Grouping By Partial String
Jun 12, 2007
Hello All,
I am looking for an expression for a group in a matric. I am trying to figure out how to group by the a certain amount of letters in a string. For example if I have the followong fields I am grouping...
Bob001
Bob
Robert005
Doug053
Doug100
Douglas
Barney001
Frank
I want to group it up as...
Bob
Doug
Barney
Frank
And then be able to summarize the results in the matrix.
Thanks in advance for any help
-Clint
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Dec 13, 2007
Could someone please help me? I am trying to pull in a partial string (the last six characters of the field, to be exact).
This is an example of my code:
select *
into #temp_2
from #temp_1 a, Server2.DBa.dbo.table2 r
where r.field1r = a.field1a and
r.field3r = a.field3a (field3a is where I need just the last 6 characters)
To be more specific:
r.field3r looks like 000884
a.field3a looks like 17445000884
So- I just want to pull in the 000884 off of a.field3a
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Apr 23, 2007
Is it possible using Sql2000 to compare the first four characters of a parameter?
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Mar 21, 2000
Sorry, I realize that this is probably a pretty simple question for you, but I am in a quick time bind and would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this update that I'm trying to run.
Let's say you have a table (call it testtable) that contains the column "text".
Now in column text you want to replace all instantiations of the phrase "in the US" with "to the United States", how would you structure your update query to perform this change (Please note that this phrase could be embedded in the middle of a larger sentence like 'Send a package in the US'. You'd want to change this instance to 'Send a package to the United States')
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate it guys.
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Oct 11, 2005
how do i update a table which has like two strings in 1 column like
blog, joe ?
i want to strip the joe into a new field and the blog into another field
update Agency
set firstname= substring(firstname,charindex(' ',firstname)+1 ,len(firstname))
i managed to strip the first name which is the string at the back but not the last name which is the string at the front
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Apr 21, 2004
Hi! I need to replace a string in a SQL table with a new path.
Essentially, I want to find and replace the share path while retaining the rest of the path past that point.
I tried using Update (on a test table of course) but it sompley find and replaces with no regards to the rest of the path.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
JJ
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Oct 7, 2014
Daily, I have to map thoursands of items into its correct category. What I have to do is Filter item by the ClSID and SCLISD, then look into the Label for where the item should be. For example from the attachment,
CLSID = 1 and SCLSID = 23 - if in the label has the keyword "notebook", its NEW_CAT should be 14 and its NEW_CATNAME is LAPTOPS;
CLSID = 1 and SCLSID = 23 - if in the Label contains Tablet PC, its NEW_CAT name should be 2474 and its NEW_CATNAME is PC LAPTOPS.
CLSID = 3 and SCLSID = 54 - if in the Label contains Watch, its NEW_CAT name should be A6052 and its New_CATNAME is SMART WATCH.
Basically, the work flow is looking into the CLSID, then SCLSID,then, Label and then assign a correct NEW_CAT and NEW_CATNAME of the item.
I have written a code but I can't get it look into specific CLSID and SCLSID.
For example, i have when upper(Label) like upper ('%Tablet%PC%') then '2474 PC Laptops'
I couldn't attach either the file or image.
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May 8, 2015
I have to write one query to exclude data from partial string in the predicate.
Select * from table where col NOT in ('%abc%,%xyz%).
So the data where col value doesn't contain the ABC and xyz string value only should be selected. I am also getting xyz data in the result.
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Jun 22, 2015
Select
left(
[Description],(charindex(';',[Description],1)-1))
from xxxx
Example of Description contains
Ankle Supports; Color=Black; Size=S
So I want the left side up to and NOT including the semi colon.
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Jan 29, 2008
I have a sql server table column that can contain the following possible values. 1. 766/IT 2. 777/HR3. 890/EG4. 012/AS5. Trainee6. Contractor 7. Others I want to write an SQL query grouped by this column, Trainee should be one group, Contractor should be another different group, Others should be another different group and then every thing else ( 766/IT ,777/HR ,890/EG, 012/AS) should be grouped together as one group. Think of it in terms of a pie chart with those groups.
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Feb 6, 2007
I've got a report built and I'm trying to figure out how sorting and grouping works. I can group the report by Patient, Albumin and it groups as I would expect.
