I wonder is there any way I can turn off the "Documentation Feedback" section
of the Books Online at the bottom of the pages... I'm printing some Books
Online pages for own reference.
Thanks in advance...
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Just a note to the MS guys...
I'm fully supportive of the product Feedback Center initiative and the subsequent withdrawal of sqlwish.
Problem is, if nobody ever gives us feedback on the things that we submit then it simply is a glorified version of sqlwish with no added value.
I apologise if there are plans afoot to address to offer feedback to the things we put up there but I (and others) have been freely submitting bugs and suggestions for a few months now without hearing anything back and I'm beginnign to wonder why we bother.
Even a simple "This is a good idea and will be considered for Katmai" or "This is a terrible idea now go and stick your head back in the sand" would be better than a cut and pasted response which is just about all I've seen so far.
Comments???
-Jamie
How can I take this example Flat file and parse out each section to a new flat file? Each section starts with HD (header row)
http://www.webfound.net/flat_file_example.txt
e.g. an example output file based on above (cutting out the first section) would be:
http://www.webfound.net/flatfile_output.txt
Also, I'll need to grab a certain value in each header row (certain position in the 100 byte header row) to use that as part of the filename that's outputed. I assume it would be better to insert these rows into a temp table then somehow do a search on a specific position in the row...but that's impossible? The other route is to insert each row into a temp table separated out by fields but that is going to be too combursome because we have several formats to determine separation of fields based on the row type so I'd have to create many temp tables and many components in SSIS when all we want to do is again:
1) output each group (broken by each header row) into it's own txt file
2) use a field in the header row as part of the name of the output txt file (e.g. look at the first row, whcih is a header row in flat_file_example. txt. I want to grab the text 'AR10' and use that as part of the filename that I create
Any suggestions on how to approach this whole process in SSIS...the simplest approach that will work ?
So I have been asked by our sustainability person to create report from our printing data that actually shows the number of pieces of paper used. This is easy enough for single-sided printing, but when printing in duplex the software does not take into account that 3 printing pages actually equates to 2 pieces of paper. I know this sounds simple, but say I have a print job record that looks like this:
Submitted printed total_pages duplex
8/10/2015 8/10/2015 42 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
This is a print jobs that if done correctly is actually 21 pages( duplex printing). If the job is say total_pages =5 I cant just divide by 2 because its actually using 3 pieces of paper ( yes they are wanting this data don't ask why). How can I adjust some sql to accurately depict 5 pages, front and back, as 3 pieces of paper?
I have deployed a report that is configured for landscape printing. It does print in landscape, however, only the first seven columns appear on the first page and the other five columns appear on the next page. Is there a method, like in print preview setup in MS Excel, where we can scale down the print (like to 80%) so all columns appear on each page?
Thanks!
Dear friends,
I'm thinking to take this exams soon... anyone has documents, exams, links or other to help me on it?
Thanks!!
I need to keep a section of a report the same size. I have now a table with a detail and group section. The table header must print on every page and the table footer must print on every page. The detail section can only be 16 rows. When I have more than 16 rows the report page breaks perfectly and puts the remaining rows on the next page along with repeating the header and footer. The problem is when there are fewer than 16 rows the table does not take up the full page and looks horrible. All my displayed data is in the data set. I have looked at padding the dataset with bogus rows that would show up at the end and just not display but would rather take care of this on the report end. Any ideas?
Thanks, Chad
Hi there.
I was wondering if anyone has figured out a way to add text up in the parameter section of a report. I wanted to add something like: "Please use this option when you want a full result set" or something of the sort.
Thanks, Mike
Might be purchasing the SQL Spotlight product, any experience/input from current users would be appreciated. Looks like good product, little worried about the overhead
View 3 Replies View RelatedI haven't touched MSSS in a looong time
When a SELECT returns say 3 rows what does the feedback say ?
(eg Oracle/sqlplus says "3 rows selected")
What if "no data found", what is the feedback ?
thanks
hi. ive just written my first complex SP for SQLServer 2005. id be REALLY grateful for any feedback please. if there's anything i'm doing wrong then it's better that i know sooner rather than later! im wondering if its over complex or just plain wrong. please bear in mind that i have at least made an attempt at this, this is my first proper SP.
the SP that I have written is to insert an Account and a User. The SP should do the following.
1. Start a transaction.
2. Insert a user by calling a nested SP. if the return value is greater than zero then the user has been successfully inserted.
3. only attempt to insert an account afterwards if the user has been inserted successfully.
