I have a sproc that passes an ID to a user defined function. I just realized that the udf can only return scalar type value. I need it to return a varchar(10). How can i do this with similiar functionality. Any ideas?
I have this function in access I need to be able to use in ms sql. Having problems trying to get it to work. The function gets rid of the leading zeros if the field being past dosn't have any non number characters.For example:TrimZero("000000001023") > "1023"TrimZero("E1025") > "E1025"TrimZero("000000021021") > "21021"TrimZero("R5545") > "R5545"Here is the function that works in access:Public Function TrimZero(strField As Variant) As String Dim strReturn As String If IsNull(strField) = True Then strReturn = "" Else strReturn = strField Do While Left(strReturn, 1) = "0" strReturn = Mid(strReturn, 2) Loop End If TrimZero = strReturnEnd Function
I have a UDF that takes my input and returns the next valid business day date. My valid date excludes weekends and holidays. It works perfect except for one issue. It doesn't check to see if today's date is a holiday. I pass a query to sql server like so " select dbo.getstartdate('01/ 10/2007',2)" It then moves ahead two business days and returns that date. Here is the current code. Hopefully someone can tell me how to do the holiday check on the current date. I really don't want to rewrite the whole script . Code--------------------------------------------------------- SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GOSET ANSI_NULLS OFF GO --DROP FUNCTION GetStartDate --declare function receiving two parameters ---the date we start counting and the number of business days CREATE FUNCTION GetStartDate (@startdate datetime, @days int) RETURNS datetimeASBEGIN --declare a counter to keep track of how many days are passingdeclare @counter int /*Check your business rules. If 4 business days means you count starting tomorrow, set counter to 0. If you start counting today, set counter to 1*/set @counter = 1 --declare a variable to hold the ending datedeclare @enddate datetime --set the end date to the start date. we'll be -- incrementing it for each passing business dayset @enddate = @startdate /*Start your loop.While your counter (which was set to 1), is less than or equal to the number of business days increment your end date*/WHILE @counter <= @days BEGIN --for each day, we'll add one to the end dateset @enddate = DATEADD(dd, 1, @enddate) --If the day is between 2 and 6 (meaning it's a week --day and the day is not in the holiday table, we'll --increment the counter IF (DATEPART(dw, @enddate) between 2 and 6) AND (@enddate not in ( select HolidayDate from tFederalHoliday where [HolidayYear] = datepart(yyyy,@enddate) ) ) BEGIN set @counter = @counter + 1 END --end the while loopEND --return the end dateRETURN @enddate --end the functionEND GOSET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GOSET ANSI_NULLS ON GO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi everyone, I am tring to pass acomma delimited string to a function and this function is parsing the string so that I can see individual values so for example I am passing 1,2,3,4,5 as a parameter to my function and I am parsing this string so that I can write something like this Select * from tableA where userID in(1,2,3,4) It is working fine. Only problem is if the user passes word 'all' instead of 1,2,3,4 then I have to doSelect * from tableA My function looks like this. How can I modify this function if I pass 'all' as a paramater. Any help will be appreciated.CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ParseText2File] (@p_text varchar(4000), @p_Delimeter char(1)) RETURNS @results TABLE (id varchar(100)) AS BEGIN declare @i1 varchar(200) declare @i2 varchar(200) declare @tempResults Table (id varchar(100)) while len(@p_text) > 0 and charindex (@p_Delimeter, @p_text) <> 0 begin select @i1 = left(@p_text, charindex(@p_Delimeter, @p_text) - 1) insert @tempResults select @i1 select @p_text = right(@p_text, len(@p_text) - charindex(@p_Delimeter,@p_text)) end insert @tempResults select @p_text insert @results select * from @tempResults return END Thanks
I am a new user for SQL server. Coming from an oracle background, I find it very difficult to live without user defined functions. At the moment, I urgently need to have a function returning an custom-made ID string, so that it can be used in one of my stored procedures. I have heard the rumours that SQL server 7 does NOT support user defined functions, (which SQL 6.5 does). I would be really grateful if anyone can clarify this for me, and if possible, suggest a get-around approach.
