Thursday, March 29, 2012

Edit data with Query Analyzer

Is there any way I can use Query Analyzer to edit data in a table via a
graphic grid, i.e. actually changing individual values in cells? Using
SQL statements is too cumbersome for my purpose; I need to have more
hands-on control.Rick,
Use the Object Browser (F8) --> right-click table --> Open.
HTH
Jerry
"Rick Charnes" <rickxyz--nospam.zyxcharnes@.thehartford.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way I can use Query Analyzer to edit data in a table via a
> graphic grid, i.e. actually changing individual values in cells? Using
> SQL statements is too cumbersome for my purpose; I need to have more
> hands-on control.|||Rick Charnes wrote:
> Is there any way I can use Query Analyzer to edit data in a table via
> a graphic grid, i.e. actually changing individual values in cells?
> Using SQL statements is too cumbersome for my purpose; I need to have
> more hands-on control.
Some tables yes and some tables no. I've never figures out why. I would
use SQL Enterprise Manager instead if you absolutely have to edit the
data in a table in this fashion.
David Gugick
Quest Software
www.imceda.com
www.quest.com|||I will give another solution, you can actually do everything you want to
manually. even queries can be developed using that... wondering what is it..
it is around every one but rarely people use that is access adp. More so, yo
u
can develop forms/ and reports from sql server data with ease.
follow these simple steps,
1.open access(better xp or above)
2.select new
3.select new project from exisiting data in the side pane( by this select
adp project not mdb)
4.data link dialogue appears, fill credentials and connection details
5.Rest is the world that you wont imagine
--
Regards
R.D
--Knowledge gets doubled when shared
"David Gugick" wrote:

> Rick Charnes wrote:
> Some tables yes and some tables no. I've never figures out why. I would
> use SQL Enterprise Manager instead if you absolutely have to edit the
> data in a table in this fashion.
> --
> David Gugick
> Quest Software
> www.imceda.com
> www.quest.com
>|||> Some tables yes and some tables no. I've never figures out why.
I always thought it is depending on whether the table has a PK, UQ, unique i
ndex or not.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"David Gugick" <david.gugick-nospam@.quest.com> wrote in message
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> Rick Charnes wrote:
> Some tables yes and some tables no. I've never figures out why. I would us
e SQL Enterprise Manager
> instead if you absolutely have to edit the data in a table in this fashion
.
> --
> David Gugick
> Quest Software
> www.imceda.com
> www.quest.com|||David Gugick wrote:
> Rick Charnes wrote:
> Some tables yes and some tables no. I've never figures out why.
I've noticed that tables with no unique constraint of any
kind appear as read-only, but once you add a primary key for example,
you are able to modify data.
If QA front end is written in MFC, then it is probably related
to the behavior of MFC recordset, which is also read-only after
pulling data from such a table.|||Tibor Karaszi wrote:
> I always thought it is depending on whether the table has a PK, UQ,
> unique index or not.
That's probably the case.
David Gugick
Quest Software
www.imceda.com
www.quest.com|||Enterprise manager can do that, although I would not do it except when
creating a database for a non-live project.
All data manipulation needs to be done through applications such as
databrowsers and so on.
"Rick Charnes" <rickxyz--nospam.zyxcharnes@.thehartford.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dc1e9977390b6f9989901@.msnews.microsoft.com...
> Is there any way I can use Query Analyzer to edit data in a table via a
> graphic grid, i.e. actually changing individual values in cells? Using
> SQL statements is too cumbersome for my purpose; I need to have more
> hands-on control.

Edit connection manager connection string at runtime with c#

This is the first time I have used SSIS, so please bear with the ignorance.

I have a super simple package that inserts x000's of rows into a temporary table. The data source is a file that the user will upload. I need to be able to tell the package what file to upload. I'm thinking the simplest thing would be to edit the connectionString property of the SourceConnectionFlatFile at runtime. Is this possible? What form should the file path be in (UNC, other)? And, are there any other considerations I should be aware of?

Thanks!

Package configurations were designed for just this purpose.

Edit and Continue while Debugging Script Task

Hi all,

I have a simple question: is it possible to use Edit and Continue feature when debugging a script task in VSA?

It seems to me that after breaking the execution of the script task and adding some code in break mode, whole edit disappears after leaving VSA environment.

I have enjoyed the Edit and Continue feature when developing in VBA, so I am wondering if it is available in VSA.

Thank you very much for the answer!

Marek Stefanek

Hi Marek,

Though you can re -debug from your edit point, SSIS is designed not to allow changes to be saved during runtime. So better copy all the changes you do into an editor before exiting from the Debug mode

Thanks

Subhash Subramanyam

|||

Thank you, Subhash.

Although it is not a good news for me, at least it saved me from time consuming searching on the web :-)

Regards,

Marek

Edit a step from a job

Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
the job details?
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"Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
> I get General acces denied error.
> On details I see at program location
>
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfo
s()
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
> I use a client station to acces the server
> On server works fine
> Any ideas ?
>How can I verify that please ?
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> Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
> the job details?
> --
> --
> Jack Vamvas
> ___________________________________
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> "Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderIn
fo
> s()
>|||It's the owner of job
"Jack Vamvas" <DEL_TO_REPLYtechsupport@.ciquery.com> wrote in message
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> Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
> the job details?
> --
> --
> Jack Vamvas
> ___________________________________
> Receive free SQL tips - www.ciquery.com/sqlserver.htm
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> "Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OZyCCE4kGHA.4224@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderIn
fo
> s()
>|||I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
I get General acces denied error.
On details I see at program location
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfo
s()
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
I use a client station to acces the server
On server works fine
Any ideas ?|||Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
the job details?
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"Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
> I get General acces denied error.
> On details I see at program location
>
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfo
s()
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
> I use a client station to acces the server
> On server works fine
> Any ideas ?
>|||How can I verify that please ?
"Jack Vamvas" <DEL_TO_REPLYtechsupport@.ciquery.com> wrote in message
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> Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
> the job details?
> --
> --
> Jack Vamvas
> ___________________________________
> Receive free SQL tips - www.ciquery.com/sqlserver.htm
> ___________________________________
>
> "Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OZyCCE4kGHA.4224@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderIn
fo
> s()
>|||It's the owner of job
"Jack Vamvas" <DEL_TO_REPLYtechsupport@.ciquery.com> wrote in message
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> Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
> the job details?
> --
> --
> Jack Vamvas
> ___________________________________
> Receive free SQL tips - www.ciquery.com/sqlserver.htm
> ___________________________________
>
> "Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OZyCCE4kGHA.4224@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderIn
fo
> s()
>

