Hi,
I currently have a column in a table with data type char and length 500. However, not every column fills up the entire 500 length, and I would like to fill up the rest of the spaces with dots. Is there a setting in SQL to do this? I do not want to use varchar since I want a fixed length with dots at the end. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Alan
I want to add spaces (like space - len(col)) to first column so that second column will be aligned when exported to email (text).
DECLARE @ColumnSpaces TABLE (
 Col_1 VARCHAR(50),
 Col_2 VARCHAR(50)
 )
INSERT INTO @ColumnSpaces VALUES ('AAA', '123')
INSERT INTO @ColumnSpaces VALUES ('AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA', '123')
I apologize if this is redundant.How would one fill an empty column with a sequence of numbers? Thecolumn exists in a table with aproximately 1000000 rows of data. Ibelieve in oracle the following would work:update foo set bar = rownum;....but 'rownum' does not seem to exist in mssql. The numbers do not needto be in order, but I would like to keep them somewhat small.Any help would be appreciated.
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I don't know if its an sql question or an ssrs question.
I have a matrix that it column are months.
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Thanks.
I'm trying to simply change a column definition from Null to Not Null. It'sa multi million row table. I've already checked to make sure there are nonulls for any rows and a default has been created for the column. My log isset to autogrow and as the alter column colname char(6) Not Null runs thelog begins to grow. If I use no check BOL say the optimizer won't considerthe change. How can I change the nullability of a column that currentlycontains no nulls without using up extreme amounts of log space?Danny
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a single column value like this. I want to get the charindex value whereever it is a single space.
'6 REP5426 15936 022708 107/0000 33003301985 BAILEY AMY NICOL 11454 PP 25.00 000-00 00110080 A O '
Thanks.
i'm going nuts with this, i suppose i will crack it eventually, but i thought i'd ask around here, seems like all the smart SQL Server guys hang out here
(i'm an SQL guy, not an SQL Server guy)
how does one place 5 spaces into a CHAR(5) column?
create table testzeros
( id smallint not null primary key identity
, myfield char(5)
)
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 1')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 11')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 111')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' 1111')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values ('11111')
insert into testzeros (myfield) values (' ')
select id
, myfield
, len(myfield) as L
from testzerosno matter what i do, id=6 shows up with L=0, just like an empty string
i've even tried inserting 4 spaces and a non-blank character, which enters just fine, just as you would expect, but when i update the value and replace the non-blank character with a blank, all 5 spaces collapse back to an empty string
is there some kind of server setting like SET ALL_SPACE_EQUALS_EMPTY_YOU_IDIOT to OFF or something?
Hello,
I am fairly new to SQL I have started to administer a system which handles carrier information for a mail order system. The logic behind the system is quite simple there are 5 or so columns in a table the first column is the first part of the postcode i.e EX15, the other columns contain which delivery services and depot numbers are associated with that postcode. It works fine at the moment.
However now the main carrier has decided that they are now going to split these postcodes so for example EX15 1* goes to a different depot than EX15 2*
I cant seem to insert EX15 1 into the first column, I get the following error:
Attempt to store duplicate value in unique column. (-155)
Is this because of the space in 'EX15 1'? Because 'EX15' already exists in that column? In which case do I need to somehow tell SQL that there is a space there?
I hope this makes sense
Below is a snap of the table with the existing EX15 postcode data
postcode|carrier_code|available|depot_code|hub_code|county_code
----------------------------------------------------------------
EX15.....|NF/S93......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/SAT......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/930......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/AM.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/ON.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/48.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15.....|NF/3D.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
Here is a snap of how I would like to set up another entry:
postcode|carrier_code|available|depot_code|hub_code|county_code
----------------------------------------------------------------
EX15 1...|NF/S93......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/SAT......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/930......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/AM.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/ON.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/48.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
EX15 1...|NF/3D.......|........1|34........|C.......|DEVO
Thanks
Hi all,
Is it a bad practice to create column names with spaces. like [Last Modified On]?
If yes, y?
Performing security audit using command to retrieve data from Active Director about security groups and drop results into local tbl for analysis.
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'net group "AnalyticsDev" /domain'
Problem is the col created to store result is varchar(1000) and can hold 1-3 values (loginIDs) per row with lots of trailing/white space.
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Hi all,I am new to these so plz never mind if this is funny.here is my problem :Table : moodyColumn : TitleNew column : NospaceI have data in "Title" column of many rows which are normal sentence.My requirment is to remove the "white space", +, | , ., / , ! @, $, %etc special characters and fill it by ( hyphen) and put it in new"Nospace" ColumnExample :I have : Hurray ! I won the GameNeeded : Hurray-I-won-the-GameCan any body helpme in getting an SQL Query for this if possibleThanks in Advance
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View 3 Replies View RelatedThe table I have is:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[FTE2015](
[Firm Number] [varchar](50) NULL,
[w9] [varchar](50) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
select * from dbo.FTE2015
Firm Number w9
709485"" Â 0
040898A" 12.5
709502"" 2.4
041382"" 0.4
709503"" 0.3
709681"" Â 4.9
How do I remove the trailing blanks? I tried RTRIM but it does not work.
SELECT RTRIM([Firm Number])
FROM dbo.FTE2015;
(No column name)
709485""
040898A"
709502""
041382""
709503""
How can I resolve this? The [Firm Number]column is not of a fixed length.
