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SQL to Entities with inheritance

I have a simple inheritance in my model. The class of an entity is defined by a field (RecordType: int). Now I would like to create a SQL to Entities query where I need to filter only one inherited class. When I use ctx.CreateQuery<InheritedEntity>() it fetches all the classes, rather than only InheritedEntity class. I tried referr...

Delete from table the records that are in #temp table

Hello, I've created a #temp table in SQL containing duplicate records. I would like to remove from my primary table all of the records contained in this temp table. I see samples to do this but they seem to all invovle selects, and I already have my select in the temp table. Here's what it would look like in pseudocode: DELETE FROM ...

SQL Server 2008 GEOGRAPHY STDistance() value

Hi, I am using geography.STDistance() to return the distance between two single point locations. I'm curious as to which measurement is used for the return value? Is it in KM's, miles or perhaps some other? I'm getting results back upwards of 250k but i've no idea if im doing something wrong with my TSQL as these are historical location...

Updating an Oracle table with data from a SAS data set using SAS code

Hello all, I am rather new to SAS and I have run into a problem that I think probably has a better solution than what I've found so far. I need to update a Oracle db table that has around 1 million rows with data from a SAS data set that has about 10,000 records. I used an update statement within proc sql, but it takes hours to upd...

Managing large databases on iPhone devices: simple sqlite3 coding or CoreData?

Hi, I have to manage a table on a large database with over 20k records (the db size is 25MB). I use standard queries like SELECT\INSERT etc. programmatically using SQLITE framework. But the app on the Device is VERY VERY slow. When I tap the icon, the Default.png freezes for 10-20 seconds and the app crashes. When I run it on the simulat...

2-column distinct?

I'm trying to select two distinct numbers id1 and id2 from the following table: tb_table1( bigint id1 bigint id2 bigint userid) if I do select distinct id1, id2 from tb_table1 I'll get, for example, two rows, (111, 222) and (222,111). I only want one of those rows since I don't care which column, id1, or id2 that the result ge...

Is there a free SQL formatting library for .NET?

Hey, All: I've been looking for a free library/source code to format SQL queries, preferably in .NET, for quite a while. Even after searching some of the responses here on SO, I'm almost at the point where I'm willing to believe that nothing like this exists. The closest thing I've found, a project called sqlformat, does not seem to b...

Recursive sql subset query, using connect by

I have two tables that look a little like this AGR_TERR_DEF_TERRS ID DEF_ID TERRITORY_ID (foreign key links to TERRITORIES.ID) TERRITORIES ID NAME PARENT_ID (parent_id and id are recursive) Given two DEF_IDs, I need a function which checks whether the territories of one is a complete subset of the other. I've been playing...

mysql query add [something]_ infront of all table rows when grabbing multiple tables

Example of what I want to do: select a.* as a_, b. as b_* FROM a, b WHERE a.id = b.id ...

Connect to AS400 using .NET

Hi Guys, I am trying to build a .NET web application using SQL to query AS400 database. This is my first time encountering the AS400. What do I have to install on my machine (or the AS400 server) in order to connect? (IBM iSeries Access for Windows ??) What are the components of the connection string? Where can I find sample codes o...

how to check if a type of row exists in a table

Hi I have an order table and a payment table which are linked by order_num. I would like to get entries from order table who have entries in the payment table of PaymentType 'A' as well as PaymentType 'B' and their amounts match. Example order number 411 should only be returned to me if it has at least two payments and one of them is p...

SQL FLOAT to Hours/Minutes

I have a float value that is derived from dates being subtracted. How do I convert this float value into minutes? Perferably if I could convert it into hours and minutes otherwise just minutes.... For example here are some values I have: 4.12676944443956 3.91463738425955 0.102466473770619 0.0308067515434232 0.0564043209888041 The...

Like PIVOT but values not discrete

A table lists multiple events where each event has four attributes (columns), call them A, B, C, P It would be simpleto pivot to get a table with columns for A, B, C, P=1, P=2, P=3, etc. However, I need the columns to be A, B, C, P<1, P<2, P<3, etc. In other words, if a row of the "simple" way were X, Y, Z, 7, 3, 5, 2 then what I actu...

What is the SQL MODE in MYSQL (or any RDBMS)?

What is the SQL MODE in MYSQL (or any RDBMS)? Also what is the best option to have for the SQL MODE and Why? If i could have a layman explanation with a example it would be great! Thank you in advance ;-) ...

sql server insert records from one table to another

how does one insert records from one table to another that has a unique index in the destination table without going through the insert and then removal of duplicates by deleting the index? INSERT INTO forms(url,feedUrl, dateadded) SELECT url, feedurl, dateadded FROM Book3 T2 where not exists(select * from forms T1 where T1.url = T2.url...

Why my T-SQL (WHILE) does not work?

Hello, In my code, I need to test whether specified column is null and the most close to 0 as possible (it can holds numbers from 0 to 50) so I have tried the code below. It should start from 0 and for each value test the query. When @Results gets null, it should return. However, it does not work. Still prints 0. declare @hold int decla...

Are there any issues and/or gotchas going from SQL Server Express 2008 to SQL Azure?

I'm sure there are, I'm wondering what they are and if there is any upgrade/conversion documentation relative to taking a standard SQL server database and moving it to SQL Azure. ...

Select count(*) or zero

Hello, Tiredness prevents me from finding this one... Say you have the following tables: Parent PARENT_ID (LONG) Child CHILD_ID (LONG) PARENT_ID (LONG, FK) HAS_GRADUATED (BOOLEAN) I want a query to return the following true (1, in the case of Oracle) if the parent has at least one child that has graduated, and false (0, in the ...

SQL how to find rows which have highest value of specific column

For example, the table has columns MYINDEX and NAME. MYINDEX | NAME ================= 1 | BOB 2 | BOB 3 | CHARLES Ho do I find row with highest MYINDEX for specific NAME? E.g. I want to find ROW-2 for name "BOB". ...

MySQL joins with WHERE clause

I have 2 queries which display 2 different values but the results from one query are unexpected. Query1: SELECT SUM(T.amount_reward_user) AS total_grouping FROM fem_user_cards UC LEFT JOIN fem_transactions T USING(card_number) LEFT JOIN fem_company_login FCL ON T.fem_company_login_id=FCL.fem_co...