Configuration files do not work in CmdExec mode

I have created an Integration Services package on my development machine. The package contains a configuration file witch let's say is stored in c:\projects\MyIntegrationServicesProject\myConfigfile.dtsConfig (on my dev machine).

Then I have another "Production" machine where I import the SSIS package into an SQL database. I then create an sql-job with only one step, to run my SSIS package. This works fine if I configure the step to be an "SQL Integration services package" and configure it to use my configurationfile.

However I would like to configure this package as a CmdExec step. In the commandline, I specify /CONFIGFILE "d:\....\myConfigfile.dtsConfig" (the correct path on the prod machine). But it seems to be ignored, because when I execute the package I get an error telling me that the configuretion file c:\projects\MyIntegrationServicesProject\myConfigfile.dtsConfig cannot be found.

What I try to say is, it seems like it ignors the config-file I specify on the command-line and tries to reach the config-file on a location that's probably stored somewhere in the SSIS package from the time it was created on my development machine.

Is there a way around this?

Does anyone know if this is the correct behaviour of a SSIS package? Shouldn't the config file in the command line overrule any command-line inside the package?|||Can't help with an answer, but curious as to why you need to use CmdExec instead of Integration Services Package?

Greg.|||

Hi GregAbd!

The reason to why I need CmdExec is that running it as an Integration Services Package doesn't give any good output if something goes wrong. And, I also have the problem that my package takes twice as long time if I run it inside a job as if I run it "manually". I'm curious to know if this changes if I run it in the job, but as a cmdexec task.

Regards Andreas

|||Can't help with the run time issue, but you can enable logging in your package - you can literally log everything that happens. Just right-click on the package (i.e. a blank area of the Control Flow) and choose Logging. You can add a Log Provider for Text Files, create a File Connection Manager, and choose which events you want logged.

You can then configure the Log file location from the Data Sources tab on the SQL Agent Job Step.

Greg.|||

You have set a config in your package, the command line allows you to add configurations in addition to the one in the package, it does not change the package structure.

There are similar issues covered in the answers here-

Re: Implementing IDTSLogging - MSDN Forums
(http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=816241&SiteID=1)

conditionally execute a subreport

I have a report that contains several subreports, one of which is meant to be
displayed only when the subject of the report has a particular job title. The
data source for this subreport is a stored procedure, and in that procedure I
examine the job title and execute the code only for the specified job title,
but SQL Server goes ahead and opens all of the tables anyway, increasing
overhead on a report that already takes several hours to run.
A better solution would be to conditionally execute the subreport. Is there
a way to do that?
thanks, bethMy understanding of Reporting Services is that it is not meant to work that
way. This is not a client program; it is a server platform. There is
therefore no event-driven programming paradigm like you get in Access. It is
by design.
If you want to do the kind of thing you are talking about, you will need to
change your design. You can design two separate reports, or you can write
your own client program to conditionally load reports.
There is a sample demo of how to integrate reports in your application on
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting. It shows how to use a browser control
in a Windows application.
sorry if this is not the answer you wanted.
Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
"beth" wrote:
> I have a report that contains several subreports, one of which is meant to be
> displayed only when the subject of the report has a particular job title. The
> data source for this subreport is a stored procedure, and in that procedure I
> examine the job title and execute the code only for the specified job title,
> but SQL Server goes ahead and opens all of the tables anyway, increasing
> overhead on a report that already takes several hours to run.
> A better solution would be to conditionally execute the subreport. Is there
> a way to do that?
> thanks, beth|||Charles,
I will persue the alternatives you suggested - thank you.
I don't understand your point about client versus server platforms.
If I can conditionally toggle visibility of an object, why could I not toggle
say, an enable/disable property, of a subreport? If this is by design though,
I guess that's that.
I could try placing another stored procedure up front that examines the job
title, that will then conditionally execute the stored procedure that opens
all the
tables and collects the data; using this method, I could at least stop SQL
Server from opening tables it is not going to use. Not sure that will work
though.
thank you for your reply Charles...beth
"Charles Kangai" wrote:
> My understanding of Reporting Services is that it is not meant to work that
> way. This is not a client program; it is a server platform. There is
> therefore no event-driven programming paradigm like you get in Access. It is
> by design.
> If you want to do the kind of thing you are talking about, you will need to
> change your design. You can design two separate reports, or you can write
> your own client program to conditionally load reports.
> There is a sample demo of how to integrate reports in your application on
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting. It shows how to use a browser control
> in a Windows application.
> sorry if this is not the answer you wanted.
> Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA

Conditional split questions

I have a zipcode column that contains xxxxx-xxxx, i want to use conditional split so that i can take the last 4 digits and put them into a different column, I tried to use the SUBSTRING ("ZIP", 6, 4) but it returns an error, any ideas on how i can split it?

