i have a table on sql like this:
CD_MATERIAL | CD_IDENTIFICACAO
1 | 002323
2 | 00322234
... | ...
AND SO ON (5000+ lines)
I need to use that info to search and replace multiple external xml files on a folder (all the tags on those XML had numbers like the CD_IDENTIFICACAO from sql query, i need to replace with corresponding cd_material from sql query "ex.: 002323 becomes 1)
I used this query to extract all the cd_identificacao to use on Notepad++:
declare #result varchar(max)
select #result = COALESCE(#result + '', '') + CONCAT('(',CD_IDENTIFICACAO,')|') from TBL_MATERIAIS WHERE CD_IDENTIFICACAO <> '' ORDER BY CD_MATERIAL
select #result
That would bring me ex.:
(1TEC45D025)|(1TEC800039)|(999999999)|(542251)|(2TEC58426)|(234852)
and changed the parameters to get the replace ex.:
(? 2000)|(? 2001)|(? 2002)|(? 2003)|(? 2004)|(? 2005)
but i don't know how to add a number (increment) on front of "?" so notepad++ would understand it (search and replace would have 5000+ results, so it's not pratical to manually add the increment).
I was able to get a workaround for this. I've used this query to get all the the terms for find and replace i needed (1 per line)
select concat('<cProd>',cd_identificacao,'</cProd>'), concat('<cProd>',cd_material,'</cProd>') from tbl_materiais where cd_identificacao <> '' order by cd_material
That would result in:
<cProd>1TEC460054</cProd> <cProd>1</cProd>
<cProd>1TEC240035</cProd> <cProd>2</cProd>
(i added the tag too to make sure no other information could be replaced as there were many number combinations that could lead to incorrect replacement)
then pasted it on a txt and i used the notepad++ to replace the space between column 1 and 2 for /r/n wich would result in:
<cProd>1TEC460054</cProd>
<cProd>1</cProd>
<cProd>1TEC240035</cProd>
<cProd>2</cProd>
then i used "Ecobyte Replace Text" Tool, pasted my result file as new selection in bottom frame, loaded all my files on a new replace group on top frame (on properties of the group, u can change directory and options), then executed the replacement, it worked perfectly.
Thx.
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I'm trying to form a SQL query, using SQL Server 2014 without creating a function. I do not have permissions on the database to create functions so I have to do it with a query only.
I have a column named Test with the example value of:
Accounting -> Add Missing functionality in Payable -> Saving a blank Missing row
I want my query to return the information (of varying length) between the two arrows (->). I have tried the right, left, substring, charindex and patindex functions and various combinations of each.
Basically the query needs to be SUBSTRING(Test, CHARINDEX(' -> ', TEST) +3, <some length here>)
The length is the part I'm having a hard time figuring out. I need the full length minus the first part before and including the first -> which evaluates to:
Add Missing functionality in Payable -> Saving a blank Missing row
From that result, I need to remove everything after and including the ->, which would then leave me with:
Add Missing functionality in Payable
At the end of the day, I want to split this one column up into 3 like so:
Domain | Feature | Test
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accounting | Add Missing functionality in Payable | Saving a blank Missing row
Can anyone show me how to do this query, without having to write a function? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I have been working on this one portion of the query for the better part of 4 hours now. Thank you in advance for your help. Have a great day!!
I tried the following query and it is woking fine for me:
DECLARE #X as varchar(1000)
SET #X = 'Accounting -> Add Missing functionality in Payable -> Saving a blank Missing row'
SELECT SUBSTRING(#X,1,CHARINDEX('->',#X) - 1) AS Domain,
SUBSTRING(#X,CHARINDEX('->',#X) + 2,LEN(SUBSTRING(#X,CHARINDEX('->',#X) + 2,LEN(#X))) - LEN(SUBSTRING(#X,LEN(#X) - CHARINDEX('>-',REVERSE(#X)) ,LEN(#X)))) AS Feature,
SUBSTRING(#X,LEN(#X) - CHARINDEX('>-',REVERSE(#X)) + 2 ,LEN(#X)) AS Test
You have to use this query:
SELECT SUBSTRING([Test],1,CHARINDEX('->',[Test]) - 1) AS Domain,
SUBSTRING([Test],CHARINDEX('->',[Test]) + 2,LEN(SUBSTRING([Test],CHARINDEX('->',[Test]) + 2,LEN([Test]))) - LEN(SUBSTRING([Test],LEN([Test]) - CHARINDEX('>-',REVERSE([Test])) ,LEN([Test])))) AS Feature,
SUBSTRING([Test],LEN([Test]) - CHARINDEX('>-',REVERSE([Test])) + 2 ,LEN([Test])) AS Test
FROM MyTable --Replace MyTable with your table name
I have a table storing pathes to files on sql server. I need to replace the path before the last backslash:
C:\Users\APP\AppData\Local\Temp\test\abc deg.pdf
to for example:
\app\pp\abc deg.pdf
EDIT: The table containts many pathes - I need to run through the whole table and change all pathes.
You can use:
CHARINDEX('\', REVERSE(#str))
to get the index of the first backslash starting from the end.
