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Mike Dimmick16-Mar-07 2:17

16-Mar-07 2:17

SQL Server is not designed to present data. It is designed to store and retrieve data efficiently.

If you need to show integers in hexadecimal in your application, make the client-side application do it. The same goes for things like string concatenation.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

Re: converting

topcatalpha16-Mar-07 2:47

topcatalpha

16-Mar-07 2:47

That's true,

but the (my concept) SQl server needs to prepare some things so the (dum and transparant) applications just need to pickup data end send it to hardware...
if the hardware gets a firmware update we don't need to replace all the applications, we only need to modify one stored proc.. so easy to maintain..
the apps are installed on embeddeds also so we don't want them to do a lot of time absorbing work.

ofcours we can also use services on the server who can do the work but that takes a lot of extra work and my experience is that MSSQL is very powerfull en can handle those things without any problems..

but i guess this is my opinion..ofcourse any suggestions or better concepts to do this are very welcome..

Thx..

Kurt

Re: converting

topcatalpha19-Mar-07 1:33

topcatalpha

19-Mar-07 1:33

So why are stored procedures, views and functions implemented in MSSQL then ?

i solve things this way :

insert into A
select fielda, fieldb, LEFT(fieldc, 50) from B Where fieldd = 1

i suppose retrieve all the 50.000 records to a service truncate the string in the client app and sending 50.000 update records from a client app to your MSSQL server is taking more time then this query...

greetz..

tell me if i'm wrong. Smile | :)

Embedding Reports Within a cell !!!

fulbright15-Mar-07 20:46

fulbright

15-Mar-07 20:46

I am new to reports so might this question seamed stupid ... I am using Report Application Sever .I create a table and populate all the data required.Now I want to create a cross-tab (pivot table) instead and embed a report within the cell of cross-tab ... is it possible ?

Best Regards,

Madni

hidden views in SQLServer

Maira K15-Mar-07 20:06

Maira K

15-Mar-07 20:06

hi ,
i have created views in database Test, in sqlServer.when i had to import Test to another database Test1, the views become hiddden.
i can't see the views and when i try to create them again, i get this msg:
There is already an object named 'view1' in the database.
so how can i resolve this problem?

thanks,

Re: hidden views in SQLServer

coolestCoder16-Mar-07 2:00

coolestCoder

16-Mar-07 2:00

Hi,
check whether the views are converted to tables.

"A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder

coolestCoder

Write SQL that will remove PK and set it to another column

steve_rm15-Mar-07 18:23

steve_rm

15-Mar-07 18:23

Hello,

I have a table with a primary key on Serial No. I need to add a new column called softwareID and set that to the new primary Key.

It is possible to write some sql what will remove the PK from Serial No, and set the softwareID as the new PK?

I was thinking about dropping the table and creating a new one, but I don't want to lose the data.

Many thanks,

Steve

Re: Write SQL that will remove PK and set it to another column

Harini N K15-Mar-07 19:04

Harini N K

15-Mar-07 19:04

Hi
Check this example :

http://www.sqlmag.com/Files/23/22081/Listing_03.txt[^]

Harini

Change schema, without destroying the data

steve_rm15-Mar-07 18:13

steve_rm

15-Mar-07 18:13

Hello,

I have a sql 2005 server database and using .Net 2005.

The client has a database when contains all there business data. In the currently I have been making changes to the schema i.e. creating new table, altering procedures, etc. All these has been done by writing the scrips and when the program installs it will execute these scripts. The customer gets an update every few months.

However, the updates are becoming more and more frequent and also becoming more complex and sometimes difficult to keep track of all the table's schema.

Is it possible to send them a backup so that they can restore it with all the changes I have made to the schema without destroying all their data?

Is there any software that can be used to automate this process?

What could make this difficult as we are in different offices. Development office and the customer's office in different countries.

Many thanks for any advice,

Re: Change schema, without destroying the data

Mark J. Miller19-Mar-07 5:53

Mark J. Miller

19-Mar-07 5:53

Try using Red-Gate SQL compare. You can use it to compare both schema and data and it can be automated using .Net scripts. The best thing to do would be to keep a backup of the schema for each series of updates. When you make a new release, create a backup. Then the next time you need to release a new set of changes, restore the last backup to a place where you can run SQL compare to generate the change scripts. Then you can send those scripts with your update to the customer.

the database has been placed in state by user "Admin"

charleslau285515-Mar-07 15:39

charleslau2855

15-Mar-07 15:39

hi,

Everyone know this error? the database has been placed in state by user "Admin"!