Thanks.

Actually, I think you want the derived column transform, not the conditional split. Your SUBSTRING should work fine.|||

I think you want a Derived Column Transfomation too, but you have a couple of mistakes, assuming this is a SSIS expression-

You need to remember the SSIS expression syntax is C style and therefore zero based, so index 7 is the start of the last section, I assume you are skipping the hyphen.

You have used double quotes, this makes it a literal.

Try SUBSTRING(Zip, 7, 4)

Both points don't count if you are still trying to do this on SQL, but I assume you wanted a SSIS solution.

As a rule it helps a lot if you give the details of the error, things like error message, as save a lot of guess work when trying to help you.

Conditional Split Question

Hello,

I am have an ID column that sometimes contains all numeric characters and sometimes contains all digits. I would like to the records with all digits (0-9) to continue downstream in my Data Flow. I would like the records that contain characters other than digits to be logged to a table.

This sounds like a job for the Conditional Split transformation, but I don't see a way to easily test for a numeric value. For example, I would like to use something like ISNUMERIC([MyIDField]) for testing the values in my Conditional Split, but I don't see a way to do this.

Do I have to create a Derived Column transformation prior to my conditional split that populates a "numeric" ID column for each of my records then test this Derived Column in my Conditional Split? Seems like more work than I would to see for something as simple as testing for a numeric...

TIA...

Brian

"numeric characters and sometimes contains all digits"... digits are numeric? Anyway I'd use my Regular Expression Transform http://www.sqlis.com/default.aspx?91. It will handle the test and split, and regular expressions are great for validating things like this.

|||

Brian,

You are correct, there is no ISNUMERIC() function in the expression evaluator. However, in your case, there is a fairly decent workaround I think.

If you are SURE that the string is never a mix of numeric and character data, you could use the following expression to direct alpha strings (where Col is the name of your input column:

FINDSTRING("0123456789", SUBSTRING(Col, 1, 1), 1) == 0

This expresssion will be true if the first character of Col is an alpha character.

Hope this helps.

Mark

Conditional Formatting Question

I have a column that contains either a test score or the state abbreviation where the student passed a particular test. I want the text to be red between 100-159, green greater than or equal to 160 and black otherwise.

This is what I've tried to take care of the scores:

=IIf(Fields!Score.Value <= 159 and Fields!Score.Value > 100,"Red", "Green")

Two issues:
I want all other scores (< 100) to be Black and
I'm not sure how to deal with the state abbreviations. I'm assuming this is why I receive this error:

[rsRuntimeErrorInExpression] The Color expression for the textbox ‘Score’ contains an error: Input string was not in a correct format.
Preview complete -- 0 errors, 1 warnings

All data is stored as varchar.

Hello,

Yes, the reason you get that warning is because your field is stored as varchar. I think this will do what you want, you can add additional conditions for different colors.

=Switch(

IsNumeric(Fields!Score.Value) and cInt(Fields!Score.Value) >= 160, "Green",

IsNumeric(Fields!Score.Value) and cInt(Fields!Score.Value) > 100, "Red",

1=1, "Black"

)

Jarret

|||Thanks. That did it.

Conditional calculated member

Hi there, I have a newbe MDX question.
Im trying to make a calculated member that contains a different calculation depending on a value of an attribute.
something like: "CASE WHEN Attribute X = "string A" THEN calculation X ELSE calculation Z" I tried the IFF and the CASE statement, but with negative results
Any Suggestions?

I am using MS AS 2005 RTM.A more efficient way to achieve this in AS 2005 (assuming that AttributeHierarchyEnabled is set to True for Attribute X) is to scope the calculation in the cube MDX Script on Attribute X. This Newsgroup thread explains how, in a similar situation:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.olap/msg/3f05cf53d0cf9f06
>>

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sqlserver.olapFrom:"Chris Webb"

Subject: Re: MDX Scripts and Aggregations

...

Am I right in thinking that Guest Factor is also an attribute on your
Customer dimension? If it isn't, it probably should be. If it is, then
instead of scoping on all customers and testing whether they have Guest
Factor=1, you should scope on the Guest Factor attribute directly. The script
would end up looking something like this:

CALCULATE;

SCOPE ([Measures].);
SCOPE ([PRODUCT].[PRODUCT].&[2]);
SCOPE([CUSTOMER].[CUSTOMER].members, [CUSTOMER].[Guest
Factor].&[1]);
THIS =
([PRODUCT].[PRODUCT].&[1])
* ( [CUSTOMER].[CUSTOMER].&[ADULTS])
/ ( [CUSTOMER].[CUSTOMER].&[ADULTS], [PRODUCT].[PRODUCT].&[1]
)

END SCOPE;
END SCOPE;
END SCOPE;

As I understand it, by getting rid of the CASE statement and scoping
directly on the area of the cube you want the calculation will be much faster
- there'll be no checking whether Guest Factor=1 happening at runtime.

