I want to use 3 transactions in a single stored procedure.First it should update the value and then if the 1st transaction executed successfully then 2nd transaction should start,if 2nd trans executed successfully then 3rd trans should execute.After that only i want to commit all the transactions that is 1,2,3.If any of the trans fails the other shouldn't execute.How do i do this?
USE [recruit]
GO
/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[Import] Script Date: 10/15/2014 17:13:11 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER Proc [dbo].[Import]
@CustId int
I have a stored procedure 'ChangeUser' in which there is a call to another stored procedure 'LogChange'. The transaction is started in 'ChangeUser'. and the last statement in the transaction is 'EXEC LogChange @p1, @p2'. My questions is if it would be correct to check in 'LogChange' the following about this transaction: 'IF @@trancount >0 BEGIN Rollback tran' END Else BEGIN Commit END. Any help on this would be appreciated.
Hello All,I can not figure out how to accomplish the task that I want. So, please help.I have two tables, Parent and Child tables. For both Tables I have stored procedures for inserting records. I simply pass parameters for field values to stored proecdures and Stored procedures simply insert record with those values. I am first inserting record in Parent table and then in child table via calling their stored procedures one by one.Now, what I want to do is, after inserting record in parent table successfully, If record can not be inserted in child table successfully then I want to rollback, I also want to undo the insertion operation done in previous parent table's stored procedure call. The problem is, I can not span a Transaction across multiple stored procedure. If I begin a Transaction in a stored procedure for a Parent table, then I have to either roll back or commit that transaction in the same stored procedure. How can I span a transaction across multiple stored procedures, so that I can rollback in the Child Table's stored procedure in such a way that the Record Insertion of the Parent table can be cancelled. What to do...? Please help, it's urgent. Thanks to all.
Hello I am building a survey application. I have 8 questions. Textbox - Call reference Dropdownmenu - choose Support method Radio button lists - Customer satisfaction questions 1-5 Multiline textbox - other comments. I want to insert textbox, dropdown menu into a db table, then insert each question score into a score column with each question having an ID. I envisage to do this I will need an insert query for the textbox and dropdownlist and then an insert for each question based on ID and score. Please help me! Thanks Andrew
Is it possible to execute a stored procedure in one database, which thenitself executes a stored procedure from another database? We have decide tosplit our data into a tree structure (DB1) and data blobs (DB2) (we areusing MSDE and we have a 2gb limit with each DB so we've done it this wayfor that reason). I would like to, say, execute a stored procedure in DB1,passing in the data blob and other details, DB1 will create a tree node inDB1 and then add the blob record to DB2. DB1 will wrap in a transaction ofcourse, as will DB2 when it adds the blob. Is this possible?
I have a stored procedure that registers a user. It also checks whether an email or username exists before registering them.Does this need to be in a transaction to prevent duplication of email/username? The data is highly sensitive and should not be duplicated at all.I tried writing methods in .net like CheckEmail() and CheckUsername() but that probably wont protect against duplicates if 2 people submit at the same time on a busy server. So the next best thing is a stored procedure but should it be in a transaction or not is what I'm wondering.Thanks again,you guys are great!
I have a function in which I use a stored procedure and a transaction.I use the following code, but I get the exception e (last try-catch): This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable.(btw, the SendEmail function currently returns False, so the transaction should ALWAYS roll back) Public Shared Function SaveGBEntry(ByVal myGBEntry As GBEntry, ByVal Language As String) As Boolean Dim bSuccess As Boolean = False Dim MyConnection As SqlConnection = GetConnection() Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("spNewGBEntry", MyConnection) Dim fBeginTransCalled As Boolean = False Dim myTrans As SqlTransaction Try MyConnection.Open() myTrans = MyConnection.BeginTransaction() cmd.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure cmd.Transaction = myTrans fBeginTransCalled = True Dim UserCodeOwner As Integer = UserFunctions.GetUserCode(myGBEntry.UserNameOwner) Dim OwnerEmail As String = UserFunctions.GetUserEmail(myGBEntry.UserNameOwner) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@UserCodeSender", myGBEntry.UserCodeSender)) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@GBText", myGBEntry.Text)) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@GBUpdateDate", myGBEntry.UpdateDate)) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@UserCode", UserCodeOwner)) cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() myTrans.Commit() If MailFunctions.SendEmail(myGBEntry.UserNameOwner, OwnerEmail, ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("emailINFOname"), ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("emailINFOAddress"), True, "NewGBEntry", Language) Then bSuccess = True fBeginTransCalled = False End If Catch ex As Exception GlobalFunctions.ReportError("GUESTBOOKDAL:SaveGBEntry", ex.Message) Finally If fBeginTransCalled Then Try myTrans.Rollback() Catch e As System.Exception GlobalFunctions.ReportError("GUESTBOOKDAL:SaveGBEntry", e.Message) End Try End If MyConnection.Close() End Try Return bSuccess End Function
hello, i'm executing a select statement inside the BEGIN TRANSACTION block on a Stored Procedure. my question is, does it lock the table? actually, i'm getting the maximum value of a field and i don't want other users to read until the transaction is done. do i still need to use tablockx to manually lock the table or does the transaction handles the locking? please help thanks!
i have to update two tables from ASP pages with same data but i wantthat both of them should be updated at one time. If either of them isnot updated then my transaction should roll back.I want this thing tobe in a stored procedure. so that i have to write an execute statementonly on the ASP page and pass the parameters.Looking forward for ur replyDEEPAK
I have a stored procedure I want to use in a transaction...I have no idea where the problem is, since I dont receive an error...but tblMessages and tblUsersAndMessages are not updated..(hence something is wrong ;))...it might be the sp or just my code...anyway..here's all the data:STORED PROCEDUREset ANSI_NULLS ONset QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONgo ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[spNewMessage]@MessageID int,@UserIDSender uniqueidentifier,@MessageTitle nvarchar(50),@MessageContent text,@MessageType int,@UserID uniqueidentifier ASBegin Set NoCount on DECLARE @WhateverID INT INSERT INTO tblMessages(UserIDSender,MessageTitle,MessageContent,MessageType)VALUES (@UserIDSender,@MessageTitle,@MessageContent,@MessageType) SET @WhateverID=SCOPE_IDENTITY() INSERT INTO tblUsersAndMessages(MessageID,UserID)VALUES (@WhateverID,@UserID) End
TABLE DEFINITIONtblUsersAndMessages allow nullsMessageID int falseUserID uniqueidentifier falseNew bit false *default set to ((1)) tblMessages allow nullsMessageID int false *PKUserIDSender uniqueidentifier falseMessageTitle nvarchar(50) trueMessageContent text trueSentDateTime datetime false * default set to (getdate())MessageType int false THE CODE Public Shared Function SendMessage(ByVal SenderName As String, ByVal To As String), ByVal MessageTitle As String, ByVal MessageContent As String, ByVal MessageType As String) As Boolean Dim bSuccess As Boolean Dim MyConnection As SqlConnection = GetConnection() Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("spNewMessage", MyConnection) Dim fBeginTransCalled As Boolean = False Dim myTrans As SqlTransaction Try MyConnection.Open() myTrans = MyConnection.BeginTransaction() cmd.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure cmd.Transaction = myTrans fBeginTransCalled = True Dim UserIDSender As Guid = UserFunctions.GetUserID(SenderName) Dim UserIDReceiver As Guid = UserFunctions.GetUserID(To) 'create message cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@UserIDSender", UserIDSender)) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@MessageTitle", MessageTitle)) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@MessageContent", MessageContent)) cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@MessageType", CInt(MessageType))) 'userid receiver cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@UserID", UserIDReceiver)) cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() myTrans.Commit() bSuccess = True fBeginTransCalled = False Catch ex As Exception Finally If fBeginTransCalled Then Try myTrans.Rollback() Catch e As System.Exception End Try End If MyConnection.Close() End Try Return bSuccess End Function
Hi all, I have a program that needs to delete records, then re-insert new records to a table. But I need to rollback the transaction IF the insert is not success (error occured). The delete and insert are in 2 difference stored procedure (which have rollback transaction) that calling from 1 stored procedure. My problem is that if Insert is not successful, but the records already deleted previously. How can we rollback the delete transaction when insert is not successful? Note: if possible, I don't want to delete the records AFTER the insert is successful, or create a temp table to stored the deleted records ======================================= create stored procedure combine_sp as begin call delete_sp -- have rollback transaction in the delete_sp -- what to do if following has error occured, but we already deleted the records above? call insert_sp -- have rollback transaction in the insert_sp end go ======================================= Thanks a lot.
Ok, so i have this program, and at the moment, it generates an sql statement based on an array of db fields, and an array of values...
my question is this, is there any way to create a stored procedure that has multiple dynamic colums, where the amount of colums could change based on how many are in the array, and therefore passed by parameters...
if this is possible, is it then better the pass both columns and values as parameters, (some have over 50 columns)...or just create a seperate stored procedure for each scenario?? i have no worked out how many this could be, but there is 6 different arrays of colums, 3 possible methods (update, insert and select), and 2 options for each of those 24...so possibly upto 48 stored procs...
this post has just realised how deep in im getting. i might just leave it as it is, and have it done in my application...
but my original question stands, is there any way to add a dynamic colums to a stored proc, but there could be a different number of colums to update or insert into, depending on an array??
begin try declare @param2 int begin transaction exec proc2 @param2 commit transaction end try begin catch if @@trancount > 0 rollback transaction end catch
i haven't had an opportunity to do this before. I have nested stored proc and both inserts values into different tables. To maintain atomicity i want to be able to rollback everything if an error occurs in the inner or outer stored procedure.
Any way to have a process run that will not write its changes to the transaction log? I have a process that runs every three hours and has a huge impact on the transaction log (it becomes larger than the database itself). We do hourly backups of the transaction log and normally it is reasonably sized but when this process runs, it gets HUGE.
The process takes source data, massages it and writes it to summary tables. It is not something we need to track as we can recreate the summary tables if needed and it has no impact on the source tables.
Everything is driven through a stored procedure. Is there a way to run a stored procedure and tell it that nothing it does should be written to the transaction log?
Hi, guys I try to add some error check and transaction and rollback function on my insert stored procedure but I have an error "Error converting data type varchar to smalldatatime" if i don't use /*error check*/ code, everything went well and insert a row into contract table. could you correct my code, if you know what is the problem?
thanks
My contract table DDL: ************************************************** ***
create table contract( contractNum int identity(1,1) primary key, contractDate smalldatetime not null, tuition money not null, studentId char(4) not null foreign key references student (studentId), contactId int not null foreign key references contact (contactId) );
My insert stored procedure is: ************************************************** *****
create proc sp_insert_new_contract ( @contractDate[smalldatetime], @tuition [money], @studentId[char](4), @contactId[int]) as
if not exists (select studentid from student where studentid = @studentId) begin print 'studentid is not a valid id' return -1 end
if not exists (select contactId from contact where contactId = @contactId) begin print 'contactid is not a valid id' return -1 end begin transaction
/*Error Check */ if @@error !=0 or @@rowcount !=1 begin rollback transaction print ‘Insert is failed’ return -1 end print ’New contract has been added’
I am running a vba procedure ( adp file ) that executes successively 5 stored procedures . however it happens that the execution breaks at the middle of the code thus giving a situation where only 2 tables among 5 are updated.
Is it any solution to rollback transactions update already done before the code breaks due to error ?
I was thinking about combining all stored proc on a big one and use Begin transaction - commit transaction and rollback transaction ... however i am not sure wheter updates involving several tables can be handled on one transaction.
Ok, this is kind of an odd problem. Back in June we were having problems with our call manager software, and they decided to have it just start usinga new database. Now I'm trying to generate some reports which need to cover both the old call stats and the new, so that means the stored procedure builds a temp table and populates it from both databases.This works perfectly fine in Management Studio, and when being called from Excel.However when I try to call it from an ASP.NET web app using SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(), I only get results from the new database!What on earth could cause that?
I have put together the stored-procedure below to carry out update, delete and insert queries in one visit. The code has been pieced together from the pages listed at the bottom. I pass the procedure three XML strings and after testing it a few times it seems to work fine. I’m fairly new to stored procedures though, so I was hoping someone would answer these questions: 1. Is this an acceptable way to do this? Can you foresee any problems?2. I want to make this an ‘all-or-nothing’ event, i.e. if any part of the procedure fails, it must all fail. How would I achieve that?3. I want to know in my calling code what the result is. I’ve used output parameters before, but I’m unsure how to combine one with 2 above. Sorry this is a long script, but I’ve removed most of the column names and values to shorten it. Thanks in advance.CREATE PROCEDURE amendPageRecords @PagesToUpdate xml, @PagesToDelete xml, @PagesToInsert xml
SELECT PageID = UpdatePages.Item.value('@PageID', 'int'), PageType = UpdatePages.Item.value('@PageType', 'varchar(10)') FROM @PagesToUpdate.nodes('Pages/Page') AS UpdatePages(Item)
UPDATE page SET page.page_type = UP.PageType FROM page INNER JOIN @UpdateTable UP ON page.page_id = UP.PageID
-- DELETING RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------ DECLARE @DeleteTable TABLE (PageID int)
INSERT INTO @DeleteTable (PageID) SELECT PageID = DeletePages.Item.value('@PageID', 'int') FROM @PagesToDelete.nodes('Pages/Page') AS DeletePages(Item)
DELETE FROM page FROM page INNER JOIN @DeleteTable DP ON page.page_id = DP.PageID
SELECT SiteID = InsertPages.Item.value('@SiteID', 'int'), PageType = InsertPages.Item.value('@PageType', 'varchar(10)') FROM @PagesToInsert.nodes('Pages/Page') AS InsertPages(Item)
INSERT INTO page SELECT SiteID, PageType FROM @InsertTable
END GOCode taken from:http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2007/02/16/passing-lists-to-sql-server-2005-with-xml-parameters.aspxhttp://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20030627c.asphttp://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql-2005.html
I need help in figuring out the proper way of writing a stored procedure out correctly to get my desired datasource. In my ocnIdToRatePlanOptions table, I will recieve a parameter via request.querystring @ocnId to filter out my result set for ocnIdToRatePlan table. Based on the ocnId filtered I want it to select the corresponding tables too.So, if a querystring is passed that is 3955 in my ocnIdToRatePlanOptions table, I want it to use it to create a select for RatePlan1. If a querystring is passed that is 1854 in my ocnIdToRatePlanOptions table, I want it to use to create a select for RatePlan2. Is this possible? ocnIdToRatePlanOptions Table [otrpoRefId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,[FKocnId] [nvarchar](4) NOT NULL,[FKrpoRefId] [int] NOT NULL,1, 3955, 12, 1854, 2RatePlan1 Table[rp1RefId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,[FKocnId] [nvarchar](4) NOT NULL[fee] [decimal](18, 2) NOT NULL1, 3955, 1.002, 2350, 2.00RatePla2 Table[rp2RefId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,[FKocnId] [nvarchar](4) NOT NULL,[q_0_50] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_0_50] DEFAULT ((225)),[q_51_100] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_51_100] DEFAULT ((325)),[q_101_150] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_101_150] DEFAULT ((345)),[q_151_200] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_151_200] DEFAULT ((400)),[q_201_250] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_201_250] DEFAULT ((450)),[q_251_300] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_251_300] DEFAULT ((500)),[q_301_400] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_300_400] DEFAULT ((650)),[q_401_600] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_401_600] DEFAULT ((950)),[q_601] [numeric](18, 2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ratePlan2_q_601] DEFAULT ((1.50)) 1,1854, 225.00, 325.00, 345.00, 400.00, 450.00, 500.00, 650.00, 950.00, 1.502,8140, 225.00, 325.00, 345.00, 400.00, 450.00, 500.00, 650.00, 950.00, 1.50
I need to write a stored procedure with 20 parameters as input and it searches in a table . Most of the parameters or NULL , how do I write this procedure without using any dynamic queries.
