Multi-value parameter dropdown horizontal scrollbar problem

Hi,

I wonder if anyone ecountered (and successfully solved) the following problem:

I have a query-based multi-valued parameter (let's call it "A"). When query that populates the parameter returns only one value and that value is a long text, then it's almost impossible to select this value through the Report Manager UI. It's because the horizontal scrollbar covers the value.

For now I have found two workarounds to this problem:

1. Cut the lenght of the Parameter Label value (Instead of 'Large Power Transformer", I show "Large Power Tran...")

2. Make the label in the multi-value dropdown smaller by using custom style sheets for report manager. I added a "LABEL { font-size: 7pt; }" section to the Htmlviewer.css and modified the RSReportServer.config file to point to the Htmlviewer.css (for info on how to do this please see: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345247.aspx)

So far I am using the No 2. workaround. Any other suggestions on final solution to that matter would be highly appreciated.

Hi,

This is a bug, which was fixed in SQL Server 2005 in a post-SP1 QFE, and in Visual Studio controls in VS 2005 SP1. The fix will also ship in the upcoming SQL Server 2005 SP2.

Multi-Table Linked Query?

I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
multi-table query work. The following works:
SELECT order_number from
remote.staging.dbo.orders
where
company_code = 'Company1' and
order_number = '005579974620040304'
However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
linked server good only for one table?
Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
same DB with a join. Thank you.
DaveKCould you please post your join query ?
-jens Suessmeyer.|||Hello Dave,
I belive that linked tables arn't so much for queries but for server
operaitons (backups etc).
As an example of a joined table on the same server, it is often useful to
see it another way - as a simple join using a WHERE statement so you can see
the function of joining:
SELECT name_table.first_name, address_table.street_number
FROM name_table, address_table
WHERE name_table.address_id = address_table.address_id
In this example I am linking the two tables by the address_id field.
So using a JOIN you would use:
SELECT name_table.first_name, address_table.street_number
FROM name_table
INNER JOIN
address_table ON name_table.address_id = address_table.address_id
Does this help you a little bit?
"DaveK" <DaveK@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:509461C5-1A63-4979-AA81-212139DB467A@.microsoft.com...
>I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on
> the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK|||If you use table identifiers, that should work:
ie:
select top 1* from [Test1].[MyDB].[dbo].[Table1] a inner jo
in
[Test1].[MyDB].[dbo].[Table2] b
on b.Col1=a.Col1
"DaveK" wrote:

> I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on th
e
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK|||Hi Dave
You should be fine with more than one table, but without seeing the query or
the exact error text or number it is hard to say exactly which is wrong. It
sounds like you have a typo.
John
"DaveK" wrote:

> I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on th
e
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK|||Thanks for the inputs everyone. After looking at your examples, I did get s
ome
progress. Here is the exact query:
select c.test_code, d.result_code
from server1.staging.dbo.tests c
right join server1.staging.dbo.results d
on c.company_code = d.company_code and
c.order_number = d.order_number and
c.test_code = d.test_code
where c.company_code = 'Company'
and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
and d.result_code = '35645AA1'
Now what I get is:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' reported an error. Execution terminated by the
provider because a resource limit was reached.
[OLE/DB provider returned message: Timeout expired]
OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'SQLOLEDB' ICommandText::Execute
returned 0x80040e31: Execution terminated by the provider because a resourc
e
limit was reached.].
These tables have several million rows. The error, after 15 minutes, looks
to me like the linked server was trying to send the whole tables. This
should not be.
A single query with no join, like this one:
select c.test_code, c.result_code, c.value
from server1.staging.dbo.results c
where c.company_code = 'Company'
and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
and c.result_code = '35645AA1'
normally takes 3 seconds
Am I on the right track with the limitations of a linked server? I was able
to get OPENQUERY style querys to work with my join syntax, so I am pretty
sure I am using the correct syntax. They only took 3 seconds as well. BTW,
the linked server is 2,000 miles away, but we have a good connection.|||Hi Dave
Your error is probably the remote query timing out
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;314530
As OPENQUERY is working so well I assume that you are going to use that?
John
"DaveK" wrote:

> Thanks for the inputs everyone. After looking at your examples, I did get
some
> progress. Here is the exact query:
> select c.test_code, d.result_code
> from server1.staging.dbo.tests c
> right join server1.staging.dbo.results d
> on c.company_code = d.company_code and
> c.order_number = d.order_number and
> c.test_code = d.test_code
> where c.company_code = 'Company'
> and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
> and d.result_code = '35645AA1'
> Now what I get is:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
> OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' reported an error. Execution terminated by the
> provider because a resource limit was reached.
> [OLE/DB provider returned message: Timeout expired]
> OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'SQLOLEDB' ICommandText::Execute
> returned 0x80040e31: Execution terminated by the provider because a resou
rce
> limit was reached.].
> These tables have several million rows. The error, after 15 minutes, look
s
> to me like the linked server was trying to send the whole tables. This
> should not be.
> A single query with no join, like this one:
> select c.test_code, c.result_code, c.value
> from server1.staging.dbo.results c
> where c.company_code = 'Company'
> and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
> and c.result_code = '35645AA1'
> normally takes 3 seconds
>
> Am I on the right track with the limitations of a linked server? I was ab
le
> to get OPENQUERY style querys to work with my join syntax, so I am pretty
> sure I am using the correct syntax. They only took 3 seconds as well. BT
W,
> the linked server is 2,000 miles away, but we have a good connection.
>|||I think I have narrowed down the problem some more.
If I use a search string in single quotes, it runs pretty fast. However if
I built the search string as a variable (declare @.search_string ...,) then
use that in my where clause, everything goes to pot timewise.
forinstance:
select c.order_number, c.value
from remote1.staging.dbo.orders c
where c.company_code = 'Company1'
and c.order_number = @.accession_string
this takes forever and times out.
Why would one form of the same data (literals in single quotes vs. string
variable change the query so much?|||Hi Dave
I am not sure why it does this, you may want to try using profiler on the
local and remote machines to see what gets sent to them, to determine if thi
s
is the query optimiser or the OLEDB driver that is having problems.
Assuming @.accession_string is a char(10), you may want to try:
EXEC remote1.master.dbo.sp_executesql
N'select c.order_number, c.value from staging.dbo.orders c
where c.company_code = ''Company1''
and c.order_number = @.accession',
N'@.accession char(10)',
@.accession_string
John
"DaveK" wrote:

> I think I have narrowed down the problem some more.
> If I use a search string in single quotes, it runs pretty fast. However
if
> I built the search string as a variable (declare @.search_string ...,) then
> use that in my where clause, everything goes to pot timewise.
> forinstance:
> select c.order_number, c.value
> from remote1.staging.dbo.orders c
> where c.company_code = 'Company1'
> and c.order_number = @.accession_string
> this takes forever and times out.
> Why would one form of the same data (literals in single quotes vs. string
> variable change the query so much?
>

Multi-Table Linked Query?