Edit a step from a job

I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
I get General acces denied error.
On details I see at program location
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfos()
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
I use a client station to acces the server
On server works fine
Any ideas ?Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
the job details?
--
--
Jack Vamvas
___________________________________
Receive free SQL tips - www.ciquery.com/sqlserver.htm
___________________________________
"Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:OZyCCE4kGHA.4224@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
> I get General acces denied error.
> On details I see at program location
>
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfo
s()
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
> I use a client station to acces the server
> On server works fine
> Any ideas ?
>|||How can I verify that please ?
"Jack Vamvas" <DEL_TO_REPLYtechsupport@.ciquery.com> wrote in message
news:2-ednVMta7jY5AvZRVnyvQ@.bt.com...
> Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
> the job details?
> --
> --
> Jack Vamvas
> ___________________________________
> Receive free SQL tips - www.ciquery.com/sqlserver.htm
> ___________________________________
>
> "Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OZyCCE4kGHA.4224@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
>> I get General acces denied error.
>> On details I see at program location
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfo
> s()
>> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
>> I use a client station to acces the server
>> On server works fine
>> Any ideas ?
>>
>|||It's the owner of job
"Jack Vamvas" <DEL_TO_REPLYtechsupport@.ciquery.com> wrote in message
news:2-ednVMta7jY5AvZRVnyvQ@.bt.com...
> Does the logon details you're using from the client have rights to change
> the job details?
> --
> --
> Jack Vamvas
> ___________________________________
> Receive free SQL tips - www.ciquery.com/sqlserver.htm
> ___________________________________
>
> "Sorin Popescu" <spopescu@.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OZyCCE4kGHA.4224@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I can't edit a step (or create a new one) form an Agent job.
>> I get General acces denied error.
>> On details I see at program location
> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.ApplicationClass.get_LogProviderInfo
> s()
>> Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.get_LogProviderInfos()
>> I use a client station to acces the server
>> On server works fine
>> Any ideas ?
>>
>sql

Edit a SQL Server 2005 XML column in ASP.NET

Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple w

s now and have =
posted various pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the =
magic I need to make this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a =
scenario. Certainly someone has done this before.
What I'm trying to do is the following:
1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps =
actually working that they can post for me to examine/review?
--=20
Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
Visit Braintrove ( http://www.braintrove.com )On 5 23 , 7 40 , "Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]"
<gcollins_AT_msn_DOT_com> wrote:
> Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple w

s now and have posted var
ious pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the magic I need to make
this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario. Certainly someone has done th
is
before.
> What I'm trying to do is the following:
> 1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
> 2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
> 3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
> 4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
> 5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
> 6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
> I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
> Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actuall
y working that they can post for me to examine/review?
> --
> Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
> Visit Braintrove (http://www.braintrove.com)
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
Here i think we can use javascript DOM to modify xml document
according to user's edit.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
And now we can get the xml document of step 4.
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
:) here have nothing to consider.
Hope this can help.|||On 5 23 , 7 40 , "Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]"
<gcollins_AT_msn_DOT_com> wrote:
> Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple w

s now and have posted var
ious pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the magic I need to make
this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario. Certainly someone has done th
is
before.
> What I'm trying to do is the following:
> 1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
> 2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
> 3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
> 4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
> 5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
> 6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
> I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
> Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actuall
y working that they can post for me to examine/review?
> --
> Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
> Visit Braintrove (http://www.braintrove.com)
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
Here i think we can use javascript DOM to modify xml document
according to user's edit.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
And now we can get the xml document of step 4.
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
:) here have nothing to consider.
Hope this can help.|||Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP] wrote:
> Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple w

s now and have posted var
ious pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the magic I need to make
this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario. Certainly someone has done th
is
before.
> What I'm trying to do is the following:
> 1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
> 2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
> 3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
> 4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
> 5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
> 6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
> I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
> Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actuall
y working that they can post for me to examine/review?
>
Hi, Greg
check out this:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/58a18dwa.aspx
What's exactly your case - you need to serialize the whole dataset,
or a given column ?
Regards,
Petar Atanasov
http://a-wake.net|||Use a table for the values on the form instead of XML? :-))
TheSQLGuru
President
Indicium Resources, Inc.
"Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]" <gcollins_AT_msn_DOT_com> wrote in message
news:ussV38SnHHA.4316@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple w

s now and have
posted various pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the
magic I need to make this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario.
Certainly someone has done this before.
What I'm trying to do is the following:
1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actually
working that they can post for me to examine/review?
Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
Visit Braintrove ( http://www.braintrove.com )|||What about using the WriteXml method of the DataSet after the changes are
made to it? Does that do anything useful?
"Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]" <gcollins_AT_msn_DOT_com> wrote in message
news:ussV38SnHHA.4316@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple w

Edit a SQL Server 2005 XML column in ASP.NET

Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple weeks now and have posted various pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the magic I need to make this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario. Certainly someone has done this before.
What I'm trying to do is the following:
1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actually working that they can post for me to examine/review?
Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
Visit Braintrove ( http://www.braintrove.com )
Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP] wrote:
> Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple weeks now and have posted various pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the magic I need to make this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario. Certainly someone has done this before.
> What I'm trying to do is the following:
> 1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
> 2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
> 3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
> 4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
> 5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
> 6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
> I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
> Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actually working that they can post for me to examine/review?
>
Hi, Greg
check out this:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/58a18dwa.aspx
What's exactly your case - you need to serialize the whole dataset,
or a given column ?
Regards,
Petar Atanasov
http://a-wake.net
|||Use a table for the values on the form instead of XML? :-))
TheSQLGuru
President
Indicium Resources, Inc.
"Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]" <gcollins_AT_msn_DOT_com> wrote in message
news:ussV38SnHHA.4316@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple weeks now and have
posted various pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the
magic I need to make this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario.
Certainly someone has done this before.
What I'm trying to do is the following:
1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actually
working that they can post for me to examine/review?
Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
Visit Braintrove ( http://www.braintrove.com )
|||What about using the WriteXml method of the DataSet after the changes are
made to it? Does that do anything useful?
"Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]" <gcollins_AT_msn_DOT_com> wrote in message
news:ussV38SnHHA.4316@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple weeks now and have
posted various pleas for help, but so far I've not been able to find the
magic I need to make this happen. This can't be too uncommon of a scenario.
Certainly someone has done this before.
What I'm trying to do is the following:
1. Pull XML from an MS SQL Server 2005 XML column.
2. Load it into a DataSet (unless there's a better way).
3. Bind it to some ASP.NET control(s) for editing.
4. Allow user to editing of the data in the web page.
5. Get the updated data from the control(s) as XML
6. Post it back to the SQL XML column.
I can do 1-4 above... but for the life of me can't get step 5 to work.
Does someone have a simple bare-bones example of the above 6 steps actually
working that they can post for me to examine/review?
Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
Visit Braintrove ( http://www.braintrove.com )

edit a DTS package in sql 2005?

How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box but
can't quite figure out how to edit it.
What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
Thanks!Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
â'SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,â' before or after you upgrade or
uninstall SQL Server 2000.
"mp3nomad" wrote:
> How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
> 2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box but
> can't quite figure out how to edit it.
> What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
> Thanks!|||thanks!
"Mark H" wrote:
> Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
> You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
> However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
> computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
> retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
> â'SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,â' before or after you upgrade or
> uninstall SQL Server 2000.
>
> "mp3nomad" wrote:
> > How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
> > 2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box but
> > can't quite figure out how to edit it.
> >
> > What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
> >
> > Thanks!|||I tried installing this component and I'm getting error messages trying to
open the legacy DTS package. I also have the backward compatibility
components installed as well. Is there something I'm missing here?
What are the steps to follow to move a DTS package from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005
and then edit the package on the SQL 2005 server?
"Mark H" wrote:
> Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
> You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
> However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
> computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
> retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
> â'SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,â' before or after you upgrade or
> uninstall SQL Server 2000.
>
> "mp3nomad" wrote:
> > How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
> > 2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box but
> > can't quite figure out how to edit it.
> >
> > What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
> >
> > Thanks!

edit a DTS package in sql 2005?

