I am trying to concatenate nvarchar fields and I have a problem. Lets say I have a table called People with nvarchar fields FirstName and LastName. Lets say that there is only one row in the table and FirstName is set to null and LastName is set to "Smith".
When I run this query FullName will be null:
select (FirstName + LastName) as FullName from People
But I want FullName to be "Smith". Also if LastName is null and FirstName is "Bob", then FullName will be null here also. I am actually trying to concatenate 4 columns of nvarchars. Is there a workaround for this?
Hey. I need to substitute a value from a table if the input var is null. This is fine if the value coming from table is not null. But, it the table value is also null, it doesn't work. The problem I'm getting is in the isnull line which is in Dark green color because @inFileVersion is set to null explicitly and when the isnull function evaluates, value returned from DR.FileVersion is also null which is correct. I want the null=null to return true which is why i set ansi_nulls off. But it doesn't return anything. And the select statement should return something but in my case it returns null. If I comment the isnull statements in the where clause, everything works fine. Please tell me what am I doing wrong. Is it possible to do this without setting the ansi_nulls to off??? Thank you
set ansi_nulls off
go
declare
@inFileName VARCHAR (100),
@inFileSize INT,
@Id int,
@inlanguageid INT,
@inFileVersion VARCHAR (100),
@ExeState int
set @inFileName = 'A0006337.EXE'
set @inFileSize = 28796
set @Id= 1
set @inlanguageid =null
set @inFileVersion =NULL
set @ExeState =0
select Dr.StateID from table1 dR
where
DR.[FileName] = @inFileName
AND DR.FileSize =@inFileSize
AND DR.FileVersion = isnull(@inFileVersion,DR.FileVersion)
Ok I have upgraded my works database from a poorly designed Access database to a SQL database. The previous system allowed NULL values and duplicates to be inserted into a field that should NOT ALLOW NULL Values or duplicates. Therefore, this issue has now been moved across to my new system as I cannot set these constraints on the field that has multiple NULL values.
My solution would be to use a sequential operator, so whatever = NULL would be changed to a sequential number that us as administrators would know was a bogus number starting at something like = 999999900 counting up from that. There are only 250 records that would require updating.
To make things more interesting this field is not a integer type, its a Nvarchar type as its a Hardware ID. Both numerical and characters are require.
In my report i have CNAME parameter , which allows null value. I checked Allow null value check box in report parameter properties.
when i preview the report , it displays checked NULL check box beside CNAME parameter . I want to give some meaningful name(i.e.ALLCustomers) to this checkbox instead of NULL.
In the flat file SampleID and Product are populated in the first row only, rest of the rows only have values for Rep_Number, Protein, Fat, Solids.
SampleID and Product are blank for the rest of the rows. So my task is to fill those blank rows with the first row that has the sampleID and Product and load into the table.
I have a report that is run on a monthly basis with a default date of null. The stored procedure determines the month-end date that it should use should it be sent a null date.
The report works fine when I tell it to create a history entry; however, when I try to add a subscription it doesn't appear to like the null parameter value. Since I have told the report to have a default value of null it doesn't allow me to enter a value on the subscription page.
Now, I suppose I could remove the parameter altogether from the stored proc, but then the users would never be able to run the report for a previous time period. Can someone explain to me why default values aren't allowed to be used on subscriptions when they seem to work fine for ad hoc and scheduled reports? This is really quite frustrating as most of my reports require a date value and default to null so that the user doesn't have to enter them for the latest data.
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I run a stored procedure for which I have a return variable. The stored procedure returns the ID of a row in a table if it exists:
m_sqlCmd.ExecuteScalar();
The m_sqlCmd has been fed an SQLParameter with direction set to output. When the stored proc returns, I want to test it. Now when there IS a row it returns the ID ok. When the row doesn't exist, in my watch I have:
m_sqlParam.SqlValue with value {Null}
I can't seem to work out how to test this value out. I've tried several things but none seem to work.
This line compiles ok, but the following runs into the IF statement as if the SqlValue is null??
if (m_sqlParam.SqlValue != null).... {
// I'm here!! I thought the watch says this is null??? }
Sorry if this is obvious, but I can't work this one out!!
Looks like there was a fix and then I read this fix is not a fix. Does anyone know how this can be rectified? Does it mean that only Windows authentiation is the only way it works. The Software is over 2 years old, there are no excuses.
I am getting this error: "Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails." -- But my value is not null. I did a response.write on it and it show the value. Of course, it would be nice if I could do a breakpoint but that doesn't seem to be working. I'll attach a couple of images below of my code, the error, and the breakpoint error.
Server Error in '/' Application.
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.Source Error:
Line 89: sContact.Phone = sPhone.Text.Trim Line 90: sContact.Email = sEmail.Text.Trim Line 91: sContact.Save() Line 92: Line 93: Dim bContact As Contact = New Contact()Source File: F:InetpubwwwrootOutman KnifeCheckout.aspx.vb Line: 91 Stack Trace:
hi,my structure table in database:Amount float(53) not null default 0when i try to run his script:alter table ABC alter column Amount float(53) nullit can only set the Amount to allow null, but can't set the defaultvalue to empty.anyone know how to set the field to allow null and default set toempty, no value.thanks
I've built a sample CLR function with the following declaration....
