Cells Too Short
Apr 3, 2008When I get the results from my query, some of the columns labels are too short and look like this "ran....". How do I extend the cells??
Thanks
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Formatting Numbers In A Mixed Column (numbers In Some Cells Strings In Other Cells) In Excel As Numbers
Feb 1, 2007I have a report with a column which contains either a string such as "N/A" or a number such as 12. A user exports the report to Excel. In Excel the numbers are formatted as text.
I already tried to set the value as CDbl which returns error for the cells containing a string.
The requirement is to export the column to Excel with the numbers formatted as numbers and the strings such as "N/A' in the same column as string.
Any suggestions?
A Short Question ?
Mar 13, 2004how can i convert the varchar value to a column of data type int?
i am trying to do this
declare @w varchar(50)
select @w = col1 from myTable
select colname from mtable
where mtableID in (@w)
but the mtableID is a int
and i always got
Syntax error converting the varchar value to a column of data type int.
thanks for everyone for helping
Two Short Questions
Mar 17, 2004can anyone tell me do i have to use sqldmo in asp.net C# to backup or restore database?
and how can i execute the *.sql file in asp.net C#?
thanks
Short Date?
Mar 13, 2007Hi all. Is it possible to convert the date to shortdate?
select e.hireddate from hremployees e
it returns 2/07/2007 12:00:00 AM
How can i neglect the time?
Thanks
-Ron-
SP2 - The Long And Short Of It
Apr 17, 2007Problems Encountered Upgrading SQL 2005 SP1 to SQL 2005 SP2 (9.0.3042.1):
In Summary:
Maintenance Plans Broken
Database Mail Broken
Reporting Services Report Viewer web part displays US Format dates instead of report design English-Australian. .
In Detail:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 was downloaded from Microsoft.com. This download occurred after 5 March 2007 and the file version was 9.0.3042.1 (SQLServer2005SP2-KB921896-x86-ENU.exe)
During the Installation of SP2 by a Domain Administrator an error occurred on the Database Engine. A Hotfix Exception was raised and the setup completed with errors.
The Error Log reported a problem:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Product : Database Services (MSSQLSERVER)
Product Version (Previous): 2047
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Failure
Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGHotfixSQL9_Hotfix_KB921896_sqlrun_sql.msp.log
Error Number : 29534
Error Description : MSP Error: 29534 Service 'MSSQLSERVER' could not be started. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services. The error code is (1067) The process terminated unexpectedly.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The SQL Server service could not be manually started. An error was reported in the event viewer:
One or more files do not match the primary file of the database. If you are attempting to attach a database, retry the operation with the correct files. If this is an existing database, the file may be corrupted and should be restored from a backup.
It was noted that a new file mssqlsystemresource.ldf had been copied to the %data% folder.
Note: As part of separating data and log files, both the master and mssqlsystemresource databases had been previously moved to another volume %data% whilst their respective log files had been moved to a separate volume also %log%. This had occurred after SP1 was initially installed and months prior to the SP2 install using Microsoft KB articles to detach and reattach the databases. It appears that the SP2 installer does not work correctly if mssqlsystemresource mdf and ldf files are not in the same location.
Whilst the Engine could not be started €“ the new mssqlsystemresource.ldf file was manually moved to the %log% file, overwriting the previous version.
The SQL Server Service was now able to start without any errors.
Since the SQL Server Service has been started two major errors have become apparent:
The following error is recorded when trying to create a new maintenance plan:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
------------------------------
Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&LinkId=20476
------------------------------
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
------------------------------
Invalid column name 'from_msx'.
Invalid column name 'has_targets'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 207)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.3042&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=207&LinkId=20476
Also when using the maintenance plan wizard the following error is recorded when the Wizard attempts to save the plan at the end:
TITLE: Maintenance Plan Wizard Progress
------------------------------
Saving maintenance plan failed.
------------------------------
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&LinkId=20476
------------------------------
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
------------------------------
Invalid column name 'msx_job_id'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 207)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.3042&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=207&LinkId=20476
------------------------------
Database Mail is also broken on the server. The Database Mail Log reports an €śActivation Failure€? when a test email is sent. (the email does not arrive). The SQL Log and event viewer also report the following message:
The activated proc [dbo].[sp_sysmail_activate] running on queue msdb.dbo.ExternalMailQueue output the following: 'Error executing extended stored procedure: Invalid Parameter'
Another error affects Reporting Services reports that are accessed using the SharePoint V2.0 Web parts ( rsWebparts.cab) . The date picker in the Report Viewer web part now only recognises US format dates. It is important to note that the same reports run through the Report Manager web site work correctly using DD/MM/YYYY (English-Australian ) date format for the report picker.
