MS SQL Server :: Order By Clause In DECLARE CURSOR Select Statement Won't Compile

Combing In A Cursor, A Select Statement With The WHERE Clause Stored In A Variable
Hi
I am ramesh here from go-events.com
I am using sql mail to send out emails to my mailing list

I have difficulty combining a select statement with a where clause stored in a variable inside a cursor

The users select the mail content and frequency of delivery and i deliver the mail

I use lots of queries and a stored procedure to retrieve thier preferences. In the end i use a cursor to send out mails to each of them.

Because my query is dynamic, the where clause of my select statement is stored in a variable. I have the following code
that does not work

For example

DECLARE overdue3 CURSOR
LOCAL FORWARD_ONLY
FOR SELECT DISTINCT Events.E_Name, Events.E_SDate, Events.E_City, Events.E_ID FROM Events, IndustryEvents + @sqlquery2
OPEN overdue3

I get an error message at the '+' sign
which says, cannot use empty object or column names, use a single
space if necessary

How do I combine the select statement with the where clause?

Help me...I need help urgently

Using The ORDER BY Clause When The Ordered Column Is Not Needed In The SELECT Statement
Greetings,

I have a C# application that calls a stored procedure to query the database (MSSQL 2005). I only have one field/column returned from the query but I need that column ordered.

How do I use the ORDER BY clause without returning the index column which does the sorting? The first example is NOT what I want. I want something that works like the second example which only returns the 'Name' column.

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[MyProcedure]

AS

BEGIN

SELECT DISTINCT A.Name, A.index

FROM
...
...
ORDER BY A.[Index], A.Name ASC

END

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[MyProcedure]

AS

BEGIN

SELECT DISTINCT A.Name
FROM
...
...
ORDER BY A.[Index]

END

Thanks

Parameter In Declare Cursor Statement
I have to specifiy the database name which is supplied from the user (@fixdb). I want to do something like the following 'code'

Declare SysCursor cursor for + 'select Name, ID from ' + @fixdb +'.dbo.sysobjects where xtype = "u"'

but I can't seem to come up with the right statement.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Judith

Declare Inside Select Statement?
I have a need to execute a cursor inside a select statment, but I'm having problems figuring this out. The reason this need to be inside a select statement is that I am inserting the cursor logic into a query expression in PeopleSoft Query.

So! Here's the statement that works:

======================
DECLARE @fixeddate datetime
DECLARE @CVG_ELECT char(1)
DECLARE @Effdt datetime
DECLARE EFFDTS CURSOR FOR
SELECT Z.EFFDT, COVERAGE_ELECT
FROM PS_LIFE_ADD_BEN Z
WHERE Z.EMPLID = '1000'
AND Z.EFFDT <=
GETDATE()
AND Z.PLAN_TYPE = '20'
ORDER BY Z.EFFDT DESC
OPEN EFFDTS
FETCH NEXT FROM EFFDTS INTO @Effdt, @CVG_ELECT
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
if @CVG_ELECT <> 'E'
break
ELSE
SET @fixeddate = @Effdt
FETCH NEXT FROM EFFDTS INTO @Effdt, @CVG_ELECT
END

CLOSE EFFDTS
DEALLOCATE EFFDTS
PRINT @fixeddate

======================
If I execute this in SQL Query Analyzer it gives me the data I am looking for. However, if I try to paste this into a select statement, it goes boom (actually, it says "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'DECLARE'.", but you get the idea).

Is it possible to encapsulate this inside a select statement?

CURSOR Select Clause
I need to dynamically construct the field order of a cursor based on fixed labels from another table, but when I put that resulting query I receive the error:

Server: Msg 16924, Level 16, State 1, Line 78
Cursorfetch: The number of variables declared in the INTO list must match that of selected columns.