I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
multi-table query work. The following works:
SELECT order_number from
remote.staging.dbo.orders
where
company_code = 'Company1' and
order_number = '005579974620040304'
However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
linked server good only for one table?
Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
same DB with a join. Thank you.
DaveK
Could you please post your join query ?
-jens Suessmeyer.
|||Hello Dave,
I belive that linked tables arn't so much for queries but for server
operaitons (backups etc).
As an example of a joined table on the same server, it is often useful to
see it another way - as a simple join using a WHERE statement so you can see
the function of joining:
SELECT name_table.first_name, address_table.street_number
FROM name_table, address_table
WHERE name_table.address_id = address_table.address_id
In this example I am linking the two tables by the address_id field.
So using a JOIN you would use:
SELECT name_table.first_name, address_table.street_number
FROM name_table
INNER JOIN
address_table ON name_table.address_id = address_table.address_id
Does this help you a little bit?
"DaveK" <DaveK@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:509461C5-1A63-4979-AA81-212139DB467A@.microsoft.com...
>I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on
> the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK
|||If you use table identifiers, that should work:
ie:
select top 1* from [Test1].[MyDB].[dbo].[Table1] a inner join
[Test1].[MyDB].[dbo].[Table2] b
on b.Col1=a.Col1
"DaveK" wrote:

> I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK
|||Hi Dave
You should be fine with more than one table, but without seeing the query or
the exact error text or number it is hard to say exactly which is wrong. It
sounds like you have a typo.
John
"DaveK" wrote:

> I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK
|||Thanks for the inputs everyone. After looking at your examples, I did get some
progress. Here is the exact query:
select c.test_code, d.result_code
from server1.staging.dbo.tests c
right join server1.staging.dbo.results d
on c.company_code = d.company_code and
c.order_number = d.order_number and
c.test_code = d.test_code
where c.company_code = 'Company'
and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
and d.result_code = '35645AA1'
Now what I get is:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' reported an error. Execution terminated by the
provider because a resource limit was reached.
[OLE/DB provider returned message: Timeout expired]
OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'SQLOLEDB' ICommandText::Execute
returned 0x80040e31: Execution terminated by the provider because a resource
limit was reached.].
These tables have several million rows. The error, after 15 minutes, looks
to me like the linked server was trying to send the whole tables. This
should not be.
A single query with no join, like this one:
select c.test_code, c.result_code, c.value
from server1.staging.dbo.results c
where c.company_code = 'Company'
and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
and c.result_code = '35645AA1'
normally takes 3 seconds
Am I on the right track with the limitations of a linked server? I was able
to get OPENQUERY style querys to work with my join syntax, so I am pretty
sure I am using the correct syntax. They only took 3 seconds as well. BTW,
the linked server is 2,000 miles away, but we have a good connection.
|||Hi Dave
Your error is probably the remote query timing out
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314530
As OPENQUERY is working so well I assume that you are going to use that?
John
"DaveK" wrote:

> Thanks for the inputs everyone. After looking at your examples, I did get some
> progress. Here is the exact query:
> select c.test_code, d.result_code
> from server1.staging.dbo.tests c
> right join server1.staging.dbo.results d
> on c.company_code = d.company_code and
> c.order_number = d.order_number and
> c.test_code = d.test_code
> where c.company_code = 'Company'
> and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
> and d.result_code = '35645AA1'
> Now what I get is:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
> OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' reported an error. Execution terminated by the
> provider because a resource limit was reached.
> [OLE/DB provider returned message: Timeout expired]
> OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'SQLOLEDB' ICommandText::Execute
> returned 0x80040e31: Execution terminated by the provider because a resource
> limit was reached.].
> These tables have several million rows. The error, after 15 minutes, looks
> to me like the linked server was trying to send the whole tables. This
> should not be.
> A single query with no join, like this one:
> select c.test_code, c.result_code, c.value
> from server1.staging.dbo.results c
> where c.company_code = 'Company'
> and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
> and c.result_code = '35645AA1'
> normally takes 3 seconds
>
> Am I on the right track with the limitations of a linked server? I was able
> to get OPENQUERY style querys to work with my join syntax, so I am pretty
> sure I am using the correct syntax. They only took 3 seconds as well. BTW,
> the linked server is 2,000 miles away, but we have a good connection.
>
|||I think I have narrowed down the problem some more.
If I use a search string in single quotes, it runs pretty fast. However if
I built the search string as a variable (declare @.search_string ...,) then
use that in my where clause, everything goes to pot timewise.
forinstance:
select c.order_number, c.value
from remote1.staging.dbo.orders c
where c.company_code = 'Company1'
and c.order_number = @.accession_string
this takes forever and times out.
Why would one form of the same data (literals in single quotes vs. string
variable change the query so much?
|||Hi Dave
I am not sure why it does this, you may want to try using profiler on the
local and remote machines to see what gets sent to them, to determine if this
is the query optimiser or the OLEDB driver that is having problems.
Assuming @.accession_string is a char(10), you may want to try:
EXEC remote1.master.dbo.sp_executesql
N'select c.order_number, c.value from staging.dbo.orders c
where c.company_code = ''Company1''
and c.order_number = @.accession',
N'@.accession char(10)',
@.accession_string
John
"DaveK" wrote:

> I think I have narrowed down the problem some more.
> If I use a search string in single quotes, it runs pretty fast. However if
> I built the search string as a variable (declare @.search_string ...,) then
> use that in my where clause, everything goes to pot timewise.
> forinstance:
> select c.order_number, c.value
> from remote1.staging.dbo.orders c
> where c.company_code = 'Company1'
> and c.order_number = @.accession_string
> this takes forever and times out.
> Why would one form of the same data (literals in single quotes vs. string
> variable change the query so much?
>

Multi-Table Linked Query?

I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
multi-table query work. The following works:
SELECT order_number from
remote.staging.dbo.orders
where
company_code = 'Company1' and
order_number = '005579974620040304'
However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
linked server good only for one table?
Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
same DB with a join. Thank you.
DaveKCould you please post your join query ?
-jens Suessmeyer.|||Hello Dave,
I belive that linked tables arn't so much for queries but for server
operaitons (backups etc).
As an example of a joined table on the same server, it is often useful to
see it another way - as a simple join using a WHERE statement so you can see
the function of joining:
SELECT name_table.first_name, address_table.street_number
FROM name_table, address_table
WHERE name_table.address_id = address_table.address_id
In this example I am linking the two tables by the address_id field.
So using a JOIN you would use:
SELECT name_table.first_name, address_table.street_number
FROM name_table
INNER JOIN
address_table ON name_table.address_id = address_table.address_id
Does this help you a little bit?
"DaveK" <DaveK@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:509461C5-1A63-4979-AA81-212139DB467A@.microsoft.com...
>I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on
> the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK|||If you use table identifiers, that should work:
ie:
select top 1* from [Test1].[MyDB].[dbo].[Table1] a inner join
[Test1].[MyDB].[dbo].[Table2] b
on b.Col1=a.Col1
"DaveK" wrote:
> I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK|||Hi Dave
You should be fine with more than one table, but without seeing the query or
the exact error text or number it is hard to say exactly which is wrong. It
sounds like you have a typo.
John
"DaveK" wrote:
> I can access a single table in a query, but I cannot seem to make a
> multi-table query work. The following works:
> SELECT order_number from
> remote.staging.dbo.orders
> where
> company_code = 'Company1' and
> order_number = '005579974620040304'
> However, I cannot get joins to work when both sides of the joins are on the
> remote server. I always get "column prefix does not match" errors. Is a
> linked server good only for one table?
> Can someone give me an example ? Just make up an additional table in the
> same DB with a join. Thank you.
> DaveK|||Thanks for the inputs everyone. After looking at your examples, I did get some
progress. Here is the exact query:
select c.test_code, d.result_code
from server1.staging.dbo.tests c
right join server1.staging.dbo.results d
on c.company_code = d.company_code and
c.order_number = d.order_number and
c.test_code = d.test_code
where c.company_code = 'Company'
and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
and d.result_code = '35645AA1'
Now what I get is:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' reported an error. Execution terminated by the
provider because a resource limit was reached.
[OLE/DB provider returned message: Timeout expired]
OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'SQLOLEDB' ICommandText::Execute
returned 0x80040e31: Execution terminated by the provider because a resource
limit was reached.].
These tables have several million rows. The error, after 15 minutes, looks
to me like the linked server was trying to send the whole tables. This
should not be.
A single query with no join, like this one:
select c.test_code, c.result_code, c.value
from server1.staging.dbo.results c
where c.company_code = 'Company'
and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
and c.result_code = '35645AA1'
normally takes 3 seconds
Am I on the right track with the limitations of a linked server? I was able
to get OPENQUERY style querys to work with my join syntax, so I am pretty
sure I am using the correct syntax. They only took 3 seconds as well. BTW,
the linked server is 2,000 miles away, but we have a good connection.|||Hi Dave
Your error is probably the remote query timing out
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314530
As OPENQUERY is working so well I assume that you are going to use that?
John
"DaveK" wrote:
> Thanks for the inputs everyone. After looking at your examples, I did get some
> progress. Here is the exact query:
> select c.test_code, d.result_code
> from server1.staging.dbo.tests c
> right join server1.staging.dbo.results d
> on c.company_code = d.company_code and
> c.order_number = d.order_number and
> c.test_code = d.test_code
> where c.company_code = 'Company'
> and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
> and d.result_code = '35645AA1'
> Now what I get is:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
> OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' reported an error. Execution terminated by the
> provider because a resource limit was reached.
> [OLE/DB provider returned message: Timeout expired]
> OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'SQLOLEDB' ICommandText::Execute
> returned 0x80040e31: Execution terminated by the provider because a resource
> limit was reached.].
> These tables have several million rows. The error, after 15 minutes, looks
> to me like the linked server was trying to send the whole tables. This
> should not be.
> A single query with no join, like this one:
> select c.test_code, c.result_code, c.value
> from server1.staging.dbo.results c
> where c.company_code = 'Company'
> and c.order_number like '00557997462004____'
> and c.result_code = '35645AA1'
> normally takes 3 seconds
>
> Am I on the right track with the limitations of a linked server? I was able
> to get OPENQUERY style querys to work with my join syntax, so I am pretty
> sure I am using the correct syntax. They only took 3 seconds as well. BTW,
> the linked server is 2,000 miles away, but we have a good connection.
>|||I think I have narrowed down the problem some more.
If I use a search string in single quotes, it runs pretty fast. However if
I built the search string as a variable (declare @.search_string ...,) then
use that in my where clause, everything goes to pot timewise.
forinstance:
select c.order_number, c.value
from remote1.staging.dbo.orders c
where c.company_code = 'Company1'
and c.order_number = @.accession_string
this takes forever and times out.
Why would one form of the same data (literals in single quotes vs. string
variable change the query so much?|||Hi Dave
I am not sure why it does this, you may want to try using profiler on the
local and remote machines to see what gets sent to them, to determine if this
is the query optimiser or the OLEDB driver that is having problems.
Assuming @.accession_string is a char(10), you may want to try:
EXEC remote1.master.dbo.sp_executesql
N'select c.order_number, c.value from staging.dbo.orders c
where c.company_code = ''Company1''
and c.order_number = @.accession',
N'@.accession char(10)',
@.accession_string
John
"DaveK" wrote:
> I think I have narrowed down the problem some more.
> If I use a search string in single quotes, it runs pretty fast. However if
> I built the search string as a variable (declare @.search_string ...,) then
> use that in my where clause, everything goes to pot timewise.
> forinstance:
> select c.order_number, c.value
> from remote1.staging.dbo.orders c
> where c.company_code = 'Company1'
> and c.order_number = @.accession_string
> this takes forever and times out.
> Why would one form of the same data (literals in single quotes vs. string
> variable change the query so much?
>