It is noted that the rsWebparts.cab file was not updated by SQL 2005 SP2 install. However, the behaviour of the Report Viewer web part has definitely been affected by the SP2 install.
Are the first two issues related? Are they due to the fact that mssqlsystemresource mdf and ldf files had been moved to an unexpected location prior to SP2? How can this be fixed?
Are the Reporting Services SharePoint (V2) web parts going to be updated? We are not in a position to upgrade our Portal 2003/SharePoint Servcies V2 installation at the present time.
Long Vs Short
Mar 26, 2008Here is a fairly basic question in which I'd like assistance. In determining a standard for a schema, for simplicity, my thinking is that using the long data type would meet our purposes.
Are there any thoughts on mapping out where we would not need to take advantage of long vs short? I realize the space but for this particular table, space won't an issue.
Thanks!
Short Cut To Updating Table...
Dec 18, 2007Is there a way to short cut through the fields in a table when updating them or inserting?
ie. I have a table with 78 fields and could grow with time. Is there a way to run the UPDATE or INSERT TO [table](blah....) without listing all the table fields?
CountyLong Name And County Short Name
Aug 31, 2004Hello, i have database front end is Access, and backend is sql server. The front end, there are two dropbox, called 'CountyLongName', and 'CountyShortName'. I want to: when i select a countyLongName, there it will pop up the exact CountyShortName in anohter field.
For example, when i click Howard Couty in the 'CountyLongNmae', it will automatically display "HW" in the 'CountyShortName" Field. How can i do that? Thanks.
Short Cut To Exec Jobs
Apr 23, 2007any keyword shortcut to exec a sql job?
do i have to exec step individually when there are more than 2 steps?
Combining These 2 Short Stored Procedures
Dec 18, 2003CREATE PROCEDURE MyBooks_Selling
(
@MemberID SMALLINT
)
AS
SELECT * FROM v_BookInfo_Sellers_Extended WHERE MemberID=@MemberID
GO
GRANT EXEC
ON MyBooks_Selling
TO bto
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE MyBooks_Buying
(
@MemberID SMALLINT
)
AS
SELECT * FROM v_BookInfo_Buyers_Extended WHERE MemberID=@MemberID
GO
GRANT EXEC
ON MyBooks_Buying
TO bto
GO
Is there a way to make it so I could combine those 2 prcedures and choose which table i would like to select from based on another input parameter? I tried it that way but it didnt work...so im asking here to make sure
thx
Short Diplay For Datetime Type
Jun 13, 2006Hi all,
I have a view with a datetime column,
when viewing the column data the format is:
" 2006-06-12T12:00:00.0000000+03:00 "
while i'm only want to see the date part
(that is, 2006-06-12, and if possible in the format: dd/mm/yyyy)
now, when i'm using convert( varchar(10), [column_name],101)
i'm getting the format i need but the problem is that i'm
"losing" the date type, is it possible to view it as the
format i stated and still as a datetime type ??
Regards,
Pit
SQL To Find Short, Fat And Stupid People
Jul 23, 2005This is a question concerning query optimisation. Sorry if it's a bit long,but thanks to anyone who has the patience to help - This is my first posthere...If I have two tables: 'tblContact' and 'tblCategory' where categories arelike:Code Name010101 Short010102 Fat010103 StupidThe junction table 'tblConCat' has fields CctConID, CctCatCode to tell mewhich contacts have which category codes. These are nchar(6) fields, if itmakes any difference.If I need to find all people who are short, fat and stupid I can see twoways:Solution One:SELECT tblContact.* FROM tblContact WHEREConID IN (SELECT CctConID FROM tblConCat WHERE CctCatCode='010101') ANDConID IN (SELECT CctConID FROM tblConCat WHERE CctCatCode='010102') ANDConID IN (SELECT CctConID FROM tblConCat WHERE CctCatCode='010103')Solution Two:Build a helper table which contains the codes I'm looking forSELECT tblContact.* FROM tblContactWHERE ConID IN(SELECT CctConIDFROM tblConCat INNER JOIN tblHelperON tblConCat.CctCatCode = tblHelper.HlpCatCodeGROUP BY CctConID HAVING Count(*)=3)I have tried them both out and although I looked at the query analyzer itprovided more information than I knew what to do with. In practise theyboth provide similar working times (I wait about a second) but I thought thefirst looked rather inefficient and thought my helper table might help.There are about 30,000 contact records, 180 category records and 120,000junction table records.All I am looking for comments on any pros and cons of these two approaches -does one look that bad? The database was migrated from Access where thehelper table really did help, but using SQL Server I might not need it.Thanks again, if you got this far!
