Update SQL Field With Stripped Data From Other Field
May 12, 2006
Not a SQL guy but can do enough to be dangerous :)
Trying to update a record. We have records that have a field with data
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to do is write a SQL statement that will:
Check that field C100 = TICKET0001 (to test with one record before
running on whole db)
Check that field C101 is = Closed
Check that field C102 is null
Copy field C103 data to field C102 and strip out any words such as ***
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Hi all, I have a problem about a query to update a table
UPDATE Email SET EmailDT='31 Mar 2004' WHERE Idx={BDF51DBD-9E4F-4990-A751-5B25D071E288}
where Idx field is a uniqueidentifier type and EmailDT is datetime type. I found that when this query calling by a VB app. then it have error "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Syntax error or access violation" and i have tried again in Query Analyzer, same error also occur, the MS SQL server is version 7. Please help. thanks.
Hi,how can i update the data in a field like that:organizationamesurenamezipcityI want to update the content from "organization"into "eworganization" followed by "amesurenamezipcity"yoursmarvin
I'm using DTS to import data from an Access memo field into a SQL Server ntext field. DTS is only importing the first 255 characters of the memo field and truncating the rest.I'd appreciate any insights into what may be causing this problem, and what I can do about it.Thanks in advance for any help!
I have a field where all of the data is 5 characters in length. The last character denotes a status and will always be an F, H, or T. I want to add a new field (which I will do manually) and populate the new field with the last character from the "old" field. Once that is complete, I want to eliminate that 5th character from the old field.
I'm trying to update a field (tmpRequestID) in a SQL Express table (tblTSubRequest) using a value in a SQL 2000 database field (fldtmpRequestID) in the dbo.NewPurchase table.
The procedure I thought would work is: USE [tempPurchase] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[UpdateSubfldRequestID] Script Date: 07/11/2007 15:01:51 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[UpdateSubfldRequestID] AS BEGIN -- Insert statements for procedure here UPDATE tblTSubRequest SET tmpRequestID = tblRequest.fldRequestID FROM tblTSubRequest INNER JOIN [NGTXA4-RSMSZ-01].NewPurchase.dbo.tblRequest ON tblTSubRequest.fldRequestID = tblRequest.fldRequestID WHERE (tblRequest.fldUpdateCode = 99) END
It appears that the procedure cannot read the field value on the 2000 server and the 2000 server is linked to the 2005 express edition.
We have a stock code table with a description field and a brand field - when the data was entered, some of the records were entered with the brand field in the description field.
ie. Code Description Brand ABC1 BLANK DVD SONY ABC2 SONY BLANK DVD SONY
what I need to do is identify where the Brand is in the Description field ...
I'm trying to write a stored procedure that will parse XML attributes and populate columns within a DB with the stripped data. I'm a complete novice who prior to this week knew nothing about SQL commands, My understanding at least is that I need to perform a bulk insert.
Example XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE Asset_Collection SYSTEM "Asset_Collection.dtd"> <Asset_Collection> <Collection_Metadata Name="Asset Collection" Description="Random XML Feed Test"
[Code] ....
Table/Columns which need to be inserting into: Table: TABLE_A
If I have a table with 1 or more Nullable fields and I want to make sure that when an INSERT or UPDATE occurs and one or more of these fields are left to NULL either explicitly or implicitly is there I can set these to non-null values without interfering with the INSERT or UPDATE in as far as the other fields in the table?
EXAMPLE:
CREATE TABLE dbo.MYTABLE( ID NUMERIC(18,0) IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, FirstName VARCHAR(50) NULL, LastName VARCHAR(50) NULL,
[Code] ....
If an INSERT looks like any of the following what can I do to change the NULL being assigned to DateAdded to a real date, preferable the value of GetDate() at the time of the insert? I've heard of INSTEAD of Triggers but I'm not trying tto over rise the entire INSERT or update just the on (maybe 2) fields that are being left as null or explicitly set to null. The same would apply for any UPDATE where DateModified is not specified or explicitly set to NULL. I would want to change it so that DateModified is not null on any UPDATE.
INSERT INTO dbo.MYTABLE( FirstName, LastName, DateAdded) VALUES('John','Smith',NULL)
INSERT INTO dbo.MYTABLE( FirstName, LastName) VALUES('John','Smith')
INSERT INTO dbo.MYTABLE( FirstName, LastName, DateAdded) SELECT FirstName, LastName, NULL FROM MYOTHERTABLE
I need to pass in null/blank value in the date field or declare the field as string and convert date back to string.
I tried the 2nd option but I am having trouble converting the two digits of the recordset (rs_get_msp_info(2), 1, 2))) into a four digit yr. But it will only the yr in two digits. The mfg_start_date is delcared as a string variable
option 1 I will have to declare the mfg_start_date as date but I need to send in a blank value for this variable in the stored procedure. It won't accept a null or blank value.
I am trying to drag data from Informix to Sql Server. When I kick off the package using an OLE DB Source and a SQL Server Destination, I get DT_DBDATE to DT_DBTIMESTAMP errors on two fields from Informix which are date data ....no timestamp part
I tried a couple of things:
Created a view of the Informix table where I cast the date fields as datetime year to fraction(5), which failed.