Patient Date Albumin
Adams, John 01/28/2007 4.1
Adams, John 12/30/2007 3.9
Adams, John 01/15/2007 3.2
Barker, Mark 01/18/2007 4.3
Barker, Mark 01/22/2007 4.1
Barker, Mark 01/05/2007 3.9
However, when I try to group by Albumin, Patient, it just sorts by Albumin.
Patient Date Albumin
Barker, Mark 01/18/2007 4.3
Adams, John 01/28/2007 4.1
Barker, Mark 01/22/2007 4.1
Adams, John 12/30/2007 3.9
Barker, Mark 01/05/2007 3.9
Adams, John 01/15/2007 3.2
What I'm looking for is this:
Patient Date Albumin
Barker, Mark 01/18/2007 4.3
Barker, Mark 01/22/2007 4.1
Barker, Mark 01/05/2007 3.9
Adams, John 01/28/2007 4.1
Adams, John 12/30/2007 3.9
Adams, John 01/15/2007 3.2
Is this something that can be done with grouping and sorting?
Thanks,
Chad
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Nov 26, 2007
I'm really stumped on this one. I'm a self taught SQL guy, so there is probobly something I'm overlooking.
I'm trying to get information like this in to a report:
WO#
-WO Line #
--(Details)
--Work Order Line Detail #1
--Work Order Line Detail #2
--Work Order Line Detail #3
--Work Order Line Detail #etc
--(Parts)
--Work Order Line Parts #1
--Work Order Line Parts #2
--Work Order Line Detail #etc
WO#
-WO Line #
--(Details)
--Work Order Line Detail #1
--Work Order Line Detail #2
--Work Order Line Detail #3
--Work Order Line Detail #etc
--(Parts)
--Work Order Line Parts #1
--Work Order Line Parts #2
--Work Order Line Parts #etc
I'm unable to get the grouping right on this. Since the line details and line parts both are children of the line #, how do you do "parallel groups"?
There are 4 tables:
Work Order Header
Work Order Line
Work Order Line Details
Work Order Line Requisitions
The Header has a unique PK.
The Line uses the Header and a Line # as foreign keys that together are unique.
The Detail and requisition tables use the header and line #'s in addition to their own line number foreign keys. My queries ends up looking like this:
WO WOL WOLR WOLD
226952 10000 10000 10000
226952 10000 10000 20000
226952 10000 10000 30000
226952 10000 10000 40000
226952 10000 20000 10000
226952 10000 20000 20000
226952 10000 20000 30000
226952 10000 20000 40000
399999 10000 NULL 10000
375654 10000 10000 NULL
etc
Hierarchy:
WO > WOL > WOLD
WO > WOL > WOLR
It probobly isn't best practice, but I'm kinda new so I need some guidance. I'd really appreciate any help! Here's my query:
SELECT [Work Order Header].No_ AS WO_No, [Work Order Line].[Line No_] AS WOL_No,
[Work Order Requisition].[Line No_] AS WOLR_No, [Work Order Line Detail].[Line No_] AS WOLD_No
FROM [Work Order Header] LEFT OUTER JOIN
[Work Order Line] ON [Work Order Header].No_ = [Work Order Line].[Work Order No_] LEFT OUTER JOIN
[Work Order Line Detail] ON [Work Order Line].[Work Order No_] = [Work Order Line Detail].[Work Order No_] AND
[Work Order Line].[Line No_] = [Work Order Line Detail].[Work Order Line No_] LEFT OUTER JOIN
[Work Order Requisition] ON [Work Order Line].[Work Order No_] = [Work Order Requisition].[Work Order No_] AND
[Work Order Line].[Line No_] = [Work Order Requisition].[Work Order Line No_]
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Apr 19, 1999
I'm an SQL novice, but I know this must be a common problem.
I'm trying to select a recordset (using ASP), but I know I only want part of the recordset, and am not sure how to limit it ahead of time.
For example, the query will return about 500 rows, but I know I only want to use a small section of these records.
I want to give the user the ability to navigate through small sections of these 500 rows without having to get all rows all the time.
