[firebird-support] Firebird 1.5.3 on Windows 2012 R2 Server

2015-06-30 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings All,

Can anyone tell me if Firebird 1.5.3 will run on Windows 2012 R2 Server?

Our Delphi application has run since 1997 on one version or another of windows 
server.  It is currently on Windows 2003 Server and we have had no issues at 
all.  Our office is wanting to install a new server with Windows 2012 R2 and I 
need to know if there are any issues I should be aware of or if Firebird will 
install and run without any issues.  

Is there a place to go on the web that discusses this in depth (If necessary)?

Thanks for anyone that takes there time to answer.

If I'm ever given any breathing room, I would eventually like to move to 
Firebird 2.5.4 and would also like to know if I should move in stages like to 
2.1 then to 2.5, etc.  Any documentaion on that would be helpful as well.

Thanks all,

Mike

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Re: [firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird

2015-06-26 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings Bogdan,

Yes, SUBSTR() does exists in v1.5 so I converted it successfully, I've alwasy 
used SUBSTRING() before.  However, when I tried to run a few simple comparisons 
with 1 character off in the strings it always returned OK for the result.  So I 
declared a few new variables (sOldSSNChar, sNewSSNChar) to see what is going on 
while debugging and to my surprise these varaibles would hold the first 
characted for both the old and new SSN, but then the rest (2nd thru 11th 
position) would all be blank (empty string), thus thinking they matched.  Any 
idea why this may be happening?.

Thanks,
Mike

Here is the slightly modified SP:

SET TERM  ^^ ;
CREATE PROCEDURE SPS_SOCIAL_NUMBER_COMPARISON (
  I1 VarChar(20),
  I2 VarChar(20))
 returns (
  RESULT VarChar(100))
AS
declare variable x1 char(20);

declare variable x2 char(20);

declare variable e smallint;

declare variable e1 smallint;

declare variable e2 smallint;

declare variable i smallint;

DECLARE VARIABLE sOldSSNChar Char(1);
DECLARE VARIABLE sNewSSNChar Char(1);
begin
  i = 0;
  x1 = i1;
  x2 = i2; e = 0;

  while (i  20 and e  3) do

  begin

 i = i + 1;

sOldSSNChar = substr(x1, i, 1);
sNewSSNChar = substr(x2, i, 1);

 if (substr(x1, i, 1)  substr(x2, i, 1)) then

begin

   e = e + 1;

   if (e = 1) then e1 = i;

   else if (e = 2) then e2 = i;

end

  end

  if (e = 0) then result = 'OK';

  else if (e = 3) then result = 'Not equal';

  else if (e = 1) then result = e1 || '. character ' || substr(i1, i, 1) || ' 
has changed';

  else

 begin

if (substr(x1, e1,1) = substr(x2, e2, 1) and

substr(x1, e2, 1) = substr(x2, e1, 1)) then

result = e1 || ' and ' || e2 || ' were swapped';

 end

  suspend;

end
 ^^
SET TERM ;  ^^





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Re: [firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird

2015-06-25 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
According to this I was correct - startpos and length must be integer literals
http://www.firebirdsql.org/refdocs/langrefupd15-substring.html

  - Original Message - 
  From: 'Bogdan' bog...@mordicom.si [firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 5:39 AM
  Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird




  create procedure social_number_comparison (

i1 varchar(20),

i2 varchar(20)

  )

  returns (

result varchar(100)

  )

  as

  declare variable x1 char(20);

  declare variable x2 char(20);

  declare variable e smallint;

  declare variable e1 smallint;

  declare variable e2 smallint;

  declare variable i smallint;

  begin

i = 0; x1 = i1; x2 = i2; e = 0;

while (i  20 and e  3) do

begin

   i = i + 1;

   if (substring(x1 from i for 1)  substring(x2 from i for 1)) then

  begin

 e = e + 1;

 if (e = 1) then e1 = i;

 else if (e = 2) then e2 = i;

  end

end



if (e = 0) then result = 'OK';

else if (e = 3) then result = 'Not equal';

else if (e = 1) then result = e1 || '. character ' || substring(i1 from i 
for 1) || ' has changed';

else

   begin

  if (substring(x1 from e1 for 1) = substring(x2 from e2 for 1) and

  substring(x1 from e2 for 1) = substring(x2 from e1 for 1)) then

  result = e1 || ' and ' || e2 || ' were swapped';

   end



suspend;

  end



  Regards, 



  Bogdan 





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[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 5:12 PM
  To: Firebird Support
  Subject: [firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird





