Escaping Single Quote In Stored Proc With Parameter..
Feb 26, 2008
We have a .NET drop down, which gets populated as the user types in letters(last name). If the user types in the single quote we get the error about not escaping the single quote. Question is, which way would it be easier to fix, in the .NET code or in the SQL procedure? I am not to sure if we have full access to the source code since that is a 3rd party control, so if that is not feasible how would I fix that in the stored procedure? This is the current proc that we are using:
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select @str = 'SELECT DISTINCT TOP ' + @Top + ' e.DisplayName
as DbComboText,
e.EmployeeID as DbComboValue
FROM DepartmentDirectory.dbo.Employees ee
INNER JOIN DataMart.dbo.Employees e ON ee.UIN = e.UIN
WHERE e.LastName like ''' + @LastName + ''' AND e.FirstName like ''' + @FirstName + '''
ORDER BY e.DisplayName'
I have a requirement where i have to create diffferent stored procedures in different databases based on some criteria. The stored procedure creation scriptswill be in a single T SQL variable.Here is something i trying to achieve.( this is just a sample)USE MASTER GO declare @SQLString Nvarchar(1000) declare @STR Nvarchar(1000) declare @DBName nvarchar(100) SET @DBName ='DB1'SET @STR=' create proc sptemp @id int as select * from orders where id=@id go ' set @SQLString='USE ' + @DBName + char(10) +'GO' set @SQLString =@SQLString + @str EXEC (@SQLString) When i try to run this script in master it is giving me the following errors: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 2 Line 2: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'. Msg 111, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 'CREATE PROCEDURE' must be the first statement in a query batch. Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 6 Can anyone help me out in this?
How do I return a value in a stored procedure? I want to return a value for TheQuarterId below but under all test conditions am only getting back a negative one. Please help! create PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetQuarterIdBasedOnDescription] ( @QuarterString nvarchar(10), @TheQuarterId int output ) AS
BEGIN SELECT @TheQuarterId = QuarterId from Quarter WHERE Description=@QuarterString END
I have used several sql queris to generate a report. This queries pull out data from different tables. But sometimes at the same table too. Basically those are SELECT statements. I have created stored proc for each SELECT statement. now I'm wondering can I include all SELECT statements in one stored proc and run the report. If possible, can anyone show me the format?
I ran a large query and exported it to xls. In Excel, I noticed a value of '2.00E+01'. I formatted the Excel cell and then got a value of '20'. I searched for the record in SQL Server 2008, ya I know, ancient. The value is '2E1' which excel is seeing as scientific notation.
Can I use a case statement that when an 'E' is present to add a single prefix quote like '2E1? Or perhaps do it for the whole column? Or put put double quotes around the whole field?
How do I insert a single quote ' into a table? For example:Insert mytable values (1,''')I get an error message.Any ideas? The server does not recognize double quote (why? is thistsql, ansi?), otherwise I could have written it as:Insert mytable values (1,"'")Thanks.
I'm having problems with a stored procedure, that i'm hoping someone can help me with.
I have a table with 2 columns - Username (varchar), LastAllocation (datetime)
The Username column will always have values, LastAllocation may have NULL values. Example
Username | LastAllocation ------------------------ Greg | 02 October 2005 15:30 John | 02 October 2005 18:00 Mike | <NULL>
My stored procedure needs to pull back a user name with the following criteria:
If any <NULL> dates send username of first person where date is null, sorted alphabetically, otherwise send username of person with earliest date from LastAllocation
Then update the LastAllocation column with GETDate() for that username.
This SP will be called repeatedly, so all users will eventually have a date, then will be cycled through from earliest date. I wrote an SP to do this, but it seems to be killing my server - the sp works, but I then can't view the values in the table in Enterprise Manager. SP is below - can anyone see what could be causing the problem, or have a better soln? Thanks Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CREATE PROCEDURE STP_GetNextSalesPerson AS DECLARE @NextSalesPerson varchar(100)
BEGIN TRAN
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM REF_SalesTeam WHERE LeadLastAllocated IS NULL) > 0 BEGIN SELECT TOP 1 @NextSalesPerson = eUserName FROM REF_SalesTeam WHERE LeadLastAllocated IS NULL ORDER BY eUserName ASC END ELSE BEGIN SELECT TOP 1 @NextSalesPerson = eUserName FROM REF_SalesTeam ORDER BY LeadLastAllocated ASC END
SELECT @NextSalesPerson UPDATE REF_SalesTeam SET LeadLastAllocated = GETDATE() WHERE eUserName = @NextSalesPerson
I have 2 stored proc.Stored proc1(sp1) will call stored proc2(sp2).sp2 will return one output parameter of VARCHAR(5000) to sp1.Sp1 will gets the o/p parameter and stores it to a table.
