How To Simply Join Cols Together?
Jun 5, 2007I have about 30 tabs with same struture.
I want to simple put column 2 in all 30 table in a new table without joining on anything. Is there a way to do that?
Thanks
JP
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XML To Cols
Oct 5, 2006I have a XML column in my source DB. Is there any way possible using SSIS to convert the XML to ordinaty cols (varchar) in the destination db.
I am using Sql 2k5.
thanks in advance
Query From Two Cols !?
Jun 27, 2007my table
id; part_name ; part_desc
01; xpto ; descr
02; qwerty ; azerty
03; azerty ; descr xpto
I want to search from two columns
something similar to :
SELECT * FROM tools WHERE (part_name LIKE @parameter_search or part_desc LIKE @parameter_search);
If i search for "xpto" only the first line would show.
How can i solve/go around this?
Distinct Cols Of More Than One
Aug 30, 2005Hi
There is a table which has repeated values in more than one col.
I want to view all the distinct values for both the cols
for eg
col1 col2 col3
A B D
A B E
B C E
B C F
I want the output as
col1 col2
A B
B C
cheers
Vic
Vicky
ODBC, ADP, Or Simply The VB Route.
Jun 8, 2004Hello All,
I have an application running off an Access database. Im trying to convert the application to a server-client architecture and thus moving everything to SQL Server 2000.
I have read alot of articles about ways to accomplish that but I've still yet to decide on which approach is the best (best as in robust and scalable).
I pretty much eliminated the ODBC route due to all the layers of translation a request has to go through to reach SQL Server, although this route seems to be the quickes to accomplish.
Mind you I have plenty of time on hand and am willing to re-write the whole thing from scratch if it means a better app.
Now should I go the ADP route and keep Access as the user interface or should I rebuild the whole front End in pure Visual Basic that interacts with SQL Server? Im leaning towards the latter solution.
I haven't read any articles talking about rebuilding the whole app. using VB and SQL Server instead of just using ADP. Why so and which solution do you think is a better solution for a client-server architecture??
Thanks in advance for any replies to my questions.
Simply Link From Two Tables
Jun 26, 2006Hi all,
I would like to simply link two tables that are in two different databases in the SAME server.
I know that I could use the replication method (snapshot or merge) but I need a simpler method like the Access link table method.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Alessandro
Help Simply The Update Statement
Aug 3, 2007Hello all,
I need some help in simplyfying the following update statement -
update table <table_a> set <col_1> = NULL where <col_1> = 'N/A'
update table <table_a> set <col_2> = NULL where <col_2> = 'N/A'
update table <table_a> set <col_3> = NULL where <col_3> = 'N/A'
update table <table_a> set <col_4> = NULL where <col_4> = 'N/A'
update table <table_a> set <col_5> = NULL where <col_5> = 'N/A'
update table <table_a> set <col_6> = NULL where <col_6> = 'N/A'
update table <table_a> set <col_7> = NULL where <col_7> = 'N/A'
....and there are 73 columns
Anyway I can create a loop or array and store the column name as a parameter and then pass it to the update statement?
Thanks in advance,
Saurav
Simply Updating A Count In A SQL DB
Jul 20, 2005Hi guys,I have a simple field in a table in my sql server DB. All i need to dois update a count on it, from 5 to 6, from 6 to 7, so on. A simple counter.Do I have to SELECT the count field once, get the value, do the addingin my program, then do another command to update the count field? Ordoes SQL syntax allow a simple increment function?Thanks!Buck
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow To: Find Cols In A Table
Jan 12, 2002I'd like to know if I can make one proc/cursor that I can pass only a table name and it will determine what cols exist in the table?
AND, what is the syntax for such a query?
I will be receiving data back where I will receive the accountID and only the deltas will have values all other columns will be null.
My proc will update an existing record, updating the specific col when an accountID exists, it will create a new record if the accountID does not exist.
I'd like to search all the cols getting their names and values when not null.
I can construct a proc for each table searching each col by known name.
However, I'd like to know if I can make one proc/cursor that I can pass only a table name and it will determine the cols?
All my tables start with cols AccountID and end with RecID with any number of cols inbetween.
TIA
JeffP...
cross posted to ms.pub.mssqlserver.programming
Two Identity Cols In Table
Jul 14, 2006Hi,
How can we use two identity column (with identity property) in table ?
