i'm having following:
create table tbl_text
(id int,
sometext nvarchar(max)
)
insert into tbl_text (id, sometext) values (1, 'I have here paragraph
and here is another one,
and another
and another')
how can i tell sql server 2005 to give use all the paragraphs within sometext field?
I have a very strange situation. I've increased the size of an NVARCHAR field from 8 to 9 in a database table. The format of the data that I enter will either be an 8 character field (123456-8) or a 9 character field (1234567-9). The '-' is critical.
It used to only accept the 8 character version, but after increasing the field size, if I try to insert the 9 character field version, it gets truncated after the '-', as though it's still only allowing 8 characters. But that only occurs when I include the '-' or other such characters like '#'. If I try to insert 1234567a9, it works. The following explains the outcomes:
Inserted Value -> Result in table
123456-8 -> 123456-8 *Correct
1234567-9 -> 1234567- *Wrong
123456789 -> 123456789 *Correct
1234567#9 -> 1234567# *Wrong
1234567a9 -> 1234567a9 *Correct
Why is it that characters such as '-' and '#' are truncating the value, but only if the string is 9 chars long?
I'm currently using a direct t-sql insert statement in SQLExpress. The field is a simple NVARCHAR(9) field.
In my SQL 2005 database table Records, I have 3 fields, field1, field2, and field3 which are all nvarchar(50) fields. The value of field2 is something like this, MDB006-MD002-0004-3-2007. I would like to order this field but only use the 0004-3-2007 part of the field to order it. Is it possible to put the last 11 charachters (0004-3-2007) in another field and then order it using this new field?
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Is there any way to store UTF-8 encoded string in Nvarchar field? Or strings can be stored only in Unicode?
There are two fieldsA1 nvarchar(30)A2 nvarchar(800)I know nvarchar field is alterable length, if I store a string mystring='abc' to A1 field or to A2 field, I think they use the same disk space, so I think it's always a good way to define a big length nvarchar field such as A3 nvarchar(4000) for any length string, becuase they always use the same disk space, is it right?
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i have connected my ms sql 2000 with C using ODBC
can u help me to return the utf 8 string from nvarchar field ??
how should i do it
please help!!!!!!!
Hi everyone.
So as the subject says, I have a few fields that are nvarchar but hold date information. Most of these fields I have been able to move to datetime easiliy enough, simply by going into edit mode for the table and converting the fields to datetime. But 1 field is giving me problems I keep getting this error.
quote:- Unable to modify table.
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.
The statement has been terminated.
I really dont know why I'm getting this error, but I"m assuming it may have to be something like one of the records may not be in date format. But I don't know if this is the case and I don't know how to locate where my problem is coming from.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I have data saved in nvarchar field in SQL Server and I am displaying it using <= dbReader["my_field"] but even the three or four paragraphs comes as one paragragh and I don't know know where are my line breaks going?
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a colum of numbers, which datatype is nvarchar;
157853
4389
1999999999556
4568987
I need to insert a hyphen, 3 spaces from the right (to left) My numbers would look like this:
157-853
4-389
1999999999-556
4568-987
...do I use the rtrim function ?...what would the syntax look like ?
Thank you
I copying data from our Informix 7.2 database into SQL Server 2K using DTS but hitting errors during the process. There appears to be date data within Informix that will not convert properly when moving into SQL. Since the error is appearing at the 1.5million (approx.) record. I figured on changing from datetime to nvarchar. Works like a charm! :-)
My new problem is converting it back to datetime so I can query against the date without having to create scripts to parse the field.
The data in SQL currently looks like this -> 2000-11-29 (nvarchar(50))
I would like to have it -> 11/29/00 (datetime)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
JT
The goodness we share is rewarded twice!
What is the correct syntax to convert a field from nvarchar to datetime?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi All,Does anybody know how i can store a paragraph with spaces, newline, empty lines in a sql server 2005 database table? What data type should i declare the table entry to take? I will also like to retrieve the data with what ever i would have stored it with.