How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box but
can't quite figure out how to edit it.
What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
Thanks!
Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
“SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,” before or after you upgrade or
uninstall SQL Server 2000.
"mp3nomad" wrote:

> How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
> 2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box but
> can't quite figure out how to edit it.
> What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
> Thanks!
|||thanks!
"Mark H" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
> You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
> However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
> computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
> retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
> “SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,” before or after you upgrade or
> uninstall SQL Server 2000.
>
> "mp3nomad" wrote:
|||I tried installing this component and I'm getting error messages trying to
open the legacy DTS package. I also have the backward compatibility
components installed as well. Is there something I'm missing here?
What are the steps to follow to move a DTS package from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005
and then edit the package on the SQL 2005 server?
"Mark H" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
> You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
> However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
> computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
> retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
> “SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,” before or after you upgrade or
> uninstall SQL Server 2000.
>
> "mp3nomad" wrote:

edit a DTS package in sql 2005?

How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box bu
t
can't quite figure out how to edit it.
What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
Thanks!Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on a
computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
“SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,” before or after you upgrade o
r
uninstall SQL Server 2000.
"mp3nomad" wrote:

> How do you edit a DTS package that has been migrated to SQL 2005 from SQL
> 2000? I can see the DTS package by connecting to SSIS on the SQL 2005 box
but
> can't quite figure out how to edit it.
> What are the steps to follow to do this? If it's possible.
> Thanks!|||thanks!
"Mark H" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
> You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
> However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on
a
> computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
> retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
> “SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,” before or after you upgrade
or
> uninstall SQL Server 2000.
>
> "mp3nomad" wrote:
>|||I tried installing this component and I'm getting error messages trying to
open the legacy DTS package. I also have the backward compatibility
components installed as well. Is there something I'm missing here?
What are the steps to follow to move a DTS package from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005
and then edit the package on the SQL 2005 server?
"Mark H" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Per the SQL Server 2K5 Upgrade Advisor
> You can use SQL Server 2005 tools to edit your existing DTS packages.
> However, upgrading or uninstalling the last instance of SQL Server 2000 on
a
> computer removes the components required to support this feature. You can
> retain or restore these components by installing the special Web download,
> “SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Components,” before or after you upgrade
or
> uninstall SQL Server 2000.
>
> "mp3nomad" wrote:
>sql

Edit a dataset

I want to query a set of tables in order to create a dataset that I can look
at (in a grid in my application) and decide manually whether I want to
include the records for further processing such as including in a report. I
thought to have a bit field which I can treat as a boolean value and then
check or uncheck it in my application. My tables do not contain the bit
field.
Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
Another thought was to create a temporary table to contain an ID and the bit
field. My original query would populate the temporary table with the ID and
my bit field would be set to 1 (true). After this I create my dataset by
linking my temporary table (via the ID) with my original main table. Then
there is no hindrance to my editing the bit field.
Is there a better way of doing this operation?
Thanks,
Steve.
> Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
> subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
> this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
I think you ought to be able to edit the derived value in your DataSet as
long as you don't try save the value to the database.

> Is there a better way of doing this operation?
One method is to add the selection option column to the DataTable after
loading the data. I think this sort of approach is better than returning
the GUI column from the SQL query. For example:
dataSet1.Tables["Table"].Columns.Add("Selected", typeof(bool));
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dang/
"Sawlmgsj" <Sawlmgsj@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:566D47D9-F29D-46F5-80D8-C148A40D6394@.microsoft.com...
>I want to query a set of tables in order to create a dataset that I can
>look
> at (in a grid in my application) and decide manually whether I want to
> include the records for further processing such as including in a report.
> I
> thought to have a bit field which I can treat as a boolean value and then
> check or uncheck it in my application. My tables do not contain the bit
> field.
> Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
> subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
> this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
> Another thought was to create a temporary table to contain an ID and the
> bit
> field. My original query would populate the temporary table with the ID
> and
> my bit field would be set to 1 (true). After this I create my dataset by
> linking my temporary table (via the ID) with my original main table. Then
> there is no hindrance to my editing the bit field.
> Is there a better way of doing this operation?
> Thanks,
> Steve.
|||Dan - many thanks.
I'll give that a try.
Regards,
Steve.
"Dan Guzman" wrote:

> I think you ought to be able to edit the derived value in your DataSet as
> long as you don't try save the value to the database.
>
> One method is to add the selection option column to the DataTable after
> loading the data. I think this sort of approach is better than returning
> the GUI column from the SQL query. For example:
> dataSet1.Tables["Table"].Columns.Add("Selected", typeof(bool));
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dang/
> "Sawlmgsj" <Sawlmgsj@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:566D47D9-F29D-46F5-80D8-C148A40D6394@.microsoft.com...
>

Edit a dataset

I want to query a set of tables in order to create a dataset that I can look
at (in a grid in my application) and decide manually whether I want to
include the records for further processing such as including in a report. I
thought to have a bit field which I can treat as a boolean value and then
check or uncheck it in my application. My tables do not contain the bit
field.
Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
Another thought was to create a temporary table to contain an ID and the bit
field. My original query would populate the temporary table with the ID and
my bit field would be set to 1 (true). After this I create my dataset by
linking my temporary table (via the ID) with my original main table. Then
there is no hindrance to my editing the bit field.
Is there a better way of doing this operation?
Thanks,
Steve.> Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
> subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
> this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
I think you ought to be able to edit the derived value in your DataSet as
long as you don't try save the value to the database.
> Is there a better way of doing this operation?
One method is to add the selection option column to the DataTable after
loading the data. I think this sort of approach is better than returning
the GUI column from the SQL query. For example:
dataSet1.Tables["Table"].Columns.Add("Selected", typeof(bool));
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dang/
"Sawlmgsj" <Sawlmgsj@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:566D47D9-F29D-46F5-80D8-C148A40D6394@.microsoft.com...
>I want to query a set of tables in order to create a dataset that I can
>look
> at (in a grid in my application) and decide manually whether I want to
> include the records for further processing such as including in a report.
> I
> thought to have a bit field which I can treat as a boolean value and then
> check or uncheck it in my application. My tables do not contain the bit
> field.
> Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
> subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
> this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
> Another thought was to create a temporary table to contain an ID and the
> bit
> field. My original query would populate the temporary table with the ID
> and
> my bit field would be set to 1 (true). After this I create my dataset by
> linking my temporary table (via the ID) with my original main table. Then
> there is no hindrance to my editing the bit field.
> Is there a better way of doing this operation?
> Thanks,
> Steve.|||Dan - many thanks.
I'll give that a try.
Regards,
Steve.
"Dan Guzman" wrote:
> > Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
> > subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
> > this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
> I think you ought to be able to edit the derived value in your DataSet as
> long as you don't try save the value to the database.
> > Is there a better way of doing this operation?
> One method is to add the selection option column to the DataTable after
> loading the data. I think this sort of approach is better than returning
> the GUI column from the SQL query. For example:
> dataSet1.Tables["Table"].Columns.Add("Selected", typeof(bool));
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dang/
> "Sawlmgsj" <Sawlmgsj@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:566D47D9-F29D-46F5-80D8-C148A40D6394@.microsoft.com...
> >I want to query a set of tables in order to create a dataset that I can
> >look
> > at (in a grid in my application) and decide manually whether I want to
> > include the records for further processing such as including in a report.
> > I
> > thought to have a bit field which I can treat as a boolean value and then
> > check or uncheck it in my application. My tables do not contain the bit
> > field.
> >
> > Is it possible to generate such a field in my query which can be edited
> > subseqently by the operator in the grid in the application? I have tried
> > this with a query, but am not allowed to edit a derived field.
> >
> > Another thought was to create a temporary table to contain an ID and the
> > bit
> > field. My original query would populate the temporary table with the ID
> > and
> > my bit field would be set to 1 (true). After this I create my dataset by
> > linking my temporary table (via the ID) with my original main table. Then
> > there is no hindrance to my editing the bit field.
> >
> > Is there a better way of doing this operation?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve.
>

Edit 1600+ stored procedures at once

I'm looking for a way to track usage of SPs. I haven't found any TSQL tool that is already tracking that information. Long ago another DBA added an exec to the end of some SPs to log the usage to a table.