I have 6 fields defined in the cursor select, and 6 parameters in the fetch. The results of running the @sql portion returns valid data. Should this be possible to define a parameter containing the select clause of the cursor?

select colnum, coldesc, colname into #ae_defs from ae_adefs
select @Sql = (select colname from #ae_defs where coldesc = 'PATIENT NAME') +
', ' +
(select colname from #ae_defs where coldesc = 'PATIENT NUMBER') +
', ' +
(select colname from #ae_defs where coldesc = 'ACCOUNT NUMBER') +
', ' +
(select colname from #ae_defs where coldesc = 'VISIT DATE') +
', ' +
(select colname from #ae_defs where coldesc = 'VISIT TYPE') +
', DocID from ae_dtl1'

DECLARE myCursor CURSOR FOR
Select @SQL

OPEN myCursor
print @@Cursor_rows
FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor into @var1, @var2, @var3, @var4, @var5, @DocID

TSQL - Use ORDER BY Statement Without Insertin The Field Name Into The SELECT Statement
Hi guys,
I have the query below (running okay):

Code Block
SELECT DISTINCT Field01 AS 'Field01', Field02 AS 'Field02'
FROM myTables
WHERE Conditions are true
ORDER BY Field01

The results are just as I need:

Field01           Field02

-------------          ----------------------

192473           8461760

192474           22810

Because other reasons. I need to modify that query to:

Code Block
SELECT DISTINCT Field01 AS 'Field01', Field02 AS 'Field02'
INTO AuxiliaryTable
FROM myTables
WHERE Conditions are true
ORDER BY Field01
SELECT DISTINCT [Field02] FROM AuxTable
The the results are:

Field02

----------------------

22810
8461760

And what I need is (without showing any other field):

Field02

----------------------

8461760
22810

Is there any good suggestion?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Aldo.

How To Use ORDER BY Clause In An SELECT DISTINCT Sql Query When AS SINGLECOLUMN Is Defined?
Hi,
I wonder if its possible to perform a ORDER BY clause in an SELECT DISTINCT sql query whereby the AS SINGLECOLUMN is used. At present I am recieving error: ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified. My guess is that I cant perform the Order By clauses because it cant find the columns individually. It is essentail I get this to work somehow...
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance
Gemma

Using Select Statement Instead Of Cursor
Hi All, Can anyone please help?

TableA has data as below:

ssn sex dob rel_code
111111111 m 19500403 m
111111111 f 19570908 w
111111111 f 19770804 d
111111111 f 19801203 d
111111111 f 19869712 d
111111111 m 19870907 s
111111111 m 19901211 s

I have to convert the rel_code into a specific manner so the data will look as below in TableB:

ssn sex dob rel_code
111111111 m 19500403 01
111111111 f 19570908 02
111111111 f 19770804 20
111111111 f 19801203 21 111111111 f 19869712 22
111111111 m 19870907 30
111111111 m 19901211 31

Member's rel_code = 01
spouse's rel_code = 02
daughter's rel_code starts from 20 with the oldest and increments by 1.
Son's rel_code starts from 30 and increments by 1 from oldest to the youngest.

I know You can write a Sp with cursor and do this, but I would like to know if you can accomplish the same thing by a select or case or something else instead of a cursor.

Thanks in advance.

Jannat.

Select Statement In Cursor
Hi...

I have a stored procedure that rertrieves data from an sql database
and sends out a mail to each receipient who meets the criteria

I am using SQL mail.

I dynamically generate the where clause for my sql query based on criteria taken
from other stored procedures and store it in a varchar variable
called @sqlquery

When i have the following code to run my cursor

DECLARE overdue3 CURSOR
LOCAL FORWARD_ONLY
FOR SELECT DISTINCT Events.E_Name, Events.E_SDate, Events.E_City,
Events.E_ID FROM Events, IndustryEvents + @sqlquery2
OPEN overdue3

I get an error message at the '+' sign
which says, cannot use empty object or column names, use a single
space if necessary.

What should i do. i have tested the variable @sqlquery and it is
definately not blank. There is no bracket error or anything.

Please help!!!

Thanks much indeed

Ramesh

Select Statement In Cursor...Please Help
Sorry to disturb you guys but I have a problem
on the select statement in sql cursor

My select statement is stored in 2 variables one holds the select clause
and the other holds the where clause

I am doing a small test as my seelct statement is very complicated
lots of joins and it is built up from lots of parameters
from other queries and from another stored procedure as well

Hope you can help

when i type the following code:

declare @query varchar(100)
declare @query2 varchar(100)

set @query = "SELECT FROM ml_testMaillist "
set @query2 = " WHERE m_Email= 'ramesh@go-events.com' "

DECLARE overdue2 CURSOR

LOCAL FORWARD_ONLY
exec(@query + @query2)

open overdue2

I get the error

Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 11
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'exec'.