Using RIGHT with this index you can extract the string after the last backslash and concatenate it to the new path:
DECLARE #str VARCHAR(50) = 'C:\Users\APP\AppData\Local\Temp\test\abc deg.pdf'
SELECT '\app\pp' + RIGHT(#str, CHARINDEX('\', REVERSE(#str)))
Reverse the input string (using REVERSE) and find the index of the first backslash (using CHARINDEX).
Take the left part up to that index (using LEFT) and concatenate with the reverse of your replacement string (using + operator).
Then reverse that to get your final result.
Try this:
declare #a varchar(max)='C:\Users\APP\AppData\Local\Temp\test\abc deg.pdf'
select REPLACE(#a,SUBSTRING(#a,1,(LEN(#a)-charindex('\',reverse(#a),1))),'\app\pp')
Update: For updatingall the table column values.
select REPLACE([column-name],SUBSTRING([column-name],1,(LEN([column-name])-charindex('\',reverse([column-name]),1))),'\app\pp')
FROM [Your-table]
This is how it can be done.
UPDATE TABLE
SET PATH = REPLACE(PATH, 'C:\Users\APP\AppData\Local\Temp\test', '\app\pp')
WHERE ...
This is going to replace 'C:\Users\APP\AppData\Local\Temp\test' with '\app\pp'. Or you can modify the path as required.
Please test before executing this UPDATE statement. I havent specified filters here
The Data
Let us say I have a field in SQL that consists of multi-line Information, each of which consists of i topics, each topic consisting of m points of information. Topics are prefaced with 'i.' and information with a dash. It looks something like:
________________________________________________
|Number | Information
|===============================================
|1 | 1. Topic 1.1
| | -Info 1.1.1
| | - ... [more info]
| | 2. Topic 1.2
| | -Info 1.2.1
| | - ...[more info]
| | ... [more topics]
|_______|_____________________________
|2 | 1. Topic 2.1
|....and so on
The Current System
What I am doing with this information is to parse out each topic into it's own column, then unpivoting those columns and searching for Topics that contain a given keyword #keyword.
Currently the code reads something like:
Select
Number
,Case When Information LIKE '%1. %2. %'
Then substring (Information, charindex('1.',Information),
charindex('2.', Information) -(charindex('1.',Information)+2) )
Else Information
End as [Topic1]
,Case When Information LIKE '%2. %3. %'
Then substring (Information, charindex('2.',Information),
charindex('3.', Information) -(charindex('2.',Information)+2) )
Else 'N/A'
End as [Topic2]
...repeat 2nd case for each set of numbers up to '%20. %21. %'
The only reason the first one is different is because if it doesn't match the pattern then I want to grab the whole field so that I don't miss anything. I then unpivot the Topic fields that I just created into a general [Topic] field, and then utilize a WHERE [Topic] LIKE '%' +#keyword+'%' to pull out any particular topics and their associated case number to output as my final table. The cases can have anywhere from 1 to 40+ topics attached, with 1-7 attached info fields per topic.
The Desired Modification
Notice: To make the code easier to read, I will not be writing my substring code in proper syntax, instead opting to write substring(Information,ci(#Iter), ci(#Iter+1)-ci(#Iter)) to denote the substring running from the position given by '(iter).' to the position given by '(iter+1).'
What I would like to do is to perform the following:
Declare #Iter smallint
Declare #Result varchar(max)
Select
Number
, Set #Iter=1
Set #Result = ' '
Case When Information LIKE '%'+#keyword+'%' --keyword chosen at front end
Then While #Iter < #n --#n set by the user from front end
Begin
Case When Information LIKE '%' + cast(#Iter as varchar(5))
+ '. %'+cast((#Iter+1) as varchar(5))+'. %'
and substring(Information,ci(#Iter), ci(#Iter+1)-ci(#Iter) )
LIKE '%'+#keyword+'%'
Then Set #Result = #Result +substring(Information,ci(#Iter),
ci(#Iter+1)-ci(#Iter) )
Else Set #Result = #Result end
Set #Iter = #Iter +1
End
Else ' ' end [Result]
The Explanation
In case what I want isn't clear, I'll run through what I'm trying to accomplish
I want to output a list of case numbers that include Topics that include the keyword.
For each case in the list I want to output only those topics that include the keyword.
I want to allow the end user of the report to choose how many Topics in each case they'll search.
I don't want to have to create a table with a column for each Topic when I can't know how many the user will want to create.
Due to these considerations it feels like a loop would be the best option, but there are problems in trying to accomplish that.
The Problem
SQL server won't allow me to utilize a loop in my Select statement--Incorrect syntax near 'While'.
The place where the information comes from prohibits normalization of the information in the table I'm searching
Even if it didn't I am barred from creating my own permanent tables at work, so I can't normalize the data for all incoming data
I am also not allowed to write my own stored procedures.
If there is any way (for example through a cte) to implement these changes, I'm open to hearing them! I'm mostly looking at ways to make the code less daunting looking (20 cases to produce 20 fields in my current cte looks scary, which then needs 3 ctes just to unpack properly [unpivot, removal of certain cases meeting certain conditions, combination into a workable output table])
Thanks in advance for reading this and helping!