View 16 Replies View RelatedEmpty Page 1 On Short Reports?
Mar 16, 2007I have a suite of several SSRS reports that differ essentially on the stored procedure called. All have very the same one-page header block and all have a footer. Those where a large number of pages are produced, page without fault when printed or converted to PDF.
Two page reports often break down on printing, so that page 1 only has the header and a footer and all the detail lines are printed on page2 (together with the footer). However on the screen the report paged correctly.
I have checked all the obvious problems such as page dimensions exceeding that of the print medium. (A series of such problems was fixed earlier in development.)
I have observed this behaviour with SQL2005 SP1 and SP2 (i.e. SP2 did not provide any fix in this area). The host OS for development and production is Windows 2003 server. The tests were done by viewing in IE6 and the fault only became apparent when going to print preview, printing or in PDF production.
This has the appearance of a bug in SSRS hereby intermediate length reports are not handled correctly. It appears to happen when the amount of detail lines just fills page 2. As soon as the report has sufficient lines to be 3 pages long (page 1 is header plus some details lines plus footer, page 2 is full of detail lines plus footer and page 3 is remaining detail lines plus footer then the problem is no longer seen! Where the detail lines will all fit on page 1, then the problem is not seen.
I observe this variation in behaviour since I am able to switch between different sized datasets and thus switch between the different scenarios described above. I should also note that the reports are in landscape mode.
SQL Server Short-circuits WHERE Condition Evaluation
May 5, 2008Hi I am trying to create stored proc and having some performance issue.
Here is the requirement,
Stored Proc parameters A,B
A is required.
B is optional. The default value for B is 0.
Here is the code inside stored proc:
IF (B = 0)
SET B = 1
SELECT * FROM TABLE1
INNER JOIN TABLE2 ON TABLE1.Column1 = TABLE2.Column1
WHERE A= 2008
AND (table2.ColumnB = B or 1 = B)
If I am passing B as 20 I am having performance issue to pull the data.
If I replace B with any other number the query is working fine.
Isnull And Ntext Variables (short Question)
Jul 23, 2005Hello to all,Below the sample code:declare @arg_szMsgText ntextset @arg_szMsgText = isnull(@arg_szMsgText, N'unknown message')Now the error message I get:"The assignment operator operation cannot take a ntext data type as anargument."Explanation:I'm using it in a SP. I was trying thousand things to make it running,and the only way I maked was, I get it when I set the return value fromisnull fucntion to nvarchar or varchar variable.The problem is, the field in DB, where the value of @arg_szMsgText iswritten) is ntext, so I need to use this format.In the description of isnull function (help) is written:----------------------------------------------------Argumentscheck_expressionIs the expression to be checked for NULL. check_expression can be ofany type.replacement_valueIs the expression to be returned if check_expression is NULL.replacement_value must have the same type as check_expresssion.Return TypesReturns the same type as check_expression.-----------------------------------------------------so ite means, I should be able to use this in such a way ...I know I can assign the value in other way (like by if @variable isnull ....), but if there is already function doing this, why not to useit, if it helds the code more clear?Any ideas? Maybe I'm doing something wrong.Matik
View 3 Replies View RelatedSQL 2005 Vs SQL 2000: Where Clause Short-Circuiting?
Oct 12, 2006Hello all, this is my first post, and I think I've found something interesting between sql 2005 and 2000. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
I am attempting to migrate a system from SQL 2000(v 8.00.2039 - Enterprise Edition) to SQL 2005 (v9.0.2047 - Standard Edition ), and a few of my most complex queries are generating errors. I was able to isolate the problem to a fairly simple query that works in SQL 2000, but generates an error in SQL 2005.
I believe that the problem has something to do with how short-circuiting is handled in the WHERE clause. I'm not sure if short-circuiting is really going on when these statements are parsed, but it seems to describe the situation well.
To replicate the problem, first create the following table and fill it with values:
----------------------------------------------
create table OrgView (ORGNAME varchar(100), QID int, ANSWER varchar(100))
insert into orgview (orgname, qid, answer) values('org1', 120, '1')
insert into orgview (orgname, qid, answer) values('org2', 94, '2006-06-06')
insert into orgview (orgname, qid, answer) values('org3', 98, 'free kevin')
----------------------------------------------
The second value (org2) contains a date, but the rest do not.
