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Add only form in access - disable combobox drop

Dan Neely4-Jun-07 9:43

4-Jun-07 9:43

I have a DataSheet form that has Adds Allowed and Edits Disabled. For cells of existing records that are using comboboxes to select from a lookup table the combobox still drops although the user can't make a new selection and then close it. Is there a setting that will keep the CB from dropping in the same way that no new text can be typed into textfields at all.

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Character Encoding in .DBF

tg20044-Jun-07 9:11

tg2004

4-Jun-07 9:11

Hi.

Just wondering if anyone had any advice.
I am trying to read a text field from a .dbf file, the text field is 'encrypted' by a simple increase in the character code.

ie. 0 becomes n, 1 becomes m, by adding to the (int) value of the character.

I have tried using both an OleDB connection and ODBC connection DataReaders to import the data into a textbox so that the user can see the information before choosing to unscramble back to cleartext.

I have no problem populating the textbox but some characters are not being imported with the same encoding as in the file.

If I open the .DBF in a hex editor then I get :

79 77 77 78 80 7D 77 7F 77 7D 79 79 77 7F 7E

I have added a Diagnostic write to show what is in the text box:

79 77 77 78 C7 7D 77 7F 77 7D 79 79 77 7F 7E

As you can see, the fifth character value (hex) 80 is brought in as (hex) C7.

It seems to do this both when trying the OleDB and ODBC connection types for a DBF file.

Is it possible that I am missing an encoding option in the connection string or in the Data Reader?

Thanks in advance.
Tony.

MSDE Problems

Brendan Vogt4-Jun-07 6:49

Brendan Vogt

4-Jun-07 6:49

Hi,

I have been using SQL Server 2000 for some time now, and I had to install SQL Server 2000 again yesterday. The instance that I created for SQL Server 2000 was MYSERVER\MYINSTANCE. The instance for SQL Server 2005 is MYSERVER.

So I tried to install MSDE that is on the SQL Server 2000 CD, and then I got the following error:

The instance name specified is invalid.

What is this, and how do I correct it?? Can I use SQL Server 2000 and MSDE and SQL Server 2005??

Is there a future for MSDE?? Is there a version that comes with SQL Server 2005??

Regards
ma se

Re: MSDE Problems

Paul Conrad4-Jun-07 7:06

Paul Conrad

4-Jun-07 7:06

ma se wrote:
Is there a future for MSDE?? Is there a version that comes with SQL Server 2005?

It is SQL 2005 Express.

ma se wrote:
Can I use SQL Server 2000 and MSDE and SQL Server 2005?

I think as long as the instance names are different, you can.

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checking the datatype of a column in a table

steve_rm4-Jun-07 6:00

steve_rm

4-Jun-07 6:00

Hello,

I have the following sql statement

UPDATE OtherCall SET [Date] = CONVERT(NVARCHAR(50),CONVERT(DATETIME,[Date],103),111)<br />
<br />
    ALTER TABLE OtherCall ALTER COLUMN [Date] DATETIME

I am converting a nvarchar to a datetime on one of the columns in the table. However, I don't want to execute this if the conversion has already executed.

I was thinking of having a if statement that if the column is not a datetime then alter the column.

I am unsure how to write the if statement to check for the data type of that column.

Many thanks for any help,

Steve

Re: checking the datatype of a column in a table

Arun.Immanuel4-Jun-07 6:53

Arun.Immanuel

4-Jun-07 6:53

It seems like the the converted values will be in the format "yyyy/mm/dd"
and those which have to be converted will be in the format "dd/mm/yyyy".

So check the records which has 3rd character '/' and then covert those values alone.

In the update clause , include a where condition as follows:

WHERE SUBSTRING([Date],3,1)='/'

Hope that helps you.

Regards,
Arun Kumar.A

Re: checking the datatype of a column in a table

andyharman4-Jun-07 6:58

andyharman

4-Jun-07 6:58

For SQl-Server 2000, the following should work:

if exists(select sc.*
        from sysusers su
        inner join sysobjects so
        on so.uid = su.uid
        inner join syscolumns sc
        on sc.id = so.id
        where su.name = 'dbo'
        and so.name = 'OtherCall'
        and so.xtype = 'U'
        and sc.name 'Date'
        and sc.usertype = 2)
begin
    --your update
    --your alter-table
end

It should also work with SQL-Server 2005, but you ought to use the new system-catalog views.

