I was just looking for opinions on the best place to pick up SQL skills. Community college course? Online courses? Grad school? I've finished undergrad, if that helps anyone have an idea of my current situation.
View 4 RepliesHello everyone! Many thanks in advance for taking the time to help me out. I’ll also apologize upfront for the longwinded email, but I seem to be really stuck in a rut. I've been writing web apps for 3+ years in ASP and am finally taking the leap into ASP.net (a bit behind the curve, i know). I have a few books and have gone over the tutorials on this site. I am realizing that the syntax (if using VB) is much the same, but also realize how much richer asp.net is in comparison to traditional ASP.
I'm having some major issues in my learning process that stem from using the tutorials and attempting to be efficient with VS2003. I feel as though I’m missing something fundamental that could be causing my problems. My area of focus right now is data access, using connections, adapters and datasets.
The tutorials on this site show all of the examples by hardcoding the data access into the ASPX page. The tutorials have me importing the proper namespaces for data and sqldata access at the top of the page. This seems to work fine and dandy if I were to be coding my pages from a standard text editor, but I would like to use the richness of the VB.NET studio gui to expedite my work.
My first problem lies if I try to manually code the data access in the private class defined for the page in the codebehind section. Because it will not allow me to import multiple namespaces, the only way I get it to work would be to include the complete namespace for the object I’m trying to use (ie: system.data.sqlclient.sqconnection). On top of this, the datasets I define aren’t available as options when I try to bind them to objects in the GUI.
On the flip side, I tried to use the SQLconnection, Dataadapter, etc objects in the gui, but I can’t seem to find where the code is dynamically written for these, nor how I can, for example make this sort of connection use an application-variable level connection string. The only way I can see to make this would be to define the connection for each web form, which seems silly when I’m trying to deploy each solution multiple times with different databases.
I apologize for my ignorance, as this is probably fairly simple to overcome. If someone could point out what I’m doing wrong, or point me in the right direction, I’d be very appreciative. I am sick of spinning my wheels with this, and keep getting tempted to go back to using traditional ASP, just so I can get my job done.
Thanks again,
Tbldev
does anyone know where I can learn how to make forumlas to use in my table fields?
I have two mauals on SQL Server and niether of them cover formulas.
Thanks,
token
anyone know any site that can provide "EASY" to understand examples about joins?
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Thanks,
Eva
Hi all.. I install SQL Express install.. I am looking for a job, and I see companies posting want ad's for SQL server admins.
My one question... what is the difference of SQL Server vs OpenSQL ?
Thanks,
Happy Tom
I am an experienced web developer using PHP and MySql have experience with VB.
What is the best way for me to learn programming pocket pc's? Is using sql server mobile the best offline database to use as I will be using MySql Compact framework to connect direcly to our Linux server.
Any help is much appreciated as I can't seem to find any useful tutorials on quering an sql databse to update, insert, read or delete. I have created a datebase however, I just don't know how to use it.
Thanks in advance.
Mark
Hi:
AS a newly Master degree graduate student in IT field. My M.S. degree training has been emphasized in database developer, Web developer, Web/database developer, network, and network and computer security.
My personal interesting are database and web. have experienceon java servlet and database(create a web site), try ASP and dataabase now, but I don't have any work experience(come from other country and change major)
hope can get advice from kindness prople what is suitable to learn DBA or oracle ? conside about difficult level, cost, and suite for future job market
Thank you
Greetings:
I would like to learn to write SQL scripts to use with SQL 2000 and would like a good reference. I read the book "SQL Queries for mere mortals" and that was a start, but really didn't provide me enough depth to write the complex scripts that I need. Idealy something that goes into the programming logic like PL/SQL in Oracle did. Basiclly, if I had something that would allow me to interperet some of the scripts I see on Swynk so I can modify them to meet my needs, I think that would be a great place to start.
Any recomendations?
Thanks.
Hi All,
I am totally new to databases. I am starting from the absolute beginning. I want to learn MS-SQL and was wondering how/where to start. I need info on everything from installation and set-up on an Windows XP PC to programming in SQL. Is there a book or website that can guide me. I am fairly decent at programming and am able understand technical books. Installation and set up are my main concerns right now, since I believe that once I have a stable system to learn on, SQL should be easy.
Thanks!
Hi, All:
I know oracle SQL, now I need to do a lot of SQL query on Microsoft SQLSERVER, can any one point out any place that I can find out the syntax of SQLserver SQL statement? Since this is just a short term assignment, so I don't want to buy a book, just hoping I can learn something quickly from online. I don't need learn anything deep, just need to know some simple syntax so I can do join, count, concatenate, min(), max(), sum () etc.
thanks in advance.
Hello,
My department is switching from a TM1 database to an SQL Server database. With TM1, only a few people had the software necessary to run queries installed on their PCs. Whenever I needed data, one of these people would run the query for me and then I would perform whatever analysis is required. Now however, we all have MS SQL Server (Query Analyzer, Profiler, Enterprise Manager, etc.) installed on our machines and will be able to run our own queries.
