When I enter a data in a table, SQL Server automatically completes the data with blanks up to length of column.
this happens in a web form also in Management Studiıo,
Whan am I doing wrong ?
does Collation have anything with it ?
SQL Server 2005 / Developer Edition
I have a simple query like:
select max(PTR_DATE)
from MPR_portfolio_transactions
group by PTR_SYMBOL
and this is working fine, but if I add an extra column with another field like:
select max(PTR_DATE) , PTR_SHAREBALANCE
from MPR_portfolio_transactions
group by PTR_SYMBOL
Then I get an error message like:
Column 'MPR_portfolio_transactions.PTR_SHAREBALANCE' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.
How can I get round to this?
I have the following querry :
SELECT APHIST.ReturnDate AS ATDATE
,API_HIST.[ActionPlanItemID]
,API_HIST.[ActionPlanID]
,PIT.[ProductItemID]
[Code] ....
It produced the following result
Based on my querry when n=2, it should be set to 0, why it cannot be set ?
if I added the value 2 to the list of values as below :
CROSS APPLY (Values(0),(1),(2)) d(n)
Then the value n=2 is updated but it adds extra duplicated rows which is not part of my real
I want to change one column 's name which have had data in it?
Can I?
sri writes "Suppose I have a table to enter the name,number,address of employees in different coloumns.I want the names to be as hyperlink.how can i get that?
should we do that at the time of creating database?or do we need to write the code?
If we have to write code please let me know the code also."
I am working SQL Server 2005 and One Table Which contain only one column without primary keyNow I want to remove all duplicate value from that table with only single query
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Hi everyone
I have a problem about sysusers table in sql2005.
if you run the query in SQL2000
select * from sysusers where status = 2
and you can see the users which are created as sqlauthentication.
But in sql2005 status column equals 0 for sql authenticated users.
Is this a bug or the sturucture of the sysusers table is changed???
And how can i query the sql authenticated users in sql2005.
thanks
Nevil Mascarenhas writes "Hi SQL team,
I am just a beginer in SQL
Here is sample output of a SQL query
Alarm No Site Name Startdate Starttime
7767 ABC 20-08-05 00:00
7765 XYZ 20-08-05 00:00
7762 ASD
5453 QWE 22-08-05 01:00
In this above example, I would like to replace blank fields in Startdate and Starttime coloumn with XXX
Output required is
Alarm No Site Name Startdate Starttime
7767 ABC 20-08-05 00:00
7765 XYZ 20-08-05 00:00
7762 ASD XXX XXX
5453 QWE 22-08-05 01:00
Can you please guide me."
I wrote a simple data flow with an OLE DB source and destination. I do a direct mapping of the columns ( colA - > colA) with no transformations needed. I found that colA on the destinatin does not allow NULLS (required by the program that accesses that database) while colA on the source supports and has NULLs, Is there any accomodaiton for handling NULLS (like mapping them to blanks) in the direct copy approach or do I need to read each row and test colA_ISNull?
TIA,
barkingdog
Quick Question I hope.
Does having a lot of blanks in a column cause errors ?
In 2 or 3 packages where I get 95% of the data in the Error Colomn I can find nothing wrong with the data at all ? it all either seems perfect or there is no data in the column in question usually I would have maybe 800 rows where data would have been inserted but in the other 40, 000 rows the column is blank
Using the "Retain null values from the source as null values in the destination" doesnt seem to make a differance.
This is the error description
The data value cannot be converted for reasons other than sign mismatch or data overflow.
Anyone know of a solution / reason why this keeps happening
Thanks
I posted this scenario earlier and ndinakar said my code worked on (I guess) his own machine but has not worked on mine! Does that not sound funny? I need to ge through with this simple but frustrating stuff in time. I've implemented more complex snippets before this but I just can't figure the problem out.
Can anyone out there tell me what I could be doing wrongly? I wrote a simple stored procedure called 'proc_insert_webuser' in a database that has been moved to a remote server called LAGOS-NTS3. I executed it from SQL Query Analyser and it worked. When, however, I executed the same stored procedure from ASP.Net it gives an impression that a new record has been inserted and even displays the newly generated ID column to me. On checking the base table I found only blank columns with only the ID column having the generated IDs!
