Hello All,Is there a way to run sql select statements with column numbers inplace of column names in SQLServer.Current SQL ==> select AddressId,Name,City from AddressIs this possible ==> select 1,2,5 from AddressThanks in Advance,-Sandeep
Hi, i have a doubt, can a column have the value of a select? I mean, i'm making a photo gallery and on the categories table i need to know how many photos i have, so i need to count in the table photos the ones associated with the id of the category, the problem is that i'm listing categories with a datalist, is there a way so that a column on the categories table have the result of the count? Thanks in advance, if you don't understood my question feel free to ask me again and i'll try to explain it better, i really need this.
If the CostEventPrice < 10,00$ then TicketSalesPrice = CostEventPrice + 2,00$ If the CostEventPrice between 10,00$ and 20,00$ then TicketSalesPrice = CostEventPrice + 3,00$ If the CostEventPrice > 20,00$ then TicketSalesPrice = CostEventPrice + 4,00$
I want to use an if statement to compute the value of a column in SQL Database using other columns. I am supposed to check if a column is null or not and do the computations accordingly. Can anyone help?
Hello everyone, I'm still quite new ASP.net, Visual Web Developer 2008, and SQL. It has been a fun learning experience so far. Anyways, the site I am designing needs to allow its users to extensively search several different databases (MS SQL databases). I have followed many of the tutorials and have found it rather easy to add table adapters, gridviews and other data features that use basic SQL Select statements. One of the major database tables contains several columns which I would like to include as a search parameters from a drop down list. I was wondering if there is any way I can write a select which will pass a variable to be used as a column name to the statement? For example: SELECT DATE, GAME, EXACT, @COLNAMEFROM HistoryWHERE @COLNAME = @SOMEVARIABLE This obviously doesnt work, but thats the gist of what I want to do. Any suggestions? I need this to be simple as possible, Most everything I'm doing is done through the visual design mode. Im still slow to learn C# and apply it in the codebehind files unless I have very detailed step by step instuctions. Thanks Scott
I am trying to create a new column 'COL_4' and, in the same step, create a case statement off of the new col. I know that the code below will not execute. I realize that I could get ride of COL_4 in my code below and concatonate but I need to keep Col_4 in the output.
SELECT COL_1 ,COL_2 ,COL_3 ,COL_4 = COL_1 + COL_2 ,COL_5 = CASE WHEN COL_1 THEN 'SOMETHING' END FROM TABLE_1 ;
Hi,I am trying to Pass Column Name(FieldName) using Parameter in SQLStatement... But i am getting error...how can i pass Column name using parameter???Example:in table i have fieldname ECountry...Select @FName='ECountry'Select @FName from Table...How it works???Thanx in Advance,Regards,Raghu...
I have a column called SEGMENTED_BLOCK sample data:X,X,XXX,XX,XX,TYZC123456,X,X,TOYZ654321,1234,777777I need to do something that has the effect ofSELECT(stuff before first comma) as FIRST_ITEM,(stuff after first comma, but before second) as NEXT_ITEM,(stuff after second comma but before third(if any)) as THIRD_ITEMFROM SEGMENT_XREFWHERE LOOKUP_ITEM = 12345ORDER BY FIRST_ITEMFIRST_ITEM is pretty easy, but it gets uglier fast.My attempts are horrendously ugly nested checkindex and substring statements.Is there an easier way?
I'm new to SQL Server but not new to SQL because I used it with Oracle. I wonder if it is possible to do this kind of statement on SQL Server:
UPDATE TableX M SET (M.column1, M.column2, M.column3)= (SELECT T.column1, T.column2, G.column3) FROM Table_Y T, Table_Z G WHERE join condition)) WHERE EXISTS (join condition for TableX)
Basically, I'd like to update multiple columns in one statement but for some reason I can not get it to work.