View 6 Replies View RelatedMS SQL 2000. Does anyone know how to find all rows where an nvarchar column contains a specific unicode character? Is it possible without creating a user defined function? Here's the issue. I have a table Expression (ExpID, ExpText) with values like 'x < 100' and 'y ≤ 200'. where the second example contains Unicode character 8804 [that is, nchar(8804)]. Because it's unicode, I don't seem to be able to search for it with LIKE or PATINDEX. These fail:
SELECT * FROM Expression WHERE ExpText LIKE '%≤%' -- no recordsSELECT * FROM Expression WHERE PATINDEX('%≤%', ExpText) -- no records
However, SELECT PATINDEX('%≤%', 'y ≤ 200') will return 3.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Trying to get the lowest unused value of CrewID from the below table in a efficient manner. I cant change the table structure as its from a 3rd party and it would break our support agreement.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Crews](
[CrewID] [nvarchar](10) NOT NULL,
[CrewName] [nvarchar](200) NOT NULL,
[CompanyID] [nvarchar](10) NOT NULL,
[StartTime] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[Code] .....
Ok I have upgraded my works database from a poorly designed Access database to a SQL database. The previous system allowed NULL values and duplicates to be inserted into a field that should NOT ALLOW NULL Values or duplicates. Therefore, this issue has now been moved across to my new system as I cannot set these constraints on the field that has multiple NULL values.
My solution would be to use a sequential operator, so whatever = NULL would be changed to a sequential number that us as administrators would know was a bogus number starting at something like = 999999900 counting up from that. There are only 250 records that would require updating.
To make things more interesting this field is not a integer type, its a Nvarchar type as its a Hardware ID. Both numerical and characters are require.
Hi,
As you can see, I'm totally new at Sql Server.
I have a problem, I store text into a nvarchar field (could be a 200 or 20,000 characters long string), inside the text there are several carriage returns which I would like to preserve to later presentation, but when retreiving the data from sql server I got the "cr" as "?", also I opened the database from Sql Managment and all cr's were saved as "?".
What can I do to preserve the cr inside each field ?
Thanks in advance.
I want to store a multipul paragraphs of information into one field in sql server. It works fine but when I output to html the writing does not have the paragraphs and all the text goes together like one big paragraph.
Is it possible to retain text or paragraph formatting in a SqlServer 2005 Express edition table? If so, how?
I am particularly interested in keeping a linebreak between paragraphs and the only way I can think to do that is to put each paragraph in its own row. But I want some input before I undertake that substantial task.
Thanks for any help provided.
Anyone please suggest me that
How to search specific word present multiple times from a paragraph stored in sqlserver database using asp.net 2.0
With Regards
Tapan
I want to store a small cirle in a text field. Can anyone tell me how I can enter it in ascii code.
Thanks
HI, I am running the below method which returns this error: The parameterized query '(@contactdate nvarchar(4000),@dnbnumber nvarchar(4000),@prospect' expects the parameter '@futureopportunity', which was not supplied" Please help.Private Shared Sub InsertData(ByVal sourceTable As System.Data.DataTable, ByVal destConnection As SqlConnection)
' old method: Lots of INSERT statements Dim rowscopied As Integer = 0
' first, create the insert command that we will call over and over:
destConnection.Open()Using ins As New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO [tblAppointmentDisposition] ([contactdate], [dnbnumber], [prospectname], [businessofficer], [phonemeeting], [followupcalldate2], [phonemeetingappt], [followupcalldate3], [appointmentdate], [appointmentlocation], [appointmentkept], [applicationgenerated], [applicationgenerated2], [applicationgenerated3], [comments], [newaccount], [futureopportunity]) VALUES (@contactdate, @dnbnumber, @prospectname, @businessofficer, @phonemeeting, @followupcalldate2, @phonemeetingappt, @followupcalldate3, @appointmentdate, @appointmentlocation, @appointmentkept, @applicationgenerated, @applicationgenerated2, @applicationgenerated3, @comments, @newaccount, @futureopportunity)", destConnection)
ins.CommandType = CommandType.Textins.Parameters.Add("@contactdate", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
ins.Parameters.Add("@dnbnumber", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@prospectname", SqlDbType.Text)
ins.Parameters.Add("@businessofficer", SqlDbType.NChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@phonemeeting", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
ins.Parameters.Add("@followupcalldate2", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@phonemeetingappt", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
ins.Parameters.Add("@followupcalldate3", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@appointmentdate", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
ins.Parameters.Add("@appointmentlocation", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@appointmentkept", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
ins.Parameters.Add("@applicationgenerated", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@applicationgenerated2", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
ins.Parameters.Add("@applicationgenerated3", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@comments", SqlDbType.Text)
ins.Parameters.Add("@newaccount", SqlDbType.NVarChar)ins.Parameters.Add("@futureopportunity", SqlDbType.NVarChar)
' and now, do the work: For Each r As DataRow In sourceTable.RowsFor i As Integer = 0 To 15
ins.Parameters(i).Value = r(i)
Next
ins.ExecuteNonQuery()
'If System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(rowscopied) Mod 10000 = 0 Then
'Console.WriteLine("-- copied {0} rows.", rowscopied)
'End If
Next
End Using
destConnection.Close()
End Sub
I had this question for quite a long time.