   

  Greetings All,



  I would like to pass into a stored procedure two social security numbers for 
comparison and have the result tell me if one character has changed, or if two 
characters were switched or if it does not compare at all.  



  Has anyone done anything like this they could share?  Or is it even possible?



  Thoughts?



  Thanks,

  Mike



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Re: [firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird

2015-06-24 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Thanks Svein I'll dig into this to see if something like this might work.

Mike
  - Original Message - 
  From: Svein Erling Tysværsvein.erling.tysv...@kreftregisteret.no 
[firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 3:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird



  Greetings All,
  
  I would like to pass into a stored procedure two social security numbers for 
comparison and have the result tell me if one character has changed, 
  or if two characters were switched or if it does not compare at all.
  
  Has anyone done anything like this they could share? Or is it even possible?

  Never done anything similar before, but strictly speaking, the following 
would answer your question:

  execute block (ss1 varchar(20) = :ss1, ss2 varchar(20) = :ss2) returns 
(comparison varchar(50)) as
  declare variable maxlen integer;
  declare variable curpos integer;
  declare variable ss1a char(1);
  declare variable ss1b char(1);
  declare variable ss2a char(1);
  declare variable ss2b char(1);
  begin
  Comparison = '';
  maxlen = character_length(ss1);
  if (maxlen  character_length(ss2)) then
  maxlen = character_length(ss2);
  if (ss1 = ss2) then
  comparison = 'Equal';
  if (comparison = '' and (ss1 starting ss2 or ss2 starting ss1)) then 
  comparison = 'Substring';
  if (comparison = '') then
  begin
  curpos = 1;
  while (curpos = maxlen) do
  begin
  ss1a = substring(ss1 from curpos for 1);
  ss1b = substring(ss1 from curpos+1 for 1);
  ss2a = substring(ss2 from curpos for 1);
  ss2b = substring(ss2 from curpos+1 for 1);
  if (ss1a is distinct from ss2a) then
  begin
  if (comparison  '') then
  comparison = 'Differ more than one character';
  if (comparison='') then
  begin
  if (ss1a = ss2b and ss1b = ss2a) then
  begin
  comparison = 'swapped';
  curpos = curpos+1;
  end
  if (comparison='') then
  comparison = 'One character differs';
  end
  end
  curpos = curpos+1;
  end
  end
  suspend;
  end

  I say strictly speaking, because whereas this would catch the difference 
between 'Hello' and 'Helol' or 'Hello' and 'Hel1o', it wouldn't catch 
additional or missing characters like 'Hello' vs 'Helo'. Should be fixable, but 
I'll leave that task for you (I'd expect you to need curpos1 and curpos2).

  Having said all this, it wouldn't surprise me if there existed a UDF that did 
something similar to my execute block, I simply don't know since I've never 
needed one.

  HTH,
  Set

  

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[firebird-support] Soc Sec No comparison using Firebird

2015-06-24 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings All,

I would like to pass into a stored procedure two social security numbers for 
comparison and have the result tell me if one character has changed, or if two 
characters were switched or if it does not compare at all.  

Has anyone done anything like this they could share?  Or is it even possible?

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Mike

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[firebird-support] Connection rejected by remote interface

2015-04-17 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings All,

Setting up a new Windows 7 computer and installed Delphi XE5 and Firebird 1.5.6

I am able to open and compile my Delphi source just fine.

When I try to connect to the database using the TIBDatabase component I receive 
the connection rejected by remote interface error

FBCLIENT.DLL is in the Windows\SysWOW64 folder, so is GDS32.DLL

I thought if I remove the GDS32.DLL then it would find the FBCLIENT.DLL and use 
it, bad idea as Delphi complains that it is missing when you try to open the 
source and then will proptly delete the TIBDatabase component.

