I have a table with IDENTITY column with the datatype as INTEGER. Now
this table record count is almost reaching its limt. that is total
record count is almost near to 2^31-1. It will reach the limit with in
another one or two months.
In order to avoid the arithmentic overflow error 8115, we would like
change the datatype from INT to BIGINT. we hope this will solve our
problem.
How do I approch this datatype conversion?. Since the data count is
huge, that leads to a long down time of database.
we need better approach or solution for this problem?. kindly give me
a better solution that will reduce the total downtime of the production
database.?.
I would like to change the datatype on a particular column from varchar to bigint across 100's of tables within a database.
I have the command ready which is:
ALTER TABLE tablename ALTER COLUMN columnname BIGINT
The problem happening is that it seems there are constraints across all the columns in every tables.
The error message is:
Server: Msg 5074, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The object 'DF__tablename__columnname__0ABD916C' is dependent on column 'columnname'. Server: Msg 4922, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN columnname failed because one or more objects access this column.
I understand that if I delete this constraint, then it will let me modify the datatype of the column, but since there are tons of them and they are randomly named, how do I achive changing the datatype across multiple tables in bulk.
I need to convert a text field (which contains only numbers) into an int field. What would be the easiest way to do so. SQL 6.5. There are about 100, 000 rows in the db.
insert into scn_transaction (sourceSystemName) values(@sourceSystem);
SELECT @txOut = @@identity
Whose purpose is to perform an insert into a table and return me the identity value of the inserted record, which I'll then use throughout the rest of my package. The identity column in the inserted table is numeric(18,0).
I execute the stored proc with the following sql with an OLE DB connection manager:
exec sp_newTransaction ?, ?
The first parameter is a string variable from earlier in the package, and the second is the output parameter. I have the following parameter mappings to the execute sql task:
The proc is correctly called, and the row insesrted, however I get a type conversion error when SSIS attempts to map the return parameter to my package variable... I've tried all sorts of combonations, and can't seem to get it to execute.
At one point I wasn't returning a numeric, but rather an int from the stored proc, and all was well until I went to use the variable in a derived column later in the package, and the type was converted quite incorrectly (a 1 was 77799789080 or some such), indicating a type conversion error likely related to the encoding of the number.
I'd like to keep the datatypes as numeric and make ssis use those - any pointers are greatly appreciated as to what type my package variable should be to allow proper assignment of a sql server numeric type to it.
I am populating tables with Columns of fixed length (of a text format) from a different table with some Columns of Money ( DataType). It would not allow me to populate these Columns.
Hi there,I have a table named Action. This table has a column InPrice with datatypenvarchar(12). I want to change its datatype from nvarchar(12) to money. Ibrowsed through the values and removed any dots. Th column now has onlynumeric values (and commas for decimal values such as 105,8). When I try tochange the datatype from nvarchar to money, following mesage is displayed:ADO error: Cannot convert a char value to money. The char value hasincorrect syntax.How can I solve this problem? I cannot figure out which values are causingthis error.Thanks in advance,Burak
A SQL Server 2005 db has three date related-columns (MonthGiven, DayGiven, YearGiven) each as smallint datatype. I would like to create a DocDate column (datetime datatype) that combines the data from the three existing date-related columns. I have tried casting and simple concatentation without success. ALTER TABLE Details ADD DocDate DateTime NULL
UPDATE Details SET DocDate = CAST(MonthGiven AS DateTime)+ '/' + CAST(DayGiven AS DateTime) + "/" Cast(YearGiven As DateTime) I think I need to be doing a Conversion instead of casting but have been unable to implement info I have found in the SQL Server Developer Center in my situation.