Under both systems, the following contrived query works fine:
SELECT orgname FROM OrgView
WHERE (QID = 94
AND CONVERT(DATETIME, Answer) = '2006-06-06')
It would seem, that when QID = 94, the expression short circuits, and the CONVERT statement doesn't run. This is good, because the CONVERT statement would throw an error whenever 'Answer' doesn't contain a date.
However, if modify the query by adding an OR to the end like this:
SELECT orgname FROM OrgView
WHERE (QID = 94
AND CONVERT(DATETIME, Answer) = '2006-06-06')
or QID=98
then the query fails on SQL 2005 with a 'Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string.' error.
On SQL 2000, the short circuiting works fine, and the above query returns 'org2' and 'org3'.
I know shortcircuiting may not be the best way to describe the set calculus going on in the background, but can anyone explain what is going on here? Is there any way to make SQL 2005 work like SQL 2000 in this specific case?
Thanks,
-Adam
Problem With A Lot Of Inserts In Short Time - SQL Server 2000
Feb 27, 2008Hi!We have SQL Server 2000 on virtual machine (slowly). We run a pair ofstored procedures from ADO.NET 2.0 (WebService):- first procedure: insert into table A a data row with correlationID- next procedure: search for inserted record in tab A bycorrelationID and insert value into tab B with constraint to tab A.The problem is when we try to do this in short time (few minutes)thousands times (5000/6000 pairs in 5/6 minutes) in 100 parallelthreads:query in second procedure cannot find inserted record in firstprocedure.Everything is dirty read. no transactions.Have you any ideas?edi
View 1 Replies View RelatedSsis Security Short Coming, Major Issues
Jan 6, 2006Hello,
I feel like ssis encryption model has a serious flaw. Especially when linked to SQL Agent jobs.
I have posted and others have posted messages about this. Something is plain wrong with ssis encryption keys and password protection. Also, you do not have the choice not to protect the packages. In my case, protecting packages is completely useless.
Here is the story.
After this post
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=131340&SiteID=1&mode=1
I created config files for al my packages connections passswords.
Now, by our IT Policy, I had to change again my password and of course, all packages now return multiple errors when I open them.
Hopefully, the config file did its job and the packages are ran anyways by SQL Agent, however, having to manually retype and resave all packages not to have the errors is just a plain hassle. Not to speak about people not using the config files and the correct "Run As" sql agent account.
I stress the fact that in a real world production environment all packages are driven by SQL Agent jobs and MUST run automatically.
Here is the error I get after opening a package after changing my password:
Error 1 Error loading Constants05.dtsx: Failed to decrypt protected XML node "DTS:Password" with error 0x8009000B "Key not valid for use in specified state.". You may not be authorized to access this information. This error occurs when there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct key is available. c:projectsssis packagesssis constantsConstants05.dtsx 1 1
So Why is'nt this key automatically adjusted after Windows NT Domain password Change?
How can I refresh the key, not to have to reype all the packages connections passwords and rebuilding, Checkin-in again all the stuff?
I do not think the solution is "Use an application account which password never changes when you create your ssis packages" however at this time, this is the only solution I can think of.
How do you guys deal with this problem?
I still do not understand the ssis security model I feel it is diconnected from the reality and unpracticable in a production environment like mine.
Thanks
Philippe
Short Circuit Evaluation In Conditional Split Expression
Jun 23, 2006I think I know the answer to this but thought I'd ask anyway.
I have a conditional split to check a column for null values or empty string values. It looks like this:
(!ISNULL(Ballot)) || (LEN(TRIM(Ballot)) > 0)
My question is: Are both sides of the expression evaluated? My testing says yes, because a Null value causes an error. Is there a way to short circuit the evaluation like the || operator in C# or the (less than elegant, and seemingly threatening) OrElse operator in VB? Whats the best alternative:
A slightly more complex expression that turns a null value into an empty string
A script component
Two conditional splits
Two paths out of one condtional split
I went with the first option, here is the expression I came up with:
LEN(ISNULL(Ballot) ? "" : TRIM(Ballot)) > 0
Too Short Keywords Does Not Work Under Full-Text Functionality
Nov 6, 2007Hi, I am novice to Full-Text funcationality.