...
>>

Conceptual ideas - 2 tables one changes other complete Cursors?

I think cursors might help me, but I'm not sure. I'm looking for ideas
on how to solve a problem I have.

Consider two tables, one table contains student information (very wide
100 fields) , the other historical changes of the student information,
(narrow, just fields that record changes).

As an example Table one has STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR, STUDENT_NAME,
RECORD_DT and has one student in it.

Table two contains STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR , CHANGE_DT and contains 2
records, since the student changed their major 2 times.

I want to end up with a table the contains 3 rows, the 2 changes to the
Major and the current student record. I want each row to be complete.
Everything that I have tried (joins, outer joins, union) I end up with
some field being null (in my example, the STUDENT_NAME would on be in
the original row, and null for the two changes)
I know this is pretty vague, but I am wondering if this is a place to
use CURSORS?
(Some of you may recognize this as a type 2 dimension or slowly
changing dimension as used in a data warehouse, which it is. I need to
build up my historical changes to I can feed it to my warehouse. I have
the current student record, and all the descreet changes made to the
student.)
TIA
RobHow about:

--represents current status
SELECT STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR, RECORD_DT, STUDENT_NAME
FROM Table1
UNION ALL
SELECT t2.STUDENT_ID, t2.STUDENT_MAJOR, t2.CHANGE_DT, t1.STUDENT_NAME
FROM Table2 t2 JOIN Table1 t1 ON t2.STUDENT_ID = t1.STUDENT_ID

Or am I missing something?

Stu|||How about:

--represents current status
SELECT STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR, RECORD_DT, STUDENT_NAME
FROM Table1
UNION ALL
SELECT t2.STUDENT_ID, t2.STUDENT_MAJOR, t2.CHANGE_DT, t1.STUDENT_NAME
FROM Table2 t2 JOIN Table1 t1 ON t2.STUDENT_ID = t1.STUDENT_ID

Or am I missing something?

Stu|||"rcamarda" <rcamarda@.cablespeed.com> wrote in message
news:1118684160.349709.100810@.z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>I think cursors might help me, but I'm not sure. I'm looking for ideas
> on how to solve a problem I have.
> Consider two tables, one table contains student information (very wide
> 100 fields) , the other historical changes of the student information,
> (narrow, just fields that record changes).
> As an example Table one has STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR, STUDENT_NAME,
> RECORD_DT and has one student in it.
> Table two contains STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR , CHANGE_DT and contains 2
> records, since the student changed their major 2 times.
> I want to end up with a table the contains 3 rows, the 2 changes to the
> Major and the current student record. I want each row to be complete.
> Everything that I have tried (joins, outer joins, union) I end up with
> some field being null (in my example, the STUDENT_NAME would on be in
> the original row, and null for the two changes)
> I know this is pretty vague, but I am wondering if this is a place to
> use CURSORS?
> (Some of you may recognize this as a type 2 dimension or slowly
> changing dimension as used in a data warehouse, which it is. I need to
> build up my historical changes to I can feed it to my warehouse. I have
> the current student record, and all the descreet changes made to the
> student.)
> TIA
> Rob

Hi Rob,

Cursors are the devils toenails. There has to be a join that will do what
you want. Can you identify specifically what your primary key is? Once we
have this we might move forward.

regards

SYM.|||"rcamarda" <rcamarda@.cablespeed.com> wrote in message
news:1118684160.349709.100810@.z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>I think cursors might help me, but I'm not sure. I'm looking for ideas
> on how to solve a problem I have.
> Consider two tables, one table contains student information (very wide
> 100 fields) , the other historical changes of the student information,
> (narrow, just fields that record changes).
> As an example Table one has STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR, STUDENT_NAME,
> RECORD_DT and has one student in it.
> Table two contains STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_MAJOR , CHANGE_DT and contains 2
> records, since the student changed their major 2 times.
> I want to end up with a table the contains 3 rows, the 2 changes to the
> Major and the current student record. I want each row to be complete.
> Everything that I have tried (joins, outer joins, union) I end up with
> some field being null (in my example, the STUDENT_NAME would on be in
> the original row, and null for the two changes)
> I know this is pretty vague, but I am wondering if this is a place to
> use CURSORS?
> (Some of you may recognize this as a type 2 dimension or slowly
> changing dimension as used in a data warehouse, which it is. I need to
> build up my historical changes to I can feed it to my warehouse. I have
> the current student record, and all the descreet changes made to the
> student.)
> TIA
> Rob