Multi-Step Transaction, fails but reports success

I have for example the following SQL:
BEGIN TRAN
Delete from users where userid = 102
Update mainSettings set userCnt = UserCnt -1
COMMIT TRAN
If for example the "update" statement fails, but the "delete" statement
is successful - the overall transaction reports no error, and thus, my
appliction thinks everything was a success.
Any ideas?
VB 6.0
MDAC ADO 2.7
JasonAnswered in microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming
Please do not multi-post.
Regards
--
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
<jroozee@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112042240.645733.295030@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I have for example the following SQL:
> BEGIN TRAN
> Delete from users where userid = 102
> Update mainSettings set userCnt = UserCnt -1
> COMMIT TRAN
>
> If for example the "update" statement fails, but the "delete" statement
> is successful - the overall transaction reports no error, and thus, my
> appliction thinks everything was a success.
> Any ideas?
> VB 6.0
> MDAC ADO 2.7
> Jason
>|||You have to check for @.@.error after every statement that insert / delete or
update
the db. Also, you have to check the return value of the sp.
create procedure proc1
@.userid
as
set nocount on
declare @.error int
BEGIN TRAN
Delete from users where userid = @.userid
set @.error = @.@.error
if @.error != 0
begin
rollback transaction
raiserror('Error deleting from table users.', 16, 1)
return 1
end
Update mainSettings set userCnt = UserCnt -1
if @.error != 0
begin
rollback transaction
raiserror('Error updating from table [mainSettings].', 16, 1)
return 1
end
COMMIT TRAN
return @.@.error
go
declare @.rv int
declare @.error int
declare @.tc int
set @.tc = @.@.trancount
exec @.rv = proc1 102
set @.error = coalesce(nullif(@.rv, 0), @.@.error)
if @.error != 0
begin
print 'there was an error.'
end
if @.@.trancount != @.tc
rollback transaction
go
Implementing Error Handling with Stored Procedures
http://www.sommarskog.se/error-handling-II.html
Error Handling in SQL Server â' a Background
http://www.sommarskog.se/error-handling-I.html
AMB
"jroozee@.gmail.com" wrote:
> I have for example the following SQL:
> BEGIN TRAN
> Delete from users where userid = 102
> Update mainSettings set userCnt = UserCnt -1
> COMMIT TRAN
>
> If for example the "update" statement fails, but the "delete" statement
> is successful - the overall transaction reports no error, and thus, my
> appliction thinks everything was a success.
> Any ideas?
> VB 6.0
> MDAC ADO 2.7
> Jason
>|||Ok, forget the BEGIN/COMMIT...Even with out that, why wouldnt SQL
server return a error?
Jason|||Read the articles. There you will find the answer.
AMB
"jroozee@.gmail.com" wrote:
> Ok, forget the BEGIN/COMMIT...Even with out that, why wouldnt SQL
> server return a error?
> Jason
>|||Same reason, last statement in the batch was successful.
Regards
--
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
<jroozee@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112043813.998362.180420@.g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Ok, forget the BEGIN/COMMIT...Even with out that, why wouldnt SQL
> server return a error?
> Jason
>|||Additionally, the reason you must check for the error, is that the SQL
programmers can not make the decision for you as to whether or not the error
is sufficient to roll back the transaction. That is for you to decide, so
you much catch the errors and rollback the transaction when necessary.. (
There are types of errors which will automatically roll back the transaction
without your intervention. These are generally more severe errors which
cause batch abort, or you have been chosen as a deadlock victim.)
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
<jroozee@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112042240.645733.295030@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I have for example the following SQL:
> BEGIN TRAN
> Delete from users where userid = 102
> Update mainSettings set userCnt = UserCnt -1
> COMMIT TRAN
>
> If for example the "update" statement fails, but the "delete" statement
> is successful - the overall transaction reports no error, and thus, my
> appliction thinks everything was a success.
> Any ideas?
> VB 6.0
> MDAC ADO 2.7
> Jason
>

Multiserver Job

hello
when we are trying to execute a multiserver job the following error is coming.can u please suggest the exact solution for this

Blocking error preventing further downloads: The specified @.database_name ('ibbflorida') does not exist. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 14262) Unable to create the local version of MSX job '0x6160950EA825544CA777E978E09ECC59'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 50000)

thank you.my guess is that your job is referencing a database called 'IBBFLORIDA' and on one of your servers this database does not exist.|||Thanks for responding MR.Paul.

The database Ibbflorida is existing in one of my server but still it is giving error i could not understand what is the problem|||you didn't explain what your job does or attaach any code around this db reference so I am guessing here...

If ther should only be one copy of IBBFlorida tha I suspect that when your job runs on the linked server, the linked server incorrectly assums the IBBFlorida db is local. What happens if you add a server reference. If IBBFlorida is on ServerA and the job is running on ServerB then change all references to IBBFlorida to ServerA.IBBFlorida.|||hi paul
iam sending u the code for your convenience plz check it here i used db1, db2 in place of original databases names is there any problem with procedure.

thank you once again

CREATE procedure dbo.SP_IU_BALANCES
as
DECLARE
@.LV1 VARCHAR(255),
@.LV2 VARCHAR(255),
@.LV3 varchar(9)

declare TABLECURSOR CURSOR
FOR
select F3,F4,F1 from SERVER1.DB1.dbo.TABLE1
OPEN TABLECURSOR
FETCH NEXT FROM TABLECURSOR INTO @.LV1,@.LV2,@.LV3
WHILE @.@.FETCH_STATUS=0
BEGIN
update SERVER2.DB2.dbo.TABLE2
set TABLE2F1 = @.LV1,
TABLE2F2 = @.LV2
where TABLE2F3=@.LV3
FETCH NEXT FROM TABLECURSOR INTO @.LV1,@.LV2,@.LV3
END;

CLOSE TABLECURSOR;
DEALLOCATE TABLECURSOR;

insert into SERVER1.DB1.dbo.TABLE1(F1, F2, F3, F4, F5)
(select F1, getdate() +1 , F3, 0, F3
from SERVER1.DB1.dbo.TABLE1 where F2 = getdate())|||when you execute this are you still seeing the error from your original post?|||procedure is working fine when we executed manually. but when the same procedure is called in the job then it is giving the error which i mentioned before|||I am drwaing a blank on this one, I will continue to research the problem.