My problem is while returning sp2 output parameter will truncate the size of the o/p I'm getting a part of it's actaul output.I am using SQL server 2000.How we can solve this truncation?
I am using SQL Server 2005, I have a NVarChar parameter called @Text that I use to build a dynamic Where clause for my SELECT Statement. SET @l_Where = @l_Where + N' AND (StatusDesc LIKE ''' + Replace(@Text, "'", "''") + N'%'')' This gives me an invalid column error. How do I replace the single quotes in @Text with 2 Single Quotes? TIA,Jason
I have 2 SQL 6.5 databases on separate servers. Server A replicates a text field into a table on server B.
On server A the field contains text similar to THIS IS FRED'S HOUSE. After replication to Server B it looks like THIS IS FRED''S HOUSE. The distribution database also has it as THIS IS FRED''S HOUSE. Using ODBC trace I cannot see the value being passed in the text field as it is displayed as a question mark e.g. ?.
only difference is the machine name has a single quote (apostrophy) in the name... xyz's
Now - a portion of the application is failing - the starting of the application runs ok, and the system is indeed seeing the database (it allowed the user to log in) so the connection string seems to be ok - just in that one part...
does anyone know if the machine name with an embedded apostrophy will cause the ADO connection string to puke???
i am trying to add a single quote to a string. This is a must because i am making a full select statement in which i need the single quote to compare values. Obviously this breaks my string invalidating my query.
ej:
SELECT avg(tabla.ip_trend_value) as valor, FLOOR(Cast(tabla.ip_trend_time AS FLOAT)) as tiempo FROM TESTLAB5.dbo.CE02_L21_916AI31_43 tabla, TESTLAB5.dbo.CE02_L21_916XI31_4 t2 WHERE t2.ip_trend_value = 'Alimentacion Digestores' and t2.ip_trend_time = tabla.ip_trend_time group by FLOOR(Cast(tabla.ip_trend_time AS FLOAT))
and this will become something like this.
SELECT @TableName = 'TESTLAB5.dbo.'+@TableName SELECT @SQL = 'SELECT avg(tabla.ip_trend_value), FLOOR(Cast(tabla.ip_trend_time AS FLOAT)) FROM ' SELECT @SQL = @SQL + @TableName SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ' tabla, TESTLAB5.dbo.CE02_L21_916XI31_4 t2' SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ' WHERE t2.ip_trend_value = '@NombreVar'and t2.ip_trend_time = tabla.ip_trend_time' SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ' group by FLOOR(Cast(ip_trend_time AS FLOAT))'
the @NombreVar is the equivalence of 'Alimentacion Digestores'.
is there something i can add or change to make it work ?
I have a problem with one of my apps. The apps was written long long time ago in C++ and uses SQL server 7
The problem is that when the users key in some data with single quote in it the query failed, obviously. Is there any way that SQL Server automaticaly manages this kind of Insert/Update statements ?
I'm inserting a row of people's names and addresses to a table. This seems to work great, unless the person has ' in their name, for example O' Riordan. When the address has single quote (such as Wilder's Path), I'd get the same error, unclosed quote when inserting the row.
What would be the best way to work around this, other than read the line and replace it with a space.
Recently someone told me that I could use a Parameter in a Stored Proc as a text placeholder in the SQL Statement. I needed to update a table by looping thru a set of source tables. I thought NOW IS MY TIME to try using a parameter as a table name. Check the following Stored Proc
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_Update] @DistributorID int, @TableName varchar(50) AS UPDATE C SET C.UnitCost = T.[Price] FROM (tbl_Catalog C INNER JOIN @TableName T ON C.Code = T.Code) GO
NEEDLESS TO SAY this didn't work. In reviewing my references this seems to be a no no.
Is it possible to use a parameter as a table name? OR is there another way to do this?
trying to create SP with parameter and i want to use current date getdate() as parameter.. doesn't seem to work. do i have to use getdate in where clause?
here my SP
CREATE PROC report (@date datetime) SET @date = (getdate())-1 as SELECT..here goes my select statement where (@date = mydatecolumindatebase)
but im getting error on line 3 and 4 ........ Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure getdatetest, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'SET'. Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure getdatetest, Line 4 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'as'.
I'm trying to execute a SP on a SQL Server 2000, using Delphi 2007 (win32) and DBExpress components.
