Database

4-Oct-06 17:26

Hi, please help
I wanna select top 5 from table satisfying a condition
and at the same time count the number of rows returned based on selection.

Select top 5 LastName, (Select count (*) from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz') as Count from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz'

assuming there are only 3 rows with Cruz as latname
result should be:

Lastname | Count
Cruz 3
Cruz 3
Cruz 3

I mean my query doesn't work and have researched over the internet.

Please help. thank you. Cry | :((

Gerri

albCode4-Oct-06 21:06

albCode

4-Oct-06 21:06

Select top 5 LastName,  count (*) as [Count] from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz'<br />
group by lastname order by [Count]  Desc

CandyMe4-Oct-06 22:05

4-Oct-06 22:05

it doesn't work, seriously. I already copy pasted and been doing some workarounds on this. using sql 2005. or what's wrong really? Cry | :((

thank u

Gerri

albCode4-Oct-06 22:08

albCode

4-Oct-06 22:08

Select top 5 LastName, count (*) as [Count] from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz'<br />
group by [Count]

Eric Dahlvang5-Oct-06 5:22

Eric Dahlvang

5-Oct-06 5:22

CandyMe wrote:
Select top 5 LastName, (Select count (*) from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz') as Count from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz'

If this isn't working, there is some other problem.

CandyMe wrote:
I mean my query doesn't work and have researched over the internet.

Can you be a bit more specific as to what error message you are getting. Maybe give us some samples of the data. According to what you have showed us here, there is absolutely NO reason your query should'nt return what you expect.

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CandyMe5-Oct-06 18:00

5-Oct-06 18:00

I mean my query doesn't produce the result I'm expecting.

For instance, I selected Top 5 with a given condition. But 3000 passed this condition. Rowcount should only be 5.

Upon querying such

Select top 5 LastName, <br />
(Select count (*) from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz') as Count <br />
from TBL where lastname = 'Cruz'

Gerri

CandyMe5-Oct-06 19:41

5-Oct-06 19:41

I figured it some 2 hours after my last reply.
I decided to create a temp table where I'd do my select top
then just count the number of rows in that temp table
with the whereclause, ofcourse

CREATE TABLE #RowCount(SubscriberId INT)

EXEC ('INSERT #RowCount' + ' SELECT TOP ' + @Top + ' (SubscriberId) FROM ' + @TableName)

--get total pages
EXEC ('SELECT (COUNT(*) - 1)/' + @SizeString + ' + 1 AS PageCount FROM #RowCount')

--get total number of rows
EXEC ('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #RowCount')

so if i selected top 10000 and only 3000 passed the condition
totalrowcount is 3000; otherwise, if i selected top 2500 and 3000 passed the condition, totalrowcount is 2500

thanks! Suspicious | :suss:

Gerri

templarx5-Oct-06 22:08

templarx

5-Oct-06 22:08

Or you can try something like this:

SELECT
sub.surname,count(*) as count
FROM
(select top 5 surname from myTable) sub
GROUP BY sub.surname
--[WHERE surname = 'CRUZ']

OUTPUT will bev [without the where clause]
CRUZ 3
TOM 1
JACK 1

if you want to see all 5 rows [basically repeating ]

SELECT sub3.surname,sub2.count
FROM
(select count(*) as count from
(select top 5 surname from myTable where surname = 'CRUZ') sub) sub2
CROSS JOIN
(select top 5 column_name from myTable where surname = 'CRUZ' ) sub3

CandyMe7-Oct-06 2:17

Query Builder to make stored procedures?

7-Oct-06 2:17

thanks so much. well appreciated. Smile | :)

Gerri

datetime

lakshmi_sri4-Oct-06 15:01

lakshmi_sri

4-Oct-06 15:01

how can i get the time and date in the datecreated field in a data table while inserting a record?

Re: datetime

Edbert P4-Oct-06 16:39

Edbert P

4-Oct-06 16:39

You can return it as an OUT parameter if you are using a stored procedure, or do a select query on the record after you've inserted it. AFAIK there's no easier way to get this.

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Re: datetime

Eric Dahlvang5-Oct-06 5:11

Eric Dahlvang

5-Oct-06 5:11

When you insert into the table, use getdate() as the value for the DateCreated field:

insert into mytesttable (MyDateField) values (getdate())

Or, to make a default value of the current datetime, in design view in the Enterprise Manager type (getdate()) in the Formula field for the table.