It seems the latter one don't take any extra storage space than the previous one.
As long as the real string length is less than 10.
Is that mean the latter one not cost anything?
I once heard the different is when they are in memory. But not sure of it.
Can anyone explain it and provide some official reference on it?
Thank.
I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to write a statement to satisfy the following:
If [Field1] contains text from [Field2] then return [Field3] as [Field4].
I had two tables where there were no matching keys. I did a cross apply and am now trying to parse out the description to build the key.
Good morning...
I begin with SQL, I would like to add a field that will be date like 21/01/2000.
Actually i find just "datetime" format but give me the format 21/01/2000 01:01:20.
How to do for having date and time in two different field.
Sorry for my english....
Cordially
A newbie
Hi All,
The storage reserverd for nvarchar(m) is 2*m+ 2 extra bytes.
I understood each character requires because it supports unicode format.
Why extra two bytes are required?
Regards
Abdul
Hello,
What is the maximum lenght when using nvarchar(MAX)?
If I want to save a really long text, should be this the data type to use?
I am using SQL 2005.
Thanks,
Miguel
Does anyone know the formula to calcuate the space occupied by an nvarchar(max) column for the purposes of sizing a table?
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Same question applies to varbinary(MAX) as well.
Thanks
Jim
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I have an SSIS pkg, that gets data from Lotusnotes db and loads into SQL Server, using ODBC Driver for Notessql driver . I have a comments, field, in Lotusnotes which has comments>8000 chars in lotusnotes. Hence I created my destn SQL Table with datatype NVARCHAR(MAX) so that it can uplaod the comments that are >8000 chars.
However, every time I run the ssis pkg , the destn table is bringing only 250 chars ONLY in the comments field , and truncates the rest of the chars.
And I see the reason is because, on my ODBC Serttings for Lotusnotes, There is a section for NOTESSQL options
where the "Max length of text fields" set to 254. hence it brings only 254 chars into SQL.
However, If I increase that option "Max length of text fields" to 8000 or some higher number, the sssis package errors out on the datareader source itself, err is"
"The output column 'comments' has a length that is not valid.
Pl advise how can I load all the comments which are more than 8000 chars from lotus notes into SQL, AND KEEPING THE ODBC settings, the "Max length of text fields" TO 254 Only.
I have a scenario to sort on an nvarchar (50) field and I need to keep any changes to the sproc in the ORDER BY clause if possible. This field will contain strings such as...
abc-217c, abc-15a, abc-9a, abc-7b, abc-17ar, etc...
The issue I'm having is when the records are sorted, they are returned as...
abc-15a, abc-17ar, abc-217c, abc-7b, abc-9a,etc...ordering numerically on the first numeric character in the string ie, 1,1,2,7,9)
However, I need the numeric component to be treated as a whole number and order in this fashion...
abc-7b, abc-9a, abc-15a, abc-17ar, abc-217c (7,9,15,17,217, etc)
I feel pretty sure that this issue has come up before...can anybody provide a working example that would provide a simple(or not so simple) solution?
Hello, I have a column in my table that is a nvarchar.The information that we need to store in this column has exceeded the limit.Can we simply change the datatype to 'text' ? Will there be any issues that we might experience? Thank you in advance.
View 1 Replies View Relatedi have used nvarchar as my datatype in sql server 2000 now
i have decided to change to varchar as i can increase the character length from 4000 to 8000
Do I Lose data if i change the datatype.