Please please help as this is very impt to me
Thanks Thanks

Regards

IF Statement In SELECT WHERE Clause
Hi Everyone,

I have the following stored procedure, I would like to use
IF statement or something of the sort in the where clause i.e.
The last line in the SP is: AND (category.categoryID = @categoryID),
I only want to check this, if @categoryID is not = 12.
So can I do something like this:

IF @categoryID <> 12
AND (category.categoryID = @categoryID)

STORED PROCEDURE:

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_get_total_risk_patients
@categoryID int
AS

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT patient.patientID) AS total_patients
FROM patient
INNER JOIN patient_record ON patient.patientID = patient_record.patientID
INNER JOIN sub_category ON sub_category.sub_categoryID = patient.sub_categoryID
INNER JOIN category ON category.categoryID = sub_category.categoryID
WHERE risk = 6
AND (completed_date = '' OR completed_date IS NULL)
AND (category.categoryID = @categoryID)

How To Specify Which Database To Use For A Select Statement Within A Cursor?
Hi everyone,

I have been trying to perform the following task:

Using the sys.databases & sys.sysindexes views to display all the columns with a clustered index for all tables and all databases in a given server. So the end result will have 3 columns:

Database name
Table name
Column name from that table with a clustered index

I have already created the following script which displays all the databases for a given server:

declare @DBname nvarchar(128)
declare testCursorForDB cursor
for
select name from sys.databases with (nolock)
where name not in ('master','tempdb','model','msdb')
order by name

open testCursorForDB
fetch next from testCursorForDB
into @DBname

while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
    print @DBname
    fetch next from testCursorForDB
    into @DBname
end

close testCursorForDB
deallocate testCursorForDB

I also have created the following query which will display all the table and column names which have a clustered index for a given database:

select object_name(i.id) as TableName,

i.name as IndexName
from sys.sysindexes as i with (nolock)
where i.indid = '1'

However, what I need help/advice on is how do I combine these two together into one working script (either using nested cursors or a better way). In other words, how can I specify which database to use (ie. using the "use database_name") so that my query above will be applied to each database found within the cursor.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks!

Use A Variable Along With The FROM Clause In SELECT Statement
I have a table 'table_list' which contains two columns, table_name and a record_count. This table stores a list of tables and their corresponding record counts.

What I am trying to do is, to be able to write a select statement, that can read each table name in the 'table_name' column, execute a select count(*) for the same, and update its record_count with the result of select count(*).

This is the code in my procedure..

DECLARE @tab_list CURSOR
set @tab_list = CURSOR FOR select * from table_list
OPEN @tab_list

DECLARE @tab_name varchar(256)
DECLARE @rec_cnt int
FETCH NEXT FROM @tab_list INTO @tab_name, @rec_cnt

select count(*) from @tab_name

This select is looping around along with FETCH till all the table names are exhausted and their counts are updated from the cursor back into the table.

Problem is that, I am not able to use select count(*) from @tab_name, and its not accepting a variable there.

Please help me to construct the select statement that is similiar to

x=<table name>
select * from x
where x is a variable and the table name gets substituted.

what is the syntax for it ?

How To Put Condition In Select Statement To Write A Cursor
col1          col2 col3   col4
36930.60   145    N   . 00
17618.43   190   N    . 00
6259.20    115 N    .00
8175.45     19    N     .00
18022.54   212   N    .00
111.07      212   B     .00
13393.05   67   N     .00
In above 4 col
if col3 value is B then cursor has to fectch appropriate value from col4.
if col3 value is N then cursor has to fectch appropriate value from col1.
here col2 values are unique.

Can any one reply for this..............

Can You Use Column Order Value In Select Statement
Is there a shortcut to spelling out column names when you are doing a select statement?

For instance could you write Select 1, 5, 6 from table where whatever...

I tried this but didn't get any results so if you can I must be using wrong syntax.

Thanks
!

