I have a table TblKit that has columns Id and Number. Id is primary key of type int and Number is varchar(50). The data in the table looks like this: I want to replace all the rows of KIT% with CH in the Number field. The desired output would look like: I have tried this update query: But it is
Tag: sql-server
PHP, ODBC, and SQL Injection
How does one prevent against SQL injections when using ODBC to connect to a MS SQL Server? odbc_prepare() doesn’t work (see my open question) due to bugs unixODBC, and there is no _escape or _quote …
Cannot start LocalDB
Cannot start LocalDB instance, I have installed and re-installed over and over. Keep getting this error : Start of LocalDB instance “v11.0” failed because of the following error: Error occurred during LocalDB instance startup: SQL Server process failed to start. Anyone any advice ? ? Microsoft SQL…
group rows in plain sql
I have a Table with columns Date and Number, like so: date Number 1-1-2012 1 1-2-2012 1 1-3-2012 2 1-4-2012 1 I want to make a sql query that groups the rows with the same Number and take the minimum date. The grouping only may occur when the value iof Number is the same as previous / next row. So
Issue creating table in MS SQL Database with Python script
The above code successfully connects to the database. The script also returns no errors when run, however when I go to check if the table was created, there are no tables in the SQL DB at all. Why is no table created and why is no error returned? Answer Each user in MS SQL Server has a default schema associat…
SQL Server query to show summary list for particular months or between dates
I have an attendance table which contains student’s attendance date and attendance status. Is there any way to display a summary something like this: Student 20-09-2012 21-09-2012 22-09-2012 23-09-…
Trigger and update to a row in SQL Server after it’s been updated
Is this the best way to keep a simple track of changes to a database row: So any update to a row in [121s] will result in the modified column being updated. It works, but I’m not sure if it’s the best way to achieve this. I’m a litle confused over this line: …and how it knows it’…
SQL query to find Primary Key of a table?
How can I find which column is the primary key of a table by using a query?
How to replace (null) values with 0 output in PIVOT
I tried to convert the (null) values with 0 (zeros) output in PIVOT function but have no success. Below is the table and the syntax I’ve tried: I tried to use the ISNULL but did not work. What syntax do I need to use? Answer
MSSQL cast( [varcharColumn] to int) in SELECT gets executed before WHERE clause filters out bad values
Assume the following schema and query: Please look past the glaring design issues with having values in a varchar column that we expect to be ints. The break: We get a cast break due to a value that cannot be converted to an int. In this case: “123-1”. The strange thing is that the value being cas…