Hi Rob,

Cursors are the devils toenails. There has to be a join that will do what
you want. Can you identify specifically what your primary key is? Once we
have this we might move forward.

regards

SYM.|||CREATE TABLE "dbo"."F_Student_Sample"
(
"STUDENT_ID" VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"STUDENT_LEAD_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"RECORD_DT" DATETIME NULL,
"STUDENT_LASTNAME" VARCHAR(40) NULL,
"STUDENT_FIRSTNAME" VARCHAR(40) NULL,
"STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"STUDENT_ADMREP_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"STUDENT_MARKETCODE_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL
)
;

insert into [F_Student_Sample] VALUES
('100','900','2005-05-01','CAMARDA','ROBERT','HOST*001','TLS*123','I20')

CREATE TABLE "dbo"."Student_Changes_Sample"
(
"STUDENT_ID" VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"CHANGE_CODE" NUMERIC(19) NULL,
"CHANGE" VARCHAR(100) NULL,
"RECORD_DT" DATETIME NULL,
"STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"STUDENT_ADMREP_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL
)
;
-- The addtion of the two columns my be redundant, (STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID
and STUDENT_ADMREP_ID)
-- CHANGE_CODE = 7, CHANGE will contain the new value for
STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID
-- CHANGE_CODE = 10, CHANGE will contain the new value for
STUDENT_ADMREP_ID
-- STUDENT_ID is my "primary key" but it is not unique in this case,
since I need all the rows.

INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'HOST*002','2001-01-03','HOST*002',NULL)
INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'HOST*003','2002-04-03','HOST*003',NULL)
INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'HOST*004','2003-02-13','HOST*004',NULL)
INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'DMI10','2003-02-13',NULL,'DMI10')

I need to end up with 5 rows of information, the current record found
in F_STUDENT_SAMPLE, and the 4 changes in the apporiate columns with
all the fields populated.
Thanks|||CREATE TABLE "dbo"."F_Student_Sample"
(
"STUDENT_ID" VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"STUDENT_LEAD_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"RECORD_DT" DATETIME NULL,
"STUDENT_LASTNAME" VARCHAR(40) NULL,
"STUDENT_FIRSTNAME" VARCHAR(40) NULL,
"STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"STUDENT_ADMREP_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"STUDENT_MARKETCODE_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL
)
;

insert into [F_Student_Sample] VALUES
('100','900','2005-05-01','CAMARDA','ROBERT','HOST*001','TLS*123','I20')

CREATE TABLE "dbo"."Student_Changes_Sample"
(
"STUDENT_ID" VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"CHANGE_CODE" NUMERIC(19) NULL,
"CHANGE" VARCHAR(100) NULL,
"RECORD_DT" DATETIME NULL,
"STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL,
"STUDENT_ADMREP_ID" VARCHAR(10) NULL
)
;
-- The addtion of the two columns my be redundant, (STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID
and STUDENT_ADMREP_ID)
-- CHANGE_CODE = 7, CHANGE will contain the new value for
STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID
-- CHANGE_CODE = 10, CHANGE will contain the new value for
STUDENT_ADMREP_ID
-- STUDENT_ID is my "primary key" but it is not unique in this case,
since I need all the rows.

INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'HOST*002','2001-01-03','HOST*002',NULL)
INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'HOST*003','2002-04-03','HOST*003',NULL)
INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'HOST*004','2003-02-13','HOST*004',NULL)
INSERT INTO [Student_Changes_Sample] VALUES
('100',7,'DMI10','2003-02-13',NULL,'DMI10')

I need to end up with 5 rows of information, the current record found
in F_STUDENT_SAMPLE, and the 4 changes in the apporiate columns with
all the fields populated.
Thanks|||Thanks Stu,
I'm ending up with null data again.
Using you example, I created:
select
student_id,
student_campus_id,
'' as student_lastname
from student_changes where student_id = '1000139200'
union
select
t2.student_id,
t2.student_campus_id,
t2.student_lastname
from
student t2 join student_changes t1 on t2.student_id = t1.student_id
WHERE T2.STUDENT_ID = '1000139200'

I get:
1000139200NULL
1000139200003
1000139200006
1000139200016
1000139200HOST*006Iverson Iii

