MS SQL Server :: Distinct & Dynamic ORDER BY

Order By Because Of Distinct
I have a strange situation (I think). Within a view (which explains why I use the top 100% --> to use an order by) I have this query:

select TOP 100 PERCENT *
from tbOfferDetails
where ofd_id = ofd_parent and ofd_fk_off_id = 100

This gives me the following results:
ofd_fk_off_id off_fk_class_id
100 2753
100 2753
100 2071
100 2753

Now I change the query to:

select distinct ofd_fk_off_id, ofd_fk_class_id from
(select TOP 100 PERCENT *
from tbOfferDetails
where ofd_id = ofd_parent and ofd_fk_off_id = 100
order by ofd_sequence ASC ) as tbOffers

This gives me the following results:
ofd_fk_off_id off_fk_class_id
100 2071
100 2753

In the execution plan, it says that a distinct order by is used on off_fk_class_id. My question is: why is this done? I want only a distinct and not an order by. So is there a way to change this (default?) behaviour.

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Distinct With Order By
It gives me this error:
ORDER BY clause (TimeStamp) conflicts with Distinct

The sql statement is:

sql Code:

Original
- sql Code

SELECT DISTINCT division from table order by Stamp DESC

SELECT DISTINCT division FROM TABLE ORDER BY Stamp DESC

I've tried:

sql Code:

Original
- sql Code

SELECT DISTINCT division, Stamp FROM table ORDER BY Stamp DESC

SELECT DISTINCT division, Stamp FROM TABLE ORDER BY Stamp DESC

But this produces duplicate rows, which in this specific case is unacceptable.

Is there any way I can acheive what I want?
Stamp is a TimeStamp if you couldn't figure it out. I just want the last one entered, but all the last ones entered per division. . .

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How Do I Use Order By When I Use Select Distinct.
Hi
I have a query which returns some rows.. what happens if i use a select distinct instead of a select.. this is my sproc
DECLARE @Counter TABLE(
PlanId int,
FundId int,
ClientFundName varchar(110),
DisplayOrder int IDENTITY(1,1),
IsDefault bit,
IsPortfolioFundOnly bit
)
INSERT INTO @Counter
(
PlanId,
FundId,
ClientFundName,
IsDefault,
IsPortfolioFundOnly
)
SELECT
5923,
f.FundId,
d.FundName,
CASE WHEN d.FundDefault IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,
CASE WHEN Lower(p.FundType) = 'modfundonly' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
FROM
PlanDetail d
INNER JOIN Statements..Fund f
ON d.CUSIP = f.CUSIP
OR
d.Ticker = f.Ticker
OR
d.Ticker = f.ClientFundId
OR
d.CUSIP = f.ClientFundId
-- Do an internal join on the PlanDetail table to get the value of the FundType to derive whether
--fund can only be chosen as part of a portfolio.
LEFT JOIN PlanDetail p
ON d.FundName = p.FundName
AND
d.PortfolioName = p.PortfolioName
WHERE
d.PlanNumber IS NOT NULL
AND
p.PortFundPercent IS NULL
GROUP BY
f.FundId,
d.FundName,
d.FundDefault,
--d.PlanNumber,
--d.Cusip,
-- d.Ticker,
--d.RowNumber,
p.FundType

ORDER BY
Min(d.PlanNumber),
Min(d.RowNumber)

any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Karen

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SQL Distinct Value And Order By Some Field......
Dear all,In SQL Server 2000 , how to get distinct records sort by onefield .ExampleSELECT DISTINCT A FROM tblTEST ORBER BY BHere, In TableField 'A' contain more than one same data...Field 'B' contain all are different Data......I want distince in Field 'A' and order by Field 'B'..... how to getit.........regardskrishnan

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SELECT DISTINCT W/ORDER BY
I get the "ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified.

SELECT DISTINCT
pdm.Account,
pdm.Customer
FROM
dbo.Demands pdm LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.Tickets rct ON pdm.Account = rct.Account
WHERE
pdm.Code IN (66, 51)
ORDER BY
pdm.TransactionDate DESC

Is there any way to make the ORDER BY work in this case?

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DISTINCT Requires ORDER BY
OK I am trying the following select statement but I am getting a 'DISTINCT requires ORDER BY to be used' error. I have an ORDER BY in it so I am not sure what I have missed?

SELECT DISTINCT tbl_final_CP.ExtEnum + tbl_final_CP.ExtEnum AS [Full Cost]
FROM tbl_final_CP INNER JOIN
ContractorAreaRelationship ON tbl_final_CP.Area = ContractorAreaRelationship.AreaNo INNER JOIN
tbl_CPCost ON tbl_final_CP.CP = tbl_CPCost.CP
WHERE (DATEPART(yyyy, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = DATEPART(yyyy, GETDATE())) AND (ContractorAreaRelationship.ContractorNumber = 6112) AND
(DATENAME(mm, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = 'Conwy') AND (ContractorAreaRelationship.AreaName = 'Conwy') AND (tbl_final_CP.Video > 0) OR
(DATEPART(yyyy, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = DATEPART(yyyy, GETDATE())) AND (ContractorAreaRelationship.ContractorNumber = 6112) AND
(DATENAME(mm, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = 'March') AND (ContractorAreaRelationship.AreaName = 'Conwy') AND (tbl_final_CP.ExtEnum > 0) OR
(DATEPART(yyyy, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = DATEPART(yyyy, GETDATE())) AND (DATENAME(mm, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = 'March') AND
(ContractorAreaRelationship.AreaName = 'Conwy') AND (tbl_final_CP.Video > 0) AND (ContractorAreaRelationship.AdminID = 6112) OR
(DATEPART(yyyy, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = DATEPART(yyyy, GETDATE())) AND (DATENAME(mm, tbl_final_CP.dCount) = 'March') AND
(ContractorAreaRelationship.AreaName = 'Conwy') AND (tbl_final_CP.ExtEnum > 0) AND (ContractorAreaRelationship.AdminID = 6112)
ORDER BY tbl_final_CP.CP, tbl_final_CP.ExtEnum + tbl_final_CP.ExtEnum

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SELECT DISTINCT Type ORDER BY
I am trying to display items from a table that have a type. For each condition there are between 7 and 10 types. I am looping through each type and displaying all items in that type. I am using DISTINCT to pull the types and count them, so I know how many there are and how times to loop. My problem is that DISTINCT is ordering the types alphabetically! I want them in the same order they went into the table. I tried adding ORDER BY primaryID, but got an error that said I also had to select primaryID as well as type, so now I am selecting every item that fits the condition and not just the DISTINCT types! Is there any way to make it order by column_position? I am using SQL 2K.

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How Can I Use SELECT DISTINCT And Maintain The Original Order
Say I have a result set with two fields numbers and letters.

