What Is This Box Type Character For A Blank Space In SQL Server?
Mar 8, 2007
Hi,
I am using DTS for importing a table from FileMaker Pro (a database application) to SQL Server 2000. The problem is that everything gets imported correctly but in some values, it shows a box type character for a blank space. It does not happen for all the blank spaces. Because of this, that value is cannot be checked in the WHERE clause until I use a LIKE and % for that blank space.
I copied the value and pasted in Notepad, it only shows a blank space. What is this character?
I am dealing with what I believe is Oracle that is the source of a SQL View.
I am seeing a data type of Integer in the View, but I am not able to see what makes up that View. When I query the View, I can see that an Integer data type column is storing a blank space. I use ISNUMERIC(ColumnName) = 0 and there are a lot of rows that show as a zero length blank space, or text, or something. I just know that it is not an Integer.
I have attempted to CAST and Convert this value, but it will not. I have changed the data type on the table that is being inserted in too, and it still fails with a Conversion error. I have tried REPLACE(), but still the same conversion error.
I'm creating a table using a XML string and a stored procedure to the SQL Server. I'm having problems in just one field, it is a nvarchar(10) type. This field's string XML Schema is also nvharchar(10) type. It is called CodCanalPrice.
Today, the only values this field can assume are AA or BB or CC, (...), ZZ or (space)A, (space)B, (...), (space)C. Note that (space) is actually a space character. They all have 2 characters.
The XML data string of one data row is showed below:
When the statement is executed, SQL server removes the first space (so in this case it is updated to A without space in the table). The others values that don't have an space before like AA or BB are updated fine. All others fields are also updated correctly.
So far I tried to replace the first space for but SQL Server doesn't accept this tag.
Is this a known issue - blank spaces caused by KeepTogether property being implicity set for Lists/Subreports/Rectangles in Reporting Services? If so, will there be a fix soon?
Hi: I did the following query on SQL Server A and got the following result. Input: select replace('10/10/00', '/', '') Result: 101000 (1 row(s) affected) However, I did the same query on SQL B and got a different result. Input: select replace('10/10/00', '/', '') Output: 10 10 00 (1 row(s) affected)
Both Servers are SQL 7.0 with SP2. I checked the setting, it seems to be identical. Does anyone know what could be the problem or have any hint what I need to check? I beleieve the correct result should be the first result.
We are using SSRS 2005.We designed one report.This report contains Table and chart controls . When Table is hidden,chart only is visible, this chart is going to show only on last page. There is a white space in top of the chart while hiding the table control.
Consider for an Example Report one tables and one chart . We want to show only chart,So we made Table's visible property is false. Total Number of pages is five and table has only four pages and chart has only one page that is in last page. Now the report showing Four pages are empty with header and footer and last page have a chart with header and footer.
We tried putting the whole table inside a list and gave the visibility property, but the table inside a list shows the same empty pages
Ik have a problem with the free space if I'am hiding textboxes.
I put 2 textboxes in a rectangle and when I hide the rectangle then the textboxes are gone but the space that the rectangle needed is now blank. Can I suppress the blank space?
My output file comes out fine with one exception, there is a blank space at the beginning of each line. Is there a way to remove this ? One suggestion I have seen is to do this with BCP instaed of osql but I don't know if BCP can "run" my "SQL_Get_Create_Batch1.sql" file above. The ".sql" creates a temporary table and then does a select.
I'm doing a bcp out of a table to a file. Some of the fields in arecord may have an empty string.When I bcp out to the file and examine it, the fields that have anempty string in the database now show up in the file as having oneblank character.Why is bcp doing this? I don't want the blank character in my output.Thanks,Eric
I want to insert a value which has the UTF-8 encoding into a field of the database which has the "text" data Type but it saves like this : " ?????????????? "
I would be thankful if u tell me how should I save it ? here is the SqlComand I wrote :
When rendered, the pages with the small tables on have a lot of white blank space at the right of the table. This is probably caused by the big table on page 3.
