Combining these 2 short Stored Procedures

CREATE PROCEDURE MyBooks_Selling
(
@.MemberID SMALLINT
)
AS

SELECT * FROM v_BookInfo_Sellers_Extended WHERE MemberID=@.MemberID

GO
GRANT EXEC
ON MyBooks_Selling
TO bto
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE MyBooks_Buying
(
@.MemberID SMALLINT
)
AS

SELECT * FROM v_BookInfo_Buyers_Extended WHERE MemberID=@.MemberID

GO
GRANT EXEC
ON MyBooks_Buying
TO bto
GO

Is there a way to make it so I could combine those 2 prcedures and choose which table i would like to select from based on another input parameter? I tried it that way but it didnt work...so im asking here to make sure

thxSomething like:

CASE @.NewInput
 WHEN 'blah' THEN
 SELECT * FROM Seller
 ELSE
 SELECT * FROM Buyer
END

You'll need to check the exact syntax in Books Online

Cheers
Ken|||thx a lot

Combining Table and Matrix format in one Report in RS2005

Hello,

I am using RS 2005 trying to create the following report. My report consists of the following columns: Question, Sub Question, N as Number of Responses, All as Average for all responses per given question and sub question, and Ethnicity column which is presented here in a Matrix format with ethnic group as columns and average response as Data values. It looks like my challenge is to combine Matrix format report (Ethnicity column) with a data such as N and All columns which are more like a table format. Any input how I could tackle this is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

--

1.How often have you done each of the following?

N All F M Asian Multi-cultural a. Worked on a paper or project that required integrating ideas or information from various sources 1134 3.96 3.95 3.99 3.54 4.50 b. Used library resources 1132 4.21 4.26 4.09 4.12 4.33 c. Prepared multiple drafts of a paper or assignment before turning it in 1130 3.90 3.97 3.76 3.80 4.50

-How the source data looks like?sqlsql

Combining Reports

I'm trying to create a report that is actually 4 reports. Each has it's own page headers and Footers.

I can't use sub reports because I need the headers and footers to show for each indivual report.

My output is going to be PDF, and I know how to write code that i could use to combine the PDFs but I really want to do this in the report. I don't want to have to use some outside process to get my wanted output, If I can get away with it. Any help is appreciated!! Thanks.

There is no way to combine the reports into one PDF without an outside process.|||

Brad,

Your response not only lacks details but leaves me with the impression that combination reports will never be supported in Reporting Services. I have been developing reports for more years than I like to admit and I can say with hesitation that building a report that consolidates the output from several reports is by no means an uncommon practice. If Reporting Services wants to be an "enterprise" solution supporting common practices is going to have to become a priority.

Mark73

Combining Reports

I'm trying to create a report that is actually 4 reports. Each has it's own page headers and Footers.

I can't use sub reports because I need the headers and footers to show for each indivual report.

My output is going to be PDF, and I know how to write code that i could use to combine the PDFs but I really want to do this in the report. I don't want to have to use some outside process to get my wanted output, If I can get away with it. Any help is appreciated!! Thanks.

There is no way to combine the reports into one PDF without an outside process.|||

Brad,

Your response not only lacks details but leaves me with the impression that combination reports will never be supported in Reporting Services. I have been developing reports for more years than I like to admit and I can say with hesitation that building a report that consolidates the output from several reports is by no means an uncommon practice. If Reporting Services wants to be an "enterprise" solution supporting common practices is going to have to become a priority.