If there is a function already tracking this I'd like to know.

If not, I want to tack an exec line to the end of all the SPs but I don't want to do it by adding it 1600 times manually. Is there any trick in the scripting process I can do to make this easier?

JBSelect
Replace(sc.Text +
Case
When sc.colid = s0.maxColid Then N'Exec your_proc' + NChar(10)
Else NChar(10)
End , N'Create Proc', 'Alter Proc') + NChar(10) + N'Go'
From syscomments sc
Join sysobjects so On sc.id = so.id
Join ( Select so.id, Max(colid) As 'maxColId'
From syscomments sc
Join sysobjects so On sc.id = so.id
Where so.type = 'P'
Group By so.id
) s0 On so.id = s0.id
Where so.type = 'P'
Order By so.name, sc.colid|||This is awesome! I did have to take it half at a time due to the limitation of row size, but it appears it did just what I wanted. Thank you very much. This will help for many other projects.

John

Edit .mdf database

Greetings,

Are there any tools freely available to modify or edit a .mdf database
file? As far as seeing the actual tables?

Regards,
cdMSDE:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2442

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||No, and I'm not sure why you'd want to do this - even if you managed to
change data pages in a .mdf file directly, you would corrupt the
metadata (indexes, allocation maps, statistics etc.), and the
transaction log would also need to be updated. As far as I know, MSSQL
itself is the only tool that can read and modify .mdf files (at least
outside Microsoft).

I'm not sure what your real goal is, but if you need to retrieve data
from an .mdf file, then you can try attaching it to an MSSQL
installation with sp_attach_single_file_db. If you don't have an MSSQL
installation, you can download MSDE for free, although it's limited to
2GB databases.

If this isn't helpful, I suggest you give some more details of what
you're trying to do.

Simon|||I pretty much want to be able to look at a .mdf file to see what could
be mangled in it. If for some reason the application that writes to
the database gives an error because of invalid character or something
in a certain field i would like to see what field it is and what's in
it. Simply attaching it does me no good.|||If you are developing an application then you could attach the DB to
Developer Edition (cost $50) to test for this sort of problem with the
benefit of Query Analyzer, Profiler and the other tools.

Is this scenario something you have actually experienced? What makes
you think that you could have a problem caused by an "invalid
character"?

If you think a database is corrupt then the DBCC command can be used to
validate a table or database and fix these problems.

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||I don't really understand what sort of errors you're talking about. If
you can't insert data into a table, then MSSQL will return an error
message, which you need to handle in your client:

http://www.sommarskog.se/error-handling-I.html

Perhaps if you can give a more specific example of the sort of error
you're getting, someone can suggest a solution. It would also be good
to know which version of MSSQL you have, what client application or
library you're using, what query you're executing etc.

http://www.aspfaq.com/etiquette.asp?id=5006

Simon|||(mindphasr@.gmail.com) writes:
> I pretty much want to be able to look at a .mdf file to see what could
> be mangled in it.

If your database is corrupt so that you cannot easily repair it with
DBCC, you should open a case with Microsoft. Editing the internal
structures of database file will just mangle it even more.

> If for some reason the application that writes to the database gives an
> error because of invalid character or something in a certain field i
> would like to see what field it is and what's in it. Simply attaching it
> does me no good.

Your application cannot on its own corrupt the database. It would
need help from either a bug in SQL Server or bad hardware.

If your application produces an error message, you should first use the
Profiler to find where what statements the application is sending. Once
there you can run the queries in Query Analyzer. In QA you can run commands
like sp_help to see the definition of tables and constraints etc.

My guess is that you run a third-party app. In such, you should open a
support case with that vendor.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp

EDI parser

Anybody dealt with EDI parsing/composing?Iiiiiiick!

Which digi-gods did you tick off that you got that kind of an assignment ?!?! Surely you can play the piano down at the cat house until some decent work comes along!

-PatP|||Ooooooooooooooo. Ugh.

Yes I have. Are you trying to compose ANSI EDI or read it? Either way, I used to use a tool from EDIdev (www.edidev.com). Very functional and pluggable. It did not receive a lot of support from my org because it was perceived as too "custom". I think we ended up using a combination of Mercator and GenTran, plus one other tool.

I was very pleased with the EDIdev toolset however. A friend of mine swore that he could achieve the same results with XSL, but that would have required starting at ground zero and I wasn't willing to do that. FrEDI gives you a ready-built ActiveX framework from which to start; just be aware that there's still a lot of work to be done to make it functional.

Feel free to e-mail me if you want more info.

hmscott|||Icky-poo.

I worked on EDI projects for Sterling Commerce (makers of GENTRAN). It was my first intro to EDI, and it was blind-date ugly stuff. I didn't have to parse it, just dealt with the GENTRAN output, but the more I learned about it the more amazed I was that the whole thing worked at all. Kinda like watching sausage being made...|||Ooooooooooooooo. Ugh.

Yes I have. Are you trying to compose ANSI EDI or read it?
hmscott
Actually, bofem (both of them)

First I need to have an X12 intake and put the parsed results into their pathetic db, then I need to take their data that I pre-processed for NSF (Thank Codd!!!!) and create 837P/I to be submitted to Medicaid...

I thought after finishing NSF I'd never have to deal with it again...|||I'll stick by recommendation then.

1. I was able to get quick responses from them when I needed support;
2. It fit in nicely with the COM model we were using;
3. Making calls to the database from within the app was very straightforward;
4. The price was about right ($995 five years ago).

One thing we did to ease matters a bit was to create a "master" EDI database which stored things like delimiters, trading partner info and any other meta-data. Plus, we stored things like sessions, logs and sequence numbers. One or two calls to this database and we were off to the races. If we needed to change things once we hit the integration testing phase (such as flipping the flag from 'test' to 'production', it was a simple change in the database.

Mind you, this was five years ago. There may be lots of better things out there now.

Good luck!

hmscott

----------------------
When the stuff hits the fan, the president asks "where are the carriers?" Everyone else asks, "where are the backups?"

Actually, bofem (both of them)

First I need to have an X12 intake and put the parsed results into their pathetic db, then I need to take their data that I pre-processed for NSF (Thank Codd!!!!) and create 837P/I to be submitted to Medicaid...

I thought after finishing NSF I'd never have to deal with it again...|||After searching for hours, what you recommended still came up to be the only feasible tool, other than BizTalk (the client sent 3 of its guys for training, and they came back to me to actually implement it.)

When working on NSF I designed a db that would hold pre-processed collected info that is ready to be sent. The process was implemented through 1 stored procedure with 3 parameters: date, plan, and test/prod. Later I removed the 3rd because running for the same period/plan would overlay the previous results for as long as the final output is not generated. It still is a very light weight, so running against prod at 10AM does not even reveal itself to the users.

My final choice would probably be to use this EDI parser, which I'd through against NSF-designated db, instead of rewriting the whole thing from scratch.

Thanks hmscott.|||You're welcome. Glad to be of some help for a change!!!sql

EDI file - generate using SQL?

Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.What are the formats for an EDI file. Methinks you need DTS.
--
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.|||Yes it can, but it is better done client side using ADO, and even better
using BizTalk. Have a look at the FOR XML predicates for an idea of how to
do this. Its not for the faint hearted or weak kneed to do this in SQL
Server.
--
Hilary Cotter
Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
RelevantNOISE.Com - Dedicated to mining blogs for business intelligence.
This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
positions, strategies or opinions.
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
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http://www.indexserverfaq.com
"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.|||Hi Tom,
By format, do you mean ANSI X12 or EDIFACT?
I was initially leaning towards DTS but I am unsure how to map headers that
are in the EDI file with data coming out of SQL.
I read somewhere that Biztalk has the ability to do this, unfortunately I do
not have access to this tool.
If DTS can do this, please point me to an article that explains this process.
Tom, thanks for getting back to me.
"Tom Moreau" wrote:
> What are the formats for an EDI file. Methinks you need DTS.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> ..
> "niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.
>|||I don't know of any article per se but I do know that DTS is very capable -
and its SQL 2005 descendant, SSIS, is even more so. Clearly, you'll be
looking at Data Pumps with transforms. Perhaps if you posy a question in
the DTS newsgroup re EDI, you may get someone who has already done this.
Also, check out www.sqldts.com and www.sqlis.com.
--
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Tom,
By format, do you mean ANSI X12 or EDIFACT?
I was initially leaning towards DTS but I am unsure how to map headers that
are in the EDI file with data coming out of SQL.
I read somewhere that Biztalk has the ability to do this, unfortunately I do
not have access to this tool.
If DTS can do this, please point me to an article that explains this
process.
Tom, thanks for getting back to me.
"Tom Moreau" wrote:
> What are the formats for an EDI file. Methinks you need DTS.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> ..
> "niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.
>|||"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.
You have guts!
I'd say in 2005 it's much easier then 2000. I did a snarl of EDI two years
ago with maintaining multiple DC's for multiple MFGs.
I never got to try BizTalk, but they say it's now able to parse EDI easily.
other issue is dates need ' ' for use in SQL server, so using a processing
class to extract what will be pulled or manipulated in the db is the way to
go. Then you have that same class write out the lines you need in your
replies.
__Stephen

EDI file - generate using SQL?

Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.What are the formats for an EDI file. Methinks you need DTS.
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.|||Yes it can, but it is better done client side using ADO, and even better
using BizTalk. Have a look at the FOR XML predicates for an idea of how to
do this. Its not for the faint hearted or weak kneed to do this in SQL
Server.
Hilary Cotter
Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
RelevantNOISE.Com - Dedicated to mining blogs for business intelligence.
This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
positions, strategies or opinions.
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com
"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.|||Hi Tom,
By format, do you mean ANSI X12 or EDIFACT?
I was initially leaning towards DTS but I am unsure how to map headers that
are in the EDI file with data coming out of SQL.
I read somewhere that Biztalk has the ability to do this, unfortunately I do
not have access to this tool.
If DTS can do this, please point me to an article that explains this process
.
Tom, thanks for getting back to me.
"Tom Moreau" wrote:

> What are the formats for an EDI file. Methinks you need DTS.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> ..
> "niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.
>|||I don't know of any article per se but I do know that DTS is very capable -
and its SQL 2005 descendant, SSIS, is even more so. Clearly, you'll be
looking at Data Pumps with transforms. Perhaps if you posy a question in
the DTS newsgroup re EDI, you may get someone who has already done this.
Also, check out www.sqldts.com and www.sqlis.com.
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1CDBD9EC-2EE7-4651-9450-3BAB5F579971@.microsoft.com...
Hi Tom,
By format, do you mean ANSI X12 or EDIFACT?
I was initially leaning towards DTS but I am unsure how to map headers that
are in the EDI file with data coming out of SQL.
I read somewhere that Biztalk has the ability to do this, unfortunately I do
not have access to this tool.
If DTS can do this, please point me to an article that explains this
process.
Tom, thanks for getting back to me.
"Tom Moreau" wrote:

> What are the formats for an EDI file. Methinks you need DTS.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> ..
> "niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.
>|||"niv" <niv@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64BE6736-CBFF-4EAE-BF11-A6799EA1B996@.microsoft.com...
> Can an EDI file be generated using SQL 7 or SQL 2000?
> I need to be able to generate EDI files based on data from an SQL table.
You have guts!
I'd say in 2005 it's much easier then 2000. I did a snarl of EDI two years
ago with maintaining multiple DC's for multiple MFGs.
I never got to try BizTalk, but they say it's now able to parse EDI easily.
other issue is dates need ' ' for use in SQL server, so using a processing
class to extract what will be pulled or manipulated in the db is the way to
go. Then you have that same class write out the lines you need in your
replies.
__Stephen

EDB record limits and EDB vs RAPI

Two simple questions:

1. Im insterting records in a recently created EDB databse for WM 5.0, but only 16 records can be witten, does any body knows where is the property to accept more than only 16 records?

2. is there ann RAPI for manage EDB. because my aplication use a lot the RAPI that comes for CEDB, but what about EDB? does it exist?

The answer to the second part of the question is that RAPI support for EDB is not yet there.

For the first question, I would like to see the code that you are using to write the records.

Thanks.

EDB record limits and EDB vs RAPI

Two simple questions:

1. Im insterting records in a recently created EDB databse for WM 5.0, but only 16 records can be witten, does any body knows where is the property to accept more than only 16 records?

2. is there ann RAPI for manage EDB. because my aplication use a lot the RAPI that comes for CEDB, but what about EDB? does it exist?

The answer to the second part of the question is that RAPI support for EDB is not yet there.

For the first question, I would like to see the code that you are using to write the records.

Thanks.

EDB on WM. Do Do sort Orders generate index tables?

Hi,

I am developing database support for my application and I am using EDB. I would like to use sort orders to make the code easier but I was wondering if sort orders generate index tables. I mean, do they only sort the records during addition or they also generate index tables to speed up queries. In other words, do they make the database file bigger?
In the MSDN documentation I can not find anything on this.

Thanks,
GiulioHi, does anybody know the answer?
I am stuck with this.

thanks,
giulio|||

Hi Giulio2000

Moving to Sql Server compact edition forum where it has got better chances of being answered.

-Thanks,

|||

Yes, indexs do get generated. You can create a sort order and then specify the sort order you want to use while opening the database. EDB supports up to 16 different sort orders.

Manish Agnihotri

Program Manager

SQL Compact

sql

EDB - CeGetDBInformationByHandle

Hello,
I am tring to open some EDB databases... and to get the corect name using CeGetDBInformationByHandle.

My code looks like this:

*hSession = iCeCreateSession(pGuid);
if(*hSession==NULL)
return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;

if( (hwnDB=iCeOpenDatabaseInSession(*hSession,pGuid,poid,pwszName,pSort,dwFlags,pRequest)==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
DisplayMessage(GetLastError());
return;
}

// DB open
BY_HANDLE_DB_INFORMATION lpDBInfo ;

lpDBInfo.wVersion = 2;// version for EDB
if(!CeGetDBInformationByHandle(hwnDB, &lpDBInfo))
{
DisplayMessage(GetLastError()); // HERE I get sometimes error code 87 (The parameter is incorrect.)
return;
}

if(lpDBInfo.infDatabase.dwFlags |= CEDB_VALIDNAME)
DisplayMessage(lpDBInfo.infDatabase.szDbaseName);

Could anyone tell me why this is happening ?
Best regards.

I tried this, it works fine for me. Do you have the steps to reproduce this?

Ecommerce database design?