Delphi XE5 and Firebird 1.5.3 worked just fine with the TIBQuery, TIBDatabase, 
and TIBTransaction on Windows XP

I'm stuck, any ideas what I need to do to fix this?

Mike

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Re: [firebird-support] Connection rejected by remote interface

2015-04-17 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Guys,

I have figured out the issue.

I uninstalled the Interbase app that was installed with Delphi (I should have 
deselected that option), cleared any remaining folders, and removed 
FBCLIENT.DLL and GDS32.DLL from the SysWOW64 directory, then reinstalled FB 
this time with the Generate client library as GDS32.DLL for legacy app 
support? selected.  The GDS32.DLL is required to use the Interbase components 
in Delphi.

All is well now and thought I should let others know what I had to do.

Mike


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  From: 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 8:21 AM
  Subject: [firebird-support] Connection rejected by remote interface



   

  Greetings All,

  Setting up a new Windows 7 computer and installed Delphi XE5 and Firebird 
1.5.6

  I am able to open and compile my Delphi source just fine.

  When I try to connect to the database using the TIBDatabase component I 
receive the connection rejected by remote interface error

  FBCLIENT.DLL is in the Windows\SysWOW64 folder, so is GDS32.DLL

  I thought if I remove the GDS32.DLL then it would find the FBCLIENT.DLL and 
use it, bad idea as Delphi complains that it is missing when you try to open 
the source and then will proptly delete the TIBDatabase component.

  Delphi XE5 and Firebird 1.5.3 worked just fine with the TIBQuery, 
TIBDatabase, and TIBTransaction on Windows XP

  I'm stuck, any ideas what I need to do to fix this?

  Mike



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[firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp

2015-03-12 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings All,

What is the best way in a stored procedure to add a minute or a few seconds to 
a TimeStamp?

Thanks,

Mike

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Re: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp

2015-03-10 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Turns out that firebird uses the precision of the used decimal, so instead of 
(1.0/24.0) I used (1./24.0)

Here is a version that works correctly:

DECLARE VARIABLE tsTranCreateDate TimeStamp;
DECLARE VARIABLE tsTest TimeStamp;

Starting Value:
tsTranCreateDate = 10/31/2012 7:50:16 AM

Two days:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (2.0));
Correctly returns 10/29/2012 7:50:16 AM

One hour:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/24.0));
Correctly returns 10/31/2012 6:50:16 AM

One minute:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/1440.0));
Correctly returns 10/31/2012 7:49:16 AM

One second:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/86400.0));

Incorrectly returns 10/31/2012 7:50:15 AM

Mike

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  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp




  In the code provided below I meant to type 2012 not 201

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To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp


  

Firebird v1.5.3

Does anyone know what's going on here?

DECLARE VARIABLE tsTranCreateDate TimeStamp;
DECLARE VARIABLE tsTest TimeStamp;

Starting Value:
tsTranCreateDate = 10/31/201 7:50:16 AM

Two days:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (2.0));
Correctly returns 10/29/201 7:50:16 AM

One hour:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/24.0));
Incorrectly returns 10/31/201 6:52:40 AM

One minute:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/1440.0));
Incorrectly returns 10/31/201 7:50:16 AM

One second:
tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/86400.0));

Incorrectly returns 10/31/201 7:50:16 AM

Subtract 2 days works fine.  Subtract 1 hour is wrong.  Subtract one minute 
or 1 second does nothing

Any ideas?

Mike


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  To: Firebird Support 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 2:22 PM
  Subject: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp




  Greetings All,

  What is the best way in a stored procedure to add a minute or a few 
seconds to a TimeStamp?

  Thanks,

  Mike



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Re: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp

2015-03-10 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
In the code provided below I meant to type 2012 not 201

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  From: 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp




  Firebird v1.5.3

  Does anyone know what's going on here?

