I want to pass my stored proc a list, and either loop through it as a list or (better) turn it into an array and loop through it that way to insert it. Psuedocode would be...
Loop from 0 to ListLength
begin
INSERT Transaction_Data
end
Thanks from an SQLS7 newbie,
jE
I am glad to announce that there is now a version of my article "Arrays andLists in SQL Server" for SQL 2005 available on my web site.THe URL for the article ishttp://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql-2005.html. If you are curious aboutthe performance numbers they are in an appendix athttp://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql-perftest.html.The old version of the aritlce remains, as the new article covers SQL 2005only. The old version is now athttp://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql-2000.html.The old URL, http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html leads to a pagethat links to both articles.And the reason that there are two articles is simply that SQL 2005 addsso many new features: nvarchar(MAX), the CLR, the xml data type, CTE thatall can be used in the realm of arrays and lists.--Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, Join Bytes!Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspxBooks Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx
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BEGIN
Do Nothing here
END
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CREATE PROCEDURE spInsertAssignedNotesByList
@FK_UserIDList NVARCHAR(4000) = NULL,
@FK_NoteIDList NVARCHAR(4000) = NULL,
@By_Who INT,
@UserID INT
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @Length INT
DECLARE @Note_Length INT
DECLARE @Note_Buffer INT
DECLARE @FirstUserIDWord NVARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @FirstNoteIDWord NVARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @FK_UserID INT
DECLARE @FK_NoteID INT
SELECT @Length = DATALENGTH(@FK_UserIDList )
SELECT @Note_Length = DATALENGTH(@FK_NoteIDList )
DECLARE @TempFK_NoteIDList NVARCHAR(4000) --= NULL
DECLARE @Temp_NoteLength INT
SET @TempFK_NoteIDList = @FK_NoteIDList
SET @Temp_NoteLength = DATALENGTH(@FK_NoteIDList )
-- IF @Length > @Note_Length -- If we have more users than notes
BEGIN
WHILE @Length > 0
BEGIN
IF @Length > 0
EXECUTE @Length = PopFirstWord @FK_UserIDList OUTPUT, @FirstUserIDWord OUTPUT
SELECT @FK_UserID = CONVERT(INT, @FirstUserIDWord)
IF @Length > 0
BEGIN
SET @FK_NoteIDList = @TempFK_NoteIDList
SET @Note_Length = @Temp_NoteLength
WHILE @Note_Length > 0
BEGIN
EXECUTE @Note_Length = PopFirstWord @FK_NoteIDList OUTPUT, @FirstNoteIDWord OUTPUT
SELECT @FK_NoteID = CONVERT(INT, @FirstNoteIDWord)
IF @Note_Length > 0
EXECUTE spInsertAssignedNoteDetail @FK_UserID, @FK_NoteID
SET @Note_Buffer = @UserID
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END
END
END
END
--------------------------------------------------
GO
Can any one help me with a sample code, which can take an array of
elements as one of it's parameters and get the value inserted into a table in a
stored procedure.
Thanks in advance
vnswathi.
I'm newer to MS SQL, but have a programming background, so I'm going to try to describe what I'm doing in that sense.
What I want to do is pull an entire column of data from one table, and insert it into a column in another table. Typically, I would do this with an array and while loop or something similar. I've figured out how to do a while loop in SQL, but the array situation has me stumped. I tried reading http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2007/06/26/60240.aspx that article, however it referred to a procedure, and I have no background or experience with procedures.
Any sort of idea or document on a technique to do this would be most appreciated, thank you!
Hi,
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I use SQL-database as it's included.
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Dear all,
i want to know how i can pass multiple values in the form of arrays to a stored procedures.
the technique by which i pass multiple values to a stored procedure beginning along with declarations are as follows:
Dim configurationAppSettings As System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader = New System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader()
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand()
Me.OleDbConnection1 = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection()
Me.cmdInsSlabDMst = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand()
'
'cmdInsSlabHmst
'
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.CommandText = "PKGSLABHMST.INSSLABHMST"
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Connection = Me.OleDbConnection1
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters.Add(New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbParameter("iSLABDESC", System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.VarChar, 50))
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters.Add(New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbParameter("iSLABUNIT", System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.VarChar, 1))
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters.Add(New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbParameter("iREMARKS", System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.VarChar))
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters.Add(New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbParameter("iSLABFROM", System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.VarChar))
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters.Add(New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbParameter("iSLABRATE", System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.VarChar))
Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters.Add(New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbParameter("iNOOFRECORDS", System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.Integer))
'
'OleDbConnection1
'
Me.OleDbConnection1.ConnectionString = CType(configurationAppSettings.GetValue("ConnectionString", GetType(System.String)), String)
'Passing multiple values to the procedure with the help of ~ sign
Dim strCode As String
Dim i As Integer
'Dim dblSlabRate As Decimal
'Dim dblSlabFrom As Decimal
Dim strSlabRate As String