4. if the user or account insert is not successful then rollback. otherwise commit the transaction
5. return an error code from the SP as such: 0 = success. 1 = failure, a user already exists with the given username. 2 = an unknown error occurred whilst inserting the user. 3 = an unknown error occurred when inserting the Account.
here is my code:
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_Account_I
@Id_Package smallint,
@Amount money,
@Username varchar(16),
@Password varchar(88),
@FirstName varchar(32),
@Surname varchar(32),
@DateBirth datetime,
@Email varchar(64),
@Id_Country int,
@Id_Account int OUTPUT,
@Id_User int OUTPUT
AS
DECLARE @ErrorCode int;
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT @Id_Account = -1;
BEGIN TRANSACTION
/* Insert the user. */
EXEC @ErrorCode = sp_User_I1
@Username,
@Password,
@FirstName,
@Surname,
@DateBirth,
@Email,
@Id_Country,
@Id_User OUTPUT
IF @ErrorCode > 0
BEGIN TRY
INSERT INTO Accounts(
Id_Package,
Id_UserMain,
Amount)
VALUES(
@Id_Package,
@Id_User,
@Amount)
SELECT @Id_Account = SCOPE_IDENTITY();
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
SELECT @ErrorCode = 3; /* An unknown error occurred. */
END CATCH;
IF @ErrorCode = 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION
ELSE
BEGIN
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
RETURN @ErrorCode;
END
END
I have some long running scripts which I fire at my database using osql.(These are big files and mostly doing inserts but some also do a few otherthings.) It would be nice to have some activity indication (other than thedisk activity light) that these are running. When I used to use Oracle,their equivalent to osql had an option to print a dot (without a carriagereturn) for every "n" statements. This gave a nice "I'm alive" indicator. Ican simulate this by adding a few "print" statements in my sql, but printalways adds a carriage return. Does anyone know a way of doing a print butwithout the addition of a CR (or CR/LF)? So that a second "print" sends itsoutput to the same line as the first?I know this is a nicety and I can live without it, but it would be nice.thanks in advance,Brianwww.cryer.co.uk/brian
View 4 Replies View RelatedI haven't touched MSSS in a looong timeWhen a SELECT returns say 3 rows what does the feedback say ?(eg Oracle/sqlplus says "3 rows selected")What if "no data found", what is the feedback ?thanks
View 4 Replies View RelatedI€™d like everyone€™s help is do some research into an often heard, but rarely explained, complaint related the SQL Express. Your answers will help me plan future versions of SQL Express. Feel free to respond directly in the forum or by sending e-mail to me. (Note: Remove the word online from the e-mail address in my profile or it will bounce.)
The complaint: €œSQL Express is too big.€?
I€™m trying to understand what this really means and what specific technical issues are caused by this €œbigness€?. Here are some questions to help frame your answer.
Size means size
1. Is the size of the SQL Express installer package an issue for you? (SQL Express 32 €“ 52 MB / SQL Express Advanced ~250 MB)
2. Why is this size an issue?
3. Would you be willing to sacrifice functionality to reduce the size of the installer package?
Size means disk space
1. Do the SQL Express binaries take up too much room on the hard drive?
2. Would you be willing to sacrifice functionality to reduce the amount of HD space needed?
3. Do your databases take up too much disk space?
4. Would you be willing to pay money to reduce the size of the database file?
5. How much money?
Size means memory
1. Does SQL Express take up too much memory when it€™s running?
2. What impact does this have on you?
3. SQL Express currently reduces its memory set when it is idle which results in a delay when it becomes active again? Is this a reasonable trade-off to reduce memory usage when you€™re not using the database engine?
4. Do you normally use SQL Express for single user applications (local data store) or for multi-user applications (server data)?
5. If you run SQL Express as a server, do you run it on a dedicated computer or on a computer running other programs as well?
6. What kinds of programs does SQL Express have to share with?
7. Should SQL Express give up memory resources to other programs running on the same machine?
8. Are you willing to accept a reduction in performance in order to have memory resources shared?
Size means something else
1. Is there something I didn€™t cover?
I€™ll be tracking this thread, but will try not to comment to much since this is about your feedback, not my answers.
Mike Wachal
SQL Express Program Management
I wrote a post in the connect forums almost two weeks ago, but haven't got any response yet.
So I'll post here as well, hoping that someone from the SQL team will stumble upon this.
My post is about a possible bug in SQL.
