Finding first X records that when sumed up meet a criteria (Threshold)

Hi I'm tryin to do a tsql statement that returns the first X records that meet a certain criteria (Threshold):

Say the table has 2 columns: ID & Count

And 2 rows:

ID, Count

1, 10

2, 10

I'm looking to return rows and values until a threshold is reached, so

if threshold is 8, query should return:

ID 1 and Count 8

if theshold i s 15, query should return

ID 1, Count 10

ID 2, Count 5

Any help on this would be appreciated, Thanks!

Hey Zorca. First of all, I'll assume for now that you're running SQL 2000. If you're using SQL 2005, let me know and I'll give you a simpler solution using new SQL 2005 features.

To achieve this, you'd first need to write a query to get the running totals for your given table. You can do this as follows (note that I'm using the table name 'ztmp_table'):

create table dbo.ztmp_table (iid int, cnt int)
go

insert dbo.ztmp_table (iid, cnt) select 1,10
insert dbo.ztmp_table (iid, cnt) select 2,10
insert dbo.ztmp_table (iid, cnt) select 3,10
go

-- Get a running total of the cnt column for the table
select t1.iid, min(t1.cnt) as mycnt, sum(t2.cnt) as runcnt
from ztmp_table t1
join ztmp_table t2
on t2.iid <= t1.iid
group by t1.iid
order by t1.iid
go

Once you have that in place, you then use that query to fulfill the remainder of your mission. I'm going to simplify it by wrapping the above query in a view, removing the order by clause, as follows:

create view dbo.ztmp_runtotals as

-- Get a running total of the cnt column for the table
select t1.iid, min(t1.cnt) as mycnt, sum(t2.cnt) as runcnt
from ztmp_table t1
join ztmp_table t2
on t2.iid <= t1.iid
group by t1.iid
go

Now that I have that view to make simpler code, you can use the following script to see how you can achieve what you're looking for:

declare @.thresh int
set @.thresh = 15

select iid,
case
when runcnt > @.thresh then (@.thresh - (runcnt - mycnt))
when runcnt <= @.thresh then mycnt
end as cnt
from dbo.ztmp_runtotals as tmp1
where tmp1.iid <=
isnull((select min(iid) from dbo.ztmp_runtotals where runcnt >= @.thresh),iid)
order by tmp1.iid

I'm not going to spend a lot of time going into detail on how it works, I'll let you figure that part out, but feel free to repost any questions you may have. Play around with the @.thresh parameter a bit to see the different results you get.

HTH,

Finding duplicates

Here is what I have so far. Would anyone know if this query picks up all id
numbers that have the same amount on a certain settlment batch number? They
are also both credit sales that were approved. Thanks for any info.
Use WinPayment
GO
SELECT
pos_condition_code,
convert(char(11), retrieval_reference_number) RR,
message_type,
authorization_identification,
convert(char(8), card_acceptor_identification) SN,
convert(char(25), transaction_name) TransactionName,
isnull(convert(char(2), id_code_1), ' ') ID,
convert (char (20), id_number_1)CardNumber,
convert(char(20), time_stamp)POSTime,
convert (char (20), transmission_date_and_time)TransmissionT
ime,
convert(char(2), response_code) RC,
isnull(convert(char(2), host_response_code), '') HRC,
convert(char(20), host_response_string)Message,
convert(char(7), stan) STAN,
convert(char(12), transaction_amount) Amount,
settlement_data
FROM
financial_message as Sale (NOLOCK)
Where
settlement_batch_number = '773'
AND
transaction_name = 'Credit Sale'
And
host_response_string = 'Successful Approval'
AND EXISTS
(Select *
FROM financial_message AS Rev
WHERE Rev.id_number_1 = Sale.id_number_1
AND Rev.transaction_amount = Sale.transaction_amount
AND Rev.settlement_batch_number = sale.settlement_batch_number
AND Rev.transaction_name = sale.transaction_name
And Rev.host_response_string = sale.host_response_string)
order by
time_stampYour filter is based on this
Rev.id_number_1 = Sale.id_number_1
AND Rev.transaction_amount = Sale.transaction_amount
AND Rev.settlement_batch_number = sale.settlement_batch_number
AND Rev.transaction_name = sale.transaction_name
And Rev.host_response_string = sale.host_response_string
Thus, only row(s) that satisfy the requirements would be returned.
-oj
"tarheels4025" <tarheels4025@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2EF69A8A-0019-4FF7-89BD-A31499D3C8EC@.microsoft.com...
> Here is what I have so far. Would anyone know if this query picks up all
> id
> numbers that have the same amount on a certain settlment batch number?
> They
> are also both credit sales that were approved. Thanks for any info.
> Use WinPayment
> GO
> SELECT
> pos_condition_code,
> convert(char(11), retrieval_reference_number) RR,
> message_type,
> authorization_identification,
> convert(char(8), card_acceptor_identification) SN,
> convert(char(25), transaction_name) TransactionName,
> isnull(convert(char(2), id_code_1), ' ') ID,
> convert (char (20), id_number_1)CardNumber,
> convert(char(20), time_stamp)POSTime,
> convert (char (20), transmission_date_and_time)TransmissionT
ime,
> convert(char(2), response_code) RC,
> isnull(convert(char(2), host_response_code), '') HRC,
> convert(char(20), host_response_string)Message,
> convert(char(7), stan) STAN,
> convert(char(12), transaction_amount) Amount,
> settlement_data
> FROM
> financial_message as Sale (NOLOCK)
> Where
> settlement_batch_number = '773'
> AND
> transaction_name = 'Credit Sale'
> And
> host_response_string = 'Successful Approval'
> AND EXISTS
> (Select *
> FROM financial_message AS Rev
> WHERE Rev.id_number_1 = Sale.id_number_1
> AND Rev.transaction_amount = Sale.transaction_amount
> AND Rev.settlement_batch_number = sale.settlement_batch_number
> AND Rev.transaction_name = sale.transaction_name
> And Rev.host_response_string = sale.host_response_string)
> order by
> time_stamp

Finding duplicates

I wanted to know if there was anyway to pick out duplicates in a certain day
.
Days are setup as a settlement_batch_number.
So on a certain settlement_batch_number is there a way to pick out
duplicates when
store number , card number , and amount are all the same.
Does a group by function accomplish this? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.SELECT settlement_batch_number, store_number, card_number, amount
FROM YourTable
GROUP BY settlement_batch_number, store_number, card_number, amount
HAVING COUNT(*)>1
--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||If I just wanted to specify a certain settlement_batch_number where would I
place that in the statement. Like say 784 was a settlement_batch_number I
wanted where would I put that in the statement. Thanks
"David Portas" wrote:

> SELECT settlement_batch_number, store_number, card_number, amount
> FROM YourTable
> GROUP BY settlement_batch_number, store_number, card_number, amount
> HAVING COUNT(*)>1
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>|||On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 08:37:05 -0800, tarheels4025 wrote:

>If I just wanted to specify a certain settlement_batch_number where would I
>place that in the statement. Like say 784 was a settlement_batch_number I
>wanted where would I put that in the statement. Thanks
Hi tarheels4025,
SELECT settlement_batch_number, store_number, card_number, amount
FROM YourTable
WHERE settlement_batch_number = 784
GROUP BY settlement_batch_number, store_number, card_number, amount
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
Best, Hugo
--
(Remove _NO_ and _SPAM_ to get my e-mail address)

Finding Consecutive Values

I'm stuck in trying to find out how to solve this.
Within a record set, I need to know when a id has been a certain value
for x consecutive years. For example,
Create table #Test (
tid int NOT NULL,
yr int NOT NULL,
value int NOT NULL)
insert into #Test values (100, 1998, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 1999, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2000, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2001, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2002, 1)
insert into #Test values (100, 2003, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2004, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2005, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2006, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2007, 0)
insert into #Test values (100, 2008, 1)
insert into #Test values (200, 1999, 0)
insert into #Test values (200, 2001, 0)
insert into #Test values (200, 2002, 0)
insert into #Test values (300, 2001, 0)
insert into #Test values (300, 2002, 0)
insert into #Test values (300, 2003, 0)
insert into #Test values (300, 2004, 0)
insert into #Test values (300, 2005, 0)
FIND: tid, startdate, enddate when value is 0 for 4 or more consecutive
months.
RESULTS would yield
tid startdate enddate years
100 1998 2001 4
100 2003 2007 5
300 2001 2005 5
TIAselect t_from.tid, t_from.yr start_year, t_to.yr end_year, t_from.value
from
(select tid, yr, value from Test t1 where not exists(
select 1 from Test t2 where t1.tid=t2.tid and t1.value=t2.value and
t1.yr=(t2.yr+1))
)t_from
join
(select tid, yr, value from Test t1 where not exists(
select 1 from Test t2 where t1.tid=t2.tid and t1.value=t2.value and
t1.yr=(t2.yr-1))
)t_to
on t_from.tid=t_to.tid and t_from.value=t_to.value and
(t_from.yr+3)<=t_to.yr
and t_from.yr + (select count(*) from Test t where t_from.tid=t.tid
and t_from.yr<t.yr and t.yr<t_to.yr and t_from.value=t.value) + 1 =
t_to.yr
order by t_from.tid, t_from.yr
tid start_year end_year value
-- -- -- --
100 1998 2001 0
100 2003 2007 0
300 2001 2005 0
(3 row(s) affected)|||select tid, min(yr) as start, maxyr as [end], count(*) as yrs
from (
select *,
isnull(
(select max(yr)
from #test t2
where t2.tid=t1.tid
and t2.yr>=t1.yr
and t2.value=0
and t2.yr<=(select min(yr) from #test where tid=t2.tid and
yr>=t1.yr and value=1)
),
(select max(yr)
from #test t3
where t3.tid=t1.tid
)
) as maxyr
from #test t1
where value=0
) t4
group by tid, maxyr
having count(*)>=4
order by tid, start
carmaboy@.gmail.com wrote:
> I'm stuck in trying to find out how to solve this.
> Within a record set, I need to know when a id has been a certain value
> for x consecutive years. For example,
> Create table #Test (
> tid int NOT NULL,
> yr int NOT NULL,
> value int NOT NULL)
> insert into #Test values (100, 1998, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 1999, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2000, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2001, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2002, 1)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2003, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2004, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2005, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2006, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2007, 0)
> insert into #Test values (100, 2008, 1)
> insert into #Test values (200, 1999, 0)
> insert into #Test values (200, 2001, 0)
> insert into #Test values (200, 2002, 0)
> insert into #Test values (300, 2001, 0)
> insert into #Test values (300, 2002, 0)
> insert into #Test values (300, 2003, 0)
> insert into #Test values (300, 2004, 0)
> insert into #Test values (300, 2005, 0)
>
> FIND: tid, startdate, enddate when value is 0 for 4 or more consecutive
> months.
> RESULTS would yield
> tid startdate enddate years
> 100 1998 2001 4
> 100 2003 2007 5
> 300 2001 2005 5
> TIA
>|||A different, shorter version:
DROP TABLE Foobar;
CREATE TABLE Foobar
(tid INTEGER NOT NULL,
yr INTEGER NOT NULL,
value INTEGER NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 1998, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 1999, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2000, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2001, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2002, 1);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2003, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2004, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2005, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2006, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2007, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (100, 2008, 1);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (200, 1999, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (200, 2001, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (200, 2002, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (300, 2001, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (300, 2002, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (300, 2003, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (300, 2004, 0);
INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (300, 2005, 0);
SELECT X.tid, MIN(X.yr), X.end_yr, (X.end_yr - MIN(X.yr)) AS duration
FROM
(SELECT F1.tid, F1.yr, MAX(F2.yr) AS end_yr
FROM Foobar AS F1, Foobar AS F2
WHERE F1.yr < F2.yr
AND F1.tid = F2.tid
AND 0
= ALL (SELECT value
FROM Foobar AS F3
WHERE F1.tid = F3.tid
AND F3.yr BETWEEN F1.yr AND F2.yr)
AND (F2.yr - F1.yr +1)
= (SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM Foobar AS F4
WHERE F1.tid = F4.tid
AND F4.yr BETWEEN F1.yr AND F2.yr)
GROUP BY F1.tid, F1.yr) AS X(tid, yr, end_yr)
GROUP BY X.tid, X.end_yr
HAVING (X.end_yr - MIN(X.yr)) > 1;|||A thoughful solution that leaves one to ponder the rationality
of the methodology and of the environment that spawned it :)
"Trey Walpole" <treypole@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:e5k25kf9FHA.2844@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> select tid, min(yr) as start, maxyr as [end], count(*) as yrs
> from (
> select *,
> isnull(
> (select max(yr)
> from #test t2
> where t2.tid=t1.tid
> and t2.yr>=t1.yr
> and t2.value=0
> and t2.yr<=(select min(yr) from #test where tid=t2.tid and
> yr>=t1.yr and value=1)
> ),
> (select max(yr)
> from #test t3
> where t3.tid=t1.tid
> )
> ) as maxyr
> from #test t1
> where value=0
> ) t4
> group by tid, maxyr
> having count(*)>=4
> order by tid, start
>
> carmaboy@.gmail.com wrote:|||this problem would be solved like that? ;)
CREATE TABLE Puzzles..YearVals(
tid INTEGER NOT NULL,
yr INTEGER NOT NULL,
value INTEGER NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (tid, yr));
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 1998, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 1999, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2000, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2001, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2002, 1);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2003, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2004, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2005, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2006, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2007, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (100, 2008, 1);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (200, 1999, 0);
--INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (200, 2000, 1);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (200, 2001, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (200, 2002, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (300, 2001, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (300, 2002, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (300, 2003, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (300, 2004, 0);
INSERT INTO Puzzles..YearVals VALUES (300, 2005, 0);
SELECT tid, MIN(yr) AS beg_yr, MAX(yr) AS fin_yr, COUNT(*) AS tally
FROM
(SELECT B.tid,B.yr,B.yr-COUNT(*)
FROM Puzzles..YearVals AS B
JOIN Puzzles..YearVals AS L
ON L.tid = B.tid AND L.yr <= B.yr AND L.value=B.value
WHERE B.value = 0
GROUP BY B.tid,B.yr) AS G(tid,yr,grp)
GROUP BY grp,tid
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 4|||rrr... i did not remove a reference on my local db
sorry|||Thanks to everyone for taking the time to help. I should have all I
need to get my results.