This report is distributed by email in Excell format. So on sheet 1 and 2 there are a lot of white cells on the right of the tables. When trying to print, they just want to use the "landscape" option and the "fit to page" option. Because of the empty white cells, the fit to page option reduces the first 2 tables to a very small table which covers only 50 % of the page width. The other 50 % is reserved for the empty cells.
Off course, I know that deleting the empty cells offers a solutions, but it would be a lot more handier if there were no empty cells in the first place.
This wa an oops on my part. I created a new DB las week and I fatfingered the space character in it so now it's called: "DUMMY_FATFINGER " (Notice the space)
Other than recreating it how can I rename it correctly? Just clicking on it to rename it does not work. I get the Database already exists error.
I have got a script which checks the percentage of free space on the drivers of the servers and mails the DBA when it falls below a certain percentage , which can be set according to our requirements.
But I am getting blank emails even when , there is no issue of low free space.
Please help me out.
The code , 1st part of it is:
use master go SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO create PROCEDURE usp_diskspace @Percentagefree int, @error2 varchar(8000) OUTPUT AS
SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @hr int, @fso int, @drive char(1), @odrive int, @TotalSize varchar(20), @MB bigint , @COUNT int, @Maxcount int,@error varchar(700), @errordrive char(1),@errortotalspace varchar(20), @errorfreespace varchar(20), @free int, @date varchar(100), @query varchar(1300) SET @MB = 1048576 set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109) set @error2='' select @query= 'master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives' set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109) set @error2='' select @query= 'master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives'
CREATE TABLE #drives (id int identity(1,1),ServerName varchar(15), drive char(1) PRIMARY KEY, FreeSpace int NULL, TotalSize int NULL, FreespaceTimestamp DATETIME NULL) INSERT #drives(drive,FreeSpace) EXEC @query EXEC @hr=sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject',@fso OUT IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fso DECLARE dcur CURSOR LOCAL FAST_FORWARD FOR SELECT drive from #drives ORDER by drive OPEN dcur FETCH NEXT FROM dcur INTO @drive WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS=0 BEGIN EXEC @hr = sp_OAMethod @fso,'GetDrive', @odrive OUT, @drive IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fso EXEC @hr = sp_OAGetProperty @odrive,'TotalSize', @TotalSize OUT IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @odrive UPDATE #drives
SET TotalSize=@TotalSize/@MB, ServerName = replace( @query , 'master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives',''), FreespaceTimestamp = (GETDATE()) WHERE drive=@drive FETCH NEXT FROM dcur INTO @drive END CLOSE dcur DEALLOCATE dcur EXEC @hr=sp_OADestroy @fso IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fso set @maxcount =(select max(id) from #drives) set @count=1
while @count <=@maxcount begin
select @errortotalspace =convert(varchar(20),Totalsize), @errorfreespace =freespace, @free=CAST((FreeSpace/(TotalSize*1.0))*100.0 as int),@errordrive=Drive from #drives where id = @count
if @free<@percentagefree begin set @error = 'Server = '+@@servername+': Drive=' + @errordrive+': Percentage free=' +convert(varchar(2),@free)+'% TotalSpace ='+ @errortotalspace +'MB : FreeSpace ='+ @errorfreespace +'MB ate =' +@date set @error2=@error2+@error+char(13)
end else begin set @error = 'Server = '+@@servername+': Drive=' + @errordrive+': Percentage free=' +convert(varchar(2),@free)+'% TotalSpace ='+ @errortotalspace +'MB : FreeSpace ='+ @errorfreespace +'MB ate =' +@date end set @count=@count+1 end
DROP TABLE #drives set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109)
GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO
The 2nd step which sends the mail is :
set nocount on declare @msg varchar(8000) declare @minimumspace int set @minimumspace = 10 set @msg = 'Running out of Hard Disk space on the Server: '+@@servername exec usp_diskspace @minimumspace,@msg OUTPUT print @msg if @msg is not null
EXEC master.dbo.xp_smtp_sendmail @FROM = N'fromaddress', @TO = N'toaddress', @server = N'smtp address', @subject = N'Free Space of Drivers Test sqlserver2000!', @type = N'text/html', @message = @msg
How can I change to get the mail only when there is a free space issue.
