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all groups > sql server mseq > august 2004

Select Expression Operators
Posted by Gary K at 8/30/2004 10:49:06 PM
Sorry for what must seem like a dumb question, but I was wondering why I keep getting "<operator> not recognized" errors when I try to use the following sql clause: SELECT personid, IIF(LEN(ISNULL(middlename, '')) = 0, firstname + ' ' + lastname, firstname + ' ' + middlename + ' ' + lastnam...more >>


Only get dates
Posted by Gary K at 8/26/2004 10:19:04 PM
Can anyone help me create an expression for a column in a query that holds only the date portion of a smalldatetime column? I've tried DatePart and had a look around for other functions but I couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance,...more >>

IIS Logs Max Per Hour
Posted by Simon Jelinek at 8/26/2004 8:13:51 AM
Hi Being very new to SQL so iam hoping that this will be easy. Using a dts package to transfer IIS logs into a SQL database i would now like to knpw of there is any resource that gives some idea on the best stats to take from IIS Logs. i have create a query that is a count of [c-ip]...more >>

Sql Server Reporting Services Download
Posted by Connie Ulehla at 8/25/2004 2:56:10 PM
We have a legal copy of Sql Server and want to use Sql Reporting Services. Where can we download a real copy not a test or time-limited one? Thanks....more >>

SQL Question
Posted by anonymous NO[at]SPAM discussions.microsoft.com at 8/23/2004 8:09:47 AM
Hi, everyone: I was trying to create a tempory table and then join it with other existing tables to do some query. I know in DB2 SQL you can do the following: WITH temp (var1 var2) as ( select field1, field2 from table1 ) select tb1.field2, tb2.var2 from temp as tb1, table...more >>

anyone can give solution for this problem
Posted by Nilesh Barbhaya at 8/21/2004 2:01:18 AM
2004-08-21 11:52:38.64 spid52 Error: 0, Severity: 19, State: 0 2004-08-21 11:52:38.64 spid52 language_exec: Process 52 generated an access violation. SQL Server is terminating this process.. 2004-08-21 11:56:12.93 spid52 Using 'sqlimage.dll' version '4.0.5' Stack Dump being sent ...more >>

Null values
Posted by Loretta at 8/17/2004 3:24:44 PM
How can I replace null value of a column in a query with something like 'TEST' for eg. if I run the query select contract_num, prodid from product if the contract_num is null, it should return 'TEST' instead of NULL. how can I do so? Thank you, -Loretta...more >>

Sequence
Posted by Mike at 8/17/2004 2:38:27 PM
I need to create sequence numbers for a column in a table, I wanted to find out how can I create it? I have a column, depending if the file type ='A' the fileNumber should be 'A001' The next record could have the file type='B', in this case the filenumber should be 'B001', if the next file ...more >>



Help on SQL Syantax
Posted by Annette at 8/16/2004 11:30:17 PM
Dear Anyone, I am no expert with SQL server but I am trying obtain some data from this server using SQL syntax, I would like to average out the data by correction_col_date below, can anyone help please! SELECT SAMPLE.PRODUCT_VERSION, PRODUCT.DESCRIPTION, SAMPLE.PRODUCT, SAMPLE.PRODUCT_...more >>

finding records using a Date expresion
Posted by Bob at 8/16/2004 10:59:24 AM
how do I find all records that were created before today minus 150 days. I could easily do this in MsAccess by doing the following by filtering off of the Date created field using the expresion of <Now ()-150...more >>

Order By - Conditional
Posted by Wes at 8/13/2004 5:04:53 AM
I wish to include a condition in my order by statement. i.e. If the value of Field X > Y then Order by Field X, else Order by Field Z. I have tried inserting a select case but i cannot get it to work Here is an extract from the table Order_ID Status Name 50 10 Michael 5...more >>

Query
Posted by Kim at 8/12/2004 11:56:32 AM
I have duplicate records in a table based on say OrderNum, I would like to copy 1st record for each OrderNum from this table into a new table and then update the OrderNum record in the 2nd table with values from rest of the records in the 1st table, can someone help me in doing this? Ex. ...more >>

Date Format
Posted by Ibrahim Awwad at 8/12/2004 3:03:02 AM
Dear All,, Date is entered on the table on the format of dd/mm/yyyy. When I see the table I can see it in correct order ddmmyyyy. In the Query Analyzer, I see it yyyymmdd. In addition the more seriouse proble is that when I right a statement to choose an exact date or date interval, I have ...more >>

filtering groups
Posted by novice at 8/11/2004 9:19:55 AM
I need to write a query that will return the most recent incident within a related group, but I want a value returned for each instance of that group even if there's only one event recorded for them. Ex: The last transaction made by each buyer regardless of how many transactions they hav...more >>

Update query analyzer grid results?
Posted by Bruce H at 8/10/2004 10:40:21 AM
Is it possible to do updates to a grid result from the query analyzer? i.e. select * from ABCD gives a grid result (w/ PK cols), can I edit one or more fields in the gride and update ? The help files seem to indicate that it is possible ("Rules for Updating Results"), but I seem to be m...more >>

Sorting information using query analyser
Posted by Chris Scott at 8/10/2004 8:43:02 AM
Hi all, I am trying to sort a really large file of information and I need some help as I cant work out how to get some of it. the fields I have are: csbytes cscookie csuriquery I need to program to get: A list of the distinct values in cs bytes ( got have done this one using: SELECT D...more >>

Restore runs longer in batch mode
Posted by cbriscoejr at 8/6/2004 7:27:03 AM
I have created a Job that uses "cmcexec" to execute a SQL script. This Job brings SQL to single_user mode then restores from a directory that is local to the server. 1) When I run this restore in the GUI it takes 15 minutes but is still executing (1 + hours). 2) How can I tell that it ...more >>

Date calculation
Posted by Bob at 8/3/2004 10:37:13 AM
Im relatively new with sql and im having a problem creating a criteria based on todays date less 150 days. I tried to use the following... < GetDate () -150 however it will not let me use this. I know that there must be away to do this, but I need help.. Thank you in advance...more >>


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