1 A3 A1 B2 B

The result set is ordered by the letters column. How can I select the distinct numbers from the result set but maintain the current order? When I tryselect distinct Number from MyResultSet

it will reorder the new result set by the Number field and return

123

However, I'd like maintain the Letter order and return

132

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SELECT DISTINCT MyId Order By MyDate
I have the following records,
MyDate MyId
2003/10/25 2
2003/10/26 3
2003/10/26 1
2003/10/27 3
2003/10/28 2
2003/10/29 4

I want to get the most earlier date distinct records.
I try to use "SELECT DISTINCT MyID from Table;"
I expect to get Myid: 2,3,1,4
But the computer returns Myid:1,2,3,4

Is there a way to get the records using
"SELECT DISTINCT MyID from Table ORDER BY MyDate;"

Appreciate help......

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SELECT DISTINCT And ORDER BY With Aliased Column

This query demonstrates a problem I have run across:

USE AdventureWorks

GO

-- This query works fine.

SELECT DISTINCT FirstName AS Name1 FROM Person.Contact ORDER BY FirstName

GO

-- This query also works fine.

SELECT ISNULL(FirstName, '') AS Name1 FROM Person.Contact ORDER BY FirstName

GO

-- This query returns error 145

SELECT DISTINCT ISNULL(FirstName, '') AS Name1 FROM Person.Contact ORDER BY FirstName

GO

The last query returns the error "ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified".
It will work if I change ORDER BY to use "Name1" instead of "FirstName", but in the situation I have at hand, the query is generated by third-party software and I don't have the ability to change it.
Can anyone explain why what's going on here? Oddly, this same query will work if I run it against SQL Server 2000.

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Extract Distinct Information And Order The Results
Hi,

MSSQL 2000 T-SQL

I have a problem in extracting information pertaing to a key value and matching that key value to another transaction but the order is based on another value in the same row.

I've attached a sample of DB data below.

tran_nr ret_ref_no msg_type description
5111     12345        420          reversal
5112     12345        200          auths
5113     15236        200          auths
5114     46587        200          auths
5115     46587        420          reversal

Requirement using the above data is to extract data where the ret_ref_no is the same for more than one row but also check that the msg_type 420 happens before the 200. Is there a way of retrieving the information in this way using the tran_nr coloumn values? The tran_nr values is basically the serial number when the transaction is wrriten away to the DB.

I've managed only to retrive the 1st half of my query whereby the same ret_ref_nr is being used by more then one transaction. Still need to figure out the 2nd part where the msg_type of 420 happens before the 200.

SELECT * FROM SAMPLE
WHERE ret_ref_no in
(
    SELECT ret_ref_no FROM SAMPLE
    GROUP BY ret_ref_no HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
)

Results of query
5111 12345 420 reversal
5112 12345 200 auths
5114 46587 200 auths
5115 46587 420 reversal

If someone could assist with only retreiving the above results in bold to the query analyser i will really appreciate it.

Regards
Deceptive

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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

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Using Dynamic Order By
declare @OrderBy as varchar(20) if(@DateType = 1) set @OrderBy = (select 'lastchange') --lastchange is a column name select * from xtableorder by [@OrderBy] ascI am getting an error saying that column name @OrderBy does not exist.How can I sort the search using the @OrderBy variable?Thanx

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Dynamic Order By
I am using a dynamic order by statement;ORDER BY CASE @sortWHEN 0 THEN CAST( COALESCE( t2.RANK, 0 ) + COALESCE( t3.RANK,0 ) AS CHAR( 5 ) )WHEN 1 THEN C.titleWHEN 2 THEN CAST( CEILING( [dbo].[fn_calculateDistance]( @fromLatitude, @fromLongitude, L.latitude, L.longitude ) ) ASCHAR( 9 ) )WHEN 3 THEN ( C.locality + ' ' + C.state )WHEN 4 THEN CAST( C.price AS CHAR( 10 ) ) END ASCThe problem is with the numeric values, I have to cast them as astring, but in the results 114kmobviously is not between 1137km and 1144km.Anyone any ideas on this?Thanks in advance.

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Dynamic ORDER BY
Dear All,

I have a set of rows, a sample listed below

ID Status PageID
1 1 0
2 1 12
3 2 15
4 4 0
5 0 0
6 4 13
7 0 0
8 4 15
9 2 0

Now I wish to list the rows in Status ASC order, however, only those rows that have the Page ID > 0 will be ordered.

How can i achieve that?

I tried something like
ORDER BY CASE pageID > 0 THEN Status ASC

However I have a syntax error

Thanks for your help and time

Johann

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Dynamic Order By And JOIN
Hi,

Here is my code:

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.sp_GetPeopleDetails_1

@OrderByClause varchar(100)
AS
DECLARE @SQLStatement varchar(255)

SELECT @SQLStatement = 'SELECT People.PeopleID, People.FirstLastName, People.Title,


Departments.AcademicArea, Shifts.ShiftName, People.TShirt,

            People.Parking
FROM Departments INNER JOIN

            People ON
Departments.DepartmentID = People.DepartmentID

            INNER JOIN
Shifts ON People.ShiftID = Shifts.ShiftID

            order By ' +
@OrderByClause

EXEC(@SQLStatement)

/* SET NOCOUNT ON */
RETURN

When I run it, the error is: "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IN'."

Can anyone point my mistake?

Thanks.

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SQL Pagination With Dynamic Order By
I have a need to perform pagination while using dynamic sorting. Asan exmaple -SELECT TOP(10) * FROM (SELECTTextColumn,DecimalColumn,ROW_NUMER() OVER (ORDER BYCASE @xWHEN 1 THEN TextColumnWHEN 2 THEN DecimalColumnENDDESC) AS SortOrderFROM Table1) AS Results WHERE SortOrder ( 10 ) ORDER BY SortOrderThis is obviously just some sample but an error is given because thedata type of the 2 columns used in the order by are different. Itworks if I cast DecimalColumn to match the textcolumn but then thesorting is wrong. Is there a way to do this in a single query with 2different data types?Thanks for your help.

