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Import Human-Readable text file into SQL Server 2000
Posted by sstorhaug NO[at]SPAM webuniverse.net at 9/30/2003 10:03:01 PM
Hello,
I am receiving a text file that is produced from a mainframe that is
out of my control. I am attempting to find a (hopefully clean) way to
import it into a SQL Server database in an automated fashion. I am
not really concerned about how many tables it requires or what the
schema look... more >>
FoxPro Index called from SQL Server
Posted by Steve Perry at 9/30/2003 6:54:46 PM
Hi,
I have a large FoxPro table with an index that I need to be Queried from SQL
Server by OLE.DB or ODBC. If I query the DBF directly a search takes 1
Minute +. Is there a way I can call the data from the table and use the
existing FoxPro Index?
Thanks
Steve
... more >>
Retrieve One Row at a time
Posted by chris NO[at]SPAM dagran.com at 9/30/2003 5:43:13 PM
Hi,
I am going to be difficult here... How do I retrieve one row at a
time from a table without using a cursor?
For example, I have a table with 100 rows. I want to retrieve the
data from row 1, do some stuff to it and send it on to anther table,
then I want to grab
row 2, do some stuff ... more >>
Calculating Time Difference
Posted by Shaun at 9/30/2003 4:02:58 PM
Hi,
I have a table called Bookings which has two important columns;
Booking_Start_Time and Booking_End_Time. These columns are both of type
DATETIME. Given any day how can I calculate how many hours are available
between the hours of 09.00 and 17.30 so a user can see at a glance how many
hour... more >>
Return Value in a Stored Procedure
Posted by frank niedermeyer at 9/30/2003 3:49:50 PM
Hello Newsgroup !
My Tools are:
Windows 2000, VBA(Access 2000) and MS SQL Server 7.0
I wrote in an *.adp project (Access 2000) a Stored Procedure "xyz"
with parameters a,b
In my VBA Code i wrote:
Dim par As New ADODB.Parameter
Cmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
Cmd.CommandText = "[p... more >>
how to add column in database at runtime.
Posted by NetPointer at 9/30/2003 3:00:02 PM
Hello all,
I m trying to add a column in my database (it is a csv file)
but it is giving me following exception.
------exception------------
{System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException}
ErrorCode: -2147467259
Errors: {System.Data.OleDb.OleDbErrorCollection}
HelpLink: Nothing
InnerException: Nothing
... more >>
TEMPDB now at 4 GB
Posted by steve.archer NO[at]SPAM deaconessokc.org at 9/30/2003 2:05:04 PM
I have shut down the SQL agent, rebooted the box and still my TEMPDB
is at 4 GB plus. Is there any way to shrink it another way?... more >>
Cannot convert Varchar to Numeric issue
Posted by Michel at 9/30/2003 1:34:21 PM
Hi again all,
I have a small issue. Here's an example dataset :
F1 F2 F3
1 0.58 Hi
2 0.70 Hello
3 Fail Bye
4 <Null> Hi
When I write this statement :
SELECT SUM(CONVERT(DECIMAL(16,8),F2)) MySum
FROM T1
WHERE IsNumeric(IsNull(F2,'X'))=1
I get "Can... more >>
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SQL Server Hogs 100% CPU
Posted by abbasrazam NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 9/30/2003 12:28:03 PM
I am running a t-sql script which makes a bunch of calls to stored
procedures, updates few tables and inserts records. I do this in Begin
Tran and commit. The problem I am having is that SQL Server hogs 100%
of cpu. This degrades the performance of other applications obviously.