I am setting up a simple store to sell a few products and need some input on
how to design the database for the best efficiency.
Many but not all of the products I sell will have variants. For example, I
will be selling photo prints of different sizes - 5x7, 11x14, etc. , and
packs of cards in varying quantities. They are just different sizes of the
same product, so I don't really want to set each one up as a separate
product record.
However, each size will be a different price so that has to be designed for
too.
Can you direct me to an example of the best way to set up tables to allow
for such a project?
Thanks,
PaulPaul
I think the 'proper' design would call for two tables. One
for the base products, this would have a product-type ie
photo prints, product-id and any other data that was
common to all versions of the product (maybe a foreign key
to a supplier table).
The second table would be the product version table, where
you would have a row for every different version of the
product.
I say 'proper' design because depending on the amount of
data items in each table and the volumes you are dealing
with you may find your system runs better if you de-
normalise the table and make it just one table anyway.
Hope this helps. (And does not confuse.)
Regards
John

Ecommerce Database Design

First, is there a forum here for advanced database design that I'm missing?

I have an ecommerce project I'm working on for which I have to develop a database that will house many products under many categories with unlimited subcategories/levels. For example:

baseball
baseball \ weightlifting
baseball \ weightlifting \ upper body
baseball \ weightlifting \ lower body \ ...

The levels of subcategories must be completely scalable, as the administrator wants to be able to add and subtract at will. Further, there is the idea that some subcategories will transfer across other categories (ex: weightlifting would be a subcategory of multiple sports).

In previous database designs I'vesimply have a category table and maybe a subcategory table; obviously that won't work here, as the number of levels of categories is unknown.

Does anybody have any suggestions, examples, recommended books, forums, etc. to point me in the right direction?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BrianOk, Brian... I have designed simmilar type of the databases... the most important thing U should remember is that U deal with relational database instead of treewise... so U must represent the data as a couple of relations (in other words, tables) and link them in Ur queries.
So... for example... place all the categories U have into the table Categories (CatID, Name) and create the table... Relations (RelID, CatID, ParentCatID). So... the Categories should contain the data:

And the Relations would be:

RelID | CatID | ParentCatID
________________________
1 | 1 | 0 -- that means: "no parent category".
2 | 2 | 1
3 | 3 | 2
4 | 4 | 2

and so on...|||Thanks very much for the suggestion.

I was thinking about having the parentID in the category table. For example:

CatID | ParentID | CatName
-----------
1 0 Baseball
2 1 Weightlifting

...

Is there some advantage to having a separate table for the relations that I'm missing?|||oh... U can for shure ... even to say there is redundant data in my case... yes. If wonna discuss anything more... in more rapid mode... here u r : ICQ# 303978464.

Ecommerce account is logged in for a long time on SQL Server

I'm monitoring our SQL Server over the weekend to see what is happening with the Ecomm login account that allows nurses to renew licenses online. Using the standard trace template which has 2 events, "Audit Login" and "Audit Logout", I find that the avera
ge over the weekend for anything over 10 minutes is 70 minutes!
SELECT AVG(Duration / 60000) AS AverageOfMinutesLoggedIn
FROM AllNightStandardProfileForEcomm
WHERE (Duration / 60000 > 10)
Scratching my head here. Does that mean that the webserver (ecomm account using java and MS JDBC driver) logs in and stays logged in until the nurse is done? Is this done at the start of a sesssion? Does this make sense? In ADO connections you login, do t
he dirty deed, and then log out. Over and over. I'm thinking that the web people wrote the code to login at session start and logout at session end. Is that correct? I'm thinking no.
It does take a while for a nurse to renew her license(s) because they have to put in all sorts of continuing education credits. One nurse took 265 minutes! And her session was logged in to the database the whole time.
Any ideas, insites?
John
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jdnospam@.hevanet.com wrote:

> I'm monitoring our SQL Server over the weekend to see what is happening
> with the Ecomm login account that allows nurses to renew licenses online.
> Using the standard trace template which has 2 events, "Audit Login" and
>"Audit Logout", I find that the average over the weekend for anything over 10 minutes is 70 minutes!
> SELECT AVG(Duration / 60000) AS AverageOfMinutesLoggedIn
> FROM AllNightStandardProfileForEcomm
> WHERE (Duration / 60000 > 10)
> Scratching my head here. Does that mean that the webserver (ecomm account
>using java and MS JDBC driver) logs in and stays logged in until the nurse
>is done? Is this done at the start of a sesssion? Does this make sense? In
> ADO connections you login, do the dirty deed, and then log out. Over and
>over. I'm thinking that the web people wrote the code to login at session
>start and logout at session end. Is that correct? I'm thinking no.
> It does take a while for a nurse to renew her license(s) because they have
>to put in all sorts of continuing education credits. One nurse took 265 minutes!
> And her session was logged in to the database the whole time.
> Any ideas, insites?
Hi. If the JDBC client is middleware, it may be pooling connections, which is a good thing.
However, if it's a simple client, then it may keep a connection for as long as it needs,
and if it's really poorly designed, it may start a transaction to do what the nurse wants,
and then hold the connection open and do updates as the nurse does, locking data till (s)he
finishes... Maybe the application could get a connection at the start to verify the DBMS
is up, then close it and collect all the data while *not* connected to the DBMS. Then,
when it's ready to submit, re-open the connection and do the update is one quick move.
Joe Weinstein at BEA
> John
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|||jdnospam@.hevanet.com wrote:

> I'm monitoring our SQL Server over the weekend to see what is happening
> with the Ecomm login account that allows nurses to renew licenses online.
> Using the standard trace template which has 2 events, "Audit Login" and
>"Audit Logout", I find that the average over the weekend for anything over 10 minutes is 70 minutes!
> SELECT AVG(Duration / 60000) AS AverageOfMinutesLoggedIn
> FROM AllNightStandardProfileForEcomm
> WHERE (Duration / 60000 > 10)
> Scratching my head here. Does that mean that the webserver (ecomm account
>using java and MS JDBC driver) logs in and stays logged in until the nurse
>is done? Is this done at the start of a sesssion? Does this make sense? In
> ADO connections you login, do the dirty deed, and then log out. Over and
>over. I'm thinking that the web people wrote the code to login at session
>start and logout at session end. Is that correct? I'm thinking no.
> It does take a while for a nurse to renew her license(s) because they have
>to put in all sorts of continuing education credits. One nurse took 265 minutes!
> And her session was logged in to the database the whole time.
> Any ideas, insites?
Hi. If the JDBC client is middleware, it may be pooling connections, which is a good thing.
However, if it's a simple client, then it may keep a connection for as long as it needs,
and if it's really poorly designed, it may start a transaction to do what the nurse wants,
and then hold the connection open and do updates as the nurse does, locking data till (s)he
finishes... Maybe the application could get a connection at the start to verify the DBMS
is up, then close it and collect all the data while *not* connected to the DBMS. Then,
when it's ready to submit, re-open the connection and do the update is one quick move.
Joe Weinstein at BEA
> John
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|||Very good observation. I think the operative words here are:
"collect all the data while *not* connected to the DBMS".
I shudder mentioning "connection pooling" to them. NO MORE FANCY STUFF!!!
Get in, get the money, get out.
Anything else you want to comment on I would be all ears. I know they are holding everything in sessions variables, but I'm thinking they should put it all in a de-normalized holding table. Once the payment goes through, then Bang! the database gets up da
ted and we have an extra place to look to troubleshoot. Anything in a session dies when the session dies.
One other question, is the session starting when they open the browser or when they successfully login with their ID/whatever. Off topic but hey.
Cheers,
John Davis
OSBN
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|||jdnospam@.hevanet.com wrote:

> Very good observation. I think the operative words here are:
> "collect all the data while *not* connected to the DBMS".
> I shudder mentioning "connection pooling" to them. NO MORE FANCY STUFF!!!
> Get in, get the money, get out.
Good luck.