I have got a script which checks the percentage of free space on the drivers of the servers and mails the DBA when it falls below a certain percentage , which can be set according to our requirements.
But I am getting blank emails even when , there is no issue of low free space.
Please help me out.
The code , 1st part of it is:
use master go SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO create PROCEDURE usp_diskspace @Percentagefree int, @error2 varchar(8000) OUTPUT AS
SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @hr int, @fso int, @drive char(1), @odrive int, @TotalSize varchar(20), @MB bigint , @COUNT int, @Maxcount int,@error varchar(700), @errordrive char(1),@errortotalspace varchar(20), @errorfreespace varchar(20), @free int, @date varchar(100), @query varchar(1300) SET @MB = 1048576 set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109) set @error2='' select @query= 'master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives' set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109) set @error2='' select @query= 'master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives'
CREATE TABLE #drives (id int identity(1,1),ServerName varchar(15), drive char(1) PRIMARY KEY, FreeSpace int NULL, TotalSize int NULL, FreespaceTimestamp DATETIME NULL) INSERT #drives(drive,FreeSpace) EXEC @query EXEC @hr=sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject',@fso OUT IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fso DECLARE dcur CURSOR LOCAL FAST_FORWARD FOR SELECT drive from #drives ORDER by drive OPEN dcur FETCH NEXT FROM dcur INTO @drive WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS=0 BEGIN EXEC @hr = sp_OAMethod @fso,'GetDrive', @odrive OUT, @drive IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fso EXEC @hr = sp_OAGetProperty @odrive,'TotalSize', @TotalSize OUT IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @odrive UPDATE #drives
SET TotalSize=@TotalSize/@MB, ServerName = replace( @query , 'master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives',''), FreespaceTimestamp = (GETDATE()) WHERE drive=@drive FETCH NEXT FROM dcur INTO @drive END CLOSE dcur DEALLOCATE dcur EXEC @hr=sp_OADestroy @fso IF @hr <> 0 EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @fso set @maxcount =(select max(id) from #drives) set @count=1
while @count <=@maxcount begin
select @errortotalspace =convert(varchar(20),Totalsize), @errorfreespace =freespace, @free=CAST((FreeSpace/(TotalSize*1.0))*100.0 as int),@errordrive=Drive from #drives where id = @count
if @free<@percentagefree begin set @error = 'Server = '+@@servername+': Drive=' + @errordrive+': Percentage free=' +convert(varchar(2),@free)+'% TotalSpace ='+ @errortotalspace +'MB : FreeSpace ='+ @errorfreespace +'MB :Date =' +@date set @error2=@error2+@error+char(13)
end else begin set @error = 'Server = '+@@servername+': Drive=' + @errordrive+': Percentage free=' +convert(varchar(2),@free)+'% TotalSpace ='+ @errortotalspace +'MB : FreeSpace ='+ @errorfreespace +'MB :Date =' +@date end set @count=@count+1 end
DROP TABLE #drives set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109)
GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO
The 2nd step which sends the mail is :
set nocount on declare @msg varchar(8000) declare @minimumspace int set @minimumspace = 10 set @msg = 'Running out of Hard Disk space on the Server: '+@@servername exec usp_diskspace @minimumspace,@msg OUTPUT print @msg if @msg is not null
EXEC master.dbo.xp_smtp_sendmail @FROM = N'fromaddress', @TO = N'toaddress', @server = N'smtp address', @subject = N'Free Space of Drivers Test sqlserver2000!', @type = N'text/html', @message = @msg
How can I change to get the mail only when there is a free space issue.