  DECLARE VARIABLE tsTranCreateDate TimeStamp;
  DECLARE VARIABLE tsTest TimeStamp;

  Starting Value:
  tsTranCreateDate = 10/31/201 7:50:16 AM

  Two days:
  tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (2.0));
  Correctly returns 10/29/201 7:50:16 AM

  One hour:
  tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/24.0));
  Incorrectly returns 10/31/201 6:52:40 AM

  One minute:
  tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/1440.0));
  Incorrectly returns 10/31/201 7:50:16 AM

  One second:
  tsTest = (:tsTranCreateDate - (1.0/86400.0));

  Incorrectly returns 10/31/201 7:50:16 AM

  Subtract 2 days works fine.  Subtract 1 hour is wrong.  Subtract one minute 
or 1 second does nothing

  Any ideas?

  Mike


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To: Firebird Support 
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 2:22 PM
Subject: [firebird-support] Add 1 minute to a TimeStamp


  

Greetings All,

What is the best way in a stored procedure to add a minute or a few seconds 
to a TimeStamp?

Thanks,

Mike




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[firebird-support] How do I count the number of duplicate rows in a table?

2014-10-28 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings All,

Firebird 1.5.3

Should be elementary but, I'm drawing a blank on how to accomplish this.

I have a table (ACCT_CASE_COURT) that contains these fields (among others):

ACCT_CASE_COURT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULL
CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULL
CASE_NUMBERVARCHAR(20)NOT NULL
...

How do I form a SQL Select statement that would contain CASE_NUMBER in the 
first column (sorted) and number of times that the case number is found in the 
table in the second column (CNT)?

Any help truely appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike







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Re: [firebird-support] How do I count the number of duplicate rows in a table?

2014-10-28 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Hi Martijn,

I did finally come up with this

SELECT DISTINCT(ACC.CASE_NUMBER),
   (SELECT COUNT(ACC2.ACCT_CASE_COURT_ID) FROM ACCT_CASE_COURT ACC2 WHERE 
ACC2.CASE_NUMBER = ACC.CASE_NUMBER) AS CNT
  FROM ACCT_CASE_COURT ACC
 GROUP BY 1

Nut, I like yours better.

Now I need to exclude any that have a count less than 2 and I know I have to 
use HAVING but have not got it figured out yet.

Mike


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[firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 7:18 AM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I count the number of duplicate rows 
in a table?




  select count(case_number) as counted, case_number
  from ACCT_CASE_COURT
  group by case_number

  ?

  With regards,

  Martijn Tonies
  Upscene Productions
  http://www.upscene.com

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  Anywhere, MySQL, InterBase, NexusDB and Firebird!


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  Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:13 PM
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Subject: [firebird-support] How do I count the number of duplicate rows in a 
table?

   
  Greetings All,

  Firebird 1.5.3

  Should be elementary but, I'm drawing a blank on how to accomplish this.

  I have a table (ACCT_CASE_COURT) that contains these fields (among others):

  ACCT_CASE_COURT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
  ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULL
  CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULL
  CASE_NUMBERVARCHAR(20)NOT NULL
  ...

  How do I form a SQL Select statement that would contain CASE_NUMBER in the 
first column (sorted) and number of times that the case number is found in the 
table in the second column (CNT)?

  Any help truely appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Mike









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Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a JOIN is involved?

2014-10-21 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Good Morning All,

I'm back from vacation and wanted to check in to see if there was any other 
ideas on this issue since I sent this reply on Oct 14th.

Thanks,
Mike

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  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:24 AM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?



   

  Greetings Set,

  I appreciate you joining in.

