Im using SQL Server 2005 . I have 2 WITH Clauses in my stored procedure But the error occurs Incorrect syntax near the keyword ‘with’. If this statement is a common table expression or an xmlnamespaces clause, the previous statement must be terminated with a semicolon. What are my options? Is ther…
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Access sometimes jumps to existing record on save new record – Access2k FE/SQL2005 BE
I am really posting this out of desperation after searching around a lot for an answer and trying a few different things with no success. I have an Access database where I have recently migrated the tables to SQL 2005, Access continues to function to the users as a front-end providing forms, reports, and quer…
Combining UNION and LIMIT operations in MySQL query
I have a Jobs and a Companies table, and I want to extract 20 jobs that meet the following criteria: Jobs only from two (2) named companies There can at most be 10 jobs per company I have tried the following SELECT with UNION DISTINCT, but the problem is that the LIMIT 0,10 applies to the whole result set. I
Selecting a single row in MySQL
I am using MySQL, I have a table that has 9 columns. One of them is the primary key. How can I select a single row, by the primary key or column 8 or 4? Answer If I understand your question correctly: The ‘LIMIT’ keyword makes sure there is only one row returned.
Why & When should I use SPARSE COLUMN? (SQL SERVER 2008)
After going thru some tutorials on SQL Server 2008’s new feature “SPARSE COLUMN”, I have found that it doesn’t take any space if the column value is 0 or NULL but when there is a value, it takes 4 …
Best table design for application configuration or application option settings?
I need to store a series of configuration values in a database. A couple ways I thought of to store them are: a table with 2 colums(name,value) and a row for each pair, or a table with a column for each config parameter and 1 row? With the first I only need to add another row to add a config
How do I ‘subtract’ sql tables?
Its not really a subtraction I’m looking for. And I know its not a union or intersection… I have been given a long and complex stored procedure that returns a table of active and inactive documents. I have also been given a similar stored procedure that returns another table that contains only the…
How can I declare a Boolean parameter in SQL statement?
How can I declare a Boolean parameter in SQL statement? Answer The same way you declare any other variable, just use the bit type: Note this is semantically different from a true boolean. The 1/0 values won’t always just map to true/false the way you might expect.
Unknown column in ‘field list’ error on MySQL Update query
I keep getting MySQL error #1054, when trying to perform this update query: It’s probably some syntax error, but I’ve tried using an inner join instead and other alterations, but I keep getting the same message: Answer Try using different quotes for “y” as the identifier quote characte…
SQL, How to Concatenate results?
I currently have a SQL query that returns a number of fields. I need one f the fields to be effectively a sub query sub that. The Problem in detail: If I have a table X with two columns, ModuleID and say ModuleValue, how can I write a SQL query to take the results and Concatenate it into one field: