I have a sql database that includes a table of customer contact information. The area code for many of my customers is about to change. Is there a way to mass update the phone number field so that all phone numbers that currently start with 111 change to 222 ? Ex 1115554444 to 2225554444 ?
Thanks in advance.
If I create a row with a nullable text column whose initial value is null and then update the column with a value that is exactly 256 characters long, the value remains null. Once I update the column to any other value (including null), it works as expected. I have not yet seen a way around this.
I am working in 6.5 SP3.
In my application I must store over 16000 character in a sql table field . When I split into more than 1 field it gives "unclosed quotation mark" message.
How can I store over 16000 characters to sql table field (only one field) with language specific characters?
Thanks
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)
Does anyone know a function in SQL or how I can get the amount of characters of a field?
I have a column named NU_IPS wich contains data varchar type, that has a % symbol at the end, like 9.7% and so on... But in original table it can't be like this (it has to bem float type), I just want the number content, like this 9.7 For that I need in DTS put a query that convert it. That's why I need a function or something that can get the quantity of characters of each field.
So, It would be someting like this...
select substring(convert(varchar(getSizeField() - 1), nu_ipi), 1, 4) from dbo.t_STAGEAREACHAIR
It would cut always the last caracter, wich is '%'...
Any clues?
All posts are welcome, thanks.
Hello,
I have a table in sql server that has a field with numeric characters, i would like to select some but not all characters from this field and insert it into a new field. The field that i want to get some characters from has other characters that i dont need, It has a lot of zero's next to the numbers that i need. so far i created a stored procedure, but its not working. I want to extract the characters and insert them into a new field in the format "000.00" or "00.00". The values are either hunderths or tenths, which makes it difficult for me to decide which characters to ignore. Please see my SP created so far below:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.spUpdatePaymentDetails
AS UPDATE dbo.PaymentDetails
SET NewAmount = SUBSTRING('00' + TransactionAmount, 1, LEN('00' +TransactionAmount) - 2) + '.' + SUBSTRING('00' + TransactionAmount, LEN('00' + TransactionAmount) - 1, 2)
GO
the character "." is not in the original field so therefore i would like to insert it into the new field.
Please help urgently.
Tnx
hey,
what the best way of stripping out a list of characters from a specified field in a table. e.g If first name consists of ABCD'E-FSA, we wnat to strip the ' and the -. There is about 15-20 characters like that.
what's the best way of doing it other encapsulating in the replace function that many times.
thanks
zoey
I'm comparing two tables and need to compare the first 8 characters of one field in table A to the first 8 characters in another field in table B.
So instead of where 'John Smith' = 'John Smith' it would compare where 'John Smi' = 'John Smi'
I know I've done this before but can't find a good reference.
It's something like this when calling a query within a WHILE loop:
SELECT * FROM blah WHERE FID = '".$row['FID']."' AND LEFT('TRACK', 8) = LEFT('".$row['TRACK']."',8)
Am I close? Any help would be appreciated.
Hello,
I am developing a message board using ASP on IIS and SQL Server 2000, and I am running into a problem.
When a user enters their post, they enter their user name, subject, and of course all of their post content. Now the post content should be an unlimited number of characters since it could end up being multiple paragraphs.
I know I could just use an ASP file system object and write the text to a file, but I wanted to save all of these paragraphs as a field in a database table so I could pull it from the database so it could be edited by the user.
Is there a way to make a field be able to take in an unlimited amount of characters?
Or is this the wrong way to do things; is it bad to have an unlimited amount of characters in a table field? Should I stick to using the ASP System File Object?
I have a large table, tblMessage, which stores e-mail messages in textfields. I need to remove the carriage returns the data in these fields,but I have not yet figured out how to do so.I thought that the way to do this would be with the REPLACE function;unfortunately, of course, the REPLACE function cannot work with TEXTfields. I tried CASTing the text field to VARCHAR(8000); however, someof the rows have more than 8000 characters in the text field, so it bombs.Here is the SQL that I tried:selectmsgID,msgSent,msgFromType,msgFromID,msgSubject,REPLACE (CAST(msgMessage AS varchar(8000)), CHAR(13), '<BR>') ASnewMessage,msgOriginal,attIDinto tblMessageNewfrom tblMessageI'm at my wit's end. Truncating the text field to 8000 character is anacceptable option, but I can't even seem to be able to do that.I'm using SQL Server version 7.
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I am using the following expression to strip the last 11 characters in a field group and it returns an error saying that Len cannot use a negative number. It must be 0 or greater. Is there a better alternative?
Code Snippet
left(Fields!TestName.Value,len(Fields!TestName.Value)-11))
i have a field which is CHAR(20), and it is allowed to only containe number chars.
is there any collation_name can help ? or how can i set the check clause ?