I've found that there is no such thing as a Case Statement in the Derived Column task in the data flow objects. I've written a ternary statement instead. I can't seem to get it to work exactly how I want it to. For example
The CreditAmount and DebitAmount Fields are spelled correctly, the field type of AccountCategory is String and the Field type of CreditAmount and DebitAmount is numeric, but that seems to be the same situation that I have in the first example that works. Am I missing something? I'd appreciate any advice anyone has to offer. Thanks,
I have an SQL Select statement that I need to add a column to called SalePrice, the SalePrice column needs to be calculated by adding together the values of 12 columns, then multiplying that value by the value in a another column to calculate margin. My issue is that I can only get it to add 7 column values together, if I add any more columns to the equation it just returns and null result. My DB is SQL 2005 Express SP2. My select statement is below: SELECT dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.ID, dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.MachineName, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CPU.PartDescription AS CPU, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CPU.PartCost AS CPUCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Motherboard.PartDescription AS Motherboard, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Motherboard.PartCost AS MotherboardCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_RAM.PartDescription AS RAM, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_RAM.PartCost AS RAMCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_HDD.PartDescription AS HDD, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_HDD.PartCost AS HDDCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OpticalDrive.PartDescription AS OpticalDrive, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OpticalDrive.PartCost AS OpticalDriveCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Video.PartDescription AS Video, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Video.PartCost AS VideoCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OS.PartDescription AS OS, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OS.PartCost AS OSCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Modem.PartDescription AS Modem, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Modem.PartCost AS ModemCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_FloppyDrive.PartDescription AS FloppyDrive, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_FloppyDrive.PartCost AS FloppyDriveCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CardReader.PartDescription AS CardReader, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CardReader.PartCost AS CardReaderCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_PowerSupply.PartDescription AS PowerSupply, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_PowerSupply.PartCost AS PowerSupplyCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CaseType.PartDescription AS CaseType, dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CaseType.PartCost AS CaseTypeCost, dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.Notes, dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.MarginPercent, dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.PriceOverride, (dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CPU.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Motherboard.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_RAM.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_HDD.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OpticalDrive.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Video.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OS.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Modem.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_FloppyDrive.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CardReader.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_PowerSupply.PartCost + dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CaseType.PartCost) * ((dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.MarginPercent + 100) / 100) AS SalePrice FROM dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CaseType ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.CaseType = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CaseType.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Motherboard ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.Motherboard = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Motherboard.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Video ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.Video = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Video.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_RAM ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.RAM = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_RAM.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_PowerSupply ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.PowerSupply = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_PowerSupply.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OS ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.OS = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OS.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OpticalDrive ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.OpticalDrive = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_OpticalDrive.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Modem ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.Modem = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_Modem.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_HDD ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.HardDisk = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_HDD.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_FloppyDrive ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.FloppyDrive = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_FloppyDrive.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CPU ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.CPU = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CPU.ID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CardReader ON dbo.MFG_DATA_Machines.CardReader = dbo.MFG_DATA_Parts_CardReader.ID
Is there a way to set a field value to the column default in an update statement? Eg. UPDATE Table2 SET field1 = DefaultValue where DefaultValue is the field1 column default in the table definition. The reason I need to do this is when I delete a record from Table1, I need to set the foreign key in Table2 to the default (I don't want to delete the record in Table2, just want to set the key to a default key). I could hard-code the default value in the stored procedure but I think that's just not clean. If I create a new instance of the DB and the default value changes, I'd need to change the stored procedure(s). Just not clean... To avoid a drawn-out discussion, there are reasons why I can't setup a relationship between the two tables and use "ON DELETE SET DEFAULT". Any info greatly appreciated.
In a website I'm working on I need to be able to put all of the user tables in a database in a dropdownlist.
Another dropdownlist then will autopopulate itself with the names of all the columns from the table selected in the first dropdownlist.
So, what I need to know is: is there a sql statement that can return this type of information?
Example:
Table Names in Database: Customers, Suppliers
Columns in Customers Table: Name, Phone, Email, Address
I click on the word "Customers" in the first dropdownlist.
I then see the words "Name", "Phone", "Email", "Address" in the second dropdownlist.
I'm sure you all know this (but I'll say it anyways): I could hardcode this stuff in my code behind file, but that would be really annoying and if the table structure changes I would have to revise my code on the webpage. So any ideas on how to do this the right way would be really cool.
I have a quick question on SQL Server. Lets say I have table Order which has column names OrderId, CustomerName, OrderDate and NumberofItems. To select the OrderID values from the table I say Select OrderId from Order. But in the select if I want the column name to be variable how do I do it. I tried the following code through a stored procedure.
The code above gave me the string "OrderID" as many times as there were rows in the table but I could never get the actuall values in the OrderId column. Can you please send me some ideas or code where I can get values from the column names and at the same time change the column name dynamically.
I'm puzzled as to how to express what I want in a stored procedure. Assume two columns, Surname and GivenName. The surname might be missing. When I originally wrote this app in Access, I used the following expression:
SELECT Iif( IsNull(Surname), GivenName, Surname + ", " + GivenName ) AS Agent FROM Agents;
I've looked at the syntax for CASE but I can't figure out exactly how to say what I intend, particularly the AS Agent column aliasing.
Any help greatly appreciated. Please cc me privately so I receive your assistance at once!
however, it fails when i try to insert the value 0000-00-00 00:00:00. ie., the following insert statement fails
INSERT INTO TEST VALUES('0000-00-00 00:00:00')
The error thrown is,
Server Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value. The statement has been terminated.
It is possible to alter multiple columns within a single alter table statement? I have got the following URL that tells it is not possible to alter multiple columns within in signle alert table statement. http://www.blogcoward.com/archive/2005/05/09/234.aspx[^] Does anyone know about that?
and i have also another table which is namelist that is linked to the masterlist table.. after i search for the record andrew in the table namelist..i updated andrew as 25 and sex is female..now i want reset andrew's record, same to the records that andrew has in the table masterlist..
