I am using the Instr(), Len(), and Mid() function in my SQL query and I keep getting errors stating those are not recognized functions. IS this correct? are there any equivelants?
In MS Access, I could write a function in a module, then just call that function as part of the SQL statement. For example, "SELECT RemoveDashes([SS_No]) AS SSN FROM Employee" with "RemoveDashes" being the name of the function.
I'm trying to do the same with an asp.net page and sql server. I have a custom function in the code behind that I call in the SQL statement, but I get the error, "not a recognized function name".
What do I need to do to make this work? All help is greatly appreciated!
I need to know if there's any way to call a VB function from within an SQl statement. We have text in Rich Text format in a database and need it converted to regular text before we are able to perform searches on the data. Maybe I can use a stored procedure to accomplish this conversion or to call a function that would do this? Any help would be appreciated.
I want to run a much larget SQL statement, but for examples sake this is a good starting point
Code: Select efName, elName, eAddress, SUM(Convert(money, bonus1)+Convert(money, bonus2)+Convert(money, bonus3)) As TotalBonus, ePay FROM tableEInfo
It is telling me that I have to use Group By, but the problem is that most of my fields are text fields, which it looks like have to be converted in order to use with a group by statement. Is it possible to use the sum function with no group by statement?
CREATE FUNCTION GetPerson (@SSN integer, @NamePrefix varchar(10), @FirstName varchar(30), @MiddleName varchar(30), @LastName varchar(40), @NameSuffix varchar(10), @HomeID integer, @MailID integer, @DOB timestamp, @Gender varchar(1), @MaritalStatus varchar(1)) RETURNS integer as BEGIN DECLARE @PersonID integer set @PersonID=0 if @SSN>0 and @SSN<999999999 Begin select Min(lngPersonID) AS PersonID from Persons where lngSSN=@SSN End ELSE if @SSN is not null BEGIN IF @LastName is not null and @FirstName is not null and @MiddleName is not null and @NamePrefix is not null and @NameSuffix is not null Begin select MIN(lngPersonID) AS PersonID from Persons where strNamePrefix= @NamePrefix and strFirstName=@FirstName and strMiddleName=@MiddleName and strLastName=@LastName and strNameSuffix=@NameSuffix and lngSSN=@SSN End ELSE if @LastName is not null BEGIN select MIN(lngPersonID) as PersonID from Persons where strLastName=@LastName and lngSSN = @SSN END END return (@personID) END
I m having problem with the "Select" function the error I m getting is Select statements included within a function cannot return data to a client (error 444)
Cann I use "select" statement in the function? If not what is the alternative?
I reduced the size of the sproc because it is a big one, I donn have any proble with syntax.
I want to count how many occurences their is of each date that is returned by my sql query. I am not sure how to add the aggregate function code to my query I know how to just tell it to count all records, but not to tell it to count for each group of dates. For example I want it to count how many times 5/6/08 shows up in the returned results and so on. Here is my query I currently have. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
The enc_timestamp is my date field.
Select a.template_id, a.enc_timestamp, a.created_by, b.first_name, b.last_name, b.last_name +', ' + b.first_name as fullname From template_audit a Join user_mstr b on a.created_by = b.user_id GROUP BY a.template_id, a.enc_timestamp, a.created_by,b.first_name, b.last_name Having a.template_id IN (543,3172,3031,3030,3134,3135,3171,1401,1937,3985,3173,2320,57,849,1775,1400,1747,3695,3957,3750,3954,3027,3241) ORDER BY a.enc_timestamp, b.first_name, b.last_name;
how should i use replace function in sql statement??
in my scenario, user enters the meeting ID and i want that if user enters the meeting ID which includes apostrophe('), the stored procedure should remove the apostrophe before inserting it into database table.
my stored procedure accepts two parameters. Is there any way to solve my problem??
I've got a complex UDF I need to call twice in a select statement, as shown below:
SELECT
dbo.myFunction(colName), dbo.myFunction(colName) * 2 FROM
tableName
The problem is, the result of "dbo.myFunction(colName)" is not being cached, so the function is executed again for "dbo.myFunction(colName) * 2". This is having a significant impact on performance (doubling the amount of time it takes for the query to execute).
Is there any way I can write the query so that dbo.myFunction is only executed once?
