How do I Modify a Stored Procedure?

I am using the sql server express manager and when I right click on
stored procedure I have a modify option. I use this, make my changes,
and hit save. But is always saves a separate .sql file and never
changes the original stored procedure. What am I doing wrong? How can
I modify the stored procedure in my database? Thank you for any help.
You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
saves the script to a file.
HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
|||Jens wrote:
> You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
> saves the script to a file.
> HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
> --
> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
> --
So you are saying that when I hit modify, change the code, and then hit
Execute (!) and that automatically saves it?
|||needin4mation@.gmail.com wrote:
> Jens wrote:
> So you are saying that when I hit modify, change the code, and then hit
> Execute (!) and that automatically saves it?
>
It's not correct wording to say it's being saved. As Jens says, you'll
have to execute the new stored procedure to get it added to the
database, but that's not the same as saving it...:-). When you save it,
it's being saved as a regular sql file but that will not do anything to
the actual SP in the database.
Regards
Steen
|||right.

How do I Modify a Stored Procedure?

I am using the sql server express manager and when I right click on
stored procedure I have a modify option. I use this, make my changes,
and hit save. But is always saves a separate .sql file and never
changes the original stored procedure. What am I doing wrong? How can
I modify the stored procedure in my database? Thank you for any help.You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
saves the script to a file.
HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||Jens wrote:
> You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
> saves the script to a file.
> HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
> --
> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
> --
So you are saying that when I hit modify, change the code, and then hit
Execute (!) and that automatically saves it?|||needin4mation@.gmail.com wrote:
> Jens wrote:
> So you are saying that when I hit modify, change the code, and then hit
> Execute (!) and that automatically saves it?
>
It's not correct wording to say it's being saved. As Jens says, you'll
have to execute the new stored procedure to get it added to the
database, but that's not the same as saving it...:-). When you save it,
it's being saved as a regular sql file but that will not do anything to
the actual SP in the database.
Regards
Steen|||right.

How do I Modify a Stored Procedure?

I am using the sql server express manager and when I right click on
stored procedure I have a modify option. I use this, make my changes,
and hit save. But is always saves a separate .sql file and never
changes the original stored procedure. What am I doing wrong? How can
I modify the stored procedure in my database? Thank you for any help.You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
saves the script to a file.
HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
--
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||Jens wrote:
> You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
> saves the script to a file.
> HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
> --
> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
> --
So you are saying that when I hit modify, change the code, and then hit
Execute (!) and that automatically saves it?|||needin4mation@.gmail.com wrote:
> Jens wrote:
>> You have to execute the changing script, NOT saving it, which always
>> saves the script to a file.
>> HTH; Jens Suessmeyer.
>> --
>> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
>> --
> So you are saying that when I hit modify, change the code, and then hit
> Execute (!) and that automatically saves it?
>
It's not correct wording to say it's being saved. As Jens says, you'll
have to execute the new stored procedure to get it added to the
database, but that's not the same as saving it...:-). When you save it,
it's being saved as a regular sql file but that will not do anything to
the actual SP in the database.
Regards
Steen|||right.sql

How do I measure the cost of compiling an execution plan?

My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
tuning bad queries.
I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
data.
How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
ThanksSET STATISTICS TIME ON
The first set of data before the query is executed will be the time for
parse and compile. The stats after the data is returned will be the time to
execute.
If the first set of data shows 0, it means the plan is being reused, and
note that SQL Server 2000 can reuse plans for queries other than stored
procedures.
HTH
--
Kalen Delaney
SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116376117.157139.259730@.g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
> them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
> believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
> usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
> that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
> tuning bad queries.
> I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
> also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
> always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
> plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
> data.
> How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
> execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
> stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
> hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
> Thanks
>|||In addition to that you need to consider how much memory all those adhoc
plans are taking up in the procedure cache. I have no idea what yours is
like but I have seen systems with all adhoc queries use well over 1GB for
procedure cache on 32 bit systems and larger on 64 bit. That memory can
better be utilized for data and index caching instead of useless plans.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116376117.157139.259730@.g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
> them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
> believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
> usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
> that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
> tuning bad queries.
> I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
> also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
> always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
> plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
> data.
> How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
> execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
> stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
> hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
> Thanks
>|||Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
is using?|||Use DBCC MEMORYSTATUS for that:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271624
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message news:1116388073.318788.301230@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups
.com...
> Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
> sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
> is using?
>|||No, syscacheobjects is a pseudo-table and takes no space on disk, so
sp_spacedused reports 0. The size of the plans is in the pagesused column,
so you can just retrieve the SUM of pagesused.
HTH
--
Kalen Delaney
SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116388073.318788.301230@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
> sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
> is using?
>

How do I measure the cost of compiling an execution plan?

