How To Alter Multiple Columns At Time
Dec 4, 2006Hi all
ALTER TABLE <Table_Name> ALTER COLUMN <column_name> <Data_type>
above query alters the sigle column but how to alter multiple columns at time
saivyshnav
Junior DBA
Hi all
ALTER TABLE <Table_Name> ALTER COLUMN <column_name> <Data_type>
above query alters the sigle column but how to alter multiple columns at time
saivyshnav
Junior DBA
This does not work, incorrect syntax... Please help: ALTER TABLE dbo.classifieds_HotelAds ALTER COLUMN (
HasValetParking varchar(1) NULL,
HasContinentalBreakfast varchar(1) NULL,
HasInRoomMovies varchar(1) NULL,
HasSauna varchar(1) NULL,
HasWhirlpool varchar(1) NULL,
HasVoiceMail varchar(1) NULL,
Has24HourSecurity varchar(1) NULL,
HasParkingGarage varchar(1) NULL,
HasElectronicRoomKeys varchar(1) NULL,
HasCoffeeTeaMaker varchar(1) NULL,
HasSafe varchar(1) NULL,
HasVideoCheckOut varchar(1) NULL,
HasRestrictedAccess varchar(1) NULL,
HasInteriorRoomEntrance varchar(1) NULL,
HasExteriorRoomEntrance varchar(1) NULL,
HasCombination varchar(1) NULL,
HasFitnessFacility varchar(1) NULL,
HasGameRoom varchar(1) NULL,
HasTennisCourt varchar(1) NULL,
HasGolfCourse varchar(1) NULL,
HasInHouseDining varchar(1) NULL,
HasInHouseBar varchar(1) NULL,
HasHandicapAccessible varchar(1) NULL,
HasChildrenAllowed varchar(1) NULL,
HasPetsAllowed varchar(1) NULL,
HasTVInRoom varchar(1) NULL,
HasDataPorts varchar(1) NULL,
HasMeetingRooms varchar(1) NULL,
HasBusinessCenter varchar(1) NULL,
HasDryCleaning varchar(1) NULL,
HasIndoorPool varchar(1) NULL,
HasOutdoorPool varchar(1) NULL,
HasNonSmokingRooms varchar(1) NULL,
HasAirportTransportation varchar(1) NULL,
HasAirconditioning varchar(1) NULL,
HasClothingAiron varchar(1) NULL,
HasWakeupService varchar(1) NULL,
HasMiniBarInRoom varchar(1) NULL,
HasRoomService varchar(1) NULL,
HasHairDryer varchar(1) NULL,
HasCarRentDesk varchar(1) NULL,
HasFamilyRooms varchar(1) NULL,
HasKitchen varchar(1) NULL,
HasMap varchar(1) NULL,
HasWiFi varchar(1) NULL,
GDSChainCode nvarvarchar(1) NULL,
GDSChainCodeName nvarchar(50) NULL,
DestinationID nvarchar(50) NULL,
DrivingDirections nvarchar(MAX) NULL,
NearbyAttractions nvarchar(MAX) NULL,
IANHotelID int NULL,HasClothingIron bit NULL
)
GO
COMMIT
How do I alter multiple columns with one SQL statement?
I've tried :
ALTER TABLE epcs_benefit_plan ALTER COLUMN
abc1 varchar(3) not null,
abc2 varchar(3) not null
Hello,
I am trying to edit several tables that were imported in tab-delimited format from text files. I am trying to generate a script that will alter the data type for several different columns.
I have succesfully edited a single column with the following code:
USE THCIC
ALTER TABLE PudfTest
ALTER COLUMN
DISCHARGE VARCHAR(6) NULL
However, I have need to create a script that will change the data type for over 100 columns. So far, everything I've read tells me that multiple 'alter column' statements cannot be run in a single query. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this, or at least point me in another direction so that I won't have to manually change the data type for every column in each of the tables.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I am dropping 60 out of 133 columns on a user table, but am finding that the spaceused by the table ( as shown by sysindexes.dpages ) is not being freed up.
I have dropped and recreated all indexes on the table, with no effect on the dpages value, as well as running dbcc updateusage for the table.
Is it not possible to free up the space used by using this method ?