Anyone else have an idea?

Multiserver Administration Master Server (MSX)

Hi
I am trying to delete some jobs on a SQL Server 2000
database that I have taken over and I am getting the
following error : Error 14274 - Cannot delete a job that
originated from an MSX server.
We only have one server in our organisation and I have
checked and it is not set up as an MSX server.
Please could someone tell me how I can delete these jobs.
Many thanksIt sounds like the server has been renamed at some point. You need to update
sysjobs to reflect the current server name in the originating_server column.
You can use the following procedure to do this
http://sqldev.net/download/sqlagent/sp_sqlagent_rename.sql
--
HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
I support PASS - the definitive, global
community for SQL Server professionals -
http://www.sqlpass.org
"Philip" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07c001c3d423$352cfaf0$a301280a@.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I am trying to delete some jobs on a SQL Server 2000
> database that I have taken over and I am getting the
> following error : Error 14274 - Cannot delete a job that
> originated from an MSX server.
> We only have one server in our organisation and I have
> checked and it is not set up as an MSX server.
> Please could someone tell me how I can delete these jobs.
> Many thanks
>sql

Multiselect problem

hi ,
following parameter @.a has multi values. but when i select the multi value it gives some error.
is this the correct method i use? and is there any differrent way that i should use in the report designer when i use the value of that parameter ... Field!a.value etc.?\

SET [FilteredBUList] AS descendants(strtoset(@.a),[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves)

The descendants function expects a single member for the first parameter, to get this to work with mulitple parameters you would need to use the generate function. I'm not exactly sure what your structures look like so you will need to fill in the dimension and hierarchy of the members in @.a in the code below

eg.

SET [FilteredBUList] AS generate(strtoset(@.a), descendants(<dimension>.<hierarchy>.CurrentMember),[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves)

|||cant use generate function like that. giving syntax error.|||Sorry, it's missing a closing bracket.|||that is fine. but how can i get only the selected value.

WITH

MEMBER [Measures].[Amount] AS 'IIF(ISEMPTY([Measures].[Amount Usd]),0,[Measures].[Amount Usd])'
MEMBER [Measures].[Description] AS '[Ledger—AccountCode].CurrentMember.Name'

SET [FilteredBUList] AS generate(strtoset(@.BU),descendants([Account—BillingCodeDsc].CURRENTMEMBER,[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves))

SELECT
{[Measures].[Description],[Measures].[Amount]} ON COLUMNS,
[FilteredBUList] on rows

FROM Profitability

this is my mdx. so once i trying to get only selected values there is some error. i mean some times it will appear all the BU . sometime it will display only the first BU. how can i get only selected value to the report design.
|||hey darren
u knw how to solve following problem?

HI ,
how can i access the different dataset parameter in th SSRS. i have created one dataset and define Bu as a parameter. then i created separate dataset called dataset2 and need to access that BU parameter from dataset2. i cant access it using normal way. ex strtoset(@.Bu)..... ?

i need to access it thru the mdx query like...
set as strtoset(@.BU) this bu is from some other dataset
|||

lk_wick wrote:

that is fine. but how can i get only the selected value.

WITH

MEMBER [Measures].[Amount] AS 'IIF(ISEMPTY([Measures].[Amount Usd]),0,[Measures].[Amount Usd])'
MEMBER [Measures].[Description] AS '[Ledger—AccountCode].CurrentMember.Name'

SET [FilteredBUList] AS generate(strtoset(@.BU),descendants([Account—BillingCodeDsc].CURRENTMEMBER,[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves))

SELECT
{[Measures].[Description],[Measures].[Amount]} ON COLUMNS,
[FilteredBUList] on rows

FROM Profitability

this is my mdx. so once i trying to get only selected values there is some error. i mean some times it will appear all the BU . sometime it will display only the first BU. how can i get only selected value to the report design.

If you want only the selected member(s) on the rows, then you would just put the parameter directly in the row axis.

Code Snippet

WITH

MEMBER [Measures].[Amount] AS 'IIF(ISEMPTY([Measures].[Amount Usd]),0,[Measures].[Amount Usd])'
MEMBER [Measures].[Description] AS '[Ledger—AccountCode].CurrentMember.Name'

SELECT
{[Measures].[Description],[Measures].[Amount]} ON COLUMNS,
strtoset(@.BU) on rows

FROM Profitability

Also I would not do the "if empty return 0" logic in the MDX, if you are using Reporting Services, you can use a format string in the report to return 0 for null values. I often use format strings like "$0;($0);-;-" which returns negative values in brackets and 0 and null as dashes.|||

lk_wick wrote:

hey darren
u knw how to solve following problem?

HI ,
how can i access the different dataset parameter in th SSRS. i have created one dataset and define Bu as a parameter. then i created separate dataset called dataset2 and need to access that BU parameter from dataset2. i cant access it using normal way. ex strtoset(@.Bu)..... ?

i need to access it thru the mdx query like...
set as strtoset(@.BU) this bu is from some other dataset

Sorry, I don't really understand what you are trying to do.

|||i have created dataset1 and define the query parameter named bu. i have created another dataset and i need do access that bu parameter like following.

set [test ] as strtoset(@.BU) bu query parameter is in differrent datset.
|||Query parameters are fed from Report parameters, so you should be able to map both datasets to using the same report parameter.

Multiselect problem

hi ,
following parameter @.a has multi values. but when i select the multi value it gives some error.
is this the correct method i use? and is there any differrent way that i should use in the report designer when i use the value of that parameter ... Field!a.value etc.?\

SET [FilteredBUList] AS descendants(strtoset(@.a),[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves)

The descendants function expects a single member for the first parameter, to get this to work with mulitple parameters you would need to use the generate function. I'm not exactly sure what your structures look like so you will need to fill in the dimension and hierarchy of the members in @.a in the code below

eg.

SET [FilteredBUList] AS generate(strtoset(@.a), descendants(<dimension>.<hierarchy>.CurrentMember),[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves)

|||cant use generate function like that. giving syntax error.|||Sorry, it's missing a closing bracket.|||that is fine. but how can i get only the selected value.

WITH

MEMBER [Measures].[Amount] AS 'IIF(ISEMPTY([Measures].[Amount Usd]),0,[Measures].[Amount Usd])'
MEMBER [Measures].[Description] AS '[Ledger—AccountCode].CurrentMember.Name'

SET [FilteredBUList] AS generate(strtoset(@.BU),descendants([Account—BillingCodeDsc].CURRENTMEMBER,[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves))

SELECT
{[Measures].[Description],[Measures].[Amount]} ON COLUMNS,
[FilteredBUList] on rows

FROM Profitability

this is my mdx. so once i trying to get only selected values there is some error. i mean some times it will appear all the BU . sometime it will display only the first BU. how can i get only selected value to the report design.
|||hey darren
u knw how to solve following problem?

HI ,
how can i access the different dataset parameter in th SSRS. i have created one dataset and define Bu as a parameter. then i created separate dataset called dataset2 and need to access that BU parameter from dataset2. i cant access it using normal way. ex strtoset(@.Bu)..... ?

i need to access it thru the mdx query like...
set as strtoset(@.BU) this bu is from some other dataset
|||

lk_wick wrote:

that is fine. but how can i get only the selected value.