My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
tuning bad queries.
I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
data.
How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
ThanksSET STATISTICS TIME ON
The first set of data before the query is executed will be the time for
parse and compile. The stats after the data is returned will be the time to
execute.
If the first set of data shows 0, it means the plan is being reused, and
note that SQL Server 2000 can reuse plans for queries other than stored
procedures.
--
HTH
--
Kalen Delaney
SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116376117.157139.259730@.g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
> them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
> believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
> usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
> that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
> tuning bad queries.
> I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
> also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
> always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
> plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
> data.
> How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
> execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
> stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
> hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
> Thanks
>|||In addition to that you need to consider how much memory all those adhoc
plans are taking up in the procedure cache. I have no idea what yours is
like but I have seen systems with all adhoc queries use well over 1GB for
procedure cache on 32 bit systems and larger on 64 bit. That memory can
better be utilized for data and index caching instead of useless plans.
--
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116376117.157139.259730@.g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
> them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
> believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
> usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
> that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
> tuning bad queries.
> I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
> also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
> always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
> plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
> data.
> How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
> execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
> stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
> hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
> Thanks
>|||Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
is using?|||Use DBCC MEMORYSTATUS for that:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271624
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message news:1116388073.318788.301230@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
> sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
> is using?
>|||No, syscacheobjects is a pseudo-table and takes no space on disk, so
sp_spacedused reports 0. The size of the plans is in the pagesused column,
so you can just retrieve the SUM of pagesused.
--
HTH
--
Kalen Delaney
SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116388073.318788.301230@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
> sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
> is using?
>sql

How do I measure the cost of compiling an execution plan?

My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
tuning bad queries.
I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
data.
How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
Thanks
SET STATISTICS TIME ON
The first set of data before the query is executed will be the time for
parse and compile. The stats after the data is returned will be the time to
execute.
If the first set of data shows 0, it means the plan is being reused, and
note that SQL Server 2000 can reuse plans for queries other than stored
procedures.
HTH
Kalen Delaney
SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116376117.157139.259730@.g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
> them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
> believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
> usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
> that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
> tuning bad queries.
> I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
> also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
> always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
> plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
> data.
> How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
> execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
> stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
> hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
> Thanks
>
|||In addition to that you need to consider how much memory all those adhoc
plans are taking up in the procedure cache. I have no idea what yours is
like but I have seen systems with all adhoc queries use well over 1GB for
procedure cache on 32 bit systems and larger on 64 bit. That memory can
better be utilized for data and index caching instead of useless plans.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116376117.157139.259730@.g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> My company is using a lot of ad hoc queries and I am trying to convince
> them to move to stored procedures. However certain managers don't
> believe that the compilation of ad hoc queries and the fact that they
> usually aren't reused is really anything to worry about. They think
> that the cost of doing this is minimal and instead want to focus on
> tuning bad queries.
> I of course agree that badly written queries should be tuned but it's
> also a basic tenet of databases users that stored procedures should
> always be used where possible to take advantage of precompilation and
> plan caching. However I don't know how to actually prove that with
> data.
> How can I measure what the overhead is for compiling and building an
> execution plan for an ad hoc query vs. the putting the query in a
> stored procedure? I've looked at the graphical execution plan for an ad
> hoc query and a stored procedure and they look the same.
> Thanks
>
|||Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
is using?
|||Use DBCC MEMORYSTATUS for that:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271624
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message news:1116388073.318788.301230@.f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
> sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
> is using?
>
|||No, syscacheobjects is a pseudo-table and takes no space on disk, so
sp_spacedused reports 0. The size of the plans is in the pagesused column,
so you can just retrieve the SUM of pagesused.
HTH
Kalen Delaney
SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<pshroads@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116388073.318788.301230@.f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Thanks for your reply. Would I look at the size of syscacheobjects with
> sp_spaceused to determine the amount of memory that the procedure cache
> is using?
>

How do I loop thru a record set in a stored procedure?

Below is a stored procedure that designed to populate a drop down menu system on a website. It works fine as long as the 'id's in the first select start at 1 and are sequential. It fails to grab all the sub tables if the ids are not sequential. So, how do I structure the loop so that the WHERE clause uses not the loop iterator, but rather, the ids from the first Select statement.

Alternatively, is there a more elgant approach that will return the same set of recordsets?

Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.OPA_GetMenuItems
AS
Declare @.i tinyint ,
@.tc tinyint
Set @.i = 1

/* Select for top level menu items*/

SELECT id, label, url, sort
FROM mainNav
ORDER BY sort

Set @.tc = @.@.rowcount

while @.i <= @.tc

begin
Set @.i = (@.i + 1)

/* Select for submenu items*/
SELECT id, label, url, sort, mainNavId
FROM SubNav
WHERE (mainNavId = @.i)
ORDER BY mainNavId, sort
end

RETURNI'm thinking that what you really want to do is perform a join and then handle the presentation stuff on the client side. I can't think of any valid reason why you would want to write your stored proc in the manner you have outlined above.

SELECT
m.id as MainID,
m.label as MainLabel,
m.url as MainUrl,
m.sort as MainSort,
s.id,
s.label,
s.url,
s.sort
FROM
mainNav m inner join SubNav s
ORDER BY
m.sort,
s.sort

Regards,

hmscott|||Yeah, you definitely seem hazy on the SQL concept. What is the output format you want for your dropdown list? Give us a sample of the data you want to display.|||The objective is to return a .Net dataset that contains a series of recordsets . The first recordset is the items contained in the top bar of the menu site. The subsequest recordsets contain the submenus for each item in the top menu.

The challenge is that it's not a simple binding issue once the data is returned from the stored proc. Some items in the top bar may not have a submenu and therefore require different html and javascript.

Inorder to render a lightweight, css-based (and W3C compliant) menu system, I need to determine at runtime which items have submenus and which don't

- items with no submenu need to have code that only closes other menus
- items with submenus need to have the closing code and also code to open there respective submenu.

A working (static) example would be something like http://peelcas.org/home/index.aspx

In order to pull this off, I have a c# routine that loops thru the dataset and renders the html.

