Database

Niladri_Biswas4-Jul-09 18:00

4-Jul-09 18:00

Yes it can be done.

If you are using Sql Server 2008, you can take the advantage of the new feature FILESTREAM Storage.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc949109.aspx[^]

If you are using Sql Server 2005 store it in native SQL Server blob type.

Here's a nice introduction
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid87_gci1273934,00.html[^]
to blob types in SQL Server by Denny Cherry.

Here's an example of writing blobs using C#.
http://www.akadia.com/services/dotnet_read_write_blob.html[^]

Hope this helps.
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Niladri Biswas

Muammar©5-Jul-09 0:40

Muammar©

5-Jul-09 0:40

Thanks mate but I'm sorry I forgot to mention that I'm using Oracle and apparently whatever the case is, I still need to store external files on the drive which's mainly my question.. Thanks anyways mate.

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ScottM16-Jul-09 8:46

ScottM1

6-Jul-09 8:46

Try this[^]

Muammar©6-Jul-09 10:31

Muammar©

6-Jul-09 10:31

Thanks!

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Top N Per StockCode

Elizma4-Jul-09 3:27

4-Jul-09 3:27

Hi Clever People.

I have a scenario and no matter what I try (other than cursors) I cant seem to get this working on an easy way.

I have StockCodes Say 10 Detail Rows per StockCode, but I want to see say the top 5 rows per StockCode.

Can anyone give me advice please on a quick and painless way or should I just go with the cursor?

Kind Regards

Elizma

Niladri_Biswas4-Jul-09 3:43

4-Jul-09 3:43

Hope you have a table(tblStock) with a column like StockCode

StockCode
--------
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

The query is:

SELECT TOP 5 StockCode FROM TBLStockCode

Hope this helps
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Niladri Biswas

Elizma5-Jul-09 6:45

5-Jul-09 6:45

Hi
Sorry. Thanx for your supply, maybe I didn't ask the question properly. I now the plain top 5 query. My problem is:

I have a master StockCode table that will contain unique StockCodes and their information.

I also have a Details Table that is linked to the Master StockCode Table. Each Stock Code in the Master might have 20+ rows in the Detail table. I want to specify the Top N PER StockCode.

E.g. If we use only TOP 2

StockCode1 - DetailDataRow1
DetailDataRow2
StockCode2 - DetailDataRow1
DetailDataRow2

Not maybe in this format, but I still need to get the TOP 2 rows per StockCode and not the First Top 2 Rows like what the normal solution that you suggested would do.

Hope this is a bit more clear.

Thanx for trying to help.

Elizma

Isaac Gordon5-Jul-09 22:01

Isaac Gordon

5-Jul-09 22:01

I am Not getting your Question pls clearly define it.
use ranking Function like Dense_Rank() of SQL Server.

Dinesh

Elizma5-Jul-09 22:23

5-Jul-09 22:23

Hi
Thanx for your willingness to help, but I dont think there is an easy way to do what I was looking for and it is quite difficult to explain, so I decided to not waste too much time on a easy way out and to rather go for the cursor option to solve my problem.

I dont think your solution would have worked either since my problem was that I have 20+ Rows Reletad to 1 StockCode. I have 1000 StockCodes. So EACH StockCode Have 20 Related Rows. Giving the Total Number of Details to 20000.

So my question was. I only want to select the top 5 rows PER StockCode. I.O.W. I would now have 5000 Records returned to me. 5 Per StockCode.

Hope this makes more sense.

Kind Regards,

Elizma

Enver Maroshi5-Jul-09 23:22

Enver Maroshi

5-Jul-09 23:22

Cross Apply is solution to your problem, with combination of XML, you can get a very nice output.

Elizma6-Jul-09 1:42

6-Jul-09 1:42

Hi
Thanx for your suggestion. It might have been able to work, but I forgot to say that this is on a SQL 2000 Server and unfortunately does not support XML!

