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I am running a select query on a sql server DB, and trying to return a field which is encoded in Hex.  I am then trying to display the Hex in a multiline textbox. For some reason it just ou...
Please see the attached code snippet. The sp will work when all of the variable are passed. How do I get it to show all records when no variables are declared. I have tried to set the initial ...
Is there a better way to get a result set from selects on multiple tables other than UNION ALL? It seems rather slow to me. Is there another best practice for a scenario like the following code?
I need to idenitfy a list of "Sufficient Privileges" to my admin team to the SQL Server Agent Service account.  We created a new user group, however I am getting an error when I change the Age...
Hi fellow experts, Have two databases within SQL Server on the same server. I am trying to Import/Export Data from one database to another using the Import/Export Wizard. The reason i am do...
Hi, I need to run a query that will tell the length of characters for each record; so: fieldA = somedata fieldB = somemoredata Then the query would return: fieldA = 8 fieldB = 12 Can any...
Hi guys I have this script SET ARITHIGNORE ON SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF SELECT calls_bc_d.CompanyId, Sum(TakenCount) Calls, sum(uservalue05)/Sum(TakenCount) AnswerTime, sum(Talktimet...
Greetings, I have two views with identical data fields.  I want to select all the data from each and list them sequentially.  For example view1 has data field Order# with values 1,3,5,7.  Vie...
We have a SQL 2005 server with reporting services enabled. I can view the reports if I RDP to the server and go to http://localhost/reports. However, when I try to do so from a desktop PC on t...
I want to create a stored procedure where I want to find the certain string pattern and replace with the one I want. This is very large sql string and I need to replace quite few string patter...
Hi I am trying to query a linked DB2 server on Sql server 2005 directly but get the following error. The OLE DB provider "DB2OLEDB" for linked server "MylinkedServer" does not contain the ...
I have the following Trigger which I cannot get to work on INSERT. If I edit the record the trigger fires. Please could someone point me in the right direction. CREATE Trigger [dbo].[Up...
Hello Experts, My online database server got crashed.  Fortunatly we recovered the *.mdf and *.ldf files from the crashed hard dick.   Now I want to restore the database from *.mdf and...
Hi there, I am trying to count some rows using a case statement, but the value is 0. how do I get to count each row so I know how many rows contain the value 0? I tried Count(CASE when ...
Trying to build a SQL select statement to find a single MAX date value per customer within a group of possible values.  Have a single table CUST1 with fields CUSTID, ORDERNO, ORDERDATE, SERIES...
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I import spreadsheets from various departments.  Each has their own way of recording an employees name eg some depts include the employees initial, others dont, some put a full stop have the i...
My database contains multiple prices from my products by date. I would like to only pull the product and price of the newest date. Have tried using the MAX but I'm not sure I'm using this cor...
Hello, I am trying to write a SQL query for determining the amount of time between times in a table, that overlap midnight. I would like to have the time in seconds between the two times or...
Hi All, i have different situation where i am selecting from 4 tables into temporary table and one of these table contains identity column, so while i am selecting the records into this temp t...
I want to achieve the follwing functionality while (getdate() < @StartTime + @GiveupTimeout)      call check proc      check results of proc      if success, do something      if failure, sleep for a sec...
How can I use a GROUP_CONCAT function in ms sql. is there any alternative to this? I have a table likethis Name---------------------------Favorite Color ID Jim---------------------------...
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I created a DB in SQL server 2005 and need to copy it to another system running SQL server 2005. When I try to attach it to the new server I receive the following error information: TITLE: ...
I am trying to run a dtsx package with xp_cmdshell.  The account trying to execute the Stored Proc isn't in the   fixed admin group. I have go through and tried to create a proxy account to...