Hi, I need to take a value from a textbox and insert it into a field in my database which takes decimals. My problem, no matter what I try I cannot convert the value so that the database will accept it. This all happens when the submit button is hit on my webpage. Here is the cmdSubmit_click sub code:
Dim surveyNum As Decimal = Decimal.Parse(txtSurveyNum.Text, Globalization.NumberStyles.Number) myCmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO survey(ID) VALUES('" & surveyNum & "')" myCmd.Parameters.Add("surveyNum", SqlDbType.Decimal) myCmd.Parameters("surveyNum").Value = System.Convert.ToDecimal(txtSurveyNum.Text)
I have a varchar column that inludes dates in the following fomat: 03032007? When I try to cast this to datetime, I keep getting "Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime." error. Maybe someone has some ideas how to handle this?
I'm editing an SSIS package. The source column has datatype float and the data is stored like 1,2 instead of 1.2. To change this into a period instead of comma there is a derived column step in the ssis package. The expression in this derived column step to change this goes as:<o:p></o:p> (DT_STR ,32,1 252)(REPLACE((DT_STR,32,1252)SUBSCHAAL_SCORE,",","."))<o:p></o:p>
where SUBSCHAAL_SCORE is the name of the column. As you see the data is converted into a string. I need it to be converted into a numeric datatype (18,6) instead of string/varchar but it must also handle the first issue with changing the comma into a period. <o:p></o:p>
I have a field in a table that stores date of birth. The field's datatype is char(6) and looks like this: 091703 (mmddyy). I want to convert this value to a datetime datatype.
What is the syntax to convert char(6) to datetime?
Hi, Can anyone please help me with the syntax for this query please. Error is "syntax error converting varchar value '/' to a column of datatype int" Query:
Code:
select iCalls_Calls.Call_ID,iCalls_Calls.Requestor,Type,Scope,iCalls_Calls.Status_ID,iCalls_Status.Status_I D, iCalls_Status.Status_Label,((select Count(*) from iCalls_Events where Call_ID = " & Session("Call_ID") & " ) + ' /' + ( select Count(*) from iCalls_Events where Call_ID = "& Session("Call_ID") & " and Events_Flag <> 0)) as Countrec from ((iCalls_Calls inner join iCalls_Status on iCalls_Calls.Status_ID=iCalls_Status.Status_ID ) inner join iCalls_Users on iCalls_Calls.Requestor=iCalls_Users.User_ID) left outer join iCalls_Messages on iCalls_Calls.Call_ID=iCalls_Messages.Call_ID where Requestor='" & Session("User_ID") & "' AND iCalls_Calls.Status_ID <> 6 order by iCalls_Calls.Call_ID
Getting error Converting DataType forn Varchar to smalldatetime when running a job (in SQL Server 2005 ) which calls a SP in the step... this worked fine in SQL Server 7
i have so doubts in my mind and that i want to discuss with you guys... Can i use more then 5/6 fields in a table with datatype of Text as u know Text can store maximu data... ? acutally i am trying to store a very long strings values into the all fields. it's just popup into my mind that might be table structer would not able to store that my amount of data when u use more then 5/6 text datatypes...
and another thing... is which one is better to use as data type "Text" or "varchar(max)"... ? if any article to read more about these thing,, can you refere to me...
I getting the above error can someone please help me solve it, here is the code: public void InsertHost() { // TODO // - Call stored procedure to write to a log file writeToLog using (SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ConnectionString"])) { SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("writeToLog", cn); cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pAction", "action"); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pHostName", "Hostname"); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pUserNUm", "requestorID"); cn.Open(); cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); } } Here is the storedprocedure: ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.writeToLog(@pAction varchar(10), @pUserNUm bigint, @pHostName varchar(25))AS INSERT INTO dbo.hostNameLog (action, requestorID, HostName)VALUES (@pAction, @pUserNUm, @pHostName) Here is the table: HostName - varchar, action - varchar, requestorID - bigint I can't seem to find the error.
