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SQL query on ASP page not working

I am pulling data to an ASP page from excel data in a named range. the named range is called "tblData" and I want the data from all the assets that are named a certain thing. My current sql statement is below and it retuns all assets but it does only pull the tagnames I am looking for but just not the specific assets, it pull all assets. the piece in italics is whats not working.

sql = "SELECT * FROM tblData where Asset ='FB%DPO' AND TagName = 'PercentMCR' OR 'BoilerCycles' OR 'BoilerThermalEfficiency' OR 'BoilerAvailableWorkEfficiency';"

ste5an

Seems you want:

SELECT * 
FROM tblData 
WHERE Asset ='FB%DPO'  
  AND TagName IN ('PercentMCR', 'BoilerCycles', 'BoilerThermalEfficiency', 'BoilerAvailableWorkEfficiency');

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jlcannon

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when i use that it returns nothing. my asset names are like FB3-DPO or FB34DPO so I thought using the wildcard % would get all of what I needed for asset name. but the above solution does not pull any data and it should as FB%DPO should return the records to the two assets I listed above.

Paul Jackson

try using the like operator :

SELECT * FROM tblData 
where Asset Like 'FB%DPO'  AND (TagName = 'PercentMCR' OR TagName =  'BoilerCycles' OR TagName = 'BoilerThermalEfficiency' OR TagName = 'BoilerAvailableWorkEfficiency');

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jlcannon

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Hmm still returns nothing I have attached a copy of my excel sheet. and my code is simple, using the lates solution:

sql = "SELECT * FROM tblData where Asset Like 'FB%DPO' AND (TagName = 'PercentMCR' OR TagName = 'BoilerCycles' OR TagName = 'BoilerThermalEfficiency' OR TagName = 'BoilerAvailableWorkEfficiency');"

set RS = server.createobject("adodb.recordset")
RS.open sql,Conn,adOpenForwardOnly,adLockReadOnly
Copy.xlsx

ste5an

The wildcard is the asterisk *.

jlcannon

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I have used both * and % and neither return the data

jlcannon

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It seems as if If I use Asset LIKE 'FB%' is works to pull up all records with Asset names that begin with FB but if I use '%DPO' it pulls nothing. Same if I use 'FB*' it pulls all FB but if I use '*DPO' it pulls nothing. Also if I add in the line from AND on to the end it again pulls nothing even when used in conjunction with FB% than by itself returns all records where the asset name begins with FB... I am at a loss.

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thank you. found it was trailing spaces in the cells so now to figure out how to use the equivelent of TRIM in the vba code I am using to import the data from a CSV file. Off to a new searcha nd probably new question here....