T-SQL (SS2K8) :: Using For XML Path To Concatenate In A Sub-Query
Feb 17, 2015
how to properly use the "For XML Path" code to concatenate multiple values into one record. What I have is a procedure I've written for a SSRS report that summarizes drive information: date, account, recruiter, times.But each drive can have multiple shifts, and each shift will have it's own vehicle assigned. So a drive may have 1 vehicle assigned to it or it may have 5. If there are 5 shifts/5 vehicles, I don't want to the report to display 5 rows of data for the one drive. So I'm trying to get all of the vehicles to be placed into one field for the report.My initial sub-query will not work because it is possible that it will contain more than one item (vehicle):
Select
DM.DriveID [DriveID],
DM.FromDateTime [FromDateTime],
DSD.ShiftID [ShiftID],
Case When DM.OpenToPublic = 1 Then 'Yes' Else 'No' End As [OpenToPublic],
Case When DM.OwnerType=0 Then 'Mobile' Else 'Fixed' End As [OwnerType],
Case When DM.OwnerType = 0 Then Acct.Name Else CD.DescLong End As [OwnerName],
[code]...
SQL Server Newbie or here either. I'm a newbie as well.
I need to concatenate the DisplayName column with distinct UserName and SysName using XML path
SELECT [sysName], [User_Name],[DisplayName] FROM (SELECT v_Add_Remove_Programs.DisplayName0 AS [DisplayName], v_Add_Remove_Programs.Publisher0 AS [Publisher] , v_R_System_Valid.Netbios_Name0 AS[sysName],v_R_System_Valid.User_Name0 AS [User_Name],v_Add_Remove_Programs.Version0 as [Version] FROM [Offline].[dbo].v_Add_Remove_Programs JOIN [Offline].[dbo].v_R_System_Valid ON [Offline].[dbo].v_Add_Remove_Programs.ResourceID = [Offline].[dbo].v_R_System_Valid.ResourceID)
We have a hierarchical table of some 2-3k of rows that grows slowly at only 3-5 rows a month, and is never likely to be above 5k, holding file/directory names with an IdParent int value pointing at that items immediate parent or NULL if root
iterative code required to achieve the result I am looking for is best handled in the Application layer, but in this case the design brief is that we must get our results back as a View. Speed of execution and code clarity are secondary 'icing on the cake' issues.
I have tried recursive CTE's and XML FOR solutions but without success, and while I feel the latter is probably the best all rounder the searches I have made and the examples I have read do not seem to solve this particular issue.
Even to find the starting point of the search tree (i.e. the .EXE and the .CSV items) was difficult because the final slash is optional in some of the rows (.e. row 4)
The end result of my view on the above data should return:
Id FilePath 5 C:ProgramFilesExcel.EXE 6 D:DataFilesMyDataList.CSV (note the adding of the missing delimiter between DataFiles and MyDataList)
I am creating a view which involved concatenation of 2 int columns.
The data in the columns look like
Column 1 Column 2 1234 1 12345 11
I am trying to get the following output
001234001 012345011
So the first column should have zeros padded to the front to make 6 numbers, the second column should be 3 numbers long with zeros in front. So when added together it is 9 numbers long.
The 2 digit number that appears on line 1, 7 and 13 (only in this example) i need to have added to the begin of each value below it until the next 2 digit number is encountered. The desired result set would look like:
I've got a fairly standard query that does a group by a type column, and then sums the lengths of a VARCHAR column. I'd like to add into that a concatenated version of the string always concatenating in primary key order. Is that possible?
StartDate - data type Date StartTime - data type Time
I need to combine them into a DateTime data type. For now, I convert each of them into varchar, insert space in between, and convert to DateTime, like this:
I have some T-SQL that generates HTML code by using the FOR XML PATH functionality. Once the HTML is built, I am using the following T-SQL to convert it to XML so I am not limited by the output
SELECT @vHTML AS [processing-instruction(x)] FOR XML PATH('')
where @vHTML is varchar(MAX)
Now, when I run my code in VB.NET and use the ExecuteXMLReader() command, I get nothing back into the XML Reader. I noticed that I needed the XMLDATA directive also, but when I add it, I get the following error
Msg 6860, Level 16, State 1, Line 247 FOR XML directive XMLDATA is not allowed with ROOT directive or row tag name specified.