I need to pull address info and need to match customername from a spreadsheet.
Due to bad design, in our database instead of having a 'status' for the customer,
they just added ' - ACCOUNT CANCELLED' to the customername
Customername (database)
Tonkin Wilsonville - ACCOUNT CANCELLED
Subaru of Riverside - ACCOUNT CANCELLED
Customername (spreadsheet)
Tonkin Wilsonville
Subaru of Riverside
How can I match the names in the spreadsheet with the names in the database, I tried to use like, but can't get it to work for multiple rows.
Thanks
Susan
Hello all,I have a field defined as VARCHAR(8000) yet it only accepts a maximum of 1024 characters. Does anyone know how I can save 8000 characters in a single field?Thanks,Bill.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am having an interesting error. I have a bunch of data that I am updating to a field in my sql server 7.0 database. It updates the data, however only puts the first 64,999 characters into the field. The datatype is ntext. From what I understand, ntext datatype can hold much more than 65,000 characters. Am I right in this? The data I'm putting into the field is html tags/text. I've tried several different data sets. I'm updating the data using Coldfusion/SQL commands.
Here is my SQL syntax:
UPDATE htmltest
SET html_offline = '#form.html#'
WHERE htmlid = #form.htmlid#
Hopefully, someone can help me.
I am working with a database that contains multiple fields within the tables that are being used for Clinical notes. The fields are defined as VARCHAR(3500). But when I try to extract data (either through Query Analyzer or Crystal Reports), only the first 256 characters are displayed. I ran a query to give me the length of the maximum entry size which returned 2722 characters, yet only 256 are displayed.
How do I go about extracting ALL of the data from this field? Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
When we are getting data in a table and we want to replace characters with other characters. For example, We have a table with a street address, and there are numerous ascii character values we want to review and replace if they exist. We were looking at using a table with 2 columns, 1 containing each ascii character value the other it's preferred replacement value. Then updating the street address searching through each ascii character and replacing it if needed. Currently, we are running it through a looping process searching each individual address for each ascii character, and updating it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMS SQL 2000. Does anyone know how to find all rows where an nvarchar column contains a specific unicode character? Is it possible without creating a user defined function? Here's the issue. I have a table Expression (ExpID, ExpText) with values like 'x < 100' and 'y ≤ 200'. where the second example contains Unicode character 8804 [that is, nchar(8804)]. Because it's unicode, I don't seem to be able to search for it with LIKE or PATINDEX. These fail:
SELECT * FROM Expression WHERE ExpText LIKE '%≤%' -- no recordsSELECT * FROM Expression WHERE PATINDEX('%≤%', ExpText) -- no records
However, SELECT PATINDEX('%≤%', 'y ≤ 200') will return 3.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
is there any way i can make a field in a table accomodate more than 1023 charcters? i used the 'varchar' datatype and used a length of 2500, but still, I can't fill up a field with more than 1023 characters. Is there any way to change it?
Also, is there any way to used a symbol or special character in a field? Can SQL server identify such a character? like the alpha or beta symbol...
Thank you...
Can any one help me, i'm building a dynamic database driven site using dreamweaver and MS SQL2000 andi'm haveing problem storing over 8000 characters in a table filed (IE: it wont let me!!) is there a special table field value that i need to set to get more characters in a table field or is this a limitation of SQL.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated
Regards
B
I have a feeling I'll be forced to use a script and a trigger for thistype of field format but I'm wondering if any of your wizards couldpoint at a simple way I could do something like this:For example, if I want to be able to keep track of new orders followingthis incrementing convention:ORD100000001ORD100000002ORD100000003.... etc ...Does MSSQL2000 have features that I can simply set for this kind offield or will I be resorting to writing up a SQL script and a trigger?
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Hi,
I have source table , fact table and four dim. tables , I have to update a field in fact table from source table.
How can I do it?
thanks...
Could anyone help of how to match the exact characters in a data field in SQL 2005 Developer.
For example, if one has a password "GooD", then when he or she enters "GOOD", "good", etc, the database will not match the password. And he or she must enter the exact characters, which is "GooD".
Thanks.
Could anyone help of how to match the exact characters in a data field in SQL 2005 Developer.
For example, if one has a password "GooD", then when he or she enters "GOOD", "good", etc, the database will not match the password. And he or she must enter the exact characters, which is "GooD".
Thanks.
I have a table where i have to make a check constraint that states the first 3 characters of the customerid field must be the first 3 characters of the company name I am so lost I looked everywhere.
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I want to update a field in my table whose value is a 0, to a value 1. This field is of type bit and here is the SP that I wrote to achieve this. Somhow, its giving some error when I tried executing it in the Query Analyzer. What am I doing wrong here??