Work on my computer. Don't work on computers without the delphi instaled. its not a problem with DLLs. All the Necessary DLL are there (and I think that if one was missing, the windows will call for it hauauh)
Midas.dll is inside the apllication and he driver for the SQL Server is there too.
I don't know if this is the corect place to put my problem... But don't can think of other place...
The SP has this:
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IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = object_id(N'[dbo].[ms_TESTE]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsProcedure') = 1 ) DROP PROCEDURE [dbo].[ms_TESTE] GO
im getting an error when i run the stored proc with a string parameter in execute sql task object.
this is the only code i have:
exec sp_udt_keymaint 'table1'
I also set the 'Isstoredprocedure' in the properties as 'True' though, when you edit the execute sql task object, i can see that this parameter is disabled.
HI,I anm geting error when i want to store some text which contens single quote like this Hi I am 'santosh'.as i am using text editor which genetates XML data (not pure) so i have used varchar(max) to store the data but it gives error. Is thier any way to store text with single quote........ urgent plz.
Hi, I am beginer to ASP.NET. I want to insert ' ( single quote ) which is entered by the user in a textbox of the ASP.NET web page. As you all know in the insert command the column is ending at that single quote.
How do I get a single quote (') in a NVARCHAR string in MS SQL Server?e.g. SELECT @strsql = "SELECT * FROM tblTest WHERE Field1 Like 'blah''Obviously this is invalid as the single quote before "blah" would end thevarchar string.How do I get round this?
I'm cleaning up a column in my table and getting rid of special characters.The only think I can't get rid of with the REPLACE function is single quotes.I'm doing aUPDATE TableSET Column = REPLACE(Column,'''','') --that's four single quotes then two single quotesBut the single quotes in my column wouldn't go away.I know that
I have difficulty reading back the value of an output parameter that I use in a stored procedure. I searched through other posts and found that this is quite a common problem but couldn't find an answer to it. Maybe now there is a knowledgeable person who could help out many people with a good answer.The problem is that cmd.Parameters["@UserExists"].Value evaluates to null. If I call the stored procedure externally from the Server Management Studio Express everything works fine.Here is my code:using (SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(this.ConnectionString)) { SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("mys_ExistsPersonWithUserName", cn); cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; cmd.Parameters.Add("@UserName", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = userName; cmd.Parameters.Add("@UserExists", SqlDbType.Int); cmd.Parameters["@UserExists"].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; cn.Open(); int x = (int)cmd.Parameters["@UserExists"].Value; cn.Close(); return (x>1); } And the corresponding stored procedure: ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.mys_Spieler_ExistsPersonWithUserName ( @UserName varchar(16), @UserExists int OUTPUT ) AS SET NOCOUNT ON SELECT @UserExists = count(*) FROM mys_Profiles WHERE UserName = @UserName
Hi Guys I am wondering if you could spare some time and help me out with this puzzle. I am new to this stuff so please take it easy on me.
I’m trying to create procedure which will take 2 input parameters and give me 1 back. Originally there will be more outputs but for this training exercise 1 should do. There are 2 tables as per diagram below and what I’m trying to do is Verify username & password and pull out user group_name.
For my proc. I am using some ideas from this and some other sites, but obviously i've done something wrong.
'==================================================== ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.try01 ( @UserName varchar(50), @Password varchar(50), @Group varchar Output ) AS SET NOCOUNT ON; SELECT TBL_USERS.USERNAME, TBL_USERS.PASSWORD,@Group = TBL_USER_GROUPS.GROUP_NAME, TBL_USERS.USER_ID, TBL_USER_GROUPS.GROUP_ID FROM TBL_USERS INNER JOIN TBL_USER_GROUPS ON TBL_USERS.GROUP_ID = TBL_USER_GROUPS.GROUP_ID WHERE (TBL_USERS.USERNAME = @UserName) AND (TBL_USERS.PASSWORD = @Password) '====================================================
and this is what i'm getting in VS.Net while trying to save.
'==================================================== ADO error: A select statement that assigns a value to variable must not be combined with data-retrieval operation. '====================================================
I did not see any samples on the net using ‘varchar’ as OUTPUT usually they where all ‘int’s. Could that be the problem?
I was comparing the parameters for two stored procs that I made using the SQL Server 2005 express management studio. Both of these sprocs only inserted one field into a single table. These were both of the type varchar.
One of the sprocs had "nocount on" and the other did not. I thought I would see the returns integer parameter in the sproc that did not have "nocount" set to on. I thought this is what returns an integer to validate an insert. Obviously, I am confused about how this works.
Can anyone help me to understand that difference between nocount on and the parameter that returns an integer.