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Optimizing SP With Dynamic WHERE And ORDER BY
admittedly, this SP is probably a mess given that I am not a TSQL pro.its purpose is to, based on the arguments, do 1) paging or 2) returnprev/next ids for a given record.it does the job, but at the cost of several seconds. i was hopingsomeone could give me pointers on how to optimize it. perhaps, ishould break it down into smaller SPs, or create additional indices onthe source table, etc.thank you in advance for your help!--sasha-------------------start SP------------------------CREATE PROCEDURE spProjects@action int,@currID int,@sortBy varchar(50),@sortDir varchar(4),@Page int,@RecsPerPage int,@searchProjectNumber int,@searchTitle varchar(255),@searchPI int,@searchOrg int,@searchSponsor int,@searchCreatedStart smalldatetime,@searchCreatedEnd smalldatetimeASSET NOCOUNT ONDECLARE @nextID intDECLARE @prevID intDECLARE @currRow intDECLARE @rowCount intDECLARE @firstRec intDECLARE @lastRec intDECLARE @total intDECLARE @more intDECLARE @sortByFull varchar(255)SELECT @sortByFull = @sortBy + ' ' + @sortDirIf @searchCreatedStart IS NULL SELECT @searchCreatedStart =MIN(created_date) FROM spm_projects WHERE created_date IS NOT NULLIf @searchCreatedEnd IS NULL SELECT @searchCreatedEnd =MAX(created_date) FROM spm_projects WHERE created_date IS NOT NULLSELECT row = identity(int,1,1), *INTO #project_temp_tableFROM ( SELECT TOP 100 PERCENTr.id,r.project_number,r.start_date,r.end_date,r.title,r.created_date,r.updated_date,a.name agreement_type,pu.name purpose_type,sp.name sponsor,pr.name prime,p.lname pi_lname, p.fname pi_fname, p.mname pi_mi, p.emailpi_email,o.name org,convert(varchar(10), r.created_date, 101) created_date_c,convert(varchar(10), r.updated_date, 101) updated_date_cFROM spm_projects r, spm_agreement_types a, spm_purpose_types pu,spm_sponsors sp, spm_sponsors pr, spm_pis p, spm_orgs oWHERE r.deleted <> 1AND r.agreement_type_id = a.idAND r.purpose_type_id = pu.idAND r.sponsor_id = sp.idAND r.prime_id *= pr.idAND r.pi_id = p.idAND r.org_id = o.idAND r.project_number = ISNULL(@searchProjectNumber,r.project_number)AND r.title LIKE CASE WHEN @searchTitle IS NULL THEN r.title ELSE'%' + @searchTitle + '%' ENDAND p.id = ISNULL(@searchPI, p.id)AND o.id = ISNULL(@searchOrg, o.id)AND sp.id = ISNULL(@searchSponsor, sp.id)AND (r.created_date BETWEEN @searchCreatedStart AND@searchCreatedEnd OR r.created_date IS NULL)ORDER BYCASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'project_number asc' THEN r.project_numberELSE NULL END ASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'project_number desc' THEN r.project_numberELSE NULL END DESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'agreement_type asc' THEN a.seq ELSE NULLEND ASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'agreement_type desc' THEN a.seq ELSE NULLEND DESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'sponsor asc' THEN sp.name ELSE NULL ENDASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'sponsor desc' THEN sp.name ELSE NULL ENDDESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'pi asc' THEN p.lname ELSE NULL END ASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'pi desc' THEN p.lname ELSE NULL END DESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'org asc' THEN o.id ELSE NULL END ASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'org desc' THEN o.id ELSE NULL END DESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'created_date asc' THEN r.created_date ELSENULL END ASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'created_date desc' THEN r.created_dateELSE NULL END DESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'updated_date asc' THEN r.updated_date ELSENULL END ASC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull = 'updated_date desc' THEN r.updated_dateELSE NULL END DESC,CASE WHEN @sortByFull NOT LIKE '%project_number%' THENr.project_number ELSE NULL END ASC) x-- prev/nextSELECT @currRow = row FROM #project_temp_table WHERE id = @currIDSELECT @prevID = id FROM #project_temp_table WHERE row = @currRow -1SELECT @nextID = id FROM #project_temp_table WHERE row = @currRow +1-- pagingSELECT @firstRec = (@Page - 1) * @RecsPerPageSELECT @lastRec = (@Page * @RecsPerPage + 1)SELECT @more = COUNT(*) FROM #project_temp_table WHERE row >=@LastRecSELECT @total = COUNT(*) FROM #project_temp_tableSET NOCOUNT OFF--SELECT @sortBy-- prev/nextIF @action = 1 SELECT @prevID as prevID, @nextID as nextID--pagingIF @action = 2SELECT *, @more as more, @total as totalFROM #project_temp_tableWHERE row > @firstRec AND row < @lastRecDROP TABLE #project_temp_table

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Dynamic ORDER BY And UNION
Hello,

I am trying to use dynamic ORDER BY with UNION in a stored procedure but I keep getting this error message:

ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if the statement contains a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator.

The ORDER BY works fine without the UNION, and the UNION works fine without the dynamic ORDER BY (just putting an ORDER BY works fine)

Here is the whole query in case this helps, thank you

SELECT
leave_id, leave_type, annualLeave.from_date,
convert(nvarchar(10), annualLeave.request_date, 103) as dated,
convert(nvarchar(10), annualLeave.from_date, 103) as from_date,
convert(nvarchar(10), annualLeave.to_date, 103) as to_date,
annualLeave.canceled,
annualLeave.working_days,
staff.staff_name,
Case WHEN annualLeave.canceled = 'True' THEN 'canceledPO'
WHEN annualLeave.authorized_mng is not NUll AND annualLeave.authorized_hr is not Null THEN 'greenItem'
ELSE ''
END AS pendingStyle,
Case WHEN annualLeave.canceled = 'True' THEN 'canceledPO'
ELSE ''
END AS historyStyle
FROM annualLeave
INNER JOIN staff ON annualLeave.staff = staff.staff_id
WHERE staff.department like @Department
and (@staffID is Null or annualLeave.staff = @StaffID)
and (@Canceled is Null or annualLeave.canceled = @Canceled)
and (@AuthorizedMng is Null or annualLeave.authorized_mng is Null)
and (@AuthorizedHR is Null or annualLeave.authorized_hr is Null)
and (@StartingDate is Null or annualLeave.from_date > @Startingdate)
and (@IsPastLeave is Null or annualLeave.from_date < @IsPastLeave)
and (@EndingDate is Null or annualLeave.to_date <= @EndingDate)

UNION

SELECT
leave_id, leave_type, annualLeave.from_date,
convert(nvarchar(10), annualLeave.request_date, 103) as dated,
convert(nvarchar(10), annualLeave.from_date, 103) as from_date,
convert(nvarchar(10), annualLeave.to_date, 103) as to_date,
annualLeave.canceled,
annualLeave.working_days,
staff.staff_name,
Case WHEN annualLeave.canceled = 'True' THEN 'canceledPO'
WHEN annualLeave.authorized_mng is not NUll AND annualLeave.authorized_hr is not Null THEN 'greenItem'
ELSE ''
END AS pendingStyle,
Case WHEN annualLeave.canceled = 'True' THEN 'canceledPO'
ELSE ''
END AS historyStyle
FROM annualLeave
INNER JOIN staff ON annualLeave.staff = staff.staff_id
WHERE staff.department like @Department
and (@staffID is Null or annualLeave.staff = @StaffID)
and (@Canceled is Null or annualLeave.canceled = @Canceled)
and (@AuthorizedMng is Null or annualLeave.authorized_mng is Null)
and (@AuthorizedHR is Null or annualLeave.authorized_hr is Null)
and annualLeave.leave_type like 'Leave in lieu'
ORDER BY
CASE @OrderDir
WHEN 'ASC' THENannualLeave.from_date
END
ASC,
CASE @OrderDir
WHEN 'DESC' THEN annualLeave.from_date
END
DESC