We are using a shared database in access databases. When more than one user has connect to my databases by my application (my program developed by vb.net) at the same time, the following error message appears. "The
database has been placed in a state by user 'Admin' on machine XXXXX that
prevents it from being opened or locked."

* Although i already add the "Persist Security Info=False;Mode=Share Deny None" in my OleDbConnection, it still got same error!

How to solve this error? please help!

My following code as below:

Try
DB = New OleDbConnection("Provider=microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0; data source=C:\prdsystem\prdnsf.mdb; Persist Security Info=False;Mode=Share Deny None")
DB.Open()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Information, "")
End
End Try
Da = New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sql, DB)
Ds = New DataSet
Da.Fill(Ds, "emp")

Creating a SqlDbType.SmallDateTime parameter

digsy_15-Mar-07 8:08

digsy_

15-Mar-07 8:08

I'm trying to create a SqlDbType.SmallDateTime parameter and have been unable to find the correct answer.

I'm trying to take a date in mm/dd/yyyy format from a text box and pass it to a stored procedure.

This is about as close I have got but it still doesnt work:

SelectCommand.Parameters.Add("@dateofbirth", SqlDbType.SmallDateTime).Value = DateTime.Parse(StoredProcedureValues[3]).ToShortDateString();

Does anyone know what the answer is ?

Thanks

Re: Creating a SqlDbType.SmallDateTime parameter

Marcus J. Smith15-Mar-07 9:35

Marcus J. Smith

15-Mar-07 9:35

When you are adding a datetime value of any sort to a database leave it in a date, I mean DATE, format if possible. Otherwise you must format it correctly to insert. So ensure that the value you are parsing to DateTime is a date value and dont set it to short date string.

SmallDateTime is about precision not how it looks in the DB[^]

_Cle^aKO

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error of duplicate PK in subscriber database

Rocky#15-Mar-07 6:14

Rocky#

15-Mar-07 6:14

hi every one,
well I've set up transactional replication here and the problem is that when I try to insert a new record at the subscriber it gives me an error that the primary key is being dupicated. I have the NOT FOR REPLICATION Option for the ideantity column but its not working..

can u plz help me
thanks in advance

Rocky

Add Multiple ColumnValue to a SingleColumn

Sarfaraj Ahmed15-Mar-07 3:47

Sarfaraj Ahmed

15-Mar-07 3:47

Hello EveryBody
I got 2 Table Customer and Order

Customer Table got two column CustomerID, CustomerName
Order Table got Two Column OrderID, ProductID

CustomerTable:
CustomerID CustomerName
101 James
102 Andy
103 Bryan

OrderTable:
OrderID ProductID CustomerID
1001 10001 101
1002 10002 101
1003 10003 101
1004 10004 102
1005 10005 102
1006 10006 103

I want the output as below
CustomerID CustomerName OrderID ProductID
101 James 1001,1002,1003 10001,10002,10003
102 Andy 1004,1004 10004,10005
103 Bryan 1006 10006

Please help me.
Thanks

Sarfarj Ahmed

Re: Add Multiple ColumnValue to a SingleColumn

Marcus J. Smith15-Mar-07 4:26

Marcus J. Smith

15-Mar-07 4:26

SELECT Column1 & ', ' & Column2 & ', ' & Column3 & ', ' & Column4 FROM TableName WHERE Whatever

Try something along those lines.

Re: Add Multiple ColumnValue to a SingleColumn

Sarfaraj Ahmed15-Mar-07 4:47

Sarfaraj Ahmed

15-Mar-07 4:47

getting error message
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The data types nchar and varchar are incompatible in the boolean AND operator.

Sarfarj Ahmed

Re: Add Multiple ColumnValue to a SingleColumn

Marcus J. Smith15-Mar-07 5:16

Marcus J. Smith

15-Mar-07 5:16

Try replacing the & with +.