Altered the view to convert the date fields to char(10) with the hopes that SQL Server would implicitly cast them as datetime but it failed.
Hi ,Have a Visual C++ app that use odbc to access sql server database.Doing a select to get value of binary field and bind a char to thatfield as follows , field in database in binary(16)char lpResourceID[32+1];rc = SQLBindCol(hstmt, 1, SQL_C_CHAR,&lpResourceID,RESOURCE_ID_LEN_PLUS_NULL , &nLen1);and this works fine , however trying to move codebase to UNICODE antested the followingWCHAR lpResourceID[32+1];rc = SQLBindCol(hstmt, 1, SQL_W_CHAR,&lpResourceID,RESOURCE_ID_LEN_PLUS_NULL , &nLen1);but only returns 1/2 the data .Any ideas , thoughts this would work fine , nit sure why loosing dataAll ideas welcome.JOhn
Hello, I have a field in a table that I have to update to the number of the week. Information i use is from another field, which is text in the format like :
01022005 02142005 07082005 11222005 ... 12022005
mmddyyyy.
How to write an update to update empty field with a number of the week based on the value from another field.
Hi,another problem I have is that have compounded fields in my sql table.Exampleproduct@customerI need a simple function to return "customer", so it should return the valueafter "@", unfortunate "@" will sometimes be character number 6, sometimescharacter number 7 etc.regardsJorgen
I have a very strange situation. I've increased the size of an NVARCHAR field from 8 to 9 in a database table. The format of the data that I enter will either be an 8 character field (123456-8) or a 9 character field (1234567-9). The '-' is critical.
It used to only accept the 8 character version, but after increasing the field size, if I try to insert the 9 character field version, it gets truncated after the '-', as though it's still only allowing 8 characters. But that only occurs when I include the '-' or other such characters like '#'. If I try to insert 1234567a9, it works. The following explains the outcomes:
if a db field "mynum" of type int contains for example the number 543.Is there a way I can update this field without first selecting the value?so for example set the the current value to +1
in sql server I want to update the "UpdatedDate" field automatically when I change ANY other field in that specific record.it has to be set to the current server time.
I am trying to update a field in a temptable with the count of items in another table. To illustrate, CustomerID=23 and I want the number of occurences in the temp table. Here's the code which DOESN'T work:
INSERT INTO TempTable ( CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, DateAdded, AlbumPicture, LayoutCount ) SELECT Albums.CustomerID, Customers.FirstName, Customers.LastName, DateAdded, AlbumPicture, COUNT(*) FROM Layouts WHERE Layout.customerID = Albums.CustomerID FROM Albums JOIN Customers on (Albums.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID)
Please take a look at the COUNT line. Here I want to count the occurences of a specific customerid in another table and put in into th LayoutCount field.
SQL server reports "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'FROM'". Any ideas how to achieve this?
I am updating three fields (defined as decimal(18,4) NULL) in a 1.7 million record table to 0. This table is also very wide (meaning lot of columns). A simple query like this -
Hi, I'm trying to use the Update command to change a field value. I only know the field name at run-time, how do you write this command. This is what I have done which just sets the variable @cFieldName to the value and not the field within the table.
UPDATE [Atable] SET @cFieldName = @aValue WHERE ([Id] = @Id_1)
I have a table with millions of records, table has three fields: case_id,line_no and notedata field, notedata field is 60 chars long, datatype varchar.for each case_id there could be as many as 2000 line_no meaning 2000 notes. I need to compress these notes into one note by case_no, For example case_no 1 could have 2000 lines of notes but my comressed table shoul have only one line containing all 2000 notes in line_no sequence.
my compressed table contains two fields case_no and notetext, notetext is a text field.
here is the script I am trying to use to accomplish the task but it does not append more than 8000 chars in one case, so my notes are chopping of, how should I do this, please let me know of any suggestions..
Thanks.
truncate table eldoecinotescompressed insert into eldoecinotescompressed (app_code, case_no) select distinct app_code, substring(system_key, 6,8) from eldoecinotes
DECLARE notes_cursor CURSOR FOR select substring(system_key, 6,8) case_no, line_no, rtrim(notedata) notedata FROM EldoECINotes where substring(system_key, 6,8)<>'' order by 1,2; OPEN notes_cursor; FETCH NEXT FROM notes_cursor into @case, @lineno, @note; WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0) BEGIN
BEGIN TRANSACTION; update eldoecinotescompressed set notetext = (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) >= 0 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 1, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 8000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 8001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 16000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 16001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 24000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 24001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 32000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 32001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 40000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 40001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 48000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 48001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 56000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 56001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 64000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 64001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 72000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 72001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 80000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 80001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 88000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 88001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 96000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 96001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 104000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 104001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 112000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 112001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 120000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 120001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 128000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 128001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 136000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 136001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 144000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 144001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 152000 then substring(isnull(notetext,''), 152001, 8000) else '' end ) + (case when isnull(datalength(notetext), 0) > 0 then char(13) + char(10) else '' end) + isnull(@note,'') where case_no=@case; commit; FETCH NEXT FROM notes_cursor into @case, @lineno, @note; END CLOSE notes_cursor; DEALLOCATE notes_cursor;