I know ahead of time which rows to get, but have no idea how to limit the recordset before I get it (there is no fields in the database to help).
This is what I'm doing now. "select * from xyz where id=xxx order by date desc;" I know I only want the first 10, or 10-20, or 400-410.
The way I'm doing it now, I'm getting the whole recordset each time, doing a "rs.move x" where x is where I want to start.
This is really a waste of network traffic and memory since my SQL server is on a different machine as the web server running ASP.
How do I do this?
Please email me if you could at pmt@vantagenet.com
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Hello - I was wondering if anyone knew how to do this -
I have a database with a field for Id, LName, GName, DOB. In the LName field, some of the names have * placed after the names. Is there a way I can search for the entries in LName with the * in the record?
Thank you!
Liz
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The following code accepts a couple of parameters and creates a temp table to hold unpaid schedule rows (like invoices). Then is takes the payment amount passed and starts paying the oldest ones first, until it runs out of money or pays a partial. When it pays it inserts a row in the applieds table with the schedule_ID, Receipt_ID (payment id), applied amount, and applied date.
What I need help with is: Say there is a partial payment from a previous payment, I need to pay that one, but only the unpaid part. Then continue to pay other schedule rows...
I appreciate any help,
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I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how to do a search for a partial data match. Say one data field is 123, 234, 345, 456 and another is 111, 222, 333, 444 and another is 555, 666, 777, 888 and I want to search for the unique number 234 but not the whole number 123, 234, 345, 456 ... is there any way to do that or does every search have to be exactly like the data in the field?
Thanks for any help.
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In our database we have the concept of 'Companies' each company has an entry in a tblCompanyControls using a field lCompanyNumber to uniquely identify it.
Company specific data is then grouped within additional tables using this
lCompanyNumber.
Thus all the departments for a particular company (eg 4) exist in a table
tblDepartments with lCompanyNumber =4. The same applies for pensions, pay
elements, employees and so on.
Each employee has various attributes stored in several tables, thus the
main data is stored in tblEmployees with an lCompanyNumber to illustrate
the company they belong to. And a system generated lUniqueID that is the 1
to many relationship to tables such as tblEmployeePayElements,
tblEmployeePensionSchemes.
These in turn have a primary key that establishes a 1 to many with the
period data for pay elements etc.
What we want to do is replicate only the data for a specific company, for
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I am are running SQLSERVER SP4 on WINNT SP3.
I am serious problem of partial update my query is
something like
bEGIN tRAN
declare cursor...
SElect * from tableA where flag = null
open cursor
fetch first...
while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
UPDATE TABLE tableB ..
.
.
.
fetch next
END
CLOSE ...
DEALLOCATE..
COMMIT TRAN
The problem is the cursor select retrieves
says about 10000 rows, goes thru the
loop for 1000 rows and just terminates without
giving an error message,or rolling back
in case of errors, but comes out as successfully
completed.
I am at loss as what could be the problems..
any suggestions welcome..
Thanks in advance,
Balajee.
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etc like that.
each row varies with one exception. administrator@sthou.com is in each one.
is there a simple way thru sql or T-SQL to delete that "administrator@sthou.com" part? or should i call each row individually into say, a VB.net form using a split with the deliminator ";"
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ALL T01.OHORDD, T03.IHINV#, T01.OHORDT, T01.OHJOB3, T01.OHORD#,
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ASTDTA.OEIND1 T02
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ASTDTA.OEINHDIH T03
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Jul 20, 2005
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Jul 5, 2007
Hi,
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Just wondering what other people's thoughts on this are. I tend to be of the "get rid of it" camp, but maybe that's overkill? Just looking for opinions, best practices.
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Aug 31, 2007
hi
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May 8, 2008
Hi - I am using partial backup & restore on a Data Warehouse database currently in development.
When I recently tested the restore procedure I got the following error when trying to an online restore of one of the ReadOnly filegroups:
Msg 3125, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The database is using the simple recovery model. The data in the backup it is not consistent with the current state of the database. Restoring more data is required before recovery is possible. Either restore a full file backup taken since the data was marked read-only, or restore the most recent base backup for the target data followed by a differential file backup.
I believe I received this message as the Filegroup I was attempting to restore had been set ReadWrite since it was backed up.