finding a string somewhere in the MS SQL user tables

Hi,
I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
How can I easily find which table has this data ?
(without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
manually)
TIA
MichaelUse the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
Regards
Bharat Butani.
On May 4, 3:39 pm, Chiken Koma <michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> manually)
> TIA
> Michael|||If you now the column name you can do a search with object browser in query
analyzer on the database.
--
I drank alot of beer and ended up in the police department database.
Drank more beer and learned SQL in the dark hours.
DELETE FROM offenders WHERE Title=''MrAA'' AND Year=2006;
I love SQL
"fauxDBA@.gmail.com" wrote:

> Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
>
> Regards
> Bharat Butani.
>
> On May 4, 3:39 pm, Chiken Koma <michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>|||On 4 May, 13:47, faux...@.gmail.com wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
> Regards
> Bharat Butani.
> On May 4, 3:39 pm,ChikenKoma<michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
thanks I will try that|||On 4 May, 13:57, Hate_orphaned_users
<Hateorphanedus...@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> If you now the column name you can do a search with object browser in quer
y
> analyzer on the database.
> --
> I drank alot of beer and ended up in the police department database.
> Drank more beer and learned SQL in the dark hours.
> DELETE FROM offenders WHERE Title=''MrAA'' AND Year=2006;
> I love SQL
> "faux...@.gmail.com" wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
thats the problem we dont know the table, in Ingres I used to dump the
whole database to ascii files and do a string search, this would
highlight a file which corresponded to a table, then I could search
probable columns in that table.|||The simplest way is the probably just to query the cataloguef or the tables,
processing the results to create select statement for each of the tables,
then run them until you find the column.
"Chiken Koma" <michaelnewport@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1178275148.581808.186800@.l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> manually)
> TIA
> Michael
>|||If it just is the one time thing to search for a string, below is a SP
which I had written a long time back for fun (this is exactly similar
to what Mark had suggested). Use it rarely, and also not at the peak
time of the day.
----
---
DROP PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
@.SEARCHSTR VARCHAR(100),
@.EXACT_MATCH VARCHAR(1) = 'F',
@.MATCH_FULL_WORD VARCHAR(1) = 'F'
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @.FROM INT
DECLARE @.TO INT
DECLARE @.TABLE_ID INT
DECLARE @.TABLE_NAME SYSNAME
DECLARE @.COLUMN_NAME SYSNAME
DECLARE @.OPERATOR SYSNAME
CREATE TABLE #TEMP_TABLE (
SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
TABLE_ID INT,
TABLE_NAME SYSNAME)
CREATE TABLE ##RESULT(
SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
TYPE VARCHAR(15),
TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100),
COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(300),
DATA_TEXT VARCHAR(7000) )
INSERT #TEMP_TABLE (TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ID)
SELECT NAME, ID FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE XTYPE in ('U', 'S') ORDER
BY NAME
IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
ELSE
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
SET @.FROM = 1
SET @.TO = (SELECT MAX(SLNO) FROM #TEMP_TABLE)
IF @.EXACT_MATCH = 'F'
BEGIN
IF @.MATCH_FULL_WORD = 'T'
SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%[^a-z,^0-9,_]' +
RTRIM(LTRIM(@.SEARCHSTR)) + '[^a-z,^0-9,_]%'
ELSE
SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%' + @.SEARCHSTR + '%'
SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' LIKE '
END
ELSE
SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' = '
WHILE @.FROM <= @.TO
BEGIN
SELECT @.TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME , @.TABLE_ID = TABLE_ID FROM
#TEMP_TABLE WHERE SLNO = @.FROM
SELECT NAME AS COLUMN_NAME INTO #TEMP_COLUMNS FROM SYSCOLUMNS
WHERE ID = @.TABLE_ID AND XTYPE = 167 ORDER BY XTYPE DESC
IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
ELSE
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
WHILE EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER
BY COLUMN_NAME)
BEGIN
SET @.COLUMN_NAME = (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM
#TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
EXECUTE('INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME,
DATA_TEXT)
SELECT ''DATA'' AS TYPE, ''' + @.TABLE_NAME + ''' AS
TABLE_NAME, ''' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ''', '+ @.COLUMN_NAME
+ ' FROM ' + @.TABLE_NAME + ' WHERE ' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ' '
+ @.OPERATOR + '''' + @.SEARCHSTR + '''')
DELETE #TEMP_COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.COLUMN_NAME
END
DROP TABLE #TEMP_COLUMNS
SET @.FROM = @.FROM + 1
END
SELECT * FROM ##RESULT
DROP TABLE #TEMP_TABLE
DROP TABLE ##RESULT
END
GO
-- EXEC FIND_IN_DB 'test%', 'F', 'T'
----
---|||On 6 May, 12:57, nime...@.gmail.com wrote:
> If it just is the one time thing to search for a string, below is a SP
> which I had written a long time back for fun (this is exactly similar
> to what Mark had suggested). Use it rarely, and also not at the peak
> time of the day.
> ----
---
> DROP PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
> GO
> CREATE PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
> @.SEARCHSTR VARCHAR(100),
> @.EXACT_MATCH VARCHAR(1) = 'F',
> @.MATCH_FULL_WORD VARCHAR(1) = 'F'
> AS
> BEGIN
> DECLARE @.FROM INT
> DECLARE @.TO INT
> DECLARE @.TABLE_ID INT
> DECLARE @.TABLE_NAME SYSNAME
> DECLARE @.COLUMN_NAME SYSNAME
> DECLARE @.OPERATOR SYSNAME
> CREATE TABLE #TEMP_TABLE (
> SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
> TABLE_ID INT,
> TABLE_NAME SYSNAME)
> CREATE TABLE ##RESULT(
> SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
> TYPE VARCHAR(15),
> TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100),
> COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(300),
> DATA_TEXT VARCHAR(7000) )
> INSERT #TEMP_TABLE (TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ID)
> SELECT NAME, ID FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE XTYPE in ('U', 'S') ORDER
> BY NAME
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
> SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
> WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
> ELSE
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
> SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
> WHERE TABLE_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
> SET @.FROM = 1
> SET @.TO = (SELECT MAX(SLNO) FROM #TEMP_TABLE)
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH = 'F'
> BEGIN
> IF @.MATCH_FULL_WORD = 'T'
> SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%[^a-z,^0-9,_]' +
> RTRIM(LTRIM(@.SEARCHSTR)) + '[^a-z,^0-9,_]%'
> ELSE
> SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%' + @.SEARCHSTR + '%'
> SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' LIKE '
> END
> ELSE
> SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' = '
> WHILE @.FROM <= @.TO
> BEGIN
> SELECT @.TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME , @.TABLE_ID = TABLE_ID FROM
> #TEMP_TABLE WHERE SLNO = @.FROM
> SELECT NAME AS COLUMN_NAME INTO #TEMP_COLUMNS FROM SYSCOLUMNS
> WHERE ID = @.TABLE_ID AND XTYPE = 167 ORDER BY XTYPE DESC
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
> COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
> WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
> ELSE
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
> COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
> WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
> WHILE EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER
> BY COLUMN_NAME)
> BEGIN
> SET @.COLUMN_NAME = (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM
> #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
> EXECUTE('INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME,
> DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT ''DATA'' AS TYPE, ''' + @.TABLE_NAME + ''' AS
> TABLE_NAME, ''' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ''', '+ @.COLUMN_NAME
> + ' FROM ' + @.TABLE_NAME + ' WHERE ' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ' '
> + @.OPERATOR + '''' + @.SEARCHSTR + '''')
> DELETE #TEMP_COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.COLUMN_NAME
> END
> DROP TABLE #TEMP_COLUMNS
> SET @.FROM = @.FROM + 1
> END
> SELECT * FROM ##RESULT
> DROP TABLE #TEMP_TABLE
> DROP TABLE ##RESULT
> END
> GO
> -- EXEC FIND_IN_DB 'test%', 'F', 'T'
> ----
----
thanks I will try that