Moving Average Using Select Statement Or Cursor Based?
ID DATE(dd/mm/yy) TYPE               QTYIN COST_IN_AMT       COST_OUT_AMT(MOVING AVERAGE)
1          01/01/2007 PURCHASE            10                1000
2          01/01/2007 PURCHAES              5                1100
3         01/01/2007 SALES                    -5                                     *TobeCalculated
4          02/01/2007 Purchase               20                9000
5         02/01/2007 SALES                  -10                                    *TobeCalculated
5          02/01/2007 purchase                50                 8000
6          03/01/2007 Sales                    -10                                      *TobeCalculate
7         01/01/2007   Purchase                20                12000

I have a table when user add new sales or puchase will be added to this table ITEM_TXNS. The above date is part of the table for a ProductID . (The field is removed here)
In order to calculate the balance amount using moving average, I must calculated the cost_out_amt first on the fly.
When user add new sales I also need to determine the cost/unit for a product id using moving average. The problem is I can not just use sum, because i need to determine cost_out_amt for each sales first which will be calculated on the fly.
The reason i dont store the cost_out_amt (instead calculate on the fly) because User could Edit the previous sales/purchase txn or Insert new sales for a previous date. Example THe record with ID 9. By Adding this txn with ID 9, would cause all the cost_out_amt will be incorrect (Using moving Average) if i store the cost_amout_out on entrying txn and need to be recalculated.
Instead I just want to calculate on the fly and able to determine the cost avr for a specific point of time.
Should I just use Cursor and loop all the record and calculate the cost or maybe I can just use on Select Statement?

Gridview Select Statement With User.identity.name In The Where Clause
Hello everyone,
I have a view, NAS_vPosition that has a coloumn vLogin_Acting and I want to use the user.identity.name to select the row from this table that matches.
So far i have tried:
SelectCommand = "Select * FROM NAS_vPosition WHERE vLogin_Acting = ' <%=User.Identity.Name %> ' "
with no success.
Any help is appreciated

Select Statement Using Multi-list Box Values For WHERE IN SQL Clause
I have a gridview that is based on the selection(s) in a listbox. The gridview renders fine if I only select one value from the listbox. I recive this error though when I select more that one value from the listbox:
Syntax error converting the nvarchar value '4,1' to a column of data type int. If, however, I hard code 4,1 in place of @ListSelection (see below selectCommand WHERE and IN Clauses) the gridview renders perfectly.
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSourceAll" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT DISTINCT dbo.Contacts.Title, dbo.Contacts.FirstName, dbo.Contacts.MI, dbo.Contacts.LastName, dbo.Contacts.Suffix, dbo.Contacts.Dear, dbo.Contacts.Honorific, dbo.Contacts.Address, dbo.Contacts.Address2, dbo.Contacts.City, dbo.Contacts.StateOrProvince, dbo.Contacts.PostalCode FROM dbo.Contacts INNER JOIN dbo.tblListSelection ON dbo.Contacts.ContactID = dbo.tblListSelection.contactID INNER JOIN dbo.ListDescriptions ON dbo.tblListSelection.selListID = dbo.ListDescriptions.ID WHERE (dbo.tblListSelection.selListID IN (@ListSelection)) AND (dbo.Contacts.StateOrProvince LIKE '%') ORDER BY dbo.Contacts.LastName">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="ListSelection" DefaultValue="1"/>
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
The selListID column is type integer in the database.
I'm using the ListBox1_selectedIndexChanged in the code behind like this where I've tried using setting my selectparameter using the label1.text value and the Requst.From(ListBox1.UniqueID) value with the same result:

Protected Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
Dim Item As ListItem
For Each Item In ListBox1.Items
If Item.Selected Then
If Label1.Text <> "" Then
Label1.Text = Label1.Text + Item.Value + ","
Else
Label1.Text = Item.Value + ","
End If
End If
Next
Label1.Text = Label1.Text.TrimEnd(",")
SqlDataSourceAll.SelectParameters("ListSelection").DefaultValue = Request.Form(ListBox1.UniqueID)
End Sub
What am I doing wrong here? Thanks!