Here's the url:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=342390
Marko
Ok-I'm new at this, but just found out that to get data off a form and insert into SQL I can scrape it off the form and insert it in the <insertParameter> section by using <asp:ControlParameter Name="text2" Type="String" ControlID="TextBox2" PropertyName="Text"> (Thanks CSharpSean) Now I ALSO need to set the user name in the same insert statement. I put in a UserName control that is populated when a signed in user shows up on the page. But in my code I've tried: <asp:ControlParameter Name="UserName" Type="String" ControlID="LoginName1" DefaultValue="Daniel" PropertyName="Text"/> and I get teh errorDataBinding: 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.LoginName' does not contain a
property with the name 'Text'. So I take PropertyName="Text" out, and get the error:PropertyName must be set to a valid property name of the control named
'LoginName1' in ControlParameter 'UserName'. what is the proper property value? SO.....BIG question...Is there a clean way to pass UserName to the insert parameters? Or ANY value for that matter? Id like to know how to write somehting likeString s_test = "test string";then in the updateparameter part of the sqldatasource pass SOMEHITNG like (in bold) <asp:Parameter Name="UserName" Type="String" Value=s_test /> Thanks in advance...again! Dan
Hi,
I want to display details ection for each group in a single table using one dataset.
For ex:
Group 1 Row --> Name Age
Details 1 Row--> XXX 30
Details 2 Row--> YYY 20
Group 2 Row --> City Country
Details 1 Row--> CCC ZZZZ
Details 2 Row--> BBB AAAA
I am trying to add an Imports statement to the beggining of the custome code section of my report but I recieve this error. There is an error on line 0 of custom code: [BC30465] 'Imports' statements must precede any declarations.
My syntax looks like this:
Imports SB = System.Text.StringBuilder
Imports System.Enum
public function Test ...
end function
Does anyone know if this is even possible and why or why not?
In relation to that, can anyone answear as to why there is a 32K limit on the code section in reporting services?
Hi,
I am trying to create a XML out of sql 2005 database using FOR XML. I
need to create XML for tables which may contain data having
non-printable ascii characters (1-32 ascii character). I found FOR XML
AUTO failes to genrate this XML, but i can genrate XML using CDATA
section in FOR XML EXPLICIT. As following querie works fine for me.
SELECT
1 AS tag
NULL AS parent,
template_id AS [Emailqueue!1!user_id],
misc1 AS [Emailqueue!1!!cdata]
FROM Emailqueue WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE queue_id = -2147483169
FOR XML EXPLICIT
in above query misc1 column may contain some non printable ascii
characters.
But i need to store this XML data in some sql XML variable as i need to
pass it to store procedure which expects an xml input. While doing
following i gets an error saying "illegal xml character"
DECLARE @XMLMessage XML
SET @XMLMessage = (SELECT
1 AS tag
NULL AS parent,
template_id AS [Emailqueue!1!user_id],
misc1 AS [Emailqueue!1!!cdata]
FROM Emailqueue WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE queue_id = -2147483169
FOR XML EXPLICIT)
I am doing all this exercise for SQL service broker. For which i even
need to process same message using OPENXML on differen database server.
Again which will need well formated XML.
Let me know if something dose'nt make sense
any help is appreciated
Thanks
hi all
iwant to make feedback after insert data or delet date Like( the data is sucssfuly way) or(data is delete sucssuse way)
but not alert iwant feedback
thank you
I am interested in hearing from those who are using SQL7 in production. Please include size of database, number of users, implementation date and experiences to date - good bad or indifferent. Thank-you, Leo
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I call osql -S server -E -h-1 with a -i option, the feedback I get is prefaced with "1> 2> 3>".
The test script is simply:
set nocount on
use master
select name from sysdatabases
How can I suppress the "1> 2> 3>"?
Thanks
Hi folks, I have implemented this technique to simplify SCD loads and also to maintain consistent units of work during update/insert of a single row. Wanted to get your feedback on this technique: performance, transaction issues, etc.
I send all rows to an OLE DB Command that performs both update and insert for a single row in a single command:
Code Snippet
UPDATE PROPERTY SET ORD_TERM_DT = ? WHERE ACCOUNT_NBR = ? AND ORD_TERM_DT = '9999-12-31 23:59:59';
INSERT INTO PROPERTY (
ACCOUNT_NBR
, APPRAISAL_COMPANY_CD
, .....
, ORD_TERM_DT
) VALUES (?, ...,?);
This way I can guarantee that if the termination (update) of an old row (say, row 10) succeeds, but insert of the new row 10 fails, that it will roll back. Otherwise, row 10 will get terminated without being replaced with a current record...
Performance: load of 7,734 changed records into a table of 6.8M existing records was roughly 8 seconds. The data flow task container TransactionOption = Required.
[Microsoft follow-up]
I submitted a posting to connect here: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=287213
Here is what I wrote:
A number of tasks output data to variables or text files. e.g. WMI Data Reader Task, Execute SQL Task, Web Service Task.
Consuming that output in a data-flow isn't particularly easy. You either need a Flat File source adapter (which requires an othrewise superfluous connection manager) or write come code in a script component to parse the recordset. There is simply no easy way to push data from these sources into the dataflow.