I have a table with a text field and a grouping number.
1, A 1, B 1, C 1, D 1, E
2, A 2, C 2, D 2, E
3, A 3, B 3, C 3, F
4, A 4, B 4, D 4, F 4, G
I assemble the text fields into strings by group, using the FOR XML PATH('') function, so that I end up with
1, A-B-C-D-E 2, A-C-D-E 3, A-B-C-F 4, A-B-D-F-G
This all works fine. I now have a requirement to leave out some groups, based on whether the GROUP does or does not contain a certain text. For instance, if I want only GROUPS with 'E', my result set should be
1, A-B-C-D-E 2, A-C-D-E
If I want only those GROUPS that DO NOT have 'E', my result set should be
3, A-B-C-F 4, A-B-D-F-G
I can (and have) put a condition on the assembled string, but it seems to me that it should be possible to make the cut earlier. That is, rather than assembling the string, scanning it with a Like '%E%' condition and discarding what doesn't meet my needs, I would like to stop scanning the incoming GROUP as soon as a mismatch is detected.
If I want all groups that will not contain an 'A', for instance, it is pointless for the query engine to read in 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', put them all together into a string, compare it with a wildcard and throw it away. As soon as it sees the 'A', it has enough information to completely skip over the rest of that group. The abbreviated examples here are trivial, but the real code is not.
All I've been able to dream up so far results in skipping the RECORD that contains the 'A', but not the entire group.
Below is the test data and my query. Basically i am trying to get the File records along with if any error messages occurred. I am getting the output as expected but the message column has "," at the front and sometime at the end of the column. How do i avoid that.
declare @Files table (ID int identity(1,1) primary key,Filename varchar(50),Date_Created datetime) insert into @Files (Filename,Date_Created) select 'File1',GETDATE()-1 union all select 'File2',GETDATE()-1 union all select 'File3',GETDATE()-1 union all
As I build a record set in an SP I need to add in a string containing a list derived from a second query. I need the results of the sub query to be presented as a single string in the first query, separated by a single space.
I have no idea how to do this in t-sql, and am doing it on the web server at the moment, but becase the dataset is quite large, I'm getting 20 - 40 second processing times which is far too long.
I have found reference to the xp_sprintf function but this is not supported by my host, so not a solution.
I'm no expert in t-sql, so I imagine there's a way somewhere, and would be grateful for any advice available.
I have table users IDuser Name1 John2 Peter3 JOsh IDuser Skills1 -- typist1 -- acct3 -- driver3 -- Guard I need to write a query that will show as follows ID NAME -- SKILLS1 -- John -- typist,acct3 -- Josh -- Driver,Guard with a skills column that has combine the values of the second table
I have a query that I'm stumped on. The data has about 6000 records, of which about 460 of those have distinct dealer names and ids.
I am trying to condense this data so that there is only one record for each dealer, but my 3rd column has different values which is why some dealers have only 2 records, and others may have 10.
I know how to select distinct values, but what I want is to return a list of comma separated values for my 3rd column which consists of all the unique values from that 3rd column for that dealer.
For instance, say I have a dealer with 8 records. They have a unique ID and Dealer Name, but the 8 records appear because the dealer has 8 entries for its activity. The activities may or may not be unique.
So for example I have dealer ABC who has an id of 54, their name is ABC, but for their activites they have 8 entries (apple, orange, banana, pear, apple, banana, mango, peach).
I wnt to be able to select the distinct id, name, and distinct activities so that when my query is returned and displayed the record appears as such:
I am new to XML in SQL Server and X-Path Query Recently I have done the following virtual lab in techNet site SQL Server 2005 XML Capabilities The following query is worked fine in the lab SELECT TOP 10 Demographics.query('declare default element namespace= "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/IndividualSurvey" /IndividualSurvey/YearlyIncome') FROM Sales.Individual But later I installed SQL Server Express in my system and also the Express Manager CTP but i am getting the following error if I execute the above query in my system Msg 9317, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 XQuery [Sales.Individual.Demographics.query()]: Syntax error near '=', expected string literal.