Trying To Use The Results Of A Case Statement In My Select List In My WHERE Clause?
I am fairly new with SQL and still learning. I have used a case statemtent for a column in my select list and want to use the results of that statement's field in my WHERE clause but it is not working for me. Here is the code I have so far:

SELECT
l.loanid,
p.investorid,
l.duedate,
case when pc.duedate >= l.duedate then pc.duedate end as RateDueDate,
pc.interestrate
FROM loan l
inner join participation p on p.loanid = l.loanid
inner join paymentchange pc on pc.loanid = l.loanid
where p.investorid = '12345' and RateDueDate is not null
order by l.loanid, pc.duedate

I want to put the results of this case statment in my where clause like highlighted above but it is not working because RateDueDate is not an actual column in the table. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

TSQL: I Want To Use A SELECT Statement With COUNT(*) AS 'name' And ORDER BY 'name'
I am very new to Transact-SQL programming and don't have a programmingbackground and was hoping that someone could point me in the rightdirection. I have a SELECT statement SELECT FIXID, COUNT(*) AS IOIsand want to ORDER BY 'IOI's'. I have been combing through the BOL, butI don't even know what topic/heading this would fall under.USE INDIISELECT FIXID, COUNT(*) AS IOIsFROM[dbo].[IOI_2005_03_03]GROUP BY FIXIDORDER BY FIXIDI know that it is a simple question, but perhaps someone could assistme.Thanks,

DECLARE CURSOR
Is there any way to create a cursor, based on a dynamically created select_statement? Something like:
DECLARE someCRS CURSOR LOCAL FAST_FORWARD FOR @strSelect
where @strSelect is previously declared as let's say varchar.
I don't want to create a stored procedure for this.

Thanks!

Help With Declare And Cursor

I keep getting the message

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'declare'.

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 4

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'declare'.

What am I doing wrong?

declare @dbname varchar(8000),

declare @countyname varchar (200) ,

declare @sql varchar(8000)

declare county_name cursor for

select distinct county from Zipcodes

open county_name

fetch next from county_name

into @countyname

declare dbname_name cursor for

select name from sys.databases where name like 'Property%' and name <> 'PropertyCenter'

open dbname_name

fetch next from dbname_name

into @dbname

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

BEGIN

set @sql =

'

select p.sa_property_id, z.zipcode as sa_site_zip, z.state as sa_site_state, z.city as sa_site_city, z.county as sa_site_county,@dbname ,(select @@servername) as servername, county'+@countyname+'

from zipcodes z join tbl_reply_assr_final p on z.zipcode = p.sa_site_zip'

exec (@sql)

end

set @sql = ''

fetch next from dbname_name into @dbname

fetch next from county_name into @countyname

CLOSE county_name

DEALLOCATE county_name

CLOSE dbname_name

DEALLOCATE dbname_name

Declare Or Create Cursor
Hello guys,just wanted to ask a question some might percieve it as a stupid one but I don't know so I will ask anyway?

Is Declare Cursor same as Create Cursor and if not what is the major difference?

Declare Cursor With Dynamic SQL?
Hello..

Can you declare a cursor with dynamic SQL?

I have a situation where the SQL for my cursor MUST be assembled in a buffer, but I cannot get the cursor declaration to accept my buffer as the SQL statement.

these attempts did not work:

DECLARE crsCursor CURSOR FOR @vchrSQL
DECLARE crsCursor CURSOR FOR (@vchrSQL)

Does anybody know if you definitely can or definitely cannot use dynamic SQL with cursors?

Declare Dynamic Cursor From String
Hi,is it possible to create a cursor from a dynamic string?Like:DECLARE @cursor nvarchar(1000)SET @cursor = N'SELECT product.product_idFROM product WHERE fund_amt > 0'DECLARE ic_uv_cursor CURSOR FOR @cursorinstead of using this--SELECT product.product_id--FROM product WHERE fund_amt > 0 -- AND mpc_product.status= 'aktiv'Havn't found anything in the net...Thanks,Peppi

Declare Cursor For Execute Stored_procedure
Hello,

I am using SQL 2005 and i would like to create a cursor from executing a stored procedure (dbo.SP_getDate @Variable).
Something like this:

DECLARE Cursor1 CURSOR FOR EXECUTE dbo.SP_getDate @Variable

i get an error saying "incorrect syntax near the keyword 'EXECUTE'."
cannot get rid of the error. what am i doing wrong?
(i am trying to avoid using #tempTbl to store the results of the execute first and then doing a select on the #tempTbl)

Not sure if i am doing this right all together.
any help would be greatly appreciate.

How To Declare Cursor In Stored Procedure?
I am trying to decalare the cursor in the below stored procedure. Can any one please help me to correct the cursor declaration?? Basically, i am testing how to declare the cursor in stored procedure.