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Dynamic Order By W/ Additional Parameters
I have a stored procedure that uses a dynamic order by statement. This statement works okay until I try to select ticket's by userEmail which is passed in to my stored procedure as a parameter. Here is the code that works for my dynamic sort order:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SelectAllTickets]
@SortOrder varchar(250)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
Exec('SELECT a.TicketID, a.TicketDate, a.TicketName, a.TicketDescription, a.statusID, a.resolutionID, a.userID,
b.typeID, b.typeName,
c.userID, c.UserFirstName,
f.statusID, f.statusName
FROM Tickets a
LEFT OUTER JOIN Type b ON b.typeID = a.typeID
LEFT OUTER JOIN Users c ON c.userID = a.userID
LEFT OUTER JOIN Status f ON f.statusID = a.statusID
ORDER BY ' + @SortOrder)
I modied this procedure to create one in which I select tickets based on the userEmail as a criteria as well.. this one fails due to Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'BY'
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SelectTicketByUser]@SortOrder varchar(250),@userEmail varchar(50)
AS SET NOCOUNT ON Exec('SELECT a.TicketID, a.TicketDate, a.TicketName, a.TicketDescription, a.statusID, a.resolutionID, a.userID, b.typeID, b.typeName, c.userID, c.UserFirstName, c.userEmail, f.statusID, f.statusName FROM Tickets a LEFT OUTER JOIN Type b ON b.typeID = a.typeID LEFT OUTER JOIN Users c ON c.userID = a.userID LEFT OUTER JOIN Status f ON f.statusID = a.statusID WHERE a.statusID <> 40 AND c.userEmail = ' + @userEmail + 'ORDER BY ' + @SortOrder)
Any ideas on what syntax I should be using? Thanks!

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Dynamic ORDER BY Within Stored Procedure
I am trying to do something similar to the following where I want to perform dynamic ordering on two tables that have been unioned as shown below.

CREATE PROCEDURE procedure_name
@regNum varchar(14),
@sortOrder tinyint = 1
AS
SELECT Filler_OrdNum As 'Accession', RTrim(Obs_Code) As 'Observation', REG As 'Register',
Obs_Date As 'Observation Date'
FROM tblSPG_Header
WHERE
REG = @regNum
UNION
SELECT Filler_OrdNum As 'Accession', RTrim(Obs_Code) As 'Observation', REG As 'Register',
Obs_Date As 'Observation Date'
FROM tblRCH_Header
WHERE
REG = @regNum
ORDER BY Obs_Date DESC
GO

Note that I am only sorting on the Obs_Date column, but I'd like to be able to sort on any column within the selection list. I know that I need to use:

ORDER BY CASE WHEN @sortOrder = 1 THEN Obs_Date END DESC

but I frequently get the following error when I try to do so:

"ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if the statements contain a UNION operator"

If anyone can offer any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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UNION With Dynamic Order By Failing
Hi,
Can anyone help as to how to get this to work? dbo.parseInt is a Function which sorts Alpha Numerically. If I removed the top part of the UNION, the Procedure works fine.

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.ByJobNoAlphaNumeric as
SELECT 0 AS JobID, '<All Jobs>' AS JobNo
UNION SELECT JobID, JobNo FROM tbl
ORDER BY dbo.parseInt(JobNo)

Regards
Andrew

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Dynamic ORDER BY In Stored Procedure
Hello,

I have this stored procedure:
SELECT * from purchase
ORDER BY
CASE @OrderBy
WHEN 'traveller_name' THEN cast(traveller_name as nvarchar(100))
WHEN 'canceled' THEN cast(canceled as bit)
END

the @OrderBy is a nvarchar(100) parameter
traveller_name is an nvarchar(100) field
canceled is a bit field

When I execute the stored procedure it works fine until I execute it sorting by canceled field. After that, I cannot sort it again using the traveller_name field. I get this eror:
Conversion failed when converting the nvarchar value 'Jason' to data type bit.
(Jason is a record in the traveller_name)
Removing the castings and sorting by just the column name does not help.

Any ideas?
Thank you

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Dynamic Sql Where And Order By Clauses In Stored Procedure
Hi, I hope some one can help me. I have a stored procedure (Microsoft SQL 2005 Express Edition) that I want users to be able to dynamically set the, group by, order by (@orderby) and where clause (@where). I have managed to get the group by to work but can't seem to get the where and order by to work. Here's my stored procedure. Any idea how this can be done? ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_aggregate] -- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here @finfileid int, @phaseid int, @supplierid int, @measurementid int, @roleid int, @groupby int, @orderby int, @where int AS BEGIN -- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from -- interfering with SELECT statements. SET NOCOUNT ON; -- Insert statements for procedure here SELECT MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileMonthItemsMonthId) AS ProjFinFileMonthItemsMonthId, SUM(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileMonthItemsValue * ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileMonthItemsRate * ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileMonthItemsAvail / 100) AS total, MAX(ProjectFinFileItems.ProjPhaseId) AS phaseid, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjDeliveId) AS deliveid, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.SupplierId) AS supplierid, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileItemsId) AS ProjFinFileItemsId, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileMonthItemsId) AS ProjFinFileMonthItemsId, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjDeliveId) AS ProjDeliveId, MAX(ProjectPhases.ProjectPhaseName) AS ProjectPhaseName, MAX(Suppliers.SupplierName) AS SupplierName, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.RoleId) AS RoleId, MAX(Measurements.MeasurementName) AS MeasurementName, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.MeasurementId) AS MeasurementId, MAX(ProjectFinFileMonthItems.FinDataTypeId) AS FinDataTypeId, MAX(FinDataTypes.FinDataTypeName) AS FinDataTypeName, max(ProjectFinFileItems.FinFileId) as finfileid FROM ProjectFinFileItems INNER JOIN ProjectFinFileMonthItems ON ProjectFinFileItems.ProjFinFileItemsId = ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileItemsId LEFT OUTER JOIN FinDataTypes ON ProjectFinFileMonthItems.FinDataTypeId = FinDataTypes.FinDataTypeId LEFT OUTER JOIN Measurements ON ProjectFinFileMonthItems.MeasurementId = Measurements.MeasurementId LEFT OUTER JOIN Roles ON ProjectFinFileMonthItems.RoleId = Roles.RoleId LEFT OUTER JOIN ProjectPhases ON ProjectFinFileItems.ProjPhaseId = ProjectPhases.ProjectPhaseId LEFT OUTER JOIN Suppliers ON ProjectFinFileMonthItems.SupplierId = Suppliers.SupplierId /*dynamic where clause needs to go here */ /*dynamic group by clause */ GROUP BY CASE when @groupby=1 then ProjectFinFileItems.projphaseid --phaseid when @groupby=2 then ProjectFinFileMonthItems.supplierid -- supplierid when @groupby=3 then ProjectFinFileMonthItems.measurementid -- measurment when @groupby=4 then ProjectFinFileMonthItems.roleid --role else ProjectFinFileMonthItems.ProjFinFileMonthItemsId END /*dynamic order clause needs to go here */ END cheers Mark :)

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How To Pass Dynamic Parameter To Order BY Clause
Hi,

I use a DataGrid to show the data, and I want it has a sorting and Paging function,
so I use dataset to collect the data from middle tier function and stored procedure.
I have code in aspx page like BindData(ViewState("SortExpr")).