finding a string somewhere in the MS SQL user tables

Hi,
I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
How can I easily find which table has this data ?
(without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
manually)
TIA
Michael
Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
Regards
Bharat Butani.
On May 4, 3:39 pm, Chiken Koma <michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> manually)
> TIA
> Michael
|||If you now the column name you can do a search with object browser in query
analyzer on the database.
I drank alot of beer and ended up in the police department database.
Drank more beer and learned SQL in the dark hours.
DELETE FROM offenders WHERE Title=''MrAA'' AND Year=2006;
I love SQL
"fauxDBA@.gmail.com" wrote:

> Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
>
> Regards
> Bharat Butani.
>
> On May 4, 3:39 pm, Chiken Koma <michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
|||On 4 May, 13:47, faux...@.gmail.com wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
> Regards
> Bharat Butani.
> On May 4, 3:39 pm,ChikenKoma<michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
thanks I will try that
|||On 4 May, 13:57, Hate_orphaned_users
<Hateorphanedus...@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> If you now the column name you can do a search with object browser in query
> analyzer on the database.
> --
> I drank alot of beer and ended up in the police department database.
> Drank more beer and learned SQL in the dark hours.
> DELETE FROM offenders WHERE Title=''MrAA'' AND Year=2006;
> I love SQL
> "faux...@.gmail.com" wrote:
>
>
thats the problem we dont know the table, in Ingres I used to dump the
whole database to ascii files and do a string search, this would
highlight a file which corresponded to a table, then I could search
probable columns in that table.
|||The simplest way is the probably just to query the cataloguef or the tables,
processing the results to create select statement for each of the tables,
then run them until you find the column.
"Chiken Koma" <michaelnewport@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1178275148.581808.186800@.l77g2000hsb.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi,
> I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> manually)
> TIA
> Michael
>
|||If it just is the one time thing to search for a string, below is a SP
which I had written a long time back for fun (this is exactly similar
to what Mark had suggested). Use it rarely, and also not at the peak
time of the day.
------
DROP PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
@.SEARCHSTR VARCHAR(100),
@.EXACT_MATCH VARCHAR(1) = 'F',
@.MATCH_FULL_WORD VARCHAR(1) = 'F'
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @.FROM INT
DECLARE @.TO INT
DECLARE @.TABLE_ID INT
DECLARE @.TABLE_NAME SYSNAME
DECLARE @.COLUMN_NAME SYSNAME
DECLARE @.OPERATOR SYSNAME
CREATE TABLE #TEMP_TABLE (
SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
TABLE_ID INT,
TABLE_NAME SYSNAME)
CREATE TABLE ##RESULT(
SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
TYPE VARCHAR(15),
TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100),
COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(300),
DATA_TEXT VARCHAR(7000) )
INSERT #TEMP_TABLE (TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ID)
SELECT NAME, ID FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE XTYPE in ('U', 'S') ORDER
BY NAME
IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
ELSE
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
SET @.FROM = 1
SET @.TO = (SELECT MAX(SLNO) FROM #TEMP_TABLE)
IF @.EXACT_MATCH = 'F'
BEGIN
IF @.MATCH_FULL_WORD = 'T'
SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%[^a-z,^0-9,_]' +
RTRIM(LTRIM(@.SEARCHSTR)) + '[^a-z,^0-9,_]%'
ELSE
SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%' + @.SEARCHSTR + '%'
SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' LIKE '
END
ELSE
SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' = '
WHILE @.FROM <= @.TO
BEGIN
SELECT @.TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME , @.TABLE_ID = TABLE_ID FROM
#TEMP_TABLE WHERE SLNO = @.FROM
SELECT NAME AS COLUMN_NAME INTO #TEMP_COLUMNS FROM SYSCOLUMNS
WHERE ID = @.TABLE_ID AND XTYPE = 167 ORDER BY XTYPE DESC
IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
ELSE
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
WHILE EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER
BY COLUMN_NAME)
BEGIN
SET @.COLUMN_NAME = (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM
#TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
EXECUTE('INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME,
DATA_TEXT)
SELECT ''DATA'' AS TYPE, ''' + @.TABLE_NAME + ''' AS
TABLE_NAME, ''' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ''', '+ @.COLUMN_NAME
+ ' FROM ' + @.TABLE_NAME + ' WHERE ' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ' '
+ @.OPERATOR + '''' + @.SEARCHSTR + '''')
DELETE #TEMP_COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.COLUMN_NAME
END
DROP TABLE #TEMP_COLUMNS
SET @.FROM = @.FROM + 1
END
SELECT * FROM ##RESULT
DROP TABLE #TEMP_TABLE
DROP TABLE ##RESULT
END
GO
-- EXEC FIND_IN_DB 'test%', 'F', 'T'
------
|||On 6 May, 12:57, nime...@.gmail.com wrote:
> If it just is the one time thing to search for a string, below is a SP
> which I had written a long time back for fun (this is exactly similar
> to what Mark had suggested). Use it rarely, and also not at the peak
> time of the day.
> ------
> DROP PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
> GO
> CREATE PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
> @.SEARCHSTR VARCHAR(100),
> @.EXACT_MATCH VARCHAR(1) = 'F',
> @.MATCH_FULL_WORD VARCHAR(1) = 'F'
> AS
> BEGIN
> DECLARE @.FROM INT
> DECLARE @.TO INT
> DECLARE @.TABLE_ID INT
> DECLARE @.TABLE_NAME SYSNAME
> DECLARE @.COLUMN_NAME SYSNAME
> DECLARE @.OPERATOR SYSNAME
> CREATE TABLE #TEMP_TABLE (
> SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
> TABLE_ID INT,
> TABLE_NAME SYSNAME)
> CREATE TABLE ##RESULT(
> SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
> TYPE VARCHAR(15),
> TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100),
> COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(300),
> DATA_TEXT VARCHAR(7000) )
> INSERT #TEMP_TABLE (TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ID)
> SELECT NAME, ID FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE XTYPE in ('U', 'S') ORDER
> BY NAME
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
> SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
> WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
> ELSE
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
> SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
> WHERE TABLE_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
> SET @.FROM = 1
> SET @.TO = (SELECT MAX(SLNO) FROM #TEMP_TABLE)
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH = 'F'
> BEGIN
> IF @.MATCH_FULL_WORD = 'T'
> SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%[^a-z,^0-9,_]' +
> RTRIM(LTRIM(@.SEARCHSTR)) + '[^a-z,^0-9,_]%'
> ELSE
> SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%' + @.SEARCHSTR + '%'
> SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' LIKE '
> END
> ELSE
> SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' = '
> WHILE @.FROM <= @.TO
> BEGIN
> SELECT @.TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME , @.TABLE_ID = TABLE_ID FROM
> #TEMP_TABLE WHERE SLNO = @.FROM
> SELECT NAME AS COLUMN_NAME INTO #TEMP_COLUMNS FROM SYSCOLUMNS
> WHERE ID = @.TABLE_ID AND XTYPE = 167 ORDER BY XTYPE DESC
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
> COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
> WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
> ELSE
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
> COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
> WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
> WHILE EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER
> BY COLUMN_NAME)
> BEGIN
> SET @.COLUMN_NAME = (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM
> #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
> EXECUTE('INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME,
> DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT ''DATA'' AS TYPE, ''' + @.TABLE_NAME + ''' AS
> TABLE_NAME, ''' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ''', '+ @.COLUMN_NAME
> + ' FROM ' + @.TABLE_NAME + ' WHERE ' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ' '
> + @.OPERATOR + '''' + @.SEARCHSTR + '''')
> DELETE #TEMP_COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.COLUMN_NAME
> END
> DROP TABLE #TEMP_COLUMNS
> SET @.FROM = @.FROM + 1
> END
> SELECT * FROM ##RESULT
> DROP TABLE #TEMP_TABLE
> DROP TABLE ##RESULT
> END
> GO
> -- EXEC FIND_IN_DB 'test%', 'F', 'T'
> ------
thanks I will try that