I am trying to compare the data from one table (shipments) with the data from a view. The point of the function is to match the correct territory with the account depending on the data. Basically, I this deals with accounts that are transfering from one territory to another. The transfers take effect on the first day of the month, retroactive, therefore we need to allocate the sales data to the correct territory in the shipments table. Here is my function. Can someone tell me how I can get this to work and insert a territory ID for the account that has transfered into the shipments table?
CREATE FUNCTION fnShipments () RETURNS @Shipments TABLE (AccountID CHAR(10), DateInvoice DateTime, DollarShipments Money, TerritoryID CHAR(10)) AS BEGIN INSERT @Shipments (AccountID, DateInvoice, DollarShipments, TerritoryID) SELECT Shipments.AccountID, Shipments.DateInvoice, DollarShipments, ISNULL((SELECT TerritoryID FROM vwAccountTransfers
WHERE Shipments.AccountID = vwAccountTransfers.AccountID
AND vwAccountTransfers.EffectiveMonth =
(SELECT MIN(EffectiveMonth) FROM vwAccountTransfers
WHERE Shipments.AccountID = vwAccountTransfers.AccountID AND DatePart(m,Shipments.DateInvoice) < vwAccountTransfers.EffectiveMonth)), (SELECT TerritoryID FROM vwAccountTransfers WHERE Shipments.AccountID = vwAccountTransfers.AccountID AND vwAccountTransfers.EffectiveMonth Is Null ) ) AS Territory FROM Shipments
ORDER BY Shipments.AccountID, Shipments.DateInvoice; RETURN END
User: Will be sending me a datetime e.g '9 Nov 2004 15:00:00' I want the UDF to do the following for me Return in hours the difference between what the user has send and now (lets say now = '10 Nov 2004 11:00:00') So the UDF will return to me 20. But I dont want 20, I want the UDF to avoid any all hours which are not work related (any time after 16h00 until 8h00 in the morning), so I want this UDF to return 4. That means from '9 Nov 2004 15:00:00' I have calculated 1hr until 16h00 and 3hrs from 8 until 11h00 on '10 Nov 2004 11:00:00'
AGAIN IT MUST NOT CALCULATE WEEKENDS. Lets say '12 Nov 2004 15:00:00' was Friday and now = '15 Nov 2004 11:00:00', I must still get 4 as a return from UDF
I would also like now to be my getdate(), but it seems like you can't use it in UDF
Hi, Iam working on one user defined function which will take week & year as argument and returns sunday date of that particular week in that year. for example if i give (15,2007) as argument it shud give 2007-04-08 as result. Plz anybody help this on this issue.
I am accustomed to doing most of my function work in Access, but the boss would really like it if I could shedule some cubes to do the stuff that takes forever when you run it live.
To that end, I have an Access function that I call to get a field value for a query. I would like to be able to create an User Defined Function on the SQL server and call that function as a field value in a view. I have searched the forums and have not really found anything that wants to make sense to me as to how to do this.
The access function is as follows:
Public Function BuyerDeltas(IFSDate As Date, PODate As Date) As Long
If IFSDate < (Date + 14) Then BuyerDeltas = IFSDate - 3 - PODate ElseIf IFSDate < (Date + 29) Then BuyerDeltas = IFSDate - 7 - PODate ElseIf IFSDate > (Date + 28) Then BuyerDeltas = IFSDate - 10 - PODate Else MsgBox "This should not be possible!", vbOKOnly, "Fix It!!!!!!!" End If
End Function
The view that this is called from contains the IFSDate and PODate fields and I am able to call the function from the access query, but this is completely different than what I have seen in the help files on SQL.
I would love to be able to keep plugging away at doing this myself, but the boss also is pushing me to get it done and he doesn't want me taking forever to do it.
hai, the problem is - I have created a userdefined function using SQL 2000 create function getfulldate (@date varchar(10))returns datetimeasbegindeclare @getfulldate datetime set @getfulldate = dateadd (mi,55,@date) return @getfulldateend and normally we call this in the SQL statements as select *, dbo.getfulldate('2006-05-03') from emp This works fine and what I need was, I need to invoke the user-defined function like select *, getfulldate('2006-05-03') from emp that is, without using "dbo". If I call in that manner, it gives error as - 'getfulldate' is not a recognized function name. So, here what is the purpose of dbo and can I call in my desired manner as mentioned above. anyone guide me, thanks!