WHEN 1 THEN (Select name From Table2 where Table2.Code=Table1.Code) WHEN 2 THEN (Select name From Table3 where Table3.Code=Table1.Code) WHEN 3 THEN (Select name From Table4 where Table4.Code=Table1.Code) END
FROM Table1
Do I need to use Function instead of CASE for better performance ?
I m trying to use the insert statement with in the function ! and i m getting this errror !
Server: Msg 443, Level 16, State 2, Procedure GetTotalCOst, Line 16 Invalid use of 'INSERT' within a function.
Please help me how to rectify it and how i can use the Insert statement with in the function !
Here is the code for the function.
create function dbo.GetTotalCOst(@varWork_no as numeric,@varSubWork_no as numeric)returns numeric as begin Declare @valCost integer Declare @TotService integer Declare @TotParts integer Declare @TotLabour integer Declare @TotTravel integer Declare @TotSubContract integer select @TotService= isnull(sum(quantity*costprice),0) From SB_Service_Suppply_Details where work_no=@varWork_no and subwork_no=@varSubWork_no select @TotParts= isnull(sum(quantity*costprice),0) From SB_PARTS_dETAILS where work_no=@varWork_no and subwork_no=@varSubWork_no insert into dbo.SB_InvoiceCostingService values(@TotService,@TotParts,1,1,1,1,1,1) return (@valCost) end
I'm trying to use the DateDiff function within my select statement, but I'd like to add the parameter of greater than 30 days. This will have the query only return records where my bill stop date is greater than 30 days from the completion date. I currently have the datediff function within my select statement as
DATEDIFF (d,A.StopBillDate, a.CompletionDate) as [DIFFERENCE]
I would prefer to keep the datediff function within the select statement so as to have difference in days appear as a column within my output.I have been unable to add the parameter of > 30 days to the query without getting an error.
I have a function and batch witch consisted of same sql statement, and they will get the same result. but time they take is different, and produce a little different query plans, another significant difference is the estimated numbers. the function is always slower than the batch.
does anyone know why same sql would produce different query plans performance? how do i can to let the function as fast as the batch?
Ok, for a bunch of cleanup that i am doing with one of my Portal Modules, i need to do some pretty wikid conversions from multi-view/stored procedure calls and put them in less spid calls.
currently, we have a web graph that is hitting the sql server some 60+ times with data queries, and lets just say, thats not good. so far i have every bit of data that i need in a pretty complex sql call, now there is only one thing left to do.
Problem: i need to call an aggregate count on the results of another aggregate function (sum) with a group by.
*ex: select count(select sum(Sales) from ActSales Group by SalesDate) from ActSales
This is seriously hurting me, because from everything i have tried, i keep getting an error at the second select in that statement. is there anotherway without using views or stored procedures to do this? i want to imbed this into my mega sql statement so i am only hitting the server up with one spid.
thanks, Tom Anderson Software Engineer Custom Business Solutions
I have the following data:Product Type Hours Controllers Development 105.0Controllers Research 1.0Controllers Sustaining 24.0How do I use SQL statement to change it to the following?Product Development Research SustainingControllers 105.0 1.0 24.0Thanks.DanYeung
can insert statement works fine in case when function
for example
case when condition1=true then (first insert statement based on some condition) when condition2=true then (second insert statement based on some other condition) end
I'm creating a Multi-statement Table-Valued Function...
Is it possible to insert variables into the table? In other words, is it possible to have something like
declare @value1 varchar(10) @value2 varchar(10)
BEGIN <do some work on value1 and value2> INSERT @returningTable @value1, @value2
instead of
BEGIN <do some work on value1 and value2> INSERT @returningTable SELECT col1, col2 from T_SOURCE
Here's why I want to insert variables...My function needs to return a table which contains a 'partial' incremental key. I'll go with an example to explain what i have to do
Source_table col1 col2 Mike 10 Mike 20 Ben 50 John 15 John 25 John 35
The table that my function needs to create should look like this col1 col2 col3 Mike 10 1 Mike 20 2 Ben 50 1 John 15 1 John 25 2 John 35 3
I thought of creating a cursor and then looping through it generate col3 and save values of other individual columns in variables. But don't know how to use those variables when inserting records into function table.
