Replace A String In An NTEXT Field In Sql Server
Oct 15, 2006I found it rather hard to replace a string in an NTEXT field in sql server 2000. Would it be easier in SSIS 2005? Please advise. Thanks.
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How Do I Handle REPLACE A Particuler Matched String Within An NTEXT Column In SQL Server?
Mar 27, 2008Hi!
I recently was confronted with a problem where a piece of text that was included in many NTEXT column values in a table needed to be replaced with another piece of text. You can't issue normal REPLACE statements against NTEXT columns, so this seemed to be a bit of a challenge €” issuing a REPLACE() against a TEXT or NTEXT column in SQL Server yields error
I tried following
UPDATE CaseTypeDefs SET definition = replace(LTRIM(RTRIM(definition)), '<![CDATA[sp_YOTAssetAdditionalOffences 0, ArgParamHearingsId, ArgParamLanguage, ArgParamReferralId]]>', '<![CDATA[sp_YOTAssetAdditionalOffences 0, ArgParamHearingsId, ArgParamLanguage]]>')
But this is producing following error
Server: Msg 8116, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Argument data type ntext is invalid for argument 1 of replace function.
For Example: I want to replace string <![CDATA[sp_YOTAssetAdditionalOffences 0, ArgParamHearingsId, ArgParamLanguage]]> with <![CDATA[sp_YOTAssetAdditionalOffences 0, ArgParamHearingsId, ArgParamLanguage, ArgParamReferralId]]> in NTEXT column values in a table.
Need help, how to do it?.
Thanks In Advance
Devloper
Anil Kumar Dwivedi
How To Replace Char In Ntext Field
Jun 16, 2006I need help on replace char in ntext data type
Here is the example data
<qMultipleChoice><qText>The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off
20on.</qText><qChoice>Strongly20Disagree</qChoice><qChoice>Disagree
</qChoice><qChoice>Agree</qChoice><qChoice>Strongly%20Agree</qCh
I want result look like this
First Column:The AE Understands what conditions the Account Manager is allowed to sign-off.
Second Column: Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
This is what i had so far
Select (SUBSTRING(QuestionText, (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7),(PATINDEX(N'%</qText>%', QuestionText) - (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7)))) From tblQuestion
my result:
The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off%20on.
I have problem with replace '%20' and how to make the second column.
Any Help?
Thanks
Shan
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UPDATEtbl
SETBody = LEFT(REPLACE(tbl.Body, pm.OldFirstName, p.FirstName), 7000)
FROM Table tbl
JOIN Person p ON p.PersonID = tbl.PersonID
JOIN PersonMap pm ON pm.PersonID = p.PersonID AND LEN(pm.OldFirstName) > 2
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May 29, 2006Hello guys,
I would like to execute a t-sql query and replace a string by another in all records.
I did this :
UPDATE myTable
SET myColumn = replace(myColumn,'old string','new string')
The error I get is :
Argument data type ntext is invalid for argument 1 of replace function.
Thank you very much for any help!
Regards,
Fabian
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SQL Server Compact Edition Ntext Fails With String Over 4000 Characters
Jan 25, 2008This is with SQLCe NET 3.5.0.0 running on Windows Server 2003 or Server 2008, not on a Windows mobile operating system.
The following code fails with ntext entries above 4000 characters:
Dim cn As New SqlCeConnection(ConnectString())
If cn.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then
cn.Open()
End If
Dim info as string
info = "This is lengthy text".PadLeft(4200)
Dim cmd As SqlCeCommand
strSQL = "create table testTable ("
strSQL &= "docType nvarchar (50) NULL, "
strSQL &= "docFlag nvarchar(10) NULL, "
strSQL &= "docData ntext NULL, "
strSQL &= " )"
cmd = New SqlCeCommand(strSQL, cn)
Try
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch sqlexception As SqlCeException
MessageBox.Show(sqlexception.Message & vbNewLine & strSQL, "Table Error 7", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Table Error 8", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Finally
cn.Close()
End Try
If cn.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then
cn.Open()
End If
'---- insert a row into the testTable
strSQL = "INSERT INTO testTable ("
strSQL &= "docType, "
strSQL &= "docFlag, "
strSQL &= "docData, "
strSQL &= ") "
strSQL &= "VALUES ("
strSQL &= "@docType, "
strSQL &= "@docFlag, "
strSQL &= "@docData, "
strSQL &= ")"
Try
cmd = New SqlCeCommand(strSQL, cn)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@docType", "a type")
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@docFlag", "a flag")
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@docData", info)
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch sqlexception As SqlCeException
MessageBox.Show(sqlexception.Message, "Table Error 9", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Table Error 10", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Finally
cn.Close()
End Try
End If
Changing the cmd.Parameters as follows works:
Dim paramdocData As SqlCeParameter
Try
cmd = New SqlCeCommand(strSQL, cn)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@docType", "a type")
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@docFlag", "a flag")
paramdocData = cmd.Parameters.Add("docData", SqlDbType.NText)
paramdocData.Value = info
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch sqlexception As SqlCeException
MessageBox.Show(sqlexception.Message, "Table Error 9", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Table Error 10", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
Finally
cn.Close()
End Try
Thanks to the following Microsoft ReadMe for the above suggestion. See:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/7/2/f72ebbf8-4df1-4800-b4db-c2405c10d937/ReadmeSSC35.htm
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I need to sort the field to some extend to present the small strings on a sorted nice way - answers to " What country are you from" etc.
To trick the sorting I use a calculated field:
ORDER BY RSort - where Rsort is:
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May 7, 2015I would like to replace the value in the Select query of CO OWNER with a space ' ' or NULL if the ORDINAL value = 0.
The CO OWNER name is stored in the CARDNAME table, and the OWNER name is stored in the NAME table. I can not change the db structure.
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Current Select Results:
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200500 9999999999999101 1 BILL JEAN
200500 9999999999999102 0 BILL JEAN
Desired Select Results:
ACCOUNT CARD ORDINAL CO OWNER OWNER
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We now have migrated the database to a new server. The old server is either needed to be replaced by the new server name, or remove it.
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I've imported an Access db into SQL, in the Access db the field type was 'memo' to accomodate the large amount of text (on avg ruffly 4100 chars. with spaces). Now in SQL the field in the table I have set up as an ntext field, which I understood to be equivalent to a memo field in Access.
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=======The Process follows like this =========
--**************************************
--
-- Name: A relational technique to strip
-- the HTML tags out of a string
-- Description:A relational technique to
-- strip the HTML tags out of a string. Th
-- is solution demonstrates how to use simp
-- le tables & search functions effectively
-- in SQL Server to solve procedural / ite
-- rative problems.
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-- placed. The % in <head%>
-- will take care of any extra informati
-- on in the tag that you needn't worry
-- about as a whole. In any case, this t
-- able contains all the tags that needs
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INSERT #html VALUES ( '</title>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '</head>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '<body%>' )
INSERT #html VALUES ( '</html>' )
go
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<BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" VLINK="#444444">
SOME HTML text after the body</HTML>'
)
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<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="/style.css"></HEAD>
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)
go
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-- extra properties if any. This is
-- done by locating the end of the tag n
-- amely '>'. The same is done
-- in a loop till all tags are replaced.
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FROM #t JOIN #html
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SELECT * FROM #t
rollback
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Jul 26, 2002Hi,
I need to write a single replace sql as folows:
I have a string consisting of numbers seperated by a space. Some of the numbers are suffixed with a star like this: '1 12* 5 7*'
I need to remove those numbers that are suffixed with a star. In other words, I need an output as follows: '1 5'
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