Is there any Function in T-SQL thats similar to GREATEST() IN Orcl?
Iam trying to find the greatest of two DATETIME datatype Fields in my 'select's.
If there is no in built function, Whats the best approach?
Hi All,
I need to find the highest of two numbers and lowest of the two numbers.
I read on the web that Greatest and least functions in sql can help me do that.
but when i use
greatest in my query it gives me this error
GREATEST is not a recognized built-in function name.
all I have is
declare @first int, @second int
set @first='12'
set @second='14'
select GREATEST(@first,@second)
Can somebody point me in the right direction.
Thanks so much
I'm constructing a single string of several counts with concatenated labels using SQL and want to not show zeros (or their labels). Is there a function within an SQL statement that will let me do this? ISNULL() sort of does this, but I really need to test for zero instead of NULL to eliminate noise data from the string.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have three fields in a table say [F1, F2 & F3]. I need to fetch anyone of these three fields which has the maximum value between them.
In Simple words i'm looking for some function which is similar to COALESCE function which returns the first NOT NULL value of the fields that were passed as arguments.
FYI I'm using SQL Server 7.0 which does not supports UDF's
Earlier response appreciated
Thanks and Regards
Chandru
Is there a function to match simalar words
say for example 'tom' will match 'tomy'
Thanks
Are there any conditional aggregate functions, such as SUM()?An example would probably be the best way to describe what I'mtrying to do...I have the following table, named Orders, with the following records:ItemNo qty_ord paid------ ----------- ------T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 199.00T101B 1 0.00T101B 1 0.00T101B 1 0.00T101B 1 0.00Z200L 1 50.00Z200L 2 100.00I want to produce the following result set:ItemNo qty_gross qty_net------ ---------- -------T101B 11 7Z200L 3 3The "qty_gross" column in the result set is the sum oftotal items ordered within the ItemNo grouping.Easy enough. However, I also want a column "qty_net" thatis the sum of qty_ord but ONLY IF the amount in the"paid" column is > 0.I tried using the HAVING clause, but that produces acatch 22 situation. If I say "HAVING paid > 0" thenthe qty_gross column is wrong because it leaves out rowsthat contain records with paid = 0 values. If I leaveout the HAVING clause, then the "qty_net" is wrong.Any ideas?select ItemNo, Sum(qty_ord) as qty_gross, Sum(qty_ord) as qty_netfrom Ordersgroup by qty_ord, paid, ItemNohaving paid > 0 ?????Thanks,Robbie
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found out that I have to translate mysql_fetch_row into SQL Server 2005
but I cannot find some related functions/api, and I was wondering
Does SQL Server 2005 has similar function like mysql_fetch_row ?
Or if not, any advice how I can program to acheive similar functions ?
thank you in advance.
Hi,I m searching for some Script / Function ... to find difference in datab/w 2 similar tables (exactly same fields structure) in sql 2000.plz update me asap !thanks in advance !
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View 4 Replies View RelatedHi all. I'm looking for assistance to get the greatest value from 3 or more different columns. I'm assuming that the best way is to put the columns into a temp table and use 'max' function to return the greatest value but don't know how to code it. Thanks in advance.
View 7 Replies View RelatedHi All,
Is there any equivalent of GREATEST(something) and LEAST(something)
in SQL server 2000
Thanks in advance.
vishu
Bangalore
Hi all. I'm looking for assistance to get the greatest value from 3 ormore different columns. I'm assuming that the best way is to put thecolumns into a temp table and use 'max' function to return the greatestvalue but don't know how to code it. Thanks in advance.*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***
View 2 Replies View Related1.I am trying to write following query in SQLserver(this is oracle query),
IS their any equivalent for GREATEST and LEAST functions in SQLServer ???
Update mwebtemp
Set Temp_amount1 = (SELECT SUM(AuthAttr_Amount*(num_Business_Days
(GREATEST(AuthAttr_Start_Date, @dtstartdate),
LEAST(AuthAttr_Finish_Date, @dtenddate))))
.....where...
etc...
.....
Note: this is part of a stored procedure...
2. Also how do you write and call a function in SQLServer (syntax ??), eg.num_Business_Days
is a function returning number of business days between the 2 dates....
thanks a lot
Here is my SQL statementSELECT a.name, b.meterno, c.meterstatus, d.accountno, d.creation_dateFROM fmdata.location a, cisdata.service_meters b, cisdata.meter_master c,cisdata.Account_Master dWHERE a.location_id = b.location_id AND b.meterno IS NOT NULL AND b.meterno= c.meterno AND a.location_id = d.location_idORDER by meterstatus, nameHere is my resultsNAME METERNO METERSTATUS ACCOUNTNO CREATION_DATE01010004 20512944 Active 101000402 7-Feb-200201010004 20512944 Active 101000401 8-May-199701010005 25917180 Active 101000501 27-May-200301011001 13646231 Active 101100102 17-Mar-199901011002 18389246 Active 101100201 29-Apr-199401011003 84473845 Active 101100301 24-Apr-199701012002 47511850 Active 101200202 26-Jan-199601013001 35653963 Active 101300101 28-Feb-1979If you notice I'm getting two 01010004 under the NAME column. I would likethe SQL statement to select the greatest CREATION_DATE if there areduplicate NAME'S. So in this case, it would select the top 01010004 since ithas the greatest CREATION_DATE.thanks in advancebart
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have to to find the greatest and least values from the set of values which are from the different columns.