The problem I met is that SQL server seems not woring with too short keywords (with FREETEXT syntax). The following is the detailed description.
I index two columns, JobDes(ntext) and JobTitle(nvarchar), which mainly store Traditional Chinese(Big5). If I search with
select * from JobWanted where FREETEXT(JobTitle,'asp'), it goes well. But if I replace the 'asp' with 'as', nothing returns. What is the reason? Can I eliminate this limination?
Any help would be appreciated.
Ricky.
About Loop And Cells
Aug 23, 2004How do i do a loop to insert excel records to new excel worksheet as i onli want a certain of the columns from the existince excel. For the existince excel mi got record of column A - M then i just need to copy data of A - L then copy from the same existince column H data to the new excel worksheet. For those who know pls put up codes for me so tat i can have a better understanding over it . THankz
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow To Sum The Cells In Excel Using Asp
Jun 28, 2005Hi
i need to sum the values in different cells of an excel sheet which im getting from data base and which is in a loop and the number of entries depends on the user.Please help me out
im adding the code please check it out:
<%
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
%>
<html>
<body>
<%
dim objConn
set objConn=server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConn.open "provider=SQLOLEDB;data source=10.100.17.107;initial catalog=RUT;user id=test;password=test;"
iMonth = Request.QueryString ("month")
iyear = Request.QueryString ("year")
intpid = Request.QueryString ("project")
inteid = Request.QueryString ("eid")
dim fDate
DIM fmonth
Dim fi
if iMonth = "February" and iYear mod 4 <> 0 then
iTo = 28
elseif iMonth = "February" and iYear mod 4 = 0 then
iTo = 29
end if
if (iMonth = "April" or iMonth = "June" or iMonth = "September" or iMonth = "November") then iTo = 30 end if
if (iMonth = "January" or iMonth = "March" or iMonth = "May" or iMonth = "July" or iMonth = "August" or iMonth = "October" or iMonth = "December") then iTo = 31 end if
dim rsobj1,rsobj2,rsobj5,rsobj9
sql1 = "select first_name from tblUserMaster where emp_id='"&inteid&"'"
set rsobj1 = objConn.Execute (sql1)
sql2 = "select distinct activity_id from tblTimeSheet where month='"&iMonth&"' and year='"&iyear&"' and project_id='"&intpid&"' and emp_id='"&inteid&"' and bill_non = ''"
set rsobj2 = objConn.Execute (sql2)
%>
<b>Employee Name:<%=rsobj1("first_name")%></b>
<TABLE BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></td>
<TD ><%=imonth%></TD>
<TD ></td>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ><%=imonth%>
</TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ><%=imonth%></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ><%=imonth%></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
<TD ></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="#ffffff" style="FONT-FAMILY: fantasy; BACKGROUND-COLOR: powderblue">
<td ><b>Client/Assignment</b> </td>
<td ><b>ProjectName</b> </td>
<td ><b>Remarks</b></td>
<td><b>Total Hrs</b></td>
<%for i = 1 to iTo
fmonth=imonth
fi =i
fDate = fi & "/" & fMonth & "/" & iYear
Response.Write "<td align=center><b>" & i & "</p>" & weekdayname(weekday(fdate)) & "</b></td>"
next%>
</TR>
<%'===============================================d efault activity============================%>
<% do until rsobj2.EOF%>
<tr>
<%
dim intactid,rsobj3
intactid = rsobj2("activity_id")
sql3 = "select activity_name from tblActivityMaster where activity_id = '"&intactid&"'"
set rsobj3 = objConn.Execute (sql3)
sql4 = "select no_of_hrs,remarks,date from tblTimeSheet where month='"&iMonth&"' and year='"&iyear&"' and project_id='"&intpid&"' and emp_id='"&inteid&"' and activity_id='"&intactid&"'"
set rsobj4 = objConn.Execute (sql4)
%>
<td><%=rsobj3("activity_name")%></td>
<td></td>
<td><%=rsobj4("remarks")%></td>
<td></td>
<%do until rsobj4.eof%>
<%if (rsobj4("no_of_hrs") < 8 ) then%>
<td><%=rsobj4("no_of_hrs")%></td>// I need to add the values i get in this td and display in the td with red colour and the number of values may change according to the user
<%else%>
<td>8</td>
<%end if%>
<%
rsobj4.movenext
loop
%>
</tr>
<%
rsobj2.movenext
loop
%>
Thanks
ajith
Empty Cells
Feb 11, 2008
I am trying to import Data from an Excel file to a SQL DB table. there are around 106 rows and 2 columns.