Mark73

sqlsql

Combining Reports

am currently looking for a way to potentially combine several types of
reports systematically to create a single report pack for a client.
This would need to be done on the fly so the clients can choose which bits /
Reports they wish to have and then click the Download PDF button and hey
presto here it comes?
Is there a way and if so can anyone let me know the best / easiest way for a
simple brain to do it!
Cheers alotHi, Paul
I think we'd need more information about your application/UI and method
of delivery...
but making some simple assumption, if you are dealing with your own
custom web app, you can use the SOAP api to invoke reporting services
and render the reports you need.
A nice way to present this would be to use the fileshare delivery
extension, and have the ReportServer render the selected reports to
this share, then just send an email or notification to the user with a
link to access the file share where the PDFs have been saved.
You can also create one big report, that has multiple datasets and
several dataregions, corresponding to different "reports." Then using
parameters, you can drive which datasets get to be populated with data
or hidden from the user...Note that this approach may be a bit slower,
but it will provide a better way of giving the user one single PDF
which contains multiple "reports."
I hope I've given you some ideas to get started.
Regards,
Thiago Silva
MCAD.NET
Paul Roberts wrote:
> am currently looking for a way to potentially combine several types of
> reports systematically to create a single report pack for a client.
> This would need to be done on the fly so the clients can choose which bits /
> Reports they wish to have and then click the Download PDF button and hey
> presto here it comes?
> Is there a way and if so can anyone let me know the best / easiest way for a
> simple brain to do it!
> Cheers alot|||"tafs7" <tsilva7@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156518561.205312.262860@.74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
Thiago,
Firstly, Great Name.
Right here is the setup / Architecture, the company I am currently working
for has been using SSRS2000 to provide reports to clients via a web
interface allowing them a series of criteria to make their bespoke report.
All information is saved to a database and a GUID and Version ID is supplied
back to the interface that will then be passed to a process filter that will
then be sent off to SSRS as parameters to be disseminated to the Stored
procedure that is called from the RDL. Hey presto, SSRS send back the
desired report in the desired format.
Now, my lead developer has said, Paul you are a Genius!!!, we need you to
provide a solution for our clients to say I would like "Report 1", "Report
4" and "Report 12" [Where each of these reports is an individual report RDL
Template] to be be selected so as to be combined into one single but
brilliant report. He has also asked as a request that it has continuous
Page Numbers (I can do this bit.) and a Key / Legend bespoke to the report /
s generated and only containing the description to Icons that are contained.
Now this I know is a massive job to undertake and I have a couple of Ideas
of how it can be done. However if there is a way that I can say, "Right I
have a generated report for each individual report, 'Report 1', 'Report 4'
and 'Report 12' and then say go and get me these GENERATED reports and
output them into a single PDF or Excel.
I am guessing that this would be a bigger issue than your suggestion and it
is not something I would get SSRS to do.
Thank you for you reply and look forward to hearing a response.
Paul
> Hi, Paul
> I think we'd need more information about your application/UI and method
> of delivery...
> but making some simple assumption, if you are dealing with your own
> custom web app, you can use the SOAP api to invoke reporting services
> and render the reports you need.
> A nice way to present this would be to use the fileshare delivery
> extension, and have the ReportServer render the selected reports to
> this share, then just send an email or notification to the user with a
> link to access the file share where the PDFs have been saved.
> You can also create one big report, that has multiple datasets and
> several dataregions, corresponding to different "reports." Then using
> parameters, you can drive which datasets get to be populated with data
> or hidden from the user...Note that this approach may be a bit slower,
> but it will provide a better way of giving the user one single PDF
> which contains multiple "reports."
> I hope I've given you some ideas to get started.
> Regards,
> Thiago Silva
> MCAD.NET
> Paul Roberts wrote:
>> am currently looking for a way to potentially combine several types of
>> reports systematically to create a single report pack for a client.
>> This would need to be done on the fly so the clients can choose which
>> bits /
>> Reports they wish to have and then click the Download PDF button and hey
>> presto here it comes?
>> Is there a way and if so can anyone let me know the best / easiest way
>> for a
>> simple brain to do it!
>> Cheers alot
>|||Paul,
Firstly, thanks for the name compliment...it's Portuguese (BR), if
you're wondering.
I don't think it would be easy or even possible to generate separate
reports (different RDLs), then combine them into PDF via code, etc.
The best approach to this in my opinion, still would be to have one RDL
that contains the different report bodies in their contained rectangles
or tables or lists, and based on parameters for which report number was
selected, only execute the appropriate query and render the appropriate
RDL body/data section.
Unfortunately, RS does not allow for expression in Subreport names,
otherwise, I would recommend an entry point report with a Subreport
that would be defined based on a parameter, contained in a table. Then
you could write a little SQL to parse the entered rpt numbers as
individual rows, so you'd have the Subreport render different report
numbers in each "row" of the parent table/list. Hope this makes sense,
but it won't matter 'cause it ain't supported ;-)
Anyways, that's my 2 cents.
Cheers back at you!
Thiago Silva
MCAD.NET
Paul Roberts wrote:
> "tafs7" <tsilva7@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1156518561.205312.262860@.74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> Thiago,
> Firstly, Great Name.
> Right here is the setup / Architecture, the company I am currently working
> for has been using SSRS2000 to provide reports to clients via a web
> interface allowing them a series of criteria to make their bespoke report.
> All information is saved to a database and a GUID and Version ID is supplied
> back to the interface that will then be passed to a process filter that will
> then be sent off to SSRS as parameters to be disseminated to the Stored
> procedure that is called from the RDL. Hey presto, SSRS send back the
> desired report in the desired format.
> Now, my lead developer has said, Paul you are a Genius!!!, we need you to
> provide a solution for our clients to say I would like "Report 1", "Report
> 4" and "Report 12" [Where each of these reports is an individual report RDL
> Template] to be be selected so as to be combined into one single but
> brilliant report. He has also asked as a request that it has continuous
> Page Numbers (I can do this bit.) and a Key / Legend bespoke to the report /
> s generated and only containing the description to Icons that are contained.
> Now this I know is a massive job to undertake and I have a couple of Ideas
> of how it can be done. However if there is a way that I can say, "Right I
> have a generated report for each individual report, 'Report 1', 'Report 4'
> and 'Report 12' and then say go and get me these GENERATED reports and
> output them into a single PDF or Excel.
> I am guessing that this would be a bigger issue than your suggestion and it
> is not something I would get SSRS to do.
> Thank you for you reply and look forward to hearing a response.
>
> Paul
>
> > Hi, Paul
> >
> > I think we'd need more information about your application/UI and method
> > of delivery...
> >
> > but making some simple assumption, if you are dealing with your own
> > custom web app, you can use the SOAP api to invoke reporting services
> > and render the reports you need.
> >
> > A nice way to present this would be to use the fileshare delivery
> > extension, and have the ReportServer render the selected reports to
> > this share, then just send an email or notification to the user with a
> > link to access the file share where the PDFs have been saved.
> >
> > You can also create one big report, that has multiple datasets and
> > several dataregions, corresponding to different "reports." Then using
> > parameters, you can drive which datasets get to be populated with data
> > or hidden from the user...Note that this approach may be a bit slower,
> > but it will provide a better way of giving the user one single PDF
> > which contains multiple "reports."
> >
> > I hope I've given you some ideas to get started.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Thiago Silva
> > MCAD.NET
> >
> > Paul Roberts wrote:
> >> am currently looking for a way to potentially combine several types of
> >> reports systematically to create a single report pack for a client.
> >>
> >> This would need to be done on the fly so the clients can choose which
> >> bits /
> >> Reports they wish to have and then click the Download PDF button and hey
> >> presto here it comes?
> >>
> >> Is there a way and if so can anyone let me know the best / easiest way
> >> for a
> >> simple brain to do it!
> >>
> >> Cheers alot
> >

