I have a table with approx 1200 names in the format of "John Doe" I need to edit the names to the format of "Doe, John"
Any easy way in SQL to do this or am I better off dumping to text file, making the changes in another app and then updating the table?
I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to write a statement to satisfy the following:
If [Field1] contains text from [Field2] then return [Field3] as [Field4].
I had two tables where there were no matching keys. I did a cross apply and am now trying to parse out the description to build the key.
Hi,
I have inherited an inhouse employee self service application used to display various employee data.
I have one table that needs to have the data permanently reordered, as the front end web page reads the data from the table from the top to the bottom, but somehow this data has got mixed up and is not in the sequential order that it should be in.
I am new to SQL and haven't a clue how to change the web code, so was hoping I could run a script on that table to reorder the data in an ascending manner on one of the columns.
Is this possible? How can I do this?
Thanks
Chris
I am using MSSQL 2000, I need to display a cv page in which a person projects are displayed the way he enters them into the database and he should be able to reorder the projects according to the proirity. I have no clue how to do this ??? I am a newbie in asp.net,C# field.
I searched info on google and forums but didn't find anything related to my understanding. I'am displaying all his projects using a Projects table in which i have four columns ProjectID, ProjTitle, ProjDirector, ProjDescription. i want the user to be able to reorder theprojects row by moving a task up or down based on priority.Any help will be greatly appreciated .. I am really stuck and frustated with this task ..please help me friends..
Thank you very much
I have a form with a few entries running in it, 1-10. Now, what I would likeif possible, is for the entries to be reorganised so that they are listedalphabetically. So, when I open the form, instead of getting entry numberone, I get the entry beginning with A.I have resorted the columns in my table, however this ain't helped.
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Im a programmer for an university webportal which uses php and msssql.
When an user creates a new entry and his text is too long the entry is cut short and weird characters appear at the end of the entry.
For example:
http://www.ttz.uni-magdeburg.de/scripts/test-messedb/php/index.php?option=show_presse&funktion=presse_show_mitteilung&id=333
How can I set the text limit to unlimited?
Could it be something else?
Is there a way of splitting an entry to several text fields automatically?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
Chris
Hi,
I have two tables : Students and StuHistory. The structure of the Student table is as follows :
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[Student]') AND type in (N'U'))
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Student](
[RID] [int] NOT NULL,
[Class] [int] NULL,
[Section] [char](1) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[SubSection] [int] NULL,
[RollNo] [int] NULL,
[DesiredRoll] [int] NULL,
[TrackingNo] [int] NULL,
[Original_rollno] [int] NULL,
[StudentStatus] [int] NULL
)
END
GO
A section has subsections where students are allocated rollno's. Every student has a unique roll no in that subsection. However he is also given a choice to enter his desired roll no. If more than one student choose the same desired roll no in that subsection/section, there is a [TrackingNo] field that then starts keeping a count. For the first unique desired roll no in that subsection/section the tracking no is always 0.
[StudentStatus] represents the following : (-1 for deleted, 0 for edited, 1 for newly inserted).
After every fortnight, i have to run a batchquery that does the following:
1. all students marked with -1 are moved to a table called StuHistory which has the same structure as that of Student.
2. Now oncethe -1 status students are moved, there will be a gap in the roll no. I want to reallocate the rollnos now, where rollnos = desired roll no taking into consideration the trackingno
So if 4 students have chosen the desired roll no as 5 and their current roll no is scattered in a subsection lets say 7, 10, 14,16, then while rearranging they will be together(grouped by subsection/section) and will be allocated roll no's 5,6,7,8. The other students will be moved down based on their desired roll nos. Over here i have to also fill the gaps caused because of the students who were deleted.
How do i write query for this? I have been struggling.
I thought of posting this as a new post as it was mixed in the previous post.
Script :
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (1, 1, N'A', 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (2, 1, N'A', 1, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (3, 1, N'A', 1, 3, 1, 1,0,1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (4, 1, N'A', 12, 1, 1, 0,-1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (5, 1, N'A', 12, 2, 1, 1, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (6, 1, N'A', 12, 3, 2, 0, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (7, 1, N'B', 5, 1, 3, 0, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (8, 1, N'B', 5, 2, 3, 1, 0 ,1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (9, 1, N'B', 5, 3, 3, 2, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (10, 1, N'B', 5, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (11, 1, N'B', 5, 5, 2, 1, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (12, 1, N'B', 10, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (13, 1, N'B', 10, 2, 1, 1, 0, 1 )
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (14, 1, N'B', 10, 3, 1, 2, 0, -1)
INSERT [dbo].[Student] ([RID], [Class], [Section], [SubSection], [RollNo], [DesiredRoll], [TrackingNo], [Original_rollno], [StudentStatus] )
VALUES (15, 1, N'B', 10, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1)
Thanks.