Eg. Select greatest(tab1.date1, tab2.date2), least(tab1.date3, tab2.date4)
from tab1, tab2
where....
tab1 and tab2 are the tables and
date1, date3 are the columns from tab1
date2, date4 are the columns from tab2
Is there any easy way to do this in SQL server ?
MAX and MIN will not work here as these are not the max and min from the same column they are from the different tables and columns.
Thanks
Hello,
Here's one way to sum only the top 5 (greatest 5) values per group.
I assume there is a table called IdValues that contains two columns: id int, value int.
declare @lastId int
declare @value int
declare @count int
declare @idList varchar(5000)
declare @valuelist varchar(5000)
set @count=0
set @lastId = -1
set @value = 0
set @idList=''
set @valuelist=''
select
@count=(case when @lastId<>id then 1 else @count+1 end),
@value=(case when @lastId<>id then value when @count<=5 then @value+value else @value end),
@idList=(case when @lastId<>id then cast(id as varchar)+','+@idList else @idList end),
@valuelist=(case when @lastId<>id then cast(@value as varchar)+','+@valuelist else cast(@value as varchar)+','+right(@valuelist,len(@valuelist)-charindex(',',@valuelist)) end),
@lastId=id
from IdValues
order by id desc, value desc
select @idList,@valuelist
It's a funny approach. I'd be interested to see a better method. In MySQL it is possible to do this much better and have it produce an actual resultset (since MySQL allows you to assign variables and product a resultset in the same query).
I also noticed something interesting. If you do any operation on the order-by columns, the query doesn't work. For example, if I do:
order by id+0 desc, value desc
something funny happens and you only get one id and one value in the list variables. Maybe someone else who actually some idea of how SQL Server works can explain this.
Thanks,
Thomas
I have table1 and table2.In table1 I have a column of numbers, numbers1.In table2 I have a column of numbers, numbers2.I'd like to select the highest number represented in either column.Example:table1:column1--------------345565643656555676table2:column2--------------3456564556456456456456The number I would want would be 56456 since it's the largest numberout of all combined.How can I get that number with one select statement?--[ Sugapablo ][ http://www.sugapablo.com <--music ][ http://www.sugapablo.net <--personal ][ Join Bytes! <--jabber IM ]
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Rgds..,
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Hey Gurus,
I have a problem on getting the sql statement which will group similar column name and sum their number together(another column).
A million thanks in advance.
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I have a function that uses the following statement in it
SELECT src_terrier.Areacode, src_terrier.siteref, src_terrier.estatename, src_terrier.Securitised, src_terrier.unitref, src_terrier.unittype,
src_terrier.unittype_count, src_terrier.tenantname, src_terrier.tenantstatus, src_terrier.tenantstatus_count, src_terrier.unitstatus,
src_terrier.unitstatus_count, src_terrier.floortotal, src_terrier.floortotocc, src_terrier.initialvacarea, src_terrier.initialvacnet, src_terrier.TotalRent,
src_terrier.NetRent, src_terrier.FinalRtLsincSC, src_terrier.ErvTot, src_terrier.tenancyterm, src_terrier.landact, src_terrier.datadate,
src_div_mgr.div_mgr, src_portfolio_mgr.portfolio_mgr, src_centre_list.propcat, src_tbl_rental.budgeted_net_rent,
src_tbl_rental.budgeted_occupancy
FROM src_terrier INNER JOIN
src_centre_list ON src_terrier.siteref = src_centre_list.Site_Ref AND src_terrier.Areacode = src_centre_list.Division INNER JOIN
src_div_mgr ON src_centre_list.Division = src_div_mgr.division INNER JOIN
src_portfolio_mgr ON src_centre_list.Portfolio_no = src_portfolio_mgr.portfolio_no LEFT OUTER JOIN
src_tbl_rental ON src_terrier.siteref = src_tbl_rental.site_ref
WHERE (src_terrier.datadate = @dt_src_date) AND
(src_terrier.Areacode = @chr_div) AND
(src_centre_list.Portfolio_no = @vch_portfolio_no) AND
(src_centre_list.propcat = @vch_prop_cat) AND
(src_tbl_rental.site_ref = src_terrier.siteref)
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How can I specify that for the purposes of the src_tbl_rental element of the select query, that I only want it to match the mm/yyyy part of the src_date.