I have the following query which has been giving me headaches for days : SELECT SCCode [Service Catalog Code], FileName [File Name], FullName [Full Name], FileExtension [Extension], FileSize [Size], Author [Author], CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),CAST(LastModified AS SMALLDATETIME), 120) [Last Modified], CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),CAST(LastAccessed AS SMALLDATETIME), 120) [Last Accessed], TimesAccessed [Downloads], UploadedBy [Uploaded By], CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),CAST(UploadedAt AS SMALLDATETIME), 120) [Uploaded At] FROM #TempTable WHERE id > @firstitem AND id < @lastitem ORDER BY CASE WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Service Catalog Code' THEN SCCode WHEN @sortcolumn = 'File Name' THEN FileName WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Extension' THEN FileExtension WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Size' THEN FileSize WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Author' THEN Author WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Last Modified' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),CAST(LastModified AS SMALLDATETIME), 120) WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Last Accessed' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),CAST(LastAccessed AS SMALLDATETIME), 120) WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Downloads' THEN TimesAccessed WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Uploaded By' THEN UploadedBy WHEN @sortcolumn = 'Uploaded At' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(50),CAST(UploadedAt AS SMALLDATETIME), 120) END ASCWhen my @sortcolumn parameter is either FileSize (BIGINT) or TimesAccessed (BIGINT) then the query returns the data without any problem. However, if I use a different @sortcolumn value such as "Author" then I keep getting "Error converting data type varchar to bigint."A solution that seems to work is to drop CASE and use lots of IF statements instead. I don't prefer to do this because it requires me to repeat the same select statement for each and every possible @sortcolumn value!Does anyone know how to solve this? Help!
This is a common error for SQL Server, but I got it in a uncommon way.I have a table called - tblIDNumber where there are two columns - IDN_Number [NVarchar(200)] and Temp [BigInt]
If I run, SELECT Â * FROM Â Â dbo.tblIDNumber WHERE Â IDN_IDNumberTypeStaticValue = 33 Â Â Â Â AND IDN_Removed = 0 Â Â Â Â AND CAST(IDN_Number AS BIGINT) = 1
SQL Server give me the error: Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1 Error converting data type nvarchar to bigint.
I first thought IDN_Number in type 33 has characters, but it doesn't, becasue the below query works!!!
UPDATE dbo.tblIDNumber SET Temp = CAST(IDN_Number AS BIGINT) WHERE Â IDN_IDNumberTypeStaticValue = 33 Â Â Â Â AND IDN_Removed = 0
To workaround, I ran the query,
UPDATE dbo.tblIDNumber SET IDN_Number = '123' WHERE Â IDN_IDNumberTypeStaticValue = 33 Â Â Â Â AND IDN_Removed = 0
and then I ran the first query, and SQL Server does NOT give me the same error -Â Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1 Error converting data type nvarchar to bigint.
Second query approved there is nothing wrong from converting the value in IDN_Number to a BigInt, but the third query gave the hint that data might be the cause?????
finally, I found the root cause to be an index that the first query uses :
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_tblIDNumber_Covering] ON [dbo].[tblIDNumber] ( [IDN_Removed] ASC, [IDNumberCode] ASC ) INCLUDE ( [IDN_Number], [IDN_Reference]) WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, FILLFACTOR = 85) ON [PRIMARY] GO
If I remove the index, the first query works without the error.
I have designed a SP where i need to update all the records for a table where ErrorId is not equal to the ones provided.In this stored procedure i am parsing and all the errorids delimited by ',' into a varchar variable which i would be using for updating the table.On the second last line i get the error mentioned in the subject line.any help would be appreciated.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_ParseAndUpdateDetails]
@NozzleID int,
@ParserString varchar(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @NextPos int
DECLARE @LoopCond tinyint
DECLARE @PreviousPos int
DECLARE @FlgFirst bit
DECLARE @QueryCondition varchar(MAX)
SET @LoopCond=1
SET @NextPos =0
SET @FlgFirst=0
SET @QueryCondition=''
WHILE (@LoopCond=1)
BEGIN
--Retrieving the Position of the delimiter
SET @NextPos =@NextPos + 1
SET @NextPos = CHARINDEX(',',@ParserString, @NextPos)
I am attempting to setup a replication from SQL Server 2005 that will be read by SQL Server Compact Edition (beta). I'm having trouble getting the Publication Wizard to create the Publication. Sample table definition that I'm replicating:
USE dbPSMAssist_Development; CREATE TABLE corporations ( id NUMERIC(19,0) IDENTITY(1964,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, idWas NUMERIC(19,0) DEFAULT 0, logIsActive BIT DEFAULT 1, vchNmCorp VARCHAR(75) NOT NULL,
vchStrtAddr1 VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL, vchNmCity VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, vchNmState VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL, vchPostalCode VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, vchPhnPrimary VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, ); CREATE INDEX ix_corporations_nm ON corporations(vchNmCorp, id); GO
When the wizard gets to the step where it is creating the publication, I get the following error message:
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type bigint. Changed database context to 'dbPSMAssist_Development'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 8115).