I'm perplexed. I checked the code and can't possibly spot the error. Can anyone help. Found below are snippets used.
CREATE PROCEDURE proc_insert_webuser
(
@applicantidnumeric(18) output,
@firstnamevarchar(18),
@midname varchar(18),
@lastname varchar(50),
@secretcodevarchar(18),
@my_errnumeric(18) output
)
AS
IF (SELECT COUNT(ApplicantID) FROM tbl_webuser WHERE Firstname = @firstname AND Midname = @midname AND Lastname = @lastname) = 0
BEGIN
begin transaction
INSERT INTO tbl_webuser (Firstname, Midname, Lastname, SecretCode)
VALUES (@Firstname, @Midname, @Lastname, @SecretCode)
commit transaction
SET @applicantid = @@IDENTITY
END
ELSE
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Error! Execution aborted. A matching user profile exist.', 16, 1)
SELECT @my_err = @@ERROR
END
RETURN
Then the ASP.Net stuff:
Sub PostData()
'connection string production
Dim cstring As String = "User ID = sa; Password = ; database = E-Recruitment; Server = LAGOS-NTS3; Connect Timeout = 60"
'connection instantiation
Dim cnx As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(cstring)
Try
'open connection
cnx.Open()
'instantiates and execute a command object
Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand
With cmd
.Connection = cnx
.CommandText = "proc_insert_webuser"
.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
Dim param1 As New SqlClient.SqlParameter("@applicantid", 0)
param1.DbType = DbType.Single
param1.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
.Parameters.Add(param1)
Dim param2 As New SqlClient.SqlParameter("@firstname", txtFirstNM.Text)
param2.DbType = DbType.String
param2.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input
.Parameters.Add(param2)
Dim param3 As New SqlClient.SqlParameter("@midname", txtMidNM.Text)
param3.DbType = DbType.String
param3.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input
.Parameters.Add(param3)
Dim param4 As New SqlClient.SqlParameter("@lastname", txtLastNM.Text)
param4.DbType = DbType.String
param4.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input
.Parameters.Add(param4)
Dim param5 As New SqlClient.SqlParameter("@secretcode", txtPWD.Text)
param5.DbType = DbType.String
param5.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input
.Parameters.Add(param5)
Dim param6 As New SqlClient.SqlParameter("@my_err", 0)
param6.DbType = DbType.Single
param6.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
.Parameters.Add(param6)
.ExecuteNonQuery()
'pick the auto-number
Dim strAppID = .Parameters("@applicantid").Value
'notifies the user of record success
lblMessage.Text = "Profile created. Your ApplicantID is : " & strAppID & " Kindly take note of your UserID. You'll need it for future logins."
End With
Catch ex As Exception
'notifies the user of any error(s)
lblMessage.Text = Err.Description & " originating from " & Err.Source
Finally
cnx.Close()
End Try
End Sub
==================
I'm calling this procedure from the click event of a command button. What could be happening to the code? I have done similar things and got positive results! Any hint from anyone out there?
A table was created in version 6.5 that has 2 blank spaces and a slash '/' in it's name (i.e. Item Type w/Groups). This was done in error and now the table cannot be dropped or renamed and dropped.
Does anyone know how I can delete this table? Please let me know.
Hi,
I'm trying to create a view from a table in which I want to concatenate to columns to a new column. The concatenation part works fine when data "supports" calculations, i.e. no nulls. The data however is "infected" in two ways I have Null-values and I have blanks alongside with some real information. I concatenate via a CASE statement but I can't figure out how to take the 3 situations into account (nulls, blanks and data) and create one meaningfull column in my view.
The result should be
column1 + "-" if column2 is null or blank
column1 + "-" + column2 if column2 has meaningfull data
Both the involved columns are text (varchar).
If anyone has been in this situation before could you please provide som code that handles the situation.
