Hi I am storing a customer code in my db that will always be 9 digits long. Sometimes the first digit is zero which gets knocked off when added in.
e.g code 050101111 is stored as 50101111
Can anyone suggest a way of formatting it so it will always be 9 digits long. A similar thing can be done in Excel, anyone have any ideas?
much appreciated
Tom
Hi again,
When developing web sites with Asp, DreamWeaver and Access, I've always used Unique IDs for setting things like userID or productID. However, with VWD Express and a .mdf db, this doesn't seem like an easy thing to do, at least not when inserting test data during development. The reason is that the uniqueIDs are 32 or so digits, and I have no idea what to write, and it's tiresome anyway.
I used a book from Wrox (Begninning Asp.Net 2.0) to learn VWD and Asp.Net, and in their examples they actually use ints for setting their productIDs and the like. I'm really surprised to see that in a text book, but that's the way they've done it.
So what's the best practice? What should I do? Please help me out here as I'm really confused!
Thanks in advance,
Pettrer
Hi everyone,
Thanks in advance for reading my mail. I have a query that returns a column consisting of numbers. However the numbers are all in String format so when I get the max value it returns the one with the largest first digit.
e.g. if it returned the values '5','7','9','20' and ordered them it would return 9 as the max value. Is there anyway to parse these to ints and then get the max.
Hi everyone,
Thanks in advance for reading my mail. I have a query that returns a column consisting of numbers. However the numbers are all in String format so when I get the max value it returns the one with the largest first digit.
e.g. if it returned the values '5','7','9','20' and ordered them it would return 9 as the max value. Is there anyway to parse these to ints and then get the max.
Sorry for posting twice,
didn't get the chance to say thanks,
Mark.
I have an instead of trigger for update on particular table which adds3 or so columns and puts the total in a 4th No matter what the input is(as long as there is one NULL) the total is always NULL. More thanlikely is that only one of the fields has a value in it and the restnull but i don't want to do the MAX in case that is not true.a quick visual aid from input and desired outputInput DatacolA colB ColC tot5 NULL NULL NULLCurrent OutputcolA colB ColC tot5 NULL NULL NULLDesired OutputcolA colB ColC tot5 NULL NULL 5How do i Manipulate the TSQL command to work correctly?Update tbl_lossChecksSETclc_totalFees = Inserted.mny_LegalFees + Inserted.mny_AdjusterFees +Inserted.mny_Expense ,
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CAST
Code:
CAST(Avg(CAST(units AS DECIMAL(10,2))) AS DECIMAL(10,2))
from myTable
CONVERT
Code:
CONVERT(numeric(10,2),avg(CONVERT(numeric(10,2),units)))
from myTable
I have a table that looks like this...
City State Server Type
Chicago IL Svr1 Data
Chicago IL Svr2 Data
Chicago IL Svr3 Backup
Chicago IL Svr4 Backup
Atlanta GA Svr1 Data
Atlanta GA Svr2 Data
I already have a function to convert the server rows into a comma delimited string...
ALTER function dbo.fnGetServers (@City varchar(25), @State varchar(25), @Type varchar(25), @Tree varchar(25))
returns varchar(1000)
as
begin
declare @NewSvrCol varchar(1000)
select @NewSvrCol = ''
select @NewSvrCol = @NewSvrCol + Server + ', ' from serverops.dbo.v_userviews where city = @City and State = @State and Type = @Type and Tree = @Tree
select @NewSvrCol = left(@NewSvrCol, len(@NewSvrCol)-1)
return(@NewSvrCol)
end
Any suggestions on how to display the table in the following format?
City State DataSvrs BackupSvrs
Chicago IL Svr1,Svr2 Svr3,Svr4
Atlanta GA Svr1,Svr2 NULL
I have a table as below,
Code:
ClientId Balance '10/1/2012' '10/2/2012' '10/3/2012' '10/4/2012' '10/5/2012'
1 1000 1000 null null null null
2 2000 null 2000 null null null
3 3000 null null 3000 null null
4 4000 null null null 4000 null
5 4000 null null null 4000 null
How can I change above table into below format?