When trying to install Business Contact Manager (BCM) for Outlook 2007, the setup failed and I was refered to a log file in my Local Settings/Temp folder. The log actually says that Business Contact Manager was installed sucessfully! BCM is supposed to install SQL Express 2005 as an instance or as instance if SQL Express is already installed. There is an MSSMLBIZ instance in Services..
Who can I send the Log File to for analysis and the fix feedback?
When I first went into Computer Management and clicked on Services and Applications in the left panel, the error message appeared "Snap-in failed to intialize. Name: SQL Server Configuration Manager CLSID:{CA9F8727-31DF-41D2-975C-887D84903967} This message diappeared when I clicked on Services and Applications again. Under Services, there are 3 SQL services - one is an application that was uninstalled 3-4 weeks ago and I disabled this service. The other 2 are: SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ) and the other one is SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) When I tried to start either of the last 2, the message appeared: Services "Could not start the SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ) service on Local Computer. Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified. Under Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSGL.1 folder is mostly empty. So, it seems like the Path in the Registry is not valid and that nothing is being installed in the MSSQL.1 folder. If so, how do I fix this?
How do I get the BCM SQL instance to install and run properly? what do the messages in Services mean and how do I resolve these.
After updating TempDB path to a wrong path (without file name only folder name) the service is not starting. How can i sovle this and start the service
hi experts, i'm working in building new reports from an existing database. the report i'm working in is to save the path of the visitor through a web site(this is neede for the statistics web site), i have the siteId, commid, maintab, subtab. the site id is dtored in site table, maintab and subtab are stored in article(they are mixed in one columns called title) i have also sessionid stored in session table. i want a query that show the flow of the visitor through a web site, which tab he clicked first then second tab then third tab and in this tab he clicked subtab and the last tab he clicked on before leaving the web page. is this possible and if not, what are the other approches that can i make to get the report i want. also i want to ask if it is possible to create the report where it will show you the visitors for the first time and the returned visitors. thanks
I need someone that knows something about SQL queries.
I have a client that is running a Database known as ProLaw. It is in part a document management system for Law Offices.
They have an SQL 2005 database that tracks per client all the documents they create.
We had to replace there server with new server. The new server is running sbs2003 and had to have a different Netbios name then the old sbs2000 server. (Small Bus. Server has some weird quirks that make simply using the same netbios name impossible. Google search it if you don't believe me.)
The database holds in a single column the full network share path to each document.
Different documents may have different names and more subdirectories but the root path of "\lawwillsbs2000ProlawDocuments" is shared by all.
The new server is named \sbs2003 I need to change the first part of almost 3000 path statements to the new server. The rest of the path is unchanged.
I have had several people running prolaw tell me that I should run this query:
UPDATE Events
SET DocDir=REPLACE(DocDir, '\\lawwillsbs2000', '\\sbs2003')
WHERE EventKind='O'
This doesn't work. Nothing is changed. I'm guessing it is because this query assumes the value will be ONLY \lawwillsbs2000 I see nothing in here that tells the query that this is only part of the string. No wild card or other marker.
I need some kind of string function here do I not? Anyone know enough to help me craft a proper query?
I wrote a simple sql query to get the shortest path length from node 1 to all the other nodes. Since there's a loop in the graph, I want to prevent it from going back to some nodes it has expanded before.
I got the following error:
Msg 253, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Recursive member of a common table expression 'CTE_Sample' has multiple recursive references.
It is referring to "and Table1.t NOT IN (select fr from CTE_Sample)"
Can somebody help me to solve it?
btw. How to use the UNION, EXCEPT or INTERSECT operators when doing the recursive join? It seems I must use UNION ALL.
