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Adding Column Values Together In SQL SELECT Statement
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

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How Do I Get The Actual Name Of A Column Or Table In A Sql Select Statement?
Hello fellow .net developers,

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.

Thanks in advance,

Robert

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SELECT Statement - How To Not Get Column Field Names?
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>

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Concatenating Column Values In SELECT Statement
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!

TIA,
Arthur

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How To Eliminate Column Header From Select Statement
Hi Everybody:

I want select data from SQL server and save to a file without column header. Anyone has any suggestions? I try PLAIN option in select statement which is described in msdn library as:

"PLAIN:

Prevents column headings from appearing in the query output that is displayed. You can use PLAIN whether or not a TO clause is present. If an INTO clause is included, PLAIN is ignored.

"

However, I tried in both SQL 2000 and SQL 7, none of them supports it. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Joan

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Dynamic Column Names In Select Statement
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.

declare @order_id nvarchar(10)
select @order_id = 'OrderID'
SELECT @order_id from Order.

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.

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Select Statement That Returns The Column Names And Keys
Does anyone know a select statement that would return the column namesand keys and indexes of a table?Thanks,TGru*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!

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Hiding Or Removing Column Output From Select Statement
I'm executing the following...

select COL1, min(COL2) from TABLE group by COL1

the table has many duplicate entries, where COL2 is the primary key and unique, but its the duplicate COL1 entries that have to be removed.

I was hoping a simple
"delete from table where COL1 not in (select COL1, min(COL2) from TABLE group by COL1)"

would do the trick, but obviously in returning two columns from the subselect this won't work. Can I hide the COL2 output from the query that will be put in the subselect?

this is a one-off thing, so i'm not overly concerned about overhead or elegance. just need to make it so.

tia

a

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SELECT Statement To Return Table Column Names
Is there a SELECT statement that will return a the column names of a given table?

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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

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Select Statement That Will Output Related Rows With Different Column Data Per Row?
Is there a way to build a select statement that will output related rows with different column data per row? I want to return something like:

rowtype|   ID    | value
A          |   123 | alpha
B          | 123 | beta
C          | 123 | delta
A          |   124 | some val
B          |   124 | some val 2
C          |   124 | some val 3
etc...

where for each ID, I have 3 rows that are associated with it and with different corresponding values.

I'm thinking that I will have to build a temp table/cursor that will get all the ID data and then loop through it to insert each rowtype data into another temp table.

i.e. each ID iteration will do something like:
insert into #someTempTable (rowtype, ID, value) values ('A', 123, 'alpha')
insert into #someTempTable (rowtype, ID, value) values ('B', 123, 'beta')
insert into #someTempTable (rowtype, ID, value) values ('C', 123, 'delta')
etc..

After my loop, I will just do a select * from #someTempTable

Is there a better, more elegant way instead of using two temp tables? I am using MSSQL 2005

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Can A Column Be Derived Using Substring But The Parameters Are A Result Of A Select Statement?
I have a table which has a field called Org. This field can be segmented from one to five segments based on a user defined delimiter and user defined segment length. Another table contains one row of data with the user defined delimiter and the start and length of each segment. e.g.

Table 1

Org

aaa:aaa:aa

aaa:aaa:ab

aaa:aab:aa

Table 2

delim

Seg1Start

Seg1Len

Seg2Start

Seg2Len

Seg3Start

Seg3Len

:

1

3

5

3

9

2

My objective is to use SSIS and derive three columns from the one column in Table 1 based on the positions defined in Table 2. Table 2 is a single row table. I thought perhaps I could use the substring function and nest the select statement in place of the parameters in the derived column data flow. I don't seem to be able to get this to work.

Any ideas? Can this be done in SSIS?

I'd really appreciate any insight that anyone might have.

Regards,

Bill

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Add Column With Fixed Number Of Values (text) To The Select Statement
Hello,

I have such a problem. Need to add additional column to my query. The column should consist of set of fixed number (same as number of query rows) values (text). At start thought it's simple but now Im lost. Is there any chance to do it. Apreciate any help. I need to tell that I have only access to select on this database so no use of operation on tables.