Regards
Kim Hansen
Hello,
In my .NET.ASP application I generate a random five digit password, like so:
string password = Membership.GeneratePassword(5, 1);
The result could be a password like "0l$IE" and I the save this password to an SQL server. The problem is however that with the generated password five blanks are also added. Instead of "0l$IE" I get "0l$IE ". I hope you understand what I mean? Is there an easy way to correct this?
I appreciate any help!
I have an Excel spreadsheet with a field that may contain blanks (empty). When I filter on that field to show only the blanks, I get 4000 records returned. But if I import the spreadsheet into SQL Server, the test in there for blanks ('') returns nothing. However, if I test for Nulls in that field, I get 5000 records returned. I don't know which one (Excel or SQL Server) is giving me the right answer. Can anyone help me understand what's going on?
Thanks!
I am try to see if there are any blanks in a node of a table that has xml data in one of the columns. The query I use is returning zero results.
Select COUNT(*)from ENTITY
Where CONVERT(XML, Ent_root_xml, 0 ).value('(//UD_PQ_FLAG/node())[1]', 'VARCHAR(50)')= ''
I have a comma delimited data file TestData.txt of the form:
123,asss,aweqrrr ,ssdsff , ,2wwwrwrr
434,sff,dgfdgd ,sffsfsfete ,sd ,dff
I want to load this data into SQL Server tables so that the data will be imported without the trailing spaces(blanks) after each data element .
Thus I will like to trim the data of the extra spaces (blanks) before import.
Desired data to be loaded :
123,asss,aweqrrr,ssdsff,,2wwwrwrr
434,sff,dgfdgd,sffsfsfete,sd,dff
Any help will be most welcomed
Aim- the following columns “Cancel_Date”, “First_Post_Date”,“Last_Post_Date” can either be populated with figures or have a null value.
I want all Null values to be removed and be replaced with a blank
Final table is
Select *
from #test
left join #SF_AccountBuild on #test.FDMSAccountNo = #SF_AccountBuild.[External FDMSaccountno]
Results
[FDMSAccountNo],
External_ID ,
Parentsfid,
[DBA Name],
[Legal Name],
Street,
[MM3-DBA-ADDR2],
[Code] .....
I am looking for a query which will populate one of my columns that contains some blanks with a defined value based on a value in another column
For example in the below table I would like the blanks in serial number to be populated with "SN09"
Product_NameSerial_Number
PRODUCT1
PRODUCT1
PRODUCT2SN10
PRODUCT3SN11
PRODUCT3SN11
PRODUCT1
So the query I am looking for would basically add some values to the results where they meet the right criteria.
I am running the query through a view so I dont actually want to add the values to the physical tables only to the view of the results if you understand what I mean?
I use Blanks in ColumnNames ( I know that this isnt very good, but alot of code and querys had to be changed if I would remove all blanksin all columnnames).When I link this tables with ODBC in my ACC97 - project, some of thetables causes an ODBC-Error.Are there possibilities to workaround this error?Thanks, Andreas Lauffer, easySoft. GmbH, Germany
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I've an int field and when this field has a null, I want to show empty/blanks instead of 0. How can this be achieved?
I've tried the below:
declare @a as int
set @a= null
select isnull(@a,'')
o/p: 0
select cast(isnull(@a,'') as varchar)
o/p: 0
select case convert(varchar,@a)
when null then ''
else @a
end
o/p: null
Thanks for your help!
Subha
Hi,
I am having a curious problem with parameter passing between
reports. I have 2 reports the first report gives employee name, Department and
in the second report I have employee details. If the user clicks on the
Employee name in the First report it should go to the second report and display
the details. My problem comes if suppose the employee name is Don King? when the parameter gets passed it does not recognize
the space between the name and throws
an error saying King not recognized.
Would appreciate if anybody could suggest as to how I can
pass the name with spaces in the report parameters.
Thanks and regards
PMNJ
Hi,
With DTS, the default behavior is to import blanks ("") in a data file as nulls in the table.
However, in SSIS, the default behavior is to import blanks as blanks.
I need to ensure that the packages I'm migrating import the data in the exact same way. I am wondering what is the easiest way to convert blanks to nulls?