GK
gk
Display Row Data As Cols
Jun 6, 2006I have data in rows that I need to aggregate and display in a columnar fashion and I haven't been able to figure out how to do it. A simplified version of the data as it is stored in the table:
Station Month Day Reading
1 1 1 100
1 1 2 200
1 1 3 300
1 2 1 400
1 2 2 500
And I would like to create a query that returns:
Station Month Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
1 1 100 200 300
1 2 400 500
Any help you can provide or tips to steer me in the right direction are much appreciated.
Dianne Siebold
Simply Execute A Stored Procedure
Dec 20, 2005Hello, I'm having trouble trying to execute a simple stored procedure. Could someone please take a look at this and let me know where I went wrong.
Dim cn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=TEST;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sa;Password=test")
Dim cmd As SqlCommand = cn.CreateCommand
cn.Open()
cmd.CommandText = "cssp_family"
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
cn.closed
Query Single Col Into Several Cols Result Set
Oct 24, 2004Hello,
I have a table with 1 column containing numeric values, and I need to create a query which displays the count of values for each set of conditions. For example, if the table contains the values 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, the output of the query should look like this:
L M H
-----------------------
3 2 1
(L are values below 4, M between 4 and 5, H is 6 and above)
Any suggestions?
TIA
How Can I Get Primary Key Col And Other Two Cols In The Same Table Become One To One Relationship.
Jun 12, 2006For ex.
Table Match_List ( MatchID, UserID_A, UserID_B)
constraints like
MatchID primary key
UserID_A <> UserID_B
unqiue index (UserID_A,UserID_B)
but I wish to exclude duplicated rows like 1,1,2 & 2,2,1,
cause UserA to UserB, and UserB to UserA are the same thing.
How can I get this?
SQl Query... Multiple Cols To Single XML.
Oct 12, 2006Hi I have a table which has couple of name cols and 10 varchar columns. The requirement was to retain the first two cols but convert the 10 cols into a single XMl.
the table has this schema;
ManagerName varchar
UserName varchar
TextField1 Varchar
TextField2 Varchar
TextField3 Varchar
TextField4 Varchar
TextField5 Varchar
TextField6 Varchar
TextField7 Varchar
TextField8 Varchar
TextField9 Varchar
TextField10 Varchar
I wrote a query like;
SELECT
TPD.[NameId]
,CrtdUser.[UserId]
from [Olddb_DB] TPD
join
[NewDB]..[Manager]CrtdUser
on
Crtduser.managerName = TPD.ManagerName
join
[NewDB]..[Users]Users
on
Users.[loginDetail] = TPD.[UserName]
to get the cols other than the XML
/*********/
SELECT
XmlDat.[textField1],
XmlDat.[textField2],
XmlDat.[textField3],
XmlDat.[textField4],
XmlDat.[textField5],
XmlDat.[textField6],
XmlDat.[textField7],
XmlDat.[textField8],
XmlDat.[textField9],
XmlDat.[textField10],
XmlDat.[textField11],
XmlDat.[textField12]
from
[olddb_db]..[DETAIL_DEF] XmlDat,[NEWDB]..[Detail_Def]TPD
where TPD.Name = XmlDat.Name
for XML AUTO, ELEMENTS
and this query to convert all the varchar cols to a XML. Now the problem is I am not sure of how to combine both these queries to Insert into the new table.
Can someone guide me in this
the destination table looks like
Name (Varchar)
UserId (int)
UserVal_XMl (XML)
Thanks in advance
Why Is Simply Copying The Mdf/ldf Files NOT A Good Way To Backup?
Mar 12, 2008Hi.
What I want to know is what the issues/scenarios are of only using copies of mdf/ldf files as backups.
TIA.
Newbie Question About Simply Lookup Tranform
Nov 28, 2007I'm just getting started with SSIS and need pointing in the right direction with my first attempt to create a simple transform lookup.
The objective is to copy some columns from a table in one SQL Server 2005 db into another table in a different db on the same server. There are some simple column transforms involved but one column in the target table needs populating from a lookup as a result of a SQL Query.