Hi,How to exec a SQL user defined function in query analyzer when it accepts parameters.. I know for a stored procedure we can write EXEC nameofstored procedure abc (@abc is the parameter passed).. But How to run a SQL function ?Thanks
I have a requirement where i need to get the current time/date within a Function. As getDate function is a non deterministic function it can not be used with in a function. Your guidence in this regard is greately appreciated.
It is possible to use getdate() in userdefined function. If so, how to do the same ?
The following code throws error :
create function function1 return varchar DECLARE @currYYMM VARCHAR(20) SET @currYYMM = convert(char(4),getdate(),12) // Here it says the error 'getdate' can't be used inside functions ............... .....................
Hi, While i execute the followgin code. it gives error. Please resolve it as while calling the function i want to use getdate() or any other dynamic variable or any select such as
select title from SalesByStore( select admission_Dte from addmission )
It gives error.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- use pubs go
createFUNCTION SalesByStore (@storeid datetime) RETURNS TABLE AS RETURN (SELECT top 5 title, qty FROM sales s, titles t
Hi, I posted a question sometime back about any one has written a function which converts a given date to a a new timezone.
As it turns out I have actually written the function and it is functionally sound.
the issue I am not facing is the performace.
The Algorithm is pretty simple. step 1 I have create a table called TZ1 which has the TImezoneCODE (PST,EST..), daylightsavingsstart (DATETIME on which the daylight savings start), daylightsavingsend ( end of DLS) and offset (EG -8 for PST, -5 for EST etc)
step 2 I check the timezone and pick out corresponding start and enddate for daylight savings.
Step 3 Depending on where the date lies I create a new date by adding offset to the original datetime (+1) for the new date and then return this new datetime.
As simple as this looks the response time is 16 times than that of a select statement without the function.
Do you see something that I can tune to get a better response time.
CREATE FUNCTION TC3 -- drop function tc3 (@dt datetime, @Src varchar(10), @Dest varchar(10)) Returns datetime begin declare @v_src varchar(10) Declare @v_dest varchar(10) declare @V_dt datetime declare @v_newdt datetime declare @v_year int declare @v_offset float declare @v_sd datetime declare @v_ed datetime
-- select * into TZ1 from TZ1 -- create table #tz1 (fn int)
select @v_year = datepart (year, @dt)
if (@v_year between 2000 and 2004) begin -- ------------------- -- PST BEgin -- ------------------- if (@dest = 'PST') begin -- select * from TZ1 select @V_year = datepart (year, @dt)
select @v_offset = offset, @v_sd = daylightsavingsstart, @v_ed = daylightsavingsend from TZ1 where @V_YEAR = YEAR and timezonecode = @dest -- AND @DT between daylightsavingsstart and daylightsavingsend
if (@dt between @v_sd and @v_ed ) begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -9, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, CAST( @v_offset as int)-1 , @dt) end else begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -8, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, @v_offset, @dt) end -- if dt between daylight savings
return @v_newdt end -- @dest=pst end -- ------------------- -- PST END -- ------------------- -- ------------------- -- EST BEGIN -- -------------------
ELSE
if (@dest = 'EST') begin
select @V_year = datepart (year, @dt)
select @v_offset = offset, @v_sd = daylightsavingsstart, @v_ed = daylightsavingsend from TZ1 where @V_YEAR = YEAR and timezonecode = @dest
if (@dt between @v_sd and @v_ed ) begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -9, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, CAST( @v_offset as int)-1 , @dt) end else begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -8, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, @v_offset, @dt) end -- if dt between daylight savings
return @v_newdt
end -- @dest=Est end