Code:
ClientId Balance '10/1/2012' '10/2/2012' '10/3/2012' '10/4/2012' '10/5/2012
1 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
2 2000 null 2000 2000 2000 2000
3 3000 null null 3000 3000 3000
4 4000 null null null 4000 4000
5 4000 null null null 4000 4000
Rather than the real code, here's a sample we came up with.
Here's the C# Code:
public class sptest : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label1;
private DataSet dtsData;
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Put user code to initialize the page here
string strSP = "sp_testOutput";
SqlParameter[] Params = new SqlParameter[2];
Params[0] = new SqlParameter("@Input", "Pudding");
Params[1] = new SqlParameter("@Error_Text", "");
Params[1].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
try
{
this.dtsData = SqlHelper.ExecuteDataset(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SIM_DSN"], CommandType.StoredProcedure, strSP, Params);
Label1.Text = Params[0].Value.ToString() + "--Returned Val is" + Params[1].Value.ToString();
}
//catch (System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException ex)
catch (Exception ex)
{
Label1.Text = ex.ToString();
}
}
Here is the stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE [user1122500].[sp_testOutput](@Input nvarchar(76),@Error_Text nvarchar(10) OUTPUT)AS
SET @Error_Text = 'Test'GO
When I run this, it prints up the input variable, but not the output variable.
What is the best way to parse large amounts of formatted text data
into a table so that it can be retrieved with as much formatting
retained as possible - particularly paragraphs? Will each
paragraph need to be inserted into its own row to be retrieved as a
paragraph?
I have date and float in attribute in a dimension table. If deploy my cube and I try to create a report with RS, I can't format this data. The value seems to be a String so I have to do a CDate or a CDbl before formating it.
I have no problem when I try to format my measures.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Here's a scenario that i'm trying to figure out.
In the table details, i return order number, item, manufacturer, and total cost of the order.
This is what it originally looked like:
Order Number Item Manufacturer Total Order Cost
1 portable DVD Company A $100
1 portable DVD Company B $100
1 portable DVD Company C $100
2 portable DVD Company B $100
2 portable DVD Company D $100
2 portable DVD Company F $100
Grand Total $600
I can get the table to look like this after hiding duplicates:
Order Number Item Manufacturer Total Order Cost
1 portable DVD Company A $100
1 portable DVD Company B $100
1 portable DVD Company C $100
2 portable DVD Company B $100
2 portable DVD Company D $100
2 portable DVD Company F $100
Grand Total $600
The problem is the grand total. It should be $200 but it takes in the all total costs in the row because I have:
=FormatCurrency(Sum(Fields!TotalCost.Value)) in the footer and it'll sum up all.
I'm stumped here. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read.
I am trying to get my SQL create table to work for my phone number formatting and it is not. When I create the below code, the default is set to 3 numbers only.
CREATE SET TABLE dl_qpt_cqe.contacts, NO FALLBACK ,NO BEFORE JOURNAL,NO AFTER JOURNAL
(contact_id integer not null ,contact varchar(50) , jobtitle varchar(50), dept varchar(50), phone integer format '999-999-9999', phone_ext varchar(10), email varchar(50), constraint pk primary key (contact_id));
Is there some other way I need to format the phone portion so the default is 999-999-9999?
Hi,
I'm working with MRS and I've got a table with a lot of entries. For each value in the table I'm trying to get the text colour to be set to 'red' when the value of the cell is less than 0. Otherwise remain black.
I can do this by setting the colour property cell by cell. But I have a lot of cells in the table. Is there a way to set the statement to apply to ALL cells in the table?
Basically I'm asking if there is a way to set the property in bulk instead of going through tediously cell by cell.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Hello all,I have a strange problem that i need some advice on. I have the following field called FILENO. It is a SQL 2000 field with the Data Type set to Char (7). The following sql statement works perfectly:SELECT TOP 1 RTRIM(FILENO) AS TEST, RIGHT(DATEPART(Yy, FILENOYEAR), 2) AS YEAR FROM tblRecordsWHERE RIGHT(DATEPART(Yy, FILENOYEAR), 2) = '05'ORDER BY FILENO DESCIt returns the correct data, 0050. Now, what i'm trying to do is add 1 to the value so i can get the next available number which is 0051. But, when i run the following sql statement, i get 51 instead of 0051.SELECT TOP 1 RTRIM(FILENO+1) AS TEST, RIGHT(DATEPART(Yy, FILENOYEAR), 2) AS YEAR FROM tblRecordsWHERE RIGHT(DATEPART(Yy, FILENOYEAR), 2) = '05'ORDER BY FILENO DESCDoes anyone have an idea how to solve this? Thanks.Richard M.