Here's the c# code

///////////////////////////
// build global menu system
///////////////////////////

string sqlConnstring = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["sqlConnString"].ConnectionString;
DataSet NavData = new DataSet();
NavData = SqlHelper.ExecuteDataset(sqlConnstring, CommandType.StoredProcedure, "OPA_GetMenuItems");
//Response.Write(NavData.Tables.Count.ToString());

int i = 1; // counter for looping thru tables collection
int tc = NavData.Tables.Count - 1;
System.Text.StringBuilder sbNavLinks = new StringBuilder();
System.Text.StringBuilder sbSubLinks = new StringBuilder();
string url;
//string webSectionName;
string label;
string anchorId;
string menuId;

// build main nav bar
sbNavLinks.Append("<div id=\"navBar\"><ul>\r");
while (i < tc)
{
label = NavData.Tables[0].Rows[i].ItemArray[1].ToString();
anchorId = NavData.Tables[0].Rows[i].ItemArray[3].ToString();
url = NavData.Tables[0].Rows[i].ItemArray[2].ToString();

// no submenu items for this web section therefore...
// ...create main nav bar link with global menu closing javascript only
if (NavData.Tables[i].Rows.Count == 0)
{
sbNavLinks.Append("<li><a href=\""
+ url + "\" onmouseover=\"P7_autoLayers(0);\">"
+ label + "</a></li>\r");
}
// has submenu items therefore...
// ...create main navbar link with submenu opening javascript
else
{
// main navbar link
sbNavLinks.Append("<li><a href=\""
+ url + "\""
+ " id=\"Anchor" + anchorId + "\""
+ " onmouseover=\"P7_autoLayers(0,'subMenu" + anchorId + "');"
+ "P7_Snap('Anchor" + anchorId + "','subMenu" + anchorId + "',0,24);"
+ "\">"
+ label + "</a></li>\r");
}
i++;
}
sbNavLinks.Append("</ul></div>\r");
navBar.Text = sbNavLinks.ToString();

// build submenus

int j = 0; // counter for looping thru rows in current table
int rc; // row count of current table
i = 1;
while (i < tc)
{
if (NavData.Tables[i].Rows.Count > 0)
{
// extract menu id for use in div id

menuId = NavData.Tables[i].Rows[0].ItemArray[4].ToString();
//Response.Write(webSectionSort);

sbSubLinks.Append("<div id=\"subMenu" + menuId + "\" style=\"position:absolute; z-index:" + menuId + "; visibility: hidden;\">\r");
sbSubLinks.Append(" <div class=\"subButton\">\r");
sbSubLinks.Append(" <ul>\r");

rc = NavData.Tables[i].Rows.Count -1;

while (j <= rc)
{
// extract data for this link
label = NavData.Tables[i].Rows[j].ItemArray[1].ToString();
url = NavData.Tables[i].Rows[j].ItemArray[0].ToString();

sbSubLinks.Append("<li><a href=\""
+ url + "\" class=\"subButton\">"
+ label + "</a></li>\r");
j++;
}

sbSubLinks.Append("</ul></div></div>\r\r");
}
i++;
j = 0;
}
subNavBar.Text = sbSubLinks.ToString();
NavData.Dispose();

Yes I too dislike all this looping business, but I don't have a way of binding and achieving the desired results...|||What about a left join, instead of an inner join. With a left join, you could easily determine the MainMenu items with no submenus (the submenu fields would be null).

You would still loop through it on the web server.

Alternatively, you could use the FOR XML clause to create an XML string (which you would have to wrap inside of xml tags to make compliant).

Regards,

hmscott|||I'm not a C coder. You need to give us the layout of the recordset that you want to get from the server. We can help you with that, and from there on its up to you.|||Thanks for the offer...

I think hmscott's suggestion of a Left Join might just work, so I will groove on that for a while. As much as you're not a C# guy, I'm not a Sql guy, so I often just need a nudge in the right directlon..

Thanks againsql

How do I loop through a record set in a stored procedure?

Below is a stored procedure that designed to populate a drop down menu system on a website. It works fine as long as the 'id's in the first select start at 1 and are sequential. It fails to grab all the sub tables if the ids are not sequential. So, how do I structure the loop so that the WHERE clause usesnot the loop iterator, but rather, the ids from the first Select statement.

Alternatively, is there a more elgant approach that will return the same set of recordsets?

Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks

ALTER PROCEDUREdbo.OPA_GetMenuItems
AS
Declare@.itinyint,
@.tctinyint
Set@.i = 1

/* Select for top level menu items*/

SELECTid, label, url, sort
FROMmainNav
ORDER BYsort

Set@.tc = @.@.rowcount

while@.i <= @.tc

begin
Set@.i = (@.i + 1)

/* Select for submenu items
SELECTid, label, url, sort, mainNavId
FROMSubNav
WHERE(mainNavId = @.i)
ORDER BYmainNavId, sort
end

RETURN

Here's one way: You could get the resultset into a table variable. Add an additional column in the table variable and mark it off as processed after each record.

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.OPA_GetMenuItems
AS
Declare @.i tinyint ,
@.tc tinyint
Set @.i = 1

/* Select for top level menu items*/

DECLARE @.t tabke (id int, label varchar(100), url varchar(100), sort varchar(100), Processed char(1) )
DECLARE @.minid int

INSERT INTO @.t
SELECT
id, label, url, sort, 'N'
FROM
mainNav
ORDER BY
sort

WHILE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM @.t WHERE Processed = 'N')
BEGIN
--Get the first record
SELECT
@.minid = id
FROM
@.t
WHERE
Processed = 'N'
ORDER BY
id

--your processing code
/*
Select for submenu items
SELECT id, label, url, sort, mainNavId
FROM SubNav
WHERE (mainNavId = @.i)
ORDER BY mainNavId, sort
end
*/

--make sure you mark the record as Processed
UPDATE
@.t
SET
Processed = 'Y'
WHERE
id = @.minid

END

|||

Depends on if you want the items to come back in one or multiple recordsets.