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Random Selection From Table Variable In Subquery As A Column In Select Statement
Consider the below code: I am trying to find a way so that my select statement (which will actually be used to insert records) can randomly place values in the Source and Type columns that it selects from a list which in this case is records in a table variable. I dont really want to perform the insert inside a loop since the production version will work with millions of records. Anyone have any suggestions of how to change the subqueries that constitute these columns so that they are randomized?

SET NOCOUNT ON

Declare @RandomRecordCount as int, @Counter as int
Select @RandomRecordCount = 1000

Declare @Type table (Name nvarchar(200) NOT NULL)
Declare @Source table (Name nvarchar(200) NOT NULL)
Declare @Users table (Name nvarchar(200) NOT NULL)
Declare @NumericBase table (Number int not null)

Set @Counter = 0

while @Counter < @RandomRecordCount
begin
Insert into @NumericBase(Number)Values(@Counter)
set @Counter = @Counter + 1
end

Insert into @Type(Name)
Select 'Type: Buick' UNION ALL
Select 'Type: Cadillac' UNION ALL
Select 'Type: Chevrolet' UNION ALL
Select 'Type: GMC'

Insert into @Source(Name)
Select 'Source: Japan' UNION ALL
Select 'Source: China' UNION ALL
Select 'Source: Spain' UNION ALL
Select 'Source: India' UNION ALL
Select 'Source: USA'

Insert into @Users(Name)
Select 'keith' UNION ALL
Select 'kevin' UNION ALL
Select 'chris' UNION ALL
Select 'chad' UNION ALL
Select 'brian'

select
1 ProviderId, -- static value
'' Identifier,
'' ClassificationCode,
(select TOP 1 Name from @Source order by newid()) Source,
(select TOP 1 Name from @Type order by newid()) Type

from @NumericBase

SET NOCOUNT OFF

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Formatting Numbers In An SQL Statement
Hi,I have a table that has an ID field which is automatically incremented as each new record is added, so if I do a SELECT * FROM Table1 I get:ID, Name1, Billy2, Bob3, TonyYou get the idea. What I want to do is format the number differently when it's returned from an SQL statement so I get:ID, Name0001, Billy0002, Bob0003, TonySo I need something like SELECT FORMATNUMBER(ID, 4), Name FROM Table1 - Does anything like this exist?Little 'un.

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Multiple Numbers In One Statement
Hi,Is there any way to insert into table 100 integers from 1 to 100 in oneinsert statement?Now I have to use loop to insert numbers. I was wondering if there is thesimpler way.

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Select Statement Within Select Statement Makes My Query Slow....
Hello... im having a problem with my query optimization....

I have a query that looks like this:

SELECT * FROM table1
WHERE location_id IN (SELECT location_id from location_table WHERE account_id = 998)

it produces my desired data but it takes 3 minutes to run the query... is there any way to make this faster?... thank you so much...

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TSQL Statement For Adding Employee Numbers To A Table
What is the easiest way to fill a column with sequencial numbers. The name of the column is empno an is 4 characters long. I would like to start with '0001' and continue to add 1 to the empno until the end of the table.

Thanks for your help in advance.

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Multiply Numbers In A Column
Hi

I'm trying to find a decent way of multiplying a set of numbers in a column without using a cursor in T-SQL.

There is no 'Product' aggregate function that I'm aware of in SQL 7 or 2000. The workaround I'm currently using is this :

SELECT EXP(SUM(LOG(ColumnName))) FROM tblName

This works fine, except when negative numbers are introduced. The LOG function does not allow negative numbers and therefore returns a domain error and the negative number is eliminated from the aggregate.

I could use a cursor to do the multiplication, however, this is proving too slow for the bulk calculations involved.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, then that would be much appreciated.

thanks....Tom

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STUCH WITH SSN NUMBERS COLUMN....HW TO DO

OK I HAVE AN INTERESTING SITUATION HERE.