> Anything else you want to comment on I would be all ears. I know they
>are holding everything in sessions variables, but I'm thinking they
>should put it all in a de-normalized holding table. Once the payment
> goes through, then Bang! the database gets up dated and we have an
>extra place to look to troubleshoot. Anything in a session dies when the session dies.
> One other question, is the session starting when they open the browser or
> when they successfully login with their ID/whatever. Off topic but hey.
> Cheers,
> John Davis
> OSBN
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Echo sql which has been run

I am relatively new to SQL Server.

I have a command file with the following contents :
osql -E -i%1.sql -d%2 -oq:\%1.log

The sql script file has a number of insert/update statements.
The log file produced looks something like this :

1> 2> (1 row affected)
1> 2> (1 row affected)
1> 2> (0 rows affected)

Is there any setting which can be turned on such that the log file
produced from this command file will echo the statement and then
the number of rows which are affected.

TIA."Michael McGarrigle" <mjm@.barwonwater.vic.gov.au> wrote in message
news:9d0cafdc.0309111717.4dc8efaa@.posting.google.c om...
> I am relatively new to SQL Server.
> I have a command file with the following contents :
> osql -E -i%1.sql -d%2 -oq:\%1.log
> The sql script file has a number of insert/update statements.
> The log file produced looks something like this :
> 1> 2> (1 row affected)
> 1> 2> (1 row affected)
> 1> 2> (0 rows affected)
> Is there any setting which can be turned on such that the log file
> produced from this command file will echo the statement and then
> the number of rows which are affected.
> TIA.

You can try adding -e -n to your command line. It works best if each
statement is in its own batch:

update...
go
insert...
go

Like that, you get each statement with the rowcount immediately after it. If
all statements are in one batch, you'll get all the statements together then
all the rowcounts together. That might be OK for you anyway, of course.

Simonsql

Echo for SQL scripts

Hi all,

I want to see input SQL statements in the log file when I run the script in SQLPlus. I have used this set command "SET ECHO ON" for this. However, the log file looks like this -

drop table table_A
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

7444 rows deleted.

Commit complete.

Thus, the SQL statement is not visible if it is error free. Is there a way to get around this?

ThanksDid you try to SPOOL the results?
This will do it:
SET ECHO ON
SPOOL logfile.log
@.MyScript
SPOOL OFF
;)|||I added these commands in my script -

set echo on
spool log_file.log
@.script_name.sql
spool off

the log file only had this error message -

SP2-0309: SQL*Plus command procedures may only be nested to a depth of 20.|||I added these commands in my script -

set echo on
spool log_file.log
@.script_name.sql
spool off

the log file only had this error message -

SP2-0309: SQL*Plus command procedures may only be nested to a depth of 20.

This error means what it means: your script executes a script that executes a script ...etc upto more that 20 levels deep.
:rolleyes:

ECall Methods

When trying to Connect to MS SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server management Studio I get an error message as follows:

ECall methods must be packaged into a system module. (mscorlib)

Visual Studio .NET 2005 is installed on the same system as this is a development workstation.

I have no idea what is causing this and any help would be much appreciated.

If you require any further details as to the nature of this, please let me know.

Thanks

Brendan

Hi Brendan,

I have exactly the same error wen trying to connect SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server management Studio.

Did you find the solution Brendan?

Thanks,

Vlad

|||

Brendan, Vlad,

Ditto for me. I was just upgrading to SP2 and now I have this problem. I'm working with tech support to resolve it. I've already removed the Workstation Components (as they suggested), but that did not help.

I'll post any solution that I find - assume you'll do the same Smile

Coston

|||

Just to let you guys know the solution I used in resolving this problem.

I had to uninstall and reinstall .NET 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks.

Then I applied their service packs and ran the add and remove program to

repair the .NET 2.0 framework.

I can now connect successfully to all the sql server databases using management studio.

ECall Methods

When trying to Connect to MS SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server management Studio I get an error message as follows:

ECall methods must be packaged into a system module. (mscorlib)

Visual Studio .NET 2005 is installed on the same system as this is a development workstation.

I have no idea what is causing this and any help would be much appreciated.

If you require any further details as to the nature of this, please let me know.

Thanks

Brendan

Hi Brendan,

I have exactly the same error wen trying to connect SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server management Studio.

Did you find the solution Brendan?

Thanks,

Vlad

|||

Brendan, Vlad,

I'll post any solution that I find - assume you'll do the same Smile

Coston

|||

Just to let you guys know the solution I used in resolving this problem.

I had to uninstall and reinstall .NET 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks.

Then I applied their service packs and ran the add and remove program to

repair the .NET 2.0 framework.

I can now connect successfully to all the sql server databases using management studio.

ECall Methods

When trying to Connect to MS SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server management Studio I get an error message as follows:

ECall methods must be packaged into a system module. (mscorlib)

Visual Studio .NET 2005 is installed on the same system as this is a development workstation.

I have no idea what is causing this and any help would be much appreciated.

If you require any further details as to the nature of this, please let me know.

Thanks

Brendan

Hi Brendan,

I have exactly the same error wen trying to connect SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server management Studio.

Did you find the solution Brendan?

Thanks,

Vlad

|||

Brendan, Vlad,

I'll post any solution that I find - assume you'll do the same Smile

Coston

|||

Just to let you guys know the solution I used in resolving this problem.

I had to uninstall and reinstall .NET 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks.

Then I applied their service packs and ran the add and remove program to

repair the .NET 2.0 framework.

I can now connect successfully to all the sql server databases using management studio.

|||Repair install of .NET framework 2.0 solved this issue for me as well.

ECall Methods

When trying to Connect to MS SQL Server 2005 through SQL Server management Studio I get an error message as follows:

ECall methods must be packaged into a system module. (mscorlib)

Visual Studio .NET 2005 is installed on the same system as this is a development workstation.

I have no idea what is causing this and any help would be much appreciated.

If you require any further details as to the nature of this, please let me know.

Thanks

Brendan

Hi Brendan,

I have exactly the same error wen trying to connect SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server management Studio.

Did you find the solution Brendan?

Thanks,

Vlad

|||

Brendan, Vlad,

I'll post any solution that I find - assume you'll do the same Smile

Coston

|||

Just to let you guys know the solution I used in resolving this problem.

I had to uninstall and reinstall .NET 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks.

Then I applied their service packs and ran the add and remove program to

repair the .NET 2.0 framework.

I can now connect successfully to all the sql server databases using management studio.

sql

eBook for SQL server

is there any EBook for SQL server... pls give the Link

www.campus.ncl.ac.uk/databases/sqlser/refs.html

www.red-gate.com/about/news/ebook.htm

www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/48012/sql_server_48012.html

http://novian.web.ugm.ac.id/sql.php

hope this hlp u.

eBook about SQL Server

Hi to all......Mind to ask u guyes something?
Anyone has the site that having the ebook of SQL Sever 2000 ?

Thanks !!!!!books on line has almost everything you need to know about sql server. and its a free download from MS. check it out.

hth|||http://www.microsoft.com/sql/
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp

HTH|||thank u to both of u!!!! ^ ^

EBCDIC to ASCII conversion in SSIS

I tried to setup a flat file data source that has code page 37 (EBCDIC)

Then I have a flat file destionation that is ASCII.