-- ------------------- -- EST END -- -------------------
-- ------------------- -- HST BEgin -- select * from timezones -- ------------------- else if (@dest = 'HST') begin
select @V_year = datepart (year, @dt)
select @v_offset = offset, @v_sd = daylightsavingsstart, @v_ed = daylightsavingsend from TZ1 where @V_YEAR = YEAR and timezonecode = @dest
if (@dt between @v_sd and @v_ed ) begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -9, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, CAST( @v_offset as int) , @dt) end else begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -8, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, @v_offset, @dt) end -- if dt between daylight savings
return @v_newdt
end -- @dest=Ast end
-- ------------------- -- HST END -- -------------------
-- ------------------- -- MST BEgin -- select * from timezones -- ------------------- else if (@dest = 'MST') begin
select @V_year = datepart (year, @dt)
select @v_offset = offset, @v_sd = daylightsavingsstart, @v_ed = daylightsavingsend from TZ1 where @V_YEAR = YEAR and timezonecode = @dest
if (@dt between @v_sd and @v_ed ) begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -9, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, CAST( @v_offset as int)-1 , @dt) end else begin -- ( select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, -8, @dt) ) select @v_newdt = dateadd (hh, @v_offset, @dt) end -- if dt between daylight savings
return @v_newdt
end -- @dest=Mst end
-- ------------------- -- MST END -- -------------------
This is driving me crazy.I need to create a UDF that would return a TRUE/FALSE (bit) value basedon a comparison it does.CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SelectedByApplication(@ApplicationID int,@TableToChecknvarchar(50),@ColumnToComparenvarchar(50),@ValueInTableint)RETURNS BIT ASBEGINDECLARE @SQLNVARCHAR(1000)DECLARE @Param NVARCHAR(500)DECLARE @Result intSET @SQL = N'SELECT @result = COUNT(*) FROM [' + @TableToCheck + '] '+'WHERE [' + @ColumnToCompare + '] = @ValueInTable ANDApplicationID = @ApplicationID'SET @Param = N'@result int out, @ValueInTable int, @ApplicationIDint'EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQL, @Param, @result out, @ValueInTable,@ApplicationIDif @result > 0return 1return 0ENDAll I need the function to do is fill in a column based on whetherthere is a relation between a list of data and the item. I'm trying touse it in the following query:SELECT *, EXEC dbo.SelectedByApplication(4, 'IPM_Application_DataType','DataTypeID', DataTypeID)FROM IPM_DataType DTThe idea is to make this call and then be able to populate a list ofcheckboxes based on the information it returns. It should returnsomething similiar to:Column1 Column2 UDFColumn1 SomeValue 02 OtherValue 13 DifferentValue 04 LastValue 1After reading some of the posts and discovering you can't executedynamic SQL in a UDF I decided to split the function into a functionand stored procedure:CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SelectedByApplication(@ApplicationID int,@TableToChecknvarchar(50),@ColumnToComparenvarchar(50),@ValueInTableint)RETURNS BIT ASBEGINDeclare @Result INTEXEC DynamicCompare @ApplicationID, @TableToCheck, @ColumnToCompare,@ValueInTable, @Resultif(@Result > 0)return 1return 0ENDCREATE PROCEDURE dbo.DynamicCompare(@ApplicationID int,@TableToChecknvarchar(50),@ColumnToComparenvarchar(50),@ValueInTableint,@Resultint out)ASDECLARE @SQLNVARCHAR(1000)DECLARE @Param NVARCHAR(500)SET @SQL = N'SELECT @result = COUNT(*) FROM [' + @TableToCheck + ']' +'WHERE [' + @ColumnToCompare + '] = @ValueInTable ANDApplicationID = @ApplicationID'SET @Param = N'@result int out, @ValueInTable int, @ApplicationIDint'EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQL, @Param, @result out, @ValueInTable,@ApplicationIDI get the same error message about only being able to execute functionsand extended stored procedures in a user defined function.Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can dynamically execute thisquery? The reason I say dynamic is I need this same comparison forabout 25 different tables. Thanks!