In the stored procedure I pass SortExpr as parameter as following:

CREATE Procedure Ruying_AutoSearch10
(
@Make varchar(50),
@Model varchar(50) = NULL,
@Condition varchar(20) = NULL,
@Miles float,
@Zipcode varchar(5),
@SortExpr varchar(100)
)
AS

DECLARE @RowCount int
SELECT @RowCount = Count(*) FROM ZIPCodes WHERE ZIPCode = @Zipcode AND CityType = 'D'

if @RowCount > 0
BEGIN
SELECT
z.ZIPCode, z.City, z.StateCode, a.Make, a.Model, a.AutoPrice, a.AutoPrice2, a.AutoYear, a.Mileage, a.AdID, a.ImageURL, dbo.DistanceAssistant(z.Latitude,z.Longitude,r.Latitude,r.Longitude) As Distance
/*
The above functions requires the Distance Assistant.
*/
FROM
ZIPCodes z, RadiusAssistant(@ZIPCode,@Miles) r, AutoAd a
WHERE
z.Latitude <= r.MaxLat
AND z.Latitude >= r.MinLat
AND z.Longitude <= r.MaxLong
AND z.Longitude >= r.MinLong
AND z.CityType = 'D'
AND z.ZIPCodeType <> 'M'
AND z.ZIPCode = a.Zipcode
AND a.AdActive = '1'
AND a.AdExpiredate >= getdate()
AND a.Make = @Make
AND a.Model = IsNull(@Model,a.Model)
AND a.Condition = IsNull(@Condition, a.Condition)
AND dbo.DistanceAssistant(z.Latitude,z.Longitude,r.Latitude,r.Longitude) <= @Miles
ORDER BY @SortExpr
END
ELSE
SELECT -1 As ZIPCode
--ZIP Code not found...
GO

but I got the error as "variables are only allowed when ordering by an expression referenceing
a column name". How I fix this error? Please help.

Thanks.

Lin

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Paging And Dynamic Sort Order (ASC/DESC)
Hi all,I have a SQL statement that allows paging and dynamic sorting of thecolumns, but what I can't figure out without making the SQL a dynamicstring and executing it, or duplicating the SQL statement between anIF and ELSE statement.Following is the SQL statement;set ANSI_NULLS ONset QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONgoALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_search]@search VARCHAR( 80 ), @startRow INT = 1, @endRow INT = NULL, @postcode AS CHAR( 4 ) = NULL, @suburb AS VARCHAR( 40 ) = NULL, @stateIdentity AS TINYINT = NULL, @fromLatitude AS REAL = NULL -- latitude the user is located in, @fromLongitude AS REAL = NULL -- longitude the user is located in, @sort TINYINT = 1ASBEGINSET NOCOUNT ON;DECLARE @calculateDistance BIT;SET @calculateDistance = 0;-- get the longitude and latitude if requiredIF ( NOT @postcode IS NULL )BEGINSELECTDISTINCT@fromLatitude = latitude, @fromLongitude = longitudeFROMtbl_postalcodeWHERE(postalcode = @postcode)SET @calculateDistance = 1ENDELSE IF ( NOT @suburb IS NULL AND NOT @stateIdentity IS NULL )BEGINSELECTDISTINCT@fromLatitude = latitude, @fromLongitude = longitudeFROMtbl_localityWHERE(locality = @suburb)AND(stateIdentity = @stateIdentity)SET @calculateDistance = 1END/*ELSE IF ( @fromLatitude IS NULL AND @fromLongitude IS NULL )BEGINRAISERROR( 'You need to pass a valid combination to this storedprocedure, example: postcode or suburb and state identity or longitudeand latitude', 18, 1 );END*/SELECT D1.[row], D1.[totalRecordCount], D1.[classifiedIdentity], D1.[title], D1.[summary], D1.[price], D1.[locality], D1.[state], D1.[postcode], D1.[addedLast24], D1.[dateStamp], D1.[t2Rank], D1.[t3Rank], D1.[tRank], D1.[distance], F.[originalName], F.[extension], F.[uniqueName]FROM(-- derived tableSELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY CASE @sort WHEN 0 THENCAST( COALESCE( t2.RANK, 0 ) + COALESCE( t3.RANK, 0 ) AS CHAR( 5 ) )WHEN 1 THEN C.title WHEN 2 THEN CAST( CEILING( [dbo].[fn_calculateDistance] ( @fromLatitude, @fromLongitude, L.latitude,L.longitude ) ) AS CHAR( 9 ) ) WHEN 3 THEN ( C.locality + ' ' +C.state ) WHEN 4 THEN CAST( C.price AS CHAR( 10 ) ) END ASC ) AS row, COUNT( * ) OVER() AS totalRecordCount, C.[classifiedIdentity], C.[title], C.[summary], C.[price], C.[locality], C.[state], C.[postcode], CASE WHEN ( C.[dateStamp] >= DATEADD( day, -1, GETDATE() ) )THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS addedLast24, C.[dateStamp]/* , t1.RANK AS t1Rank */, t2.RANK AS t2Rank, t3.RANK AS t3Rank, /* COALESCE( t1.RANK, 0 ) + */ COALESCE( t2.RANK, 0 ) +COALESCE( t3.RANK, 0 ) AS tRank, CASE @calculateDistance WHEN 1 THEN CEILING( [dbo].[fn_calculateDistance] ( @fromLatitude, @fromLongitude, L.latitude,L.longitude ) ) ELSE 0 END AS distanceFROM [tbl_classified] AS CINNER JOINtbl_locality LONC.localityIdentity = L.localityIdentity/* LEFT OUTER JOINCONTAINSTABLE( tbl_category, title, @keyword ) ASt1ON FT_TBL.categoryIdentity = t1.[KEY] */LEFT OUTER JOINCONTAINSTABLE( tbl_classified, title, @search ) ASt2ON C.classifiedIdentity = t2.[KEY]LEFT OUTER JOINCONTAINSTABLE( tbl_classified, description,@search ) AS t3ON C.classifiedIdentity = t3.[KEY]WHERE ( /* COALESCE( t1.RANK, 0 ) + */COALESCE( t2.RANK, 0 ) +COALESCE( t3.RANK, 0 ) ) != 0) AS D1LEFT OUTER JOINtbl_classified_file CFOND1.classifiedIdentity = CF.classifiedIdentityLEFT OUTER JOINtbl_file FONF.fileIdentity = CF.fileIdentityWHERE( row >= @startRow )AND( @endRow IS NULL OR row <= @endRow )ENDThe part I'm having trouble with is making the sort order in thefollowing line dynamicORDER BY CASE @sort WHEN 0 THEN CAST( COALESCE( t2.RANK, 0 ) +COALESCE( t3.RANK, 0 ) AS CHAR( 5 ) ) WHEN 1 THEN C.title WHEN 2 THENCAST( CEILING( [dbo].[fn_calculateDistance] ( @fromLatitude,@fromLongitude, L.latitude, L.longitude ) ) AS CHAR( 9 ) ) WHEN 3 THEN( C.locality + ' ' + C.state ) WHEN 4 THEN CAST( C.price ASCHAR( 10 ) ) END ASCany help would be greatly apprecaited.Thanks

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Dynamic Order Status Column Function
I am looking for assistance coming up with a function (or maybe not a function if there is a better way) to make the Status column in my order table dynamic. The default value for new records will always be "1" to designate a quote. At this point the field is not dynamic. Once the customer confirms the order, the user needs to execute a command to change the status to "3" to designate a Confirmed order. At this point the field needs to be dynamic based on the shipping records. There are two order details tables. One for sales items and one for rental items. Each of these details tables has their own shipping record. the CheckInOut Tables are for rental while the Ship tables are for sales. So, if some (but not all) of the items in either of these order details tables has a shipping record associated with it, then the status should be changed to "5". If everything has been shipping, the status is changed to "4". If everything has been shipping but some items have been returned, the status is "6" if everything has been shipping and all of the RentalDetail items have been returned then the status is "7" and if there is any other combination of a variety of ships and returns, the status is "8". Also, at any time, the user needs to be able to execute a command to change the value to "2". once the value is changed to "2" the field stops being dynamic again.