WITH

MEMBER [Measures].[Amount] AS 'IIF(ISEMPTY([Measures].[Amount Usd]),0,[Measures].[Amount Usd])'
MEMBER [Measures].[Description] AS '[Ledger—AccountCode].CurrentMember.Name'

SET [FilteredBUList] AS generate(strtoset(@.BU),descendants([Account—BillingCodeDsc].CURRENTMEMBER,[Account—BillingCodeDsc].[Billing Code Description],leaves))

SELECT
{[Measures].[Description],[Measures].[Amount]} ON COLUMNS,
[FilteredBUList] on rows

FROM Profitability

this is my mdx. so once i trying to get only selected values there is some error. i mean some times it will appear all the BU . sometime it will display only the first BU. how can i get only selected value to the report design.

If you want only the selected member(s) on the rows, then you would just put the parameter directly in the row axis.

Code Snippet

WITH

MEMBER [Measures].[Amount] AS 'IIF(ISEMPTY([Measures].[Amount Usd]),0,[Measures].[Amount Usd])'
MEMBER [Measures].[Description] AS '[Ledger—AccountCode].CurrentMember.Name'

SELECT
{[Measures].[Description],[Measures].[Amount]} ON COLUMNS,
strtoset(@.BU) on rows

FROM Profitability

Also I would not do the "if empty return 0" logic in the MDX, if you are using Reporting Services, you can use a format string in the report to return 0 for null values. I often use format strings like "$0;($0);-;-" which returns negative values in brackets and 0 and null as dashes.|||

lk_wick wrote:

hey darren
u knw how to solve following problem?

HI ,
how can i access the different dataset parameter in th SSRS. i have created one dataset and define Bu as a parameter. then i created separate dataset called dataset2 and need to access that BU parameter from dataset2. i cant access it using normal way. ex strtoset(@.Bu)..... ?

i need to access it thru the mdx query like...
set as strtoset(@.BU) this bu is from some other dataset

Sorry, I don't really understand what you are trying to do.

|||i have created dataset1 and define the query parameter named bu. i have created another dataset and i need do access that bu parameter like following.

set [test ] as strtoset(@.BU) bu query parameter is in differrent datset.
|||Query parameters are fed from Report parameters, so you should be able to map both datasets to using the same report parameter.

Multi-Select Error, easy question

I am trying to show/hide a table based on a multi-select parameter in VS 2005
beta 2.
In the parameter I have the following:
Data Type: String
Multi-value - checked
Label: General Info
Value: GeneralInfo
In the properties for the report I have the following under Visibility:
=IIF(Parameters!DisplayInfo.Value = "GeneralInfo", False, True)
When I execute the report and choose the only parameter value I get the
following. (once I get this to work I will add additional parameters)
Error:
Processing Error
"The Hidden expression for the table 'Table_Header' contains an error:
Overload resolution failed because no Public '=' can be called with these
arguments:
Public Shared Operator =(a As String, b As String) As Boolen':
Argument matching parameter 'a' connot convert from 'Object()' to 'String'.
Thanks!!!
--
Thank You!Once you mark a parameter as "multi-value", the .Value property will return
an object[] with all selected values. If only one value is selected, it will
be an object array of length = 1. Object arrays cannot be directly compared
with Strings.
To access individual values of a multi value parameter you can use
expressions like this:
=Parameters!MVP1.IsMultiValue
boolean flag - tells if a parameter is defined as multi value
=Parameters!MVP1.Count
returns the number of values in the array
=Parameters!MVP1.Value(0)
returns the first selected value
=Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value)
creates a space separated list of values
=Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value, ", ")
creates a comma separated list of values
=Split("a b c", " ")
to create a multi value object array from a string (this can be used
e.g. for drillthrough parameters, subreports, or query parameters)
See also MSDN:
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vafctjoin.asp
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafctsplit.asp
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Shane Eckel" <ShaneEckel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D2D2514-991E-4D75-87AE-DDC546D171A9@.microsoft.com...
>I am trying to show/hide a table based on a multi-select parameter in VS
>2005
> beta 2.
> In the parameter I have the following:
> Data Type: String
> Multi-value - checked
> Label: General Info
> Value: GeneralInfo
> In the properties for the report I have the following under Visibility:
> =IIF(Parameters!DisplayInfo.Value = "GeneralInfo", False, True)
> When I execute the report and choose the only parameter value I get the
> following. (once I get this to work I will add additional parameters)
>
> Error:
> Processing Error
> "The Hidden expression for the table 'Table_Header' contains an error:
> Overload resolution failed because no Public '=' can be called with these
> arguments:
> Public Shared Operator =(a As String, b As String) As Boolen':
> Argument matching parameter 'a' connot convert from 'Object()' to
> 'String'.
> Thanks!!!
> --
> Thank You!|||Robert, thanks my man, thanks for taking the time to respond. I'll try this
out first thing tomorrow.
Thanks!
Shane
--
Thank You!
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> Once you mark a parameter as "multi-value", the .Value property will return
> an object[] with all selected values. If only one value is selected, it will
> be an object array of length = 1. Object arrays cannot be directly compared
> with Strings.
> To access individual values of a multi value parameter you can use
> expressions like this:
> =Parameters!MVP1.IsMultiValue
> boolean flag - tells if a parameter is defined as multi value
> =Parameters!MVP1.Count
> returns the number of values in the array
> =Parameters!MVP1.Value(0)
> returns the first selected value
> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value)
> creates a space separated list of values
> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value, ", ")
> creates a comma separated list of values
> =Split("a b c", " ")
> to create a multi value object array from a string (this can be used
> e.g. for drillthrough parameters, subreports, or query parameters)
> See also MSDN:
> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vafctjoin.asp
> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafctsplit.asp
> -- Robert
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Shane Eckel" <ShaneEckel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D2D2514-991E-4D75-87AE-DDC546D171A9@.microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to show/hide a table based on a multi-select parameter in VS
> >2005
> > beta 2.
> >
> > In the parameter I have the following:
> > Data Type: String
> > Multi-value - checked
> > Label: General Info
> > Value: GeneralInfo
> >
> > In the properties for the report I have the following under Visibility:
> > =IIF(Parameters!DisplayInfo.Value = "GeneralInfo", False, True)
> >
> > When I execute the report and choose the only parameter value I get the
> > following. (once I get this to work I will add additional parameters)
> >
> >
> > Error:
> > Processing Error
> > "The Hidden expression for the table 'Table_Header' contains an error:
> > Overload resolution failed because no Public '=' can be called with these
> > arguments:
> > Public Shared Operator =(a As String, b As String) As Boolen':
> > Argument matching parameter 'a' connot convert from 'Object()' to
> > 'String'.
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > --
> > Thank You!
>
>|||Robert, thanks for your reply. Very valuable information for this report and
for my future reports.
You wrote, "Object arrays cannot be directly compared with strings." Do you
know how I could do this 'indirectly'?
Let's say the user selects 'GeneralInfo' and 'Contact Info' in the
multi-select. Do you know of a way to evaluate their selection so I can take
action on it? (such as visability)
Thanks again for your help.
Shane
--
Thank You!
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> Once you mark a parameter as "multi-value", the .Value property will return
> an object[] with all selected values. If only one value is selected, it will
> be an object array of length = 1. Object arrays cannot be directly compared
> with Strings.
> To access individual values of a multi value parameter you can use
> expressions like this:
> =Parameters!MVP1.IsMultiValue
> boolean flag - tells if a parameter is defined as multi value
> =Parameters!MVP1.Count
> returns the number of values in the array
> =Parameters!MVP1.Value(0)
> returns the first selected value
> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value)
> creates a space separated list of values
> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value, ", ")
> creates a comma separated list of values
> =Split("a b c", " ")
> to create a multi value object array from a string (this can be used
> e.g. for drillthrough parameters, subreports, or query parameters)
> See also MSDN:
> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vafctjoin.asp
> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafctsplit.asp
> -- Robert
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Shane Eckel" <ShaneEckel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D2D2514-991E-4D75-87AE-DDC546D171A9@.microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to show/hide a table based on a multi-select parameter in VS
> >2005
> > beta 2.
> >
> > In the parameter I have the following:
> > Data Type: String
> > Multi-value - checked
> > Label: General Info
> > Value: GeneralInfo
> >
> > In the properties for the report I have the following under Visibility:
> > =IIF(Parameters!DisplayInfo.Value = "GeneralInfo", False, True)
> >
> > When I execute the report and choose the only parameter value I get the
> > following. (once I get this to work I will add additional parameters)
> >
> >
> > Error:
> > Processing Error
> > "The Hidden expression for the table 'Table_Header' contains an error:
> > Overload resolution failed because no Public '=' can be called with these
> > arguments:
> > Public Shared Operator =(a As String, b As String) As Boolen':
> > Argument matching parameter 'a' connot convert from 'Object()' to
> > 'String'.
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > --
> > Thank You!
>
>|||Hi Robert, don't worry about replying again. I think I figured it out. I
need to split it after I join it, right?
--
Thank You!
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> Once you mark a parameter as "multi-value", the .Value property will return
> an object[] with all selected values. If only one value is selected, it will
> be an object array of length = 1. Object arrays cannot be directly compared
> with Strings.
> To access individual values of a multi value parameter you can use
> expressions like this:
> =Parameters!MVP1.IsMultiValue
> boolean flag - tells if a parameter is defined as multi value
> =Parameters!MVP1.Count
> returns the number of values in the array
> =Parameters!MVP1.Value(0)
> returns the first selected value
> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value)
> creates a space separated list of values
> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value, ", ")
> creates a comma separated list of values
> =Split("a b c", " ")
> to create a multi value object array from a string (this can be used
> e.g. for drillthrough parameters, subreports, or query parameters)
> See also MSDN:
> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vafctjoin.asp
> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafctsplit.asp
> -- Robert
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Shane Eckel" <ShaneEckel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D2D2514-991E-4D75-87AE-DDC546D171A9@.microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to show/hide a table based on a multi-select parameter in VS
> >2005
> > beta 2.
> >
> > In the parameter I have the following:
> > Data Type: String
> > Multi-value - checked
> > Label: General Info
> > Value: GeneralInfo
> >
> > In the properties for the report I have the following under Visibility:
> > =IIF(Parameters!DisplayInfo.Value = "GeneralInfo", False, True)
> >
> > When I execute the report and choose the only parameter value I get the
> > following. (once I get this to work I will add additional parameters)
> >
> >
> > Error:
> > Processing Error
> > "The Hidden expression for the table 'Table_Header' contains an error:
> > Overload resolution failed because no Public '=' can be called with these
> > arguments:
> > Public Shared Operator =(a As String, b As String) As Boolen':
> > Argument matching parameter 'a' connot convert from 'Object()' to
> > 'String'.
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > --
> > Thank You!
>
>|||Yes. The Join() will create a string from a multi dimensional object array.
The Split() function is the inverse function; it splits the string into a
multi dimensional array.
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Shane Eckel" <ShaneEckel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05BDA0D3-9D01-4C62-A844-99FE9F2BD791@.microsoft.com...
> Hi Robert, don't worry about replying again. I think I figured it out. I
> need to split it after I join it, right?
> --
> Thank You!
>
> "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
>> Once you mark a parameter as "multi-value", the .Value property will
>> return
>> an object[] with all selected values. If only one value is selected, it
>> will
>> be an object array of length = 1. Object arrays cannot be directly
>> compared
>> with Strings.
>> To access individual values of a multi value parameter you can use
>> expressions like this:
>> =Parameters!MVP1.IsMultiValue
>> boolean flag - tells if a parameter is defined as multi value
>> =Parameters!MVP1.Count
>> returns the number of values in the array
>> =Parameters!MVP1.Value(0)
>> returns the first selected value
>> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value)
>> creates a space separated list of values
>> =Join(Parameters!MVP1.Value, ", ")
>> creates a comma separated list of values
>> =Split("a b c", " ")
>> to create a multi value object array from a string (this can be used
>> e.g. for drillthrough parameters, subreports, or query parameters)
>> See also MSDN:
>> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vafctjoin.asp
>> * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafctsplit.asp
>> -- Robert
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Shane Eckel" <ShaneEckel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5D2D2514-991E-4D75-87AE-DDC546D171A9@.microsoft.com...
>> >I am trying to show/hide a table based on a multi-select parameter in VS
>> >2005
>> > beta 2.
>> >
>> > In the parameter I have the following:
>> > Data Type: String
>> > Multi-value - checked
>> > Label: General Info
>> > Value: GeneralInfo
>> >
>> > In the properties for the report I have the following under Visibility:
>> > =IIF(Parameters!DisplayInfo.Value = "GeneralInfo", False, True)
>> >
>> > When I execute the report and choose the only parameter value I get the
>> > following. (once I get this to work I will add additional parameters)
>> >
>> >
>> > Error:
>> > Processing Error
>> > "The Hidden expression for the table 'Table_Header' contains an error:
>> > Overload resolution failed because no Public '=' can be called with
>> > these
>> > arguments:
>> > Public Shared Operator =(a As String, b As String) As Boolen':
>> > Argument matching parameter 'a' connot convert from 'Object()' to
>> > 'String'.
>> >
>> > Thanks!!!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thank You!
>>