I have no prior experience with SQL (my only programming knowledge is with Excel VBA) so I bought the "Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes" book and worked through most of it. I practiced writing queries in MS Access, and feel somewhat comfortable with the language. However, when I try to do anything with SQL Server, I feel kind of overwhelmed with all of the options. I assume that I should be writing and executing my queries from Query Analyzer, but I find the object browser and everything confusing. Also, I'm not sure if I'm even able to create my own database to practice with. It seems like I can only connect to my department's server. Is there any way to work "offline" with a database on my own hard drive?
All of the SQL Server books that I've found seem to be either for DBAs or developers. Anything geared more toward beginners isn't SQL Server specific. Can anyone recommend an appropriate book for me?
Thanks,
John
Dear Experts,I've worked with Oracle since 1995. I have gonevery deep into many of the Oracle features, includingsqlloader, and export/import. And I've done datamodelling even longer.At the same time, I have done ETL since 1995.Although, at the Proc, and PLSQL, sqlloader, level.Map the data. Take data from the source, do anymodifications/transformations that are required,and insert or update. Easy. The hard part isdetermining the mappings.But I have not been given the opportunity towork much with ETL tools such as:Informatica, DataStage, Ascential, Ab InitioThe little bit of experience that I do have,showed that Informatica was -incredibly- easy to use.It's a GUI. It's SUPPOSED to be simple!!!I have missed out on a number of opportunitiesbecause I didn't have a few YEARS of experiencewith ETL tools. Which seems odd, because thetool looks like it requires a max of a week to learn!Just how difficult are these ETL tools to learn?Especially if you have already been working withOracle, and doing data mappings and loads since 1995?I'm thinking that it can't be difficult at all.When you search for newsgroups, there are no newsgroupsfor these tools. Although the companies who makethem, might have their own newsgroup.There are also not many books on these tools.If you search for books on Oracle, or SQL Server,you will find a lot of very big, and detailedbooks. But there is next to nothing specificallyon the various ETL tools.Any certifications for any of these tools lookto be much simpler than Oracle's.To me, the real issue is the mappings. If youcome into a new environment, the data mappingsare completely esoteric to those systems.No amount of experience with an ETL tool, or anytool, is going to tell you what the mappings should be.Questions:- Just how difficult are these ETL tools to learnfor an experience Oracle pro like myself?- Other than a GUI, making everything simple to use,just what are the advantages of using ETL tools?- what built in functionality do ETL toolshave, that can't be done in PLSQL?Thanks a lot!
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Hello.I would like to learn all the possible ways that we can access and modify data in ASP .net 2.0 programmatically.for example one way would be like this: StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder();sql.Append(" SELECT *"); //count the total number of recordssql.Append(" FROM dbo.tblJobTitle "); //get the connection string from web servicesstring strConnection = new sqlconnection.SQLConnection().GetSQLConnectString(sqlconnection.SQLDSN.SCIC);//Use the Microsoft.practices SqlDatabase object to execute our sql.SqlDatabase SqlHelper = new SqlDatabase(strConnection);SqlDataReader reader = (SqlDataReader)SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(CommandType.Text, sql.ToString());the i can loop through reader and get the data OR I can create a DataSet like this: SqlDatabase db = new SqlDatabase(strConnection);
DbCommand dbCommand = db.GetSqlStringCommand(sql.ToString());
DataSet dst = db.ExecuteDataSet(dbCommand);I want to know if there is a comprehensive book explainaning all these possible ways to access and modify data using C# under ASP .net 2.0I really really apreciate this.Thank you very much.
does anybody know where I can learn how to add, update, delete using SQL datasource control? I have a couple of books that shows me how to SELECT but nothing shows me how to update, add new record or delete with the SQL data source control. Even this website doesn't have any tutorial. Does any body know where I can read up on how to use all features of this control? Or where that have a couple of examples on how to use it?
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I need to start learning SSIS. Has anyone found any good sites that explain it and that are free?
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Kurt
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View 2 Replies View Relatedi want to learn about the meanings of the different 'data types' in VS 2005 (database) i.e. 'nvarchar(50). could you please advice me of a good site (reference) to read.
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In my SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE), pubs Database has a Stored Procedure "byroyalty":
ALTER PROCEDURE byroyalty @percentage int
AS
select au_id from titleauthor
where titleauthor.royaltyper = @percentage
And Table "titleauthor" is:
au_id title_id au_ord royaltyper
172-32-1176
PS3333
1
100
213-46-8915
BU1032
2
40
213-46-8915
BU2075
1
100
238-95-7766
PC1035
1
100
267-41-2394
BU1111
2
40
267-41-2394
TC7777
2
30
274-80-9391
BU7832
1
100
409-56-7008
BU1032
1
60
427-17-2319
PC8888
1
50
472-27-2349
TC7777
3
30
486-29-1786
PC9999
1
100
486-29-1786
PS7777
1
100
648-92-1872
TC4203
1
100
672-71-3249
TC7777
1
40
712-45-1867
MC2222
1
100
722-51-5454
MC3021
1
75
724-80-9391
BU1111
1
60
724-80-9391
PS1372
2
25
756-30-7391
PS1372
1
75
807-91-6654
TC3218
1
100
846-92-7186
PC8888
2
50
899-46-2035
MC3021
2
25
899-46-2035
PS2091
2
50
998-72-3567
PS2091
1
50
998-72-3567
PS2106
1
100
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
I try to do an ADO.NET 2.0-VB 2005 programming in my VB 2005 Express to get @percentage printed out in the VB Form1. I read some articles in the websites and MSDN about this task and I am very confused about "How to Work with Output Parameters & Report their Values in VB Forms": (1) Do I need the Form.vb [Design] and specify its properties of the object and classes I want to printout? (2) After the SqlConnectionString and the connection.Open(), how can I bring the value of @percentage to the Form.vb? (3) The following is my imcomplete, crude draft code:
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data.SqlTypes
Public Class Form1
Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI;"
Dim connection As SqlConnection = New
SqlConnection(connectionString)
Try
connection.Open()
Dim command As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("byroyalty", connection)
command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
...................................................................