  Note: Because STATUS_DATE is a TimeStamp I modified your example for solution 
A to:

  SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID||'-'||DCD.CASE_ID||'-'||DCD.DEBT_NO)
FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
 AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
   WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE || ' 00:00:00' AND :V_END_DATE 
|| ' 23:59:59'
 AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'
 AND AC.CLT_ID = :V_CLT_ID

  Solution A returned accurate results but was painfully slow.  
  09/01/2014 thru 09/30/2014 took 7.25 secs - 34 Count
  01/01/2014 thru 09/30/2014 took 1 Min, 6.312 secs - 196 Count

  Here is the plan it used:
  PLAN JOIN (AC INDEX (REFCLIENT457),DCD INDEX 
(REFDEBT134,IX_DCD_STATUS_DATE_AND_CODE))

  REFCLIENT457 is a FK to CLIENT which uses CLT_ID(Integer) for the PK
  REFDEBT134 is a FK to DEBT which uses ACCT_ID(Integer), DEBT_NO(SmallInt) for 
the PK
  IX_DCD_STATUS_DATE_AND_CODE is a new index I just added uses 
STATUS_DATE(TimeStamp) and STATUS_CODE(Char(1))

  Solution B returned inaccurate results but was quick
  09/01/2014 thru 09/30/2014 took 0.063 secs - 35 Count
  01/01/2014 thru 09/30/2014 took 0.031 secs - 205 Count

  By changing solution B to the following I was able to determine it was not 
counting distinct records as in 167565-3-3 was listed twice for 09/01/2014 thru 
09/30/2014 and similar duplicates for the YTD results.

  SELECT DCD.ACCT_ID, DCD.CASE_ID, DCD.DEBT_NO
FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
   WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE || ' 00:00:00' AND :V_END_DATE 
|| ' 23:59:59'
 AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'
 AND EXISTS(SELECT *
  FROM ACCT_CASE AC
 WHERE AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
   AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
   AND AC.CLT_ID = :V_CLT_ID)
  ORDER BY 1,2,3

  Here is the plan it used:
  PLAN (AC INDEX (PK_CASE))

  Set, you mention The only (minor) thing lacking is a reason for you not 
wanting CLT_ID included... 

  I'm not sure what you meant here.  CLT_ID is found only in the ACCT_CASE and 
CLIENT tables.  DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT does not include CLT_ID soas to normalize the 
data, thus the join from DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT to ACCT_CASE to use CLT_ID.  Am I 
missing something?

  Thanks again to both Martijn and Set for your help,
  Mike

  PS: I'll be on vacation starting today thru next Monday, so may be slow to 
respond.





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From: Svein Erling Tysvær svein.erling.tysv...@kreftregisteret.no 
[firebird-support] 
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 2:23 AM
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?


  
ACCT_CASE: Case Management table 
ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK 
CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULLPK 
CLT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLFK to CLIENT table   Need this for the 
JOIN 
  
DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT:  Allows for multiple PERSON's to be associated with a 
DEBT 
ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK 
CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULLPK 
DEBT_NOSMALLINTNOT NULLPK 
PERSON_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK 
STATUS_DATETIMESTAMPNOT NULL 
STATUS_CODECHAR(1)NOT NULL 
  
What am I attempting to do?  I need to know how many records are in the 
DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT table that have a STATUS_DATE between '09/01/14' and 
'09/30/14' 
and the STATUS_CODE = 'B (Bankruptcy Filed) and is for a specific CLT_ID 
(thus the join to ACCT_CASE to use CLT_ID).  I do not want to include the 
PERSON_ID when fetching a COUNT() of the record, I only need to know how 
many debts are in this status for the client.  So only concerned with ACCT_ID, 
CASE_ID and DEBT_NO. 
  
So this SQL will return the correct number of records, now I just have to 
figure out how to return a count in one record. 
  
  SELECT DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, DCD.CASE_ID, DCD.DEBT_NO 
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD 
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID 
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID 
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND 
:V_END_DATE 
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B' 
  AND AC.CLT_ID = :V_CLT_ID 
 
Did I provide enough information this time?  If not feel free to ask... 

This is close to a perfect problem description, Mike, well done! The only 
(minor) thing

[firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a JOIN is involved?

2014-10-13 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings All,

Firebird 1.5.3 (Yes I know it is old)

Using the following syntax with 09/01/14 and 09/04/14 for the parameters 
fetches 20 distinct records

  SELECT DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, AC.CLT_ID
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

Using this syntax with 09/01/14 and 09/04/14 for the parameters fetches a count 
of 32

  SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(DCD.PERSON_ID)
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

How do I accurately return the correct count using the COUNT() function?  In 
this case it should beturn 20 not 32

Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

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Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a JOIN is involved?