Right now I'm using a script to convert the blanks to nulls before they are written to the table, but just wondering if there's an easier way.
Thanks
I have a report that has DateTime parameters e.g. StartDate and EndDate. When I create these report parameters the "Allow Blank" option is disabled but checked. When I run the report and do not enter anything in these fields it pops a message asking me to enter the Date. How do I use the "Allow Blank" option for date parameters on my report?
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I'm working on a new project using SSIS in SQL Server 2005 and have an issue that I need resolved.
I'm loading an XML file into SSIS using the XML Source Adapter. This maps to an OLE DB destination which reads the data into a SQL table (please see below for the table structure). In between this stage is a data conversion to convert the Unicode characters from XML into non-Unicode characters.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[XMLTest](
[Forename] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL,
[Surname] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL,
[PostCode] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NOT NULL
)
The problem I have is with blank strings in xml are being inserted into the SQL table as NULL values and not blanks (see the xml below).
<Root>
<People>
<Forename>Duncan3</Forename>
<Surname></Surname>
<PostCode>ME16 0WH</PostCode>
</People>
</Root>
Correct me if I'm wrong but a null value in xml means the node does not exist (See the xml below)?
<Root>
<People>
<Forename>Duncan3</Forename>
<PostCode>ME16 0WH</PostCode>
</People>
</Root>
Please also find the schema attached for reference.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xschema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="Root">
<xs:complexType>
<xsequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="People">
<xs:complexType>
<xsequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="1" name="Forename" type="xstring" />
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="Surname" type="xstring" />
<xs:element minOccurs="1" name="PostCode" type="xstring" />
</xsequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xsequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xschema>
Hi,
This might sound obvious, or a newbie question, but how are trailing blanks treated by SQL2005 on varchar columns?
I have a column where two rows only differ by a trailing blank. If write a select and a where clause on the column, anly trailing blanks seem to be trimmed. I tried the ansi padding setting but it doesn't change anything. Is it a question of collation? I have default collation on the server set to SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS...
The problem also seems to arise when I try to create a unique index on the column, where both values are considered equivalent...
I give here a sample based on the BOL for set ansi_padding. I was expecting each of the select statements below to retrun only one row...
Cany somebody please explain why they all return two rows?
PRINT 'Testing with ANSI_PADDING ON'
SET ANSI_PADDING ON;
GO
CREATE TABLE t1 (
charcol CHAR(16) NULL,
varcharcol VARCHAR(16) NULL,
varbinarycol VARBINARY(8)
);
GO
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('No blanks', 'No blanks', 0x00ee);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('Trailing blank ', 'Trailing blank ', 0x00ee00);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('Trailing blank ', 'Trailing blank', 0x00ee00);
SELECT 'CHAR' = '>' + charcol + '<', 'VARCHAR'='>' + varcharcol + '<',
varbinarycol
FROM t1
where varcharcol='Trailing blank';
GO
SELECT 'CHAR' = '>' + charcol + '<', 'VARCHAR'='>' + varcharcol + '<',
varbinarycol
FROM t1
where varcharcol='Trailing blank ';
GO
PRINT 'Testing with ANSI_PADDING OFF';
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF;
GO
CREATE TABLE t2 (
charcol CHAR(16) NULL,
varcharcol VARCHAR(16) NULL,
varbinarycol VARBINARY(8)
);
GO
INSERT INTO t2 VALUES ('No blanks', 'No blanks', 0x00ee);
INSERT INTO t2 VALUES ('Trailing blank ', 'Trailing blank ', 0x00ee00);
INSERT INTO t2 VALUES ('Trailing blank ', 'Trailing blank', 0x00ee00);
SELECT 'CHAR' = '>' + charcol + '<', 'VARCHAR'='>' + varcharcol + '<',
varbinarycol
FROM t2
where varcharcol='Trailing blank';
GO
SELECT 'CHAR' = '>' + charcol + '<', 'VARCHAR'='>' + varcharcol + '<',
varbinarycol
FROM t2
where varcharcol='Trailing blank ';
GO
DROP TABLE t1
DROP TABLE t2
I have a small question here is below how my data look
K_ID ColA ColB
ColC ColD
1 X12134 ABCD
' ' 1/1/2015
2 X12134 ABCD
' ' 2/1/2015
3 X12134 ABCD
DE02635 3/1/2015
I want the output like this
K_ID ColA ColB
ColC ColD
1 X12134 ABCD
DE02635 1/1/2015
2 X12134 ABCD
DE02635 2/1/2015
3 X12134 ABCD
DE02635 3/1/2015
I tried using Over by, Lag functions.. But some where i am missing the logic in achieving the Output...