Is it possible to call a user-defined function without prefixing itwith 'dbo.' within a SELECT clause somehow? Just curious; it's not abig issue but just a stylistic one for me.Thanks!Joel Thornton ~ <groups@joelpt.eml.cc>
I have a user defined function that may be called multiple times inthe same query - here's a rough exampleselect col1, get_random_number(), col2, col3, get_random_number() fromtable1The problem I am having is that I need to have both calls to the userdefined function return the same value if it is called multiple timesfor one row. The values returned from the query would be somethig likethis -John 23456 Engineer Junior 23456Frank 33333 Engineer Senior 33333Tom 80331 Engineer Junior 80331I have thought about having two seperate udf's likeget_random_number() and use_last_random_number(), but I'm not sure howto store the value of the get_random_number() to be used byuse_last_random_number(). These udfs are used in bulk load requests,so performance is a big issue. Any suggestions would be greatlyappreciated. I know the example is kind of silly, but I think itillustrates the problem.
I have a user defined function (UDF) that takes 2 parameters. These parameters will be mapped from OLE DB source column values. I want the function result to be a new column that will be mapped to an OLE DB destination. Should this be done using a lookup task, OLE DB command task, or...? If this is possible I would appreciate a very specific example of how it's done.
BTW I tried using a lookup task with a SQL command before the UDF idea occurred to me and ran into problems using parameters in the SQL query:
Parameter Information cannot be derived from SQL statments. Set parameter information before preparing command.
I've seen the posts about going to the advanced tab and messing with the parameters there but I was hoping using a UDF would be easier, if it can be done.
Hi, I'm trying to write an aggregat in c#.It's no problem for sum or multiplication aggregates. But when I try to use an array to stor the values in it, to compare them with each other, I get the Message:
Fehler 1 Type "AggregatClr.AggregatClr" is marked for native serialization, but field "Werte" of type "AggregatClr.AggregatClr" is of type "mscorlib.System.Array" which is a non-value type. Native serialization types can only have fields of blittable types. If you wish to have a field of any other type, consider using different kind of serialization format, such as User Defined Serialization. AggregatClr
And when I try it with User Defined instead of Native:
Fehler 1 Type "AggregatClr.AggregatClr" is marked for user-defined serialization, but does not implement the "System.Data.Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.IBinarySerialize" interface. AggregatClr
What does that means? How can I do that?? Is it possible to use an Array in a User Defined Aggregat?? Thanks
I wrote a UDF to get a rolling average based upon a date passed to the UDF. The error I get is:
Server: Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure fn_RollAverage, Line 26 Incorrect syntax near ')'.
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO SET ANSI_NULLS OFF GO
CREATE FUNCTION fn_RollAverage(@CURVE_DATE AS SMALLDATETIME) RETURNS @TBLRESULT TABLE (US0001M_Index AS FLOAT, US0003M_INDEX AS FLOAT, US0006M_INDEX AS FLOAT, US0012M_INDEX AS FLOAT, usswap2_index AS FLOAT, usswap3_index AS FLOAT, usswap4_index AS FLOAT, usswap5_index AS FLOAT, usswap6_index AS FLOAT, usswap7_index AS FLOAT, usswap8_index AS FLOAT, usswap9_index AS FLOAT, usswap10_index AS FLOAT, usswap11_index AS FLOAT, usswap12_index AS FLOAT, usswap13_index AS FLOAT, usswap14_index AS FLOAT, usswap15_index AS FLOAT, usswap20_index AS FLOAT, usswap25_index AS FLOAT, usswap30_index AS FLOAT)
SELECT AVG(US0001M_Index) AS US0001M_Index, AVG(US0003M_INDEX) AS US0003M_INDEX, AVG(US0006M_INDEX) AS US0006M_INDEX, AVG(US0012M_INDEX) AS US0012M_INDEX, AVG(usswap2_index) AS usswap2_index, AVG(usswap3_index) AS usswap3_index, AVG(usswap4_index) AS usswap4_index, AVG(usswap5_index) AS usswap5_index, AVG(usswap6_index) AS usswap6_index, AVG(usswap7_index) AS usswap7_index, AVG(usswap8_index) AS usswap8_index, AVG(usswap9_index) AS usswap9_index, AVG(usswap10_index) AS usswap10_index, AVG(usswap11_index) AS usswap11_index, AVG(usswap12_index) AS usswap12_index, AVG(usswap13_index) AS usswap13_index, AVG(usswap14_index) AS usswap14_index, AVG(usswap15_index) AS usswap15_index, AVG(usswap20_index) AS usswap20_index, AVG(usswap25_index) AS usswap25_index, AVG(usswap30_index) AS usswap30_index
FROM dbo.LiborSwap WHERE CURVE_DATE BETWEEN @BEG_DATE AND @CURVE_DATE
RETURN END
GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO
I am trying to modify the C# example given in the "Invoking CLR User-Defined Aggregate Functions" in SQL Server 2005 Books Online. I want to add a parameter that is used as the list delimeter, instead of the hard coded comma that is used. I am not a C# programmer and don't know where to begin. Please help!