Aim – when Fee_Code = ‘42B’ and month_end_date =>2013-02-01 change the Fee_Code from “42B” to “42C”. Anything prior to 2013-02-01 the fee_code needs to remain the same
I can do this as a case statement(as seen below) but this creates a new column. How can i overwrite this logic in the fee_code column ?My query is
SELECT FDMSAccountNo, Fee_Code, month_end_date, sum(Fact_Fee_History.Retail_amount) as 'PCI', Case when fee_code = '42B' and (month_end_date >='2013-02-01') then '42C' end as Test from Fact_Fee_History
I am receiving error msg on the below query line as "incorrect syntax near MSF" , "Incoorect syntanx near ExtCost", "incorrect syntax near From on line 28"
SELECT xxxcolumns, (rj.RECEIVEDLINEAL * ((r.WIDTH / 12.0)) / 1000.0 MSF, Case when rv.PricePerCode = 'MSF' Then ((rj.RECEIVEDLINEAL * (r.WIDTH / 12.0)) / 1000.0) * rv.price
select col1, col2, col3, col4, col5,..... , (select col99 from tab2) as alias1 from tab1 where <condition> order by case @sortby when 'col1' then col1, when 'col2' then col2, when 'col3' then col3, when 'col99' then col99 end
when i execute the above query it gives me the following error message.
Server: Msg 207, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 Invalid column name 'col99'.
I do a SELECT * from table command in an ASP page to build a text fileout on our server, but the export is not to allow a field name rows ofrecords. The first thing I get is a row with all the field names. Whydo these come in if they are not part of the table records? How do Ieliminate this from being produced? Here's the ASP code....<html><head><title>Package Tracking Results - Client Feed</title></head><body><%' define variablesdim oConn ' ADO Connectiondim oRSc ' ADO Recordset - Courier tabledim cSQLstr ' SQL string - Courier tabledim oRSn ' ADO Recordset - NAN tabledim nSQLstr ' SQL string - NAN tabledim objFSO ' FSO Connectiondim objTextFile ' Text File' set and define FSO connection and text file object locationSet objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")'Set objTextFile =objFSO.CreateTextFile(Server.MapPath("textfile.txt"))'Response.Write (Server.MapPath("textfile.txt") & "<br />")Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C: extfile.txt",2)' write text to text file'objTextFile.WriteLine "This text is in the file ""textfile.txt""!"' SQL strings for Courier and NAN tablescSQLstr = "SELECT * FROM Courier"' set and open ADO connection & oRSc recordsetsset oConn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.connection")oConn.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=" &"c:/Database/QaTracking/QaTracking.mdb" & ";"set oRSc=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")oRSc.Open cSQLstr, oConnResponse.ContentType = "text/plain"Dim i, j, tmpIf Not oRSc.EOF ThenFor i = 1 To oRSc.Fields.CountobjTextFile.Write oRSc.Fields(i-1).NameIf i < oRSc.Fields.Count ThenobjTextFile.Write " "End IfNextobjTextFile.WriteLineWhile Not oRSc.EOFFor i = 1 To oRSc.Fields.CountIf oRSc.Fields(i-1) <"" Thentmp = oRSc.Fields(i-1)' If TypeName(tmp) = "String" Then' objTextFile.Write "" &_'Replace(oRSc.Fields(i-1),vbCrLf,"") & ""' ElseobjTextFile.Write oRSc.Fields(i-1)' End IfEnd IfIf i < oRSc.Fields.Count ThenobjTextFile.Write " "End IfNextobjTextFile.WriteLineoRSc.MoveNextWendEnd IfobjTextFile.CloseSet objTextFile = NothingSet objFSO = NothingoRSc.CloseSet oRSc = NothingoConn.CloseSet oConn = Nothing%></body></html>
I'm trying to write a script that would only update a column if it exists.
This is what I tried first:
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Enrollment' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'nosuchfield') BEGIN UPDATE dbo.Enrollment SET nosuchfield='666' END
And got the following error:
Server: Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Invalid column name 'nosuchfield'.
I'm curious why MS-SQL would do syntax checking in this case. I've used this type of check with ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN commands before and it worked perfectly fine.
The only way I can think of to get around this is with:
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Enrollment' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'nosuchfield') BEGIN declare @sql nvarchar(100) SET @sql = N'UPDATE dbo.Enrollment SET nosuchfield=''666''' execute sp_executesql @sql END
which looks a bit awkward. Is there a better way to accomplish this?
I want to add a custom column in a select statement that has a value to true or false based on other criteria.
SELECT [ID], [Name], [Description], [EmpID], [Employed] FROM [Employees]
Now, in the above example there is no [Employed] Column in my table but I want it to show true or false based on whether or not [EmpID] equals a certain value.
Hi there, I have a stored procedure which i pass a number of parameters into. One of these parameters is staffNo (only passed this in because i couldn't execute the query without it). The thing is this field can be Null, but when trying to pass null into it it comes up with an Foreign Key conflict. staffNo is a foreign key within the table i'm inserting the data into. This is the error i get: "INSERT statement conflicted with COLUMN FOREIGN KEY constraint 'PropStaffFK'. The conflict occurred in database 'DewMountain', table 'TblStaff', column 'staffNo'. The statement has been terminated. The 'PropertyAdvert' procedure attempted to return a status of NULL, which is not allowed. A status of 0 will be returned instead. "
Does anyone know of away around this? how to pass a null value to the stored procedure without it causing this error. Thank you Melanie