) over() as float)*100 As [Rate1],
Presents the error of:
Msg 8120, Level 16, State 1, Line 35
Column 'cte.[C]' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.
This is my full on query -- with 3 CTE's involved to get me the actual result set I am after. Â
;with cte as
(
select
[state],
case when exists (select 1 from table2 R where R.centername = d.centername) then 1 else 0 end as [L],
case when exists (select 1 from table3 C where C.centername = d.centername) then 1 else 0 end as [C]
FROM maintable d
),
[Code] .....
I'm running into this error message when passing in a few records in particular to a function, the only difference I could find is that these recods have about 60k characters on the field that I'm passing to a function.
is there a max lenght for passing to a function?
select function ( field) as results
It's been working fine until today and all of the related fields are declared as nvarchar(max)
Thank you.
Hi all, mister
I want create a function but I get this error: Error Invalid use of side-effecting or time-dependent operator in 'EXECUTE STRING' within a function
I think in a function, cannot use temp tables, or calling exec or store procedures.
Which is the best solution for my issue ? develop store procedure ??
thanks.
CREATE FUNCTION fnObtenerTablaMaestra ()
RETURNS @T Table ( Descripcion VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, CIF VARCHAR(8) NULL )
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @cmd nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @sql nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @nexoUNION NVARCHAR(max)
DECLARE @params nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @NombreTabla VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @Descripcion VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @CIF VARCHAR(MAX)
-- Cannot access temporary tables from within a function.
-- IF EXISTS (SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM tempdb.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '#tmpTable%')
-- DROP TABLE #tmpTable
-- CREATE TABLE #tmpTable ( Descripcion VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, CIF VARCHAR(8) NULL )
SET @nexoUNION = NULL
DECLARE c1 CURSOR for
SELECT [CD_NOMBRE_TABLA], [DS_CAMPO_DESCRIPCION], [DS_CAMPO_CIF] FROM [TABLA_MAESTRA]
OPEN c1
FETCH c1 INTO @NombreTabla, @Descripcion, @CIF
--FETCH NEXT FROM c1 INTO @NombreTabla, @Descripcion, @CIF
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS >= 0
--WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SELECT @sql =
'INSERT INTO #tmpTable
N'''+ @NombreTabla + '''
N'''+ @Descripcion + '''
N'''+ @CIF + ''''
SELECT @sql =
'SELECT ' + @Descripcion + ', '+ @CIF + ' FROM ' + @NombreTabla
IF @nexoUNION IS NULL
BEGIN
SET @nexoUNION = 'UNION'
END
ELSE
SET @sql = @nexoUNION + ' ' + @sql
-- EXECUTE (@sql)
--Exec(@sql)
FETCH c1 INTO @NombreTabla, @Descripcion, @CIF
--FETCH NEXT FROM c1 INTO @NombreTabla, @Descripcion, @CIF
END
CLOSE c1
DEALLOCATE c1
--SET @sql = 'SELECT Descripcion, CIF FROM #tmpTable'
-- Error Invalid use of side-effecting or time-dependent operator in 'EXECUTE STRING' within a function
EXECUTE(@sql)
RETURN
END
GO
is there any way or a tool to identify if in procedure the Parameter length was declarated less than table Column length ..
I have a table
CREATE TABLE TEST001 (KeyName Varchar(100) ) a procedure
CREATE PROCEDURE SpFindNames ( @KeyName VARCHAR(40) )
AS
BEGIN
SELECT KeyName FROM TEST001
WHERE KeyName = @KeyName
END
KeyName = @KeyName
Here table Column with 100 char length "KeyName" was compared with SP parameter "@KeyName" with length 40 char ..
IS there any way to find out all such usage on the ALL Procedures in the Database ?
I've a scalar function which is killing my performance. I've been used the SQL profiler and also DMVs to catch execution information. I'd like to store the value received by this function and also the time that it happened, but I can't think in a way to do it.
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Hi
Let€™s say I have employees table that contains id column for the supervisor of the employee.
I need to create a function that gets coma separated string value of the supervisors€™ ids,
And return the ids of employees that the ENTIRE listed supervisors are there supervisor.
(some thing like €œSelect id from employees where supervisor=val_1 and supervisor=val_2 and €¦ and supervisor=val_N)
Is there a way to create this function without using sp_exec?
I€™ve created a function that splits the coma separated value to INT table.
(For use in a function that do something like:
€œSelect id from employees where supervisor in (select val from dbo.SplitToInt(coma_separated_value))
)
Thanks ,
Z
Hello,
since a couple of days I'm fighting with RS 2005 and the Stored Procedure.
I have to display the result of a parameterized query and I created a SP that based in the parameter does something:
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
CREATE PROCEDURE [schema].[spCreateReportTest]
@Name nvarchar(20)= ''
AS
BEGIN
declare @slqSelectQuery nvarchar(MAX);
SET NOCOUNT ON
set @slqSelectQuery = N'SELECT field1,field2,field3 from table'
if (@Name <> '')
begin
set @slqSelectQuery = @slqSelectQuery + ' where field2=''' + @Name + ''''
end
EXEC sp_executesql @slqSelectQuery
end
Inside my business Intelligence Project I created:
-the shared data source with the connection String
- a data set :
CommandType = Stored Procedure
Query String = schema.spCreateReportTest
When I run the Query by mean of the "!" icon, the parameter is Prompted and based on the value I provide the proper result set is displayed.
Now I move to "Layout" and my undertanding is that I have to create a report Paramater which values is passed to the SP's parameter...