Any other ideas? I'm caoming from Oracle world, I might be having some strange ideas on how to solve this problem. Any help is appreciated.
Hi All! Could You comment the next situation:I'm configuring my TableAdapter just like Scott Mitchell does in his tutorialhttp://www.asp.net/learn/data-access/tutorial-70-vb.aspxThe only principal difference is that I need Insert/update and deletemethods to be generated (His aim is only SELECT).I'm also using analytic function (ROW_NUMBER) and I'm also gettinwarning “The OVER SQL construct or statement is not supported.� Yousay then that it could be ignored. But, in this case statements tomodify data (insert/update and delete) aren't being generated, thoughafter warning SQL command is executed without errors. So, the question is obvious - why does this warning occur and how mustI perform configuration of TableAdapter based on SQL query withanalytic function?
I am selecting the count of the students in a class by suing select COUNT(studentid) as StCount FROM dbo.student But I need to use a case statement on this like if count is less than 10 I need to return 'Small class' if the count is between 10 to 50 then I need to return 'Medium class' and if the count is more than 50 then 'Big class'.
Right now I am achieving this by the following case statement
SELECT 'ClassSize' = CASE WHEN Stcount<10 THEN 'Small Class' WHEN Stcount>=10 and StCount<=50THEN 'Medium Class' WHEN Stcount>50 THEN 'Big Class' END FROM( select COUNT(studentid) as Stcount FROM dbo.student) Stdtbl
I am using the following function to set the time format, however I now need to to add an IF statement into this equation.This is the current expression I am using:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[UDF_GetCode]Â ( @TableName NVARCHAR(50) ) RETURNS NVARCHAR(50)
[code]...
This function is called in insert statement like below. exec sp_executesql N'INSERT INTO Table ([Code], [Name]) VALUES (dbo.UDF_ GetGlobal ConfigCode (''TableName''), @Name)'I am getting following error.Only functions and some extended stored procedures can be executed from within a function.
I created a Switch statement below that surprisingly doesn't throw any errors and some of it actually works. The problem is that the function calls in the 3rd and 4th sections of it below (in bold) are not working.
=switch(HASONEVALUE('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName]), values('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName])<>"1 - All Judges" && values('s1Perm1'[Exit])<>"Still in Out-of-Home Care",CALCULATE(count(s1Perm1[entity_id]),FILTER(ALL(Time[ExitMonthCategory]),Time[ExitMonthCategory] <= MAX(Time[ExitMonthCategory]))), values('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName])="1 - All Judges" && values('s1Perm1'[Exit])<>"Still in Out-of-Home Care",calculate([Numerator],all('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName])), values('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName])="1 - All Judges" && values('s1Perm1'[Exit])="Still in Out-of-Home Care",calculate([Numerator-stillincare],all('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName])), values('s1JudgeIds'[JudgeName])<>"1 - All Judges" && values('s1Perm1'[Exit])="Still in Out-of-Home Care",calculate([Numerator-stillincare])
SELECT DATEDIFF(n , LAG(CAST(Date AS DATETIME) + CAST(Time AS DATETIME), 1) OVER ( ORDER BY Date, Time ), Â Â Â Â Â Â CAST(Date AS DATETIME) + CAST(Time AS DATETIME)) Â Â Â FROM [DataGapTest]
Gives the right output:
NULL 1 1 3548 0
However, when I put the statement in a function, I get only zeros as the output. It's as if the lag and current value are always the same (but they are not of course).
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetTimeInterval(@DATE date, @TIME time) RETURNS INT AS  BEGIN  DECLARE @timeInterval INT   SELECT @timeInterval = DATEDIFF(n , LAG(CAST(@Date AS DATETIME) + CAST(@Time AS DATETIME), 1) OVER ( ORDER BY Date, Time ),       CAST(@Date AS DATETIME) + CAST(@Time AS DATETIME))    FROM dbo.[DataGapTest]   RETURN @timeInterval  END
I tend to learn from example and am used to powershell. If for instance in powershell I wanted to get-something and store it in a variable I could, then use it again in the same code. In this example of a table order items where there are order_num, quantity and item_prices how could I declare ordertotal as a variable then instead of repeating it again at "having sum", instead use the variable in its place?