Here's a single recordset:

SELECT id,label,url,sort,NULL as mainNavId
FROM mainNav
UNION
SELECT id,label,url,sort,mainNavId
FROM SubNav
ORDER BY mainNavId,sort

Here's two recordsets:

SELECT id,label,url,sort,NULL as mainNavId
FROM mainNav

SELECT id,label,url,sort,mainNavId
FROM SubNav
ORDER BY mainNavId,sort

Here's multiple recordsets:

Declare@.itinyint,
@.tctinyint
Set@.i = 1

/* Select for top level menu items*/

SELECTid, label, url, sort
FROMmainNav
ORDER BYsort

Set@.tc = @.@.rowcount

while@.i <= @.tc

begin
Set@.i = (@.i + 1)

/* Select for submenu items
SELECTid, label, url, sort, mainNavId
FROMSubNav
WHERE(mainNavId = (SELECT TOP 1 FROM (SELECT TOP @.i id,sort FROM mainNav ORDER BY sort,id) ORDER BY sort DESC,id DESC))
ORDER BYsort
end

You can also do it using a cursor if you want, which would probably be easier/faster if you have a LOT of menu items, but I'm guessing that since it's a menu, you are only talking about 5-20 items and not thousands.

|||

Basic cursor logic works like this, but the syntax is NOT correct, I haven't used a cursor in a LONG time:

DECLARE MyCursor CURSOR READONLY FORWARD SELECT id FROM mainNav ORDER BY sort,id

OPEN MyCursor
READ NEXT FROM MyCursor INTO @.id
WHILE (@.@.FETCHSTATUS<>-2)
BEGIN
SELECT id,label,url,sort,mainnavid FROM SubNav WHEREmainNavID=@.id ORDER BY sort,id
READ NEXT FROM MyCursor INTO @.id
END
CLOSE MyCursor
DEALLOCATE MyCursor

That should be pretty close, all except for the READ NEXT FROM... I forget the command/syntax, that definately is not correct. And the cursor declaration is a bit off, but close.

|||

The multiple recordsets approach is the one I'm after - I need an .Net data to spit out the menus back in C#. I tryed your example and it did not compile - Sql came back with:

Incorrect Syntax near keyword 'From'.
Line 24: incorrect syntax:near'@.i'.

any ideas?

|||Ah, you must be using SQL Server 2000, yeah, that's not valid on 2000, only 2005. I'm not sure what your code looks like, but I would do the single resultset approach. Just loop through the resultset, and whatever you would do when you get a new resultset, just do it when the mainNav field changes value.|||

Thanks for your help. I actually took a different direction and managed to get around the problem with a left join...

Thanks again...

How do I lock a record in ms-Sql 2000 in a Stored Procedure

Let say 3 person update the same record at the same time the count field must be increment 3.

I want to search for the record on id.
Lock the record so other users can't READ the record
Read the count field of the record
ad +1 to the count
update the record with the new count
unlock the record so other user can increment the count on the same record.

Is there a beter way to do this?

All the user will run the same StoredprocedureOriginally posted by ddp2307
Let say 3 person update the same record at the same time the count field must be increment 3.

I want to search for the record on id.
Lock the record so other users can't READ the record
Read the count field of the record
ad +1 to the count
update the record with the new count
unlock the record so other user can increment the count on the same record.

Is there a beter way to do this?

All the user will run the same Storedprocedure

Also, you could use optimistic concurrency - for details see BOL.

How do I install sqlcmd.exe in my SQL Server client

I have SQL Server 2000 client installed in my machine and I need to call stored procedures thru sqlcmd utility. When I tried using this utility, I got an error message from command prompt sqlcmd command does not exist.

I have osql utility in my client version, but i need to have sqlcmd utility.

Please advice how do I install sqlcmd.exe in my SQL Server client?SQLCMD was introduced in SQL Server 2005. For SQL Server 200, you can either use the OSQL.exe or the ISQL.exe tool.

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

How do I insert text into empty xml element in sql server 2005?

Hello

I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
server 2005:

<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>

I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
the pagetext element, i.e.

...
<pagetext>
Some content goes here.
</pagetext>
...

I've tried to achieve this using the query below:

update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of (//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")')

but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
element such as '<pagetext/>'

I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
<pagetext/> again.

Is there a way to do this?

Any help very much appreciated.

For those interested, this has now been answered via a newsgroup here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml/browse_thread/thread/424e62d11c396b3e/bab10449576dccd8#bab10449576dccd8

How do I insert text into empty xml element in sql server 2005?