I need the last name (Iverson Iii) to be on all rows|||Thanks Stu,
I'm ending up with null data again.
Using you example, I created:
select
student_id,
student_campus_id,
'' as student_lastname
from student_changes where student_id = '1000139200'
union
select
t2.student_id,
t2.student_campus_id,
t2.student_lastname
from
student t2 join student_changes t1 on t2.student_id = t1.student_id
WHERE T2.STUDENT_ID = '1000139200'

I get:
1000139200NULL
1000139200003
1000139200006
1000139200016
1000139200HOST*006Iverson Iii

I need the last name (Iverson Iii) to be on all rows|||Try this:

SELECT S.student_id, S.student_lead_id, C.record_dt,
S.student_lastname, S.student_firstname,
COALESCE(C.student_campus_id,S.student_campus_id) AS student_campus_id,
COALESCE(C.student_admrep_id,S.student_admrep_id) AS student_admrep_id,
S.student_marketcode_id
FROM f_student_sample AS S,
student_changes_sample AS C

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||Try this:

SELECT S.student_id, S.student_lead_id, C.record_dt,
S.student_lastname, S.student_firstname,
COALESCE(C.student_campus_id,S.student_campus_id) AS student_campus_id,
COALESCE(C.student_admrep_id,S.student_admrep_id) AS student_admrep_id,
S.student_marketcode_id
FROM f_student_sample AS S,
student_changes_sample AS C

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||CORRECTION: Add the WHERE clause:

...
WHERE S.student_id = C.student_id

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--

"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
news:O-2dnduoiZPNdjDfRVn-oA@.giganews.com...
> Try this:
> SELECT S.student_id, S.student_lead_id, C.record_dt,
> S.student_lastname, S.student_firstname,
> COALESCE(C.student_campus_id,S.student_campus_id) AS student_campus_id,
> COALESCE(C.student_admrep_id,S.student_admrep_id) AS student_admrep_id,
> S.student_marketcode_id
> FROM f_student_sample AS S,
> student_changes_sample AS C
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --|||CORRECTION: Add the WHERE clause:

...
WHERE S.student_id = C.student_id

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--

"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
news:O-2dnduoiZPNdjDfRVn-oA@.giganews.com...
> Try this:
> SELECT S.student_id, S.student_lead_id, C.record_dt,
> S.student_lastname, S.student_firstname,
> COALESCE(C.student_campus_id,S.student_campus_id) AS student_campus_id,
> COALESCE(C.student_admrep_id,S.student_admrep_id) AS student_admrep_id,
> S.student_marketcode_id
> FROM f_student_sample AS S,
> student_changes_sample AS C
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --|||David, this is pretty cool (although I'm not sure whats going on...Ill
have to read up on coalesce).
It seems that eh coalesce is returning the first non-null field that
it's given in the argument list.

COALESCE(C.student_campus_id,S*.student_campus_id) AS
student_campus_id,
COALESCE(C.student_admrep_id,S*.student_admrep_id) AS
student_admrep_id,
COALESCE(C.student_market_id,s.student_market_id) as student_market_id,
COALESCE(c.changeN, s.Student_N) as Student_N
Now I just have to expand this into all the fields that I'm tracking.

Pretty cool, I don't think I would have thought of this before, but now
you've given me another tool in my arsenal.
Thanks|||David, this is pretty cool (although I'm not sure whats going on...Ill
have to read up on coalesce).
It seems that eh coalesce is returning the first non-null field that
it's given in the argument list.

COALESCE(C.student_campus_id,S*.student_campus_id) AS
student_campus_id,
COALESCE(C.student_admrep_id,S*.student_admrep_id) AS
student_admrep_id,
COALESCE(C.student_market_id,s.student_market_id) as student_market_id,
COALESCE(c.changeN, s.Student_N) as Student_N
Now I just have to expand this into all the fields that I'm tracking.

Pretty cool, I don't think I would have thought of this before, but now
you've given me another tool in my arsenal.
Thanks|||rcamarda (rcamarda@.cablespeed.com) writes:
> David, this is pretty cool (although I'm not sure whats going on...Ill
> have to read up on coalesce).
> It seems that eh coalesce is returning the first non-null field that
> it's given in the argument list.

That's it!

As for where to read about coalesce, CASE etc, see my signature.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp|||rcamarda (rcamarda@.cablespeed.com) writes:
> David, this is pretty cool (although I'm not sure whats going on...Ill
> have to read up on coalesce).
> It seems that eh coalesce is returning the first non-null field that
> it's given in the argument list.

That's it!