Or, when you create the table in the Query Analyzer, do it this way:

CREATE TABLE [MyTestTable] (
    [IDColumn] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
    [DateCreated] AS (getdate())
) ON [PRIMARY]

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- Laurence J. Peters

eggsovereasy4-Oct-06 10:43

eggsovereasy

4-Oct-06 10:43

Ok, I know how to start the query designer in VS2005 and I can make a query and run it and see the data, thats all good.

I can also create new stored procedures by using the server explorer to go the SP folder, right click, add new. I then type in my stored procedure and everything works fine.

However, is there a way to create stored procedures with the query builder, other than using typed datasets?

text , ntext datatypes ( PLEASE HELP )

abdelhameed814-Oct-06 9:22

abdelhameed81

4-Oct-06 9:22

hi all
every time i add a column to my table with the type text or ntext all what is entered in the database is only the first 16 characters. it happened also with all my colleagues
plz help me with this problem

abdelhameed81

Mark Salsbery4-Oct-06 10:44

4-Oct-06 10:44

How is the column defined?
How are you inserting text into the column?

Mark

abdelhameed814-Oct-06 21:51

abdelhameed81

4-Oct-06 21:51

the column is created in the design view of the SQL enterprise manager and the data is inserted to it from an ASP.Net application

abdelhameed81

Mark Salsbery5-Oct-06 6:26

5-Oct-06 6:26

What is the max length of the text for the column?

I meant can you post code snippet showing how you do the insert?

Database is SQL Server?

Mark

Jerry Hammond5-Oct-06 4:20

Jerry Hammond

5-Oct-06 4:20

FWIW text is a datatype that will be deprecated in future versions of SQL Server. Keep that in mind as you develop your tables. varchar or nvarchar are the best choice in my nosey opinion.

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Delete Row Count

Skanless4-Oct-06 9:21

Skanless

4-Oct-06 9:21

Hello,

I have a couple questions and would really appreciate your responses.

Question:

1. If you are new to a database, is there a way that you can quickly find out relationships between the tables?

2. I need to retrieve information on all the tables in a database to find out which tables have a rowcount of more than 50,000 records then delete some record which thus reducing the table to 50,000 rows so as to make space. Is there a way to do that? and if so, what is the syntax to obtain this?

3. How can I cascade constraints when deleting records from a specific table?

I am using SQL server 2000 to accomplish this task.

Thanks

Greg

Coding makes the world go round!!!

Re: Delete Row Count

Edbert P4-Oct-06 16:45

Edbert P

4-Oct-06 16:45

Skanless wrote:
1. If you are new to a database, is there a way that you can quickly find out relationships between the tables?

There are diagrams that you can create to see the relationship between the tables.

Skanless wrote:
2. I need to retrieve information on all the tables in a database to find out which tables have a rowcount of more than 50,000 records then delete some record which thus reducing the table to 50,000 rows so as to make space. Is there a way to do that? and if so, what is the syntax to obtain this?

You can use the sysobjects table that can return the tables existing in your database, then query each table to check how many records it has and delete the ones over 50,000. I can't remember the correct syntax, I'm sure a bit of googling will do.

Skanless wrote:
3. How can I cascade constraints when deleting records from a specific table?

You need to specify the necessary constraints to the tables before deleting the record, and it will automatically trigger the deletion of child records.

Column Length

Guinness4Strength4-Oct-06 7:50

Guinness4Strength

4-Oct-06 7:50

I'm using ADO.NET and I'm attempting to get the column length for VARCHAR columns using the MaxLength property of the DataTable class, but it always returns -1, any secrets to finding this info from a returned MS SQL Server Query ?

Re: Column Length

Mark Salsbery4-Oct-06 10:56

4-Oct-06 10:56

According to the docs

"If the column has no maximum length, the value is –1 (default)."

If you set MaxLength on a column do you still get -1 back?

Mark

Re: Column Length

Guinness4Strength4-Oct-06 11:00

Guinness4Strength

4-Oct-06 11:00

Yes, the length limit can be seen in the "Design Table" dialog of the SQL Server Enterprise Manager for the table in question. Its a VARCHAR(50) column, but after I query this tabkle the DataTable's DataColumn has a MaxLength value of -1

Here is the code i use to Query the Table if that helps...

DataTable DT = new DataTable();
if(m_DB is SqlConnection)
{
	m_DA = new SqlDataAdapter(Query,(SqlConnection)m_DB);
	m_CB = new SqlCommandBuilder((SqlDataAdapter)m_DA);
	((SqlCommandBuilder)m_CB).QuotePrefix="[";
	((SqlCommandBuilder)m_CB).QuoteSuffix="]";
	((SqlDataAdapter)m_DA).Fill(DT);
}

Re: Column Length

Mark Salsbery4-Oct-06 11:49