using System; using System.Data; using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server; using System.Data.SqlTypes; using System.IO; using System.Text;
[Serializable] [SqlUserDefinedAggregate( Format.UserDefined, //use clr serialization to serialize the intermediate result IsInvariantToNulls = true, //optimizer property IsInvariantToDuplicates = false, //optimizer property IsInvariantToOrder = false, //optimizer property MaxByteSize = 8000) //maximum size in bytes of persisted value ] public class Concatenate : IBinarySerialize { /// <summary> /// The variable that holds the intermediate result of the concatenation /// </summary> private StringBuilder intermediateResult;
/// <summary> /// Initialize the internal data structures /// </summary> public void Init() { this.intermediateResult = new StringBuilder(); }
/// <summary> /// Accumulate the next value, not if the value is null /// </summary> /// <param name="value"></param> public void Accumulate(SqlString value) { if (value.IsNull) { return; }
this.intermediateResult.Append(value.Value).Append(','); /// I want to change to comma to a variable }
/// <summary> /// Merge the partially computed aggregate with this aggregate. /// </summary> /// <param name="other"></param> public void Merge(Concatenate other) { this.intermediateResult.Append(other.intermediateResult); }
/// <summary> /// Called at the end of aggregation, to return the results of the aggregation. /// </summary> /// <returns></returns> public SqlString Terminate() { string output = string.Empty; //delete the trailing comma, if any if (this.intermediateResult != null && this.intermediateResult.Length > 0) { output = this.intermediateResult.ToString(0, this.intermediateResult.Length - 1); }
return new SqlString(output); }
public void Read(BinaryReader r) { intermediateResult = new StringBuilder(r.ReadString()); }
public void Write(BinaryWriter w) { w.Write(this.intermediateResult.ToString()); } }
Hi all, I've tried all types of formats use this function and coming up with errors the function works fine in SQL so not sure of the proper format to call a function with variaibles
Hi, I have a stored procedure that calls a scalar function. It works fine on my development database, but on my production database, I get this error when trying to execute the procedure: Cannot find either column "dbo" or the user-defined function or aggregate "dbo.MyFunction", or the name is ambiguous. However, I am able to execute the function outside of the procedure like this: select dbo.MyFunction(0, 0) Anyone have idea? I can't figure it out.
Dear all I wants to run sql server user defined function when linked two server.
I have linked two sql server.There is one function called getenc().This function created on first server.What i want.I wants to run this user defined function on the second sql server. can any one help me?
Dear all,After reading the Book Online, I am still confued by when to use store proc or user-defined function. The most obvious different for me is that 1. UDF can return a table eg select * from dbo.UDF(a, b , c) In real word application, what factor should i consider?Also, any debug tools in sql server ?Ad_dee
I have a user defined function in datebase SQL 2000. function looks like create function Getcurrentdate(@month int, @day int) returns smalldatetimebegin declare date1 as smalldatetime--get current year --convert month, day and year into current date. then return return date1end my problem was , after using getDate(). I get error meassage which is "can'not use getDate() inside user function"How can I get current year in the user defined function. Thanks