In SQL 2005 if i was trying to insert some data with a text qualifier inside a text qualified field, it would work, for example:
"Name","ID ","Location","","Comany",""House Name" Road",
In SQL 2012, this fails with the error message, cannot find the text qualifer for field.
To get around this, we are having to import the data into a Dirty Data column of aTEMP table, ID, Dirty Data, Clean data - perform multiple updates and change the text qualifier and ensure they are only changed in the right places so we can keep the ". In this example, we changed the text qualifier to PIPES.
After these updates, we then export the data from CLEAN data back out to CSV, then reimport it into the origional destination table with a new text qualifer.
I have a column in a table that has a type TEXT,when I pull the length of a row it returns 88222 but when I select from that column it dows not show all the text in the result set.
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I'm importing an Access database to SQL Server 2000.
The issue I ran into is pretty frustrating... All Memo fields that get copied over (as Text fields) appear to be fine and visible in SQL Server Enterprise Manager... except when I display them on the web via ASP - everything is blank (no content at all).
I didn't have that problem with Access, so I ruled out the possibility that there's something wrong with the original data.
Is this some sort of an encoding problem that arose during database import?
I would appreciate any pointers.
I am trying to populate a field in a SQL table based on the valuesreturned from using substring on a text field.Example:Field Name = RecNumField Value = 024071023The 7th and 8th character of this number is the year. I am able toget those digits by saying substring(recnum,7,2) and I get '02'. Nowwhat I need to do is determine if this is >= 50 then concatenate a'19' to the front of it or if it is less that '50' concatenate a '20'.This particular example should return '2002'. Then I want to take theresult of this and populate a field called TaxYear.Any help would be greatly apprecaietd.Mark
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i've a reasonable amount of experience with MS Access and less
experience with SQL Server. I've just written an .NET application that
uses an SQL Server database. I need to collate lots of data from around
the company in the simplest way, that can then be loaded into the SQL
Server database.
I decided to collect the info in Excel because that's what most people
know best and is the quickest to use. The idea being i could just copy
and paste the records directly into the SQL Server database table (in
the same format) using the SQL Server Management Studio, for
example.
Trouble is, i have a problem with line feed characters. If an Excel
cell contains a chunk of text with line breaks (Chr(10) or Chr(13))
then the copy'n'paste doesn't work - only the text up to the first line
break is pasted into the SQL Server database cell. The rest is not
pasted for some reason.
I've tried with MS Access too, copying and pasting the contents of a
memo field into SQL Server database, but with exactly the same problem.
I've tried with 'text' or 'varchar' SQL Server database field formats.
Since i've no experience of using different types of databases
interacting together, can someone suggest the simplest way of
transferring the data without getting this problem with the line feeds?
I don't want to spend hours writing scripts/programs when it's just
this linefeed problem that is preventing the whole lot just being
cut'n'pasted in 5 seconds!
cheers
Dominic
Hi,
Can anyone point me any solution how to export a MEMO field from an Access database to a TEXT field from an MS SQL Server 2000. The import export tool from SQL server doesn't import these fields if they are very large - around 9000 characters.
Thanks.
Hi,I been reading various web pages trying to figure out how I can extract some simple information from the XML below, but at present I cannot understand it.
I have a MS SQL 2005 database with which contains a field of type text (external database so field type cannot be changed to XML)The text field in the database is similar to the one below but I have simplified it by remove many of the unneeded tags in the <before> and <after> blocks. I also reformatted it to show the structure (original had no spaces or returns)
For each text field in the SQL table contain the XML I need to know the OldVal and the NewVal.
<ProductMergeAudit> <before> <table name="table1" description="Test Desc"> <product id="OldVal"> </table> </before> <after> <table name="table1" description="Test Desc"> <product id="NewVal"> </table> </after></ProductMergeAudit>
Bob writes "I want to change the value of a field but it is part of a
unique index. Can someone help me do this.