Below are my tables creation commands.

CREATE TABLE OrderHeader
(
OrderID int identity primary key,
Status int,
StartDate datetime,
EndDate datetime
)--Use Type 1 = "Quote" Type 2 = "Cancelled" Type 3 = "Confirmed", Type 4 = "Shipped", Type 5 = "Part Shipped", Type 6 = "Part Returned", Type 7 = "Returned, Type 8 = "Mixed"
CREATE TABLE OrderRentalDetail
(
OrderRentalDetailID int identity primary key,
OrderID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES OrderHeader(OrderID),
ItemName varchar(30),
Qty int,
SiteID int,
)
CREATE TABLE CheckInOutHeader
(
CheckInOutID int identity primary key,
Type int,
SiteID int,
ActionDate datetime
)--Use Type 1 = "Ship" Type 2 = "Return" Type 3 = "Lost"
CREATE TABLE CheckInOutDetail
(
CheckInOutDetailID int identity primary key,
CheckInOutID int NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES ShipHeader(ShippingID),
OrderRentalDetailID int,
Qty int
)
CREATE TABLE OrderSalesDetail
(
OrderSalesDetailID int identity primary key,
OrderID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES OrderHeader(OrderID),
ItemName varchar(30),
Qty int,
SiteID int,
)
CREATE TABLE ShipHeader
(
ShippingID int identity primary key,
Type int,
SiteID int,
ActionDate datetime
)--Use Type 1 = "Ship" Type 2 = "Return"
CREATE TABLE ShipDetail
(
ShipDetailID int identity primary key,
ShippingID int NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES ShipHeader(ShippingID),
OrderSalesDetailID int,
Qty int
)

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Dynamic Sort Column And Sort Order Not Working
I am trying to set sorting up on a DataGrid in ASP.NET 2.0. I have it working so that when you click on the column header, it sorts by that column, what I would like to do is set it up so that when you click the column header again it sorts on that field again, but in the opposite direction. I have it working using the following code in the stored procedure:   CASE WHEN @SortColumn = 'Field1' AND @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN Convert(sql_variant, FileName) end DESC,
case when @SortColumn = 'Field1' AND @SortOrder = 'ASC' then Convert(sql_variant, FileName) end ASC,
case WHEN @SortColumn = 'Field2' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, Convert(varchar(8000), FileDesc)) end DESC,
case when @SortColumn = 'Field2' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), FileDesc)) end ASC,
case when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), VersionNotes)) end DESC,
case when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), VersionNotes)) end ASC,
case WHEN @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, FileDataID) end DESC,
case WHEN @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, FileDataID) end ASC  And I gotta tell you, that is ugly code, in my opinion. What I am trying to do is something like this:  case when @SortColumn = 'Field1' then FileName end,
case when @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' then FileDataID end,
case when @SortColumn = 'Field2' then FileDesc
when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' then VersionNotes
end

case when @SortOrder = 'DESC' then DESC
when @SortOrder = 'ASC' then ASC
end  and it's not working at all, i get an error saying: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'case' when i put a comma after the end on line 5 i get: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'DESC' What am I missing here? Thanks in advance for any help -Madrak

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Select DISTINCT On Multiple Columns Is Not Returning Distinct Rows?
Hi, I have the following script segment which is failing:

CREATE TABLE #LatLong (Latitude DECIMAL, Longitude DECIMAL, PRIMARY KEY (Latitude, Longitude))

INSERT INTO #LatLong SELECT DISTINCT Latitude, Longitude FROM RGCcache

When I run it I get the following error: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__#LatLong__________7CE3D9D4'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.#LatLong'."

Im not sure how this is failing as when I try creating another table with 2 decimal columns and repeated values, select distinct only returns distinct pairs of values.

The failure may be related to the fact that RGCcache has about 10 million rows, but I can't see why.

Any ideas?

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Trying To Add A NON-DISTINCT Field To A DISTINCT Record Set In A Query.
I need to run a SELECT DISTINCT query acrossmultiple fields, but I need to add another field that is NON-DISTINCTto my record set.Here is my query:SELECT DISTINCT lastname, firstname, middleinitial, address1,address2, city, state, zip, age, genderFROM gpresultsWHERE age>='18' and serviceline not in ('4TH','4E','4W')and financialclass not in ('Z','X') and age not in('1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','0')and (CAST (ADMITDATE AS DATETIME) >= DATEDIFF(day, 60, GETDATE()))ORDER BY zipThis query runs perfect. No problems whatsoever. However, I need toalso include another field called "admitdate" that should be treatedas NON-DISTINCT. How do I add this in to the query?I've tried this but doesn't work:SELECT admitdateFROM (SELECT DISTINCT lastname, firstname, middleinitial, address1,address2, city, state, zip, age, gender from gpresults)WHERE age>='18' and serviceline not in ('4TH','4E','4W')and financialclass not in ('Z','X') and age not in('1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','0')and (CAST (ADMITDATE AS DATETIME) >= DATEDIFF(day, 60, GETDATE()))ORDER BY zipThis has to be simple but I do not know the syntax to accomplishthis.Thanks

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DISTINCT To ShortDateString, Not DISTINCT To The DateTime; How?
Hello,
I have written a small asp.net application, which keeps record of the proposals coming from the branch offices of a bank in a tableCREATEd as a TABLE Proposals ( ID smallint identity(7,1), BranchID char(5), Proposal_Date datetime )
This app also calculates the total number of proposals coming from a specific branch in a given date bySELECTing COUNT(BranchID) FROM Proposals WHERE BranchID=@prmBranchID AND Proposal_Date=@prmDateand prints them in a table (my target table).
This target table has as many rows as the result of the "SELECT COUNT( DISTINCT Proposal_Date ) FROM Proposals"and excluding the first column which displays those DISTINCT Proposal_Dates, it also has as many columns as the result of the"SELECT DISTINCT BranchID FROM Proposals". This target table converts the DateTime values ToShortDateString so that we are able to see comfortably which branch office has sent how many proposals in a given day.
So far so good, and everything works fine except one thing:
Certain DateTime values in the Proposals table which are of the same day but of different hours (for ex: 11.11.2005 08:30:45 and11.11.2005 10:45:30) cause some trouble in the target table, where "SELECT COUNT( DISTINCT Proposal_Date ) FROM Proposals" is executed, because (as you might already guess) it displays two identical dates in ShortDateString form, and this doesn't make much sense (i.e. it causes redundant rows)
What I need to do is to get a result like (in a neat fashion :)
"SELECT COUNT( DISTINCT Proposal_Date ) <<DISTINCT ONLY IN THE DAYS AND NOT IN HOURS OR MINUTES OR SECONDS>> FROM Proposals"
So, how to do it in a suitable way?
Thanks in advance.