CREATE PROCEDURE STP_EMPSAL
@empno int,
@Employee_Cursor CURSOR VARYING OUTPUT
FOR SELECT empno FROM AdventureworksDW.dbo.emp
AS
OPEN Employee_Cursor;
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor into @empno;
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
BEGIN TRAN
UPDATE emp set sal= sal+ 2000 where
empno = @empno and comm is null
mgr='Scott';
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor into @empno;
COMMIT;
END;
CLOSE Employee_Cursor;
DEALLOCATE Employee_Cursor;

Declare Cursor Based On Dynamic Query
Hi,

I am declaring the cursor based on a query which is generated dynamically. but it is not working

Declare @tempSQL varchar(1000)

--- This query will be generated based on my other conditon and will be stored in a variable

set @tempsql = 'select * from orders'

declare cursor test for @tempsql

open test

This code is not working.

please suggest

Nitin

Inconsistent Sort Order Using ORDER BY Clause
I am getting the resultset sorted differently if I use a column number in the ORDER BY clause instead of a column name.

Product: Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition
Version: 9.00.1399.06
Server Collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

for example,

create table test_sort
( description varchar(75) );

insert into test_sort values('Non-A');
insert into test_sort values('Non-O');
insert into test_sort values('Noni');
insert into test_sort values('Nons');

then execute the following selects:
select
*
from
test_sort
order by
cast( 1 as nvarchar(75));

select
*
from
test_sort
order by
cast( description as nvarchar(75));

Resultset1
----------
Non-A
Non-O
Noni
Nons

Resultset2
----------
Non-A
Noni
Non-O
Nons

Any ideas?

Order By Clause In View Doesn't Order.
I have created view by jaoining two table and have order by clause.

The sql generated is as follows

SELECT     TOP (100) PERCENT dbo.UWYearDetail.*,  dbo.UWYearGroup.*
FROM         dbo.UWYearDetail INNER JOIN
                      dbo.UWYearGroup ON dbo.UWYearDetail.UWYearGroupId = dbo.UWYearGroup.UWYearGroupId
ORDER BY dbo.UWYearDetail.PlanVersionId, dbo.UWYearGroup.UWFinancialPlanSegmentId, dbo.UWYearGroup.UWYear, dbo.UWYearGroup.MandDFlag,
                      dbo.UWYearGroup.EarningsMethod, dbo.UWYearGroup.EffectiveMonth

If I run sql the results are displayed in proper order but the view only order by first item in order by clause.

Has somebody experience same thing? How to fix this issue?

Thanks,

SQL 2000 Partitioned View Works Fine, But CURSOR With FOR UPDATE Fails To Declare
This one has me stumped.

I created an updateable partioned view of a very large table. Now I get an error when I attempt to declare a CURSOR that SELECTs from the view, and a FOR UPDATE argument is in the declaration.

There error generated is:

Server: Msg 16957, Level 16, State 4, Line 3

FOR UPDATE cannot be specified on a READ ONLY cursor

Here is the cursor declaration:

declare some_cursor CURSOR

for

select *

from part_view

FOR UPDATE

Any ideas, guys? Thanks in advance for knocking your head against this one.

PS: Since I tested the updateability of the view there are no issues with primary keys, uniqueness, or indexes missing. Also, unfortunately, the dreaded cursor is requried, so set based alternatives are not an option - it's from within Peoplesoft.

Default Sort Order - Open Table - Select Without Order By
Hi!

I recently run into a senario when a procedure quiered a table without a order by clause. Luckily it retrived data in the prefered order.

The table returns the data in the same order in SQL Manager "Open Table"

So I started to wonder what deterimins the sort order when there is no order by clause ?

I researched this for a bit but found no straight answers. My table has no PK, but an identiy column.

Peace.

/P

SELECT DISTINCT In DECLARE
Hi

I try to use this code in query analyzer

DECLARE @SendTo VarChar(4000)
SET @SendTo = ''
SELECT DISTINCT @SendTo = @SendTo + UserEmail + ';' FROM dbo.tbl_AccountInfo WHERE (UserEmail <> '')
PRINT @SendTo

The purpose of this code is to build up a ; seperated string of email adresses that I can use sending mail from SQL server.