I need to update about 55000 rows.
thank you very much."
Hello,
I have a field on my SRS Report called directioncode.
This field gives me a value of 1 or 0.
How do I fix this code so
if the value of directioncode is 0, the text "Incoming" is displayed
if the value of directioncode is 1, the text "Outgoing" is displayed?
Current value in the expression area of my field....
=Fields!directioncode.Value
Hi,
I am very new to using SQL. Our department usually uses Brio to query the various databases under our control. However, I have recently come against a problem that prompted me to create a custom SQL query which works well as far as it goes. My problem is looking for specific conditions in billing information I receive monthly. I would like to compare on of the date fields contained in the database with a field in the form of YYYYMM (200710, for October 2007) I have created a custom column generator that forms a date from the YYYYMM. I would like, however, do the translation on the fly and make the comparison during the query. The problem is that query without the date check returns a mass of data, only about 1 percent of which is what I want.
The beginning of the SQL query looks like this:
FROM From.T_Crs_Tran_Dtl WHERE T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Crs_Bill_Yr_Mo IN ('200710', '200711', '200712') AND ((T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Crs_Cde IN ('1G', '1V') AND (T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Dptr_Dte < LastDay(ToDate(Substr ( Crs_Bill_Yr_Mo, 5, 2 )& "/1/"&Substr ( Crs_Bill_Yr_Mo, 1, 4 )))) AND (T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Prev_Stats_Cde IN (' ', 'TK', 'TL') AND T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Cur_Stats_Cde IN ('TK', 'TL') AND T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Std_Tran_Typ_Cde='B') OR (T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Prev_Stats_Cde='UN' AND T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Cur_Stats_Cde='XX' AND��
It is the ��(T_Crs_Tran_Dtl.Dptr_Dte < LastDay(ToDate(Substr ( Crs_Bill_Yr_Mo, 5, 2 )& "/1/"&Substr ( Crs_Bill_Yr_Mo, 1, 4 )))) AND�? part of the query that is just plain wrong. The business part of this statement takes the YYYYMM field and turns it into a date which is the last day of YYYYMM.
I hope someone out there can help me with making this comparison.
I appreciate your help.
Bill
Hi all:
I need to change the year to many records that, by mistake, were put with a 2007 date, but they should be still with 2006, can anyone help me ?
I use Sql Server 2000 and the field is of type datetime
Thanks:eek:
This is a followup to my last post. If a field name is changed in the database, what is the easiest way to determine what stored procedures and triggers that reference that field are now broken?
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Iam trying to Get a text field value i wrote this code
DECLARE @ptrval varbinary(16)
DECLARE @length bigint
SELECT @ptrval = TEXTPTR(Template), @length = LEN(Template)
FROM #TEMPLATE
READTEXT Template.#TEMPLATE @ptrval 0 @length
but i need to put the result into a text var
is that possible or not and if it possible any one could help me with that
Hi everyone,
I'm extremely new to SQL so be nice
I am attempting to write a script to add onto the end of a text field the words " -- Disposed " (About 60 rows worth).
The field is a TEXT field, so unlike a varchar field I can't just use Update as shown below.
Code:
Update AR_Primary_asset
Set AR_Primary_asset.description = AR_Primary_asset.description + ' -- Disposed'
Where AR_Primary_Asset.ASSET_REF in ('1','2','4')
I found on the Mircosoft pages about UPDATETEXT, but this only seem to work to update one row (In the case below Asset_ref = 3, was the only row effected) .
Code:
DECLARE @Dispose binary(16)
SELECT @Dispose = TEXTPTR(DESCRIPTION)
FROM AR_PRIMARY_ASSET
WHERE AR_Primary_Asset.ASSET_REF in ('1','2','3')
UPDATETEXT AR_PRIMARY_ASSET.DESCRIPTION @ptrval null null ' -- Disposed'
So i wrapped it into a cursor, this worked on my test SQL server which runs SQL2005.
Code:
DECLARE @Dispose varbinary(16)
DECLARE cursor1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT TEXTPTR(DESCRIPTION)
FROM AR_Primary_Asset
Where AR_Primary_Asset.ASSET_REF in('1','2','3')
OPEN cursor1
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor1
INTO @Dispose
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
UPDATETEXT AR_Primary_Asset.DESCRIPTION @Dispose NULL NULL ' -- Disposed'
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor1
INTO @Dispose
END
CLOSE cursor1
DEALLOCATE cursor1
But when it was run on our SQL2000 server it gave the following error message
Quote: Msg 403, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals add, type equals text.
