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all groups > sql server new users > march 2005 > threads for march 29 - 31, 2005

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Update at group
Posted by Philip L Holmes at 3/31/2005 2:08:22 PM
Is it possible to update for a group statement, I want to do the following but keep getting errors : CREATE PROCEDURE ARCustomerRebalance AS begin update cust_detail set curr_bal = (select(sum(ar_master.bal_amt)) from cust_detail, ar_master where (cust_detail.cust_code = ar_ma...more >>


add "order" col in query?
Posted by r at 3/31/2005 9:52:36 AM
How can I create a column in a query that simply creates an number listing the order of the rows? Row 1 would contain 1, 2 would contain 2, etc. I need to sort a table based on a bunch of fields and then "rank" the results. Thanks. ...more >>

Casting as datetime
Posted by Christoph at 3/31/2005 7:46:08 AM
I can do the following SELECT CAST( '20050331' as datetime) and I will get back 3/31/2005 How can I format the string being cast to include the time as well? I've tried SELECT CAST( '20050331T115959' as datetime) SELECT CAST( '20050331115959PM' as datetime) SELECT CAST( '2005033123...more >>

Querie & subquerie
Posted by Luiz Horacio at 3/30/2005 4:38:03 PM
Hi, I'm trying to create a subquerie but it is returning a weird result. Queries: Querie 1: select grupos_tipos from tipo where num_abs = 8 Result 1: 33010013,33010021,33010030,33010048,33010056,33010064 Querie 2: select mne from laudos_amb where codigo in ...more >>

Max() question
Posted by r at 3/30/2005 4:30:14 PM
I have a table with the following fields: ID SalesAmt SalesMonth Every month the table gets updated with sales values from the previous month. If a particular ID doesn't have sales, there is no record. I need a query/view showing ONLY the records for the latest month posted for each ID....more >>

how to refer to col names?
Posted by r at 3/30/2005 1:27:11 PM
I am creating a VIEW, and in it I can successfully create a column named YTD_OSO. The data in this column is created by doing calculations on two other fields that are money-type (in another test they were float). So far, so good. See snip of code below: CASE WHEN aipdn.D017_all.YTD_TotO...more >>

why cannot just backup the log
Posted by Michael at 3/30/2005 11:35:54 AM
When I tried to backup the log of the database, found the option for backup log is disabled, why this happened? ...more >>

Modify sp_helpdb output
Posted by isabelle at 3/30/2005 11:31:11 AM
Hi, Is there any way to modify the output of sp_helpdb? Sometimes I would like to run it and only see a few of the columns instead of the complete output so I can save to a file for reporting purposes. Is there anyway to specify what columns you want it to return instead of everything? ...more >>



error converting varchar to col of data type int
Posted by r at 3/30/2005 11:28:09 AM
I'm finally getting somewhere, but getting an error message and not sure how to get around it. I'm guessing it's a text/numeric issue, but not sure what to do to fix it. Anyone know what I can do? Here's the message: Server: Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Syntax error converting the v...more >>

Error handling
Posted by Ramakant at 3/30/2005 10:31:31 AM
hi, I am sort of new at this...is there a way of handling errors using try..catch in sql server? I know of @@error and @@rowCount but is there an option for try-catch kind of stuff? thanks in advance. Ramakant ...more >>

Cross-database relationships
Posted by TJ LaPierre at 3/30/2005 7:33:05 AM
Can this be done or do all of your company tables have to be put into one large database? I can't find anything in the SQL Help files. -- Hey, I've got some books and I'm doing my best......more >>

Best way to insert data to MSDE
Posted by Eli at 3/30/2005 2:01:02 AM
Hello. I'm creating a stand-alone windows application using the MSDE server. Performance issues in this application are big-deal to my client. I need to insert data to the database in rate of – 2MB / sec. Each insert action should insert ~ 10-40 MB to the database. My questions are: 1. Wha...more >>

help with CASE
Posted by r at 3/29/2005 9:48:36 AM
Hello, I posted yesterday not understanding why the sql from Access wasn't working in sql. As was explained, IIF doesn't exist in sql and I must use CASE. I have looked through the link that was provided, and see the samples use other statements like "Use" and "Go" and it doesn't look like I...more >>


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