Convert string MMDDYYYY to a date
First I will say I've found a couple different SQL solutions for this, I'm asking if there is a better way or what would be the most efficient way of doing this. I'm also making an assumption that...
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I have a table that contains multiple fields:Diagnosis1Diagnosis2Diagnosis3Diagnosis4Diagnosis5Diagnosis6Diagnosis7Diagnosis8Diagnosis9each field only contain codes, the descriptions are in another...
View ArticleQuestion on Grouping -Working number of days
Hi All,I am trying to work out the number of days for each (CODE) from the Code (REQUEST DATE) till next Code appear and update the ( No.Days) .it was working fine using LAG/LEAD function but...
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Hello,Good evening.I am trying to find the latest checking lot no based on each receiving which matches with available with inventory level. Please refer to the below picture for your kind perusal.For...
View ArticleSplit Date into From and ToDate
Hi friends,I would like to split the date into from and to date range based up on Quantity change and also need to ignore the record if Date is missing in between them. Any suggestions would be really app
View ArticleExpand multi-join with another table
Hi all,I'm have a SQL agent job (running in live business situation) and it's doing the following:-read data from source DB (and some additional lookup) and keep it in a view (see code)This has all...
View ArticleCombine multiple stored procedures to create one report using cursor.
What I'm trying to achieve should look like this and my stored procedure should accept a single argument – the name of a College, it will need to find all Colleges that match the name (including...
View ArticleTransfer a text file from one server to another server
Is there any way to transfer a text file from one server to another server using powershellscript.Please help .
View ArticleXML XQuery shred into fully encapsulated individual rows
I cant seem to work out a query that returns fully encapsulated shredded xml.This will get me very close, but missing the parent node, and anything at the second level (L1ID,L1Name) [code...
View ArticleHow to round a value in a varchar column ?
Dear Forum,I have a strange requirement to round a value in a varchar column in MS SQL*Server 2012. I know it is bad practice to hold numerics in a varchar.i.e. the column is a varchar but holds a...
View ArticleHow to determine what percent of a varchar column is a valid numeric?
I have a data profiling type of question :I'm interesting in a query to determine what percent of a varchar column is a valid numeric?sql*server 2012.i.e. the varchar column may hold a value like 123.4...
View ArticleVarious ODBC File Data Type Images must be written in the proper format on to...
Hello Folks.In a table are stored over 1 million ODBC documents (doc, pdf, excel ). I want to write all this documents on to disk in the correct format. The format is given by an attribute in the...
View ArticleSelect Column Value based on date
HI ,I'm looking for some help figuring out how to go about Selecting Column Value based on todays date.I have a columns 1 through 31 and Id like to select that value for today. eg: today is the...
View ArticleTable Join with Grouping problem
Morning,I'm looking for some help on my query, it really a grouping problem.I've joined 2 unsimilar tables (different db's) to get a value not available in the 1st table. The 2nd table has different...
View ArticleOverlapping Date Ranges
Hi there,I have looked in many forums and have been unable to find what I am looking for to get the results I need.Basically I am looking to see if a physician has 2 or more overlapping enrollment...
View ArticleSQL QUERY: Request For Part Overflow
I have events on my database.Every event has datetime to be started and datetime to be ended.In every event appears request for part/s. Inventory of this parts just 2 units (not appears in the example...
View ArticleSave the actual execution plan of a SQL statement in a script
I have a script that runs in SSIS from an "Execute SQL Task". One statement that is taking about 1 hour in my test environment is taking about 10 hours in production, on similar sized data. I suspect...
View ArticleParse string based on a list of values
Rather that use a bunch of replace functions, is there a better way to parse these values, CH,HC,MA,NH,OA,OTH,PSY,SNF, out of my data?[code language="sql"]
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Subset rows with opening and closing balance
Hello All,I trying to get result as mentioned below (excel format for illustration purpose only).