So far, I have one OLE DB Source object linked to one OLE DB Destination in 'Data Flow'. I've configured the column transforms and these appear ok. However, the problem is that I can't see how to setup the Lookup. I have added a lookup transform object to the Data Flow space, linked from the appropriate OLE DB Source. The simple sql query returns the correct value when previewed. If I try to connect the output of this lookup object with the same OLE DB Destination that is the output from the first column transform, I get a warning message : -
"Cannot create connector. The destination component does not have any available inputs for use in creating a path"
There is column in the destination table available but I don't know how to direct the lookup output to it. I can see this available column by looking at the OLE Destination object properties and clicking 'Mappings'. The other columns are showing the links in the transformation with the destination column intended for the lookup output is not showing any links.
How do I linkup the output from the lookup object to the OLE Destination object? Is it ok to have two inputs into the OLE Destination object (ie. 1. the output from the OLE DB Source; and 2. The output from the lookup object)?
Thanks in advance,
Clive
Joe Celko Nested Set Model: How To Compute The Lft And Rgt Cols
Jul 3, 2006Hi,
With reference to http://www.intelligententerprise.com/001020/celko.jhtml?_requestid=235427
I want the "sql stmt" which wud give the lft and rgt col values..
i am reading his book but cant understand :eek: where he explains
wat lft and rgt cols are..
"The root is always (lft,rgt) (1, 2*(Select count(*)from table) and leaft nodes are (lft+1=rgt)" :S
How To Widen Subtotal Col Without Widening Data Cols?
Jul 28, 2007
Hello ,
I need to make the automatic subtotal column in most right position in a matrix wider than the data columns , i faild so far and discovered that its width is proportional to the data column width , its logic for the total column to be wider since its value is sum(all left data columns)
any way around this ?
thanks
Bassam
Is There A Way To Simply Programticly Create A SQL Server Table And All The Fields?
Mar 26, 2008I am developing a asp.net app and I have a long, very long list of data fields.
The values of the data fields have to be saved to a SQL database. The list is so long that it a pain in the ass to have to write all the code even to declare an object and all its properties by hand. So...
I made a list of all the field names and types and load it all up in an array. Then I wrote a bunch of macros to write all the properties one by one with the corredt type for the object I needed to create instead of doing it all one by one by hand.
I want to do the same thing with the Database. I dont want to have to hand define all the fiedls 1 by 1 by hand in the IDE. I want to write a simple macro, a loop theat loops thru my array and creates a field with the field name and type that it says in the array.
Simple enough.. Now I have the table defined already since that was simple enough. It is the 200 ++ fields that I dont wanna do.
So, please what is the code I need (in VB) to create 1 simple field in an existing table. Say the table is called "Table1" in the database "Database1" and the field I want is to be called "Field1" and to be 250 chr string..... ???
Thank you Marc
Simply Create A Table In A MsSQL Express Database Through ADO.net
May 27, 2008Hello there,Now I'm really down, how do I simply create a Table in a database?It must be something likeCreate Table TableName
(
column_name data_type
)
But first how do I execute that string, so it create the table..And if we get that far, how do you then set a table to primarykey?
Hope really for help, because this is a importen thing, and I cant find the answer? :S
Finding Mismatched Rows Between Identical Tables Based On 2 Or More Cols
Jun 8, 2007CREATE TABLE [RS_A] ([ColA] [varchar] (10)[ColB] [int] NULL)CREATE TABLE [RS_B] ([ColA] [varchar] (10)[ColB] [int] NULL)INSERT INTO RS_AVALUES ('hemingway' , 1)INSERT INTO RS_AVALUES ('vidal' , 2)INSERT INTO RS_AVALUES ('dickens' , 3)INSERT INTO RS_AVALUES ('rushdie' , 4)INSERT INTO RS_BVALUES ('hemingway' , 1)INSERT INTO RS_BVALUES ('vidal' , 2)I need to find all the rows in A which do not exist in Bby matching on both ColA and ColBso the output should bedickens 3rushdie 4So if i write a query like this , I dont get the right result setSELECT A.ColA, A.ColBFROMRS_A AINNERJOIN RS_B BONA.ColA <B.ColAORB.ColB <B.ColBBut if i do the following, i do get the right result, but followingseems convoluted.SELECT A.ColA, A.ColBFROMRS_A AWHERE ColA + CAST(ColB AS VARCHAR)NOT IN (SELECT ColA+CAST(ColB AS VARCHAR) FROMRS_B B)
View 6 Replies View RelatedHow To Print Or Save The Structure And Attributes Of All Tables And Columns In A Database (simply)
May 6, 2008
Hi.