Dim strSlabFrom As String
Dim strSlabRateP As String
Dim strSlabFromP As String
Dim intCntr As Integer
'Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters("iSLABDESC").Value = txtSlabDesc.Text
'Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters("iSLABUNIT").Value = ddlSalbUnit.SelectedItem.Value
'Me.cmdInsSlabHmst.Parameters("iREMARKS").Value = txtRemarks.Text
'OleDbConnection1.Open()
'strCode = cmdInsSlabHmst.ExecuteScalar
'OleDbConnection1.Close()
For i = 0 To dgSlabDtl.Items.Count - 1
If i = dgSlabDtl.Items.Count - 1 Then
'dblSlabRate = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("txtSlabRate"), TextBox).Text
'dblSlabFrom = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("txtSlabFrom"), TextBox).Text
strSlabRate = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("txtSlabRate"), TextBox).Text
strSlabFrom = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("txtSlabFrom"), TextBox).Text
Else
'dblSlabRate = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("lblSlabRate"), Label).Text
'dblSlabFrom = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("lblSlabFrom"), Label).Text
strSlabRate = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("lblSlabRate"), Label).Text
strSlabFrom = CType(dgSlabDtl.Items(i).FindControl("lblSlabFrom"), Label).Text
End If
strSlabRateP += strSlabRate & "~"
strSlabFromP += strSlabFrom & "~"
intCntr += 1
'If dblSlabRate <> "" And dblSlabFrom <> "" Then
'InsDtl(strCode, dblSlabFrom, dblSlabRate)
'End If
Next
If strSlabRateP <> "" And strSlabFrom <> "" Then
With cmdInsSlabHmst
.Parameters("iSLABDESC").Value = UCase(txtSlabDesc.Text)
.Parameters("iSLABUNIT").Value = ddlSalbUnit.SelectedItem.Value
.Parameters("iREMARKS").Value = txtRemarks.Text
.Parameters("iSLABFROM").Value = strSlabFromP
.Parameters("iSLABRATE").Value = strSlabRateP
.Parameters("iNOOFRECORDS").Value = intCntr
End With
OleDbConnection1.Open()
cmdInsSlabHmst.ExecuteNonQuery()
OleDbConnection1.Close()
End If
to the insert procedure i am passing multiple values with the help of ~ sign and in the procedure the individual values are separated by identifying the position of ~ sign and the no. of records which have been passed. For which a complicated stored procedure has been written.
i want to pass multiple values in an array, so that my stored procedure becomes simple and runs faster. So, if someone tells me how to pass arrays to a stored procedure (with code example), it will be of real help.
regards
subhajit
Someone recently tried to tell me that it is possible to pass an array to a stored procedure.
I have tried creating procedures with the 'table' datatype for the parameters but the attempts fail with a syntax error.
We currently workaround this limitation by passing the equivalent of an array to temporary tables and selecting from those tables as needed within our stored procedure but if we can circumvent this by passing an array, we'd definetly like to try that instead.
Thanks in advance for any advice you may share.
Hello,
My SQL knowledge is limited so if I get stuff wrong then correct me... but I can imagine this task will be quite testing...
I am working on a system that logs ([Audit] table) the changes to fields on some tables using a Trigger on UPDATE. I need to produce a 'quick' report that returns the date when the tables overallStatus field was set to 1.
In the [Audit] table I can find all the field changes for the record in question using this SQL...
select *
from audit
where rowid = 1309606
order by auditID asc
My problem is filtering this data. The fields I need are formatted as below, see records returned, in ASC order...
audit.AuditID = 2652583
audit.OperationTime = 2008-04-24 15:12:07.740
audit.ColumnDetail = 'estimatedProductionPriceactualProductionCost'
audit.EditDetail = '0.00000.0000'
audit.AuditID = 2658460
audit.OperationTime = 2008-04-25 10:51:47.930
audit.ColumnDetail = 'overallStatusInsertionStatus'
audit.EditDetail = '05'
audit.AuditID = 2665723
audit.OperationTime = 2008-04-25 22:06:50.200
audit.ColumnDetail = 'overallStatusdespatchDateInsertionStatus'
audit.EditDetail = '1Â 3'
audit.AuditID = 2711092
audit.OperationTime = 2008-04-30 17:22:12.593
audit.ColumnDetail = 'overallStatusInsertionStatus'
audit.EditDetail = '34'
audit.AuditID = 2713217
audit.OperationTime = 2008-04-30 20:46:34.817
audit.ColumnDetail = 'clientOrderNumber'
audit.EditDetail = 'PAT12P7640'
The funny character, , is ASCII 127.
So need to find when 1309606's overallStatus was changed to 1. Manually looking at the data, I can see overallStatus was modified in 3 of the above 5 [Audit] records. It started life as 0, then went to 1 and then to 3. I'm aware that I need to look at the previous Audits date for when it was changed to the value I'm looking for... So it was changed to 1 on 2008-04-25 10:51:47.930.
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Hope that makes sense and any help would be great!
Cheers,
Nick
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2. SessionId varchar(50)
3. LoginTime datetime
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UserInfo: Where I keep the variables 1-12
PageInfo: Where I keep variable 13 (the list of pages)
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First Method: the easy one
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2. Loop through the pages array and call the SavePageInfo stored procedure for each page item in the array
Second Method: Passing a delimited string to the stored procedure
1. Call the SaveUserInfo stored procedure
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PageAddress1-ElapsedTime1|PageAddress2-ElapsedTime2|PageAddress3-ElapsedTime3...
Third Method: Passing and XML File to the stored procedure
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What method is the best for performance?? As you may see this is for tracking the user navigation through the website. For the first method I worry about the number of call to the database; for the Second and Third method I worry about the lenght of the string or XML file to pass to the stored procedure.
Any suggestions??
Thanks for any help
Sasa
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Employees(ID,FirstName,LastName)
Biotechnology(ID,EmployeeID)
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Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks
scott