It works but it only give me one record (should give me 130 records) , but if I remove the DISTINCT part it give me all records, duplicates too. Does anyone know why and how can I get this to work? Or maybe do it in another way?

Best regards

Cursor And Order By
I noticed that I cannot use ORDER BY in cursor, but in my case I need to order data in cursor.
I'm thinking about selecting data for cursor from temp table where data is ordered but may be there are other decisions to get data in cursor ordered?

Cursor Declared With Variable In Where Clause
When I execute next query on sqlserver 6.5 nested in stored procedure I can see that 'open testCursor' selected rows using new value of @var. When I execute query on sqlserver 7.0 I can see that 'open testCursor' selected rows using value of @var before 'declare ... cursor'. Is there any way to force sqlserver 7.0 to proccess cursor like it did it before.

select @var = oldValue

declare testCursor cursor
for select someColumns
from someTable
where someColumn = @var

select @var = newValue

open testCursor

fetch next from testCursor into @someColumns

Thank's in advance.

Mirko.

Is It Possible To Re-reference A Column Alias From A Select Clause In Another Column Of The Same Select Clause?
Example, suppose you have these 2 tables(NOTE: My example is totally different, but I'm simply trying to setupthe a simpler version, so excuse the bad design; not the point here)CarsSold {CarsSoldID int (primary key)MonthID intDealershipID intNumberCarsSold int}Dealership {DealershipID int, (primary key)SalesTax decimal}so you may have many delearships selling cars the same month, and youwanted a report to sum up totals of all dealerships per month.select cs.MonthID,sum(cs.NumberCarsSold) as 'TotalCarsSoldInMonth',sum(cs.NumberCarsSold) * d.SalesTax as 'TotalRevenue'from CarsSold csjoin Dealership d on d.DealershipID = cs.DealershipIDgroup by cs.MonthIDMy question is, is there a way to achieve something like this:select cs.MonthID,sum(cs.NumberCarsSold) as 'TotalCarsSoldInMonth',TotalCarsSoldInMonth * d.SalesTax as 'TotalRevenue'from CarsSold csjoin Dealership d on d.DealershipID = cs.DealershipIDgroup by cs.MonthIDNotice the only difference is the 3rd column in the select. Myparticular query is performing some crazy math and the only way I knowof how to get it to work is to copy and past the logic which isgetting out way out of hand...Thanks,Dave

Order By Clause
If I use the order by clause to sort on a date, where the date andtime stamp are the exact same for multiple records, how does SQLoutput the data?At random... or does it look at the primary key?

Order By Clause
Hello,
can any one tell me about the difference between the following queries.

1. SELECT * FROM Symp_User ORDER BY
2. SELECT * FROM Symp_User ORDER BY ASC

I don't think there is any difference in the above queries. kinldy make me clear on this.

thnkx,
rahul jha

Order By Clause
Hi there,
i'm trying to order the follow query:

SELECT count(nome) as CNT FROM utenti WHERE nome like '%" & rs("nome") & "%' ORDER BY CNT ASC

why i've this error:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers errore "80040e10"
[Microsoft][Driver ODBC Microsoft Access] Parametri insufficienti. Previsto 1.

Thank you in advance...

Order By Clause
I am looking to get a cyclic order in the order by clause. how do I do this?

for example I have 5 customers with ids like
xyz 1
xyz 2
xyz 3
xyz 4
xyz 5

when I am selecting xyz 3 I want the list to show
xyz 4
xyz 5
xyz 1
xyz 2
xyz 3

How do I do this by using the order by clause?

Order By In() Clause ??
Hi!

My problem is this one:

I'm doing a simple query like this (simplified):

SELECT Me_id, Det_id, Det_val
FROM oFormsMsgDet
WHERE (Det_id IN (2411, 2409, 2410, 2408))

And I want the recordset order by my IN list. My In list is given dynamicly so I can't play with it and my query is returned in Det_id order. How can I do it?

Thanks a lot

Genviou

Reg. Order By Clause
Can you explain the below scenario

The ORDER BY clause can include items that do not appear in the select list. However, if SELECT DISTINCT is specified, or if the statement contains a GROUP BY clause, or if the SELECT statement contains a UNION operator, the sort columns must appear in the select list.

what is the reason behind this.