And inbetween I have tried several different data flow conversion tasks liked Data Conversion, and Derived Column. But I keep getting errors about different code pages.

I also tried to load the EBCDIC data into a SQL Server DB, and it complains about different code page.

Has anyone been able to do this with SSIS out of the box, without any extra components ?

Clarence

EBCDIC 037 is one of the EBCDIC defined in SQL Server you have to use the collation below to create your database, tables and columns and you have to use Nvarchar and SSIS datatype for Nvarchar. To export to ASCII just do convert to Varchar before the export. Some EBCDIC code pages are not defined in SQL Server the link below shows those covered. Hope this helps.

SQL_EBCDIC037_CP1_CS_AS

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180175.aspx

|||

Wow, that's great !! I'm able to import it into a DB table now, but when I do something like this

SELECT

CONVERT(varchar(2), Rec_Type) Rec_Type

FROM dbo.CCP_FAC_EBCDIC

it's giving me an error:

An error occurred while executing batch. Error message is: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

any ideas ?

|||

I don't think your convert to varchar definition is correct because nvarchar is double bytes that is one nvarchar is two varchar so the question is what is the size of the data you are exporting to ASCII. You could avoid the error by using SELECT INTO with the convert to varchar if the varchar is not big enough to be destination for your nvarchar your SELECT INTO will fail. Hope this helps.

|||

Thank you so much for your help !! I just used Convert to nvarchar instead of varchar and it works fine !

You're a life saver !

|||

ClarenceC wrote:

Thank you so much for your help !! I just used Convert to nvarchar instead of varchar and it works fine !

You're a life saver !

I am glad I could help.

Eav

I thought it meant Extra Vehichular Activity
What do they use EAVfor in Nasa?EAV stands for "everybody's answer varies"

Q: is there anything wrong with a generic table
A: everybody's answer varies|||...Extra Vehichular Activity...

EVA. Still used as far as I know. I had not heard EAV before...it's sortta like the typical consulting answer for everything..."it depends".

Regards,

hmscott|||What EVA!!1!!!~~!!!|||well she was this saucy little german woman i used to flirt with at this job several years back.

EAV? Everybody is A Victim? I actually have a EAV - hybrid system on the board for next year.|||I bet the space station uses EAV. or is it POS?|||I bet the space station uses EAV. or is it POS?

Besides Star Wars, what other move said...

"That's no Moon, it's a Space Station"|||spaceballs?|||nope...twister

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117998/quotes

Easy!! Subquery needs to show all Sales Reps, even when null

I have a subquery that grabs all the sales reps with less then 6 visits. Only problem is, when i have a date when there are any number of sales reps that dont make visits, so the column would be null, they dont show up. I want to display these, because this report is supposed to show the visits made, so if they made none, i want it to show zero, instead of not showing the whole date column, since zero visits were made on that date that were below 6 and more then zero. Here's my stored procedure: (the subquery is highlighted)

Code Snippet

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Testing_Visits_6]

(@.Region_Key int=null)

BEGIN

SELECT dbo.Qry_Visits.Status,

dbo.Qry_Visits.Customer_code,

Qry_Sales_Group.Name,

dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SR_Name,

dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Fiscal_Week,

dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date,

dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Day_Of_Month,

dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.Region,

dbo.Qry_Visits.period_code,

dbo.Qry_Visits.cycle_day, dbo.Qry_Visits.Visits,

dbo.Qry_Visits.time_log, dbo.Qry_Visits.Mailing_Name,

dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Year,

dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Period,

CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Visits.time_log, 110) AS Date,

dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.Region_Key, dbo.Qry_Visits.[SR Code],

B.VisitsTotal

FROM dbo.Qry_Visits

INNER JOIN dbo.Qry_Sales_Group

ON dbo.Qry_Visits.[SR Code]

COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS = dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code

AND dbo.Qry_Visits.[SR Code] = dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code

COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS

INNER JOIN dbo.Qry_Date_Dim

ON CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date, 110) = CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Visits.time_log, 110)

INNER JOIN ( Select COUNT(Visits)as VisitsTotal,[Sales Responsible],CONVERT(VARCHAR,(Qry_Visits.time_log),110)TheDate,Qry_Visits.Status

FROM dbo.Qry_Visits

WHERE Qry_Visits.Status=2

GROUP by [Sales Responsible] , CONVERT(VARCHAR,(Qry_Visits.time_log),110),Qry_Visits.Status

HAVING SUM(Visits) < 6)B

ON dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SR_Name COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS = B.[Sales Responsible] COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS AND

CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date, 110) = B.TheDate

WHERE REGION_KEY=@.Region_Key and Qry_Visits.Status=2

ORDER BY dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SR_Name, CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date, 110)

You'll need to do an outer join to your date dimension

|||

is there a way i can just say, if SUM(visits) is null then 0

or something like that?

|||

either this...

coalesce(sum(visits),0)

or this...

case

when sum(visits) is null then 0

else sum(visits)

end as 'SumVisits'

|||I guess technically this doesnt work because it doesnt change anything. I guess i just need to find a way to Display all dates that have visits, since all dates show up on my other report that displays all visits, no matter how many. Would i do another subquery to grab all dates where Visit is greater then zero?|||

Replace "INNER JOIN" with "LEFT OUTER JOIN", try the following...

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Testing_Visits_6]

(@.Region_Key int=null)

BEGIN

SELECT dbo.Qry_Visits.Status,
dbo.Qry_Visits.Customer_code,
Qry_Sales_Group.Name,
dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SR_Name,
dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Fiscal_Week,
dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date,
dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Day_Of_Month,
dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.Region,
dbo.Qry_Visits.period_code,
dbo.Qry_Visits.cycle_day, dbo.Qry_Visits.Visits,
dbo.Qry_Visits.time_log, dbo.Qry_Visits.Mailing_Name,
dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Year,
dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Period,
CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Visits.time_log, 110) AS Date,
dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.Region_Key, dbo.Qry_Visits.[SR Code],
IsNull(B.VisitsTotal,0) VisitsTotal
FROM dbo.Qry_Visits
INNER JOIN dbo.Qry_Sales_Group
ON dbo.Qry_Visits.[SR Code]
COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS = dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code
AND dbo.Qry_Visits.[SR Code] = dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SalesPerson_Purchaser_Code
COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS
INNER JOIN dbo.Qry_Date_Dim
ON CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date, 110) = CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Visits.time_log, 110)
LEFT OUTER JOIN (

Select COUNT(Visits)as VisitsTotal
, [Sales Responsible]
, CONVERT( VARCHAR,(Qry_Visits.time_log),110) as TheDate
, Qry_Visits.Status
FROM dbo.Qry_Visits
WHERE Qry_Visits.Status=2
GROUP by [Sales Responsible] , CONVERT(VARCHAR,(Qry_Visits.time_log),110),Qry_Visits.Status
HAVING SUM(Visits) < 6

)B
ON dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SR_Name COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS = B.[Sales Responsible] COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS AND

CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date, 110) = B.TheDate
WHERE REGION_KEY=@.Region_Key and Qry_Visits.Status=2
ORDER BY dbo.Qry_Sales_Group.SR_Name, CONVERT(varchar, dbo.Qry_Date_Dim.Date_Dimension_Date, 110)

END

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thank you, Subhash.

Although it is not a good news for me, at least it saved me from time consuming searching on the web :-)

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