Any example of such a use of a variable that still lets me select the order_num, ordertotal and group them etc? I hope to simply replace in the "having section" the agg function with "ordertotal" which bombs out.
select order_num, sum(quantity*item_price) as ordertotal from orderitems group by order_num having sum(quantity*item_price) >=50 order by ordertotal;
I need to expand resursion level for resursive CTE expression within CREATE FUNCTION statement for inline table function to a value greater than default. It turns out that OPTION clause for MAXRECURSION hint perfectly works if I use it outside CREATE FUNCTION (as well as CREATE VIEW for non-parametrized queries), but it does not within CREATE FUNCTION statement - I'm getting error:
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure ExpandedCTE, Line 34
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'option'.
Here is the function:
create FUNCTION [dbo].[ExpandedCTE]
(
@p_id int
)
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN
(
with tbl_cte (id, tbl_id, lvl)
as
(
select
id, tbl_id, 0 lvl
from
tbl
where
id = @p_id
union all
select
t.id, t.tbl_id, lvl + 1 from
tbl_cte inner join tbl t
on rnr.tbl_id = tbl_cte.id
)
select
id, tbl_id, lvl
from
tbl_cte
option (maxrecursion 0)
)
Please help!
Alexander.
P.S. I'm really sorry if it is about syntax, but I could not find it in the documentation.
I've created a number of tables, views, sproc, and functions whose names begin with "sys_", but when I tried to create a multi-statement table-valued function with this type of name, I got:
Server: Msg 1706, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sys_tmp, Line 9 System table 'sys_test' was not created, because ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not enabled.
I had a quick look in this forum for 1706 (and on Google) but couldn't find anything. Does anyone know for certain if this is a bug in SQL2K?
Thanks, Jos
Here's a test script: /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T-SQL code to test creation of three types of function where the function name begins with "sys_". Jos Potts, 02-Nov-2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
PRINT @@VERSION go
PRINT 'Scalar function with name "sys_" creates ok...' go
CREATE FUNCTION sys_test () RETURNS INT AS BEGIN RETURN 1 END go
DROP FUNCTION sys_test go
PRINT '' go
PRINT 'In-line table-valued function with name "sys_" creates ok...' go
CREATE FUNCTION sys_test () RETURNS TABLE AS RETURN SELECT 1 c go
DROP FUNCTION sys_test go
PRINT '' go
PRINT 'Multi-statement table-valued function with name "sys_" generates error 1706...' go
CREATE FUNCTION sys_tmp () RETURNS @t TABLE (c INT) AS BEGIN
And here€™s the output from running the test script in Query Analyser on our server: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.2039 (Intel X86) May 3 2005 23:18:38 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.0 (Build 2195: Service Pack 4)
Scalar function with name "sys_" creates ok...
In-line table-valued function with name "sys_" creates ok...
Multi-statement table-valued function with name "sys_" generates error 1706... Server: Msg 1706, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sys_tmp, Line 11 System table 'sys_tmp' was not created, because ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not enabled. Server: Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 2 Cannot drop the function 'sys_test', because it does not exist in the system catalog.
I'm trying to create a report that's based on a SQL-2005 Stored Procedure.
I added the Report Designer, a Report dataset ( based on a shared datasource).
When I try to build the project in BIDS, I get an error. The error occurs three times, once for each parameter on the stored procedure.
I'll only reproduce one instance of the error for the sake of brevity.
[rsCompilerErrorInExpression] The Value expression for the query parameter 'UserID' contains an error : [BC30654] 'Return' statement in a Function, Get, or Operator must return a value.
I've searched on this error and it looks like it's a Visual Basic error :
I have this function in access I need to be able to use in ms sql. Having problems trying to get it to work. The function gets rid of the leading zeros if the field being past dosn't have any non number characters.For example:TrimZero("000000001023") > "1023"TrimZero("E1025") > "E1025"TrimZero("000000021021") > "21021"TrimZero("R5545") > "R5545"Here is the function that works in access:Public Function TrimZero(strField As Variant) As String Dim strReturn As String If IsNull(strField) = True Then strReturn = "" Else strReturn = strField Do While Left(strReturn, 1) = "0" strReturn = Mid(strReturn, 2) Loop End If TrimZero = strReturnEnd Function