ORDER BY Have Problem In SP With Cursor
Hi,
when I create a stored procedure with cursor, I got this problem: if I have ORDER BY in the code, I got below error message. It change to OK once I remove the ORDER BY.I tried to run the SELECT with ORDER BY in seperated statement, works just fine.I cannot understand what the error message mean, either google found nothing. What's the problem, or how I debug out the reason. Thank you very much.

here is the code:
set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SP_Lookup_A]
    (
    @projId varchar(10)
    )
AS
BEGIN

    -- Lot Number
    DECLARE rsLotnos CURSOR FOR
    (SELECT LOT_NUMBER
        FROM ASG_LOT
        WHERE PROJECT_ID = @projId
        ORDER BY LOT_NUMBER
    )

END

here is error message:
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure SP_Lookup, Line 17
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ORDER'.

Wes

How To Include Variable In CURSOR SQL Filter Clause?
After trying every way I could come up with I can't get a filter clauseto work with a passed variable ...I have a cursor that pulls a filter string from a table (works OK),then I want to use that filter in a second cursor, but can't get thesyntax ...@bakfilter is equal to "MISV2_db_%.BAK" before I try to open and fetchfrom the second cursor. Here is the cursor declaration:DECLARE curFiles CURSOR FORSELECT FileName, FileDateFROM DataFileWHERE (((Active)=1) AND ((FileName) LIKE '@bak_filter'))ORDER BY FileDate DESCWhat do I need to do to get it to use the string contained in@bak_filter?Thanks in advance, Jim

Cursor Issue - Order Not Correct
I'm using a cursor in SQL Server 2000 to assist me in calculating for each store, the Sales Rank of a zip code. There are about 1500 stores, and 125,000 store/sales/zip code records.

I am finding that this works for about 95% of the stores, but about 5% are getting fouled up, where the store's records are getting split in the sequencing, and so the store ends up with two zips ranked 1, two ranked 2, two ranked 3, etc.

In the DB structure, there is a constraint restricting one record per store (org_id) per zip code (postalcode).

Here's my code. Basically what I'm trying to have the cursor do is go through the table, ordered by org_id (store) asc, org_criteria_value (sales) desc, and rank the zip codes. When a new store is encountered, reset the counter to 1 and start ranking again. Do this until all the records are processed.

/*CREATE Sales_Table table */
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Sales_Table] (
[count_id] [int] NULL ,
[org_id] [int] NULL ,
[postalcode] [varchar] (20) NULL,
[sales] [numeric](18,6) NULL ,
[sales_rank] [integer] NULL,
[org_criteria_input_date] [datetime] NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]

insert into Sales_Table
select 0 as count_id, omd.org_id, omd.postalcode, omd.org_criteria_value, 0 as cum_rank, org_criteria_input_date
fromorg_model_data omd
join org o on o.org_id = omd.org_id
where o.client_id = @ClientID
and model_Criteria_id = 27
and org_criteria_value <> 0
order by omd.org_id asc, omd.org_criteria_value desc

-- DECLARE CURSOR for Sales_Table

declare SalesRankCursor CURSOR
SCROLL dynamic FOR
select org_id, sales, sales_rank
from Sales_Table
for update of sales_rank

-- CREATE LOOP TO UPDATE SALES RANK in Sales_Table with valid values

OPEN SalesRankCursor

while exists (Select * from Sales_Table where sales_rank = 0)
Begin

FETCH NEXT FROM SalesRankCursor

set @StoreNext = @StoreCurrent
set @SalesRank = (@SalesRank + 1)

update Sales_Table
set@StoreCurrent = org_id
where current of SalesRankCursor

if @StoreCurrent <> @StoreNext
begin
set @SalesRank = 1
end

update Sales_Table
setsales_rank = @SalesRank
where current of SalesRankCursor

End

CLOSE SalesRankCursor

DEALLOCATE SalesRankCursor

Any ideas?

Sorting Cursor Output WITHOUT Using Order By
Hi,
I have a situation where I need to sort the output of a cursor. But since the sort criteria are rather complex, I am NOT able to use the Order By clause directly with the cursor definition statement.

Hence, I need to have a solution where I will use a dummy (calculated) field within the CURSOR and I want the output of this cursor sorted by the dummy field that I calculated within the cursor itself.

Please let me know the different possibilities in this scenario.

Thank you in advance
Raj