A newbie question. I am tearing my hair out trying to work out how in Sql Server 2005 to get a printout (or even better a file I can save that i could incroporate in a wrod document), or both, which shows the structure of all the tables in my database.
I want to list all tables (or selected tables perhaps) , and all columns in those tables, with the attributes of each column (nvarchar(2) etc or decimal(18,5) etc). Just a simple listing of all tables and their columns and the attributes of those columns.
Surely this must be possible with a simple one click operation in Sql Server 2005. I have created a database diagram which gives me part of what I want, but that just shows the tables, relationships, and column names, not the attributes of each column which is what I need as well.
I don't want to have to start installing third party products to do this, and I have no great script writing capabilities. Surely such a basic function is easily acheivable with one or two clicks in Sql Server 2005 from a menu somewhere in sql server mangaement studio?
Thanks in Advance for your help.
Chris M
Annoying Errors While Importing Flatfiles, Some Links About These Erros Simply Wont Solve The Problem
Jun 7, 2007Hi
I have one SSIS pkg when I executed this pkg I got following error message
Error 0xc02020a1: Data Flow Task: Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "column58" returned status value 4 and status text "Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page.".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc020902a: Data Flow Task: The "output column "column58" (250)" failed because truncation occurred, and the truncation row disposition on "output column "column58" (250)" specifies failure on truncation. A truncation error occurred on the specified object of the specified component.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc0202092: Data Flow Task: An error occurred while processing file "D:ok_filesmusercm.txt" on data row 1.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED. The PrimeOutput method on component "Flat File Source" (1) returned error code 0xC0202092. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0047039. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited.
I am using Flat file as a source & SQL 2005 as Destination.my flat file have "Tab" as a column delimiter and "{CR}-{LF}" as row delimiter and TEXT Qualifier is ["].
Advanced setting options for flatfiles were tried, but didn't work.
For solving this problem i am also using Script Component for column 58.
I am also geting more then 60 warnings of truncation
Thanks in Advance
Sachin
Can Any One Tell Me The Difference Between Cross Join, Inner Join And Outer Join In Laymans Language
Apr 30, 2008Hello
Can any one tell me the difference between Cross Join, inner join and outer join in laymans language
by just taking examples of two tables such as Customers and Customer Addresses
Thank You
Integration Services :: How To Perform Left Restricted Join In Merge Join Transformation
May 22, 2015I have two xml source and i need only left restricted data.
how can i perform left restricted join?
Transact SQL :: Difference Between Inner Join And Left Outer Join In Multi-table Joins?
Oct 8, 2015I was writing a query using both left outer join and inner join. And the query was ....
SELECT
S.companyname AS supplier, S.country,P.productid, P.productname, P.unitprice,C.categoryname
FROM
Production.Suppliers AS S LEFT OUTER JOIN
(Production.Products AS P
INNER JOIN Production.Categories AS C
[code]....
However ,the result that i got was correct.But when i did the same query using the left outer join in both the cases
i.e..
SELECT
S.companyname AS supplier, S.country,P.productid, P.productname, P.unitprice,C.categoryname
FROM
Production.Suppliers AS S LEFT OUTER JOIN
(Production.Products AS P
LEFT OUTER JOIN Production.Categories AS C
ON C.categoryid = P.categoryid)
ON
S.supplierid = P.supplierid
WHERE
S.country = N'Japan';
The result i got was same,i.e
supplier country productid productname unitprice categorynameSupplier QOVFD Japan 9 Product AOZBW 97.00 Meat/PoultrySupplier QOVFD Japan 10 Product YHXGE 31.00 SeafoodSupplier QOVFD Japan 74 Product BKAZJ 10.00 ProduceSupplier QWUSF Japan 13 Product POXFU 6.00 SeafoodSupplier QWUSF Japan 14 Product PWCJB 23.25 ProduceSupplier QWUSF Japan 15 Product KSZOI 15.50 CondimentsSupplier XYZ Japan NULL NULL NULL NULLSupplier XYZ Japan NULL NULL NULL NULL
and this time also i got the same result.My question is that is there any specific reason to use inner join when join the third table and not the left outer join.
Warning - The Join Order Has Been Enforced Because A Local Join Hint Is Used
Dec 23, 2014I have two select statements, in between select statement taking UNION ALL . I need to avoid the error
Warning: The join order has been enforced because a local join hint is used.