I am using Advantage ODBC 6.2 to connect to a Advantage Data Server to
push data from a SQL table into this server. I can view the data from
the ADS with DTS and I can insert data by using "Insert into TempTable ("Last
Name","First Name") values ('test','test)" from a Execute SQL Statement. The issue is when I build
up a DTS package to pull from SQL into the Advantage ODBC, I get a
"missing closing ")"" error. I have narrowed it down to the column
names in the destination table having spaces (Last Name, First Name,
and a bunch of others. DBA 101 here). How do I beat this?
I have tried editing the destination column names in disconnected edit
by adding the double quotes but get a "Column Name '"Last Name"' not
found" error. Wrapping them with [] doesn't work. I think this is a
limit on Advantage.
When I try to use Advantage OLE DB, I get an 'Ace32.dll must be newer
then the other dll" error. I am afraid of upgrading Ace32.dll and not
break other things.
So with this said my two questions:
How do I get the destniation column names wrapped in double quotes when using transformations?
or
Is there a way I can do an Insert into Advantage connection(column names) values (Select Values from SQL Server connection)?
I am loading data using SSIS 2008 from a table in SQL Server 2008 DB to excel 97 sheet pre-defined with column headers. All the columns in excel is has 'Text' format property and the columns in the SQL Server table are defined as nVarchar. One of the columns has trailing spaces in few rows in DB but after exporting to excel 97, the spaces are gone. We need to retain the whitespaces in the column values. How can we do that.
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how can i fill dropdownlist through code not through visit.and i need to know which is fastest and easy way for web application throught this below query.
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da.Fill(ds, "data")
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
conn.Close()
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View 2 Replies View RelatedCurrently we have tables (in sql 6,5), many of them do not have primary keys.
While I was trying to re-index (re-org), many of them got an error:
"fillfactor 204 is not a valid percentage; fillfactor must be between 1 and 100."
(many tables' fillfactor exceed 100 or more...)
How can I fix them so I can upgrade to sql 7 ?
Thank you for your help.
I am really confused about this whole fill factor thing. The way I understand it, is if you have a table whose data remains pretty much static, you should use a higher fill factor. Suppose you had a database where you had at most 150 transactions a day that changed the data, should the fill factor be left at the default(0) or increased? How do you determine how much to increase it? Is there a rule of thumb that suggests if you have x number of changes against a table, you should have a fill factor between y and z percent?
Please Help
Chris
Hi all,
While creating indexes for a table, I specified a fill factor of 70%. I then inserted a few hundred rows into the table. Is it possible to check to what percent the pages are full after the rows have been inserted?
Thanks in advance,
Praveena
You have a db with 50,000 records and you want to add 100,000 more. What should the right fill factor be? Is there a way to "calculate" a fill factor if you don't want to use default? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedHellow, everyone"
I have a web online table that is inserted about 1500 record one day. Each night, a DST is running to pull all data to anther database. How to set fill factor on a one column index to get the best performance? Current fill factor is 80%.
Thanks
ZYT
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Darren Bernabe Blanco
How do you fill out an order form;
there is an Order(OrderID, CustomerID, Subtotal, Tax, Total), Orderdetail(OrderID, ProductID, Qty, UnitPrice, ExtendedPrice)
How do I get those tow together in the same form, which can be called order, or invoice it doesn't matter as long as I can get them in the same form numberd like order 1, then order 2, ect. is it by stored procedure, or by ado.net, or both ? or is there anywhere I can find information? like a book? or website ?
For example;
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I have one complicated problem with SQL data files. Say that we have four data files:
F1=2000MB
F2=1000MB
F3=3000MB
F4=1500MB
We want to add 3000 MB on these files, and in the same time we want to make the files proportional one with each other:
Will do:
F1 + 500=2500MB
F2 + 1500=2500MB
F4 + 1000=2500MB
With my logic, the final result we’ll be:
F1=2500 MB
F2=2500 MB
F3=3000MB
F4=2500MB
There is an algorithm or a formula to calculate the right value to add to each F1, F2….Fn files having S1, S2….Sn sizes for a T total value to add? Thank you in advance.
P.S. The problem can be complicated when we deal with more than one filegroups and with disk space availability.
All,SQL Server uses a proportional fill method to add data to file groups wherea file group has multiple files. In general this is a good thing.Unfortunately, the method appears to get switched off when new file(s) isadded. Other than exporting the data out of the filegroup, recreating thefilegroup and putting the data back in, is there a way to respread theexisting data back out and switching the proportional fill method back on?Thanks,Danny
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I have a very complicate problem with SQL data files. Say that we have four data files:
F1=2000MB
F2=1000MB
F3=3000MB
F4=1500MB
I want to add 3000 MB on these files, and in the same time I want to make the files proportional one with each other:
F1 + 500=2500MB
F2 + 1500=2500MB
F4 + 1000=2500MB
At the end I€™ll have:
F1=2500 MB
F2=2500 MB
F3=3000MB
F4=2500MB
I need and algorithm or a formula to calculate the values to add to each files F1, F2€¦.Fn files having S1, S2€¦.Sn sizes, for a T total value to add. Can anyone help me? Thank you in advance.
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An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web
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