Hi,
In SQL Server 2000, if I have to create a table to store a very large
number of 10 digit telephone numbers, would I be better off to have a
bigint field or just use a varchar field? If I do a lot of querying
based on the telephone numbers, would it be faster if I use bigint?
Are there any other tricky points that I should know when using bigint
fields? I need to be able to accesss this field from VB6 and VB.NET.
Thanks,
--TP
What is the simplest way to format the 10 digit numeric string that represents a phone number, so that the result appearing on a web page looks like (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Should this take place in the database or out at the web server or where?
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(aaa)-xxx-cccc
I need to update xxx to yyy. Has anyone done this before.
Please help.
Thanks in advance
Ken
Here's my problem: I have to clean up a SQL Server 2005 database with a large number of phone number records (several hundred thousand). The records are of varchar datatype and contain phone numbers in every format imaginable. In fact, many records have written notes regarding the phone numbers after the numbers themselves. What I need to do is format all of the phone numbers to this format:
###-###-####-
Basically I'm figuring I need to do the following:
1. Strip all non-numeric characters from the record
2. Remove the 1 from any records that have a leading 1 (in many cases the records contain stuff like 1-888-555-1234)
3. Remove any digits following the first 10 digits (they don't want to keep any extensions - the formatting is more important)
4. Add dashes after the first three digits, after the second three and at the end of the phone number
This seems like a rather complex problem to me, and honestly I don't even know where to begin. I can accomplish this rather easily in javascript or C#, but writing SQL to solve this is beyond me. I'd really appreciate any help you guys can provide. Thanks alot!
I am trying to find all the records in our database that have the incorrect phone number format and fix them to the correct format.
CREATE TABLE MDR (
SiteName nvarchar(255),
BusinessEmailAddress nvarchar(255),
FirstName nvarchar(255),
LastName nvarchar(255),
JobTitle nvarchar(255),
PersonBusinessPhoneNumber nvarchar(255),
SiteBusinessPhoneNumber nvarchar(255))
[code]....
Hello, I have this Access 2K query that I need to re-create in MS SQLServer 2000, so I'm using the Query Analyzer to test it.One of the Access fields stores the home phone number. In the Accessquery, if the phone number is null, it fills it up with zeroes"000000000." If the phone has an input mask, it only gets the 9 numbers(area code included) and if the phone number's good (all numbers) thenit leaves it alone. That Access query is using immediate ifs toaccomplish that task.Does anyone have any idea how to copy this behavior into SQL Server2000? I've using the CASE statement but so far my code is not correct.I get stuck in the input mask. This is the Access code:HomePhone:IIf(IsNull([HomePhone]),"0000000000",IIf(Left([HomePhone],1)="(",Right(Left([Homephone],4),3)& Right(Left([Homephone],9),3) & Right([HomePhone],4),[HomePhone]))Thanks for all your help.JR.
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Hi,
I'm trying to create a case function for home phone ,work phone and cell phone. The thing is some of the home phone numbers either null, zero or less than 10 digits then i'd like to get either cell phone or work phone if they are not null, zero or less than 10 digits.
I'd appreciate it if you could help me on this?
Thanks in advance.
I'm wondering which way is the best way to store your numeric values.
It probably doesnt matter, b/c you can always convert back and forth...but i'm just wondering what the best practice is i guess...
thx
Hello-
Im currently storing an account id in a sql table. Is there any column data type that would presere the numbers but make it appear as a series of letters and nmumbers when someone looks at the database table?
If not can someone give me a strategy
thx
I have a report with a column which contains either a string such as "N/A" or a number such as 12. A user exports the report to Excel. In Excel the numbers are formatted as text.
I already tried to set the value as CDbl which returns error for the cells containing a string.
The requirement is to export the column to Excel with the numbers formatted as numbers and the strings such as "N/A' in the same column as string.
Any suggestions?
Why does M$ Query Analyzer display all numbers as positive, no matterwhether they are truly positive or negative ?I am having to cast each column to varchar to find out if there areany negative numbers being hidden from me :(I tried checking Tools/Options/Connections/Use Regional Settings bothon and off, stopping and restarting M$ Query Analyer in betwixt, butno improvement.Am I missing some other option somewhere ?
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Thanks for any help
I have an 'ID' column. I'm up to about ID number 40000, but not all are in use, so ID 4354 might not be in any row. I want a list of all numbers which aren't in use. I want to write something like this:
select [numbers from 0 to 40000] where <number> not in (select distinct id from mytable)
but don't know how. Any clues?
I'm trying to write data to excel from an ssis component to a excel destination.
Even thought I'm writing numerics, every cell gets this error with a green tag:
Convert numbers stored as text to numbers
Excel Cells were all pre-formated to accounting 2 decimal, and if i manually type the exact data Im sending it formats just fine.