CREATE FUNCTION GetManager(@DeptCode nvarchar(3)) RETURNS nvarchar(1000) WITH RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT AS EXTERNAL NAME Assembly1.[ClassLibrary1.MyVBClass].MyManager
It returns the value "Unknown" as it would have for any unknown DeptCode, as-programmed.
I'm of the theory it should have returned NULL without actually firing the function? Or is this only for non-CLR items... or stored procedures, not functions?
We have a case where in we should show date based on conditions for e.g if we had a column defined as
col varchar(10) then we would show col as 'NULL' for some condition and actual value when no condition
Normaly date values are stored here e.g under col 20150901 .
Case when col>'20150901' then 'NULL' else col end as Derivedcol
Note this is an extract process and we are presenting data by pumping the data in a table .
Now there is another similar column -colz varchar(10) which stores date but doesnt have case condition so whenever date has no value its shows null which is database null.
So whats the difference between database null and string null ?
How can we show database null for the case condition instead of string "null"?
I have SQL Server 2012 SSIS. I have Excel source and OLE DB Destination.I have problem with importing CustomerSales column.CustomerSales values like 1000.00,2000.10,3000.30,NotAvailable.So I have decimal values and nvarchar mixed in on Excel column. This is requirement for solution.However SSIS reads only numeric values correctly and nvarchar values are set as Null. Why?
I have two columns A (which allows nulls) and B( which does not allow nulls). How can I add the contents of columns A and B SO THAT I DO NOT GET A NULL RESULT WHEN A IS NULL.
The result of A+B concatanation will be stored in a column, C.
I've got a query on a particular table returning an odd result:
SELECT DISTINCT WorkStation FROM Invoice WHERE WorkStation Is Not Null ORDER BY WorkStation
This query returns the rows I'd expect plus a null row. This doesn't happen in databases at other sites, or in other tables at this site. The following query behaves as I'd expect returning only non-null AccountNumbers.
SELECT DISTINCT AccountNumber FROM Suppliers WHERE AccountNumber Is Not Null ORDER BY AccountNumber
I can't reproduce these results on another site on a table of the same structure, or on another table at this site.
Any suggestions as to what might be going on?
Pertinent info: --- select @@Version
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86) Dec 17 2002 14:22:05 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 1) --- dbcc checkdb Abridged result: CHECKDB found 0 allocation errors and 0 consistency errors in database 'POS'. --- SELECT * INTO #Inv FROM Invoice
SELECT DISTINCT WorkStation FROM #Inv WHERE WorkStation Is Not Null ORDER BY WorkStation
Does not reproduce this problem (and so is a probable fix) but the questions remains, what causes this?
I have 595 default constraints in my database. I can return a list of them using the following:
select * from sys.default_constraints
Is there a way I can return a list of just the ones where NULL is still allowed? I want to update all of the columns with a default value to not allow NULLs.
I've NEVER EVER had this issue, I have always done this and it works great both locally and remotely.
I have a table, which is a "customers" table.
I have a stored procedure which takes in parameters (name, address, password etc...) and returns me back, via a parameter declared as output - the customer ID.
I've always done this, and works great.
Now, this works fine locally.
IF I try to run this/do the exact same execution of commands (create a customer) remotely (where the database is stored, so copying everything from local to "over there") it does not work.
I get a DBNULL value back from the parameter, declared as an int output.
IF I copy and paste this Stored procedure Query/command into Query Analyzer and execute it (on the remote connection) and run it, giving it the exact same values as I do, it works perfect and returns me the correct value.
I've even dropped and recreated the stored procedure but makes no difference.
Any ideas why?
here is the proc....
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[DoCreateNewCustomer] ( @theFirstName nvarchar(25), @theLastName nvarchar(25), @theAddress nvarchar(50), @theCity nvarchar(15), @thePostCode nvarchar(9), @thePhoneNumber nvarchar(21), @theMobilePhoneNumber nvarchar(21), @theIPAddress nvarchar(25), @thePassword nvarchar(50), @theEmailAddress nvarchar(30), @result int output ) AS SET @result = (SELECT [ID] FROM Customers WHERE emailAddress = @theEmailAddress) IF @result IS NOT NULL SET @result = -1 ELSE BEGIN SET @result = @@IDENTITY INSERT INTO Customers (
Firstname, Lastname, Address, City, Postcode, PhoneNumber, MobileNumber, IPAddress, [Password], EmailAddress
Any ideas why it does not work when calling the stored proc from either a web app, or through QA remotely but works fine when I run that command in QA or locally?
Again, if I do:
EXEC DoCreateNewCustomer { params } - the output result it gives me is DBNULL (if on remote connection)
If I do this locally, perfect
If I copy and paste pretty much the SP into QA and execute it on the remote connection, works great, and also locally.
I have a pivot transform that pivots a batch type. After the pivot, each batch type has its own row with null values for the other batch types that were pivoted. I want to group two fields and max() the remaining batch types so that the multiple rows are displayed on one row. I tried using the aggregate transform, but since the batch type field is a string, the max() function fails in the package. Is there another transform or can I use the aggragate transform another way so that the max() will work on a string?