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Express Will Not Load. Insurmountable Difficulties With Order Of Uninstalls/order Of Installs/ Suggestions Plz
Finding the "pieces of information" I need to successfully install the SQL Server Express edition is so complex. Uninstalls do "not" really uninstall completely, leading to failure of SQL install. Can you suggest a thorough, one-stop site for directions for the order of app uninstalls and then the order for app installs for the following...

SQL Server Express edition

Visual Studios 2005

Jet 4.0 newest upgrade

.Net Framework 2.0 (or should I use 3.0)

VS2005 Security upgrade

Anything else I need for just creating a database for my VS2005 Visual Basic project?

I was trying to use MS Access as my backend db but would like to try SQL Express

Thank you, Mark

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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

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How To Add Order Item Into A Purchase Order Using A Stored Procedure/Trigger?
Hey guys, i need to find out how can i add order items under a Purchase Order number.
My table relationship is PurchaseOrder ->PurchaseOrderItem.

below is a Stored Procedure that i have wrote in creating a PO:

CREATE PROC spCreatePO (@SupplierID SmallInt, @date datetime, @POno SmallInt OUTPUT)

AS

BEGIN

INSERT INTO PurchaseOrder (PurchaseOrderDate, SupplierID) VALUES(@date, @SupplierID)

END

SET @POno = @@IDENTITY

RETURN

However, how do i make it that it will automatically adds item under the POno being gernerated? can i use a trigger so that whenever a Insert for PO is success, it automaticallys proceed to adding the items into the table PurcahseOrderItem?

CREATE TRIGGER trgInsertPOItem

ON PurchaseOrderItem

FOR INSERT

AS

BEGIN

'What do i entered???'
END

RETURN

help is needed asap! thanks!

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Find Order By Date Range Or Order Id
hi basically what i have is 3 text boxes. one for start date, one for end date and one for order id, i also have this bit of SQL
SelectCommand="SELECT [Order_ID], [Customer_Id], [Date_ordered], [status] FROM [tbl_order]WHERE (([Date_ordered] >= @Date_ordered OR @Date_ordered IS NULL) AND ([Date_ordered] <= @Date_ordered2 OR @Date_ordered2 IS NULL OR (Order_ID=ISNULL(@OrderID_ID,Order_ID) OR @Order_ID IS NULL))">
but the problem is it does not seem to work! i am not an SQL guru but i cant figure it out, someone help me please!
Thanks
Jez

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Recordset's Order And Database's Physical Order?
Hi,guys!I have a table below:CREATE TABLE rsccategory(categoryid NUMERIC(2) IDENTITY(1,1),categoryname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY(categoryid))Then I do:INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('url')INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('document')INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('book')INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('software')INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('casus')INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('project')INSERT rsccategory(categoryname) VALUES('disert')Then SELECT * FROM rsccategory in ,I can get a recordeset with the'categoryid' in order(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)But If I change the table definition this way:categoryname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL UNIQUE,The select result is in this order (3,5,7,2,6,4,1),and 'categoryname 'in alphabetic.Q:why the recordset's order is not the same as the first time since'categoryid' is clustered indexed.If I change the table definition again:categoryname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL UNIQUE CLUSTEREDthe result is the same as the first time.Q:'categoryname' is clustered indexed this time,why isn't in alphabeticorder?I am a newbie in ms-sqlserver,or actually in database,and I do havesought for the answer for some time,but more confused,Thanks for yourkind help in advance!

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Default Sort Order When Order By Column Value Are All The Same
Hi,
We got a problem.
supposing we have a table like this:

CREATE TABLE a (
aId int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
aName string2 NOT NULL
)
go
ALTER TABLE a ADD
CONSTRAINT PK_a PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (aId)
go

insert into a values ('bank of abcde');
insert into a values ('bank of abcde');
...
... (20 times)

select top 5 * from a order by aName
Result is:
6Bank of abcde
5Bank of abcde
4Bank of abcde
3Bank of abcde
2Bank of abcde

select top 10 * from a order by aName
Result is:
11Bank of abcde
10Bank of abcde
9Bank of abcde
8Bank of abcde
7Bank of abcde
6Bank of abcde
5Bank of abcde
4Bank of abcde
3Bank of abcde
2Bank of abcde

According to this result, user see the first 5 records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 in page 1, but when he tries to view page 2, he still see the records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. This is not correct for users. :eek:

Of course we can add order by aid also, but there are tons of sqls like this, we can't update our application in one shot.

So I ask for your advice here, is there any settings can tell the db use default sort order when the order by column value are the same? Or is there any other solution to resolve this problem in one shot?

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Default Sort Order When The Order By Column Value Are All The Same
Hi,
   We got a problem.
   supposing we have a table like this:

CREATE TABLE a (
    aId             int         IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    aName           string2     NOT NULL
)
go
ALTER TABLE a ADD
    CONSTRAINT PK_a PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (aId)
go

insert into a values ('bank of abcde');
insert into a values ('bank of abcde');
...
... (20 times)

select top 5 * from a order by aName
Result is:
6 Bank of abcde
5 Bank of abcde
4 Bank of abcde
3 Bank of abcde
2 Bank of abcde

select top 10 * from a order by aName
Result is:
11 Bank of abcde
10 Bank of abcde
9    Bank of abcde
8    Bank of abcde
7    Bank of abcde
6    Bank of abcde
5    Bank of abcde
4    Bank of abcde
3    Bank of abcde
2    Bank of abcde

According to this result, user see the first 5 records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 in page 1, but when he tries to view page 2, he still see the records with id 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. This is not correct for users.
Of course we can add order by aid also, but there are tons of sqls like this, we can't update our application in one shot.
So I ask for your advice here, is there any settings can tell the db use default sort order when the order by column value are the same? Or is there any other solution to resolve this problem in one shot?

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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?

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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,

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SQL To Order Results In Predefined Order
I have a DB with items which can have lengths from 0 to 400 meter.In my resultset I want to show the items with length 1-400 meter and then the results with length 0 meterHow to build my SQL?

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Specify Order For Select Results, Order By: Help!
Lets say I have a table named [Leadership] and I want to select the field 'leadershipName' from the [Leadership] Table.

My query would look something like this:

Select leadershipName
From Leadership

Now, I would like to order the results of this query... but I don't want to simply order them by ASC or DESC. Instead, I need to order them as follows:

Executive Board Members, Delegates, Grievance Chairs, and Negotiators

My question: Can this be done through MS SQL or do I need to add a field to my [Leadership] table named 'leadershipImportance' or something as an integer to denote the level of importance of the position so that I can order on that value ASC or DESC?