Combining Reports

I am currently looking for a way to potentially combine several types of
reports systematically to create a single report pack for a client.
This would need to be done on the fly so the clients can choose which bits /
Reports they wish to have and then click the Download PDF button and hey
presto here it comes?
Is there a way and if so can anyone let me know the best / easiest way for a
simple brain to do it!
Cheers alotIf I understood correctly, you want a list of reports in one page and when
the client clicks on any report or download option it should download.
You can use "Action" to create a page with all of your reports and use
action to render or create a small program using asp.net and use render
method and create pdf depending on the report clicks.
Amarnath
"Paul Roberts" wrote:
> I am currently looking for a way to potentially combine several types of
> reports systematically to create a single report pack for a client.
> This would need to be done on the fly so the clients can choose which bits /
> Reports they wish to have and then click the Download PDF button and hey
> presto here it comes?
> Is there a way and if so can anyone let me know the best / easiest way for a
> simple brain to do it!
> Cheers alot
>
>

Combining established columns into one

I have a table whose schema is already defined and populated with data. I would like to create a column named Name that combines the first and last name columns in the following format "last name, first name". I tried to create a formula that concatenated these two columns, but it kept spitting up on me. Any ideas?Could you please post your syntax?|||It is best to do the formatting for display purposes on the client. What if you want to change the formatting later? You hav e to make schema changes even if you use computed columns or views or queries in SPs.|||

you may wish to use a calculated column

use northwind
select * from employees
go
alter table employees
add
fullname as rtrim(lastname)+','+rtrim(firstname)
go

select fullname,lastname,firstname from employees

|||I realize that it would be best to do all the formatting on the client. The problem is that I have about 50 stored procedures that were developed on another database that was "supposed to" have the same table schemas. Unfortunately, the developer decided to split apart the names into first name and last name fields. It would be easier to just created a computed column.|||Actually, splitting the name into it's constituent parts and storing it is the correct way. You can use a computed column or view with the computed expression or modify your SP to include the computed expression. With all these methods, you can get the required column for display purposes. But if you want to search on this concatenated string then it is a different deal. Performance depends on lot of factors like index on the computed column, whether optimizer matches the computed column expression and uses the index and so on.

CombinedID

Hi,

Please find the SQL script to create a mini version of my database and some data at the bottom of this post. Please insert the data in the order I posted below.

Here's a quick narative of what the database is all about. This is a database that allows our company to keep track of all new contracts -- we call them deals -- and our progress on these contracts. You can think of it as a project management system. The key point here is that we have different types of projects so each contract goes through a different set of phases as we work on it. The phases a certain type of project goes through are
determined in tblPhaseType. So when we have a new deal, we put its data into tblDeals table and select the PhaseTypeID for that deal based on the kind of project it is.

Now, here's my question. Determining what phases we've completed for a specific deal is real easy. All I have to do is just, select the completed phases from tblProduction and INNER JOIN it with tblDeals and tblCompany and I'm done.

My challange is determining the remaining phases. For this, I have to first determine all phases for a specific contract then subtract out the ones that are already completed. To achieve this, I came up with a method but I'm not sure if that's the best way to do it. I combine the the Deal and Phase ID's to come up with a unique ID which I call CombinedID. Then I tell my stored procedure to exclude all CombinedID's that are in the sub-query which comes from tblProduction.