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He insists I use a format similar to this:
create procedure getUser @UserId int = NULL
as
select
UserName
, UserPassword
, UserRole
from
Users
join
UserRole
on
User.ID = UserRole.ID
where
User.ID = @UserID
and
User.Active = 1
where as I prefer this format:
create procedure getUser
(
@UserId int = NULL
)
as
select UserName,
UserPassword,
UserRole
from Users
join UserRole on User.ID = UserRole.ID
where User.ID = @UserID
and User.Active = 1
Now normally I don't argue about style issues but I find his format confusing and it bothers me that it senselesly wastes lines make the stored procedure longer than necessary.
I'd love to get some comments on this issue or reference to any discussions on issues such as this.
Thanks
Hello -
Does anyone know why SQL Server Reporting Services formatts SQL weird? -- If I type a SQL statement in notepad or notepad++ and then paste it in Reporting Services it will change the whole structure and "expand" it out to three or four times its size.
Thanks
Adam
Hello All,
Is it possible to format an integer to a float value with 2 decimals in an sql query.
If yes, Please help?
I need to show my SUM of the 2 columns added in the query below formatted as currency. Is this possible?
SELECT SUM(QVSTDN + QVNONC) AS Total FROM INVOICE_TBL WHERE QVORDN = @QVORDN AND QVINV = @QVINV
I tried:
SELECT CONVERT(varchar(12), SUM(QVSTDN + QVNONC) , 1) AS Total FROM INVOICE_TBL WHERE QVORDN = @QVORDN AND QVINV = @QVINV
But this does not format it as currency. Any input would be helpful.
I imported data from a text file, where dates are currently in the format: 050729 to represent July 29, 2005.
How could I write a sql statment to put make this show up as 07/29/05?
Thanks
I am trying to output data from SQL Server to an email body message with a little formatting (just to make it legible)
Using this SQL statement:
select top 1 'Name', app_first_name+' '+app_last_name [name] ,'Submission Date', submission_date ,'Address', app_address+', '+app_city+', '+app_state+' '+app_zip from vw_bpa_export where app_email = dave@email.com order by submission_date desc
the resulting output displays this in the email body
"Name","Brian Vogler","Submission Date","2008-01-30 07:45:00","Address","6285 Harrow Trace, Norcross, GA 30092 "
but what I want is the text to look more like this:
Name Brian VoglerSubmission Date 2008-01-30 07:45:00Address 6285 Harrow Trace, Norcross, GA 30092
Is there a way to do this in the SQL statement (without HTML tags)?
In a SQLDataSource, the following line throws an error as an undefined function. FilterExpression='left$(lname,1) = "D"'
Isn't this a standard VB function and why does it produce an error. How do I fix?
Thanks
Hi,
In MS Access I can do the following:
Format([SW_Dttm],"Short Date")
What is the equivalent in SQL Server?
Thanks,
Bill
I have values in my database that I'd like to display as $xxx,xxx.xx. Some of these values use the money datatype and others use float.
I'm building a string in a stored procedure that is eventually passed to Visual Basic. I want to format these values in the above format in the string that is passed. I've searched all through MSN and I couldn't find anything related to VB's FORMAT function in SQL Server.
Does Transact-SQL have any functions that could format these values for me?
Does anyone familiar with a tool or a quick way to put apostrophes and commas around some values, so they could be used in a query ? Example, if I have a bunch of zip codes such as:
10001
10003
10009
54321
89043
etc
Let's say I have a couple of hundreds of them. I need to be able to see them as -
'10001','10003','10009','54321','89043' etc
Appreciate very much your time.