As for where to read about coalesce, CASE etc, see my signature.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp|||Follow up:
This works like a champ! A generalize form:

SELECT
<< current student fields. >>
-- brings in all students records
FROM current_records
UNION
SELECT
-- bring in all the student changes
<< 'static' fields>>,
COALESCE(changed_records.<field>, current_records.<field>) AS <FIELD>
<<n fields>>
FROM changed_records
WHERE current_records.business_id=changed_records.busine ss_id

actual SQL I created: (I may need to look this up some day *grin*)

SELECT
"STUDENT_ID",
"STUDENT_APPLICATION_DT",
"STUDENT_ETHNIC_ID",
"STUDENT_VISA_TYPE",
"STUDENT_GENDER",
"STUDENT_MARITAL",
"STUDENT_BIRTH_DT",
"STUDENT_BIRTH_PLACE",
"STUDENT_LEAD_ID",
"STUDENT_INPUT_DT",
"STUDENT_FINAID_REQ",
"STUDENT_VA_STATUS",
"STUDENT_VA_DT",
"STUDENT_EMAIL",
"STUDENT_FAX",
"STUDENT_COUNTRY_ID",
"STUDENT_COUNTRY_CAPTION",
"RECORD_DT",
"STUDENT_LASTNAME",
"STUDENT_FIRSTNAME",
"STUDENT_MI",
"STUDENT_ADDRESS1",
"STUDENT_ADDRESS2",
"STUDENT_CITY",
"STUDENT_STATE",
"STUDENT_ZIP",
"STUDENT_HOME_PHONE",
"STUDENT_WORK_PHONE",
"STUDENT_HS_NAME",
"STUDENT_EXTERNAL_ID",
"STUDENT_HS_GRAD_DT",
"STUDENT_FINANCIAL_AID",
"STUDENT_COMPANY_ID",
"STUDENT_LPROGRAM_ID",
"STUDENT_OTHER_COMPANY_CAPTION",
"STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID",
"STUDENT_ADVISOR_ID",
"STUDENT_PIN_ID",
"STUDENT_WORK_EXTENSION",
"STUDENT_EXPECTED_START_DT",
"STUDENT_SPONSOR_ID",
"STUDENT_LOAD_DT",
"STUDENT_DO_NOT_CALL",
"STUDENT_DO_NOT_MAIL",
"STUDENT_DO_NOT_EMAIL",
"STUDENT_VISA_EXCPT_SESSION_ID",
"STUDENT_CREATE_DT",
"STUDENT_CREATE_TIME",
"STUDENT_TALISMA_ID",
"STUDENT_TALISMA_STATUS",
"STUDENT_TALISMA_SUBSTATUS",
"STUDENT_PEP_DT",
"STUDENT_VOC_REHAB",
"STUDENT_ADMREP_ID",
"STUDENT_MARKETCODE_ID"
FROM "dbo"."STUDENT"
UNION
SELECT
STUDENT."STUDENT_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_APPLICATION_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ETHNIC_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VISA_TYPE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_GENDER",
STUDENT."STUDENT_MARITAL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_BIRTH_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_BIRTH_PLACE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LEAD_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_INPUT_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FINAID_REQ",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VA_STATUS",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VA_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_EMAIL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FAX",
STUDENT."STUDENT_COUNTRY_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_COUNTRY_CAPTION",
STUDENT_CHANGES."RECORD_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LASTNAME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FIRSTNAME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_MI",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ADDRESS1",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ADDRESS2",
STUDENT."STUDENT_CITY",
STUDENT."STUDENT_STATE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ZIP",
STUDENT."STUDENT_HOME_PHONE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_WORK_PHONE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_HS_NAME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_EXTERNAL_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_HS_GRAD_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FINANCIAL_AID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_COMPANY_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LPROGRAM_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_OTHER_COMPANY_CAPTION",
COALESCE(student_changes.student_campus_id,student .student_campus_id)
AS STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID,
STUDENT."STUDENT_ADVISOR_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_PIN_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_WORK_EXTENSION",
STUDENT."STUDENT_EXPECTED_START_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_SPONSOR_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LOAD_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_DO_NOT_CALL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_DO_NOT_MAIL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_DO_NOT_EMAIL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VISA_EXCPT_SESSION_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_CREATE_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_CREATE_TIME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_TALISMA_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_TALISMA_STATUS",
STUDENT."STUDENT_TALISMA_SUBSTATUS",
STUDENT."STUDENT_PEP_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VOC_REHAB",