WITH CTE_Sample (fr, t, level) AS ( SELECT Table1.fr, Table1.t, 1 AS level FROM Table1 WHERE fr=1 UNION ALL SELECT Table1.fr, Table1.t, level+1 FROM Table1 INNER JOIN CTE_Sample ON Table1.fr = CTE_Sample.t and Table1.t NOT IN (select fr from CTE_Sample) ) SELECT CTE_Sample.t, min(CTE_Sample.level) FROM CTE_Sample group by CTE_Sample.t
Hi all. Here's my problem: I have a tree linking macaddresses (bigints)in a tree structure. i want to get the path from node a to b.create table tree1(father bigint , child bigint);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (100,200);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (100,300);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (100,400);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (200,2000);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (200,3000);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (100,4000);insert into tree1 (father,child) values (2000,11111);you can see that 100 --> 200 --> 2000 --> 11111select * from tree1what i would like is a query that given two parameters returns the pathbetweenthem, in the case of 100,11111 i want to get100200200011111if possible as different rows, but columns will do to.of course i do not know the legnth of the path. it can be very bigthx in advanceTzvika
SET @QUERY = "INSERT INTO tblDocTable(FileName, FileType, ImportExportID, BuildingID, Document)
SELECT '"+@fName+"' AS FileName, '"+@fType+"' AS FileType, " + cast(@fID as nvarchar(18)) + " as ImportExportID, '"+@bID+"' AS BuildingID, * FROM OPENROWSET( BULK '" +@fPath+"' ,SINGLE_BLOB)
AS Document"
EXEC (@QUERY)
This puts some values including a pdf or .doc file into a table, tblDocTable.
Is it possible to change this so that I can get the values from a table rather than as parameters. The Query would be in the form of: insert into tblDocTable (a, b, c, d) select a,b,c,d from tblimportExport.
tblImportExport has the path for the document (DocPath) so I would subsitute that field, ie. DocPath, for the @fPath variable.
Otherwise I can see only doing a Fetch next from tblIportExport where I would put every field into a variable and then run this exec query on these. Thus looping thru every row in tblImportExport.
I have a query which is working fine. Is it possible that if the table3's column(Child) is only related to table 1 to show it under table 1 and not under table 2, but at the same time another (Child) has a parent in table 2 (which usually is the case) it will show under table 2 as its currently doing.
In other words Child column is directly under Table2's row column name (Father), but occasionally it comes under Table1 with no relation to Table 2.
How can I out put that in a query for a treeview? I am assuming that I will have to program the out come in c# also with 3 for loops and in the second loop I can check if the column is grandchild or Child and make that as a second row or 2nd node of treeview, but I am having a problem building a query in sql.
The query below shows all Parent, then child then grand child(all well and working), but what is desired is at times child takes place of a father.
declare @x as xml set @x = ( SELECT distinct Table1.AssetSysID, Table1.Asset_ID , Table1.FromLR, Table1.Asset_ID + ', ' + Table1.[Desc2] as GarndFather, Table2.ACISysID ,Table2.PAssetSysID, Table2.FeatureName + ', ' + Table2.[DESC] AS Father, Table3.ITMSysID ,Table3.Item_ID + ',' + Table3.[DESC] as Child
SELECT right('0' + cast(month(s.closing) as varchar(2)), 2) + '/' + cast(year(s.closing) as varchar(4)) as ClosingDate, p.name as Project, SUM(s.amount) as TotalSales FROM Sales s JOIN Project p ON p.projectID = s.projectID WHEREs.closing >= DATEADD(mm, -12, GETDATE()) GROUP BY right('0' + cast(month(s.closing) as varchar(2)), 2) + '/' + cast(year(s.closing) as varchar(4)), p.name
This will give me the grouping by month/year and project.
I have the piece of sql code here below that keeps giving out duplicates. How to resolve this.
isnull((select distinct (SUM(a1.ActualDebit) - SUM(a1.ActualCredit) ) from #MainAccount a1 LEFT OUTER JOIN #BudgetAccount bb ON aa.AccountID = bb.AccountID AND a1.PeriodStartdate = bb.PeriodStartDate and a1.DateMonth=bb.DateMonth and a1.Budget = bb.Budget WHERE a1.AccountID = aa.AccountID and a1.Refdate >= @FROMDATE and a1.Refdate <= @TODATE GROUP BY a1.group1, a1.Group2),0) As Actual_CurrentMonth,
select col1,count(*) from client1..table1 group by col1 union select col1,count(*) from client2..table1 group by col1 union select col1,count(*) from client3..table1 group by col1
The results yields
33915 3405 3412
I am trying to get the following result but can't figure out how to get the total in the end.
