Any Function That Returns The Position Of A String In A Column?
Dec 12, 2007Hello!
Is there a function that gets the name of a column and a string as arguments and returns the position of this string in the column given?
Thank you in advance.
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Dear all hi,
I would like to create a function that will return to me the width of the column of the table without giving as a parameter the table name. I need it, as I want to exceed my data in this column to the column length. I want to fill the column data with trailing blanks until I reach the column width. The function len returns the length of the data in the column.
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How to get the value only "Is khos".
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Hi,
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F1
Andy,David,Martin,
Sam,Dan,Philip,
I need the position should be
F1 F2
Andy,David,Martin, 11
Sam,Dan,Philip, 8
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Jun 15, 2001Hi Friends:
I usually run this query in Oracle to find out the position of a character in a string from first position to the nth occurence.
For example, I run the following queries in oracle to get the desire result.
SQL> select instr('DADADAQQQA','A',1,1) FROM DUAL;
INSTR('DADADAQQQA','A',1,1) -- First occurence of 'A' from start.
---------------------------
2
SQL> select instr('DADADAQQQA','A',1,2) FROM DUAL;
INSTR('DADADAQQQA','A',1,2) -- Second occurence of 'A' from start.
---------------------------
4
SQL> select instr('DADADAQQQA','A',1,3) FROM DUAL;
INSTR('DADADAQQQA','A',1,3) -- Third occurence of 'A' from start.
---------------------------
6
SQL> select instr('DADADAQQQA','A',1,4) FROM DUAL;
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---------------------------
10
Is there ay equivelant way in Transact- SQL? If not, can anybody suggest the solution?
--Raj
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col1 (1,3)
col2 (4,6)
col3 (7,7)
col4 (8,30)
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...
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HS321 13-14 D Elem
IN636 13-14 C Elem
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1
2
3
.
.
69
70
72
73
74
76
what i wants is to change the ordinal from 72 to 71,73 to 72,74 to 73,76 to 74
SELECT @field = 0, @maxfield = max(ORDINAL_POSITION) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @TableName
-- handle insert case here
SELECT @field = min(ORDINAL_POSITION) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @TableName and ORDINAL_POSITION > @field
SELECT @bit = (@field - 1 )% 8 + 1
SELECT @bit = power(2,@bit - 1)
SELECT @char = ((@field - 1) / 8) + 1
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IF substring(COLUMNS_UPDATED(),@char, 1) & @bit > 0 or @Type in ('D') -- For the insertion case don't save the iserted data.
I needed it as i have a trigger whihc is adding value in a log table on update but due to this problem it fails for certain column
Trgger is solme thing like
WHILE @field < @maxfield
BEGIN
SELECT @field = min(ORDINAL_POSITION) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @TableName and ORDINAL_POSITION > @field
SELECT @bit = (@field - 1 )% 8 + 1
SELECT @bit = power(2,@bit - 1)
SELECT @char = ((@field - 1) / 8) + 1
--IF substring(COLUMNS_UPDATED(),@char, 1) & @bit > 0 or @Type in ('I','D')
IF substring(COLUMNS_UPDATED(),@char, 1) & @bit > 0 or @Type in ('D') -- For the insertion case don't save the iserted data.
BEGIN
IF @Type not in ('I')
BEGIN
SELECT @fieldname = COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @TableName and ORDINAL_POSITION = @field -1
--print('fieldname = '+@fieldname)
SELECT @sql = 'insert Audit (ActionTypeID, RowID, TableName, PK, FieldName, OldValue, NewValue, UpdateDate,UserID, UserName, UserType)'
SELECT @sql = @sql + ' select convert(bigint,' + @ActionTypeID + ')'
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',' + @RowID
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',''' + @TableName + ''''
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',' + @PKSelect
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',''' + @fieldname + ''''
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',convert(varchar(1000),d.' + @fieldname + ')'
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',convert(varchar(1000),i.' + @fieldname + ')'
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',''' + @UpdateDate + ''''
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',' + @UserID
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',''' + @UserName + ''''
SELECT @sql = @sql + ',''' + @UserType + ''''
SELECT @sql = @sql + ' from #ins i full outer join #del d'
SELECT @sql = @sql + @PKCols
SELECT @sql = @sql + ' where i.' + @fieldname + ' <> d.' + @fieldname
SELECT @sql = @sql + ' or (i.' + @fieldname + ' is null and d.' + @fieldname + ' is not null)'
SELECT @sql = @sql + ' or (i.' + @fieldname + ' is not null and d.' + @fieldname + ' is null)'
--print('@sq=====sdfdfsfsdf')--sha
--print(@sql)--sha
EXEC (@sql)
END
END
END
Kamran Shahid
Sr. Software Engineer(MCSD.Net)
www.netprosys.com
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Something like
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Aug 30, 2007Hi
I am having a problem in auditing the column data in tables.My requirement is i have write a trigger which is capable of auditing the columns which are going to be added in the future also with out using dynamic SQL.is there any way to do so.
I feel if i can get the column data based on ordinal position then it is possible.
Can any body suggest.
My set Up is like this
I have a base_table to be audited.
I have a Audit_spec table which contains name of the table and columns to be audited.
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Hi,
I am trying to create a inline function which is listed below.
USE [Northwind]
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION newIdentity()
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN
(SELECT ident_current('orders'))
GO
while executing this function in sql server 2005 my get this error
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Pleae help me to fix this error
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declare @t table ( ID int );
insert into @t ( ID ) values (-7077);
select checksum_agg( ID ) from @t;
-----------
-7077
declare @t table ( ID int );
insert into @t ( ID ) values (-7077), (-8112);
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However, the function appears to returns 0 for an even number of repeated values.
declare @t table ( ID int );
insert into @t ( ID ) values (-7077), (-7077);
select checksum_agg( ID ) from @t;
-----------
0
It's not specific to -7077, for example:
declare @t table ( ID int );
insert into @t ( ID ) values (-997777), (-997777);
select checksum_agg( ID ) from @t;
-----------
0
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declare @t table ( ID int );
insert into @t ( ID ) values (-997777), (-997777), (-997777);
select checksum_agg( ID ) from @t;
-----------
-997777
But a set of (4) repeated equal values will return 0 again.
declare @t table ( ID int );
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-----------
0
Finally, a set of (2) uneuqal values repeated twice will return 0 again.
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-----------
0
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WHERE ((DATALENGTH(ShortString) < 1) OR ShortString IS NULL)
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-- update nvarchar ShortString
UPDATE StringTable
SET ShortString= char(32)
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