Is recreating and repopulating the table with only the required columns the correct / only way to do this ?
thanks,
manoj
I need to perform this task. say I have a table that the columns are dates.
Table months:
[02-2015],[03-2015], [04-2015],[04-2015]....[02-2016].
When the new month comes I want the table to alter the columns automatically instead of manual how we do it now. The new Month table should delete [02-2015] and replace it with [03-2015].
table months:
[03-2015],[04-2015],[05-2015],[06-2015]....[03-2016].
I would like to alter view to add columns. My base table is populated by application and the base table name is always change. Is there any way to add some extra columns to this view.
One way is to create a sp to add columns and use the view inside the sp. But I would like to know is there any way to alter the view.
I have a VIEW which is dynamically generated through complex dynamic SQL. Unfortunately the dynamic SQL uses "Select * from table" to select the columns because the programmer did that to reduce the amount of code in the dynamic SQL string as the code can't be debugged if it's too long.
Therefore, I have a VIEW with columns in it I don't need, and want to remove them from the view - I need to remove all columns with column names matching the syntax '%1%_2' .
The view is called TEMP_EXPORT_1
I can either use the code below to return a list of columns that I want removed:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name like '%1%_2'
Or I can use the code below to return the list of columns that I want to keep:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name not like '%1%_2'
Now how would I go about altering TEMP_EXPORT_1 view so that it no longer has these columns? I know views don't have a drop statement...
Therefore I tried the following but I'm not sure of the syntax:
ALTER VIEW dbo.TEMP_EXPORT_1
AS
SELECT (select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name not like '%1%_2')
FROM dbo.TEMP_EXPORT_1
Am I on the right track? how can I ALTER this view to remove these columns? ... I want to keep this separate from the code that generated the view as I want it as an optional procedure that can be run if needed.
I am having problem when performing the alter table switch. Both tables are identical and have pk.
ALTER TABLE SWITCH statement failed. There is no identical index in source table 'LocalDeltanet.dbo.testresults' for the index 'PKIDX_testSummary' in target table 'LocalDeltanet.dbo.testresults_part' .
CONSTRAINT [PKIDX_testSummary] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
( [testresult_id] ASC )
WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON)
ON TResultsScheme (testresult_id) ) ON TResultsScheme (testresult_id)
I have performed the function on other tables successfully, but this is the first that has an identity column involved. Is there anything special that needs to be done?
[testresult_id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
I have a business need to create a report by query data from a MS SQL 2008 database and display the result to the users on a web page. The report initially has 6 columns of data and 2 out of 6 have JSON data so the users request to have those 2 JSON columns parse into 15 additional columns (first JSON column has 8 key/value pairs and the second JSON column has 7 key/value pairs). Here what I have done so far:
I found a table value function (fnSplitJson2) from this link [URL]. Using this function I can parse a column of JSON data into a table. So when I use the function above against the first column (with JSON data) in my query (with CROSS APPLY) I got the right data back the but I got 8 additional rows of each of the row in my table. The reason for this side effect is because the function returned a table of 8 row (8 key/value pairs) for each json string data that it parsed.
1. First question: How do I modify my current query (see below) so that for each row in my table i got back one row with 19 columns.
SELECT A.ITEM1,A.ITEM2,A.ITEM3,A.ITEM4, B.*
FROM PRODUCT A
CROSS APPLY fnSplitJson2(A.ITEM5,NULL) B
If updated my query (see below) and call the function twice within the CROSS APPLY clause I got this error: "The multi-part identifier "A.ITEM6" could be be bound.
2. My second question: How to i get around this error?
SELECT A.ITEM1,A.ITEM2,A.ITEM3,A.ITEM4, B.*, C.*
FROM PRODUCT A
CROSS APPLY fnSplitJson2(A.ITEM5,NULL) B, fnSplitJson2(A.ITEM6,NULL) C
I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 version. Windows 7 desktop.
I'd like to first figure out the count of how many rows are not the Current Edition have the following:
Second I'd like to be able to select the primary key of all the rows involved
Third I'd like to select all the primary keys of just the rows not in the current edition
Not really sure how to describe this without making a dataset
CREATE TABLE [Project].[TestTable1](
[TestTable1_pk] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[Source_ID] [int] NOT NULL,
[Edition_fk] [int] NOT NULL,
[Key1_fk] [int] NOT NULL,
[Key2_fk] [int] NOT NULL,
[Code] .....