2014-10-13 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Greetings Martijn,

Just happening to be testing this in Database Workbench.  Have used this 
product for years and just love it.

Thanks for you reply.

So my second SQL should have been as follows?  It results in an error Dynamic 
SQL Error SQL error code = -104 Token unknown - line 1, char 34 , 

  SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, AC.CLT_ID)
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

So not sure if this is how I should have done it, but it appears to work as it 
returns 20 

  SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID || AC.CLT_ID)
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

Is that correct? 

Mike



  - Original Message - 
  From: 'Martijn Tonies (Upscene Productions)' m.ton...@upscene.com 
[firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 1:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?




  Hello Mike,

  In the second query, you’re counting records and then do the DISTINCT, so the
  result is 32, and if you “distinct” that result, there’s only 1 record, with 
a value
  of 32.

  What you seem to want, is to COUNT(DISTINCT(...))

  With regards,

  Martijn Tonies
  Upscene Productions
  http://www.upscene.com

  Download Database Workbench for Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase SQL
  Anywhere, MySQL, InterBase, NexusDB and Firebird!


  From: mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 8:50 PM
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Subject: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a JOIN 
is involved?

   
  Greetings All,

  Firebird 1.5.3 (Yes I know it is old)

  Using the following syntax with 09/01/14 and 09/04/14 for the parameters 
fetches 20 distinct records

SELECT DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, AC.CLT_ID
   FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
   JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
  WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

  Using this syntax with 09/01/14 and 09/04/14 for the parameters fetches a 
count of 32

SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(DCD.PERSON_ID)
   FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
   JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
  WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

  How do I accurately return the correct count using the COUNT() function?  In 
this case it should beturn 20 not 32

  Any ideas appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Mike


  

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Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a JOIN is involved?

2014-10-13 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Hi Martijn,

I knew I was going to get in trouble by not providing enought information as I 
thought by proving less it would be just a little bit clearer to understand, my 
bad...

Let's start over with an simplified explanation of the tables:

ACCT_CASE: Case Management table
ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULLPK
CLT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLFK to CLIENT table   Need this for the JOIN
...

DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT:  Allows for multiple PERSON's to be associated with a DEBT
ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULLPK
DEBT_NOSMALLINTNOT NULLPK
PERSON_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
STATUS_DATETIMESTAMPNOT NULL
STATUS_CODECHAR(1)NOT NULL

What am I attempting to do?  I need to know how many records are in the 
DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT table that have a STATUS_DATE between '09/01/14' and 
'09/30/14' and the STATUS_CODE = 'B (Bankruptcy Filed) and is for a specific 
CLT_ID (thus the join to ACCT_CASE to use CLT_ID).  I do not want to include 
the PERSON_ID when fetching a COUNT() of the record, I only need to know how 
many debts are in this status for the client.  So only concerned with ACCT_ID, 
CASE_ID and DEBT_NO.

So this SQL will return the correct number of records, now I just have to 
figure out how to return a count in one record.

  SELECT DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, DCD.CASE_ID, DCD.DEBT_NO
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'
  AND AC.CLT_ID = :V_CLT_ID

Did I provide enough information this time?  If not feel free to ask...

Thanks so much,
Mike


  - Original Message - 
  From: 'Martijn Tonies (Upscene Productions)' m.ton...@upscene.com 
[firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?




  Hello Mike,

  Just happening to be testing this in Database Workbench.  Have used this 
product for years and just love it.

  Thank you, that’s good to hear.

  Thanks for you reply.
   
  So my second SQL should have been as follows?  It results in an error 
Dynamic SQL Error SQL error code = -104 Token unknown - line 1, char 34 , 

  COUNT only works on single column or *, so using COUNT on two columns won’t 
work.

  I’m not sure what you’re trying to DISTINCT here, as the previous query 
counted PERSON_ID values in the result set.

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, AC.CLT_ID)
   FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
   JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
  WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'
  
  So not sure if this is how I should have done it, but it appears to work as 
it returns 20 
   
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID || AC.CLT_ID)
   FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
   JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
  WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'
   
  Is that correct? 

