Anyone know why this isnt working...?

I am using the following C#... SQLXMLBULKLOADLib.SQLXMLBulkLoad3Class loader = new SQLXMLBULKLOADLib.SQLXMLBulkLoad3Class(); loader.ConnectionString = "PROVIDER=SQLOLEDB; Server=(local); database=TestDB; user id=test; password=password"; loader.ErrorLogFile = "C:\log.txt"; loader.SchemaGen = true; loader.SGDropTables = true; loader.CheckConstraints = true; loader.Execute( "C:\xsd.xsd"/* this file below */, "C:\xml.xml" );To generate tables in the database using the following xml schema...(file: xsd.xsd...) My problems is that it doesn't generate the tables and I am following the SQLXML2.0 documentation as closely as possible.Does anyone know what I have to do to get it to generate the tables? Running it doesn't even produce an error.Cheers,Matt.

I forgot to include to include the XML yesterday...

I am using the following C#...

SQLXMLBULKLOADLib.SQLXMLBulkLoad3Class loader = new SQLXMLBULKLOADLib.SQLXMLBulkLoad3Class();
loader.ConnectionString = "PROVIDER=SQLOLEDB; Server=(local); database=TestDB; user id=test; password=password";
loader.ErrorLogFile = "C:\log.txt";
loader.SchemaGen = true;
loader.SGDropTables = true;
loader.CheckConstraints = true;
loader.Execute( "C:\xsd.xsd"/* this file below */, "C:\xml.xml" );

To generate tables in the database using the following xml schema... (file: xsd.xsd...)

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<xs:schema id="PartnerData" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:sql="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:mapping-schema">
<xs:element name="PartnerData">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:element name="MessageHeader">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="SystemName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="CreationDate" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Year" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Month" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Day" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MessageBody">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Product" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Manufacturer" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Brand" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="LongDescription" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="ShortDescription" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Category" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Family" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="ProductCode" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="InformationsUrl" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="PictureUrl" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="PublicationDate" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Year" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Month" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Day" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="RecommendedRetailPrice" nillable="true" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="xs:string">
<xs:attribute name="currency" type="xs:string" />
<xs:attribute name="numberOfDecimal" type="xs:string" />
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Characteristics" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Characteristic" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Label" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Value" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Arguments" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Argument" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="codeEan" type="xs:string" />
<xs:attribute name="localisation" type="xs:string" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema
My problems is that it doesn't generate the tables and I am following the SQLXML2.0 documentation as closely as possible.

Does anyone know what I have to do to get it to generate the tables? Running it doesn't even produce an error.

Cheers,
Matt.

anyone know the best way to do this

Hi I am currently performing the following tasks manually and was wondering
if anyone might suggest if a script,dts or possibly .net application could do
this.
1. get file name from user
2. copy file from one server to another (path does not change so could be
hardcoded)
3. insert the name of the file in a database table (SQL2000).
thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.More info needed here - what interface does the user have to the
application - where are they giving the file name to you? In a SQL
context or Application context?
If assumptions are kept simple.....
1. depends on the application, but shouldn't be too hard
2. USE Master
GO
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
"\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
3. USE Userdb
GO
INSERT table
select 'filename'
Maybe write a SP with a filename parameter and execute #2 & #3 with the
same SP.|||Hi thanks for the information. Sounds like you can perform a copy with the
command you provided.Think I will just use a .net application that calls a
stored procedure passing the name of the file as an input to the procedure.
will use this command as you provided.
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
"\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"unc27932@.yahoo.com" wrote:
> More info needed here - what interface does the user have to the
> application - where are they giving the file name to you? In a SQL
> context or Application context?
> If assumptions are kept simple.....
> 1. depends on the application, but shouldn't be too hard
> 2. USE Master
> GO
> EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
> "\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
> 3. USE Userdb
> GO
> INSERT table
> select 'filename'
> Maybe write a SP with a filename parameter and execute #2 & #3 with the
> same SP.
>|||Yes - check out BOL on xp_cmdshell. Beware though - the logged in user
(or application) will have to have the correct OS permissions on the
aforementioned directories (I believe)....Can anyone else confirm?
Also - I wouldn't give your users a chance to input a command...just
give them the ability to enter a filepath and you hardcode the
command/sp in your application. Otherwise, they could do nasty things
with xp_cmdshell, as it's an open window into the OS.|||ok thanks was thinking of hardcoding the path and then building the rest of
the string with the file name that is passed into the stored procedure. Was
also thinking of somehow testing the filename input (probably in the .net
app) and not call the stored procedure unless a valid filename is supplied.
Will most likely only be 1 user other than myself but also thinking they
would have to have permissions to the directories, source and destination.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"unc27932@.yahoo.com" wrote:
> Yes - check out BOL on xp_cmdshell. Beware though - the logged in user
> (or application) will have to have the correct OS permissions on the
> aforementioned directories (I believe)....Can anyone else confirm?
> Also - I wouldn't give your users a chance to input a command...just
> give them the ability to enter a filepath and you hardcode the
> command/sp in your application. Otherwise, they could do nasty things
> with xp_cmdshell, as it's an open window into the OS.
>sql

anyone know the best way to do this

Hi I am currently performing the following tasks manually and was wondering
if anyone might suggest if a script,dts or possibly .net application could d
o
this.
1. get file name from user
2. copy file from one server to another (path does not change so could be
hardcoded)
3. insert the name of the file in a database table (SQL2000).
thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.More info needed here - what interface does the user have to the
application - where are they giving the file name to you? In a SQL
context or Application context?
If assumptions are kept simple.....
1. depends on the application, but shouldn't be too hard
2. USE Master
GO
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
"\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
3. USE Userdb
GO
INSERT table
select 'filename'
Maybe write a SP with a filename parameter and execute #2 & #3 with the
same SP.|||Hi thanks for the information. Sounds like you can perform a copy with the
command you provided.Think I will just use a .net application that calls a
stored procedure passing the name of the file as an input to the procedure.
will use this command as you provided.
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
"\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
Paul G
Software engineer.
"unc27932@.yahoo.com" wrote:

> More info needed here - what interface does the user have to the
> application - where are they giving the file name to you? In a SQL
> context or Application context?
> If assumptions are kept simple.....
> 1. depends on the application, but shouldn't be too hard
> 2. USE Master
> GO
> EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
> "\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
> 3. USE Userdb
> GO
> INSERT table
> select 'filename'
> Maybe write a SP with a filename parameter and execute #2 & #3 with the
> same SP.
>|||Yes - check out BOL on xp_cmdshell. Beware though - the logged in user
(or application) will have to have the correct OS permissions on the
aforementioned directories (I believe)....Can anyone else confirm?
Also - I wouldn't give your users a chance to input a command...just
give them the ability to enter a filepath and you hardcode the
command/sp in your application. Otherwise, they could do nasty things
with xp_cmdshell, as it's an open window into the OS.|||ok thanks was thinking of hardcoding the path and then building the rest of
the string with the file name that is passed into the stored procedure. Was
also thinking of somehow testing the filename input (probably in the .net
app) and not call the stored procedure unless a valid filename is supplied.
Will most likely only be 1 user other than myself but also thinking they
would have to have permissions to the directories, source and destination.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"unc27932@.yahoo.com" wrote:

> Yes - check out BOL on xp_cmdshell. Beware though - the logged in user
> (or application) will have to have the correct OS permissions on the
> aforementioned directories (I believe)....Can anyone else confirm?
> Also - I wouldn't give your users a chance to input a command...just
> give them the ability to enter a filepath and you hardcode the
> command/sp in your application. Otherwise, they could do nasty things
> with xp_cmdshell, as it's an open window into the OS.
>

anyone know the best way to do this

Hi I am currently performing the following tasks manually and was wondering
if anyone might suggest if a script,dts or possibly .net application could do
this.
1. get file name from user
2. copy file from one server to another (path does not change so could be
hardcoded)
3. insert the name of the file in a database table (SQL2000).
thanks.
Paul G
Software engineer.
More info needed here - what interface does the user have to the
application - where are they giving the file name to you? In a SQL
context or Application context?
If assumptions are kept simple.....
1. depends on the application, but shouldn't be too hard
2. USE Master
GO
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
"\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
3. USE Userdb
GO
INSERT table
select 'filename'
Maybe write a SP with a filename parameter and execute #2 & #3 with the
same SP.
|||Hi thanks for the information. Sounds like you can perform a copy with the
command you provided.Think I will just use a .net application that calls a
stored procedure passing the name of the file as an input to the procedure.
will use this command as you provided.
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
"\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
Paul G
Software engineer.
"unc27932@.yahoo.com" wrote:

> More info needed here - what interface does the user have to the
> application - where are they giving the file name to you? In a SQL
> context or Application context?
> If assumptions are kept simple.....
> 1. depends on the application, but shouldn't be too hard
> 2. USE Master
> GO
> EXEC xp_cmdshell 'copy "\\server1\filepath\filename.xyz"
> "\\server2\filepath\filename.xyz"'
> 3. USE Userdb
> GO
> INSERT table
> select 'filename'
> Maybe write a SP with a filename parameter and execute #2 & #3 with the
> same SP.
>
|||Yes - check out BOL on xp_cmdshell. Beware though - the logged in user
(or application) will have to have the correct OS permissions on the
aforementioned directories (I believe)....Can anyone else confirm?
Also - I wouldn't give your users a chance to input a command...just
give them the ability to enter a filepath and you hardcode the
command/sp in your application. Otherwise, they could do nasty things
with xp_cmdshell, as it's an open window into the OS.
|||ok thanks was thinking of hardcoding the path and then building the rest of
the string with the file name that is passed into the stored procedure. Was
also thinking of somehow testing the filename input (probably in the .net
app) and not call the stored procedure unless a valid filename is supplied.
Will most likely only be 1 user other than myself but also thinking they
would have to have permissions to the directories, source and destination.
Paul G
Software engineer.
"unc27932@.yahoo.com" wrote:

> Yes - check out BOL on xp_cmdshell. Beware though - the logged in user
> (or application) will have to have the correct OS permissions on the
> aforementioned directories (I believe)....Can anyone else confirm?
> Also - I wouldn't give your users a chance to input a command...just
> give them the ability to enter a filepath and you hardcode the
> command/sp in your application. Otherwise, they could do nasty things
> with xp_cmdshell, as it's an open window into the OS.
>

any1 please really stuck! sql statement insert

Hi

I have the following insert statement

However it wont insert into the database

can any1 help or suggest tried everything

thanx

SqlCommand cmd2 = new SqlCommand("INSERT INTO room_type_temp (Room_code, Room_description, Room_notes, area, height, spanotes, pladescription, perdescription, floor, walls, ceiling, doorsets, glazing, windows, chanotes, hatch, air, lighting, noise, safety, awt, ast, amvs, amve, amvsu, ap, af, ah, lsi, lsn, lli, lcr, lslg, nasl, nsp, nt, sahs, AF2, sdhw, atn, amn, apn, lsin, lsnn, llin, lslgg, lcrn, nn, sn, fn, npf, nms, nin, fe, fad, Room_Sheet) SELECT Room_code, Room_description, Room_notes, area, height, spanotes, pladescription, perdescription, floor, walls, ceiling, doorsets, glazing, windows, chanotes, hatch, air, lighting, noise, safety, awt, ast, amvs, amve, amvsu, ap, af, ah, lsi, lsn, lli, lcr, lslg, nasl, nsp, nt, sahs, AF2, sdhw, atn, amn, apn, lsin, lsnn, llin, lslgg, lcrn, nn, sn, fn, npf, nms, nin, fe, fad, Room_Sheet FROM room_types where room_code = " + (Session["room_code"].ToString()), con);

Did you get error message? It seems that you missed single quote around session.

FROM room_types where room_code = " + (Session["room_code"].ToString()), con);

Should be

FROM room_types where room_code = '" + (Session["room_code"].ToString()) + "'", con);

|||

Hi

found it as well

used '" + room_code + "'

cheers!!!

:-)

any way to prevent SSAS memory from paging?

This morning msmdsrv.exe looked like the following in Task Manager:

Memory Usage: 600,000 K

VM Size: 2,500,000 K

If I understand correctly, that means that a good deal of SSAS memory has been swapped to disk by the OS. Is there any way to prevent this? (I have read about using the Lock Pages In Memory privilege at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179301.aspx which lets SQL prevent the OS from paging sqlservr.exe memory. I don't suppose there's an equivalent SSAS setting.)

In particular, the symptom I'm seeing is that after we finish processing, all that paged memory has to be loaded back into memory before the transaction can be committed. Committing the transaction is usually very quick. But when most of the SSAS process memory is pages, it takes quite a while, during which I can see the Memory Usage number in Task Manager growing. (I don't think it's a blocked transaction commit.)

Looks like maybe there is a way to do this in SP2. Can anyone explain the PreAllocate setting further?

http://www.sdsqlug.org/presentations/November2006/November_2006_64-bit_SQL_Server.pdf (page 36)

Any way to force a recompile on a statement within a User Defined Function?

Consider the following:
TableA (c1 int, c2 int, c3 int, c4 int, c5 varchar(80, etc...)
There is a clustered index on (c1, c3), nonclustered index on (c2)
The UDF contains a SELECT statement of the form:
select c1 from TableA where c2 = @.InputParm
TableA contains about 300000 rows and there are some values for column c2
that have a cardinality of over 30000. So obviously if this value gets
passed into the UDF, a Clustered Index Scan is probably best. On the other
hand if a parm gets passed for a value that has a few corresponding rows for
c2 then it is best that the nonclustered index on c2 be used.
The problem is that when the UDF is first invoked with a parm that has a
high number of corresponding rows for c2, the execution plan uses a
clustered index SCAN and all subsuquent calls use this same execution plan.
Ideally I would like to have this UDF defined to recompile each call so that
I get the best execution plan for each call.
If this were a Stored Proc - I would either define it "WITH RECOMPILE"
(doesn't appear to be valid for functions), or I would use dynamic SQL
(since Functions cannot access temp tables I cannot use this approach
either).
Any ideas would be appreciated.
I have a UDF in which I would like to force a recompile based on the value
of one of the parameters. It seems that when the UDF is first executed, if
it is passed a value that has a it performs
Within the UDF is a select from"TJTODD" <tjtodd@.anonymous.com> wrote in message
news:O7J6bCLeEHA.712@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Consider the following:
> TableA (c1 int, c2 int, c3 int, c4 int, c5 varchar(80, etc...)
> There is a clustered index on (c1, c3), nonclustered index on (c2)
> The UDF contains a SELECT statement of the form:
> select c1 from TableA where c2 = @.InputParm
> TableA contains about 300000 rows and there are some values for column c2
> that have a cardinality of over 30000. So obviously if this value gets
> passed into the UDF, a Clustered Index Scan is probably best. On the
other
> hand if a parm gets passed for a value that has a few corresponding rows
for
> c2 then it is best that the nonclustered index on c2 be used.
> The problem is that when the UDF is first invoked with a parm that has a
> high number of corresponding rows for c2, the execution plan uses a
> clustered index SCAN and all subsuquent calls use this same execution
plan.
> Ideally I would like to have this UDF defined to recompile each call so
that
> I get the best execution plan for each call.
> If this were a Stored Proc - I would either define it "WITH RECOMPILE"
> (doesn't appear to be valid for functions), or I would use dynamic SQL
> (since Functions cannot access temp tables I cannot use this approach
> either).
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
I don't think there's any way to get the function to recompile.
Here are your options:
1. Change the indexing scheme so a single plan is appropriate.
-The obvious candidate here is to add c1 to the nonclustered index on c2,
thus covering your query.
2. Examine the cardinality inside the stored function and switch between two
hinted queries.
3. Rewrite the function as a join and use dynamic SQL.
David
David|||Can you wrap the query in the UDF inside sp_executesql? If so, do not use
any parameters to sp_executesql, put the entire query in the query string>
that way each different value for c2 will have a different plan.
--
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Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
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"David Browne" <davidbaxterbrowne no potted meat@.hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:%23uah$MMeEHA.3016@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "TJTODD" <tjtodd@.anonymous.com> wrote in message
> news:O7J6bCLeEHA.712@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Consider the following:
> >
> > TableA (c1 int, c2 int, c3 int, c4 int, c5 varchar(80, etc...)
> > There is a clustered index on (c1, c3), nonclustered index on (c2)
> >
> > The UDF contains a SELECT statement of the form:
> > select c1 from TableA where c2 = @.InputParm
> >
> > TableA contains about 300000 rows and there are some values for column
c2
> > that have a cardinality of over 30000. So obviously if this value gets
> > passed into the UDF, a Clustered Index Scan is probably best. On the
> other
> > hand if a parm gets passed for a value that has a few corresponding rows
> for
> > c2 then it is best that the nonclustered index on c2 be used.
> >
> > The problem is that when the UDF is first invoked with a parm that has a
> > high number of corresponding rows for c2, the execution plan uses a
> > clustered index SCAN and all subsuquent calls use this same execution
> plan.
> > Ideally I would like to have this UDF defined to recompile each call so
> that
> > I get the best execution plan for each call.
> >
> > If this were a Stored Proc - I would either define it "WITH RECOMPILE"
> > (doesn't appear to be valid for functions), or I would use dynamic SQL
> > (since Functions cannot access temp tables I cannot use this approach
> > either).
> >
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
> >
>
> I don't think there's any way to get the function to recompile.
> Here are your options:
> 1. Change the indexing scheme so a single plan is appropriate.
> -The obvious candidate here is to add c1 to the nonclustered index on
c2,
> thus covering your query.
> 2. Examine the cardinality inside the stored function and switch between
two
> hinted queries.
> 3. Rewrite the function as a join and use dynamic SQL.
> David
>
> David
>

any way to check if all the values in a column returned are the same value?