Re: Add Multiple ColumnValue to a SingleColumn

Sarfaraj Ahmed15-Mar-07 5:25

Sarfaraj Ahmed

15-Mar-07 5:25

Still Getting Error
Please send me an Example with SQL code
Thanks

Sarfarj Ahmed

Re: Add Multiple ColumnValue to a SingleColumn

Marcus J. Smith15-Mar-07 5:31

Marcus J. Smith

15-Mar-07 5:31

Ahhh, you need to ensure that all types are the same.

So if you have some int datatypes along with varchar or char you need to cast the int to a varchar. CAST(IntColumn as varchar(length))

sql server 2000 millisecond issue

nickjoe9015-Mar-07 2:41

nickjoe90

15-Mar-07 2:41

Hello,

I was trying to build an application using sql server 2000 and asp.net which would use real time resources, and; I have been facing an issue in which when two transactions occur at the same time, down to hh:mm:ss; then in that case a deadlock occurs and none of the transactions are completed. They remain pending unless u manually goto enterprise manager and change the seconds by making them +/-1

This issue can be reduced considerably if milliseconds can be used hh:mm:ss:fff. Is there a way to implement this?

Nikhil Joshi

Re: sql server 2000 millisecond issue

Pete O'Hanlon16-Mar-07 2:15

Pete O'Hanlon

16-Mar-07 2:15

Deadlocking does not occur because you have a datetime. It occurs because you have two resources which are locking each other.

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

a loop that increments a value in the selection clause?

Red_Wizard_Shot_The_Food15-Mar-07 2:30

Red_Wizard_Shot_The_Food

15-Mar-07 2:30

I’m trying to make a loop that will select a count of all entries that have a "TimeIn" value on the date defined by an input parameter with an hour value between x & y.

So the first pass through the loop would select a count of all rows with a TimeIn between 00:00:00 and 01:00:00 on the selected day ...

The second pass will select a count of all rows with a TimeIn between 01:00:00 and 02:00:00.

finally it will return counts for each hour in the day.

This is my first attempt at loops in SQL so any push in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: a loop that increments a value in the selection clause?

Marcus J. Smith15-Mar-07 3:00

Marcus J. Smith

15-Mar-07 3:00

There is a better way to do this.

SELECT 
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '00:00:00' AND '01:00:00') AS 'Time1',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '01:00:00' AND '02:00:00') AS 'Time2',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '02:00:00' AND '03:00:00') AS 'Time3',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '03:00:00' AND '04:00:00') AS 'Time4',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '04:00:00' AND '05:00:00') AS 'Time5',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '05:00:00' AND '06:00:00') AS 'Time6',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '06:00:00' AND '07:00:00') AS 'Time7',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '07:00:00' AND '08:00:00') AS 'Time8',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '08:00:00' AND '09:00:00') AS 'Time9',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '09:00:00' AND '10:00:00') AS 'Time10',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '10:00:00' AND '11:00:00') AS 'Time11',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '11:00:00' AND '12:00:00') AS 'Time12',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '12:00:00' AND '13:00:00') AS 'Time13',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '13:00:00' AND '14:00:00') AS 'Time14',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '14:00:00' AND '15:00:00') AS 'Time15',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '15:00:00' AND '16:00:00') AS 'Time16',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '16:00:00' AND '17:00:00') AS 'Time17',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '17:00:00' AND '18:00:00') AS 'Time18',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '18:00:00' AND '19:00:00') AS 'Time19',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '19:00:00' AND '20:00:00') AS 'Time20',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '20:00:00' AND '21:00:00') AS 'Time21',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '21:00:00' AND '22:00:00') AS 'Time22',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '22:00:00' AND '23:00:00') AS 'Time23',
(SELECT COUNT(TimeIn) FROM TableName WHERE TimeIn BETWEEN '23:00:00' AND '24:00:00') AS 'Time24'
FROM TableName

Re: a loop that increments a value in the selection clause?

andyharman15-Mar-07 5:49

andyharman

15-Mar-07 5:49

If you have SQL-Server then

select convert(varchar(13), TimeIn, 120) + ':00', count(*)
from MyTable
where TimeIn between @x and @y
group by convert(varchar(13), TimeIn, 120) + ':00'
order by 1

SQL is best for set operations. You can do loops and cursors but they tend to be slower and are harder to code.

Regards
Andy

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