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SQL-query task, decision?

There is a table of currencies rates in MS SQL Server 2005: ID | CURR | RATE | DATE 1   | USD   | 30      | 01.10.2010 3   | GBP   | 45      | 07.10.2010 5   | USD   | 31      | 08.10.2010 7   | GBP   | 46      | 09.10.2010 9   | USD   | 32      | 12.10.2010 11 | GBP   | 48      | 03.10.2010 Rate are updated in real time and there are ...

Is it possible to write a query which returns a date for every day between two specified days?

Basically, the question says it all. I need a PL\SQL query that returns a list of dates between two dates such that for 01-JAN-2010 to 20-JAN-2010 I would get 20 rows returned: the_date -------- 01-JAN-2010 02-JAN-2010 03-JAN-2010 04-JAN-2010 ... 20-JAN-2010 ...

Difference between "and" and "where" in joins

Whats the difference between SELECT DISTINCT field1 FROM table1 cd JOIN table2 ON cd.Company = table2.Name and table2.Id IN (2728) and SELECT DISTINCT field1 FROM table1 cd JOIN table2 ON cd.Company = table2.Name where table2.Id IN (2728) both return the same result and both have the same e...

SQL server 2005 - user rights

I have created one user named "tuser" with create database rights in SQL server 2005. and given the 'db_owner' database role of master and msdb database to "tuser". From this user login when I run the script for create database then it will create new database. But "tuser" don't have access that newly created database generated from scr...

SQL (MySQL) vs NoSQL (CouchDB)

I am in the middle of designing a highly-scalable application which must store a lot of data. Just for example it will store lots about users and then things like a lot of their messages, comments etc. I have always used MySQL before but now I am minded to try something new like couchdb or similar which is not SQL. Does anyone have any ...

How to find size of a data type in pl/sql (oracle 9i)?

hi, I want to find the size of any data type in pl/sql,for eg DECLARE x boolean; I want to find size of like X,is there any function like (sizeof() in C) or any how i can find it.Please let me know! ...

How to get SQL Function run a different query and return value from either query?

I need a function, but cannot seem to get it quite right, I have looked at examples here and elsewhere and cannot seem to get this just right, I need an optional item to be included in my query, I have this query (which works): SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT SKU, Description, LEN(CONVERT(VARCHAR (1000),Description)) AS LenDesc FROM tblItem WHER...

Optimize an SQL statement

Hey, I'm running WordPress, the database diagram could be found here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description After doing tonnes of filters and applying some hooks to the core, I'm left with the following query: SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts JOIN wp_postmeta ppmeta_beds ON (ppmeta_beds.post_id = wp_posts...

getting count(*) using createSQLQuery in hibernate?

I have several sql queries that I simply want to fire at the database. I am using hibernate throughout the whole application, so i would prefer to use hibernate to call this sql queries. In the example below i want to get count + name, but cant figure out how to get that info when i use createSQLQuery(). I have seen workarounds where p...

Loop Control within a DataflowTask in ETL

Hi, Being fairly new to SSIS and the ETL process, I was wondering if there is anyway to loop though a record set within a DataFlowTask and pass each row (deriving parameters from the row) into a Stored Procedure (the next step in the ETL phase). Once i have passed the row into the stored procedure, I want the results from each iteratio...

Exporting many tables on Oracle

Hi, I would like to know, how to export many tables from oracle DB. I use exp.exe, create file expdat.dmp and so on. I choose to export only tables and there I must write which ones. Is there any chance of getting all of them? thanks ...

What's wrong with this inner query (MySQL)...

...besides the fact that I am a total amateur? My table is set up like this: CREATE TABLE `messages` ( `id` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `patient_id` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL, `message` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `savedate` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, `senddate` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, `SmsSid` varchar(40) NOT NULL COMM...

oracle sql plus spool

Hi. I'm using sql plus to execute a query (a select) and dump the result into a file, using spool option. I have about 14 millions lines, and it takes about 12 minutes to do the dump. I was wondering if there is something to make the dump faster? Here below my sql plus options: whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode set pagesize 0...

ResultSet and aggregation

Ok, I admit my situation is special There is a data system that supports SQL-92 and JDBC interface However the SQL requets are pretty expensive, and in my application I need to retreive the same data multiple times and aggregate it ("group by") on different fields to show different dimensions of the same data. For example on one scree...

Pick Return Values of Stored Procedure

Hi, I have a stored procedure that returns a result with 250!!! columns. But I only need 3 out of the 250. I want to call the SP and put only the 3 column values in a temp table. I don't want to define a temp table with 250 columns! This is how I would like to do it, but this doesn't work of course: create #myTempTable (id int, valu...

build a nested structure from a sql query

I have a table in sqlite that I am accessing in my Adobe Air project. The table structure is as follows: id, chapter_num, verse_num, translation_id, translation_txt; I want to write a query that returns me one row per chapter_num and verse_num with a nested structure of translation ids and translation_txt under it. For example, I wan...

Sql XML Path with different children

Hi, I have done a lot of XML PATH statements, but this one escapes me or might not even be possible with multiple different children. The end result should look like this <Process> <TaskList> <SqlTask Name="Get Report Parameters"> <StoredProcName>GetReportParameters</StoredProcName> <ConnectionName>Local</ConnectionName> ...

Auto increment with XQuery Update?

Does XQuery Update support auto increment attributes just like auto increment fields in SQL? I'm using BaseX as my database. ...

Merge overlapping date intervals

Is there a better way of merging overlapping date intervals? The solution I came up with is so simple that now I wonder if someone else has a better idea of how this could be done. /***** DATA EXAMPLE *****/ DECLARE @T TABLE (d1 DATETIME, d2 DATETIME) INSERT INTO @T (d1, d2) SELECT '2010-01-01','2010-03-31' UNION SELECT '2010-04...

SQL Query to delete oldest rows over a certain row count?

I have a table that contains log entries for a program I'm writing. I'm looking for ideas on an SQL query (I'm using SQL Server Express 2005) that will keep the newest X number of records, and delete the rest. I have a datetime column that is a timestamp for the log entry. I figure something like the following would work, but I'm not ...