  Don’t think this will work for all combinations of ACCT_ID and CLT_ID, 
imagine:

  101 || 1

  is the same as 

  10 || 11

  Question is: what exactly are you trying to get from your query?


  With regards,

  Martijn Tonies
  Upscene Productions
  http://www.upscene.com

  Download Database Workbench for Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase SQL
  Anywhere, MySQL, InterBase, NexusDB and Firebird!



- Original Message - 
From: mailto:m.ton...@upscene.com [firebird-support] 
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?

  

Hello Mike,

In the second query, you’re counting records and then do the DISTINCT, so 
the
result is 32, and if you “distinct” that result, there’s only 1 record, 
with a value
of 32.

What you seem to want, is to COUNT(DISTINCT(...))

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

Download Database Workbench for Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase SQL
Anywhere, MySQL, InterBase, NexusDB and Firebird!


From: mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 8:50 PM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?

 
Greetings All,

Firebird 1.5.3 (Yes I know it is old)

Using the following syntax with 09/01/14 and 09/04/14 for 

Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a JOIN is involved?

2014-10-13 Thread 'Softtech Support' stwiz...@att.net [firebird-support]
Hi Martijn,

I want to count the number of records in the DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT table (not DEBT) 
where the ACCT_ID, CASE_ID and DEBT_NO are distinct and specific to CLT_ID.

Is this possible in v1.5.3?

If not and I need to create a view and COUNT() that, can you provide an example 
or tell me where to find info on doing that?

Mike




  - Original Message - 
  From: 'Martijn Tonies (Upscene Productions)' m.ton...@upscene.com 
[firebird-support] 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 3:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?




  Hello Mike,

  So you want to count records in DEBT for a specific CLT_ID.

  Now, in the DEBT table, there are records for multiple PERSONs, but what 
about ACCT_ID,
  CASE_ID and DEBT_NO, which of these or what combination are unique with 
regard to each
  ACCT_CASE?

  If none, you would need a derived table, but these are available in Firebird 
2 onward.

  The alternative is to create a VIEW for the DISTINCT query and COUNT on that.

  With regards,

  Martijn Tonies
  Upscene Productions
  http://www.upscene.com

  Download Database Workbench for Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase SQL
  Anywhere, MySQL, InterBase, NexusDB and Firebird!


  From: mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 9:57 PM
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?

   
  Hi Martijn,

  I knew I was going to get in trouble by not providing enought information as 
I thought by proving less it would be just a little bit clearer to understand, 
my bad...

  Let's start over with an simplified explanation of the tables:

  ACCT_CASE: Case Management table
  ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
  CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULLPK
  CLT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLFK to CLIENT table   Need this for the JOIN
  ...

  DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT:  Allows for multiple PERSON's to be associated with a DEBT
  ACCT_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
  CASE_IDSMALLINTNOT NULLPK
  DEBT_NOSMALLINTNOT NULLPK
  PERSON_IDINTEGERNOT NULLPK
  STATUS_DATETIMESTAMPNOT NULL
  STATUS_CODECHAR(1)NOT NULL

  What am I attempting to do?  I need to know how many records are in the 
DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT table that have a STATUS_DATE between '09/01/14' and 
'09/30/14' and the STATUS_CODE = 'B (Bankruptcy Filed) and is for a specific 
CLT_ID (thus the join to ACCT_CASE to use CLT_ID).  I do not want to include 
the PERSON_ID when fetching a COUNT() of the record, I only need to know how 
many debts are in this status for the client.  So only concerned with ACCT_ID, 
CASE_ID and DEBT_NO.

  So this SQL will return the correct number of records, now I just have to 
figure out how to return a count in one record.

SELECT DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, DCD.CASE_ID, DCD.DEBT_NO
   FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
   JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
  WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'
AND AC.CLT_ID = :V_CLT_ID

  Did I provide enough information this time?  If not feel free to ask...

  Thanks so much,
  Mike


- Original Message - 
From: mailto:m.ton...@upscene.com [firebird-support] 
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do I return an accurate COUNT(*) when a 
JOIN is involved?