Hello
I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
server 2005:
<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>
I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
the pagetext element, i.e.
...
<pagetext>
Some content goes here.
</pagetext>
...
I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
(//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")')
but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
element such as '<pagetext/>'
I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
<pagetext/> again.
Is there a way to do this?
Any help very much appreciated.
PeterYou would need an IF_DML statement that unfortunately did not make it into
SQL Server 2005. Please send an email to sqlwish at microsoft.com with your
use case and request.
Here is a workaround: You first update all those pagetext elements that have
no content with an insert and then do your normal replace value of.
declare @.x xml;
set @.x = N'<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>';
declare @.focusID uniqueidentifier;
set @.focusID = '935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184';
declare @.someContent nvarchar(50);
set @.someContent= N'this is a test';
--I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
--the pagetext element, i.e.
SET @.x.modify('insert text {"x"}
into /webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext[not(text())][1]');
select @.x;
SET @.x.modify('replace value of
(/webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")');
select @.x
Best regards
Michael
<firechaser@.talk21.com> wrote in message
news:1127893569.480367.18870@.g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello
> I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
> server 2005:
> <webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
> <createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
> <title>Themes</title>
> <icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
> <pagetext />
> </webpage>
> I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
> the pagetext element, i.e.
> ...
> <pagetext>
> Some content goes here.
> </pagetext>
> ...
> I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
> update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
> (//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
> sql:variable("@.someContent")')
> but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
> element such as '<pagetext/>'
> I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
> here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
> the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
> <pagetext/> again.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Any help very much appreciated.
> Peter
>|||Thanks Michael - I appreciate your help.sql

How do I insert text into empty xml element in sql server 2005?

Hello
I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
server 2005:
<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>
I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
the pagetext element, i.e.
...
<pagetext>
Some content goes here.
</pagetext>
...
I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
(//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")')
but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
element such as '<pagetext/>'
I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
<pagetext/> again.
Is there a way to do this?
Any help very much appreciated.
Peter
You would need an IF_DML statement that unfortunately did not make it into
SQL Server 2005. Please send an email to sqlwish at microsoft.com with your
use case and request.
Here is a workaround: You first update all those pagetext elements that have
no content with an insert and then do your normal replace value of.
declare @.x xml;
set @.x = N'<webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
<createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
<title>Themes</title>
<icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
<pagetext />
</webpage>';
declare @.focusID uniqueidentifier;
set @.focusID = '935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184';
declare @.someContent nvarchar(50);
set @.someContent= N'this is a test';
--I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
--the pagetext element, i.e.
SET @.x.modify('insert text {"x"}
into /webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext[not(text())][1]');
select @.x;
SET @.x.modify('replace value of
(/webpage[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/pagetext/text())[1] with
sql:variable("@.someContent")');
select @.x
Best regards
Michael
<firechaser@.talk21.com> wrote in message
news:1127893569.480367.18870@.g14g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello
> I have the following xml data stored in an xml datatype colmun in sql
> server 2005:
> <webpage id="935623B3-F72D-45EE-AF88-47022F101184">
> <createdate>Sep 6 2005 11:04AM</createdate>
> <title>Themes</title>
> <icon>app/16/p/text_align_left</icon>
> <pagetext />
> </webpage>
> I'd like to be able to update the the xml so that there is text within
> the pagetext element, i.e.
> ...
> <pagetext>
> Some content goes here.
> </pagetext>
> ...
> I've tried to achieve this using the query below:
> update tbl_tree SET theTree.modify(' replace value of
> (//*[@.id=sql:variable("@.focusID")][1]/title/text())[1] with
> sql:variable("@.someContent")')
> but it doesn't work. Is this because you can't 'modify' an empty
> element such as '<pagetext/>'
> I thought about inserting a node such as '<pagetext>Some content goes
> here.</pagetext>'- this would solve the problem only until such time as
> the element has its contents removed at which point it will become
> <pagetext/> again.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Any help very much appreciated.
> Peter
>
|||Thanks Michael - I appreciate your help.

How do I go to line number referenced in SQL error message

I get a SQL error message like:
Server: Msg 7391, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_MyProc, Line 205
So I open up the stored proc with sp_helptext and select Edit | GoTo Line
205 in the results pane. Given the error, I would expect to see a linked
server reference on this line. However, I am on BEGIN of an IF statement
block.
How can I relate the actual stored proc line number with the line number
referenced in the error message?It is normally off by one or two lines, but begin counting at the create
proc command, NOT at the beginning of your script which might have (If
exists, drop, etc.)
Wayne Snyder MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
(Please respond only to the newsgroup.)
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server ( PASS) and it's
community of SQL Professionals.
"Dave" <dave@.nospam.ru> wrote in message
news:ePOQEdTQFHA.2348@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I get a SQL error message like:
> Server: Msg 7391, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_MyProc, Line 205
> So I open up the stored proc with sp_helptext and select Edit | GoTo Line
> 205 in the results pane. Given the error, I would expect to see a linked
> server reference on this line. However, I am on BEGIN of an IF statement
> block.
> How can I relate the actual stored proc line number with the line number
> referenced in the error message?
>|||You can use the Debugger in Query Analyzer. Right-click on the SP in
the Object Browser and click Debug.
--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--

How Do I give EXECUTE Permissions on Stored Procedures?

Hey guys,

I'm pretty new to SQL configuration, and I need to give EXECUTE
persmissions for one of the SQL user roles. I am running SQL 2005
Management Studio Express - free version. I found the list of my
stored procedures, but I can not locate any permissions screen. Can
someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks!alvinstraight38@.hotmail.com wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Hey guys,
>
I'm pretty new to SQL configuration, and I need to give EXECUTE
persmissions for one of the SQL user roles. I am running SQL 2005
Management Studio Express - free version. I found the list of my
stored procedures, but I can not locate any permissions screen. Can
someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks!
>

if you right click on the SP and click properties, that should bring up
the options.

--sharif|||alvinstraight38@.hotmail.com (alvinstraight38@.hotmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm pretty new to SQL configuration, and I need to give EXECUTE
persmissions for one of the SQL user roles. I am running SQL 2005
Management Studio Express - free version. I found the list of my
stored procedures, but I can not locate any permissions screen. Can
someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks!

