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SQL Server error 80040e21 with browser Mozilla only
Hi,
I developed a report tool which is working fine but a user got an error by using Mozilla FireFox browser.
The error is:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Servererror '80040e21'
Invalid character value for cast specification.
The erro...
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delete a field help?
I have a user who has submitted a survey twice, and I have to delete the second entry.
But every user has a UserID and the data for the second submission has the same UserID (the only thing different is the fact she submitted data 5 seconds...
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Code Help
I am trying to figure out how to remove the ?00?from in front of a number, for example ?0012345678? I just want ?2345678? The table I have contains about 5000 row and all of the number start with ?00? I do not know what sql to use. Can s...
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multiple left joins help?
Could somebody tell me what is the secret of being able to write a SELECT statement having mulitple LEFT or RIGHT joins, I seem to get in trouble as soon as I add the second LEFT join, as I am obviously doing it wrong.
These are my tables...
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SQL SERVER 7.0 Group by Problem w/ +1000 records
I have an application tool that has sql server 7.0 on the back end. the tool creates reports after querying the db. Right now It is having problems with a group by sql query that is selecting 4 fields, then grouping by those 4 fields alon...
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Urgent help needed.
Hi there,
Can anyone help me out of my misery?
This SQL statement does not work and i don't know how to fix it:
"Select top 50 SID, count(Criteria) as A from ScoreResults where Criteria = -1 and ScoreResults.ID in (Select ID from Pl...
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Select Distinct
If I am returning more than one colimn, do I have to do a select distinct on every column?
How can I output only unique records?
Thanks
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Write an email reminder/email scheduling procedure help?
I need to be able to send a reminder to my users who have not submitted data by a certain date,on the other hand need to be able to send data once gathered to a person analaysing it.
I have strongly been advised to write a procedure for an...
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NOLOCK and SQL Server... Perfect together?
I'm using NOLOCK on some search queries... some times I get this error message throught the day.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Could not continue scan with NOLOCK due to data movement
Is there anything I should lookup...
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Sub Query column problem
Hi
I was wondering if anybody could help me out here. This is for an App in ASP(classic) and MS SQL
A Quick explanation... I have 3 tables called ADMIN_SUB, ADMIN & STAFF.
What I want to do is depending on a particular row value ...
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View over multiple databases
i have 2 databases (on 1 instance of sql server)
i would like a view in database A bases on data in database B
1) is this possible ?
2) if yes, how do i do this ?
3) how are permissions and user involved ?
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Updating image datatype
i have to update a field in table1 which is of image datatype with
a field of table2 which is of the same type.problem is that the update
stmt. doesn't work for these data types.neither can we create temp. variables.
i tried retreiving th...
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Query works in MS Access but not MS SQL Server
Code:
strSQL = "SELECT orders.ordID, orders.ordName, payprovider.payProvName, orders.ordAuthNumber, orders.ordDate, orders.ordEmail, Last(status.Status) AS Status, Last(orderStatus.statPublic) AS statPublic FROM orderStat...
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Sql locking tables on a select cause
Using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 over ODBC, I have a script wherein I am running into a locking problem. Here's what I'm doing, in pseudocode:
Code:
query = "SELECT keyCol1, col2 FROM t1";
dbConnection1....
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MSSQL (b)locking problem
I just want to clarify the following I obtained from a source. Is this true regarding MSS ?
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"When using MSSQL a (b)locking problem can arise. When 1 user locks a row in a ...
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updating a field with an auto-seed
Hello
I have a table with 300 records in it. I have a field called Loc_ID that will be my primary key. There are other fields in the table that have data in them.
Since my table is already in alpha order, is there a way I can update...
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What does <> mean?
What does <> mean in an SQL statement, I've tried seach engines for an answer but get nothing.
I'm stumped.
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ASP not getting return value
I have a stored procedure like this:
Code:
BEGIN TRANSACTION update .............
Select @ErrorCode = @@Error
If @ErrorCode = 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION
Else
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
return @ErrorCode
The update s...
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sql stmt - urgent
hi everybody,
as i need to display a list of departments, i want the word 'OTHERS' to b listed either top or bottom of the drop down list?
isit possible?? as now my list is in alphabet order. I m using asp for my programming
pls give me ...
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Link request
Hi there,
Does anyone have any website links related to SQL Server 2000 table relationships? I can't get my 1-n relationship to work properly
plz help,
thanks in advanceeeeeeeeee!!!!
- SevenTh
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SQL Server, Access or MSDE???
Hi folks.
I've ecently buid an application with an Access database as data provider. Recently i had some performance problems, so i upsized it to SQL server.
The problem is that it is to big for small businesses, so MSDE should be a good ...
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NT Authentication/SQL Srvr Auth
Is it possible to use NT Authentication on Database abc most of the time but use SQl server authentication from an ISQL command in a bat file? (I'm trying to avoid having the scheduling system that submits the batch file for execution havin...
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moved site and asp now pages show sql records twiceTWICE !!
Hey,
We've just moved our site from a Win 2000 server to Win 2003. Some of the pages on the site pick up data from a couple of sql d/bs.
Pages that display data from d/bA are fine - BUT - pages that use d/bB now display each record twic...
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Safest way to connect to DB ?
I have created a site with asp.net (vb.net) and sql server. For the moment I just use simpel sqlconnections, but I want to know what the safest way is. I heard about UDL, but that's not for SQL. Does anyone know the safest way ?
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URGENT Help with SQL Server/IIS problem
Ok, heres the story I have a huge web application that I am trying to deploy
Application 1 resides on same machine as sql Server
Sql Server 2003 running IIS6.0
Application 2 resides on same machine as sql Server
Sql Server 2003 ru...
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scheduled updates
I'm going to have a large database, and I can't have 1000 people online at once all of them asking the database how many people are online and such...
how can I have SQL server once every minute ro two run the stored procedure to count th...
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executing SQL from ASP.
Hi all,
I have been stuck on ths issue for over a week. Here goes I have created a website using ASP and SQLServer. Users are all able to execute STored procedures on the site but as soon as they try to execute SQL from a ASP page they ge...
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SQL need halp.....
if i do not want to use MAX(score) what else can i use to look for max score?
SELECT Name, MAX(Score) FROM MyClass
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Asp/ado
I am a newbe to ASP and ADO. I am having a problem with an inner join SQL select statement.
This is the eror: Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A0409)
Unterminated string constant
/includes/navigation6.asp, line 10,...
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