Here's the code for that stored procedure.
--------

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.spRemainingPhases
AS SELECT dbo.tblDeals.DealID, dbo.tblPhase.PhaseID,
CAST(dbo.tblDeals.DealID AS varchar(2)) + CAST(dbo.tblPhase.PhaseID AS
varchar(2))
 AS CombinedID
FROM dbo.tblDeals INNER JOIN
 dbo.tblPhaseType ON dbo.tblPhaseType.PhaseTypeID =
dbo.tblDeals.PhaseTypeID INNER JOIN
 dbo.tblPhase ON dbo.tblPhaseType.PhaseTypeID =
dbo.tblPhase.PhaseTypeID
WHERE (NOT ((CAST(dbo.tblDeals.DealID AS varchar(2)) +
CAST(dbo.tblPhase.PhaseID AS varchar(2))) IN
 (SELECT CAST(tblProduction.DealID AS
varchar(2)) + CAST(tblProduction.PhaseID AS varchar(2)) AS CombinedID
 FROM tblProduction)))
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

--------

My question is: Is this the best way to handle this. I'm just not so crazy
about this CombinedID business. I should be able use and AND construct and
use DealID and PhaseID as they are. I just couldn't get this to work though.

Here's the SQL Script create all the necessary tables in the database
----------

if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[FK_tblDeals_tblCompany]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id,
N'IsForeignKey') = 1)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDeals] DROP CONSTRAINT FK_tblDeals_tblCompany
GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[FK_tblDeals_tblPhaseType]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id,
N'IsForeignKey') = 1)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDeals] DROP CONSTRAINT FK_tblDeals_tblPhaseType
GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[FK_tblPhase_tblPhaseType]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id,
N'IsForeignKey') = 1)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblPhase] DROP CONSTRAINT FK_tblPhase_tblPhaseType
GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[FK_tblProduction_tblDeals]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id,
N'IsForeignKey') = 1)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblProduction] DROP CONSTRAINT FK_tblProduction_tblDeals
GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[FK_tblProduction_tblPhase]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id,
N'IsForeignKey') = 1)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblProduction] DROP CONSTRAINT FK_tblProduction_tblPhase
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblProduction] Script Date: 11/10/2003
10:25:26 AM ******/
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[tblProduction]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') =
1)
drop table [dbo].[tblProduction]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblDeals] Script Date: 11/10/2003 10:25:26
AM ******/
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[tblDeals]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[tblDeals]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblPhase] Script Date: 11/10/2003 10:25:26
AM ******/
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[tblPhase]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[tblPhase]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblCompany] Script Date: 11/10/2003
10:25:26 AM ******/
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[tblCompany]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[tblCompany]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblPhaseType] Script Date: 11/10/2003
10:25:26 AM ******/
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[tblPhaseType]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') =
1)
drop table [dbo].[tblPhaseType]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblCompany] Script Date: 11/10/2003
10:25:27 AM ******/
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblCompany] (
 [CompanyID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
 [CompanyName] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblPhaseType] Script Date: 11/10/2003
10:25:28 AM ******/
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblPhaseType] (
 [PhaseTypeID] [tinyint] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
 [Desription] [varchar] (100) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblDeals] Script Date: 11/10/2003 10:25:29
AM ******/
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblDeals] (
 [DealID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
 [CompanyID] [int] NOT NULL ,
 [DealDate] [smalldatetime] NOT NULL ,
 [PhaseTypeID] [tinyint] NOT NULL ,
 [CashAmount] [smallmoney] NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblPhase] Script Date: 11/10/2003 10:25:29
AM ******/
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblPhase] (
 [PhaseID] [tinyint] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
 [PhaseTypeID] [tinyint] NOT NULL ,
 [PhaseDescription] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT
NULL ,
 [PhasePercentage] [float] NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[tblProduction] Script Date: 11/10/2003
10:25:29 AM ******/
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblProduction] (
 [TransactionID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
 [DealID] [int] NOT NULL ,
 [PhaseID] [tinyint] NOT NULL ,
 [TransactionTimeStamp] [smalldatetime] NOT NULL ,
 [Comments] [varchar] (150) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblCompany] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblCompany] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
 [CompanyID]
 ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblPhaseType] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblPhaseType] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
 [PhaseTypeID]
 ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDeals] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblDeals] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
 [DealID]
 ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblPhase] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblPhase] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
 [PhaseID]
 ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblProduction] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [DF_tblProduction_TransactionTimeStamp] DEFAULT (getdate()) FOR
[TransactionTimeStamp],
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblProduction] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
 [TransactionID]
 ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDeals] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [FK_tblDeals_tblCompany] FOREIGN KEY
 (
 [CompanyID]
 ) REFERENCES [dbo].[tblCompany] (
 [CompanyID]
 ),
 CONSTRAINT [FK_tblDeals_tblPhaseType] FOREIGN KEY
 (
 [PhaseTypeID]
 ) REFERENCES [dbo].[tblPhaseType] (
 [PhaseTypeID]
 )
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblPhase] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [FK_tblPhase_tblPhaseType] FOREIGN KEY
 (
 [PhaseTypeID]
 ) REFERENCES [dbo].[tblPhaseType] (
 [PhaseTypeID]
 )
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblProduction] ADD
 CONSTRAINT [FK_tblProduction_tblDeals] FOREIGN KEY
 (
 [DealID]
 ) REFERENCES [dbo].[tblDeals] (
 [DealID]
 ),
 CONSTRAINT [FK_tblProduction_tblPhase] FOREIGN KEY
 (
 [PhaseID]
 ) REFERENCES [dbo].[tblPhase] (
 [PhaseID]
 )
GO
exec sp_addextendedproperty N'MS_Description', N'Determines the type of
phase structure this deal will go through', N'user', N'dbo', N'table',
N'tblDeals', N'column', N'PhaseTypeID'
GO
exec sp_addextendedproperty N'MS_Description', N'Determines the percentage
value of the phase', N'user', N'dbo', N'table', N'tblPhase', N'column',
N'PhasePercentage'
GO
exec sp_addextendedproperty N'MS_Description', null, N'user', N'dbo',
N'table', N'tblProduction', N'column', N'TransactionTimeStamp'
GO

=========================================

And here's the data
----------

INSERT INTO [tblCompany] ([CompanyName])VALUES('Johnny''s Remodeling')
INSERT INTO [tblCompany] ([CompanyName])VALUES('Perfect Cut Lawncare')
INSERT INTO [tblCompany] ([CompanyName])VALUES('Useless Ideas Unlimited')
INSERT INTO [tblPhaseType] ([Desription])VALUES('TV Commercial - 4 Phases')
INSERT INTO [tblPhaseType] ([Desription])VALUES('Full Campaign - 6 Phases')
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(1,'Customer
Info',1.500000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(1,'Write
script',2.500000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(1,'Shoot',3.50000
0000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(1,'Edit
commercial',2.500000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(2,'Customer
info',1.500000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(2,'Write
script',1.500000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(2,'Design print
ad',1.500000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(2,'Shoot',1.50000
0000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(2,'Edit',2.000000
000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblPhase]
([PhaseTypeID],[PhaseDescription],[PhasePercentage])VALUES(2,'Publish',2.000
000000000000e-001)
INSERT INTO [tblDeals]
([CompanyID],[DealDate],[PhaseTypeID],[CashAmount])VALUES(1,'Aug 5 2003
12:00:00:000AM',1,120.0000)
INSERT INTO [tblDeals]
([CompanyID],[DealDate],[PhaseTypeID],[CashAmount])VALUES(2,'Sep 9 2003
12:00:00:000AM',2,150.0000)
INSERT INTO [tblProduction]
([DealID],[PhaseID],[TransactionTimeStamp],[Comments])VALUES(1,1,'Nov 10
2003 10:23:00:000AM','Received company logo')
INSERT INTO [tblProduction]
([DealID],[PhaseID],[TransactionTimeStamp],[Comments])VALUES(1,2,'Nov 10
2003 10:23:00:000AM','Finished writing script')
INSERT INTO [tblProduction]
([DealID],[PhaseID],[TransactionTimeStamp],[Comments])VALUES(2,5,'Nov 10
2003 10:23:00:000AM','Just received company info')
INSERT INTO [tblProduction]
([DealID],[PhaseID],[TransactionTimeStamp],[Comments])VALUES(2,7,'Nov 10
2003 10:24:00:000AM','Finished designing ad copy')

The key here is a LEFT OUTER JOIN to your tblProduction. This query should get you the remaining phases for all of your deals:

SELECT
dbo.tblDeals.DealID,
dbo.tblPhase.PhaseID
FROM
dbo.tblPhaseType
INNER JOIN
dbo.tblDeals ON dbo.tblDeals.PhaseTypeID = dbo.tblPhaseType.PhaseTypeID
INNER JOIN
dbo.tblPhase ON dbo.tblPhaseType.PhaseTypeID = dbo.tblPhase.PhaseTypeID
LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.tblProduction ON dbo.tblProduction.DealID = dbo.tblDeals.DealID AND dbo.tblProduction.PhaseID = dbo.tblPhase.PhaseID
WHERE
 dbo.tblProduction.DealID IS NULL

Terri|||That's exactly it. Thank you very much Terri. Your help is very much appreciated.

Combined Chart (One series with Line and One Bar)

Is it possible to create combined charts with the Report Designer Chart?
I want to have one series charted as bar (sales) and the other series as
line (i.e market share).
Want to do it in one chart (not to overlay one chart over the other)
Thanx.Please read this related newsgroup posting:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs&mid=c229b25c-b2dc-41ac-923d-decbb253dc6e&sloc=en-us
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Minas Papageorgiou" <MinasPapageorgiou@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:8AD71606-450E-4E5D-B4DD-12CA9A4A49C5@.microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to create combined charts with the Report Designer Chart?
> I want to have one series charted as bar (sales) and the other series as
> line (i.e market share).
> Want to do it in one chart (not to overlay one chart over the other)
> Thanx.
>

Combine two queries - help please

I have a table that has two dates in it, a date opened and a date
closed. I would like to create one query to give me the number of
records that have been opened each month plus, and this is the hard
part the number of those records that have been closed each month. I
can get the result with two seperate queries but have been unable to
get it combined into one query with three values for each month, i.e.,
the month, the number opened and the number of those that were opened
in the month that have been subsequently closed.

Here's my two queries. If anyone can help I'd appreciate.