multiquery in a store procedure...

Hi, here is the problem...

I must create a store procedure that do the following...

1. select id_name,...'some other field' from table 'data' where 'criteria' =
@.parameter

2. use the result of the first selection to create another selection
combining that results with the table 'name' where id_name is null in the
result selection...

In other word I have a first query that use a passed parameter, the result
of that query should be combined this another query, and the result should
be return from the store procedure...

I can't realize how to write this 'simple' problem... can anyone help me?

Many thanks,
AlexAlessandro (giumalex@.tiscali.it) writes:
> I must create a store procedure that do the following...
> 1. select id_name,...'some other field' from table 'data' where
> 'criteria' = @.parameter
> 2. use the result of the first selection to create another selection
> combining that results with the table 'name' where id_name is null in the
> result selection...
> In other word I have a first query that use a passed parameter, the result
> of that query should be combined this another query, and the result should
> be return from the store procedure...

A simple solution is to use temp tables or table variables.

However, of you often can do this with a derived table, which conceptually
can be seen as a temp table, but physically it is never materialized.

Here is an example:

SELECT C.*
FROM Northwind..Customers C
JOIN (SELECT CustomerID
FROM Northwind..Orders
GROUP BY CustomerID
HAVING COUNT(*) > 20) O ON C.CustomerID = O.CustomerID

Lists all customer informations about customers that have placed more than
20 orders.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, sommar@.algonet.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp|||"Alessandro" <giumalex@.tiscali.it> wrote in message news:<g8tkc.30640$eR5.16238@.tornado.fastwebnet.it>...
> Hi, here is the problem...
>...
> I can't realize how to write this 'simple' problem... can anyone help me?
> Many thanks,
> Alex

Hi Alex.. to work with SQL , query and paramter look at this site :

Http://www.RealTimeInformatica.it/Stany

Bye Bye ...

ps: anche in Italiano !;)

multiquery in a store procedure...

Hi, here is the problem...

I must create a store procedure that do the following...

1. select id_name,...'some other field' from table 'data' where 'criteria' =
@.parameter

2. use the result of the first selection to create another selection
combining that results with the table 'name' where id_name is null in the
result selection...

In other word I have a first query that use a passed parameter, the result
of that query should be combined this another query, and the result should
be return from the store procedure...

I can't realize how to write this 'simple' problem... can anyone help me?

Many thanks,
AlexAlessandro (giumalex@.tiscali.it) writes:
> I must create a store procedure that do the following...
> 1. select id_name,...'some other field' from table 'data' where
> 'criteria' = @.parameter
> 2. use the result of the first selection to create another selection
> combining that results with the table 'name' where id_name is null in the
> result selection...
> In other word I have a first query that use a passed parameter, the result
> of that query should be combined this another query, and the result should
> be return from the store procedure...

A simple solution is to use temp tables or table variables.

However, of you often can do this with a derived table, which conceptually
can be seen as a temp table, but physically it is never materialized.

Here is an example:

SELECT C.*
FROM Northwind..Customers C
JOIN (SELECT CustomerID
FROM Northwind..Orders
GROUP BY CustomerID
HAVING COUNT(*) > 20) O ON C.CustomerID = O.CustomerID

Lists all customer informations about customers that have placed more than
20 orders.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, sommar@.algonet.se

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

Multiply record fields with same mainID.