Regards
Andy

Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

3fonov4-Jun-07 3:51

3fonov

4-Jun-07 3:51

Hello all!
I've got some problem. When i'm executing about 10 stored procedures it's tooks 5 second to complete.
Here is procedures code:

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[update_source]<br />
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here<br />
@internal_id int,<br />
@parent_id int,<br />
@sstate tinyint,<br />
@title nvarchar(50),<br />
@rng decimal(4,2),<br />
@lat dbo.latitude,<br />
@lon dbo.longtitude,<br />
@course dbo.angle,<br />
@speed dbo.speed,<br />
@stype xml<br />
AS<br />
BEGIN<br />
SET NOCOUNT ON;<br />
DECLARE @source_id int;<br />
DECLARE @state int;<br />
<br />
SET @source_id = (SELECT source_id FROM sources WHERE internal_id = @internal_id);<br />
IF @source_id IS NULL<br />
BEGIN<br />
INSERT INTO sources<br />
(internal_id, parent_id, updated, sstate, title, rng, course, speed, stype,lat,lon)<br />
VALUES<br />
(@internal_id, @parent_id, getutcdate(), @sstate, @title, @rng, @course, @speed, @stype, @lat*100000000, @lon*10000000);<br />
<br />
SET @source_id = (SELECT source_id FROM sources WHERE internal_id = @internal_id);<br />
END<br />
ELSE<br />
SET @state = (SELECT sstate FROM sources WHERE source_id = @source_id);<br />
UPDATE sources SET<br />
parent_id = @parent_id,<br />
updated = getutcdate(),<br />
sstate = @sstate,<br />
title = @title,<br />
rng = @rng,<br />
course = @course,<br />
speed = @speed,<br />
stype = @stype,<br />
lat = @lat*100000000,<br />
lon = @lon*10000000<br />
WHERE source_id = @source_id;<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
INSERT INTO source_states<br />
(source_id, sstate, acquired)<br />
VALUES<br />
(@source_id, @sstate, getutcdate());<br />
<br />
END

and i'm execute it like this:

<br />
EXEC update_source 2190074, 5, 1, N'2190074', 0,57.7386783333333,10.57468,0,0,N'';<br />
EXEC update_source 2573335, 5, 1, N'2573335', 0,63.8,9.73333333333333,0,0,N'';<br />
.....<br />
.....<br />
.....<br />
EXEC update_source 2573105, 5, 1, N'2573105', 0,59.6166666666667,10.5166666666667,0,0,N'';<br />
EXEC update_source 2573235, 5, 1, N'2573235', 0,60.4,5.35,0,0,N'';

I think that mistake not in my code but somewhere in server configuration. But i can't find it out.
Thanks a lot!

Re: Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

andyharman4-Jun-07 6:13

andyharman

4-Jun-07 6:13

Which columns have indexes or primary keys specified? I would expect a clustered primary-key on the "internal_id" column and a unique index (or unique constraint) on the "source_id" column.

Regards
Andy

Re: Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

3fonov4-Jun-07 7:01

3fonov

4-Jun-07 7:01

Yes it is. And it doesn't depends on table size or data size.
When it's executed in Managment Studio with Client statistics everything is zero.
Thank you for quick reply

Re: Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

andyharman4-Jun-07 7:28

andyharman

4-Jun-07 7:28

If you run your 10 stored procedure calls from a Management Studio query then how long does it take?

If it takes a long time then I would be looking at a configuration issue (you should be able to comfortably hit between 30-50 calls per second).
o What other indexes do you have on that table?
o Do you have any triggers?
o What else is happening on the database server?
o Are you data files held in a compressed folder?
o Is the transaction log being written to a separate disk?

If it is really quick through the SQL-Server tools then I would be looking at your front-end code.
o Are you using the native SqlClient connection?
o Are you reusing your dbcommand object (using parameters).
o Are you opening a separate connection for each call?
o Is the database on the same server? Do you have network problems?

