String Formatting
Apr 14, 2008
Hi, I've a string like :
'...,,,,,123456789,,,,,,.........876564532$$££^^(.........,,,,,'
I'd like to know if there is a way to replace everything between these two integers (well, actually we can say two words as they are in the string format) with a single comma (i.e ,) and remove everthing leading and trialing to these two numbers please ?
In short , I would like to see the above line after string manipulation as follows :
'123456789,876564532'
Thanks for your help.
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Jul 26, 2004
I am well stuck in the mud right now.
Here is the problem. I am trying to write this: strLink2 = "<a href='JavaScript:OpenFile(" & strFileName & ")'>" & strFileName & "</a>" to SQL and then return it to a datagrid when I want it.
Easy enough, and as such all is well except for the fact that the Javascript doesn't work. In the grid it gets written as JavaScript:OpenFile(myfile). I need to add the single quotes around the file name so it writes JavaScript:Open('myfile').
I now know many ways that do not work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Dec 9, 2007
Is there anything in SSIS that enables simple string reformatting?
For example I'd like to convert the character string 1234567.89 to 1,234,567.89.
I used to do this with an edit pattern in Cobol, but I can't see anything in the Expressions editor....
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May 27, 2008
I have what should be a simple string formatting issue -- removing all alpha characters from a phone number. T-SQL below is simple and works just fine:
declare @home_phone as char(14);
set @home_phone = '(123)979-3206';
set @home_phone = REPLACE(@home_phone,'-','');
set @home_phone = REPLACE(@home_phone,'(','');
set @home_phone = REPLACE(@home_phone,')','');
The condensed version below works equally well:
set @home_phone = REPLACE((REPLACE((REPLACE(@home_phone,'(','')),')','')),'-','');
Either script above returns correct result:
select @home_phone;
Result = '1239793206'
HOWEVER, within SSIS Derived Column expressions, this function fails to remove parentheses. First of all, Expression Builder doesn't like outer single quotes (turns red) which I resolved by using double quotes resulting in the following expression:
REPLACE(home_phone,"-","") + REPLACE(home_phone,"'('","") + REPLACE(home_phone,"')'","")
Unfortunately, this expression fails to remove parentheses and instead returns: '(123)9793206'
I've tried several different permutations--no inner single quotes; adding more inner single quotes; etc., but so far no success. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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Sep 12, 2007
I have a string in which I am combining several fields. Is there a way to add formatting to the string as well
="Baud: " & Fields!BAUDRATE.Value & " DL Status: " & Fields!COMMSTATUS.Value
Example, I want my fields to appear in bold and string in normal.. I can't do this in an individual textbox due to space constraints
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Jul 9, 2013
'17686568 - Bill Statement - 11/16/2006 - Stm. Date - 10/27/2006'
Above is the data string that I am trying to pull the information from. Here is the function I'm currently using:
cast(substring(c.itemname,charindex('Bill Statement - ',c.itemname)+18,10) as varchar)
...which gives me what i want most of the time, but beacuse the date is not equally formatted through out the database and the date can look like 5/4/2012 and using the above formula it will show up as 5/4/2012 -
So my question is how can i trim off the dash part when the data shows up like 5/4/2012 - ?
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Mar 2, 2012
I'm trying to put conditional formatting on a field, that behaves as follows:
The data in the field is varchar, and sample data is either:
NULL
3.0 :0
11.7 :1 (these are ratios of a sort)
I want to evaluate the first 3 characters of the string as numbers.
Example:
Mid(fieldvalue,1,3) = "3.0" or "11."
Any data that is greater than 1.99, I want to make the background dark red, anything else including nulls, zebra formatting. I have the following expression built so far and it appears to work, except when the value is null. If the value is null, it leaves the background color white.
This is the warning: [rsRuntimeErrorInExpression] The BackgroundColor expression for the text box "Asthma" contains an error: Input string was not in a correct format.
=iif(
isnothing(Fields!Asthma.Value)
,(IIf(RowNumber(Nothing) Mod 2 = 0,"#b8cce4","#dbe5f1"))
,(iif(mid(Fields!Asthma.Value,1,3)>1.99
,"DarkRed"
,IIf(RowNumber(Nothing) Mod 2 = 0,"#b8cce4","#dbe5f1"))))
My logic is, if the field is null, zebra format, if mid of the value is > 1.99, dark red, everything else zebra formatting. As I said, this seems to work except for nulls.
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Aug 18, 2005
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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Feb 28, 2001
I'm working as a consultant for a project and I have been having constant issues with the in house "database guru" about stored procedure formating.
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
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Apr 9, 2008
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
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Mar 10, 2015
I have a scenario where in I need to use a comma delimited string as input. And search the tables with each and every string in the comma delimited string.
