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Challenge me!
Posted by Pierre at 1/25/2004 10:16:32 PM
I need interesting / challenging SQL problems. What's the most difficult problem with an elegant solution that you have Here's an example of a problem I found to be mildly entertaining Tables Client - ClientID (int), ClientName (varchar Order - OrderID (int), ClientID (int), OrderDate (datetim...more >>

Error in restore
Posted by Yass at 1/25/2004 9:26:25 PM
Dear Newsgroup, I am using sql server 2000 over win 2000 server with service pack 4. I have been given a back up of a database (I have tried both from T-SQL and Enterprise Manager) T-SQL RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'c:\A.bck' RESTORE DATABASE B FROM DISK = 'c:\A.bck' ...more >>

Left Outer Join Problem
Posted by David Smith at 1/25/2004 8:35:15 PM
Hi, although I'm sure I should know the answer to this one, I'm writing a query that's posing a problem. In essence, I need to list all products and what was sold during a particular period. The three tables are STOCK, INVOICE and INVOICE_ITEM. Stock is linked to INVOICE_ITEM through stock_cod...more >>

Cross Tab queries
Posted by venkata at 1/25/2004 7:55:20 PM
Hello SQL Gurus, There are 3 tables x ,Y AND XY i.e., X is one Dimenstion table Y is another Dimension table By Joining the Row and the Column dimension table we get the cell which we need to check in the XY table whether that data exists or not If it exists then display the descript...more >>

Get column total on same line
Posted by Steve Beach at 1/25/2004 7:48:38 PM
Is there a better way of doing this? I thought there might be a better way to calculate the JobTotalCost rather then basically running the same query twice. Note: POTotalCost is actually a SUM(xxxx) of some other fields. I simplied this example a bit. Thanks ================ Sample Q...more >>

How to create/remove instance by programming
Posted by Trojan at 1/25/2004 7:46:05 PM
Hi, Is there any way to create instance in SQL 2000 by VB .NET or scripting also to remove or uninstall it? Thanks you very much, Mich...more >>

Regular Expressions
Posted by A.M at 1/25/2004 7:00:01 PM
Hi, Is there any Regular Exressions support in SQL Server ? Thanks, Ali ...more >>

current datetime in trigger
Posted by T. Wintershoven at 1/25/2004 3:12:14 PM
Hello all, I'm new to sql programming and i cann't find the answer to a small problem. I've seen some examples but nothing works. Maybe one of you can help me with it. I have - a database called DBTEST - a table called tblNAW - one of my fields called LASTMOD (tinydatetime) I would lik...more >>



Two questions
Posted by Anirban at 1/25/2004 2:31:54 PM
1. What is the difference between procedure and stored procedure ? 2. Thouh we have advantage of stored procedure why do we use query ? Thanks, Paul ...more >>

trigger after update problem
Posted by yusuf tulgar at 1/25/2004 2:17:23 PM
look at the trigger (on part 2).. when I update data on table (look at on part 4 ) only trigger works for if HAREKET_TIPI=4 none of if HAREKET_TIPI=1,if HAREKET_TIPI=2,if HAREKET_TIPI=3 conditions works and opininon ? big thanks before answer 1-------------------------------------------...more >>

character limitations in SQL2000
Posted by Doug at 1/25/2004 1:29:03 PM
I was wondering the best way to maintain a complete description that is being passed to me via XML from a thrid party site. This site allows users to use html in formatting their descriptions which creates obviously more characters then a standard text description. Therefore, in some o...more >>

DBCS to UNICODE via COLLATE
Posted by Vlad at 1/25/2004 12:45:13 PM
Hello all, The following code converts DBCS to UNICODE ----start DECLARE @ToDecode VARCHAR(10) SET @ToDecode = CHAR(150) + CHAR(123) DECLARE @Decoder TABLE (Decoded VARCHAR(10) COLLATE Japanese_UNICODE_BIN) INSERT @Decoder VALUES (CAST(@ToDecode AS VARBINARY(10))) SELECT @ToDecode [ToD...more >>

Filtering records in a stored procedure using IN keyword (SQL7)
Posted by Vince C. at 1/25/2004 11:05:42 AM
Hi. I'd like to use a stored procedure to filter records from an SQL 7 database. It should have an argument that allows me to pass either a single value or a comma-separated list of values. The argument should be used in a WHERE clause: Create Procedure Filter( @Filter varchar(256) ) As ...more >>

returning data from SQL Server to ASP.NET page
Posted by Rod Snyder at 1/25/2004 10:50:43 AM
I'm trying to set up an asp.net (vb.net) that will allow a user to insert/update a bio/profile. I wanted to create a SQL Server 2000 table that includes their contact info and bio info. However, I'm not getting SQL Server to accept more than about two paragraphs of info. I've tried the datatypes...more >>

How do I format an int + tinyint datatype to a formatted string
Posted by Top Gun at 1/25/2004 10:10:00 AM
I would like to accomplish the following in a view: Two columns such as: BatchID (type int) = 54321 BatchSeq (type tinyint) = 1 View will return a formatted character string concontenating the above as 00054321-001 IOW, I want to add leading zeroes to and fixed lengths in t...more >>

Performance Monitor Counters
Posted by Mike at 1/25/2004 8:22:51 AM
I would like to insert my Windows 2000 Advanced Server performance counters into SQL Server 2000 database every hour. How would I set up Windows 2000 Advanced Server to write out the performance monitor output to a .csv file. Then I could set up a job to DTS the file into the SQL Server...more >>

Help with Expanding on an existing query
Posted by Peter Newman at 1/25/2004 4:56:05 AM
i am running a query for an invoice generating appplication. The query below works well, but i m trying to expand on it slight The 'sum(c.BHYear_transcount) As Counts' returns the number of transactions recieved in the given month, however it is counting two types of transactions The type of t...more >>


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