I've never used vars, cursors, updatetext or even text fields before. So maybe I am going about it totally the wrong way.
Is anyone able to tell me a better way to write this? or how to make it compatible to SQL2000?
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[instructions](
[site_no] [int] NOT NULL,
[instructions] [text] NULL
)
Select top 3 * from instructions
Output
Site_noInstructions
20Request PIN then proceed
21Request PIN if wrong request name
22Request PIN allowed to use only numbers
All text instructions start with “Request PIN” but after that the text are different for every site_no
I need insert in all site_no rows and after the “Request PIN” the text “and codeword” keeping the current rest of text
Desired output
Site_noInstructions
20Request PIN and codeword then proceed
21Request PIN and codeword if wrong request name
22Request PIN and codeword allowed to use only numbers
Hi,
i was checking books online and run into the sp_OAxxxx stored procs that can give us access to a OLE Object.
I am currently developing a VB.Net app that uses a word template to create word documents. So, for example ,i we suppose that the template is :
-----Template start -------
This document was created by <!_author_> on <!_date_>
-----Template end --------
then, the created document would be :
-----Created doc start -------
This document was created by justsarter on 09/13/2007
-----Created doc end --------
All the data are fetched from a database and i have to make muptiple calls to it ,not to mention opening and closing word.application object.
I wonder if that kind of text manipulation in the document can be performed on the server using an SP
Thx
theodore
How can I change a field type whilst it is populated?
I have tried :
insert new_table
select *
from old_table
but I get :
Disallowed implicit conversion from datatype 'text' to datatype 'varchar'
Table: 'davy.dbo.new_table', Column: 'de_area'
Use the CONVERT function to run this query.
My table formats are as follows :
TABLE dbo.new_table (
de_pk int NOT NULL ,
de_name char (25) NOT NULL ,
de_area char(255) NULL
)
TABLE dbo.new_table (
de_pk int NOT NULL ,
de_name char (25) NOT NULL ,
de_area text(16) NULL
)
Hi,
Is it possible to change any fieldname of an existing table?I mean to say
by TSQL statement.We know that we can alter the data type and width etc.
But I haven't got any info about filedname change.So if it is possible
Please help...
And Is there any TSQL command to alter multiple columns in a single statement?
Please help...
Thanks!!
Joydeep
We have a small table of about 13 million rows that needs altered. A column in the table needs to be changed from a varchar(20) to a varchar(500). When we ran the alter table script, 3 hrs later and it wasn't done running. Any suggestions on what we can do to speed up the process?
Thanks ahead of time
DMW
Edit:
We are running SQL Server 2000 and the db at the time was running in simple mood
SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager won’t let me drop a unique key index and move it to another field. I get an error regarding ‘drop index not allowed because of unique key constraint enforcement.
Is there anyway to change fields for unique keys in SQL Enterprise Manager?
Thanks, Al
Here's the deal:
I import a flat file from a legacy system, and then convert it into a single table. That works simply enough.
Then I have a SP that querys that table using a parameter for an accountID. My business tier calls that SP and returns the results to the calling tier (my web application). Easy enough...
Now for the question. The people who created the flat file (written in COBOL) decided to use "codes" to represent data. So, for instance, if I'm looking for the account plan, I can expect to see characters like ], or [, or +, etc... These characters have a special meaning, like:
] = Plan A
[ = Plan B
+ = Plan C, and so on.
Currently, the web application displays those characters, but I want it to display the actual plan name. Is there a way that when I execute the SP, the SP could pull the necessary records, and whenever it encounters a certain "plan" character, it could convert it into a "readable" name? Say that it sees that the plan_type field has a value of "]" for twenty records, so it converts those twenty records' plan_type value from "]" into "Plan A"? I'm not sure if I can do that, but I want to at least evaluate the option if I can.
I've evaluated other options, like using a CASE statement in my code, but I shot that down quickly...for obvious reasons. I don't wanna be changing my web application or business tier each time these guys update a plan name, or add a new one, delete an existing one, etc...