say i have a table, and in it are two columns, column1 and column2 and i do the following query:

SELECT column1, column2 FROM table WHERE column2 = '12345'

i want to check if column1 has all the same values, so in the first case, no

column1 column2
--- ---
4 12345
9 12345
5 12345

column1 column2
--- ---
9 12345
9 12345
9 12345

in the 2nd case, column1 contains all the same values, so yes

is there anyway i can check this? i would be doing this in a trigger.. say when a new row is inserted, the value of column1 is inserted, but col 2 is null.. so when they try to fill in the value for col2 of that row, the trigger checks to see if the value they put for col 2 is already in the table.. if it isn't, then everything is ok. but if it is already in teh table, then it checks col1 to see if all the values of col1 are the same

i hope this makes sense

thanksWithin your trigger, you may determine the min() and max() value of Column1 regarding a certain value for column 2:

SELECT min(Column1), max(column1)
Into Min1, Max1
FROM <YourTable>
WHERE Column2 = <Your current value>
GROUP BY Column2

If Min1=Max1, all values are the same.|||SELECT COUNT(NumValues) FROM (
SELECT COUNT(*) AS NumValues FROM MyTable
WHERE Column2 = MyValue
GROUP BY Column1) AS TempCount;

Any suggestions on how to revise code to accomodate order by issue

The code below needs to do the following: SELECT the TOP 5 most recent entries from the table and UNION that data with the next table which performs the same SELECT statement.

I am not getting the correct output due to: SQL does not allow ORDER BY between a UNION so I am not pulling the most recent entries.

Any suggestion on how to solve this problem?

Thanks!

SELECT TOP 5 GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.BankCode AS BANKCODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Date AS DATE,
GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.code AS CODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Deal AS DEAL,
ISNULL('Fee: $'+GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Fee, '') AS FEE,
ISNULL(NULL, RIGHT(GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.date,4)) AS YEAR
FROM GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead WHERE GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.BankCode = 1

UNION ALL

SELECT TOP 5 GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate.BankCode AS BANKCODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate.Date AS DATE,
'Syndicate' AS CODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate.Deal AS DEAL,
ISNULL('Fee: $' + GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate.Fee, '') AS FEE,
ISNULL(NULL, RIGHT(GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate.Date,4)) AS 'YEAR'
FROM GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate WHERE GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFSyndicate.BankCode = 1

UNION ALL

SELECT TOP 5 GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.BankCode AS BANKCODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.Date AS DATE,
GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.code AS CODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.Deal AS DEAL,
ISNULL('Fee: $'+GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.Fee, '') AS FEE,
ISNULL(NULL, RIGHT(GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.date,4)) AS YEAR
FROM GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead WHERE GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecLead.BankCode = 1

UNION ALL

SELECT TOP 5 GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate.BankCode AS BANKCODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate.Date AS DATE,
'Syndicate' AS CODE, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate.Deal AS DEAL,
ISNULL('Fee: $' + GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate.Fee, '') AS FEE,
ISNULL(NULL, RIGHT(GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate.Date,4)) AS 'YEAR'
FROM GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate WHERE GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_SecSyndicate.BankCode = 1

ORDER BY YEAR DESChave you tried this:select * from
( SELECT TOP 5 GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.BankCode AS BANKCODE
, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Date AS DATE
, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.code AS CODE
, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Deal AS DEAL
, ISNULL('Fee: $'+GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Fee, '') AS FEE
, ISNULL(NULL, RIGHT(GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.date,4)) AS YEAR
FROM GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead
WHERE GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.BankCode = 1
order by GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.date desc
) as derivedtable1

UNION ALL

select * from
( SELECT ...|||Code works great! I only had to add an additional Select statement at the beginning in order to combine everything I.E.:

SELECT * FROM
(select * from
( SELECT TOP 5 GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.BankCode AS BANKCODE
, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Date AS DATE
, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.code AS CODE
, GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Deal AS DEAL
, ISNULL('Fee: $'+GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.Fee, '') AS FEE
, ISNULL(NULL, RIGHT(GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.date,4)) AS YEAR
FROM GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead
WHERE GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.BankCode = 1
order by GlobalBanking.dbo.GB_LTFLead.date desc
) as derivedtable1

UNION ALL

select * from
( SELECT ...)) AS DERIVETABLE2
ORDER BY DATE DESC

Other than that it runs well. Your great!!!

any suggestions for this report design

hi,
i need to design a report with the following requirements...
I need to have 5 static columns and i one dynamic column which increases
according to the user selection...
Can a matrix help here'?
I cant understand how to add static columns to a matrix?
Can any1 suggest me any way of doing it?
thanks,I have an example of static columns in a matrix on www.msbicentral.com
The name of it is Matrix.StaticColumns.RDl
Perhaps you could use that , and use the parameter in the SQL statement to
optionally return one column or another.. ie
select title, price, case @.parm when 1 then pub_id else total_sales end
from titles
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"CCP" <CCP@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:457B9684-75D1-4E9F-9C0A-28459B5B319C@.microsoft.com...
> hi,
> i need to design a report with the following requirements...
> I need to have 5 static columns and i one dynamic column which increases
> according to the user selection...
> Can a matrix help here'?
> I cant understand how to add static columns to a matrix?
> Can any1 suggest me any way of doing it?
> thanks,
>