SELECT COUNT(*) AS [Number Closed], LEFT(DATENAME(m, DateOpened),
3) + '
' + CAST(YEAR(DateOpened) AS Char(5)) AS [Month Opened]
FROM table
WHERE (DateClosed IS NOT NULL)
GROUP BY CONVERT(CHAR(7), DateOpened, 120), LEFT(DATENAME(m,
DateOpened), 3)
+ ' ' + CAST(YEAR(DateOpened) AS Char(5))
ORDER BY CONVERT(CHAR(7), DateOpened, 120)

SELECT COUNT(*) AS [Number Opened], LEFT(DATENAME(m, DateOpened),
3) + '
' + CAST(YEAR(DateOpened) AS Char(5)) AS [Month Opened]
FROM table
GROUP BY CONVERT(CHAR(7), DateOpened, 120), LEFT(DATENAME(m,
DateOpened), 3)
+ ' ' + CAST(YEAR(DateOpened) AS Char(5))
ORDER BY CONVERT(CHAR(7), DateOpened, 120)

TIA

BillTry:

SELECT MIN(dateopened),
COUNT(*),
COUNT(dateclosed)
FROM YourTable
GROUP BY YEAR(dateopened), MONTH(dateopened)

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||David;

Thank you very much that works just fine. I appreciate the help.

Cheers;

Bill

combine data from different records with same ID

I have a table contains comments. User scan create as many comments they wa
nt.
my job is to combine and rearrange all comments in order of dates and time.
acct date time Comments
-- -- -- ---
08 01/04/2001 170852 0Conveyed stips.
84 01/04/2001 173740 test!
84 01/04/2001 173812 test2!
02 01/04/2001 180502 spoke to mbr and nd
01 01/05/2001 115548 joint life
01 01/05/2001 115550 Please fund loan.
18 01/05/2001 185220 Sent
18 01/05/2001 185238 Sent completed application
Desired Result:
acct Comments
----
--
08 Conveyed stips. 01/04/2001: 170852
84 test! - Ford 01/04/2001: 173740 test2! 01/04/2001: 173812
02 spoke to mbr and nd 01/04/2001: 180502
01 joint life 01/05/2001: 115548 Please fund loan. 01/05/2001: 1155
50
18 Sent 01/05/2001: 185220 Sent completed application 01/05/2001:
185238
Thanks in Advance,
CulamUse a document management system (textbase)and not SQL system.|||You haven't stated what datatypes these columns are.
Do type conversions as required and use the concatenation operator ( + ) to
achieve the results you want. What seems to be the difficulty in doing so?
Anith|||I converted all the data to VARCHAR and using a operator (+) to combine data
,
but I need to roll up all records with same id into one record. That is
what I need help in.
"Anith Sen" wrote:

> You haven't stated what datatypes these columns are.
> Do type conversions as required and use the concatenation operator ( + ) t
o
> achieve the results you want. What seems to be the difficulty in doing so?
> --
> Anith
>
>|||I see. This does not seem to be a right job for SQL Server. One good
approach to such problems is to retrieve the resultset and leverage the
string concatenation and loop-like functionality of a client programming
language to create the result.
The approaches in SQL are all more or less complex and cumbersome. Some of
the such hacks can be found at:
http://groups.google.ca/groups?selm...FTNGP09.phx.gbl
Anith

Coma separated string value as function parameter

Hi

Let’s say I have employees table that contains id column for the supervisor of the employee.

I need to create a function that gets coma separated string value of the supervisors’ ids,

And return the ids of employees that the ENTIRE listed supervisors are there supervisor.

(some thing like “Select id from employees where supervisor=val_1 and supervisor=val_2 and… and supervisor=val_N)

Is there a way to create this function without using sp_exec?

I’ve created a function that splits the coma separated value to INT table.

(For use in a function that do something like:

“Select id from employees where supervisor in (select val from dbo.SplitToInt(coma_separated_value))

)

Thanks ,

Z

Here it is,

Code Snippet

alter function splittoint(@.values varchar(8000), @.delimiter varchar(10))

returns @.result table (value int)

as

begin

declare @.v as varchar(8000);

while charindex(@.delimiter,@.values) <> 0

begin

set @.v = substring(@.values,1,charindex(@.delimiter,@.values)-1);

if isnumeric(@.v)=1

insert into @.result

values(@.v);

set @.values = substring(@.values,charindex(@.delimiter,@.values)+1,len(@.values))

end

if isnumeric(@.values)=1

insert into @.result

values(@.values);

return;

end

Go

Select * from splitToint('1,2,3,4,56,A',',')

|||

Arrays and Lists in SQL Server

http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html

AMB

|||

Thanks, but it’s not what I meant…

Let me rephrase the question…

Select * from TBL where ID in ([list]) is equal to:

Select * from TBL where ID=val_1 OR ID=val_2 OR … OR ID=val_n

How can I create a query that is equal to:

Select * from TBL where ID=val_1 AND ID=val_2 AND … AND ID=val_n

(without sp_exec !)

Thanks

|||

If your final goal is to create a select statement, then because the list can change, you have use dynamic sql and so sp_executesql or exec('...').

AMB

|||

“in” create a dynamic “OR” query.