Group by fails me because I only want the groups where the Edition_fk don't match...
how do you alter multiple data type in a table?
in oracle we have "modify"
is there something similar in sql server?
It is possible to alter multiple columns within a single alter table statement?
I have got the following URL that tells it is not possible to alter multiple columns within in signle alert table statement.
http://www.blogcoward.com/archive/2005/05/09/234.aspx[^]
Does anyone know about that?
Thanks,
Mushq
Here is my requirement, How to handle using SSIS.
My flatfile will have multiple columns like :
ID key1 key2 key3 key 4
I have SP which accept 3 parameters ID, Key, Date
NOTE: Key is the coulm name from the Excel. So my sp call look like
sp_insert ID, Key1, date
sp_insert ID, Key2,date
sp_insert ID, Key3,date
I am facing a problem in writing the stored procedure for multiple search criteria.
I am trying to write the query in the Procedure as follows
Select * from Car
where Price=@Price1 or Price=@price2 or Price=@price=3
and
where Manufacture=@Manufacture1 or Manufacture=@Manufacture2 or Manufacture=@Manufacture3
and
where Model=@Model1 or Model=@Model2 or Model=@Model3
and
where City=@City1 or City=@City2 or City=@City3
I am Not sure of the query but am trying to get the list of cars that are to be filtered based on the user input.
Please can anyone help me for the following?
I want to merge multiple rows (eg. 3rows) into a single row with multip columns.
for eg:
data
Date Shift Reading
01-MAR-08 1 879.880
01-MAR-08 2 854.858
01-MAR-08 3 833.836
02-MAR-08 1 809.810
02-MAR-08 2 785.784
02-MAR-08 3 761.760
i want output for the above as:
Date Shift1 Shift2 Shift3
01-MAR-08 879.880 854.858 833.836
02-MAR-08 809.810 785.784 761.760
Please help me.
I have a table with single row like below
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column0 | Column1 | Column2 | Column3 | Column4|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Value0 | Value1 | Value2 | Value3 | Value4 |
Am looking for a query to convert above table data to multiple rows having column name and its value in each row as shown below
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column0 | Value0
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column1 | Value1
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column2 | Value2
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column3 | Value3
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column4 | Value4
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I concatenate multiple rows from one table in multiple columns like this:
--Create Table
CREATE TABLE [Person].[Person_1](
[BusinessEntityID] [int] NOT NULL,
[PersonType] [nchar](2) NOT NULL,
[FirstName] [varchar](100) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Person_BusinessEntityID_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
[Code] ....
This works very well, but I want to concatenate more rows with different [PersonType]-Values in different columns and I don't like the overhead, of using the same table in every subquery ([Person_1]). Is there a more elegant way to do this, without using a temp table or something else?
Hello All,
I am rather new to reporting on SQL Server 2005 so please be patient with me.
I need to create a report that will generate system information for a server, the issue im having is that the table I am having to gather the information from seems to only allow me to pull off data from only one row.
For example,. Each row contains a different system part (I.e. RAM) this would be represented by an identifier (1), but I to list each system part as a column in a report
The table (System Info) looks like:-
ID | System part |
1 | RAM
2 | Disk Drive
10| CPU
11| CD ROM |
Which
So basically I need it to look like this.
Name | IP | RAM | Disk Drive|
----------------------------------------------
A | 127.0.0.1 | 512MB | Floppy
So Far my SQL code looks like this for 1 item
SELECT SYSTEM PART
FROM System Info
WHERE System.ID = 1
How would I go about displaying the other system parts as columns with info
Any help is much appreciated!
Hi,
I have multiple columns in a Single Table and i want to search values in different columns. My table structure is
col1 (identity PK)
col2 (varchar(max))
col3 (varchar(max))
I have created a single FULLTEXT on col2 & col3.
suppose i want to search col2='engine' and col3='toyota' i write query as
SELECT
TBL.col2,TBL.col3
FROM
TBL
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col2,'engine') TBL1
ON
TBL.col1=TBL1.[key]
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col3,'toyota') TBL2
ON
TBL.col1=TBL2.[key]
Every thing works well if database is small. But now i have 20 million records in my database. Taking an exmaple there are 5million record with col2='engine' and only 1 record with col3='toyota', it take substantial time to find 1 record.