Therefore if some passes in
28/04.2006 it will get the records from the terrier table that match that date, and only the records from rental that match the 04/2006 part of the date.
Anybody confused by that , cause I am!
Regards
hello there.
is there any case for getting the directory/file structure on the ReportServer?
something similar to "DirectoryInfo".
i'm using the webservice
best would be putting the url (e.g. "http://localhos/reportserver/reportgroup1") to a function and get at least an array of filenames in this folder back.
is there any way to solve this?
thanks in advance, tobias
Hi!
I'm about to write some code that generate TSQLdoc.
For that I would like to show dependencies.
What will the best way to get actual info about
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which procedures or functions do this proc or func use?
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Is there anything similar to AWR/statspack report in SQL Server 2005.
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Is there any difference between the two queries given below..I am not able to find any but am not sure. Kindly help.
A)
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B)
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Hi,
I need something like a sequence in a datafield of my table. (unique number in the table) is a uniqueidentifier the right thing to choose? and if yes, how to I insert a new value into the that table:
a) from the SQL Enterprise Manager?
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thanks for all hints.
Folks, i have to create four fields in every user table within my database:
CREATED_BY VARCHAR(25), CREATED_DATE [DATETIME], MODIFIED_BY VARCHAR(25), MODIFIED_DATE [DATETIME]
There are more than hundred tables, so i wanna automate this. i am tryin to do this in a cursor: please guide!
declare @name VARCHAR (50)
declare cur cursor
fast_forward
for select name from sysobjects where type='u' and status not like '-%'
open cur
WHILE (1=1)
BEGIN
FETCH NEXT
FROM cur
INTO @name
IF @@fetch_status = 0
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE @name
ADD created_by [VARCHAR] (25)
GO
ALTER TABLE @name
ADD created_by [VARCHAR] (25)
GO
ALTER TABLE @name
ADD created_date [DATETIME]
GO
ALTER TABLE @name
ADD modified_by [VARCHAR] (25)
GO
ALTER TABLE @name
ADD modified_date [DATETIME]
END
ELSE
BREAK
END
DEALLOCATE cur
I also want that if one column for a table exists; the other columns should be created rather than it quits.
Howdy!
finding is queries to find duplicate data.Basically I have a picklist table in a database and I have discovered that there are what looks like duplicate data (because the name is the same) but there is a different number on the end, as you can see from an example below.
NO, ENTRY
24, John Doe|26|05768
24, John Doe|26|5768
Do you know if there is a sql query that can be ran against this table that will look through the ENTRY column and select fields that are similar and not duplicates (duplicates can't exist due to PK constraints)
I have the below in a table - TABLEA
Ref, Date, TIME, Code, Minutes
01117,2012-01-02, 541,BASIC,240.0
01117,2012-01-02, 541,BASIC,105.0
And I am trying to insert this into another table TABLEB but it wont allow as I am getting a duplicates error because of the unique Indexing on the table.
Ref,Date,Time,Code
Ideally if I could run a query on TABLEA so that it would merge and sum the minutes where REF,Date,TIME,CODE are the same.
i.e., the above would become
Ref , Date , TIME, Code, Minutes
01117,2012-01-02, 541,BASIC,345.0
Is this possible?
Another option that would work for me is the TIME column info isnt required to remain at 541.
If there was a count increment on the rows it would allow the import to rum.
ie if the above became
Ref, Date, TIME, Code, Minutes
01117,2012-01-02, 1,BASIC,240.0
01117,2012-01-02 ,2BASIC,105.0
It would also import correctly.
The first option is which I would prefer.
Table One is an older database and has the column employee id, which would always consist of first letter of the last name an underscore and a numeric value. So for example, data looks like
employeeID
R_12345678
S_5555555
T_777777
U_7777
Our new data structure simply removed the letter & underscore.
employeeID
12345678
5555555
777777
7777
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Im trying this simple query, where if a book has the same ID but different names it should be shown in one row and not two...
Now it is showing
- 1 AuthorDude
- 1 AuthorGirl
- 2 Authorblabla
While it should show
- 1 AuthorDude, AuthorGirl
- 2 Authorblabla
SELECT a.book_id, b.Name
from BOOK_SALES a
left outer join
(
select Book_id,is_primary,
STUFF((select ', ' + Name from BOOK_CONTRIBUTOR B where B.BOOK_ID = A.BOOK_ID
for xml path('')),1,1,'') Name
from BOOK_CONTRIBUTOR A
group by Book_id,IS_PRIMARY
) b on a.BOOK_ID = b.BOOK_ID
When i do a inner join, it would just show many Book_ID`s, but with the authors combined.
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