Any possible optimization for the following SQL statement

Hi all,
I am relatively new to this group and forgive me if this question is
too trivial...
Say, I have an audit table AccountAudit that contains account records.
When each batch of rows are inserted, the timestamp is saved at
UpdateTime column. At a certain timestamp, there are multiple rows for
an account.
Now, given an Account# and ActionType, I'd like to get the 1st and 2rd
most recent groups of rows. Here is my SQL statement. I wonder if there
is any way to optimize it.
select * from AccountAudit where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
and UpdatedTime in
(select distinct top 2 UpdatedTime from AccountAudit
where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
order by UpdatedTime desc)
Thanks in advance.
FrankYou could also do this in a single SELECT instead of the nested query.
SELECT DISTINCT TOP 2 Account, ActionType, UpdatedTime
FROM Accounts
WHERE Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
ORDER BY UpdatedTime DESC|||To add to Lubdha's response, it is also very important to consider indexing.
A composite index on Account, ActionType, UpdatedTime may help optimize this
particular query. You'll need to consider your overall workload in order to
determine the best indexing strategy.
--
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
<fzhang@.calamos.com> wrote in message
news:1149881438.607379.14290@.i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
> I am relatively new to this group and forgive me if this question is
> too trivial...
> Say, I have an audit table AccountAudit that contains account records.
> When each batch of rows are inserted, the timestamp is saved at
> UpdateTime column. At a certain timestamp, there are multiple rows for
> an account.
> Now, given an Account# and ActionType, I'd like to get the 1st and 2rd
> most recent groups of rows. Here is my SQL statement. I wonder if there
> is any way to optimize it.
> select * from AccountAudit where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
> and UpdatedTime in
> (select distinct top 2 UpdatedTime from AccountAudit
> where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
> order by UpdatedTime desc)
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Frank
>

Any possible optimization for the following SQL statement

Hi all,
I am relatively new to this group and forgive me if this question is
too trivial...
Say, I have an audit table AccountAudit that contains account records.
When each batch of rows are inserted, the timestamp is saved at
UpdateTime column. At a certain timestamp, there are multiple rows for
an account.
Now, given an Account# and ActionType, I'd like to get the 1st and 2rd
most recent groups of rows. Here is my SQL statement. I wonder if there
is any way to optimize it.
select * from AccountAudit where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
and UpdatedTime in
(select distinct top 2 UpdatedTime from AccountAudit
where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
order by UpdatedTime desc)
Thanks in advance.
FrankYou could also do this in a single SELECT instead of the nested query.
SELECT DISTINCT TOP 2 Account, ActionType, UpdatedTime
FROM Accounts
WHERE Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
ORDER BY UpdatedTime DESC|||To add to Lubdha's response, it is also very important to consider indexing.
A composite index on Account, ActionType, UpdatedTime may help optimize this
particular query. You'll need to consider your overall workload in order to
determine the best indexing strategy.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
<fzhang@.calamos.com> wrote in message
news:1149881438.607379.14290@.i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
> I am relatively new to this group and forgive me if this question is
> too trivial...
> Say, I have an audit table AccountAudit that contains account records.
> When each batch of rows are inserted, the timestamp is saved at
> UpdateTime column. At a certain timestamp, there are multiple rows for
> an account.
> Now, given an Account# and ActionType, I'd like to get the 1st and 2rd
> most recent groups of rows. Here is my SQL statement. I wonder if there
> is any way to optimize it.
> select * from AccountAudit where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
> and UpdatedTime in
> (select distinct top 2 UpdatedTime from AccountAudit
> where Account = 4 and ActionType = 'C'
> order by UpdatedTime desc)
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Frank
>

Any ideas, please...

I have create a database, login, role, user at a named instance of MSDE by
running the following scropt:
CREATE DATABASE [testdb_vg]
USE Master
EXEC SP_ADDLOGIN @.loginame = 'test_login', @.passwd = 'psw'
USE [testdb_vg]
EXEC SP_ADDROLE [test_role]
GRANT CREATE TABLE TO [test_role]
EXEC SP_ADDUSER [test_login], [test_user], [test_role]
Then I run SQL Analyser and try to connect to the database using SQL
Authentication:
user: test_user
password: psw
and I am getting message:
Unable to connect to server SSSSSS\NNNN
Message: 18452, level 16, state 1,
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server] Login for user "test_user".
Reason: not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection
with other SQL server instance it works OK?!Are you sure MSDE is set up to use both SQL Server and Windows
authentication? Sounds like it is set to Windows authentication only...
"Vlad Gonchar" <VladG@.Frogware.com> wrote in message
news:#QRC#M5eDHA.560@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have create a database, login, role, user at a named instance of MSDE by
> running the following scropt:
> CREATE DATABASE [testdb_vg]
> USE Master
> EXEC SP_ADDLOGIN @.loginame = 'test_login', @.passwd = 'psw'
> USE [testdb_vg]
> EXEC SP_ADDROLE [test_role]
> GRANT CREATE TABLE TO [test_role]
> EXEC SP_ADDUSER [test_login], [test_user], [test_role]
> Then I run SQL Analyser and try to connect to the database using SQL
> Authentication:
> user: test_user
> password: psw
> and I am getting message:
> Unable to connect to server SSSSSS\NNNN
> Message: 18452, level 16, state 1,
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server] Login for user
"test_user".
> Reason: not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection
> with other SQL server instance it works OK?!
>|||See the section that starts with "Another way to change the security mode
after installation..." in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=285097
"Vlad Gonchar" <VladG@.Frogware.com> wrote in message
news:#QRC#M5eDHA.560@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have create a database, login, role, user at a named instance of MSDE by
> running the following scropt:
> CREATE DATABASE [testdb_vg]
> USE Master
> EXEC SP_ADDLOGIN @.loginame = 'test_login', @.passwd = 'psw'
> USE [testdb_vg]
> EXEC SP_ADDROLE [test_role]
> GRANT CREATE TABLE TO [test_role]
> EXEC SP_ADDUSER [test_login], [test_user], [test_role]
> Then I run SQL Analyser and try to connect to the database using SQL
> Authentication:
> user: test_user
> password: psw
> and I am getting message:
> Unable to connect to server SSSSSS\NNNN
> Message: 18452, level 16, state 1,
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server] Login for user
"test_user".
> Reason: not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection
> with other SQL server instance it works OK?!
>|||In my case MSDE was set up to use Windows authentication only...|||is there any SQL query way to recognize what the mode is for an instance of
SQL Server?