..................................................................
etc.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
From the above-mentioned (1), (2) and (3), you can see how much I am lost/confused in attempting to do this task. Please help and give me some guidances and good key instructions for getting the output parameter printed out in the FORM.vb in my VB 2005 Express project.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang
This is probably a very silly question.I started learning ASP.net by following ASP.NET Unleashed. I am stuck where he wants me to open a connection to SQL Server database. I have just downloaded
MSDE. But I dont know where to type this code and how to run it..so as to connect to the database.
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>
<Script Runat="Server">
Sub Page_Load
Dim conPubs As SqlConnection
conPubs = New SqlConnection( "server=localhost;uid=webuser;pwd=secret;database=pubs" )
conPubs.Open()
End Sub
</Script>
Connection Opened!
Now do i have to change the uid to SA ? (i had to assign one when i downloaded and installed MSDE?
Thanks for the help.
Hi all,
am not very experienced in using DTS and really need your help. I have a dts package that i have scheduled to run every day. Here's what i want the package to do:
1. Check whether a value for a certain column in a certain row of a table in my database is 0 or 1. If it is 1, then
2. Run the dts task (which i have created and is working)
In other words, when the package is started, i want to execute a stored procedure or sql task or whatever, and if that returns 1 then i want to continue, if it returns 0 i want to finish the package without running the dts task. I'm sure there's a simple way to do this, but i could use your help...!
Thanks,
Elisabet
Hi All,
Can this be done and if so can you give a bullet list of the steps need to accomplish this.
I need to load a bunch of files into a stagging table. Need to loop through the files and load them.
Thanks,
Michael
Hi,
what this statement do?
does it add all the values or combine all the values.
REPLACE combine WITH lc_tran + lc_exp + lc_war + ll_boc
Regards
kk
I downloaded SQLExpress and Visual Studio Express to my home computer.
I built a simple database, adding data through theSQLexpress admin tool.
I built a web page using MS Studio. I connected to the database and used the webpage for a few days. Then I restarted the computer. Now the web page won't open, and MS Studio won't open the MDF file in the App_Data folder.
I can still see and work in the database through SQL server Express.
The web page and the MSStudio attempt to connect to the mdf file both fail with this message:
Cannot open user default database. Login failed.Login failed for user 'KAAAK/Administrator'.
So it seems to be trying to connect as the Windows user.
When I try to modify the connection to connect through a user/password I created in SQL manager, I get a message that the user is not a trusted SQL user.
from web.config:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|info.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;User ID=Admin;Password=12345" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>
That was changed from the original string created automatically by MS Studio
<connectionStrings>
<add name="stocksConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|stocks.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>
I am sure this is some simple problem, but why would the system refuse to access an mdf file it had already been accessing.?
Thanks, Michael
Hi all, having trouble with my first sql communication. I've got hosted service with an SQL database i've populated with a row.
When it gets to the third line the page crashes with an error.
SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("Server=mydbserver.com;Database=db198704784;");// +"Integrated Security=True"); SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT UserName FROM Users",connection); SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
is there somewhere i need to put in my username or password? or is this code just wrong
Many thanks burnside.
-- Edited by longhorn2005
not sure why I am having trouble here but I am using the following WHERE clause expecting to find all rows where any one of the the three keywords are present.
....WHERE Company.L_Keywords LIKE '%metal%' AND Company.L_Keywords LIKE '%tile%' AND Company.L_Keywords LIKE '%ceramic%'
however it appears to finding only the rows where all three words are present in the L_Keywords field
This is a very simple question. How would a select satement be formated in the following example.
SELECT Grade, Student_ID, First_Name, Last_Name FROM Scores WHERE (This is where I'm stuck and I know this is not the right formatting although I wish it were because it would make my life a little bit easier.) Student_ID = 115485, 115856, 568547, 965864, etc...
I may have up to 100 specific student ids to put in this one statement. I know I can use the "WHERE Student_ID = 115485 OR Student_ID = 115856, OR Student_ID = 568547" but that would be alot of waste. Seems like there should be an easier way than using the "OR Student_ID =" for every entry.
Can someone explain another way I can do this. Thanks in advance.