Hi everybody,
What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
eg:
SubID MainID Value
1 1 1
2 1 1
3 1 2
4 1 3
5 2 1
6 2 1
7 3 2
8 3 2
I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
The result has to be like this:
MainID PrValue
1 6 (1*1*2*3)
2 1 (1*1)
3 4 (2*2)
TIA,
Martin.select MainID, sum(value) as PrValue
from table
group by MainID
"martin" <kashaan007@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Of%23nDPnRFHA.3144@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi everybody,
> What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> eg:
> SubID MainID Value
> 1 1 1
> 2 1 1
> 3 1 2
> 4 1 3
> 5 2 1
> 6 2 1
> 7 3 2
> 8 3 2
> I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> The result has to be like this:
> MainID PrValue
> 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> 2 1 (1*1)
> 3 4 (2*2)
> TIA,
> Martin.
>
>|||Try,
use northwind
go
create table t (
SubID int,
MainID int,
Value int
)
go
insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
go
select
MainID,
POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
from
t
group by
MainID
drop table t
go
I took the idea from:
The T-SQL Banker
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
AMB
"martin" wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> eg:
> SubID MainID Value
> 1 1 1
> 2 1 1
> 3 1 2
> 4 1 3
> 5 2 1
> 6 2 1
> 7 3 2
> 8 3 2
> I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> The result has to be like this:
> MainID PrValue
> 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> 2 1 (1*1)
> 3 4 (2*2)
> TIA,
> Martin.
>
>|||Hi,AMB
It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
CREATE TABLE #Test
(
col1 INT NOT NULL,
col2 INT NOT NULL
)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
"Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> Try,
> use northwind
> go
> create table t (
> SubID int,
> MainID int,
> Value int
> )
> go
> insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> go
> select
> MainID,
> POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> from
> t
> group by
> MainID
> drop table t
> go
> I took the idea from:
> The T-SQL Banker
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
>
> AMB
> "martin" wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> >
> > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> >
> > eg:
> >
> > SubID MainID Value
> > 1 1 1
> > 2 1 1
> > 3 1 2
> > 4 1 3
> > 5 2 1
> > 6 2 1
> > 7 3 2
> > 8 3 2
> >
> > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> >
> > The result has to be like this:
> >
> > MainID PrValue
> > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > 2 1 (1*1)
> > 3 4 (2*2)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Martin.
> >
> >
> >
> >|||Alejandro's solution is good for values greater than zero. Here's a
more general solution for all integers (this one adapted from Celko and
others):
SELECT mainid,
CAST(ROUND(
COALESCE(EXP(SUM(LOG(ABS(NULLIF(value,0))))),0)
* SIGN(MIN(ABS(value)))
* (COUNT(NULLIF(SIGN(value),1))%2*-2+1)
,0) AS INTEGER) AS product
FROM T
GROUP BY mainid
--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||Thanks a lot.
Works great.
Martin.
"Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> Try,
> use northwind
> go
> create table t (
> SubID int,
> MainID int,
> Value int
> )
> go
> insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> go
> select
> MainID,
> POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> from
> t
> group by
> MainID
> drop table t
> go
> I took the idea from:
> The T-SQL Banker
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/
html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
>
> AMB
> "martin" wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> >
> > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> >
> > eg:
> >
> > SubID MainID Value
> > 1 1 1
> > 2 1 1
> > 3 1 2
> > 4 1 3
> > 5 2 1
> > 6 2 1
> > 7 3 2
> > 8 3 2
> >
> > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> >
> > The result has to be like this:
> >
> > MainID PrValue
> > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > 2 1 (1*1)
> > 3 4 (2*2)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Martin.
> >
> >
> >
> >|||If we add +0.001 it works fine
SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2))+0.001)
FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
"Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
news:uYVS5cnRFHA.1172@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,AMB
> It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
> CREATE TABLE #Test
> (
> col1 INT NOT NULL,
> col2 INT NOT NULL
> )
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
>
> SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
> FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
>
>
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> > Try,
> >
> > use northwind
> > go
> >
> > create table t (
> > SubID int,
> > MainID int,
> > Value int
> > )
> > go
> >
> > insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> > insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> > insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> > insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> > go
> >
> > select
> > MainID,
> > POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> > from
> > t
> > group by
> > MainID
> >
> > drop table t
> > go
> >
> > I took the idea from:
> >
> > The T-SQL Banker
> >
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
> >
> >
> > AMB
> >
> > "martin" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> > >
> > > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> > >
> > > eg:
> > >
> > > SubID MainID Value
> > > 1 1 1
> > > 2 1 1
> > > 3 1 2
> > > 4 1 3
> > > 5 2 1
> > > 6 2 1
> > > 7 3 2
> > > 8 3 2
> > >
> > > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> > >
> > > The result has to be like this:
> > >
> > > MainID PrValue
> > > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > > 2 1 (1*1)
> > > 3 4 (2*2)
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Martin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>|||Cast 10 to float.
SELECT
col1,
cast(POWER(cast(10 as float), SUM(LOG10(col2))) as decimal(5))
FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
go
AMB
"Uri Dimant" wrote:
> Hi,AMB
> It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
> CREATE TABLE #Test
> (
> col1 INT NOT NULL,
> col2 INT NOT NULL
> )
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
>
> SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
> FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
>
>
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> > Try,
> >
> > use northwind
> > go
> >
> > create table t (
> > SubID int,
> > MainID int,
> > Value int
> > )
> > go
> >
> > insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> > insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> > insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> > insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> > go
> >
> > select
> > MainID,
> > POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> > from
> > t
> > group by
> > MainID
> >
> > drop table t
> > go
> >
> > I took the idea from:
> >
> > The T-SQL Banker
> >
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
> >
> >
> > AMB
> >
> > "martin" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> > >
> > > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> > >
> > > eg:
> > >
> > > SubID MainID Value
> > > 1 1 1
> > > 2 1 1
> > > 3 1 2
> > > 4 1 3
> > > 5 2 1
> > > 6 2 1
> > > 7 3 2
> > > 8 3 2
> > >
> > > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> > >
> > > The result has to be like this:
> > >
> > > MainID PrValue
> > > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > > 2 1 (1*1)
> > > 3 4 (2*2)
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Martin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||Good catch!!!
AMB
"Uri Dimant" wrote:
> Hi,AMB
> It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
> CREATE TABLE #Test
> (
> col1 INT NOT NULL,
> col2 INT NOT NULL
> )
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
>
> SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
> FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
>
>
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> > Try,
> >
> > use northwind
> > go
> >
> > create table t (
> > SubID int,
> > MainID int,
> > Value int
> > )
> > go
> >
> > insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> > insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> > insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> > insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> > go
> >
> > select
> > MainID,
> > POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> > from
> > t
> > group by
> > MainID
> >
> > drop table t
> > go
> >
> > I took the idea from:
> >
> > The T-SQL Banker
> >
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
> >
> >
> > AMB
> >
> > "martin" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> > >
> > > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> > >
> > > eg:
> > >
> > > SubID MainID Value
> > > 1 1 1
> > > 2 1 1
> > > 3 1 2
> > > 4 1 3
> > > 5 2 1
> > > 6 2 1
> > > 7 3 2
> > > 8 3 2
> > >
> > > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> > >
> > > The result has to be like this:
> > >
> > > MainID PrValue
> > > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > > 2 1 (1*1)
> > > 3 4 (2*2)
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Martin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||David,
This is really a good one.
AMB
"David Portas" wrote:
> Alejandro's solution is good for values greater than zero. Here's a
> more general solution for all integers (this one adapted from Celko and
> others):
> SELECT mainid,
> CAST(ROUND(
> COALESCE(EXP(SUM(LOG(ABS(NULLIF(value,0))))),0)
> * SIGN(MIN(ABS(value)))
> * (COUNT(NULLIF(SIGN(value),1))%2*-2+1)
> ,0) AS INTEGER) AS product
> FROM T
> GROUP BY mainid
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>|||Use better the one posted by David Portas, and if you decide to use this one,
read the correction in my answer to Uri.
AMB
"martin" wrote:
> Thanks a lot.
> Works great.
> Martin.
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> > Try,
> >
> > use northwind
> > go
> >
> > create table t (
> > SubID int,
> > MainID int,
> > Value int
> > )
> > go
> >
> > insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> > insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> > insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> > insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> > insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> > insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> > go
> >
> > select
> > MainID,
> > POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> > from
> > t
> > group by
> > MainID
> >
> > drop table t
> > go
> >
> > I took the idea from:
> >
> > The T-SQL Banker
> >
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/
> html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
> >
> >
> > AMB
> >
> > "martin" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> > >
> > > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> > >
> > > eg:
> > >
> > > SubID MainID Value
> > > 1 1 1
> > > 2 1 1
> > > 3 1 2
> > > 4 1 3
> > > 5 2 1
> > > 6 2 1
> > > 7 3 2
> > > 8 3 2
> > >
> > > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> > >
> > > The result has to be like this:
> > >
> > > MainID PrValue
> > > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > > 2 1 (1*1)
> > > 3 4 (2*2)
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Martin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||Ok thanks.
Martin.
"Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:210DC41A-BF9B-4211-9E16-995A554C0374@.microsoft.com...
> Use better the one posted by David Portas, and if you decide to use this
one,
> read the correction in my answer to Uri.
>
> AMB
> "martin" wrote:
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Works great.
> >
> > Martin.
> >
> >
> > "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> > > Try,
> > >
> > > use northwind
> > > go
> > >
> > > create table t (
> > > SubID int,
> > > MainID int,
> > > Value int
> > > )
> > > go
> > >
> > > insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> > > insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> > > insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> > > insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> > > insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> > > insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> > > insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> > > insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> > > go
> > >
> > > select
> > > MainID,
> > > POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> > > from
> > > t
> > > group by
> > > MainID
> > >
> > > drop table t
> > > go
> > >
> > > I took the idea from:
> > >
> > > The T-SQL Banker
> > >
> >
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag02/
> > html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp
> > >
> > >
> > > AMB
> > >
> > > "martin" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everybody,
> > > >
> > > > What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> > > >
> > > > I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> > > >
> > > > eg:
> > > >
> > > > SubID MainID Value
> > > > 1 1 1
> > > > 2 1 1
> > > > 3 1 2
> > > > 4 1 3
> > > > 5 2 1
> > > > 6 2 1
> > > > 7 3 2
> > > > 8 3 2
> > > >
> > > > I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> > > >
> > > > The result has to be like this:
> > > >
> > > > MainID PrValue
> > > > 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> > > > 2 1 (1*1)
> > > > 3 4 (2*2)
> > > >
> > > > TIA,
> > > >
> > > > Martin.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