Any Idea

If Table1 is going to be joined on 90% of the time on ID, and used to
generate lists 10% of the time, which of the following combinations of
indexes would provide the best performance to the most queries?
1.. Clustered unique inde on ID; non-clustered index on LastName,
FirstName
2.. Clustered index on LastName, FirstNamel non-clustered unque index on
ID
3.. Clustered index on FirstName, LastName; non-clustered unique index on
ID
4.. Non-clustered, unique index on ID; non-clustered index on Last Name
I think so it's B
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:09:18 -0400, Roy wrote:

>If Table1 is going to be joined on 90% of the time on ID, and used to
>generate lists 10% of the time, which of the following combinations of
>indexes would provide the best performance to the most queries?
> 1.. Clustered unique inde on ID; non-clustered index on LastName,
>FirstName
> 2.. Clustered index on LastName, FirstNamel non-clustered unque index on
>ID
> 3.. Clustered index on FirstName, LastName; non-clustered unique index on
>ID
> 4.. Non-clustered, unique index on ID; non-clustered index on Last Name
>I think so it's B
>
Hi Roy,
Did you know that posting school asssignments on Usenet is generally
frowned upon?
However, the question above is so utterly bad, even for a school
assignment, that I can't hold still.
The correct answer is 5: not enough information to answer. You really
must know what columns are in Table1, which of these columns are
candidate keys (alone or in combination), and how many rows (approx)
there are in the table. You'll also have to know the same information
about the tables that Table1 will be joined to. And you'll have to know
the layout of the lists that will be generated. With that information,
you can take a stab at what the indexing strategies look promising - and
then you'll have to test, test, test, test, test them all in order to
know for sure.
Oh, and you might also want to inform your teacher that in the real
world, lists (aka reports) are usually not based on one table, but on
information from several tables. On a join, that is.
Best, Hugo
(Remove _NO_ and _SPAM_ to get my e-mail address)

Any help solidifying the following?

I am trying to create a table structure that would allow users to define custom formulas for computing 1 or more values for any given number of variables.

Table Structure

FORMULA
ID | Descr
-----
1 | Rectangle

FORMULA_VARIABLE
fkID | Dimension | Variable | Expression
------------
1 | Side A | X |
1 | Size B | Y |
1 | Height | Z |
1 | Area | A | X * Y
1 | Volume | V | A * V

FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
fkID | Variable | Value
-------
1 | X | 10
1 | Y | 10
1 | Z | 2

In the above, notice on FORMULA_VARIABLE the field named expression. If this is NULL, this will be a parameter that must be specified by the user, else, this value from the expression must be evaluated using the variable values.

Notice the Volume expression uses the expression for the variable A. This is where the fun begins...

I have produced the following using the code below. If you could please look at it and let me know if there are any ways to make this more effective, efficient, and stable. That would be greatly appreciated.

The code is a first time run-through!

USE Northwind
GO

CREATE TABLE FORMULA
(
FormulaID int NOT NULL,
Descr char(30)
)
GO

CREATE TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE
(
fkFormulaID int NOT NULL,
Dimension char(30),
Variable char(10),
Units char(5),
Expression char(255)
)
GO

CREATE TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
(
fkFormulaID int,
Variable char(10),
Value float
)
GO

INSERT INTO FORMULA (FormulaID, Descr)
SELECT 1, 'Rectangular'
GO

INSERT INTO FORMULA_VARIABLE (fkFormulaID, Dimension, Variable, Units, Expression)
SELECT 1, 'Side 1', 'X', 'IN', NULL UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Side 2', 'Y', 'IN', NULL UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Height', 'Z', 'IN', NULL UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Area', 'A', 'SI', 'X * Y' UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Volume', 'V', 'I3', 'A * Z'GO
GO

INSERT INTO FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE (fkFormulaID, Variable, Value)
SELECT 1, 'X', 10 UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Y', 10 UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Z', 2
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE usp_BuildExpressions
@.iFormula int
AS

CREATE TABLE #TempFormulaResults
(
Dimension char(30),
Value float
)

DECLARE @.cDimension char(30), @.cOldExp varchar(255), @.cNewExp varchar(4000), @.cVariable char(5)

DECLARE OldExpCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Dimension, Expression FROM FORMULA_VARIABLE WHERE fkFormulaID = 1 AND Expression IS NOT NULL
OPEN OldExpCursor

FETCH NEXT FROM OldExpCursor INTO @.cDimension, @.cOldExp
WHILE (@.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
-- Iterate through expresions, build new cursor where dimension is not equal
-- Replace expression variable with expressions
DECLARE NewExpCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Variable, Expression FROM FORMULA_VARIABLE
WHERE fkFormulaID = @.iFormula AND Expression IS NOT NULL AND NOT (Dimension = @.cDimension)

OPEN NewExpCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM NewExpCursor INTO @.cVariable, @.cNewExp
WHILE (@.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
SELECT @.cOldExp = REPLACE(RTRIM(@.cOldExp), RTRIM(@.cVariable), RTRIM(@.cNewExp))
FETCH NEXT FROM NewExpCursor INTO @.cVariable, @.cNewExp
END
CLOSE NewExpCursor
DEALLOCATE NewExpCursor

-- Get the variable values, replace values in expression and calcluate result
DECLARE @.fValue float, @.cVarName char(5)
DECLARE ValueCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Variable, Value FROM FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
WHERE fkFormulaID = @.iFormula

OPEN ValueCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM ValueCursor INTO @.cVarName, @.fValue
WHILE(@.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
SELECT @.cOldExp = REPLACE(@.cOldExp, RTRIM(@.cVarName), CONVERT(VARCHAR, @.fValue))
FETCH NEXT FROM ValueCursor INTO @.cVarName, @.fValue
END

DECLARE @.cSelect nvarchar(4000), @.param nvarchar(4000), @.Eval float

SET @.cSelect = 'SET @.fResult = ' + @.cOldExp
SET @.Param = '@.fResult float OUTPUT'

EXEC sp_executesql @.cSelect, @.Param, @.Eval OUT
INSERT INTO #TempFormulaResults (Dimension, Value) VALUES (@.cDimension, @.Eval)
FETCH NEXT FROM OldExpCursor INTO @.cDimension, @.cOldExp
CLOSE ValueCursor
DEALLOCATE ValueCursor
END

CLOSE OldExpCursor
DEALLOCATE OldExpCursor

SELECT * FROM #TempFormulaResults
DROP TABLE #TempFormulaResults
GO

EXEC usp_BuildExpressions 1

DROP TABLE FORMULA
GO
DROP TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE
GO
DROP TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
GO
DROP PROCEDURE usp_BuildExpressions

Any thoughts?