CREATE PROCEDURE PublishSchedule
(
@SiteCode smallint,
@YearMonth int
)
AS
DECLARE @Active bit
IF ( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CabsSchedule WHERE YearMonth = @YearMonth AND SiteCode = @SiteCode) > 0 )
BEGIN
UPDATE CabsSchedule
SET Active=1
WHERE SiteCode=@SiteCode AND YearMonth=@YearMonth
END
GO
Thanks
All other fields are updating ok and I'm not getting an error.I am trying to update a date and time (smalldatetime) using a stored procedure.First, the info to be updated comes from a datagrid.
Dim sDate As DateTime
sDate = CType(e.Item.FindControl("tDate"), TextBox).TextThen, passed to the SQLDal class and then to the stored procedure.....
Public Function updateData(ByVal sDate As DateTime, ByVal sp As String) 'Some items snipped for easier read
Dim command As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(sp, conn) 'Where sp is the stored procdure name
command.Parameters.Add("@date", sDate)'And so on.....And then the stored procedure....@num VARCHAR(256),@date SMALLDATETIME,@contact VARCHAR(256),@notes VARCHAR(8000),@media VARCHAR(256) ASBEGIN DECLARE @errCode INT
BEGIN TRAN
-- UPDATE THE RECORDS UPDATE dbo.tblData SET fldDate = @date, fldContact = @contact, fldNotes = @notes, fldMedia = @media WHERE fldNum = @num
<sniped>Like I said, all other fields are updated with no problems, but not the date.The date format being passed into the sp is {0:MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm tt} or Aug 05, 2005 04:39 PM Is it the format of the date? Or something else I'm not seeing...Thanks all,Zath
I try to update a field of text datatype using WRITETEXT statement. The information that I try to change has both the single(') and double (") quotes in it.
How can I get it done ?
Thanks
Pete
Trying to update part of a field. Currently using ColdFusion 4.0 and SQL Server 7.0.
My field looks something like this: ABC.DEF.GHI and I just want to update the last 3 characters, GHI. The length of the field may change so it's not going to be 11 characters long.
Any help would be appreciated.
How would i update a field with a triggers to set the column password to something else if the password column = <NULL> on a update.
thank you very much.
I want to change the following field in the database - text field.
Want it to be like this,
C:ProgramFilesHEATHEATSelfServiceattachmentsWinter019997.htm
want it to be H:2007Winter019997.htm
My aim is to move the files from C: to H: drive and update the database to reflect this. Thanks
Thsi is my code;
declare @str varchar(1000)
UPDATE heatgen
set @str = 'c:Program FilesHEATHEATSelfServiceattachmentsWinter019997.htm'
select reverse(@str)
select charindex('', reverse(@str))
select right(@str, charindex('', reverse(@str)))
select 'H:2007' + right(@str, charindex('', reverse(@str)))
SET gdetail = 'H:2007' + RIGHT(gdetail, CHARINDEX('', REVERSE(gdetail)))
The field is text I get error
Line 9: Incorrect syntax near '='.
Thanks.
I have a complex issue that has several steps.
Question 1.
I need to be able to update the following path in the database, a text field
[Info] NumAttachments=1 [Attachments] Attachment1=65513|C:Program FilesHEATHEATSelfServiceattachmentsWinter019997.htm
I need to update the path only to H:2007|( Winter019997.htm)Filename as in database.
Question 2
This needs to be done automatically so when attachments are being added this updates. How can I do this?
Question 3
I have the attachments saved in this location C:Program Files etc… I need them moved to another location on the network. How can I do this?
I have 3 tables and 1 view. Which are:
TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON
PlanningPointLocation
paflarea
VIEW_paapplic
The View paaplic has 100 records and I have to do the below for all 1000 records individually.
I have to update the field TP_Total in the TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON table depending on what is in the fields in the tables.
I am writing the below code but am unsure if this is going to achieve what I want.
BEGIN
Select file_number, land_use_code, pluse1_code
From VIEW_paapplic
END
BEGIN
If pluse1_code = 'A' Then
Select TP_Total From TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON
WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland
AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
Update TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON SET TP_Total As TP_Total + 1
WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland
AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
Else If pluse1_code = 'C' Then
Select Count(*) As TempCount From table paflarea
Where fk_paapplicfile_nu = file_number
Select TP_Total From TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON
WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland
AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
Update TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON SET TP_Total As TP_Total + TempCount
WHERE PlanningPointLocations.Townland = TOWNLAND_GEOREFERENCE_POLYGON.Townland
AND PlanningPointLocations.File_Number = File_Number
END
Anyone any ideas?
Jmccon