The memory it use... more >>
Looping database queries
Posted by julian.rickards NO[at]SPAM ndm.gov.on.ca at 9/30/2003 10:58:09 AM
Hi, newbie here:
I have created a small (5 fields) Access table which I will be
converting to MS-SQL Server format when the ASP code has been
completed. It is basically a collection of links to news releases from
mining companies. The group of people who will be browsing this
database want to... more >>
Many fields update from a Group by Clause
Posted by Michel at 9/30/2003 9:26:29 AM
Hi All,
In Oracle, I can easily make this query :
UPDATE t1 SET (f1,f2)=(SELECT AVG(f3),SUM(f4)
FROM t2
WHERE t2.f5=t1.f6)
WHERE f5='Something'
I cannot seem to be able to do the same thing with MS-... more >>
Connection.CommandTimeout
Posted by peter.dawson NO[at]SPAM kingsch.nhs.uk at 9/30/2003 6:33:02 AM
Running VB6 with SQL Server 7, opening a connection and setting this
parameter by Conn.CommandTimeout does not always seem to force a
command (stored procedure) executed through Conn.Execute to timeout
after the specified period. Is anybody able to suggest what may be
going on here.
Thanks... more >>
where clause messed up
Posted by PipHans at 9/29/2003 9:31:36 PM
Hi,
Consider this (light example):
SELECT [template].[id], [template].[navn], [tvalues].[id]
FROM template LEFT JOIN Tvalues ON [tvalues].[templateid]=[template].[id]
This returns ok. But I have a clause on the Tvalues like this:
WHERE [tvalues].[nr]=1;
Now I dont get what I want any... more >>
Cursor, Query, View and Recordset
Posted by sci at 9/29/2003 7:07:14 PM
Could someone help me by answering the questions below?
What's a cursor?
What's difference between Query and View?
Is a RecordSet just part of a table? Can it be part of a query of view?
If the content in a table changed, is it necessary for a old recordset to
renew itself by do "Requery()"?... more >>
About virus
Posted by ALEX KLEIN at 9/29/2003 5:15:48 PM
During last 10 days I receive a lot of viruses in my email. Analysis showed
me that this virus touched all users that participate in news server.
Article http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ec5O0B4qcg0V30B85D0Ap
that I read today proved this.
I recommend to everybody who care about his... more >>
Select, insert and delete queries timing out
Posted by Simon Withers at 9/29/2003 2:01:57 PM
I am using a sql server 2000 database to log the results from a monitor
that I have running - essentially every minuite, the table described
below has a insert and delete statements similar to the ones below run
againt it.
Everything is fine for a few weeks, and then without fail, all accesses... more >>
Rows as Columns
Posted by Guinness Mann at 9/29/2003 12:30:53 PM
I know this is a self join, but I can't remember exactly how it goes.
Could someone help me out?
create table A
{
int idA,
varchar(30) dataA
}
create table B
{
int idB,
varchar(30) dataB
}
create table A_B
{
int idA references A(idA),
int idB references B(idB)
}
inse... more >>
SQL Server Monitoring
Posted by rsanderson NO[at]SPAM allmerica.com at 9/29/2003 11:19:31 AM
I am currently evaluating Quest (Foglight & Spotlight) vs. BMC (Patrol
& DBXray) and I am soliciting feedback from the community on these two
products or any others that I should check out. Any success stories,
shortcomings or anything else that you may be able to contribute to my
Proof of Conce... more >>
SELECT a random row for each different Type
Posted by Yannick Turgeon at 9/29/2003 9:43:07 AM
Hello all,
I'm using SS 2000
Based on the following table and data:
CREATE TABLE T (
F1 VARCHAR(1),
F2 INT,
F3 INT)
/* T has no unique key */
/* The data */
INSERT INTO T
SELECT 'A' AS F1, 1 AS F2, 10 AS F3
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', 2, 12
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', 3, 11
... more >>
multi-thread tasks using a single connection object concurrently
Posted by hui_km NO[at]SPAM star-quest.com at 9/29/2003 6:56:45 AM
is it possible to use a single connection object shared by several
tasks where each task is handled by a thread? these tasks call stored
procedures that return record sets, no editing, update or delete.
my objective is that db connection is expensive and each user can only
have 1 connection ob... more >>
Order by clause
Posted by romeo9225 NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 9/29/2003 6:54:40 AM
If I use the order by clause to sort on a date, where the date and
time stamp are the exact same for multiple records, how does SQL
output the data?
At random... or does it look at the primary key?... more >>
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