Ex : To find a customer I have a proc which can accept 20 parameters like CustName, City, State , Phone , Street etc.
Im passing only Custname as parameters and other 19 parameters are NULL.How do I write the WHERE clause ?
Hi, I'm trying to move an asp site from an Access DB to SQL Server. The site features a search system which allows multiple keywords to be used in up to three fields.
The way I used to manage this was very similar to how it is described below (taken from http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?lngWId=4&txtCodeId=6701):
"So you're replacing all of the middle spaces with a SQL 'and' statement. In plain English, if your search phrase is "print bug", this now becomes "'%print%' AND field LIKE '%bug%'" when you concatenate the leading and trailing %'s and quotes (this is for Microsoft Access drivers, other drivers may use different wildcards)--so just append this phrase to the "WHERE field LIKE " phrase, and you're in business."
The trouble I'm having is that the search string is sitting in a Stored Procedure. How can I dynamically append to the search string in this case?
If it isn't possible, how can I go about this?
Cheers all. __________________________________________________ ___ Code: ASP: item=request(item) '****item = Replace(item, " ","%' AND item like '%")**** - needs attention rs.Open "Exec getlist "& item &"" objConn, 3
SP: CREATE PROCEDURE getlist @item nvarchar(255) SELECT item FROM publications WHERE item LIKE '%' + @item + '%' GO
I believe we can you multiple statements in stored procedures?
Suppose I have a stored procedure and I pass parameters to this SP. What I am aiming for is to pass some values to the stored procedure, use a select statement to retrieve some values, then have two update statements as below. Updating the same table but with opposite values, both passed as a parameter and retrived, as given below:
how can we use 2 databases in 1 stored procedure. like for example i want to get records from 1 table and insert it to other tables in another database. thnx for the help.
I'm working on a project for fun with some friends and have run into an issue with stored procedures. I've dealt with SQL quite a bit at my current job, but always from the perspective of somebody querying the database. The database was always managed by someone else and I never had to worry about the underlying code. Now, with my own project at home, I'm trying to deal with a situation and would like to use one, but I'm not sure if it is the best option and if so, exactly how to go about it.
Imagine a site that tracks movies. I have 3 tables:
Movies ( MovieID, Title, DirectorID, ActorID ) Actors ( ActorID, Name ) Director (DirectorID, Name)
This is an overly simple example, but it gets to the heart of my problem.
Okay, now what I'm wanting to do is to be able to write a procedure that would let me create my entries from just one call -- for instance
that would do the following things: -Look and see if the given director and actor already exist (from previous films) -If they do, grab their ID values and use those in the new movie entry -If they do not, create new entries and get THOSE ID values to use in the new movie entry
Can this be done in a stored procedure (I'm pretty sure it can be) and what sort of commands should I look into -- I'm not looking for a complete solution, cause I want to learn, but I am having trouble finding examples that fit my scenario.
Hi!I got 2 stored procedure, proc1 executes proc2,proc2 does some updates and inserts on different tables ...proc1:ALTER PROCEDUREASexecute proc2SELECT * FROM tblFoo______________________my problem is, that when executing proc1, I receive the message:"THE SP executed successfully, but did not return records!"But I need the resultset from "SELECT * FROM tblFoo" that is executedat the end of proc1.I'm not sure, but I think that I solved a similira problem with "setnocount on", I put it into both SP, but it's still the same ... noresultset ...How can I display "SELECT * FROM tblFoo" within a SP, where SQLstatements are executed before?!Thank you!