By default, the ssis is selecting around 200 columns and over 2000 rows. But all cells except for the 2 columns and 106 rows are empty. While I can specify that I need to read only 2 columns, I could not figure out a way to specify the rows. Any help?
Doing Math With Cells
Apr 19, 2007Good day all
Does anyone know if there is such a quary that can be written which would add up(or any math functions) a line of cells (on different rows) similar to that of working with a excel document?
If so please steer me towards the correct syntax for this.
Regards
Rob
Dynamic SQL Cells
Apr 7, 2007How can I make the values for certain cells in a table in a database show the day a folder was created?
On the same note, How can I make other values in other cells change (say the values 101 through 200 had to change to 1-100)?
Value Of Cells (Like Excel)
Jul 26, 2007
Hi all,
I would to take a value of a cells in my matrix to load an other. Like we usually do in Excel
A2 = A1 * 100 for Example...
An idea ?
Regards,
Erwan, France
Updating Cells In A Table - Please Help
Jun 18, 2008I have two questions. I am somewhat of a novice at this but would really appreciate some help.
Table = svc
There are multiple columns but I just need adjustments in the first 2.
Current Table:
code name svctype
CTS0003CT Abd Ltd 51608
CTS0005CT Abd W Cont 51608
CTS0011CT Abd WWO Cont 51608
CTS0013CT Abd WO Cont 51608
CTS0023CT Abd-Ltd Pel W Cont51608
CTS0025CT Abd-Ltd Pel WO Cont51608
What I want it update it to:
code name svctype
RCT0003AR CT Abd Ltd 19254
RCT0005AR CT Abd W Cont 19254
RCT0013AR CT Abd WO Cont 19254
RCT0011AR CT Abd WWO Cont 19254
RCT0023AR CT Abd-Ltd Pel W Cont19254
RCT0025AR CT Abd-Ltd Pel WO Cont19254
QUESTION #1:
So I am trying to figure out if I could write a statement that basically updates the CODE column’s first three letters in each cell from CTS to RCT and retains the numbers afterwards.
QUESTION #2
The NAME column in Table 1 would also need a little adjustment.
I need to add AR in front (almost like a prefix) of all of the descriptions (so that it looks like Table #2). How do I insert something into the description?
I greatly appreciate anyone's help in this. It would save me counltess hours.
-T.C.
Merge Cells Vertically
Jan 3, 2007
Any way to merge cells vertically in SSRS 2005? I know w can do it horizontally by right clik, then select "merge cells". How about vertically? Thanks.
Table Cells...accessing A Value
Jan 11, 2007hello All,
I am trying to now access the data (if any) in the current cell of a table. I want to know if this cell has been populated, and if so to move on...if not then I want to populate with a zero.
I am using the following:
ReportItems!textbox9.Value inside of an if statement but it tells me that I am unable to do so as, and I quote:
"The Value expression for the textbox 'textbox 9' contains a direct or indirect reference to itself. Loops in expressions are not allowed."
Any ideas guys?
Dynamically Size Cells
Oct 24, 2007In a matrix, is it possible to have the cell dynamically size itself horizontally (like a horizontal scroll bar)? The numbers are wrapping to the next line if they're too large to fit in the cell and it is too complicated for me to balance at compile time how large these numbers will be with the number of columns that are on the report.
View 1 Replies View RelatedExcel Merged Cells
May 15, 2007Hi
I'm trying to eliminate merged cells when exporting a report to Excel. My problem being my report textbox above my table.
I've searched and found that making the textbox the same width as the first column eliminates the merging. Perfect, it does. But when the report is viewed in the report viewer, the textbox can only expand vertically. So the title looks terrible because column one is not wide.
I've read that expand horizontally is not an option
I don't seem to be able to tell it not to output that text box, which would be an option if there is no other answer
I can't have the text box the size I want it, due it creating merged cells
I don't want to export it as a CSV
Are there any other options available or am missing something?
Cheers
Merged Cells And CanGrow
Oct 16, 2007
Is there a reason why a single cell in a table with the CanGrow property set to true will grow down, and merged cells grow right, and is there any way around it?
I have a report that I have to display comments, so I merged 2 cells put the comment field in it, and when it is displayed in the browser, it expands off the page.
When it prints, it seems to be fine, but the majority of my users will be viewing online in a browser.
Any ideas? just an HTML thing I am thinking, and nothing can be done about it.
Thanks
BobP