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Entity Framework - Using a lookup (picklist) table with a lookup key

I'm working on a WPF application that is working well using the Entity Framework (3.5 SP1) for complicated table structures. The problem now is I want to get a list from the EF that includes lookups into a picklist table that has multiple picklists in it. In SQL I would write a sub select as such: SELECT Name, (Select typeName from P...

Updating records in Postgres using FROM clause

Hi, I'm changing my db schema, and moving column 'seat' from old_table to new_table. First I added a 'seat' column to new_table. Now I'm trying to populate the column with the values from old_table. UPDATE new_table SET seat = seat FROM old_table WHERE old_table.id = new_table.ot_id; This returns ERROR: column reference "seat" is ...

Querying a perimeter around a Geocode-Location (Lat/Lon)

Hi, how can I search for geo-objects in a certain perimeter ? E.g. I have several objects with Lat/Lon coordinates stored in my DB. Now I want to retrieve all the objects which lie in a specific perimeter (10 miles or 20 miles) around a given point. I guess what I would have to do is to form some query like: SELECT * FROM objects o w...

INSERT IGNORE in MS SQL Server 2005?

Is there mysql's INSERT IGNORE equivalent in MS SQL Server 2005 or something similar? ...

Generating incremental numeric column values during INSERT SELECT statement

I need to copy some data from one table to another in Oracle, while generating incremental values for a numeric column in the new table. This is a once-only exercise with a trivial number of rows (100). I have an adequate solution to this problem but I'm curious to know if there is a more elegant way. I'm doing it with a temporary seq...

SELECT USING COUNT in mysql

Hi, I have a very large database with about 120 Million records in one table.I have clean up the data in this table first before I divide it into several tables(possibly normalizing it). The columns of this table is as follows: "id(Primary Key), userId, Url, Tag " . This is basically a subset of the dataset from delicious website. As I s...

How to select a limited amount of rows for each foreign key? (and how to specify the relatioship)

Hi, recently I have posted this question and now I want the same query but with one relationship. Now I have the "feeds" table and the "feed_entries" table. I want a limited amount of rows per category. The query above make use of one table with category_id field: SELECT x.* FROM (SELECT t.*, CASE WHEN @cat != t.category_id THEN @rown...

Preserve SQL with CodeSmith

How would I create a procedure with a PRESERVE region like this: CREATE PROCEDURE RunSQL AS --region Custom processing --endregion SELECT * FROM SomeTable GO ...

Appending data to a MySQL database field that already has data in it.

I need to "add" data to a field that already contains data without erasing whats currently there. For example if the field contains HTML, I need to add additional HTML to the field. Is there a SQL call that will do this or do I need to call the data in that field, concatenate the new data to the existing data, and reload it into the d...

Efficiently retrieve objects with one to many references in Grails using GORM

I'm trying to determine how to find/retrieve/load objects efficiently in terms of a.) minimizing calls to database and b.) keeping the code as elegant/simple as possible (i.e. not writing hql etc.). Assume you have two objects: public class Foo { Bar bar String badge } public class Bar { String name } Each Foo has a bar...

Joining two tables using a count

I have two tables as defined below: EMAILS ID SUBJECT BODY 1 Test1 blah blah 2 Test2 blah blah blah 3 Test3 more blah ATTACHMENTS ID EMAIL_ID ATTACHMENT NAME 1 2 TEST.DOC 2 2 TEST.XLS I'm trying to perform a select to get back all of the emails and a count of ho...

"The data types text and nvarchar are incompatible in the equal to operator" in SQL Query

Why i get this error: The data types text and nvarchar are incompatible in the equal to operator. The field of "username" in database is text type... This is my soruce: <%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="my_answers.ascx.cs" Inherits="kontrole_login_my_answers" %> <div style=" margin-top:-1280px; float:left;"> ...

Generating a set of files containing dumps of individual tables in a way that guarantees database consistency

I'd like to dump a MySQL database in such a way that a file is created for the definition of each table, and another file is created for the data in each table. I'd like this to be done in a way that guarantees database integrity by locking the entire database for the duration of the dump. What is the best way to do this? Similarly, w...

c# - pull records from database without timeout

Hi folks, i have a sql query with multiple joins & it pulls data from a database for processing. This is supposed to be running on some scheduled basis. So day 1, it might pull 500, day 2 say 400. Now, if the service is stopped for some reason & the data not processed, then on day3 there could be as much as 1000 records to process. This...

How to implement filter system in SQL?

Right now I am planning to add a filter system to my site. Examples: (ID=apple, COLOR=red, TASTE=sweet, ORIGIN=US) (ID=mango, COLOR=yellow, TASTE=sweet, ORIGIN=MEXICO) (ID=banana, COLOR=yellow, TASTE=bitter-sweet, ORIGIN=US) so now I am interested in doing the following: SELECT ID FROM thisTable WHERE COLOR='yellow' AND TASTE='SWEET'...

Recursive SQL, have the last three values increased?

Hi, I have a table that looks like this: ---------------------- | DateTime | Value | ---------------------- | 2010-01-01 | 26 | | 2010-02-01 | 24 | | 2010-03-01 | 23 | | 2010-04-01 | 28 | | 2010-05-01 | 30 | I need to find if the last three consecutive months have increased in value. How can I get SQL to chec...

sql query --need some suggestions

I have a table with list of cycle codes.CYCLE_DEFINITION. each and every cycle_code has 12 months entries in another table(PM1_CYCLE_STATE). Each and every month has a cycle_start_date and a cycle_close_date. i will check with a particular date(lets say sysdate) and check what is the current month of every cycle.additionally i will also ...

WordPress SQL Query on Category/Terms

Hi, i am modifying a plugin slightly to meet my needs, and need to change this query to return post ID's of just one category. I know it has something to do with INNER JOIN, but cant get the query right. Here is the original query $query = "SELECT ID as PID FROM $wpdb->posts"; $results = $wpdb->get_results($querydetails,ARRAY_A); ED...

Getting the primary key back from a SQL insert with SQLLite

Hi, I have a SQL table set that looks like this create table foo ( id int primary key asc, data datatype ); create table bar ( id int primary key asc, fk_foo int, foreign key(foo_int) references foo(id)); Now, I want to insert a record set. insert into table foo (data) values (stuff); But wait - to get Bar all patched up hunky...

How do you access the value of an SQL count () query in a Java program

I want to get to the value I am finding using the COUNT command of SQL. Normally I enter the column name I want to access into the getInt() getString() method, what do I do in this case when there is no specific column name. I have used 'AS' in the same manner as is used to alias a table, I am not sure if this is going to work, I would ...