finding a string somewhere in the MS SQL user tables

Hi,
I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
How can I easily find which table has this data ?
(without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
manually)
TIA
MichaelUse the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
Regards
Bharat Butani.
On May 4, 3:39 pm, Chiken Koma <michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> manually)
> TIA
> Michael|||If you now the column name you can do a search with object browser in query
analyzer on the database.
--
I drank alot of beer and ended up in the police department database.
Drank more beer and learned SQL in the dark hours.
DELETE FROM offenders WHERE Title=''MrAA'' AND Year=2006;
I love SQL :)
"fauxDBA@.gmail.com" wrote:
> Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
>
> Regards
> Bharat Butani.
>
> On May 4, 3:39 pm, Chiken Koma <michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> > screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> >
> > How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> > (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> > manually)
> >
> > TIA
> > Michael
>
>|||On 4 May, 13:47, faux...@.gmail.com wrote:
> Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
> Regards
> Bharat Butani.
> On May 4, 3:39 pm,ChikenKoma<michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> > screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> > How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> > (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> > manually)
> > TIA
> > Michael
thanks I will try that|||On 4 May, 13:57, Hate_orphaned_users
<Hateorphanedus...@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> If you now the column name you can do a search with object browser in query
> analyzer on the database.
> --
> I drank alot of beer and ended up in the police department database.
> Drank more beer and learned SQL in the dark hours.
> DELETE FROM offenders WHERE Title=''MrAA'' AND Year=2006;
> I love SQL :)
> "faux...@.gmail.com" wrote:
> > Use the profiler ... do the activity again to have a look at that
> > data ... In the backend it would definately show you the table or the
> > SP the application is calling ... Dig in further.
> > Regards
> > Bharat Butani.
> > On May 4, 3:39 pm,ChikenKoma<michaelnewp...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> > > screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> > > How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> > > (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> > > manually)
> > > TIA
> > > Michael
thats the problem we dont know the table, in Ingres I used to dump the
whole database to ascii files and do a string search, this would
highlight a file which corresponded to a table, then I could search
probable columns in that table.|||The simplest way is the probably just to query the cataloguef or the tables,
processing the results to create select statement for each of the tables,
then run them until you find the column.
"Chiken Koma" <michaelnewport@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1178275148.581808.186800@.l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I have an application which shows a certain piece of data on the
> screen, but I do not know which table it comes from (281 user tables).
> How can I easily find which table has this data ?
> (without opening each table and scanning through 1000's of rows
> manually)
> TIA
> Michael
>|||If it just is the one time thing to search for a string, below is a SP
which I had written a long time back for fun (this is exactly similar
to what Mark had suggested). Use it rarely, and also not at the peak
time of the day.
------
DROP PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
@.SEARCHSTR VARCHAR(100),
@.EXACT_MATCH VARCHAR(1) = 'F',
@.MATCH_FULL_WORD VARCHAR(1) = 'F'
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @.FROM INT
DECLARE @.TO INT
DECLARE @.TABLE_ID INT
DECLARE @.TABLE_NAME SYSNAME
DECLARE @.COLUMN_NAME SYSNAME
DECLARE @.OPERATOR SYSNAME
CREATE TABLE #TEMP_TABLE (
SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
TABLE_ID INT,
TABLE_NAME SYSNAME)
CREATE TABLE ##RESULT(
SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
TYPE VARCHAR(15),
TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100),
COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(300),
DATA_TEXT VARCHAR(7000) )
INSERT #TEMP_TABLE (TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ID)
SELECT NAME, ID FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE XTYPE in ('U', 'S') ORDER
BY NAME
IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
ELSE
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
SET @.FROM = 1
SET @.TO = (SELECT MAX(SLNO) FROM #TEMP_TABLE)
IF @.EXACT_MATCH = 'F'
BEGIN
IF @.MATCH_FULL_WORD = 'T'
SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%[^a-z,^0-9,_]' +
RTRIM(LTRIM(@.SEARCHSTR)) + '[^a-z,^0-9,_]%'
ELSE
SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%' + @.SEARCHSTR + '%'
SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' LIKE '
END
ELSE
SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' = '
WHILE @.FROM <= @.TO
BEGIN
SELECT @.TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME , @.TABLE_ID = TABLE_ID FROM
#TEMP_TABLE WHERE SLNO = @.FROM
SELECT NAME AS COLUMN_NAME INTO #TEMP_COLUMNS FROM SYSCOLUMNS
WHERE ID = @.TABLE_ID AND XTYPE = 167 ORDER BY XTYPE DESC
IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
ELSE
INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
WHILE EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER
BY COLUMN_NAME)
BEGIN
SET @.COLUMN_NAME = (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM
#TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
EXECUTE('INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME,
DATA_TEXT)
SELECT ''DATA'' AS TYPE, ''' + @.TABLE_NAME + ''' AS
TABLE_NAME, ''' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ''', '+ @.COLUMN_NAME
+ ' FROM ' + @.TABLE_NAME + ' WHERE ' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ' '
+ @.OPERATOR + '''' + @.SEARCHSTR + '''')
DELETE #TEMP_COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.COLUMN_NAME
END
DROP TABLE #TEMP_COLUMNS
SET @.FROM = @.FROM + 1
END
SELECT * FROM ##RESULT
DROP TABLE #TEMP_TABLE
DROP TABLE ##RESULT
END
GO
-- EXEC FIND_IN_DB 'test%', 'F', 'T'
------|||On 6 May, 12:57, nime...@.gmail.com wrote:
> If it just is the one time thing to search for a string, below is a SP
> which I had written a long time back for fun (this is exactly similar
> to what Mark had suggested). Use it rarely, and also not at the peak
> time of the day.
> ------
> DROP PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
> GO
> CREATE PROCEDURE FIND_IN_DB
> @.SEARCHSTR VARCHAR(100),
> @.EXACT_MATCH VARCHAR(1) = 'F',
> @.MATCH_FULL_WORD VARCHAR(1) = 'F'
> AS
> BEGIN
> DECLARE @.FROM INT
> DECLARE @.TO INT
> DECLARE @.TABLE_ID INT
> DECLARE @.TABLE_NAME SYSNAME
> DECLARE @.COLUMN_NAME SYSNAME
> DECLARE @.OPERATOR SYSNAME
> CREATE TABLE #TEMP_TABLE (
> SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
> TABLE_ID INT,
> TABLE_NAME SYSNAME)
> CREATE TABLE ##RESULT(
> SLNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
> TYPE VARCHAR(15),
> TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100),
> COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(300),
> DATA_TEXT VARCHAR(7000) )
> INSERT #TEMP_TABLE (TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ID)
> SELECT NAME, ID FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE XTYPE in ('U', 'S') ORDER
> BY NAME
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
> SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
> WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
> ELSE
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME)
> SELECT 'TABLE' AS TYPE, TABLE_NAME FROM #TEMP_TABLE
> WHERE TABLE_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
> SET @.FROM = 1
> SET @.TO = (SELECT MAX(SLNO) FROM #TEMP_TABLE)
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH = 'F'
> BEGIN
> IF @.MATCH_FULL_WORD = 'T'
> SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%[^a-z,^0-9,_]' +
> RTRIM(LTRIM(@.SEARCHSTR)) + '[^a-z,^0-9,_]%'
> ELSE
> SET @.SEARCHSTR = '%' + @.SEARCHSTR + '%'
> SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' LIKE '
> END
> ELSE
> SELECT @.OPERATOR = ' = '
> WHILE @.FROM <= @.TO
> BEGIN
> SELECT @.TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME , @.TABLE_ID = TABLE_ID FROM
> #TEMP_TABLE WHERE SLNO = @.FROM
> SELECT NAME AS COLUMN_NAME INTO #TEMP_COLUMNS FROM SYSCOLUMNS
> WHERE ID = @.TABLE_ID AND XTYPE = 167 ORDER BY XTYPE DESC
> IF @.EXACT_MATCH <> 'T'
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
> COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
> WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE @.SEARCHSTR
> ELSE
> INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT 'COLUMN' AS TYPE, @.TABLE_NAME AS TABLE_NAME,
> COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS
> WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.SEARCHSTR
> WHILE EXISTS(SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER
> BY COLUMN_NAME)
> BEGIN
> SET @.COLUMN_NAME = (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM
> #TEMP_COLUMNS ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
> EXECUTE('INSERT ##RESULT (TYPE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME,
> DATA_TEXT)
> SELECT ''DATA'' AS TYPE, ''' + @.TABLE_NAME + ''' AS
> TABLE_NAME, ''' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ''', '+ @.COLUMN_NAME
> + ' FROM ' + @.TABLE_NAME + ' WHERE ' + @.COLUMN_NAME + ' '
> + @.OPERATOR + '''' + @.SEARCHSTR + '''')
> DELETE #TEMP_COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @.COLUMN_NAME
> END
> DROP TABLE #TEMP_COLUMNS
> SET @.FROM = @.FROM + 1
> END
> SELECT * FROM ##RESULT
> DROP TABLE #TEMP_TABLE
> DROP TABLE ##RESULT
> END
> GO
> -- EXEC FIND_IN_DB 'test%', 'F', 'T'
> ------
thanks I will try that

Find which SPs have quoted_identifier set wrong

Our client's application software requires all stored procedures to
have quoted_identifier set a certain way. I've tripped over this a
few times and promptly fixed it, but this morning, I had to
troubleshoot a case where someone else tripped over it. In such a
situation, how can I identify which SP(s) have it set the wrong way?

(No huge rush, the someone-else has already fixed the recent case)

SQL 2K, SP3Ed Murphy wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Our client's application software requires all stored procedures to
have quoted_identifier set a certain way. I've tripped over this a
few times and promptly fixed it, but this morning, I had to
troubleshoot a case where someone else tripped over it. In such a
situation, how can I identify which SP(s) have it set the wrong way?

You can query against the SP text as follows.

select o.[name] as 'ProcName', c.[text] as 'ProcText'
from sysobjects o
join syscomments c on o.[id] = c.[id]
where o.[name] like 'usp%'

This is based on the assumption that all your SPs start with 'usp'.
Applying a WHERE clause should enable you to filter out certain procs.

Somebody please step in and correct this as I have a feeling it's not
the best way.|||Ed Murphy (emurphy42@.socal.rr.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Our client's application software requires all stored procedures to
have quoted_identifier set a certain way. I've tripped over this a
few times and promptly fixed it, but this morning, I had to
troubleshoot a case where someone else tripped over it. In such a
situation, how can I identify which SP(s) have it set the wrong way?

SELECT name
FROM sysobjects
WHERE objectproperty(id, 'ExecIsQuotedIdentOn') = 0

I'm assuming here that OFF is the incorrect position.

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Find tables in packages (SQL2000)

Hi!!!
We have about a houndred packages made with Enterprise Manager. Is
there any tool in SQL (or code) to find a certain table involved in a
package?
eg: I need to know in which packages is involved the table
cost_center...in other words which packages affects a determined table
Thanks for your help!
EzequielI'm affraid it is impossible
select packagedata from msdb..sysdtspackages
where name.....
<esapoznik@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148477673.385381.177230@.38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi!!!
> We have about a houndred packages made with Enterprise Manager. Is
> there any tool in SQL (or code) to find a certain table involved in a
> package?
> eg: I need to know in which packages is involved the table
> cost_center...in other words which packages affects a determined table
> Thanks for your help!
> Ezequiel
>|||The only way I know of to search packages is to save them
out to Visual Basic files. You can then search the bas files
for the table name.
I've worked places where bas files for packages were kept
under source control which made it easy to find specific
objects.
-Sue
On 24 May 2006 06:34:33 -0700, esapoznik@.gmail.com wrote:

>Hi!!!
>We have about a houndred packages made with Enterprise Manager. Is
>there any tool in SQL (or code) to find a certain table involved in a
>package?
>eg: I need to know in which packages is involved the table
>cost_center...in other words which packages affects a determined table
>Thanks for your help!
>Ezequiel

Find tables in packages (SQL2000)

Hi!!!
We have about a houndred packages made with Enterprise Manager. Is
there any tool in SQL (or code) to find a certain table involved in a
package?
eg: I need to know in which packages is involved the table
cost_center...in other words which packages affects a determined table
Thanks for your help!
EzequielI'm affraid it is impossible
select packagedata from msdb..sysdtspackages
where name.....
<esapoznik@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148477673.385381.177230@.38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi!!!
> We have about a houndred packages made with Enterprise Manager. Is
> there any tool in SQL (or code) to find a certain table involved in a
> package?
> eg: I need to know in which packages is involved the table
> cost_center...in other words which packages affects a determined table
> Thanks for your help!
> Ezequiel
>|||The only way I know of to search packages is to save them
out to Visual Basic files. You can then search the bas files
for the table name.
I've worked places where bas files for packages were kept
under source control which made it easy to find specific
objects.
-Sue
On 24 May 2006 06:34:33 -0700, esapoznik@.gmail.com wrote:
>Hi!!!
>We have about a houndred packages made with Enterprise Manager. Is
>there any tool in SQL (or code) to find a certain table involved in a
>package?
>eg: I need to know in which packages is involved the table
>cost_center...in other words which packages affects a determined table
>Thanks for your help!
>Ezequiel

Find out if current user is member of a role

I need a stored procedure to find out if the current user is a member of a certain role.

I want to pass the role name and return a bit to tell whether he is a member or not.

I have this code to list the groups the current user is a member of but I don't know how to search or do a "SELECT FROM" on the results.

DECLARE @.usr varchar(32)

SET @.usr = USER

EXEC sp_helpuser @.usr


But if the current user is a member of more than one role it returns multiple rows. So if I could do something like:

DECLARE @.grpName varchar(32)

SELECT * FROM (EXEC sp_helpuser @.usr) WHERE GroupName=@.grpName
IF rowcount > 0 THEN
RETURN 1
ELSE
RETURN 0
END IF

I know that doesn't work so how can I do this?I'm sure that someone out there can do better than this, but you might try:

ALTER PROC spCheckGroup

@.UserName varchar(255), @.GroupName varchar(255)

AS

DECLARE @.Count int

SELECT @.Count = Count(*)
FROM (
select
s1.name as username,
s2.name as groupname
from
dbo.sysusers s1 left join dbo.sysmembers sm on
s1.uid = sm.memberuid
left outer join dbo.sysusers s2 on
sm.groupuid = s2.uid
where
s1.uid < 16383
) t1
WHERE
t1.userName = @.UserName and
t1.GroupName = @.GroupName

If @.Count > 0
Return 1
ELSE
Return 0

Test it with this code:

[/code]
DECLARE @.return_status int
EXEC @.return_status = spCheckGroup 'OAJO-SQLAdmin', 'db_owner'
SELECT 'Return Status' = @.return_status
[/code]|||check: BOL

IS_MEMBER ( { 'group' | 'role' } )|||I'll just crawl back under the rock where I came from...|||LOL.