I'm hearing this a common problem -
On another project I was able to find a workaround for the web based version of excel, by writing this to the top of the file:
<style>.text { mso-number-format:@; } </style>
is there anything I can pre-set in excel (cells are already formated) or write to my file so that numerics are seen as numerics and not text.
Maybe some setting in my write drivers - using sql servers excel destination.
So close.. Thanks for any help or information.
SQL Database with column cell-phone formatted 1234567890. I want to display it (123) 456-7890. I use the following to display it as 1234567890:
<%# Directory.FieldValue("cell_phone", Container) %>
I tried the following code but get a formatting error:
<%# Double.Parse(Directory.FieldValue("cell_phone", Container)).ToString("(###) ###-####") %>
What stupid error am I making?
I have 2 tables with different phone field format. Looks like below:
TableA
field name area
record 111
and field name phone
record 2223333
TableB
field name Phone
record (111) 222-3333 *
*with a space between (111) and 222
I want to transfer tableA (area+phone) field to tableB phone field and transfer tableB phone field to tableA area field and phone field.
Anybody can help me to finish it? Thank you very much!!!
I assume a SS# or Phone# should be either a varchar or char field. Butis it a good idea to store a phone# or SS# w/ seperator characters orwithout them?Phone# "(123)-456-7890" or "1234567890"SS# "123-45-6789" or "123456789"I'm not sure which is better. Any opinions? Also has anyone had asituation where a phone# could have an extension? How was it handled?Seperate field or just one?Any input appreciated. Thanks.
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=Fields!PROPERTY.Value & " - " & Fields!PHONE.Value
this results in PropertyName - 5555551212
How would I add in formatting for phone so my resulting display is (555) 555-1212?
hai,
how can i send sms through web page(without using web service) to mobile phone using SQL server 2005
Hi Everyone,
I have a phone number coming from the database coming in the format of 2132563111. How can I do this in sql query213-563-3111
Please let me know if there is any function that does it.
Thanks.
Hi all,
i have a table in SQL with +- 5000 phone numbers in various styles
e.g.
0515 - 578989
033 2981861
+31 (0)30 602 44 44
03.28.68.63.18
03/658.85.80
I want this to convert to international format like this
003237778899
0031306024444
Do i have to write 10 replace after each other or is there an easier way to format the phone numbers?
Thx in advance!!
Hello,
I have a phone number field with the format (123)-456-7890 I need to convert this to 1234567890 formats while I am retrieving data from the table. How can I do this?
How would I go about setting up a "mask" to automatically place the hyphen in phone numbers in SQL Server? I.e., the user types in an area code and then a hyphen automatically inserts and the cursor is on the next blank space.
Thanks for the assist.
Mark
Somewhere down here in Texas
How to format phone numbers in sql? in current fields some phone number entered like this:
1 800 7894564
8001237878
1237878
1800blue etc...
I am trying to get into uniform like this:
8007834444
Thanks
I have a table filled with phone numbers entered in every different way possible
(5551212, 1115551212, 111-555-1212, 111 555 1212, 111-555-1212 ex 1234, 5551212 x1234)
And I would like to pull them from the table using sql 2008 and have the formatting look like this:
(111)555-1212 x1234.
How can I make this happen? Where numbers are missing, I would prefer to leave the area blank, ie 5551212 becomes 555-1212, and 1115551212 becomes (111)555-1212, extension numbers only where they are currently included.
Hi,
I have a string text box '1234567890' and I'm trying to format it as phone number 123-456-7890 in reporting services. But I couldn't figure it out.
Can someone help me?
If I have a string of 10 numbers (with no other characters), what is the best way to format them into a standard phone format: xxx-xxx-xxxx?
I tried numerous variations in the format code and edit expression areas, but no luck.
Hi,
I have phone number column in Excel file. The phone number is in this format: 523-349-0212. When this data imported in to SQLServer file, it is not keeping the format, storing it as 5233490212. The data type of this column is varchar. How to keep this format?
Thanks in advance
hello every one
any body please help me how to send SMS through SQL SERVER to mobile phone and how to schedule using sql to send automatically.
I'm building a test database and I need to randomly create phone numbers in the format xxxxxxxxxx
I have 5000 contacts and need to generate fake phone numbers for them. anyone know how I can write an update query to do this?
ScAndal
i am trying to write a query for phone number lookup . The query should be able to search numbers which have anything matching ....
like if the person enters 1918767899 or enters 918767899 the query should be able to find both the records. Itried using the LIKE , but it doesn't work the way it is required.
Pls help !!
Regards
Hi,
I am developing a Translator for a mobile phone and I am using MS SQL server 2005 for creating my database.. I am having a problem in creating a relationship between my tables.. I have the following tables:
English(engcode,engword) - engcode is primary key
Esperanto (espcode, espword) - espcode is promary key
EngEsp (engcode,espcode)..
The problem is that the icon "relationship" is disable in sql 2005 and i am nt able 2 create the relationship..
Any Suggestions??? Please help me..