Hope that helps.
Andy

Re: Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

3fonov4-Jun-07 22:52

3fonov

4-Jun-07 22:52

Thanks for help but...
I try to run this on clean installation on empty tables and got this in Profiler: Print Screen.
There is no triggers, compressed folders, and so on.
Theres is selected a bit more complicated procedure, but as i think it must not take 3 seconds to run got it indexes or not.
The same routines on MySQL server takes zero time and CPU perfomance.
Thanks for advises.

Re: Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

Pete O'Hanlon4-Jun-07 23:30

Pete O'Hanlon

4-Jun-07 23:30

First of all, is source_id an autoincrement column? If it is, don't reselect it - use the Scope_Identity() function to retrieve it in your insert, e.g.

INSERT INTO sources
(internal_id, parent_id, updated, sstate, title, rng, course, speed, stype,lat,lon)
VALUES
(@internal_id, @parent_id, getutcdate(), @sstate, @title, @rng, @course, @speed, @stype, @lat*100000000, @lon*10000000);
SET @source_id = SCOPE_IDENTITY()

If it's a uniqueidentifier column, select the GUID yourself and then insert it as part of the insert statement.

Secondly, why are you performing the SELECT @state = select in the update portion? I can't see anywhere that you are using this in your procedure.

Third, you are performing a calculation in your query. I would consider either moving it outside the query, or using a computed column in the table.

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

Re: Veeeeeeeeeery slow queries in MS SQL 2005

3fonov4-Jun-07 23:51

3fonov

4-Jun-07 23:51

I move this database to MS SQL Express and it's start working 30 times faster as i assumed it must.
So problem somewhere in server configuration not database design.

Thanks

microsoft access 2000

villaa4-Jun-07 3:05

villaa

4-Jun-07 3:05

can VC++ work with microsoft access 2000?

Re: microsoft access 2000

Rob Graham4-Jun-07 5:03

Rob Graham

4-Jun-07 5:03

Yes. See Carlos Antollini article here[^] for ADO interface classes, and here for connection strings[^] (Look for Jet OLEDB Provider).

how to add the picture or movie into the table

ganesamoorthidhayalan4-Jun-07 2:15

ganesamoorthidhayalan

4-Jun-07 2:15

hai friends how to add the pictures and movie in sql.

ganesh

Re: how to add the picture or movie into the table

Colin Angus Mackay4-Jun-07 2:39

Colin Angus Mackay

4-Jun-07 2:39

Store it in an image column (SQL Server 2000) or a varbinary(max) column (SQL Server 2005)

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Re: how to add the picture or movie into the table

Giorgi Dalakishvili4-Jun-07 5:41

Giorgi Dalakishvili

4-Jun-07 5:41

have a look at this: support.microsoft.com/kb/309158

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what is the cursor?

saravanan053-Jun-07 23:13

saravanan05

3-Jun-07 23:13

hi friends

what is the cursor? in sqlserver2000.plz explain

regards
saravanan

Re: what is the cursor?

originSH3-Jun-07 23:25

originSH

3-Jun-07 23:25

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=sql+server+2000+cursors&meta=[^]

Re: what is the cursor?

ganesamoorthidhayalan4-Jun-07 2:20

ganesamoorthidhayalan

4-Jun-07 2:20

cursor means to select the set of record, and mainpulate that record and stored in againg to the database.

for example

declare cursor s1 as select * from emp where salary>1000;

if s1 is the cursor name. The cursor having the records in salary is greater than 1000. we can trace each record and to manipulate the record and to again store to database.

Homework alert

leckey4-Jun-07 4:06

leckey

4-Jun-07 4:06

Based on your last several posts it looks like you are wanting people to answer your homework questions. Use Google for your broad questions.

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Re: Homework alert

originSH4-Jun-07 5:19

originSH

4-Jun-07 5:19

This is why most of my answers involve simply a google search lol, unless a question is specific and indicates the author has atleast looked for information and a soltuon of course Smile | :)

Re: Homework alert

leckey4-Jun-07 9:55

leckey

4-Jun-07 9:55

I think that's fine for maybe the first or second post, but I think this user has been warned before.

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