Hello everyone,I have a table that stores data of a Person. For personal data, there are 2 different fields, for example... a personal address and a professional address, a peronal email and a professional email, a personal phone num and a professional phone num, etc...My question is, i would like to know if it's possible to make it for at least one of these fields to be NOT NULL, but not necessarily both.I'll have 2 fields: emailPersonalemailProfessional Can i make it so that, when inserting or updating data, sql checks to see if AT LEAST ONE of the emails is filled in (both can also be filled in)... I dont care which one is filled in, as long as ONE is filled in... Thanks in advance,SuperJB
Hello all I am trying to run a sql statement, (without having to run stored procedures), that will lookup a value stored in a Record.field., otherwise ignore the value if it is blank. I have a field tied to a Microsoft Access form - ItemLocation. If the user selects a unique ItemLocation the report will attempt to locate all values within that ItemLocation. If the user decides to leave the field blank, I would like for it to return all values for every ItemLocation. If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. I will attach code. My problem is the last line of this SQL statement. If F.ITemLocation is null, I get no data. I would like for it to return everything. Thank you.
Code: SELECT DISTINCT B.BarCodeID, A.ItemDescription, A.ItemCategory, A.TypeOfItem, A.SerialNumber, B.ItemLocation, B.LocationID, B.LastUpdate, B.TrackItID, B.UserID FROM tblMISFixedAssetTable A, tblMISFixedAssetTable2 B WHERE A.BarCodeID = B.BarCodeID AND A.DisposalDate is null AND B.LastUpdate = (Select Max(C.LastUpdate) from tblMISFixedAssetTable2 C Where B.BarCodeID = C.BarCodeID) AND B.BarCodeID in (Select D.BarCodeID from tblMISFixedAssetTable3 D Where D.FiscalYear = (Select E.FiscalYear from tblReportFY E)) AND B.ItemLocation = (Select F.ItemLocation from tblReportFY F)
Is there any way in SQL Server 6.5 to change a column that was originally set up as nullable to not accept nulls? None of the values in this column contain null values. I need to add a primary key constraint on the column for replication purposes and SQL won't let me because the column is nullable.
Hi there,Is there any setting in SQL that can disable this silly logic.For example, in a number cleaning query I want to combine the Code and the Number The problem is that I either the code or the number is null, I lose the number: update tblset Teleh = CodeH + TeleH I know that I can split this and check if one is null, both null, both non-null but i am sure there must be an easier way such as Accesses & operator The way that I am using now does this, but i'm not sure if this is the best approach update tblset Teleh = isnull(Codeh,'') + isnull(Teleh,'') The problem with this is that the result is not stored as null, but as '' length 0
I'd like to know what are the differences between <> NULL and is not null in SQL Server
I have a sp which uses <>NULL syntax to check for not NULL columns but to insert them in a table, but I've noticed that in some cases (some bds and/or servers) it runs ok while in others it fails resulting in a table with no cols inserted (all setted to NULL). I've changed the sp to 'is not null' syntax and now it works properly. What is the reason for this behaviour?
I do not understand the following result. When I execute the following query I do not get any result. But there is in each table a row that fist the the WHERE criteria :
SELECT * FROM dbo.Article_Element , dbo.Item WHERE dbo.Item.Artcoar=dbo.Article_Element.ARTCOAR And dbo.Item.Artpere = dbo.Article_Element.ARTPERE And dbo.Item.Artdesi=dbo.Article_Element.ARTDESI
The thing is that dbo.Item.Artpere and dbo.Article_Element.ARTPERE are null. If I take this toff (dbo.Item.Artpere = dbo.Article_Element.ARTPERE And) then I get the result.
Reading a lot about Nulls right now I still can't find a Technical reason touse it or not.For what I've understand is this:In an Ingres database a Null column has a standard extra storage of 2 Bits.In a SQL Server database every column has a NULL-bit telling about thiscolumn it is NULL or NOT.That means that a varchar-empty NULLABLE column takes no space at all sincethe Nullable column defines it as NULL.In that respect: When a lot of varchar columns tend to be empty from thespace point of view make it NULLABLE.A varchar not nullable column must be filled with a '' when it's empty. Thatsingle quote takes 3 bits since a varchar has an overhead of 2 positions.I am not talking about key-values although sometimes you seereference-columns to a Master table wich is emtpy (NULL in my case)Since the master table had no NULL-key item there is no Inner join facility.I don't think SQL likes the outer join that much so it's clear to create anUNKNOWN reference to the master table.(And place this Unknown item in the master table as well).But the rest: When should I use nulls and when do I do not ???Arno de Jong, The Netherlands.
I want to apply something like below in my where clause:
select users.first_name
from users where users.somecolumn = isnull(@somecolumnvalue, users.somecolumn)
The idea is to get all the values from users table if the value contained in @somecolumnvalue is null. Now the issue is, users.somecolumn is nullable and has many rows that have null values. This query returns only those rows that have values populated in users.somecolumn. How can the desired result be achieved?