If you want to use the GUI, make sure that you have SP2. I think that
alternative was missing in RTM and SP1.

Then again, in the long run you are better of using GRANT commands.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||On Sep 20, 4:11 pm, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@.sommarskog.sewrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

alvinstraigh...@.hotmail.com (alvinstraigh...@.hotmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm pretty new to SQL configuration, and I need to give EXECUTE
persmissions for one of the SQL user roles. I am running SQL 2005
Management Studio Express - free version. I found the list of my
stored procedures, but I can not locate any permissions screen. Can
someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks!

>
If you want to use the GUI, make sure that you have SP2. I think that
alternative was missing in RTM and SP1.
>
Then again, in the long run you are better of using GRANT commands.
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@.sommarskog.se
>
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books...
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

Ahh, I see now why I was lost. I right click on the SP, and there is
no option for Properties. Yet, I can set permissions on tables. How
stupid. You mention SP2. How can I tell which service pack I am
running? I went to Help - About and it shows:

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express Version 9.00.2047.00|||alvinstraight38@.hotmail.com (alvinstraight38@.hotmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Ahh, I see now why I was lost. I right click on the SP, and there is
no option for Properties. Yet, I can set permissions on tables. How
stupid. You mention SP2. How can I tell which service pack I am
running? I went to Help - About and it shows:
>
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express Version 9.00.2047.00

That's SP1.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||On Sep 20, 10:26 pm, "alvinstraigh...@.hotmail.com"
<alvinstraigh...@.hotmail.comwrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

On Sep 20, 4:11 pm, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@.sommarskog.sewrote:
>
>
>
>
>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

alvinstraigh...@.hotmail.com (alvinstraigh...@.hotmail.com) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm pretty new to SQL configuration, and I need to give EXECUTE
persmissions for one of the SQL user roles. I am running SQL 2005
Management Studio Express - free version. I found the list of my
stored procedures, but I can not locate any permissions screen. Can
someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks!

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

If you want to use the GUI, make sure that you have SP2. I think that
alternative was missing in RTM and SP1.

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Then again, in the long run you are better of using GRANT commands.

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@.sommarskog.se

>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books...
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

>
Ahh, I see now why I was lost. I right click on the SP, and there is
no option for Properties. Yet, I can set permissions on tables. How
stupid. You mention SP2. How can I tell which service pack I am
running? I went to Help - About and it shows:
>
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express Version 9.00.2047.00- Hide quoted text -
>
- Show quoted text -

You can grant permissions dynamically in this way to all db objects:
/* tables and views*/
select 'Grant select,insert,update,delete on '+name+ ' to USER'
from sysobjects
where xtype in ('U','V')

/*Stored procedures*/
select 'Grant exec on '+name+ ' to USER'
from sysobjects
where xtype in ('P')|||abu hisham wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

You can grant permissions dynamically in this way to all db objects:
/* tables and views*/
select 'Grant select,insert,update,delete on '+name+ ' to USER'
from sysobjects
where xtype in ('U','V')
>
/*Stored procedures*/
select 'Grant exec on '+name+ ' to USER'
from sysobjects
where xtype in ('P')

To clarify, this will not directly grant the permissions, but will
output SQL code that can be copy+pasted into Query Analyzer and
executed to grant the permissions.|||abu hisham (yjogee@.hotmail.co.uk) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

You can grant permissions dynamically in this way to all db objects:
/* tables and views*/
select 'Grant select,insert,update,delete on '+name+ ' to USER'
from sysobjects
where xtype in ('U','V')
>
/*Stored procedures*/
select 'Grant exec on '+name+ ' to USER'
from sysobjects
where xtype in ('P')

In SQL 2005 this can be achieved with a single statement:

GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, EXECUTE
ON SCHEMA::schema_name TO user

Access granted on schema level are inherited by objects in the schema, which
means that it also applies to future objects.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx

how do I get the uniqueidentifier of just inserted row?

Hello there!

it was a while since i studied SQL and that brings us to my problem...

I'm creating a Stored Procedure wich first insert information in a table. That table has a uniqueidentifier fild that is default-set to newid().

later in the SP i need that uniqueidentifier value? how do I get it?

I tried this:

CREATE PROCEDURE spInsertNews
@.uidArticleId uniqueidentifier = newid,
@.strHeader nvarchar(300),
@.strAbstract nvarchar(600),
@.strText nvarchar(4000),
@.dtDate datetime,
@.dtDateStart datetime,
@.dtDateStop datetime,
@.strAuthor nvarchar(200),
@.strAuthorEmail nvarchar(200),
@.strKeywords nvarchar(400),
@.strCategoryName nvarchar(200) = 'nyhet'
AS
INSERT INTO tblArticles
VALUES( @.uidArticleId,@.strHeader,@.strAbstract,@.strText,@.dt
Date,@.dtDateStart,@.dtDateStop,@.strAuthor,@.strAutho
rEmail,@.strKeywords)
declare @.uidCategoryId uniqueidentifier
EXEC spGetCategoryId @.strCategoryName, @.uidCategoryId OUTPUT
INSERT INTO tblArticleCategory(uidArticleId, uidCategoryId)
VALUES(@.uidArticleId, @.uidCategoryId)

But i get an error when I EXEC the SP like this:

EXEC spInsertNews
@.strHeader = 'Detta är den andra nyheten',
@.strAbstract = 'dn första insatt med sp:n',
@.strText = 'här kommer hela nyhetstexten att stå. Här får det plats 2000 tecken, dvs fler än vad jag orkar skriva nu...',
@.dtDate = '2003-01-01',
@.dtDateStart = '2003-01-01',
@.dtDateStop = '2004-01-01',
@.strAuthor = 'David N',
@.strAuthorEmail = 'david@.davi.com',
@.strKeywords = 'nyhet, blajblaj, blaj'

the errormessage is: Syntax error converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier.

does anyone have a sulution to this problem?
Can I use something similar to the @.@.IDENTITY?
I will be greatful for any ideas...

thanks
/David, SwedenTry this

Declare @.seed int

set @.seed = @.@.Identity

return @.seed

Sam|||Hi,

Though you have default specified in your table as newid() , i would supress the default and generate a newid() in the procedure itself and force that in the Insert statement.