I HAVE AN SSN COLUMN.

SSN NUMBER HAS 9 NUMERIC DIGITS.

NOW IN THE SSN COLUMN I HAVE A LOT OF BAD SSN WHICH CONTAIN ONLY 3 OR ONLY 4 OR ONLY 5 AND SO ON DIGITS.

HOW CAN I FILTER THESE ONES OUT SO THAT I CAN MAKE AN EXCELL REPORT OF THIS DATA.

I AM THINKGING OF USING CONDITIONAL SPLIT.

BUT HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT IT.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE COMMAND

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Removing Numbers From A Column

Hi,

I have the following tables :

Code Block
Create table #EmployeeList(empname nvarchar(20), emptype char(5))

Insert INTO #EmployeeList('Cary zzz',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('01 Jack',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('02 Tommy',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('03 Ricardo',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('04 Jack',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('Les zzz',null);
Insert INTO #EmployeeList('05 Tim',null);

The final data looks like this :

Cary zzz     NULL
01 Jack       NULL
02 Tommy      NULL
03 Ricardo    NULL
04 Jack       NULL
Les zzz      NULL
05 Tim        NULL

1. I want to delete all rows which have 'zzz' in it.
2. I want to remove the numbers from the empname column

Code Block
Expected Output :

Jack       NULL
Tommy      NULL
Ricardo    NULL
Jack       NULL
Tim        NULL

Can anyone help me please with the query?

thanks.

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Add New Table Column With Numbers
Hello.

Whats the easiest way to add a column with a numeration to my table?

I want the users to have an easier life finding on which row they are
talking.

I preffer of course doing it in reporting service and not adding a
column in my dataset.

Thanks.

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Select Based On Repeated Numbers
i have telephone numbers in my table and i want to select based on numbe of repeated numbers.. for example..

39657777

39111132

36399991

The first has foue 7s, second has four 1s and the thrid has four 9s.

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How To Select All Rows Starting With Numbers
Hi

I have a table with one column

Shop Name
---------------
123 Shop
#56 Shop
@Shop
Astar Shop
Best Shop

I want to write a sql select statement and produces the following result

Shop Name
---------------
123 Shop
#56 Shop
@Shop

Please help me on this

Cheers
-Jag

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Create Sequential Numbers In A Column
I have a temp table that's populated with an insert query in as toredprocedure. The temp table has a uniqueID as the primary key.In that table I have a column SortOrder.What I want to do is to create a sequential number in SortOrder butonly for records matching a WHERE statement, for example:(pardon the shorthand...)Insert *.tblPermanent into tblTempIf myField = 1 thenSortOrder = 1(2,3,4,5,.....etc.)elseSortOrder = 0Thankslq

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Convert Sql Smalldatetime Column Into Numbers
HI all;

I have a simple question to ask; I need to create a column with the data from my DOB column (which has the smalldatetime type attached to it). I know how to do that but I am not too sure how to convert the data from that column int normal character for example when I copy it into my newly created column and change the type to varchar I get this jan 16 1979 from this date 1979/01/16. But I actually want the data to look like this 19790116, so in effect I just want to take out the slashes.

Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks all.

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Gradually Add O Substract Numbers In A Column
how do I gradually add o substract numbers in a column for example if I have

total
deposito
test

120

120

80
40

77

117

7

124

4
120

i need in the test column:
if the number is in the total column the number in test is added
if the number is in the deposito column the number in test is substracted

i have this query:

SELECT gir_cantidad as total,null as deposito,'operation' as test

FROM giros inner join corresponsales on cor_corresponsal_id = gir_corresponsal_id where gir_fecha >= '11/21/2007' and gir_fecha <= '11/22/2007 23:59:59' and gir_fecha_anul is null and gir_agencia_id = 1

UNION

select null as total,paa_valor as deposito,'operation' as test from pagosagencia where paa_fecha >= '11/21/2007' and paa_fecha <= '11/22/2007 23:59:59' and paa_agencia_id= 1 order by gir_fecha