Multiply record fields with same mainID.

Hi everybody,
What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
eg:
SubID MainID Value
1 1 1
2 1 1
3 1 2
4 1 3
5 2 1
6 2 1
7 3 2
8 3 2
I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
The result has to be like this:
MainID PrValue
1 6 (1*1*2*3)
2 1 (1*1)
3 4 (2*2)
TIA,
Martin.
select MainID, sum(value) as PrValue
from table
group by MainID
"martin" <kashaan007@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Of%23nDPnRFHA.3144@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi everybody,
> What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> eg:
> SubID MainID Value
> 1 1 1
> 2 1 1
> 3 1 2
> 4 1 3
> 5 2 1
> 6 2 1
> 7 3 2
> 8 3 2
> I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> The result has to be like this:
> MainID PrValue
> 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> 2 1 (1*1)
> 3 4 (2*2)
> TIA,
> Martin.
>
>
|||Try,
use northwind
go
create table t (
SubID int,
MainID int,
Value int
)
go
insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
go
select
MainID,
POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
from
t
group by
MainID
drop table t
go
I took the idea from:
The T-SQL Banker
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-SQLBanker.asp
AMB
"martin" wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> What's the most efficient way to get the following result:
> I have a number of records with a MainID and a Value fields.
> eg:
> SubID MainID Value
> 1 1 1
> 2 1 1
> 3 1 2
> 4 1 3
> 5 2 1
> 6 2 1
> 7 3 2
> 8 3 2
> I need the product of the Value field for each MainID.
> The result has to be like this:
> MainID PrValue
> 1 6 (1*1*2*3)
> 2 1 (1*1)
> 3 4 (2*2)
> TIA,
> Martin.
>
>
|||Hi,AMB
It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
CREATE TABLE #Test
(
col1 INT NOT NULL,
col2 INT NOT NULL
)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
"Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> Try,
> use northwind
> go
> create table t (
> SubID int,
> MainID int,
> Value int
> )
> go
> insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> go
> select
> MainID,
> POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> from
> t
> group by
> MainID
> drop table t
> go
> I took the idea from:
> The T-SQL Banker
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-SQLBanker.asp[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> AMB
> "martin" wrote:
|||Alejandro's solution is good for values greater than zero. Here's a
more general solution for all integers (this one adapted from Celko and
others):
SELECT mainid,
CAST(ROUND(
COALESCE(EXP(SUM(LOG(ABS(NULLIF(value,0))))),0)
* SIGN(MIN(ABS(value)))
* (COUNT(NULLIF(SIGN(value),1))%2*-2+1)
,0) AS INTEGER) AS product
FROM T
GROUP BY mainid
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
|||Thanks a lot.
Works great.
Martin.
"Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> Try,
> use northwind
> go
> create table t (
> SubID int,
> MainID int,
> Value int
> )
> go
> insert into t values(1, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(2, 1, 1)
> insert into t values(3, 1, 2)
> insert into t values(4, 1, 3)
> insert into t values(5, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(6, 2, 1)
> insert into t values(7, 3, 2)
> insert into t values(8, 3, 2)
> go
> select
> MainID,
> POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(Value)))
> from
> t
> group by
> MainID
> drop table t
> go
> I took the idea from:
> The T-SQL Banker
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/dnsqlmag02/
html/TheT-SQLBanker.asp[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> AMB
> "martin" wrote:
|||If we add +0.001 it works fine
SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2))+0.001)
FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
"Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
news:uYVS5cnRFHA.1172@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,AMB
> It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
> CREATE TABLE #Test
> (
> col1 INT NOT NULL,
> col2 INT NOT NULL
> )
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
>
> SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
> FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
>
>
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-SQLBanker.asp
>
|||Cast 10 to float.
SELECT
col1,
cast(POWER(cast(10 as float), SUM(LOG10(col2))) as decimal(5))
FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
go
AMB
"Uri Dimant" wrote:

> Hi,AMB
> It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
> CREATE TABLE #Test
> (
> col1 INT NOT NULL,
> col2 INT NOT NULL
> )
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
>
> SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
> FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
>
>
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-SQLBanker.asp
>
>
|||Good catch!!!
AMB
"Uri Dimant" wrote:

> Hi,AMB
> It gives me a wrong output for the col1=2
> CREATE TABLE #Test
> (
> col1 INT NOT NULL,
> col2 INT NOT NULL
> )
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,10)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,2)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,3)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,4)
> INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,2)
>
> SELECT col1,POWER(10, SUM(LOG10(col2)))
> FROM #Test GROUP BY col1
>
>
>
> "Alejandro Mesa" <AlejandroMesa@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DA4CABB-2DBD-43CA-B0DE-995B8B644F14@.microsoft.com...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-SQLBanker.asp
>
>
|||David,
This is really a good one.
AMB
"David Portas" wrote:

> Alejandro's solution is good for values greater than zero. Here's a
> more general solution for all integers (this one adapted from Celko and
> others):
> SELECT mainid,
> CAST(ROUND(
> COALESCE(EXP(SUM(LOG(ABS(NULLIF(value,0))))),0)
> * SIGN(MIN(ABS(value)))
> * (COUNT(NULLIF(SIGN(value),1))%2*-2+1)
> ,0) AS INTEGER) AS product
> FROM T
> GROUP BY mainid
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>