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In the RDL, Header values are:
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Hi guys and gals,I have the following code:CREATE PROCEDURE searchRecords( @searchFor NVarchar (25) = NULL, @fromDate NVarchar (25) = NULL, @toDate NVarchar (25) = NULL) AS IF @fromDate IS NOT NULL DECLARE @fromDateString VarChar(200) SET @fromDateString = ' CONVERT(smalldatetime, ''' + @fromDate + ''') ' IF @toDate IS NOT NULL DECLARE @toDateString VarChar(200) SET @toDateString = ' CONVERT(smalldatetime, ''' + @toDate + ''') ' SELECT * FROM MIPR WHERE ID = @searchFor OR DESC_QTY = @searchFor OR REQ_ACTIVITY = @searchFor OR ACC_ACTIVITY = @searchFor OR MANYEARS = @searchFor OR TECH_POC = @searchFor OR RESOURCE_POC = @searchFor OR SI_DATE BETWEEN @fromDateString AND @toDateString;GOit creates an error that I can't seem to fix. the error I get is:Syntax error converting character string to smalldatetime data type.How can I fix this? Thanks in advance!
I have SQL Server 2005 database table with the following data definition as follows:
ID int LST_TIME varchar(5) LST_DATE varchar(21) LST_WEEK int SUBJECT varchar(100)
Date format (Month,day YEAR) eg.- October, 21 2007 Time format, 00 - 23 hours, HH:MM eg. - 18:58
, and a VB code as below:
Dim Command As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM dbo.LISTS WHERE (LST_WK = DATEPART(wk, GETDATE())) AND (CONVERT(datetime, LST_DATE) = CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(varchar, GETDATE(), 110))) AND(CONVERT(smalldatetime, LST_TIME) = CONVERT(smalldatetime, CONVERT(varchar(5), GETDATE(), 108)))", conn)
Dim dataReader As SqlClient.SqlDataReader = Command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection) While dataReader.Read()
Dim NewAlert As New Alert(dataReader("SUBJECT").ToString(), DateTime.Parse(dataReader("LST_DATE").ToString(), DateTime.Parse(dataReader("LST_TIME").ToString())))
: : : I am encountering error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime data type, which points to the codes in bold. Just wondering anyone out there has got a solution to my problem. Thank you.
Recently i traspased a database from sql server 2000 in spanish to sql server 2005 in english. I change the language of the user sa to spanish and the database is in spanish. . The problem is our dateformat is dmy, i try to force with set dateformat dmy, but always i execute a stored procedure that have a date as input it fail. The error is:
Msg 295, Level 16, State 3, Procedure pa_CalendarioGestion, Line 40 Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime data type.
The code of stored procedure in this line is:
set @diaActual = dateadd("d", @i, @fechaInicio)
This stored procedure in sql server 2000 in spanish not have any problems. For this reason i think the problem is in the configuration.
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Msg 295, Level 16, State 3, Line 25: Conversion failed when converting character string to small date-time data type..I am converting from a character string to smalldatetime since the source and target date columns are "smalldatetime". All other columns for the source and target are nvarchar(255). I assume there is an implicit conversion that I don't understand. In a test, I validated that all dates selected evaluate ISDATE() to 1.
USE [SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014] GO IF OBJECT_ID ('[SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014].[dbo].[IdentifierLookup]', 'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE [SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014].[dbo].[IdentifierLookup]
I have a table like this below and it doesn't only contain English Names but it also contain Chinese Name. CREATE TABLE Names (FirstName NVARCHAR (50), LastName NVARCHAR (50)); I tried to view the column using SQL Query Analyzer, It didn't display Chinese Character. I know that SQL Server 2005 is using UCS-2 Encoding and Chinese Character uses Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) Encoding. I want to read the FirstName and LastName columns and display in Window Form Data Grid and ASP.NET Grid View. I tried to use this code below and it didn't work. It convert some of the English Name to Chinese Character and it display the chinese character and some still in the original unreadable characters. Does anybody know how to read those character from SQL Table and display the correct Chinese Character without converting the English Name into Chinese also? Thanks
int codePage = 950; StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder(); Encoding targetEncoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(codePage); byte[] encodedChars= targetEncoding.GetBytes(str); . message.AppendLine("Byte representation of '" + str + "' in Code Page '" + codePage + "':"); for (int i = 0; i < encodedChars.Length; i++) { message.Append("Byte " + i + ": " + encodedChars); }
message.AppendLine(" RESULT : " + System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(encodedChars)); Console.Writeline(message.ToString());