I can find no information on what this error is or why I am receiving the error. Any ideas on how to fix would be appreciated.
The strange in this problem is that i got this problem suddenly and before all was running without any error.
The script that cause the error is in the trigger for insertion on a table, there is somewhere where i convert from varchar to bigint, but all seems fine to me i printed the varchar variable and the conversion looks valid, also i included several print statement in the script for debugging purposes and i feel everything is right and there shouldn't be any error.
I don't think anything changed in my db, so i wonder where this problem is comming from ? this is the code:
declare @posSpace int set @posSpace = charindex(' ', @tmpmsg)
if @posSpace = 0 -- Not found (the message format is like this 'pri 3432434 ' or 'pri dfsdffsd ' begin set @msg_error = @msg_error1 -- Insert the message into the filtration screen to be fixed by a filtrator, the recipient_id will be set to 0 insert into mobile_chat (sender_id, recipient_id, message, datein, timein) Values (@sender_id, 0, @tmpmsg, @thedate, @thetime) end else begin set @strprofileid = left(@tmpmsg, @posSpace-1) -- first char separating profileid and util message if isnumeric(@strprofileid) = 1 begin set @profileid = @strprofileid declare @utilmsg nvarchar(200) set @utilmsg = ltrim(right(@tmpmsg, len(@tmpmsg)-@posSpace))
-- Right message format print 'Profile id=' + ltrim(str(@profileid)) print 'Message=' + @utilmsg declare @recmsisdn varchar(16) select @recmsisdn = msisdn From profiles where profile_id=@profileid -- if the receiver profile doens't exist, send him a message indicating that if @recmsisdn is not null begin -- All fine: msg format, sender and receiver if left(@recmsisdn,3)='000' Insert into Inbox (sender_id, recipient_id, message, datein, timein) Values (@sender_id, @profileid, @utilmsg, @thedate, @thetime) else insert into mobile_chat (sender_id, recipient_id, message, datein, timein) Values (@sender_id, @profileid, @utilmsg, @thedate, @thetime) end else begin -- Insert the message into the filtration screen to be fixed by a filtrator, the recipient_id will be set to 0 insert into mobile_chat (sender_id, recipient_id, message, datein, timein) Values (@sender_id, 0, @tmpmsg, @thedate, @thetime) set @msg_error = @msg_error3 end end else begin set @msg_error = @msg_error1 end end end else -- The sender profile is not registered with us set @msg_error = @msg_error2 if @msg_error is not null begin print @msg_error if left(@msisdn, 3) = '966' -- We can only send replies to KSA mobiles INSERT INTO cgi_sms_services.dbo.cgi_sms_in(msisdn, sms_code, message, reqport, smstype) VALUES (@msisdn, '1000000002', @msg_error, 86367, 'wcsms') end end -- Private Sending End
I have a USERS database table with a column called IsValidated. It identifies if a user has been validated. I'd like to know which datatype would be the most efficient for this column. Our DBA made it a varchar(1) column. Would using int be better? Please advice.
I have a message box or multiline textbox on my form and I am storing into an SQL DB. I currently have it as a VARCHAR, but that doesn't seem to store the carriage returns. Do I have to store them as a nvarchar, text, ntext or something else to make the returns show? I am pulling them out of the DB and showing them in a label where I replace the with a <br>.