Thanks,

Zoop

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Order ID For Latest Order For Every Customer
Hi!
For the Orders table (let's assume for the Northwind database), I'm trying
to get the order id of the latest order for every customer.
That means that the result should be one record per customer and that would
display CustomerID and OrderID.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Assaf

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In-Order/Level Order Etc. Traversal Using CTE
Hi,

I have some hierarchical data in a table. Say for example:

Parent     Child
------------------------
NULL        1

1              2

1              3

2              4

2              5

3              6

3              7

5              8

5              9

7              10

7              11

11            12

11            13

Now I want to be able to use CTE's to be able to traverse this tree in
1) level by level order 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10....
2) in order 1,2,4,5,8,9,3,6,7,10,11,12,13...

What would be the aueries for this. Using the following i get: 1,2,3,6,7,10,11,12,13,4,5,8,9 (interesting and potentially useful) but I would like to be able to experiment with the aforementioned orders as well.

with Tree (id)

as

(

select id from WithTest

where parent is null

union all

select a.id

from Tree b join WithTest a

on b.id = a.parent

)

select * from Tree

Any ideas? Thanks.

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How To Show Distinct Rows Of The Column Of The Dataset And Number Of Distinct Rows Of That Column
suppose i have aDataset with 11 rows. field1 with 5 rows of aaa, 6 rows of "bbb"

I want's some thing like

field1        rowcount
   aaa           5
   bbb           6

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Importing Excel Sheet Which Have Dynamic Column Name And Dynamic Number Of Columns
Hi Craig/Kamal,

I got your email address from your web cast. I really enjoyed the web cast and found it to be
very informative.

Our company is planning to use SSIS (VS 2005 / SQL Server 2005). I have a quick question
regarding the product. I have looked for the information on the web, but was not able to find
relevant information.

We are getting Source data from two of our client in the form of Excel Sheet. These Excel sheets
Are generated using reporting services. On examining the excel sheet, I found out that the name
Of the columns contain data itself, so the names are not static such as Jan 2007 Sales, Feb 2007 Sales etc etc.
And even the number of columns are not static. It depends upon the range of date selected by the user.

I wanted to know, if there is a way to import Excel sheet using Integration Services by defining the position
Of column, instead of column name and I am not sure if there is a way for me to import excel with dynamic
Number of columns.

Your help in this respect is highly appreciated!

Thanks,

Hi Anthony, I am glad the Web cast was helpful.

Kamal and I have both moved on to other teams in MSFT and I am a little rusty in that area, though in general dynamic numbers of columns in any format is always tricky. I am just assuming its not feasible for you to try and get the source for SSIS a little closer to home, e.g. rather than using Excel output from Reporting Services, use the same/some form of the query/data source that RS is using.

I suggest you post a question on the SSIS forum on MSDN and you should get some good answers.
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=80&siteid=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=80&siteid=1

Thanks

Craig Guyer
SQL Server Reporting Services

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SSRS 2005 - Email Report On Execution To Dynamic List With Dynamic Parameters = No Schedule
Hi,
I have a need to display on screen AND email a pdf report to email addresses specified at run time, executing the report with a parameter specified by the user. I have looked into data driven subscriptions, but it seems this is based on scheduling. Unfortunately for the majority of the project I will only have access to SQL 2005 Standard Edition (Production system is Enterprise), so I cannot investigate thoroughly.

So, is this possible using data driven subscriptions? Scenario is:

1. User enters parameter used for query, as well as email addresses.
2. Report is generated and displayed on screen.
3. Report is emailed to addresses specified by user.

Any tips on how to get this working?

Thanks

Mark Smith

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Merge Replication W/ Dynamic Row Filter - Not 'dynamic' After First Initial Sync?
If anyone could confirm...

SQL Server 2000 SP4 to multiple SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition on PDAs. My DB on SQL2k is published with a single dynamic row filter using host_name() on my 'parent' table and also join filters from parent to child tables. The row filter uses joins to other tables elsewhere that are not published to evaluate what data is allowed through the filter.

E.g. Published parent table that contains suppliers names, etc. while child table is suppliers' products. The filter queries host_name(s) linked to suppliers in unpublished table elsewhere.

First initial sync with snapshot is correct and as I expected - PDA receives only the data from parent (and thus child tables) that matches the row filter for the host_name provided.

However - in my scenario host_name <--> suppliers may later be updated E.g. more suppliers assigned to a PDA for use or vice versa. But when I merge the mobile DB, the new data is not downloaded? Tried re-running snapshot, etc., no change.

Question: I thought the filters would remain dynamic and be applied on each sync?

I run a 'harmless' update on parent table using TSQL e.g. "update table set 'X' = 'X'" and re-sync. Now the new parent records are downloaded - but the child records are not!

Question: I wonder why if parent records are supplied, why not child records?

If I delete existing DB and sync new, I get the updated snapshot and all is well - until more data added back at server...

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Is it possible (or not) to have dynamic filters run during second or subsequent merge?

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Mixing Dynamic SQL With Non-Dynamic In Stored Proc
I have a Stored Procedure for processing a Bill of Material.

One column on the Assembly Table is a Function Name that contains some busniess rules.

OK, now I'm doing a Proof of Concept and I'm stumped.

Huuuuh!

I will ultimately have about 100 of these things. My plan was using Dynamic SQL to go execute the function.

Note: The function just returns a bit.

So; here's what I had in mind ...

if isnull(@FnNameYN,'') <> ''
exec spinb_CheckYN @FnNameYN, @InvLineID, @FnBit = @FnBit output

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.spinb_CheckYN
@FnNameYN varchar(50),
@InvLineID int,
@FnBit bit output
AS

declare @SQL varchar(8000)

set @SQL = '
if dbo.' + @FnNameYN + ' (' + convert(varchar(31),@InvLineID) + ')) = 1
set @FnBit = 1
else
set @FnBit = 0'

exec (@SQL)
GO

Obviously; @FnBit is not defined in @SQL so that execution will not work.
Server: Msg 137, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Must declare the variable '@FnBit'.
Server: Msg 137, Level 15, State 1, Line 5
Must declare the variable '@FnBit'.

So; is there a way to get a value out of a Dynamic SQL piece of code and get that value INTO my OUTPUT variable?

My many thanks to anyone who can solve this riddle for me.
Thank You!

Sigh: For now, it looks like I'll have a huge string of "IF" statements for each business rule function, as follows:
Hopefully a better solution comes to light.

------ Vertical Build1 - Std Vanes -----------
if @FnNameYN = 'fnb_YN_B1_14'
BEGIN
if dbo.fnb_YN_B1_14 (convert(varchar(31),@InvLineID) ) = 1
set @FnBit = 1
else
set @FnBit = 0
END

------ Vertical Build1 - Scissor Vanes -----------
if @FnNameYN = 'fnb_YN_B1_15'
BEGIN
if dbo.fnb_YN_B1_15 (convert(varchar(31),@InvLineID) ) = 1
set @FnBit = 1
else
set @FnBit = 0
END
.
.
.
etc.

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