I've also thought about creating a dictionary table than contains the plan's code and its name, and then just INNER JOIN the first table with the dict table. This would keep my SP very simple (it's very straight-forward right now, and I like that). That way, if a plan name is ever changed, or a new one is added, I simply update the dict table using a simple query. However, if my SP is doing the conversion, I could just as easily update the SP.
Either of these methods would work for me, and I *do* know how to do the latter (dict table). However, there are quite a few other fields that I may have to do this for. I believe when I left for the day on Friday, my last count was 14 fields total that needed translation. That would mean 14 different dict tables! That could certainly affect my SP performance with all those INNER JOINS!
Therefore, I'm certainly interested in figuring out if it's possible to do the former method (SP), and then I shall decide which method is best for my situation.
Feel free to include your thoughts on which process you think is better as well. I'm really riding the fence with this one. However, if I can't find out how to change field values in my SP, then obviously I'll make a decision very quickly...
Thanks in advance.
Hi
My DB is on the web so but I want change Field Lenght of one of my Fileds on my DB
its 70 rights now I want change it to 120 its a nvarchar
how can I do it , I am using a ASP page
Thanks
Why is it that when you change a field name is SQL Server it sometimes completely messes things up. I renamed a field in one of my tables from Emp# to EmpNumber. I had a view based on this table and naturally I knew I would have to change a view I had based on the table. I opened the view and changed the field from Emp# to EmpNumber but when I tried to open the view I got an error �Invalid column Name EMP#�. I have not been able to fix this. I have dropped and recreated the view, refreshed all the objects using enterprise manager, refreshed all the objects using Query Analyzer, shut down and restarted my computer, taken my database offline and put it back on line. The field name EMP# is not in any tables in my database and not referenced any views or procs . I am just starting on this database so I could verify this very easily because I only have a few views and procs.
Has anyone had this problem or more importantly does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it?
Hi
I have two databases that are merged using replication, and I want to change the length of one of the fields. Can anyone think of a way of doing it that doesn't require dropping the whole publication and rebuilding it? Thanks Ed
i currently have a table like this..
user_id username app_id app2_id app3_id app4_id
1 john 3 4 5 6
2 mike 4 5 6 6
3 manager 4 5 6 6
4 vicepres 5 6 6 6
5 ceo 6 6 6 6
6 board 6 6 6 6
the basic pattern is... a user has approvers, and those approvers have approvers as well... i have 4 columns of approvers.. and if my first approver is the manager, then my second approver will be the managers approver and my third approver will be the managers approver's approver and so on..
on my actual page, i have select fields for the app, app2, app3, app4 and i need it so that when i change the very first app, it'll automatically update app2, app3, and app4
any ideas how i would do this? im pretty new to sql but im thinking i would use some type of join?
thanks
Hi Everyone,I have a question about dynamically changing the length of a varchar(n)field, in case the value I'm trying to insert is too big and will givea "truncated" error, but before the error is given! i.e. Is there somekind of a way to "test" the length of the field while Inserting thevalue into it, and to have it automatically increase its length to thelength of the value being inserted, in case the value is too big?I've been able to do this in a "primitive" way, simply by identifyingthe specific error number in case the value is being truncated, andthen increasing the length of the varchar(n) field by using the ALTERcommand, and then duplicating the insert statement, but is there astandard (shorter) way of doing this?Here is my code (I'm working in an ASP environment):<%var_txt = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12345678789"sql = "Insert Into Table1 (text) Values ('" & var_txt & "')"On Error Resume Nextconn.Execute sqlIf err = -2147217833 ThenResponse.Write "Error Recognized Successfully!<br /><br />"sql = "ALTER TABLE Table1 ALTER COLUMN text VARCHAR(" &Len(var_txt) &") NOT NULL"On Error Resume Nextconn.Execute sqlIf err<>0 ThenResponse.Write "Error while trying to alter Column:<br/>" & err & "= " & err.description & "<br />"ElseResponse.Write "Column altered successfully to: " &Len(var_txt) &"<br />"sql = "Insert Into Table1 (text) Values ('" & var_txt &"')"On Error Resume Nextconn.Execute sqlIf err<>0 ThenResponse.Write "<br />Error number 2:<br />" &err.description &"<br />"ElseResponse.Write "Now it was added successfully!HaHa!<br />"End IfEnd IfElseResponse.Write "Success."End If%>Thanks in advance!
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