COALESCE(student_changes.student_ADMREP_id,student .student_ADMREP_id)
AS STUDENT_ADMREP_ID,
STUDENT."STUDENT_MARKETCODE_ID"
FROM
"dbo"."STUDENT",
"dbo"."STUDENT_CHANGES"
WHERE
STUDENT.STUDENT_ID = STUDENT_CHANGES.STUDENT_ID

ref: DecisionStream Fact build Cognos SCD slowly changing dimensions|||Follow up:
This works like a champ! A generalize form:

SELECT
<< current student fields. >>
-- brings in all students records
FROM current_records
UNION
SELECT
-- bring in all the student changes
<< 'static' fields>>,
COALESCE(changed_records.<field>, current_records.<field>) AS <FIELD>
<<n fields>>
FROM changed_records
WHERE current_records.business_id=changed_records.busine ss_id

actual SQL I created: (I may need to look this up some day *grin*)

SELECT
"STUDENT_ID",
"STUDENT_APPLICATION_DT",
"STUDENT_ETHNIC_ID",
"STUDENT_VISA_TYPE",
"STUDENT_GENDER",
"STUDENT_MARITAL",
"STUDENT_BIRTH_DT",
"STUDENT_BIRTH_PLACE",
"STUDENT_LEAD_ID",
"STUDENT_INPUT_DT",
"STUDENT_FINAID_REQ",
"STUDENT_VA_STATUS",
"STUDENT_VA_DT",
"STUDENT_EMAIL",
"STUDENT_FAX",
"STUDENT_COUNTRY_ID",
"STUDENT_COUNTRY_CAPTION",
"RECORD_DT",
"STUDENT_LASTNAME",
"STUDENT_FIRSTNAME",
"STUDENT_MI",
"STUDENT_ADDRESS1",
"STUDENT_ADDRESS2",
"STUDENT_CITY",
"STUDENT_STATE",
"STUDENT_ZIP",
"STUDENT_HOME_PHONE",
"STUDENT_WORK_PHONE",
"STUDENT_HS_NAME",
"STUDENT_EXTERNAL_ID",
"STUDENT_HS_GRAD_DT",
"STUDENT_FINANCIAL_AID",
"STUDENT_COMPANY_ID",
"STUDENT_LPROGRAM_ID",
"STUDENT_OTHER_COMPANY_CAPTION",
"STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID",
"STUDENT_ADVISOR_ID",
"STUDENT_PIN_ID",
"STUDENT_WORK_EXTENSION",
"STUDENT_EXPECTED_START_DT",
"STUDENT_SPONSOR_ID",
"STUDENT_LOAD_DT",
"STUDENT_DO_NOT_CALL",
"STUDENT_DO_NOT_MAIL",
"STUDENT_DO_NOT_EMAIL",
"STUDENT_VISA_EXCPT_SESSION_ID",
"STUDENT_CREATE_DT",
"STUDENT_CREATE_TIME",
"STUDENT_TALISMA_ID",
"STUDENT_TALISMA_STATUS",
"STUDENT_TALISMA_SUBSTATUS",
"STUDENT_PEP_DT",
"STUDENT_VOC_REHAB",
"STUDENT_ADMREP_ID",
"STUDENT_MARKETCODE_ID"
FROM "dbo"."STUDENT"
UNION
SELECT
STUDENT."STUDENT_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_APPLICATION_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ETHNIC_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VISA_TYPE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_GENDER",
STUDENT."STUDENT_MARITAL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_BIRTH_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_BIRTH_PLACE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LEAD_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_INPUT_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FINAID_REQ",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VA_STATUS",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VA_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_EMAIL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FAX",
STUDENT."STUDENT_COUNTRY_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_COUNTRY_CAPTION",
STUDENT_CHANGES."RECORD_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LASTNAME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FIRSTNAME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_MI",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ADDRESS1",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ADDRESS2",
STUDENT."STUDENT_CITY",
STUDENT."STUDENT_STATE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_ZIP",
STUDENT."STUDENT_HOME_PHONE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_WORK_PHONE",
STUDENT."STUDENT_HS_NAME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_EXTERNAL_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_HS_GRAD_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_FINANCIAL_AID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_COMPANY_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LPROGRAM_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_OTHER_COMPANY_CAPTION",
COALESCE(student_changes.student_campus_id,student .student_campus_id)
AS STUDENT_CAMPUS_ID,
STUDENT."STUDENT_ADVISOR_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_PIN_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_WORK_EXTENSION",
STUDENT."STUDENT_EXPECTED_START_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_SPONSOR_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_LOAD_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_DO_NOT_CALL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_DO_NOT_MAIL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_DO_NOT_EMAIL",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VISA_EXCPT_SESSION_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_CREATE_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_CREATE_TIME",
STUDENT."STUDENT_TALISMA_ID",
STUDENT."STUDENT_TALISMA_STATUS",
STUDENT."STUDENT_TALISMA_SUBSTATUS",
STUDENT."STUDENT_PEP_DT",
STUDENT."STUDENT_VOC_REHAB",