'Left Outer Merge Join' Failing To Join Valid Row
Aug 10, 2007Scenario:
OLEDB source 1
SELECT ...
,[MANUAL DCD ID] <-- this column set to sort order = 1
...
FROM [dbo].[XLSDCI] ORDER BY [MANUAL DCD ID] ASC
OLEDB source 2
SELECT ...
,[Bo Tkt Num] <-- this column set to sort order = 1
...
FROM ....[dbo].[FFFenics] ORDER BY [Bo Tkt Num] ASC
These two tasks are followed immediately by a MERGE JOIN
All columns in source1 are ticked, all column in source2 are ticked, join key is shown above.
join type is left outer join (source 1 -> source 2)
result of source1 (..dcd column)
...
4-400-8000119
4-400-8000120
4-400-8000121
4-400-8000122 <--row not joining
4-400-8000123
4-400-8000124
...
result of source2 (..tkt num column)
...
4-400-1000118
4-400-1000119
4-400-1000120
4-400-1000121
4-400-1000122 <--row not joining
4-400-1000123
4-400-1000124
4-400-1000125
...
All other rows are joining as expected.
Why is it failing for this one row?
Multi-table JOIN Query With More Than One JOIN Statement
Apr 14, 2015I'm having trouble with a multi-table JOIN statement with more than one JOIN statement.
For each order, I need to return the following: CarsID, CarModelName, MakeID, OrderDate, ProductName, Total ordered the Car Category.
The carid (primary key) and carmodelname belong to the Cars table.
The makeid and orderdate belong to the OrderDetails table.
The productname and carcategory belong to the Product table.
The number of rows returned should be the same as the number of rows in OrderDetails.
Select Command - Left Join Versus Inner Join
Aug 9, 2013Why would I use a left join instead of a inner join when the columns entered within the SELECT command determine what is displayed from the query results?
View 4 Replies View RelatedMerge Join (Full Outer Join) Never Finishes.
Jun 5, 2006I have a merge join (full outer join) task in a data flow. The left input comes from a flat file source and then a script transformation which does some custom grouping. The right input comes from an oledb source. The script transformation output is asynchronous (SynchronousInputID=0). The left input has many more rows (200,000+) than the right input (2,500). I run it from VS 2005 by right-click/execute on the data flow task. The merge join remains yellow and the task never finishes. I do see a row count above the flat file destination that reaches a certain number and seems to get stuck there. When I test with a smaller file on the left it works OK. Any suggestions?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhy Does My Query Timeout Unless Force Join To Hash Join?
Jul 25, 2007I'm using SQL Server 2005.
A piece of software I wrote starting timing out on a query that left outer joins a table to a view. Both the table and view have approximately the same number of rows (about 170000).
The table has 2 very similar columns, one is a varchar(1) and another is varchar(100). Neither are included in any index and beyond the size difference, the columns have the same properties. One of the employees here uses the varchar(1) column (called miscsearch) to tag large sets of rows to perform some action on. In this case, he had set 9000 rows miscsearch value to "g". The query then should join the table and view for all rows where miscsearch is set to g in the table. This query takes at least 20 minutes to run (I stopped it at this point).
If I remove the "where" clause and join all rows in the two tables, the query completes in about 20 seconds. If set the varchar(100) column (called descrip) to "g" for the same rows set via miscsearch, the query completes in about 20 seconds.
If I force the join type to a hash join, the query completes using miscsearch in about 30 seconds.
So, this works:
SELECT di.File_No, prevPlacements, balance,'NOT PLACED' as status FROM Info di LEFT OUTER HASH JOIN View_PP pp ON di.ram_file_no = pp.file_no WHERE miscsearch = 'g' ORDER BY balance DESC
and this works:
SELECT di.File_No, prevPlacements, balance,'NOT PLACED' as status FROM Info di LEFT OUTER JOIN View_PP pp ON di.ram_file_no = pp.file_no WHERE descrip = 'g' ORDER BY balance DESC
But this does't:
SELECT di.File_No, prevPlacements, balance,'NOT PLACED' as status FROM Info di LEFT OUTER JOIN View_PP pp ON di.ram_file_no = pp.file_no WHERE miscsearch = 'g' ORDER BY balance DESC
What should I be looking for here to understand why this is happening?
Thanks,
john