There’s no “built in” way to create a dynamic “AND” query?

|||

Yes, it is. Google for "relational division".

select

a.c1

from

dbo.t1 as a

inner join

dbo.ufn_split('1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9') as b

on a.c2 = b.c1

group by

a.c1

having

count(distinct a.c2) = (select count(distinct c.c1) from dbo.ufn_split('1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9') as c)

go

AMB

|||Thanks!

Coma separated string value as function parameter

Hi

Let’s say I have employees table that contains id column for the supervisor of the employee.

I need to create a function that gets coma separated string value of the supervisors’ ids,

And return the ids of employees that the ENTIRE listed supervisors are there supervisor.

(some thing like “Select id from employees where supervisor=val_1 and supervisor=val_2 and… and supervisor=val_N)

Is there a way to create this function without using sp_exec?

I’ve created a function that splits the coma separated value to INT table.

(For use in a function that do something like:

“Select id from employees where supervisor in (select val from dbo.SplitToInt(coma_separated_value))

)

Thanks ,

Z

Here it is,

Code Snippet

alter function splittoint(@.values varchar(8000), @.delimiter varchar(10))

returns @.result table (value int)

as

begin

declare @.v as varchar(8000);

while charindex(@.delimiter,@.values) <> 0

begin

set @.v = substring(@.values,1,charindex(@.delimiter,@.values)-1);

if isnumeric(@.v)=1

insert into @.result

values(@.v);

set @.values = substring(@.values,charindex(@.delimiter,@.values)+1,len(@.values))

end

if isnumeric(@.values)=1

insert into @.result

values(@.values);

return;

end

Go

Select * from splitToint('1,2,3,4,56,A',',')

|||

Arrays and Lists in SQL Server

http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html

AMB

|||

Thanks, but it’s not what I meant…

Let me rephrase the question…

Select * from TBL where ID in ([list]) is equal to:

Select * from TBL where ID=val_1 OR ID=val_2 OR … OR ID=val_n

How can I create a query that is equal to:

Select * from TBL where ID=val_1 AND ID=val_2 AND … AND ID=val_n

(without sp_exec !)

Thanks

|||

If your final goal is to create a select statement, then because the list can change, you have use dynamic sql and so sp_executesql or exec('...').

AMB

|||

“in” create a dynamic “OR” query.

There’s no “built in” way to create a dynamic “AND” query?

|||

Yes, it is. Google for "relational division".

select

a.c1

from

dbo.t1 as a

inner join

dbo.ufn_split('1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9') as b

on a.c2 = b.c1

group by

a.c1

having

count(distinct a.c2) = (select count(distinct c.c1) from dbo.ufn_split('1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9') as c)

go

AMB

|||Thanks!

Coma separated string value as function parameter

Hi

Let’s say I have employees table that contains id column for the supervisor of the employee.

I need to create a function that gets coma separated string value of the supervisors’ ids,

And return the ids of employees that the ENTIRE listed supervisors are there supervisor.

(some thing like “Select id from employees where supervisor=val_1 and supervisor=val_2 and… and supervisor=val_N)

Is there a way to create this function without using sp_exec?

I’ve created a function that splits the coma separated value to INT table.

(For use in a function that do something like:

“Select id from employees where supervisor in (select val from dbo.SplitToInt(coma_separated_value))

)

Thanks ,

Z

Here it is,

Code Snippet

alter function splittoint(@.values varchar(8000), @.delimiter varchar(10))

returns @.result table (value int)

as

begin

declare @.v as varchar(8000);

while charindex(@.delimiter,@.values) <> 0

begin

set @.v = substring(@.values,1,charindex(@.delimiter,@.values)-1);

if isnumeric(@.v)=1

insert into @.result

values(@.v);

set @.values = substring(@.values,charindex(@.delimiter,@.values)+1,len(@.values))

end

if isnumeric(@.values)=1

insert into @.result

values(@.values);

return;

end

Go

Select * from splitToint('1,2,3,4,56,A',',')

|||

Arrays and Lists in SQL Server

http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html

AMB

|||

Thanks, but it’s not what I meant…

Let me rephrase the question…

Select * from TBL where ID in ([list]) is equal to:

Select * from TBL where ID=val_1 OR ID=val_2 OR … OR ID=val_n

How can I create a query that is equal to:

Select * from TBL where ID=val_1 AND ID=val_2 AND … AND ID=val_n

(without sp_exec !)

Thanks

|||

If your final goal is to create a select statement, then because the list can change, you have use dynamic sql and so sp_executesql or exec('...').

AMB

|||

“in” create a dynamic “OR” query.

There’s no “built in” way to create a dynamic “AND” query?

|||

Yes, it is. Google for "relational division".

select

a.c1

from

dbo.t1 as a

inner join

dbo.ufn_split('1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9') as b

on a.c2 = b.c1

group by

a.c1

having

count(distinct a.c2) = (select count(distinct c.c1) from dbo.ufn_split('1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9') as c)

go

AMB

|||Thanks!