So - I am looking for a query to test that all my filegroup backups are consistent with the live database.
I think I can achieve this by checking the read_write_lsn & read_only_lsn values for the filegroup to restore are the same as the values in sys.master_files for the live database.
I am reading the lsn values for the backup from msdb.dbo.backupfile
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How can I "Order By" the second + third characters of a 7 char field ?
Sample data looks like:
LCA - L
LCB - L
LCF - M
LCE - M
LCE - A
LCA - A
LCB - A
If I order by the whole field I get:
LCA - A
LCA - L
LCB - A
LCB - L
LCE - A
LCE - M
LCF - L
LCF - M
What I want is:
LCA - L
LCB - L
LCF - L
LCA - A
LCB - A
LCE - A
LCE - M
LCF - M
I'm still at the stage in this project were I can 'split' the field (if I have to) into first 3 and last 1. But the sort order of the last 1 is not alphabetic (I want 'L', 'A', "M").
Can I substitute a custom SortOrder some way ? (I've done that with mainframe Cobol).
All suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
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Replicating partial database
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Nov 8, 2006
I'm testing mirroring in a high availability mode and getting some odd results. If I kill the SQL Service (or reboot the machine) fail-over works quickly and correctly. If I unplug the Network cable though I will get some of the databases failed over and some of the databases will either be Mirroring / In recovery or Principal / In recovery and never go live. Right clicking on them and going to properties lists there error that the database is unable to communicate with the Partner or Witness. The databases that this will occur on seem to move around (i.e. it isn't always the same databases, but will often be many of the same databases). If I reboot the databases that will not fail over tend to change fairly dramatically. I've seen instances where only 3 databases would fail over (I'm testing 17 databases) and other instances where all but 3 databases would fail over. I've had exactly one test where all databases failed over correctly. Again if I reboot a principal server, fail over works every time.
Has anyone else experienced only partial failovers for network issues or have a work around?
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Nov 5, 2007
I'll try to explain the situation as simply as I can.
A master table exists that has several columns which can either contain trade IDs, or a joint ID of two trade IDs. These trade IDs exist for contracts. Contracts can contain many trades (e.g. Contract ABC is written for 40 trades).
There exists a need for a list of documentation for these trades/contracts that must be taken from the master table, based off the trade ID, and if the documentation type matches a certain criteria. Because the users cannot understand a simple list of document IDs, added information about each document must be taken from trade/contract tables about each piece of documentation available. The problem is, two different types of documents can exist for the same contract, but we do NOT need documents for each trade in the contract.
Currently, the stored procedure that someone else wrote is incredibly inefficient and regularly times the server out.
It begins by creating two identical tables (called "first" and "second" from here on) set up to hold all relevant info about these documents.
It then selects into one table document IDs for all trades that can be found in all of the relevant columns in the master table, including trades found in "joint IDs."
It then creates a cursor and selects each row, searching several different things based off the trade ID and updates the first table with these new values. This is the HUGE hangup because there are full table scans on a handful of tables about 4 times for every row in the table.
Then, after it updates all the information in the first table, it goes about weeding out the duplicate entries by doing the following:
Creates another cursor and does a distinct select on 4 columns which creates a unique ID to pull back exactly the right rows per contract per document from the first table.
It then stores the information for all of the unique documents by inserting into the second table doing a "select top 1 * from firstTable where column1+column2+column3+column4 = 4DistinctColumnsFromFirstTable."
This, as you can imagine creates another huge sink by inducing table scans from a table resident only in memory... AGAIN for every row.
It finishes by selecting all rows from the second table.
Now... what I've done so far, is I've managed to create a complex system of joins to grab all relevant information in one select (steps 1-4). I have not stored this information anywhere, nor have I used any cursors to do so (obviously as it is one select), but I imagine that I'll have to store all of this data and do a select on the stored data.
My question that would solve all of this is, can I do a partial distinct select? As in, can I select 7 columns where 4 of them are distinct without having to go through inserting into temp tables, using cursors, using top 1... etc. If not, is there some more efficient way of selecting out an entire batch of info based on only a few columns?
If you made it through that mess and decide to help me out, I sincerely appreciate your time....
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