Just wondering if this is good form:Alter Procedure "mySPName"@UniqueID intASset nocount onset xact_abort offDELETE FROM tblNameOneWHERE(tblNameOne.UniqueID = @UniqueID)DELETE FROM tblNameTwoWHERE(tblNameTwo.UniqueID = @UniqueID)Is it a good idea to run multiple detele statements within one SP?thanks,lq
If I have multiple selects statements in one stored procedure. How do I access the different results in a report in Reporting Services? Where the first select is the detail lines of my report and the second select is just a field for a my header? Or am I going about this wrong with putting it all the results I want into one stored procedure for one report?
Example stored procedure:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[proc_DepositsByOfficer]
As
SELECT MASTER_DSC.APP
, MASTER_DSC.BRANCH
, qlkpOfficer.strName
, MASTER_DSC.DSC_OFFICER_49
, qlkpBranchName.strDescrS
, MASTER_DSC.DSC_CUR_BAL_21
, Case MASTER_DSC.APP WHEN 1 Then DSC_CUR_BAL_21 End AS DDA_BAL
, Case MASTER_DSC.APP WHEN 2 Then DSC_CUR_BAL_21 End AS SAV_BAL
, Case MASTER_DSC.APP WHEN 3 Then DSC_CUR_BAL_21 End AS CD_BAL
, MASTER_DSC.DSC_INT_RATE_45
, Case When [DSC_CUR_BAL_21]>0 Then ([DSC_CUR_BAL_21]*[DSC_INT_RATE_45])/100 Else 0 End As ANN_EXP
, Case When [DSC_CUR_BAL_21]>0 And MASTER_DSC.APP=1 Then ([DSC_CUR_BAL_21]*[DSC_INT_RATE_45])/100 Else 0 End AS ANN_EXP_DDA
, Case When [DSC_CUR_BAL_21]>0 And MASTER_DSC.APP=2 Then ([DSC_CUR_BAL_21]*[DSC_INT_RATE_45])/100 Else 0 End AS ANN_EXP_SAV
, Case When [DSC_CUR_BAL_21]>0 And MASTER_DSC.APP=3 Then ([DSC_CUR_BAL_21]*[DSC_INT_RATE_45])/100 Else 0 End AS ANN_EXP_CD
, Case MASTER_DSC.APP WHEN 1 Then 1 End AS DDA_Count
, Case MASTER_DSC.APP WHEN 2 Then 1 End AS SAV_Count
, Case MASTER_DSC.APP WHEN 3 Then 1 End AS CD_Count
, qlkpApplicationCode.strDescrS AS strApplCode
FROM
MASTER_DSC
INNER JOIN qlkpApplicationCode ON MASTER_DSC.APP=qlkpApplicationCode.dblReference
LEFT JOIN qlkpOfficer ON MASTER_DSC.DSC_OFFICER_49=qlkpOfficer.intID
LEFT JOIN qlkpBranchName ON MASTER_DSC.BRANCH=qlkpBranchName.dblReference
Hi Guys, I hope someone here can help me. I am writing a stored procedure that simply searches for a given value across multiple databases on the same server. So far all well and good.Now, the problem is if the user types in more than one word into the search field.I have put a partial section of code here, there is obviously more, but most of it you wouldn't need to see. SELECT @sql = N'SELECT @count = COUNT('+ @dbname +'.dbo.orders.order_id) FROM '+ @dbname +'.dbo.orders '+ N' INNER JOIN '+ @dbname +'.dbo.customer ON '+ @dbname +'.dbo.orders.cust_id = '+ @dbname +'.dbo.customer.cust_id '+ N' WHERE '+ @dbname +'.dbo.customer.forename LIKE ''%'+ @SearchStr + '%'' OR '+ @dbname +'.dbo.customer.Surname LIKE ''%'+ @SearchStr + '%'''
EXEC sp_executesql @sql, N'@count int OUTPUT', @count = @results OUTPUT Now this code works perfectly well if the user only enters one word, however i need to make sure that the Stored procedure will function if the user enters 2 words, such as John Smith. I need the procedure to search the forename for 'john' & 'Smith' and the same for the surname. It should also work if the user type 'John Michael Smith' - if you understand.I am really struggling with this one.Thanks in advance.Darren