This way, you don't have to go back to the table to find out the last added newid() as you yourself are generating it in you proecure.

Regards,
Navneet|||I posted the same questioned and got back the following answer

or use ScopeIdentity. It returns the auto increment value in the current scope.

@.@.Identity can return a value from other tables.

Scope only returns what its in.|||thanks for the help... I solved it like this:

instead of having the SP recieve a parameter as uniqueidentifier
I created it inside the SP and gave it the value newid...

works fine, thanks|||::I posted the same questioned and got back the following answer
::
::or use ScopeIdentity. It returns the auto increment value in the current scope.
::
::@.@.Identity can return a value from other tables.

You may not have realized this - he is not using an identity field, so none of your solutions are relevant. I doubt it was teh same question, btw. YOu propably were using an identity field.|||The safest way is to use this T-SQL syntax after the INSERT query:

SET @.yourNewId = SCOPE_IDENTITY()|||::The safest way is to use this T-SQL syntax after the INSERT query:
::
::SET @.yourNewId = SCOPE_IDENTITY()

Really?

My documentation says that SCOPE_IDENTITY is for identity fields, not for GUID's.

Now, who is wrong? You or the documentation.|||oops, my mistake, read over the "GUID" part. I was thinking in int identity fields :-)

how do I get the uniqueidentifier of just inserted row?

Hello there!

it was a while since i studied SQL and that brings us to my problem...

I'm creating a Stored Procedure wich first insert information in a table. That table has a uniqueidentifier fild that is default-set to newid().

later in the SP i need that uniqueidentifier value? how do I get it?

I tried this:

CREATE PROCEDURE spInsertNews
@.uidArticleId uniqueidentifier = newid,
@.strHeader nvarchar(300),
@.strAbstract nvarchar(600),
@.strText nvarchar(4000),
@.dtDate datetime,
@.dtDateStart datetime,
@.dtDateStop datetime,
@.strAuthor nvarchar(200),
@.strAuthorEmail nvarchar(200),
@.strKeywords nvarchar(400),
@.strCategoryName nvarchar(200) = 'nyhet'
AS
INSERT INTO tblArticles
VALUES( @.uidArticleId,@.strHeader,@.strAbstract,@.strText,@.dt Date,@.dtDateStart,@.dtDateStop,@.strAuthor,@.strAutho rEmail,@.strKeywords)

declare @.uidCategoryId uniqueidentifier
EXEC spGetCategoryId @.strCategoryName, @.uidCategoryId OUTPUT

INSERT INTO tblArticleCategory(uidArticleId, uidCategoryId)
VALUES(@.uidArticleId, @.uidCategoryId)

But i get an error when I EXEC the SP like this:

EXEC spInsertNews
@.strHeader = 'Detta r den andra nyheten',
@.strAbstract = 'dn frsta insatt med sp:n',
@.strText = 'hr kommer hela nyhetstexten att st. Hr fr det plats 2000 tecken, dvs fler n vad jag orkar skriva nu...',
@.dtDate = '2003-01-01',
@.dtDateStart = '2003-01-01',
@.dtDateStop = '2004-01-01',
@.strAuthor = 'David N',
@.strAuthorEmail = 'david@.davi.com',
@.strKeywords = 'nyhet, blajblaj, blaj'

the errormessage is: Syntax error converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier.

does anyone have a sulution to this problem?
Can I use something similar to the @.@.IDENTITY?
I will be greatful for any ideas...

thanks
/David, SwedenNever mind...

i solved it.

Here's the working code...

CREATE PROCEDURE spInsertNews
@.strHeader nvarchar(300),
@.strAbstract nvarchar(600),
@.strText nvarchar(4000),
@.dtDate datetime,
@.dtDateStart datetime,
@.dtDateStop datetime,
@.strAuthor nvarchar(200),
@.strAuthorEmail nvarchar(200),
@.strKeywords nvarchar(400),
@.strCategoryName nvarchar(200) = 'nyhet'
AS
DECLARE @.uidArticleId uniqueidentifier
SET @.uidArticleId = newid

INSERT INTO tblArticles
VALUES( @.uidArticleId,@.strHeader,@.strAbstract,@.strText,@.dt
Date,@.dtDateStart,@.dtDateStop,@.strAuthor,@.strAutho
rEmail,@.strKeywords)

declare @.uidCategoryId uniqueidentifier
EXEC spGetCategoryId @.strCategoryName, @.uidCategoryId OUTPUT

INSERT INTO tblArticleCategory(uidArticleId, uidCategoryId)
VALUES(@.uidArticleId, @.uidCategoryId)sql

how do i get the OUTPUT parameter value from a stored procedure that i am using to fill a

how do i get the OUTPUT parameter value from a stored procedure that i am using to fill a dataset?

Set the Direction property of your Parameter.