I was thinking this i can address this issue if i merge both columns in a Single column, but i cannot figure out what format i save it in single column that i can use query to extract correct information.
for e.g.;
i was thinking to concatinate both fields like
col4= ABengineBA + ABBToyotaBBA
and in search i use
SELECT
TBL.col4
FROM
TBL
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col4,' "ABengineBA" AND "ABBToyotaBBA"') TBL1
ON
TBL.col1=TBL1.[key]
Result = 1 row
But it don't work in following scenario
col4= ABengineBA + ABBCorola ToyotaBBA
SELECT
TBL.col4
FROM
TBL
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col4,' "ABengineBA" AND "ABB*ToyotaBBA"') TBL1
ON
TBL.col1=TBL1.[key]
Result=0 Row
Any idea how i can write second query to get result?
MS SQL 2008 R2
I have the following effectively random numbers in a table:
n1,n2,n3,n4,SCORE
1,2,5,9,i
5,20,22,25,i
6,10,12,20,i
I'd like to generate the calculated column SCORE based on various scenarios in the other columns. eg.
if n1<10 and n2<10 then i=i + 1
if n4-n3=1 then i=i + 1
if more than 2 consecutive numbers then i=i + 1
So, I need to build the score. I've tried the procedure below and it works as a pass or fail but is too limiting. I'd like something that increments the variable @test1.
declare @test1 int
set @test1=0
select top 10 n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6,
case when (
n1=2 and
n2>5
)
then @test1+1
else @test1
end as t2
from
allNumbers
I want to search in fulltextindexes for multiple searchterms in multiple columns. The difficulty is:
I don't want only the records with columns that contains both searchterms.
I also want the records of which one column contains one of the searchterm ans another column contains one of the searchterms.
For example I search for NETWORK and PERFORMANCE in two columns.
Jobdescr_________________________|Jobtext
Bad NETWORK PERFORMANCE________|Slow NETWORK browsing in Windows XP
Bad application PERFORMANCE_______|Because of slow NETWORK browsing, the application runs slow.
I only get the first record because JobDescr contains both searchterms
I don't get the second record because none of the columns contains both searchterms
I managed to find a workaround:
SELECT T3.jobid, T3.jobdescr
FROM (SELECT jobid FROM dba.job WHERE contains(jobdescr, 'network*') or CONTAINS(jobtext, 'network*') ) T1
INNER JOIN (SELECT jobid FROM dba.job WHERE contains(jobdescr, 'performance*') or CONTAINS(jobtext, 'performance*')) T2 ON T2.Jobid = T1.Jobid
INNER JOIN (SELECT jobid, jobdescr FROM dba.job) T3 ON T3.Jobid = T1.Jobid OR T3.Jobid = T2.JobId
It works but i guess this will result in a heavy database load when the number of searchterms and columns will increase.
Does anyone know a better solution?
Thanks in advance Bart Rouw
I have the following results:
ID, Office1
1, Testing
1, Hello World
What i am trying to do is to get this result:
ID, Office1, Office2
1, Testing, Hello World
how i can accomplish this task.
I have an Parent table (Parentid, LastName, FirstName) and Kids table (Parentid, KidName, Age, Grade, Gender, KidTypeID) , each parent will have multiple kids, I need the result as below:
I need results for each parent like this
ParentID, LastName, FirstName, [Kid1Name,Kid2Name,Kid3Name], [Kid1Age,Kid2Age,Kid3Age],[kid1grade,Kid2grade,Kid3grade],[kid1gender,Kid2gender,Kid3gender]
I previously posted a problem with result set bindings but I have not been able to resolve my problem. I guess all this comes with being new to programming in this environment! Anyway, I am trying to figure out how to process from an ADO.NET connection multiple rows with multiple columns. I have to read and manipulate each row. I was originally looking at using a foreach loop but have not been able to get it to work. One reply to my previous thought I should be using a data task to accomplish this. Could someone tell me the best way to handle this situation? As a note, I am new to programming in SSIS and basically trying to learn it as I go so please bear with me! Thanks in advance!