Thanks for trying.|||I need a stored procedure to work with .NET so here's what I have:

CREATE PROCEDURE IsGroupMember
(
@.groupName nvarchar(32),
@.retVal bit OUTPUT
)
AS
SET @.retVal = IS_MEMBER(@.groupName)
GO

and in Query Analyzer I run this:

DECLARE @.bt bit

EXEC IsGroupMember 'db_owner', @.bt

IF @.bt = 1 print 'member'
ELSE IF @.bt = 0 print 'non-member'
ELSE print 'undefined'

but I keep getting undefined. What's wrong?|||EXEC IsGroupMember 'db_owner', @.bt output

Find Non-Matching End Points

Hello,

I'm trying to manipulate some data to find occurances where a certain end point it missing. For example, in my table I have the following record:

Sample

SHAPE_ID

SEQ_NUM

X_COORDINATE

Y_COORDINATE

82

0

606494.606

4820354.142

82

1

606487.996

4820344.571

82

2

606512.455

4820319.828

82

3

606590.877

4820420.208

82

4

606611.069

4820404.432

82

5

606634.138

4820434.514

82

6

606614.812

4820449.179

82

7

606670.587

4820520.016

82

8

606638.161

4820546.216

82

9

606500.606

4820400.142

For shape_ id = 82 (I have thousands of these to process), Seq_num = 0 is the beginning of the item, while seq_num 9 is the end point. The end point (x_coordinate/y_coordinate)i.e. Seq_num=9 is supposed to match the begin x_coordinate/y_coordinate values, but in this example, they do not match.

How do I find each occurance of the same shape_id where the end seq_num (#9, or whatever number is has been incremented to) x_coordinate/y_cooordinate, does not match the begin x_coordinate/y_coordinate seq_num (#0) ?

As well, if any of these records are indeed found, how do I increment to the next highest sequence number and update that record with the begin point (seq_num=0) x_coordinate/y_coordinate values?

I would appreciate any help with this problem....Thx. in advance...Walt

Moving to the Transact-SQL forum. I believe that's better equipped to provide an answer.

|||

Walt:

Is this close to what you are looking for:

set nocount on

declare @.sample table
( shape_id integer,
seq_num integer,
x_coordinate numeric (12,3),
y_coordinate numeric (12,3),
primary key (shape_id, seq_num)
)
insert into @.sample values (82, 0, 606494.606, 4820354.142 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 1, 606487.996, 4820344.571 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 2, 606512.455, 4820319.828 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 3, 606590.877, 4820420.208 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 4, 606611.069, 4820404.432 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 5, 606634.138, 4820434.514 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 6, 606614.812, 4820449.179 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 7, 606670.587, 4820520.016 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 8, 606638.161, 4820546.216 )
insert into @.sample values (82, 9, 606500.606, 4820400.142 )
--insert into @.sample values (82,10, 606494.606, 4820354.142 )

--select * from @.sample

select a.shape_id,
a.seq_num,
a.x_coordinate as [Last X],
a.y_coordinate as [Last Y],
z.x_coordinate as [Zero X],
z.y_coordinate as [Zero Y]
from ( select shape_id,
seq_num,
x_coordinate,
y_coordinate
from @.sample p
where seq_num
= ( select max (seq_num) from @.sample q
where p.shape_id = q.shape_id
and q.seq_num > 0
)
) a
inner join @.sample z
on a.shape_id = z.shape_id
and z.seq_num = 0
and ( a.x_coordinate <> z.x_coordinate or
a.y_coordinate <> z.y_coordinate
)

-- shape_id seq_num Last X Last Y Zero X Zero Y
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
-- 82 9 606500.606 4820400.142 606494.606 4820354.142

update @.sample
set x_coordinate = a.x_coordinate,
y_coordinate = a.y_coordinate
from ( select shape_id,
seq_num,
x_coordinate,
y_coordinate
from @.sample p
where seq_num
= ( select max (seq_num) from @.sample q
where p.shape_id = q.shape_id
and q.seq_num > 0
)
) a
inner join @.sample z
on a.shape_id = z.shape_id
and z.seq_num = 0
and ( a.x_coordinate <> z.x_coordinate or
a.y_coordinate <> z.y_coordinate
)

select * from @.sample where seq_num = 0

-- shape_id seq_num x_coordinate y_coordinate
-- -- -- -- --
-- 82 0 606500.606 4820400.142

Dave

|||

Dave,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I'll hopefully give your code a try tomorrow.

Is this a sql statement that I can paste into the Sql View of a new sql statement?

Sorry for such a dumb question......Walt

|||

Dave,

I'm in the process of importing my table into my Oracle schema and am just in the process of creating a new table.

I have over 500,000 records to load so I'll give your reply a try.

thx again....Walt

find duplicates

What is the query needed to find the records that has a duplicate in a
certain field?
ThanksYou need to GROUP BY the column(s) you are searching for duplicates that have
a count > 1 (ie. HAVING COUNT(*) > 1). For example identify any duplicate
lastnames:
CREATE TABLE dbo.dups
(
FirstName VARCHAR(20),
LastName VARCHAR(20)
)
INSERT dbo.dups SELECT 'Peter', 'Ward'
INSERT dbo.dups SELECT 'John', 'Smith'
INSERT dbo.dups SELECT 'Jeff', 'Brown'
INSERT dbo.dups SELECT 'Dave', 'Smith'
INSERT dbo.dups SELECT 'Alex', 'Moon'
SELECT lastname
FROM dbo.dups
GROUP BY lastname
HAVING COUNT(lastname) > 1
HTH
- Peter Ward
WARDY IT Solutions
"Johnfli" wrote:
> What is the query needed to find the records that has a duplicate in a
> certain field?
>
> Thanks
>
>