Isaac Gordon5-Jul-09 23:59

Isaac Gordon

5-Jul-09 23:59

Do you mean suppose i have a Table
stockcode item qty
1 101 10
1 102 20
1 103 20
2 104 25
2 105 20
2 106 25
2 107 26
with abc
as
(select Row_number() over (Partition by Stockcode order by stockcode) as [Row],StockCode,Item,Qty
from Stock)

select top 4 row,Item,Sum(qty) as [QTY] from abc group by Item,row

result
1 101 10
1 104 25
2 102 20
2 105 20

Elizma6-Jul-09 1:38

Transactional Replication Linked Sever error

6-Jul-09 1:38

Hi
Also not quite what I needed. If I use your example:

stockcode item qty
1 101 10
1 102 20
1 103 20
2 104 25
2 105 20
2 106 25
2 107 26

The result I require is the following.

(Say I want the Top 2 PER StockCode)
Result:
StockCode Item Qty
1 101 10
1 102 20
2 104 25
2 105 20

Thanx for trying to help. I really do appreciate it.

Elizma

Abdul Rahman Hamidy3-Jul-09 18:24

Abdul Rahman Hamidy

3-Jul-09 18:24

Dear All,
I have two Servers in two different locations which both runs Ms Sql 2005 Instance.
Server A with Ip address 72.32.16.32 which is public ip address located in London
and Server B with Ip address 192.168.2.3 which is locally configured and is a database server in Kabul.
Now i would like to establish transactional replication between these two servers.
1. can i establish replication between these servers?
2. can i establish linked server between these two servers.

any reference, idea would be really appreciated.

Abdul Rahaman Hamidy
Database Developer
Kabul, Afghanistan

Re: Transactional Replication Linked Sever error

Niladri_Biswas4-Jul-09 3:51

Re: Transactional Replication Linked Sever error

4-Jul-09 3:51

Hi,

1. can i establish replication between these servers?

And: Yes.Check this

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa226171(SQL.70).aspx[^]

Search in GOOGLE with this statement "Sql Replication in distributed environment". You will get a lot of stuff.

2. can i establish linked server between these two servers.

Ans: Yes. Check this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213778(SQL.80).aspx[^]

Hope this helps.
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Niladri Biswas

Jerry Hammond4-Jul-09 5:00

Jerry Hammond

4-Jul-09 5:00

Yes to both.

Check out Books Online for further details[^]

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How do you increment a temporary table?

DFlat4Now3-Jul-09 8:07

DFlat4Now

3-Jul-09 8:07

Select *
Into #BC
From dfCert -- Creates master Certification table -> #BC

Declare @BoardCert Char(3)
Set @BoardCert = 'BCn'

Declare @Counter int
Set @Counter = 1

While @Counter < 10
Begin

Select
Biog_Nbr,
Max(Biog_Cert_ID) as aMaxBiogCertID,
Max(Cert_Year) as aMaxCertYear
Into
#tblBoardCert
From
#BC
Group By
Biog_Nbr

Delete From #BC
From #BC
Inner Join #tblBoardCert
On
#BC.Biog_Nbr = #tblBoardCert.Biog_Nbr
and
#BC.Biog_Cert_ID = #tblBoardCert.AMaxBiogCertID
and
#BC.Cert_Year = #tblBoardCert.aMaxCertYear
Where
#BC.Biog_Nbr = #tblBoardCert.Biog_Nbr
and
#BC.Biog_Cert_ID = #tblBoardCert.AMaxBiogCertID
and
#BC.Cert_Year = #tblBoardCert.aMaxCertYear

Set @BoardCert = Replace(Left(@BoardCert,2)+Cast(@Counter as Char),' ','')

Select *
Into #@BoardCert --<< Here's the problem. I need this to be #BC1 then BC2, etc up to BC9
From #tblBoardCert

Drop Table #tblBoardCert

Set @Counter = @Counter + 1

Print 'The counter has just increased to ' + Cast(@Counter as Char)

End

Re: How do you increment a temporary table?

Niladri_Biswas4-Jul-09 3:37