Example:
DECLARE @StrInput NVARCHAR(2000) = '.NET,Java, Python'
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE titleName = '.NET' AND titleName='java' AND titleName = 'Python'
As shown in the example above I need to take the comma delimited string as input and search each individual string like in the select statement.
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Dec 12, 2006
Hello All,
Is it possible to format an integer to a float value with 2 decimals in an sql query.
If yes, Please help?
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Jan 24, 2007
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.
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Apr 25, 2007
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
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Jan 31, 2008
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)?
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Jun 9, 2008
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
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Dec 13, 2000
Hi,
In MS Access I can do the following:
Format([SW_Dttm],"Short Date")
What is the equivalent in SQL Server?
Thanks,
Bill
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Jun 19, 2000
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?
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Mar 13, 2001
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
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Feb 1, 1999
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?
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Apr 12, 1999
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
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Jun 12, 2001
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 ??
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Oct 10, 2001
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
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Aug 6, 2004
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.
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Sep 8, 2006
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.
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Oct 7, 2004
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
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The Results in the bottom pane looks like this below
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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)
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But, when I do a select, they are like this below
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NODETABLE0There are 2 duplicate subclass name: Specification
Propertytable0at Parentid = 2000000859 and propertyid = 721
Propertytable0at Parentid = 10122 and propertyid = 9
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Jan 18, 2005
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
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Jun 13, 2007
Hi,
I wrote the below code and procedure that exports two tables contents into 2 separate Excel files. Is there a way to export contents of two tables via BCP utility into 1 Excel file but 2 different Worksheets of this file?
DECLARE @FileName varchar(50),
@FileName1 varchar(50),
@bcpCommand varchar(2000)
SET @FileName = 'E:GPPD_db_stats.XLS'
SET @FileName1 = 'E:GPPD_file_stats.XLS'
print @FileName
SET @bcpCommand = 'bcp "master.dbo.spdbdesc" OUT ' + @FileName + ' -Samex-srv-gppdb -T -c'
print @bcpCommand
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand
SET @bcpCommand = 'bcp "master.dbo.spfiledesc" OUT ' + @FileName1 + ' -Samex-srv-gppdb -T -c'
print @bcpCommand
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand
exec master.dbo.xp_stopmail
set @bcpCommand = ' ' + @FileName + '; ' + @FileName1 + ''
DECLARE @body VARCHAR(1024)
SET @body = 'Please find enclosed files with the database status reports as of '+
CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE()) + '. Please DO NOT respond to this email or the ones coming in the future ' +
'with data files as this email address is not monitored for incoming emails. However, if you have any ' +
'questions/concerns please contact ....'
EXEC master..xp_sendmail
@recipients='alla.levit@amex.com',
@message = @body,
@subject = 'Database Weekly Statistics Report',
@attachments = @bcpCommand
Thanks in advance!
-Alla
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Jan 20, 2004
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to output a special format for dates in SELECT statements. Currently, my date field is returning my date in this format:
2004-01-19 00:00:00.000
but I want it to be like this:
1/19/04 or 1/19/2004
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks.
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Mar 13, 2004
I have an old DB2 app that has date values in 4 fields (i.e. Date1_MO, Date1_DA, Date1_CN, Date1_YR). I have several MSAccess queries that I convert this to a date by doing the following:
CDate(Date1_MO & "/" & Date1_DA & "/" & Date1_CN & Format(Date1_YR,"00"))
Piece of cake....however I am struggling with this in MSSQL.
Mostly I am fighting formatting the Year. As you can see, If I were to concatinate the above values i would come up with something like 3/9/204 for a date of March 9, 2004. (Each field is a numeric value).
I have gotten this far....
select CAST(Date1_MO as varchar(2))+ '/' + CAST(Date1_DA as varchar(2))
+ '/' + CAST(Date1_CN as varchar(2))+ CAST(Date1_YR as varchar(2)) as Date1
From tPrices
I still need to convert the whole string to a date, but more importantly, I cannot figure out how to get the last element (Year) to format as '04' instead of '4'. I can't concatinate a 0 in front of it for obvious reasons. (Athough I was tempted, just joking)
I looked through a lot of the T-SQL docs but have come up dry.
Anyway HELP!!!!!!
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May 5, 2004
At first I'd like to justify myself - I'm rather a greenhorn in MS SQL ;-)
What I'd like to do is to create a very simple spool file from my database.
I'd like to do this using OSQL tool and it's very important for me to have the spool file in the same format as it was earlier when I used Oracle and simple spool command.
And it's almost the same, but white spaces...
There's always one white space at the begining of each line and at least one at the and of each line.
I've been trying many OSQL switches and ltrim(..) / rtrim(..) functions but the problem still exists...
The spool file is rather big - around 300MB so it's not good idea to use SED (for example) to remove white spaces.
So my question:
IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE WHITE SPACES COMPLETELY USING OSQL SPOOL?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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