sql-server

How to use TAB as column separator in SQLCMD

SQLCMD supports the -s parameter to specify the column separator, but I couldn't figure how how to represent the tab (CHAR(9)) character. I have tried the following but both don't work: sqlcmd -S ServerName -E -Q"select * from mytable" -s"\t" -o results.txt sqlcmd -S ServerName -E -Q"select * from mytable" -s'\t' -o results.txt Any i...

CHARINDEX always 0 when looking for substring

I have the following in a field ABCD, EFG, HIJ and can confirm this by selecting it. I need to be able to search this string for ABCD so I used the following: case when CHARINDEX(g.letters ,'ABCD') <> 0 then (- 2) else (- 1) end However its always returning -1 ...

PHP MSSQL connection

Hello, I want to connect to an MSSQL Server 2000 from PHP installed in a unix platform (CentOs) and to be able to run queries (SELECT and UPDATE). The solution must support UTF-8 data. As search through the web, I find out that there exists many different approaches (freeTDS, unixODBC, ODBTP, Easysoft ODBC, Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge, PD...

Get tree structure of folders

I have the following folders in the table 'Folders' in my database: Folder1 Folder2 Folder3 Folder4 The path of the folders - Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Folder4 When i click on Folder3,i have to get the path as - Folder1\Folder2\Folder3.For this i am passing the folderID of Folder3. How can i get this result ? table structure Folde...

Can i just STOP SqlServer replication?

Hi, i'm running 12 sql server replications, 11 of which have 1 subscription, and 1 has 2 subscriptions. Now i have a problem with a very large transaction log which i want to shrink, but i get the messages that the transaction log is in use. I suspect that the replication (publication, maybe the subscription too) is causing this problem...

php SQL Server mssql_select_db error

Up until yesterday I have been happily connecting to SQL Server Express 2005 using PHP 5 on IIS 7. Yesterday I started getting errors when selecting a database. <?php $link = mssql_connect('localhost,1433', 'login', 'password'); if(!$link) { die('could not connect to MSSQL'); } if(!mssql_select_db('database', $link)) { echo ...

Incorrect syntax near the keyword UNION

Can anyone tell me what wrong I have written in the following query so that this error message is being shown. strSelectQuery = "SELECT LED_ID AS PK_ID, FIRST_NAME + ' ' + LAST_NAME AS NAME" + " FROM M_LEADERLED INNER JOIN M_USER_DETAILS" + " ON M_LEADERLED.LED_ID = M_USER_DETAILS.PK_ID" ...

Violation of UNIQUE KEY Contstraints - Cannot insert duplicate key

I am pulling out my hair over here. I have a table that has a UNIQUE Key (IX_tblTable) and the unique key is on a column Number. I am parsing some data from the web and storing it in the table. My latest collection of data from the web contains number THAT ARE NOT CONTAINED IN THE DATABASE. so I am getting data from the site and all ...

How to change database design in a deployed application?

Situation I'm creating a C#/WPF 4 application using a SQL Compact Edition database as a backend with the Entity Framework and deploying with ClickOnce. I'm fairly new to applications using databases, though I don't suspect I'll have much problem designing and building the original database. However, I'm worried that in the future I'll ...

How to select items from table by using a @local_variable table

Currently in a simple form i have the following declared table in code: declare @FileIDs as table ( ID int not null ) and i can fill it up e.g. manually like this: insert into @FileIDs values (1) insert into @FileIDs values (2) insert into @FileIDs values (3) Also i have another table called Files and ...

How do I add multiple rows in a table?

string date = p_text_data.Text; string sql = @"INSERT INTO Warehouse (title,count,price,date) "; try { using (SqlConnection connection = ConnectToDataBase.GetConnection()) { SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection); for (int i = 0; i < mdc.Count; i++) { sql += "SELECT @title" + i + ...

Own values in a sql query

I'm using this sql query: SELECT id, datetime FROM (SELECT id, datetime FROM DanskAktieAnalyse.dbo.vTest UNION ALL SELECT id, datetime FROM vTest2) AS articles ORDER BY datetime Is it possible to get an extr...

Find time of a MAX value in SQL Server

I have a table, Table1, containing the fields TimeStamp and Humidity, which have the values: TimeStamp '2010-09-29 11:05:29.6' '2010-09-29 11:05:29.7' '2010-09-29 11:05:29.8' '2010-09-29 11:05:29.9' '2010-09-29 11:05:30.0' Humidity 15.291 17.379 16.857 16.335 15.813 I would lik...

Testing for correct email addy/password TSql

Hello, I am making a login form on my site, and need a little bit of help. I keep receiving an error when I use this script: <?php $em = $_REQUEST["email"]; $pa = md5($_REQUEST["password"]); //connectioninfo hidden $connectionInfo = array( "UID"=>$uid, "PWD"=>$pwd, ...

Use custom authorisation on access to cube

Is it possible to use our solution's existing authentication mechanism for determining access rights to a MS Analysis services cube? We already have a system that manages usage policies and we would like to avoid duplicating this on the SQL Server. Our authentication system is based on NetSqlAzMan and we could expose it as a web servic...

Why does a database query only go slow in the application?

I have a webpage that takes 10 minutes to run one query against a database, but the same query returns in less than a second when run from SQL Server Management Studio. The webpage is just firing SQL at the database that is executing a stored procedure, which in turn is performing a pretty simple select over four tables. Again the code...

Simplify this code

I hate code that looks like its been hacked together. I have just written this: update table1.dbo.totals set @FEE = case when isnull(g.SGROUPS,0) > 1 then @GROUPPRICE * case when CHARINDEX('JMCG', g.GROUPS) > 0 then (g.SGROUPS - 2) else (g.SGROUPS - 1) ...

Moving C# in Process Functions to SQL Server CLR functions

What are the limitations, unexpected pitfalls and performance traits of moving from in process C# code to SQL CLR Functions? We currently have several data heavy processes that run very fast using in process C# Asp.net MVC project without using a db at all. Performance is very important. The application uses a static in memory cache ...

Converting SQL Query to Access Query - SELECT within SELECT

I have a query in SQL Server that I am trying to convert to a query in MS-Access 2003. The query is designed to be used as the basis for a report. The report has two fields .. 'Cases Assigned' and 'Cases Closed'. SELECT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CaseDetail WHERE CaseAssignedDate Between '1/1/2008' AND '1/1/2009') as 'Cases Assigned', (SE...

Conditionally set values in UPDATE statement.

I would like to have a stored procedure that will update values in a table row depending on whether or not the parameters are provided. For example, I have a situation where I want to update all the values, but also a situation where I'm only required to update two values. I was hoping to be able to do this with only one procedure, rathe...