In column test i need the functionality to add and subtract the columns total and deposito

Please help

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Reading Column Names With Numbers From ASP
Hi there,

I have an ASP application and am upgrading from Access to SQL server. I have a table that has the following fields

ID

PropertyName

Value1

Value2

Value3

Value4

In ASP, I use:

Set Conn=Server.CreateObject(ADODB.Connection)

Set Rs=Conn.Execute("SELECT * FROM MyTable")

Then if I use response.write Rs("PropertyName") it works.

But if I use response.write Rs("Value1") then it reads nothing from the field, even though I can see data if I open the table in SQL 2005 Express.

Has anyone had any experience with the above behaviour ?

The exact SQL string I'm using is:-

SELECT tbl_ConventionPropertyMap.*, tbl_ConventionProperties.ConventionID, tbl_ConventionProperties.Value1, tbl_ConventionProperties.Value2, tbl_ConventionProperties.Value3, tbl_ConventionProperties.Value4, tbl_ConventionProperties.Value5, tbl_ConventionProperties.Used, tbl_KCCLookup.Item FROM (tbl_ConventionProperties INNER JOIN tbl_ConventionPropertyMap ON tbl_ConventionProperties.PropertyID = tbl_ConventionPropertyMap.ID) LEFT JOIN tbl_KCCLookup ON tbl_ConventionProperties.Value4 = tbl_KCCLookup.ID WHERE (((tbl_ConventionProperties.ConventionID)=96))

Thanks muchly for your assistance.

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Reuse Numbers In Identity Column
Hello,

I have an ID column which is an Identity column, and it counts from 1 upwards.

If I have 10 records, I have ID's number 1 to 10.
If I then add another record, it will give the ID number 11.

Imagine I then delete ID number 9
Is it possible to get the next record I create to take number 9 instead of 12 ?

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Identity Column Jumped 1.8 Billion Numbers
After moving our database between servers, one table had a hiccup in it's
identity column. The number jumped from 761 to 1886863475 on the next
insert. This is a production server and I didn't catch it until yesterday.
So I have several days worth of numbers in a central table. I can't clean
them out, but I wondered if I could do the following:

DBCC CHECKIDENT ('table_name', RESEED, 800)

I tested it on our development server and it doesn't seem to cause any
problems. I know that when we get to 1.8 billion on the identity column
again we'll get an error, but I'm willing to risk it.

A few questions. 1) Am I insane for trying this? 2) Has anyone else ran into
a similar problem and what did you do to fix it? 3) If I do this, is there
anything in particular to watch out for? 4) What caused the jump in the
first place?

My other option is to change the datatype from int to decimal(19) or
something along those lines. This will upset our programmers and I'll have
to change all my foreign keys (not a big deal, just a pain).

Any input at all here would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Grant

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Update Column With Increasing Sequential Numbers
Here is my problem. I have a table with 4 columns id1,id2,id3,boxnum. Here is some sample data.

id1           id2          id3         boxnum
1              1             1

1              1             1
1              2             1
1              2             1
1              2             1
2              2             2
2              3             4

What I need is to be able to update boxnum with sequential numbers based on the unique set of values from the id columns. So my output would be this.

id1           id2          id3         boxnum
1              1             1              1

1              1             1              2
1              2             1              1
1              2             1              2
1              2             1              3
2              2             2              1
2              3             4              1

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Updating Table Column With Cumulative Numbers
Hello,

One more question about this Custom Calendar table I'm creating. I have a column called "IsWorkdays" which indicates if the day represented by a row is a workday or not. For our purposes, I also need to create a row that accumulates those numbers by month. So, if it is the 3rd workday of the month, this column would have a 3. This is beyond my current T-SQL ability. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks a lot,
Andy

SQL version: 2005, Standard edition.

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Inputting Random Numbers To Table Column From Web Form
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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
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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?
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Aldo.

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