Hiho,
I'm reading out some exelsheets to store the data in a SQL DB on a MS SQL Server.
I can connect to Excel file easily and usual querys are woriking as well.
My Probelm is, that all my Excel files have some columns with a name that has more than one word, e.g. "this is an example".
Is there any possibility to make query's to this columns? ...renaming them would leed in some trouble, i guess.
regards,
ratsche
ps: maybe this is a sql problem and not a asp.net problem.
I have a report that I am building that consist of 4 multi-value selections from four different queries. When I choose "Select All" from all the drop downs and click on "View Reports", it blanks out all the selections from one of the drop downs.
Can someone please point me in the right direction on this problem. The report will run sometimes, but most of the time it will not.
Thanks
Hi,
Is it possible using derived column transform to change all blank values in a flat file to say a "0"
Basically convert "" to "0"
Thanks for any help,
Slash.
Hi
I have a gridview with a sql data source and a few drop down lists where i choose values to sorth what i would like to retrive from the table. The problem im facing is that when i pass values to the database, i can sort out and retrive my items when both my listboxes have selected values.
But when i want to select everything from the table where the column = clumn or cloumn = value i dont get anything back.
I have 2 dropdown lists. One for category and one for location. These are populated drom the database by selecting the column and retriving destinct values. I have a function that fires when one of the dropdown lists are changed witch changes the sql datasource select value so it retrives items sorted by the selected categories and locations.
Here is the function:
protected void DropDownList_Change(object sender, EventArgs e) { string Category = DropDownListKategori.SelectedValue.ToString(); string Location = DropDownListEtabl.SelectedValue.ToString(); SqlDataSource1.SelectCommand = "SELECT ARTNR, ARTTYP, AKTIVITET, DATUM, KUND, PLATS, KOMMENTAR FROM ARTIKEL WHERE ARTTYP = @ARTTYP AND PLATS = @PLATS"; SqlDataSource1.SelectParameters.Clear(); SqlDataSource1.SelectParameters.Add(@"ARTTYP", Category); SqlDataSource1.SelectParameters.Add(@"PLATS", Location); SqlDataSource1.DataBind(); }
The dropdown lists have an option to not retrive values by category or location. I have set that value to PLATS and ARTTYP thinking the query would would retrive everything if these were selected
SELECT ARTNR, ARTTYP, AKTIVITET, DATUM, KUND, PLATS, KOMMENTAR FROM ARTIKEL WHERE ARTTYP = ARTTYP AND PLATS = PLATS
however if both these drop down lists are set to not filter, my query gets nothing in return. And if one of the lists has this selected and ther other one has a value, say a location or something nothing is retrived either. However if both columns have something selected i do get values returned.
My speculation is that the query beeing run when this happens is that it is trying to find columns having the value ARTTYP or PLATS (category or location), as a string and actually seeing it as Im trying to retrive values where column = column.
Any suggestions on how i can make my query run as intended or is there another problem Im not seeing.
hi all,
i wonder if i could break one row to multiple row base on this case :-
status=A OriginQty=10 HoldQty=3
i want to print the status=H for the remaining originqty-holdqty
isit possible to digest this data in my SP to:-
status=A BalQty=7
status=H BalQty=3
~~~Focus on problem, not solution~~~
HI
When I'v click in Visual Web Developer 2008 to build web site it has made a new MDB file name ASPNETDB. MDF
So now I have 2 mdb file (MyFileName.mdf and ASPNETDB. MDF)
What is that extra (ASPNETDB. MDF) file and do I need it and why?
Thanks assaf