So inside"Layout" tab, I added the parameter: Name
allow blank value is checked and is non-queried
the problem is that when I move to Preview -> I set the value into the parameter field automatically created but when I click on "View Report" nothing has been generated!!
What is wrong? What I forgot??
Thankx for any help!
Marina B.
Consider the following: I have a table, say ORDERS, with these entries -
CustID
ProductID
1Â Â Â Â Â Â CAN
2Â Â Â Â Â Â 2
3Â Â Â Â Â Â 1,2
4Â Â Â Â Â Â 4
5Â Â Â Â Â Â 1,2,3,4,5,CAN
6Â Â Â Â Â Â 10
7Â Â Â Â Â Â CAN
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1,CAN
I'd like to write a script to return only those rows WHERE ProductID = CAN along with other values in the same column. In this example, I'd like to return rows 5 & 8. How can I write this in T-SQL? So, say, check if ProductID has a comma ',' value plus the 'CAN' string. If yes, then return that row. If I use the LIKE operator, it'll return rows 1,5,7, and 8.
I have a table PLACE with a character column CODE
[Code] [nchar](4) NULL
I need to left pad the column with 0 if it is less than 4 characters long and extract the first 2 characters on the left into a new column COUNTY_CODE.
How can I do that in transact SQL?
I tried:
   Â
SELECT Â RIGHT(RTRIM('0000'+ISNULL([Code],'')),4) Â Â Â
  FROM [Place]
  WHERE [Place Code]='B' and [Code]='627'
And I got 0627. And how do I extract the first 2 characters?
I have a field that contains data such as 'ACB00/02'. How would I write into a function that gathers a load of data together for me a peice of code that will grab only the first 2 chars of the afore mentioned value, So the result would be in the new created colum in a temp table 'AC'.
This is to occur over 7,000 records but they are not all AC, I just want the first two from every line.
Regards
I'm using sys.dm_fts_parser dynamic management function to tokenize a string of characters >4000. The function doesn't accept a query_string parameter >4000 characters. Is there a way around this? I've tried to execute the SELECT defined in the function but that doesn't work. Â
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi All,
We have transactional replication between two SQL Server 2000, SP4 and database is in simple recovery.
Occassionally Logreader agent fails with error 9003 (The LSN (164051:119090:22) passed to log scan in database 'ReportDB' is
invalid).
But in April 2007 this error has occurred multiple times. We have opened the case with PSS in April 2007 but till now there
is no concrete solution.
Error details in ErrorLog:
2007-04-24 16:49:09.79 spid59 Error: 9003, Severity: 20, State: 1
2007-04-24 16:49:09.79 spid59 The LSN (164051:119090:22) passed to log scan in database 'ReportDB' is invalid..
Error details in Log reader agent:
Repl Agent Status: 3
Publisher: {call sp_repldone ( 0x000280d30001d1320016, 0x000280d30001d1320016, 0, 0)}
Publisher: {call sp_replcmds (100, 0)}
Status: 0, code: 0, text: 'The process could not execute 'sp_replcmds' on 'BR14D135R17'.'.
The process could not execute 'sp_replcmds' on 'BR14D135R17'.
Repl Agent Status: 6
Status: 0, code: 9003, text: 'The LSN (164051:119090:22) passed to log scan in database 'ReportDB' is invalid.'.
From above error details it can be seen that sp_repldone is already called for LSN 164051:119090:22 (0x000280d30001d1320016)
which means it is distributed.
Since LSN is distributed, transaction log of publisher for that LSN can be truncated by checkpoint process. And afterward if
logreader issues sp_replcmds for that LSN, we will get 9003 error.
So, question is why Logreader is looking for LSN if that is already distributed.
When checked "DBCC Opentran", it also reflect oldest distributed LSN as 164051:119090:22.
We tried changing the recovery model to FULL but that has only delayed the occurrence.
Once we have noticed that LSN mentioned in Error 9003 was already backed up one day before. And we don't think replication latency to be more than 3 hrs
(maximum).
After PSS recommendation, we have applied the hotfix 2187 but error has occurred again after one month.
Other recommendation is to disable read cache of hardware controller to avoid stale read(that we are working on). Current
setting is 100% read and 0% Write.
Other Details:
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP4 with Hotfix 2187
Window 2000 Advanced Server.
RAID 5 with array controller as HP Smart Array 641 Controller
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Thanks,
Ramesh
I want to change decimal precision dynamically without rounding value
For example
10.56788 value for 2 decimal precision is 10.56.
10.56788 value for 3 decimal precision is 10.567.
---CASE 1 without dynamic parameter---------
DECLARE @DECIMALVALUE AS tinyint
SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(10,2),500000.565356) As Amount
[Code] ....
I am getting error as follows......
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 3
Incorrect syntax near '@DECIMALVALUE'
This decimal precision format value will vary company to company ...
Hello,
I've got the following query:
SELECT zA."ID" AS fA_A
, zA."TEXT" AS fA_B
, (
SELECT COUNT(zC."ID")
FROM Test."Booking" AS zC
) AS fA_E
FROM Test."Stack" AS zA
WHERE zA."ID" = ?
With this query I call:
- SQLPrepare -> SQL_SUCCESS=0
- SQLNumParams -> SQL_SUCCESS=0, pcpar = 1
- SQLDescribeParam( 1 ) -> SQL_ERROR=-1, [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid parameter number", "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid Descriptor Index"
Is there a problem with this calling sequence or this query? Or is this a problem of SQL Server?
Regards
Markus