I think you're working too hard.
If all you need are topic names and numbers, isn't it easier to split the Information column by newlines, and then collect all lines that start with a number and not a "dash" by then, you will have a list of strings that look like:
Topic 1.1
Topic 2.1
And then it's easy to just match the lines against the keyword?
Something like this untested SQL:
select SUBSTRING(s.value,1, PATINDEX('% %', s.Value) - 1) AS topicId
, SUBSTRING(s.Value, PATINDEX('% %', s.Value), LENGTH(s.Value)) AS topicText
from [table that would make Codd cry] t
cross apply STRING_SPLIT(t.Information, CHAR(13)) s
where s.Value LIKE '[0-9]%' -- Starts with a number
AND s.Value LIKE #keywords --matches keywords
Not sure if you can create functions or you have STRING_SPLIT available in your SQL Server version, but if you don't, there are some string splitting CTEs you can find on the net to do the job for you
I need to fetch Table's TOP_PK, IDENT_CURRENT, IDENT_INCR, IDENT_SEED for which i am building dynamic query as below:
sGetSchemaCommand = String.Format("SELECT (SELECT TOP 1 [{0}] FROM [{1}]) AS TOP_PK, IDENT_CURRENT('[{1}]') AS CURRENT_IDENT, IDENT_INCR('[{1}]') AS IDENT_ICREMENT, IDENT_SEED('[{1}]') AS IDENT_SEED", pPrimaryKey, pTableName)
Here pPrimaryKey is name of Table's primary key column and pTableName is name of Table.
Now, i am facing problem when Table_Name contains " ' " character.(For Ex. KIN'1)
When i am using above logic and building query it would be as below:
SELECT (SELECT TOP 1 [ID] FROM [KIL'1]) AS TOP_PK, IDENT_CURRENT('[KIL'1]') AS CURRENT_IDENT, IDENT_INCR('[KIL'1]') AS IDENT_ICREMENT, IDENT_SEED('[KIL'1]') AS IDENT_SEED
Here, by executing above query i am getting error as below:
Incorrect syntax near '1'.
Unclosed quotation mark after the character string ') AS IDENT_SEED'.
So, can anyone please show me the best way to solve this problem?
Escape a single quote by doubling it: KIL'1 becomes KIL''1.
If a string already has adjacent single quotes, two becomes four, or four becomes eight... it can get a little hard to read, but it works :)
Using string methods from .NET, your statement could be:
sGetSchemaCommand = String.Format("SELECT (SELECT TOP 1 [{0}] FROM [{1}]) AS TOP_PK, IDENT_CURRENT('[{2}]') AS CURRENT_IDENT, IDENT_INCR('[{2}]') AS IDENT_ICREMENT, IDENT_SEED('[{2}]') AS IDENT_SEED", pPrimaryKey, pTableName, pTableName.Replace("'","''"))
EDIT:
Note that the string replace is now only on a new, third substitution string. (I've taken out the string replace for pPrimaryKey, and for the first occurrence of pTableName.) So now, single quotes are only doubled, when they will be within other single quotes.
You need to replace every single quote into two single quotes http://beyondrelational.com/modules/2/blogs/70/posts/10827/understanding-single-quotes.aspx
I have an interesting SQL Server search requirement.
Say I have a table with Part Numbers as follows:
PARTNO DESCRIPTION
------ -----------
ABC-123 First part
D/12a92 Second Part
How can I create a search that will return results if I search, say, for 'D12A'?
I currently have a full text search set up for the description column, but I am looking to find parts that match the part no even when users don't include the / or - etc.
I'd rather do this in a single SQL statement rather than creating functions if possible as we only have read access to the DB.
You could do something like:
SELECT * FROM PART_TABLE
WHERE REPLACE(REPLACE(PARTNO,'/', ''),'-','') LIKE '%D12A%'
This would work for the 2 characters you specified and could be extended for more character like so:
SELECT * FROM PART_TABLE
WHERE REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(PARTNO,'/', ''),'-',''),*,'') LIKE '%D12A%'
Probably not the most elegant of solutions unless your special characters are limited. Otherwise I'd suggest writing a Function to strip out non-alphanumeric characters.
Here is an example of such a function:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_AlphaNumericChars
(
#String VARCHAR(MAX)
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #RemovingCharIndex INT
SET #RemovingCharIndex = PATINDEX('%[^0-9A-Za-z]%',#String)
WHILE #RemovingCharIndex > 0
BEGIN
SET #String = STUFF(#String,#RemovingCharIndex,1,'')
#RemovingCharIndex = PATINDEX('%[^0-9A-Za-z]%',#String)
END
RETURN #String
END
------- Query Sample (untested)---------
SELECT *
FROM PART_TABLE
WHERE DBO.udf_AlphaNumericChars(PARTNO) LIKE '%D12A%'
Taken From: http://sqlserver20.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/find-alphanumeric-characters-only-from.html