Thw built-in mechanism for passing data between different tasks is raw files. Currently they can only be used by the dataflow but I see no reason why they couldn't be used by other tasks as well. It makes complete sense to me for a WMI Datareader Task to push some data into a raw file and then we chew that data up in a dataflow.
The following response came back
Our current architecture actually doesn't have the buffer system as in Data Flow, when you are in the Control Flow. What you are asking would require us to build a similar buffer system in the Control Flow, which is a fundemantal architectural change. We'll not be able to take this, sorry.
I'm afraid I don't understand that response. Obviously I know that buffers are only in the data-flow - but I don't see why that's relevant. Raw files are just files on the file system, same as any other. OK, their format is very proprietary but its you guys that built the format. Essentially all I'm asking you to do is output the data in raw file format as opposed to flat file format. There's no notion of buffers in a raw file because its just a lump of data. Or is there? If not, I'm afraid I don't understand your answer.
Please could you clarify the answer?
-Jamie
How to configure AlwaysOn between two different network section?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi all,
I'm trying to embed a report into a CRM IFrame. So I have the report created in Business Intelligence Visual Studio 2005, but I need to display it with none of the header details SRS displays by default.
Using the following URL I included rc:toolbar=false and rcarameters=false but they don't seem to make any difference. I basically need to display the report content as if it were part of that page and not an SRS hosted page.
https://server/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx?ItemPath=%2fAllpress_MSCRM%2fCustomReportsForCRM%2fa&rs:Command=Render&rc:toolbar=false&&rcarameters=false&rs:ClearSession=true&type=1&typename=account&orgname=Allpress&userlcid=1033&orglcid=1033
Anyone have some pointers for me?
Kia
I know that anything in a CDATA section will be ignored by an XML parser. Does that hold true for the SSIS XML Source?
I am trying to import a large quantity of movie information and all of the reviews, synopsis, etc are contained in CDATA. example:
<synopsis size="100"><![CDATA[Four vignettes feature thugs in a pool hall, a tormented ex-con, a cop and a gangster.]]></synopsis>
Sounds like a good one, no?
The record gets inserted into the database however it contains a NULL in the field for the synopsis text. I would imagine that the reason for this would fall at the feet of CDATA's nature and that SSIS is ignoring it.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi,
Can anyone tell me is it possible to put static data (a string) inside details section of a table?
I've tried to find some more pieces of information in the Report Definition Language Specification, but to no avail.
When I put some strings as a detail's cells values they are displayed in the preview window in VS.
But thay are invisible when I open my report using ReportViewer in my app.
So does it means that the only accepted value of a cell within the details section of a table is a name of the field from DataSet (something like =Fields!FieldName.Value) ?
Regards,
Stan
Hi all,
I'm trying to embed a report into a CRM IFrame. So I have the report created in Business Intelligence Visual Studio 2005, but I need to display it with none of the header details SRS displays by default.
Using the following URL I included rc:toolbar=false and rcarameters=false but they don't seem to make any difference. I basically need to display the report content as if it were part of that page and not an SRS hosted page.
https://server/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx?ItemPath=%2fAllpress_MSCRM%2fCustomReportsForCRM%2fa&rs:Command=Render&rc:toolbar=false&&rcarameters=false&rs:ClearSession=true&type=1&typename=account&orgname=Allpress&userlcid=1033&orglcid=1033
Anyone have some pointers for me?
i wand to filter the report based on the  country  as Canada and france  by Using Filter but Not with Parameter..Similarly How to use Not In  Operator also.
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi,
I would like some critic or feedback on the attach database design.
The one that I am focusing on is : item_id in fr_item table.
I would like to have a central place where from the web it will have id that map to file, posting and map.
I have three tables fr_file, fr_post, fr_geo which map to fr_item.
My question is :
1. Is it good idea to have additional file_id, geo_id, post_id in fr_file, fr_post,fr_geo (as primary key) INSTEAD OF directly put item_id without file_id, geo_id or fr_file.
Thank you in advances
I've been having Spotlight from Quest Software in the back of my mind for quite some time now, and now I just started in a new job where something like this could prove to be really handy. And from the looks of it it seems to be quite impressive but have any of you guys used it? What do you think?
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Lumbago
"SELECT Rum, Coke, Lime, Ice FROM bar WHERE ClosingTime = 'Late' AND FemaleMaleRatio > 4"
I'm sure just about everyone uses the PRINT command to give feedback as to what their lengthy and involved scripts are doing, as sort of a record.
I cannot figure out how to make the stuff I use in PRINT commands come out in real-time like SELECTs seem to. Does anyone have an answer to this? These are long-running scripts, and I'd rather nip a problem in the bud before the entire script completes if there's a problem I can capture.
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