View Articlequery regarding compare-object output
Hello ,Can anybody help me with below :compare-object (get-content file1.txt) (get-content file.txt)| where { $_.SideIndicator -eq '<='}InputObject SideIndicator<
View ArticleJob Schedule KO / SQL Server 2012R2
Hello everyone.Let me first explain what the job does. Basically it executes a T-SQL query (customer data) puts the data in an excel file then send it by email.This job works perfectly when I run it...
View ArticleI wanted to run a stored proc over 500 databases in production.
Hello Room,I'm not hundred percent sure on how to program in T-SQL.I wanted to run a stored proc over 500 databases in production.and, the stored procedures will detect the expensive stored proc on...
View ArticleIssue updating columns for existing rows
Hi there,so I have this table I've added additional columns to. For existing rows I want to update the columns with new values. PK_Time is a Primary Key int and represents the date as YYYYMMDD and SSMS...
View ArticleUnion with co-related subquery
I am trying to take MAX(date) from the result set of three different tables using a UNION operator. so here is the query I used. But I am getting the error like "The column prefix 'e' doesnot match...
View Articletrimming SSNs
I have thousands of social security numbers I need to trim to leave only the last 4 digits... it is in a varchar field as xxx-xx-xxxx sometimes, but others are in xxxxxxxxx format and some scraps are...
View ArticleHow to return a value if an INNER JOIN isn't satisfied?
Hi,I have Historical T-SQL query as below:SELECT<
View ArticleJoining a result set to a base table
I have a weird one that is hard to explain.So I am looking for any Providers that are not listed as a Primary. So I did a select PROVID from PROVSPECIALTY (#primary) table which gives me about 73000...
View ArticleConvert function and omitting the optional length parameter
I'm keen to use the convert function to convert many (100s) of nvarchar columns to varchar columns via creation of a view and an SSIS package.Each column has different length or many of them do.If I...
View ArticleAlternative to sp_OACreate, sp_OAMethod, and sp_OADestroy call a url for...
I have created the following sproc for calling a URL to return XML. However, we dont have access to run sp_OAMethod. The call is below. My question is there an alternative way to call a URL to return XML?
View ArticleConvert xml column data from x and shred the elements into a tabular structure.
I am looking to have the xml column converted into a table. Basically shred the xml into columns. I am not familiar with XML and tried a tad bit of stuff but couldn't make any progress. Any help would...
View ArticleSplit strings by space into individual rows
Hi,String operations are one of my weakest areas in SQL. My requirement is to split strings separated by spaces with different lengths. Products column contains product information for each activity...
View Articleget percentage of sale quantity based on items from same group verses the -12...
So in the example I divide the quantity of each item by the quantity of 230-12. I would like to do this in the QUERY . The results will be a long list of different PartClasses, Partgroup's and PartID's...
View Articlet-sql 2012 sum of several fields
In the t-sql 2012 orig sql listed below, I am trying to determine how to tell if at least 2 or more of the following values are not null:The fields that I am looking for to be not null are the...
View ArticleRunning out of TempDB when using MERGE Query
Hello,We have a .NET application that executes a stored procedure in SQL that runs a Merge Query for UPDATES, INSERTS, DELETES. I know the MERGE runs a single batch. The source table that is being...
View ArticleExcluding values using NOT IN not working
I posted last week or so about joining results to an existing table and I tried all the responses but nothing worked. I wanted to make a test mockup of data so it might explain it better
View Articleneed help with writing query to retrieve info stored in multiple columns
I need help with creating query to retrieve info stored in multiple columns. Below you can find sample table/info with current output and the required/preferred output.Tablecreate table...
View Articledeleting duplicates, even though different key values
Is there a way of deleting duplicates, even though different key values? e.g.:123 Mary Kay124 Mary Kay125 Bob Incus126 Bob Incusget rid of only one of the duplicates like leave 123, delete 124
View ArticleRecursive CTE Duplication
Hi all,I am working on a system that has Business units and a Parent\Child relationship.I am trying to write a CTE that will show me all of the descendants for any given BU. I feel i am nearly there.
View ArticleSplit sting by hypens
Hi Guys,I have one task to derived column values by splitting the string by hypensbelow is the DDL,[code language="sql"]CREATE TABLE #TABLE(COL VARCHAR (100) )INSER
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