COM security Policy

I am trying to create a data extension and this extension has to access a
COM+ application in order to run as a domain user to access files on the
network but every time I try running this code it errors out with a security
permission error. How do I setup permission to access the COM+ application?
--
RYAN SCHOUTENNever mind this is not an issue
--
RYAN SCHOUTEN
"RYAN SCHOUTEN" <ryanttr@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uyU736ERFHA.2744@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am trying to create a data extension and this extension has to access a
> COM+ application in order to run as a domain user to access files on the
> network but every time I try running this code it errors out with a
security
> permission error. How do I setup permission to access the COM+
application?
> --
> RYAN SCHOUTEN
>

COM Objects in Stored Procedures?

I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
I just answered my own question about 5 minutes after posting. The sp_OAxxx stored procedures provide an interface to automation objects.
"Ken" wrote:

> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
|||Look up OLE Automation in BOL.
----
Need SQL Server Examples check out my website at
http://www.geocities.com/sqlserverexamples
"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A196B75F-B712-4945-8AA8-2E26DA9AF38A@.microsoft.com...
> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a
stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did
it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
|||Ken,
you can use the sp_OA... extended stored procedures in master. Have a look
at sp_OACreate in BOL where there is an example using SQLDMO.
Alternatively I have done the whole thing in VBScript in DTS packages, and
called the packages from stored procedures. It is not ideal as variables are
declared as variants, but debugging is supported which can help a lot.
HTH,
Paul Ibison

COM Objects in Stored Procedures?

I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?Ken,
you can use the sp_OA... extended stored procedures in master. Have a look
at sp_OACreate in BOL where there is an example using SQLDMO.
Alternatively I have done the whole thing in VBScript in DTS packages, and
called the packages from stored procedures. It is not ideal as variables are
declared as variants, but debugging is supported which can help a lot.
HTH,
Paul Ibison|||Look up OLE Automation in BOL.
--
----
----
--
Need SQL Server Examples check out my website at
http://www.geocities.com/sqlserverexamples
"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A196B75F-B712-4945-8AA8-2E26DA9AF38A@.microsoft.com...
> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a
stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did
it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

COM Objects in Stored Procedures?

I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored
procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can
someone point me in the right direction?I just answered my own question about 5 minutes after posting. The sp_OAxxx
stored procedures provide an interface to automation objects.
"Ken" wrote:

> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a stored proced
ure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did it. Can someone point
me in the right direction?|||Look up OLE Automation in BOL.
----
----
--
Need SQL Server Examples check out my website at
http://www.geocities.com/sqlserverexamples
"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A196B75F-B712-4945-8AA8-2E26DA9AF38A@.microsoft.com...
> I seem to recall at one point I was able to create a COM object in a
stored procedure and call methods, etc, but now I can't remember how I did
it. Can someone point me in the right direction?|||Ken,
you can use the sp_OA... extended stored procedures in master. Have a look
at sp_OACreate in BOL where there is an example using SQLDMO.
Alternatively I have done the whole thing in VBScript in DTS packages, and
called the packages from stored procedures. It is not ideal as variables are
declared as variants, but debugging is supported which can help a lot.
HTH,
Paul Ibison

Columns in Crystal

hey

is it possible to create columns under crystal ... so instead of the values going vertically, for them go to horizontally ...

eg. when you put the value 'icecream'

it is going to show you all the possible icecream types

eg:
vanilla
chocolate
strawberry
etc

now would you be able to show them like this :

vanilla chocalate strawberry etc .....Even I would like to know if it is possible, right now I m using temp tables to achieve this.|||hey

well i have found a way that it can be done. under the details section in crystal, select 'Format with Multiple Columns'. tt should display the values going horizontally rather than vertically. but there are still some issues outstanding like formatting of the actual values. you do not seem to be able to move the field after you have selected the 'Format with Multiple Column'.

hope it helps.

cheers

milos|||Hey

yes its me again ... Well there is a better way than the one described previously.

By Inserting a Cross-Tab, you have the option of selecting values to show as Columns and Rows. Its a VERY useful feature for those who need to add columns in their reports.

Any questions, feel free to ask ...

Cheers

Milos

ColumnNamesInFirstDataRow Expression

I have a SSIS package I am trying to create that will accept two types of files. They are the same exact file except for one contains a header and one does not. So I setup a conneciton manager to the csv file. I then set a variable of bool type, and then assigned that to the ColumNamesInFirstDataRow expressions property of the conneciton manager.

So the pacakge runs. Loops a directory, runs a script that sets the Header variable to true/false based on the file name. But when it gets to the data flow it always ignores the property and never bypasses the header row. The variable is being set. I tried datarowstoskip and set it to 1 instead of the above mentioned property, and that does not work either.

How can I accomplish this?

There is a known bug in evaluation of flat file connection properties that might be causing this. IT is scheduled to be fixed for the next release. Unfortunately, I do not see an easy workaround...

-Bob

|||Is there any know work around to this with .net code or anything else?|||

You could set up two connection managers (one with headers, one without) and two dataflows to match, and use a script task to check the file for a header row. Then use precedence constraints to pick the data flow to execute.

Or you could parse the whole file in a script source, but that could be a lot of work, depending on the complexity of your file.