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Nov 20, 2007Okay, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.
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Jun 8, 2004I have a field which was varchar before but I changed it to text.
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Jan 19, 2007I've got a function which inserts into a database, and has arguments for each item being inserted
A couple of the items are integer datatypes (in SQL), but they will accept nulls
When I add my parameters, it asks to explicitly use the SQL datatype (which is integer):.Add("@myParam", SqlDbType.Int).Value = myParam
In the header of the function, I assumed I could make the argument optional - Optional ByVal myParam as Integer=System.DBNull.Value
However, when the function runs, I always get an error:System.InvalidCastException was unhandled by user code Message="Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'Integer' is not valid."
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Oct 23, 2005Hello,
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OR
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How Do I Change The Default Collation String Of An Installation
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I would like to use the dboption ‘default to local cursor’ to true.
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Nov 22, 2007
When I set a column to have a default definition that uses a UDF, I am receiving the "String or binary data would be truncated" error.
The UDF:
Code BlockALTER FUNCTION GetDefaultClientTier
(
@ClientAssets decimal(15,2)
)
RETURNS char(1)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Result char(1)
-- Get the first result in case of overlaps.
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Aug 15, 2006Hi,
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Mar 13, 2006Here is the scenario.
I have a 10 position varchar field that holds a project number. The project number is in the form yy-nnn... where yy is the current year (06) and nnn is a sequential number. The project number is displayed on a data entry form so that the next record has the next sequential number.
So when the data entry form first opens the project number field has 06-1 after that record is entered the form is cleared and reinitialized and the project number now shows 06-2. If the form is closed and then reopened the project number would still show 06-2 if that previous record was not entered and 06-3 if it was.
The way I am going about getting the next sequential number is the following:
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This approach is working fantastic until record 06-9 is entered. The above line does determine that 06-9 is the MAX record and then creates a record 06-10 but every subsequent time a record is attempted it still thinks 06-9 is the MAX value of the above statement.
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data details:
table 1
pk_transactionid transactiondate and so on
1 1/1/2007 *********
2 1/2/2007 *********
3 1/3/2007 *********
table 2
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2 2 record2
3 3 record3
4 1 record4
5 2 record5
6 1 record6
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