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ID username password
1 bob bob
1 bob bob
1 john john
1 john john
I know this is a fault with ms sql 2005 however how do i fix it?
Ive found this link which explains everything but how do i start a query. I tried clicking on new query and copying the code. What is table1 meant to be? the database is dbl.tbl_admin. It wont find my database.
Im not sure how to do it anyway.
I need to change it though as its my admin password and Ive given it out to web design companys
http://geekswithblogs.net/allensb/archive/2006/07/27/86484.aspx
Can some 1 read the above page and give me full instructions, I dont know what im doing thanks
info@uktattoostudios.co.uk
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**TABLE_ONE**
Type Animal TestID
-----------------------------------------
Mammal Goat 1
Fish Cod 1
Bird Chicken 1
Reptile Snake 1
Bird Crow 2
Mammal Cow 2
Bird Ostrich 3
**Table_Two**
Test_name TestID
-------------------------
Test_1 1
Test_1 1
Test_1 1
Test_1 1
Test_2 2
Test_2 2
Test_3 3
In Table_One all types come under one column and the values of all Types (Mammal, Fish, Bird, Reptile) come under another column (Animals). Table_One and Two can be linked by Test_ID
I am trying to create a table such as shown below:
Test_Name Bird Reptile Mammal Fish
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Test_1 Chicken Snake Goat Cod
Test_2 Crow Cow
Test_3 Ostrich
This should be my final table. The approach I am currently using is to make multiple instances of Table_One and using joins to form this final table. So the column Bird, Reptile, Mammal and Fish all come from a different copy of Table_one.
For e.g
Select
Test_Name AS 'Test_Name',
Table_Bird.Animal AS 'Birds',
Table_Mammal.Animal AS 'Mammal',
Table_Reptile.Animal AS 'Reptile,
Table_Fish.Animal AS 'Fish'
From Table_One
[Code] .....
The problem with this query is it only works when all entries for Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Fish have some value. If one field is empty as for Test_Two or Test_Three, it doesn't return that record. I used Or instead of And in the WHERE clause but that didn't work as well.
Hi,
I want to convert multiple rows to one row and multiple columns. I saw some examples with PIVOT but i could not get them to work.
Heres what i want to do:
This is the how the table is:
EmpID Designation
678
CFA
679
CFA
680
CFA
685
CFP
685
CIMA
685
IMCA
I want it to display as:
EmpID Designation1 Designation2 Designation3
678 CFA
679 CFA
680 CFA
685 CFP CIMA IMCA
could anyone provide some help on this?
Thanks
I have 4 tables involved here. The priority table is TABLE1:
NAMEID TRANDATE TRANAMT RMPROPID TOTBAL
000001235 04/14/2014 335 A0A00 605
000001234 04/14/2014 243 A0A01 243
000001236 04/14/2014 425 A0A02 500
TRANAMT being the amount paid & TOTBAL being the balance due per the NAMEID & RMPROPID specified.The other table includes a breakdown of the total balance, in a manner of speaking, by charge code (thru a SUM(OPENAMT) query of DISTINCT CHGCODE
TABLE2
NAMEID TRANDATE TRANAMT RMPROPID CHGCODE OPENAMT
000001234 04/01/2014 400 A0A01 ARC 0
000001234 04/05/2014 -142 A0A01 ARC 228
000001234 04/10/2014 15 A0A01 ALT 15
[code]...
Also with a remaining balance (per CHGCODE) column. Any alternative solution that would effectively split the TABLE1.TRANAMT up into the respective TABLE2.CHGCODE balances? Either way, I can't figure out how to word the queries.
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how can i retrieve two columns from sqltable with - seperating the results and a common column name
someth like this
select id ,name from user
id name
1 a
2 b
3 c
i need the result set to be
my_reports
1-a
2-b
3-c
is that possible, if so, could anyone tell me how to do?
Good morning,
I want to update two columns in the same time by making a select from another table. Some think like the following;
Update TBL1 o set (o.COL1,o.COL2) =
(select f.COL1,f.COL2 from TBL2 f where f.PKY = o.PKY)
where o.COL3 = 100;
Thinks to helping me .