Dim myParamAs New SqlParameter' ... set value, name, etc.' if you are sending a value (Default)myParam.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input' if you are requesting a value (assigned in SQL)myParam.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output' if you are sending a value AND requesting' it's changed valuemyParam.Direction = ParameterDirectioin.InputOutput' If you want the return code for the SQLmyParam.Direction = ParameterDirection.ReturnValue

|||

no that doesn't work. i know how to use parameters, but i have only ever seen the Output Parameter used withcommand.executenonquery()when inserting data, but this is no good to me because I am only usingdataAdapter.Fill(myDataset)

how do i get the OutPut Parameter with only filling a dataset?

|||

Theoretically, after your call todataAdapter.Fill(myDataset)

the out parameter should be accessible using

dataAdapter.SelectCommand.Parameters("paramname")

I haven't tried it out though.

|||

Yes, this should work. I believe everything is copied by reference, though, when you add a parameter to a command, then a command to an adapter. Thus, you should still be able to use the original parameter.

'after dataadapter.fill()Dim strValueAs String = myParam.Value

|||I posted some sample code here. Check if it helps:http://forums.asp.net/thread/1478830.aspx|||thanks that works

How do I get the most recent data from a table?

I'm trying to create a stored procedure from a join of two tables. One table holds a list of containers, and the other table holds the history of the contents of those containers. All I want is to retrive the most recent history for each container. For example, the containers table has the container number and name, and the history table has the

volume in the container and the date and time of the measurements. There can be any number of measurements, but I only want the most recent one.

Normally, I would just create a cursor that holds a list of the containers and some blank fields, and then loop through it, retrieving the most recent record one by one, but I don't know how to do that in Transact-SQL. Also, I thought maybe some SQL wizard out there might know of a way to do it with a simple select statement.

Geoffrey Callaghan

In 2005, the easiest way is to use the ROW_NUMBER() function:

create table container
(
containerId int primary key,
name varchar(10)
)
create table containerHistory
(
containerId int references container(containerId),
containerHistoryDate datetime,
value numeric(4,2),
primary key (containerId, containerHistoryDate)
)
insert into container
select 1,'Fred'
union all
select 2,'Barney'

insert into containerHistory
select 1,'20070101',1.1
union all
select 1,'20070102',1.12
union all
select 1,'20070103',1.1
union all
select 1,'20070104',1.8
union all
select 2,'20070101',1.1

select container.containerId, container.name, containerHistory.value
from container
join (select containerId,
row_number() over (partition by containerId order by containerHistoryDate desc) as rowNum,
value
from containerHistory) as containerHistory
on container.containerId = containerHistory.containerId
and containerHistory.rowNum = 1

Getting the first one (ordered decending) will get you the last one.

|||

Actually, I found an easier way to do it that seems to work.

select container.number, container.name,

(select top 1 qty_meas+qty_added from containerHistory where container.number = containerHistory .container_nbr

order by datetime desc) as balance,

(select top 1 datetime from containerHistory where tank.number = containerHistory .container_nbr

order by datetime desc) as LastReading

from container

This works well and runs fast. Do you see any problems with it?

|||

No, if that works for you, it may be faster/better. It really depends on how many of those subqueries you will need. The Row_number solution is really good for making sure that you get an entire row from a table. However, you want to get a single value from 2 different tables, well your way is probably best.

The row_number trick is going to be the best way to get the last (or first) full row in a set of rows.

How do I get the most recent data from a table?

I'm trying to create a stored procedure from a join of two tables. One table holds a list of containers, and the other table holds the history of the contents of those containers. All I want is to retrive the most recent history for each container. For example, the containers table has the container number and name, and the history table has the

volume in the container and the date and time of the measurements. There can be any number of measurements, but I only want the most recent one.

Normally, I would just create a cursor that holds a list of the containers and some blank fields, and then loop through it, retrieving the most recent record one by one, but I don't know how to do that in Transact-SQL. Also, I thought maybe some SQL wizard out there might know of a way to do it with a simple select statement.

Geoffrey Callaghan

In 2005, the easiest way is to use the ROW_NUMBER() function:

create table container
(
containerId int primary key,
name varchar(10)
)
create table containerHistory
(
containerId int references container(containerId),
containerHistoryDate datetime,
value numeric(4,2),
primary key (containerId, containerHistoryDate)
)
insert into container
select 1,'Fred'
union all
select 2,'Barney'

insert into containerHistory
select 1,'20070101',1.1
union all
select 1,'20070102',1.12
union all
select 1,'20070103',1.1
union all
select 1,'20070104',1.8
union all
select 2,'20070101',1.1

select container.containerId, container.name, containerHistory.value
from container
join (select containerId,
row_number() over (partition by containerId order by containerHistoryDate desc) as rowNum,
value
from containerHistory) as containerHistory
on container.containerId = containerHistory.containerId
and containerHistory.rowNum = 1

Getting the first one (ordered decending) will get you the last one.

|||

Actually, I found an easier way to do it that seems to work.

select container.number, container.name,

(select top 1 qty_meas+qty_added from containerHistory where container.number = containerHistory .container_nbr

order by datetime desc) as balance,

(select top 1 datetime from containerHistory where tank.number = containerHistory .container_nbr

order by datetime desc) as LastReading

from container

This works well and runs fast. Do you see any problems with it?

|||

No, if that works for you, it may be faster/better. It really depends on how many of those subqueries you will need. The Row_number solution is really good for making sure that you get an entire row from a table. However, you want to get a single value from 2 different tables, well your way is probably best.

The row_number trick is going to be the best way to get the last (or first) full row in a set of rows.