COALESCE(student_changes.student_ADMREP_id,student .student_ADMREP_id)
AS STUDENT_ADMREP_ID,
STUDENT."STUDENT_MARKETCODE_ID"
FROM
"dbo"."STUDENT",
"dbo"."STUDENT_CHANGES"
WHERE
STUDENT.STUDENT_ID = STUDENT_CHANGES.STUDENT_ID

ref: DecisionStream Fact build Cognos SCD slowly changing dimensions

Concatenating SQL query results on one line.

Guys,
Here is an example.
I have a table with hors_id, hors_name.
Another table has hors_id, owner_name.
That second table contains multiple entries for that hors_id, as there can be multiple owners.
How do I construct a query that would return the following info on one line:
hors_id, hors_name, owner_name(1), owner_name(2), owner_name(3).
The logic for the solution seems as follows:
Query should return distinct id and name for the horse, loop through the owners in the second table, and append the owners to a variable while the hors_id is the same.
Any suggestions of a generic code to implement?
I tried different coding, so far doesn't work.
Thanks.Originally posted by bigfootguy
Guys,
Here is an example.
I have a table with hors_id, hors_name.
Another table has hors_id, owner_name.
That second table contains multiple entries for that hors_id, as there can be multiple owners.
How do I construct a query that would return the following info on one line:
hors_id, hors_name, owner_name(1), owner_name(2), owner_name(3).
The logic for the solution seems as follows:
Query should return distinct id and name for the horse, loop through the owners in the second table, and append the owners to a variable while the hors_id is the same.
Any suggestions of a generic code to implement?
I tried different coding, so far doesn't work.
Thanks.

Hi BigFoot,

Since SQL Server does not support Cross-Tab constructs, you will have to do some more work. I worked out a solution, but for the Customers and Orders table in the NorthWind demo database; so please translate my answer into your problem.

First of all, you have to know, how much Orders you may expect at least. You can query the actual maximum by

SELECT MAX(Num)
FROM (SELECT COUNT(*) AS Num, CustomerID
FROM Orders
GROUP BY CustomerID) T

As much orders you expect, as much views you have to create:

1) CREATE VIEW Order1 AS SELECT MAX(orderid) AS ID, customerid FROM Orders GROUP BY customerid

2) CREATE VIEW Orders2 AS SELECT MAX(orderid) AS ID, orders.CustomerID FROM Orders, Orders1 WHERE orders.CustomerID = Orders1.CustomerID AND Orders.OrderID < Orders1.ID GROUP BY orders.CustomerID

3) CREATE VIEW Orders3 AS SELECT MAX(orderid) AS ID, orders.CustomerID FROM Orders, Orders2 O WHERE orders.CustomerID = O.CustomerID AND Orders.OrderID < O.ID GROUP BY orders.CustomerID

Got the point? Select one or no order by customer per view, excluding the orders already selected in earlier views.

Having created those views, you may select you required result as :

SELECT C.CustomerID, C.CompanyName, O1.ID AS Order1,
O2.ID AS Order2, O3.ID AS Order3
FROM Customers C LEFT OUTER JOIN
(Orders1 O1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
(Orders2 O2 LEFT OUTER JOIN
Orders3 O3 ON O2.CustomerID = O3.CustomerID) ON
O1.CustomerID = O2.CustomerID) ON
C.CustomerID = O1.CustomerID

This works fine if your expected number of orders can be limited. If not, you will have to write a stored procedure returning your recordset.

Cheers :p|||If your hors_owners table has some field for categoring the owners (say, owner_type) for each hors, you can write a cross-tab query that will place each owner_type in its own column. You could use any type description you want, as long as each hors has at most one of each type. For example, "Primary_Owner", "Secondary_Owner", "Investor", or even an ID like "1", "2", "3"... If you search books on-line for "Crosstab", they show a good example of how to write such a query. If you still have problems, post them to the forum.

If you can't create an owner_type field, well that that is a "hors of a different color". (I couldn't resist...). This is one of those rare situations where I would recommend using a cursor, because you won't need to hard-code the number of owners. If you aren't returning hundreds or thousands of hors records, then consider putting the cursor logic in a user-defined function named something like "udf_HorsOwner_String". Your end-query could then be as simple as:

Select *, dbo.udf_HorsOwnerString(hors_id) from tbl_hors

If you need more guidance, post again when you have an idea of what direction you want to take with this.

blindman