Mike BOn flaw I see, but I am not sure how to fix is if the "nested" variables are more then 2 deep. What if I used Volume from above in a different formula?

FORMULA_VARIABLE
fkID | Dimension | Variable | Expression
------------
1 | Side A | X |
1 | Size B | Y |
1 | Height | Z |
1 | Area | A | X * Y
1 | Volume | V | A * Z
1 | 1/2 Vol | v | V / 2

Now after executing the stored proc usp_BuildExpressions, the expression for 1/2 Vol would not work and end up looking like
A * 2 / 2.

It will stop short of replacing all the variables with the appropriated nested expressions.

Any ideas?

Mike B

Any Gurus...?

I asked the following question in the 'MS Access' boards but I am wondering if there is a way to do it on our SQL server as well? Heres the original question:

"Dont ask why, we just need to do something odd...How can you use the system tables in access to do the following:

1. write a query on the fly for each table in the database (without knowing the table names ahead of time)

2. the query also needs to combine all the fields in a table into one single field (ie - queryfield:[field1]&[field2}&[etc...]), again without knowing what the field names are ahead of time

I have searched news groups and web rings all night. Please help!"You'll get the tables by searching the table Sysobjects for all objects whose xtype is "U". Write a SP that does a cursor loop through all records satisfying that search and, for each match, runs that query that you want to run on all tables.

To concatenate all fields, I guess you'll need to first investigate the columns' data types and convert non-string types to strings? And handle null values? And handles non-convertable types?
Start with the Syscolumns column...

Check first if there are any system SP's that could help you avoid having the code Select's directly against system tables.|||I asked the following question in the 'MS Access' boards but

Q1 I am wondering if there is a way to do it on our SQL server as well?

Heres the original question: "Dont ask why, we just need to do something odd...How can you use the system tables in access to do the following: 1. write a query on the fly for each table in the database (without knowing the table names ahead of time) 2. the query also needs to combine all the fields in a table into one single field (ie - queryfield:[field1]&[field2}&[etc...]), again without knowing what the field names are ahead of time I have searched news groups and web rings all night. Please help!"

A1 Yes, it is certainly possible (in Sql Server and in MS Access). The original #2. may entail work arounds (with many very long table names, especially if these include spaces and / or special characters)

The applicable special stored procedures (Sql Server 2000 sp_) would be sp_tables and sp_columns. One may also make use of [INFORMATION_SCHEMA] views to address your tasks.

-- Example useages of sp_tables and sp_columns:

Use Pubs
Go

Exec sp_tables
Exec sp_tables @.table_type = ['Table']
Exec sp_tables @.table_type = ['View']
Exec sp_tables @.table_type = ['System Table']

Exec sp_columns @.table_name = 'Authors'
--------

-- General List: Catalog Special Stored Procedures:
sp_column_privileges
sp_special_columns
sp_columns
sp_sproc_columns
sp_databases
sp_statistics
sp_fkeys
sp_stored_procedures
sp_pkeys
sp_table_privileges
sp_server_info
sp_tables
--------

-- INFORMATION_SCHEMA views (return metadata of DB objects):

CHECK_CONSTRAINTS
COLUMN_DOMAIN_USAGE
COLUMN_PRIVILEGES
COLUMNS
CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE
CONSTRAINT_TABLE_USAGE
DOMAIN_CONSTRAINTS
DOMAINS
KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
PARAMETERS
REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS
ROUTINES
ROUTINE_COLUMNS
SCHEMATA
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
TABLE_PRIVILEGES
TABLES
VIEW_COLUMN_USAGE
VIEW_TABLE_USAGE
VIEWS

----
Note: Selecting data from information schema views requires using an [INFORMATION_SCHEMA] qualified object name i.e.(in the position where one normally specifies nothing, or the dboo name as appropriate). For example:

SELECT *
FROM Master.[INFORMATION_SCHEMA].COLUMNS
----

-- THE FOLLOWING would fail (unless someone has created a user table / view named 'COLUMNS'):

SELECT *
FROM Master..COLUMNS

SELECT *
FROM Master.dbo.COLUMNS
--------|||Just an example... Improvement and tidying could be made I'm sure!

declare @.id int,
@.name varchar(255),
@.transaction varchar(8000),
@.queryField varchar(8000),
@.col_list varchar(8000),
@.tab_name varchar(255),
@.col_err real,
@.tab_err real

declare table_scan cursor for
select name, id
from sysobjects
where type = 'U'

open table_scan

fetch table_scan into @.tab_name, @.id
set @.tab_err = @.@.FETCH_STATUS
PRINT @.tab_err

while (@.tab_err = 0 )
begin
DECLARE column_scan CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM syscolumns
WHERE ID = @.id

OPEN column_scan
FETCH column_scan into @.name

SELECT @.col_list = @.name
SELECT @.queryField = 'queryfield:['+@.name+']'

SELECT @.col_err = @.@.FETCH_STATUS

WHILE (@.col_err = 0)
begin
SELECT @.col_list = @.col_list +', ' + @.name
SELECT @.queryField = @.queryField + '&['+@.name+']'

FETCH column_scan into @.name
set @.col_err = @.@.FETCH_STATUS
end
SELECT @.transaction = 'SELECT '+ @.col_list + ' FROM ' + @.tab_name
PRINT '================================================= '
PRINT @.transaction
print @.QueryField
PRINT '================================================= '
EXEC(@.transaction)

close column_scan
deallocate column_scan
--
--Table completed
--
fetch table_scan into @.tab_name, @.id
set @.tab_err = @.@.FETCH_STATUS
end

close table_scan

deallocate table_scan

Any equivalent for NEXT_DAY fn of Oracle

Haii Friends,
Is there any equivalent for Oracle's NEXT_DAY function in sqlserver.I need it for the following query...
SELECT NEXT_DAY( SYSDATE ,'THURSDAY') FROM DUAL;
ur Help in this regard is really appreciated...
Regards,
VickyI'm thinking that this query returns you the upcoming Thursday? There's not an immediate function that will easily do this for you, however, either a proc or function can achieve this easily. This is assuming you always want the upcoming Thursday

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.getNextThursday AS

DECLARE @.CurrentDate AS DATETIME
DECLARE @.DayOfWeek AS TINYINT

SELECT @.DayOfWeek = DATEPART(WEEKDAY, GETDATE())

IF (@.DayOfWeek < 5) -- Not equal to Thursday
BEGIN
SELECT @.CurrentDate = (GETDATE() + (5-@.DayOfWeek))
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT @.CurrentDate = (GETDATE() + (7-(@.DayOfWeek-5)))
END

SELECT @.CurrentDate

GO

any difference betwween these 2 statement

hi all:

who can tell me what's the difference between the following 2 statement.

The 1st one:

CREATE VIEW country_v (country_code, country_name) AS
SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM
FROM COUNTRY

The 2nd one:

CREATE VIEW country_v AS
SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM
FROM COUNTRY

Actually i didnot make sense what's usage of the parameters when creating views?

Hi,

You override the column names in the view in the first statement, in second you reuse them as they are. This is required only when a column is derived from an arithmetic expression, a function, or a constant; when two or more columns may otherwise have the same name, typically because of a join; or when a column in a view is specified a name different from that of the column from which it is derived.

Regards,

Janos

|||

It is not a parameter. It is a column aliases name. There is no big difference between these two view creation (only the column names are changed here).

Is the name to be used for a column in a view. A column name is required only when a column is derived from an arithmetic expression, a function, or a constant; when two or more columns may otherwise have the same name, typically because of a join; or when a column in a view is specified a name different from that of the column from which it is derived. Column names can also be assigned in the SELECT statement.

Note: If column is not specified, the view columns acquire the same names as the columns in the SELECT statement.

The following statements are identical.

Code Snippet

CREATE VIEW country_v (country_code, country_name)AS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM

FROM COUNTRY

--Or

CREATE VIEW country_vAS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD as country_code, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM as country_name

FROM COUNTRY

Code Snippet

CREATE VIEW country_vAS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM

FROM COUNTRY

-- OR

CREATE VIEW country_v(CNTRY_CD,CNTRY_NM)AS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM

FROM COUNTRY

|||

Got it

Thanks to both

any difference betwween these 2 statement

hi all:

who can tell me what's the difference between the following 2 statement.

The 1st one:

CREATE VIEW country_v (country_code, country_name) AS
SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM
FROM COUNTRY

The 2nd one:

CREATE VIEW country_v AS
SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM
FROM COUNTRY

Actually i didnot make sense what's usage of the parameters when creating views?

Hi,

You override the column names in the view in the first statement, in second you reuse them as they are. This is required only when a column is derived from an arithmetic expression, a function, or a constant; when two or more columns may otherwise have the same name, typically because of a join; or when a column in a view is specified a name different from that of the column from which it is derived.

Regards,

Janos

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It is not a parameter. It is a column aliases name. There is no big difference between these two view creation (only the column names are changed here).

Is the name to be used for a column in a view. A column name is required only when a column is derived from an arithmetic expression, a function, or a constant; when two or more columns may otherwise have the same name, typically because of a join; or when a column in a view is specified a name different from that of the column from which it is derived. Column names can also be assigned in the SELECT statement.

Note: If column is not specified, the view columns acquire the same names as the columns in the SELECT statement.

The following statements are identical.

Code Snippet

CREATE VIEW country_v (country_code, country_name)AS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM

FROM COUNTRY

--Or

CREATE VIEW country_vAS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD as country_code, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM as country_name

FROM COUNTRY

Code Snippet

CREATE VIEW country_vAS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM

FROM COUNTRY

-- OR

CREATE VIEW country_v(CNTRY_CD,CNTRY_NM)AS

SELECT COUNTRY.CNTRY_CD, COUNTRY.CNTRY_NM

FROM COUNTRY

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Got it

Thanks to both

Any Advice on transact repl error

Hi All, We are using SQL2000 servers with transact replication to a warm
stand-by server. We are seeing the following error from the Log reader
agents.

Does anyone have any insight on this error?

The process could not execute 'sp_MSadd_repl_commands27hp'

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Hi All, We are using SQL2000 servers with transact replication to a warm
stand-by server. We are seeing the following error from the Log reader
agents.
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Does anyone have any insight on this error?
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The process could not execute 'sp_MSadd_repl_commands27hp'
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TIA Scott B.
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Hi All, We are using SQL2000 servers with transact replication to a warm
stand-by server. We are seeing the following error from the Log reader
agents.
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Does anyone have any insight on this error?
>
The process could not execute 'sp_MSadd_repl_commands27hp'
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We saw this happen from time to time. Never found the solution.

Put a retry on the job and then alert upon COMPLETION (not just failure) and
restart when needed.

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question.
The log reader agent retries 10 ties then 'fails'. Sometime I can get things
work by restarting teh agent. Other times I have to reboot the subscribing
server, which where I also run the distribution agents.
Thanks, Scott B.
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Hi All, We are using SQL2000 servers with transact replication to a warm
stand-by server. We are seeing the following error from the Log reader
agents.

Does anyone have any insight on this error?

The process could not execute 'sp_MSadd_repl_commands27hp'

>
We saw this happen from time to time. Never found the solution.
>
Put a retry on the job and then alert upon COMPLETION (not just failure)

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restart when needed.
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TIA Scott B.

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Greg Moore
SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available!
Email: sql (at) greenms.com

http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html

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