Ivan
I am trying to run a query for the company that I work for and I am getting the right data but more than needed. the query is like this
select distinct(companyname),max(calldate) from tablename
what I want to see is the latest call made to a customer for each company
but what I get back is the company listed several times with the dates of each call. I only want the latest. Any help?
Hello Everyone,
I have been requested to take a number of columns and concatenate them into one column with a specifc format/layout. For example I need to take this, (noting all columns are of different datatypes:
col_1 col_2 col_3 col_4 col_5 col_6 col_7
PK #1 John Doe 123 Elm Street Anywhere NM 55660
#2
#3
etc..
...and create this on a different table (noting col_2 is of datatype "text":
col_1 col_2
PK #1 John Doe
123 Elm Street
Anywhere NM 55660
#2
#3
etc..
Can this type of formatting be done?
I know how to concatenate data and use the convert function, but how do you add in CR-LF to get the proper formatting??
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Troy
Requirement:
On Insert, Trigger xp_sendmail to complete pre-formatted email with specific content and send to given email address.
Question:
What tools/methods are available to develop a template that SQL Mail's (SQL Server) xp_sendmail function can utilise without resorting to attachments.
e.g. - how do Amazon.com format and send their automated shipping confirmaion emails ??
I'm currently getting a date in this format 2001-10-08 10:35:45
(yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) how would I convert the date to this format
2001-10-08/10:35:45 (yyyy-mm-dd/hh:mm:ss)? The only thing added was the / between the date and time.
Thanks in advance,
Ed
Hi,
I need to know how i can format the date so that the query results will come out as the format mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss?
Thanks alot.
I am new to php/MySQL and am working on an online manual. The data is divided into Title and Content. The title is easy as it is one line but the content is meant to be in a number of paragraphs.
The Content field is currently set as "blob" and the text comes out as just one paragraph. Wha can I do to get paragraphs etc into the text?
Thanks.
Hi, I am running a script which inserts certain rows into a table and at the end of the execution, I do a select statement to show the inserted data as output in the results pane and it is showing as truncated...How can I show the full results..
Here is my script to show the results.
----------
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @errorCount INT
SELECT @errorCount = COUNT(*) FROM error_report WHERE id != - 2 ANDid != - 5
IF @errorCount = 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO error_report VALUES( '' , - 1 , 'No error found.' )
END
INSERT INTO error_report VALUES( '' , - 2 , 'The Report was generated on ' + CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(23), GETDATE(), 1) AS VARCHAR) )
GO
SELECT table_name + ' table has bad data at id = ' + CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(23), id) AS VARCHAR) + ' (' + CAST(reason AS VARCHAR) + ')'FROM error_report WHERE id > 0
SELECT table_name + ' table has bad data (' + CAST(reason AS VARCHAR) + ')' FROM error_report WHERE id = 0
SELECT reason FROM error_report WHERE id = - 1
SELECT ''
SELECT reason FROM error_report WHERE id = - 2
SET NOCOUNT OFF
GO
-------------------------
The Results in the bottom pane looks like this below
------------------
NODETABLE table has bad data (There are 2 duplicate subclass)
Propertytable table has bad data (at Parentid = 2000000859 and p)
Propertytable table has bad data (at Parentid = 10122 and proper)
-------------------
But, when I do a select, they are like this below
----
NODETABLE0There are 2 duplicate subclass name: Specification
Propertytable0at Parentid = 2000000859 and propertyid = 721
Propertytable0at Parentid = 10122 and propertyid = 9
I am using a MS Access ADP connected to SQL Server Data
In a view I have the following formula:
dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost + dbo.tblQuoteItem.Markup * dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost * .01
this calculates cost + markup
I cannot get it to format in Currency
Ex:
Cost is $1.75
Markup is 2.00 (2%)
Total shows - 1.785000
I want $1.78
Also - I am using this formula to calculate the Quoted price for the Qty Entered
dbo.tblQuoteItem.Qty * dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost + dbo.tblQuoteItem.Markup * dbo.tblQuoteItem.Cost * .01
Using a Qty of 2 for above, I get 3.535000
I want $3.53
Any help is appreciated - AB