  

Hello Mike,

Just happening to be testing this in Database Workbench.  Have used this 
product for years and just love it.

Thank you, that’s good to hear.

Thanks for you reply.
 
So my second SQL should have been as follows?  It results in an error 
Dynamic SQL Error SQL error code = -104 Token unknown - line 1, char 34 , 

COUNT only works on single column or *, so using COUNT on two columns won’t 
work.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to DISTINCT here, as the previous query 
counted PERSON_ID values in the result set.

  SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID, AC.CLT_ID)
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND :V_END_DATE
  AND DCD.STATUS_CODE = 'B'

So not sure if this is how I should have done it, but it appears to work 
as it returns 20 
 
  SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DCD.ACCT_ID || AC.CLT_ID)
 FROM DEBTOR_CASE_DEBT DCD
 JOIN ACCT_CASE AC ON AC.ACCT_ID = DCD.ACCT_ID
  AND AC.CASE_ID = DCD.CASE_ID
WHERE DCD.STATUS_DATE BETWEEN :V_BEGIN_DATE AND 

[firebird-support] Firebird v1.5.3 on Windows Server 2012

2013-12-06 Thread Softtech Support
Greetings All,

Can anyone tell be if Firebird v 1.5.3 will install and run effectively on 
Windows Server 2012?

It is currently being ran on a Windows 2003 Server and they are wanting to 
upgrade to a new server and I just wanted to see if there would be any issues.

Thanks to any who can shed some light.

Mike

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Re: [firebird-support] Firebird v1.5.3 on Windows Server 2012

2013-12-06 Thread Softtech Support
I do not have time to upgrade to V2.0 or v2.5 before the new server would be 
in.  I fully intend to when time permits.  Thus, the reason I'm asking if it 
could be done to allow them to continue while I do the conversion.

Thanks,

  - Original Message - 
  From: Konstantin Khomoutov 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Cc: Softtech Support 
  Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 8:52 AM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Firebird v1.5.3 on Windows Server 2012



  On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:33:25 -0600
  Softtech Support stwiz...@att.net wrote:

   Can anyone tell be if Firebird v 1.5.3 will install and run
   effectively on Windows Server 2012?
   
   It is currently being ran on a Windows 2003 Server and they are
   wanting to upgrade to a new server and I just wanted to see if there
   would be any issues.
   
   Thanks to any who can shed some light.

  Versions of Firebird below 2.5 are discontinued, so is there really any
  reason to ask? I mean, if it breaks those they will have to hold both
  pieces. So I'd they they should better look at upgrading their app to
  support 2.5 (extensive release notes with possible compatibility
  issues are available for both 2.0 and 2.5 series).


  

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[firebird-support] How do return the number of object in a Firebird database

2013-07-17 Thread Softtech Support
Greetings All,

v1.5.3

I need to know how many tables, indicies, functions, stored procedures, etc are 
in my Firebird database.

Is there a quick way to determine this?

Thanks,
Mike

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Re: [firebird-support] How do return the number of object in a Firebird database

2013-07-17 Thread Softtech Support
Thanks Markus and Josef, just what I needed.  Much Appreciated

  - Original Message - 
  From: Markus Ostenried 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:13 AM
  Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do return the number of object in a 
Firebird database



  On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Softtech Support stwiz...@att.net wrote:

   **
  
  
   Greetings All,
  
   v1.5.3
  
   I need to know how many tables, indicies, functions, stored procedures,
   etc are in my Firebird database.
  
   Is there a quick way to determine this?
  
  See here, this should provide you with enough information:
  http://www.alberton.info/firebird_sql_meta_info.html

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Re: [firebird-support] GBak Backup Restore Problem

2013-06-25 Thread Softtech Support
Thanks, Looks like it is working now.  Appreciate your guidance

  - Original Message - 
  From: Tupy... nambá 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:23 PM
  Subject: [firebird-support] GBak Backup  Restore Problem





  Dear Friends,

  We have a strange problem with GBak. We make a backup with gbak and then a 
restore, also with the same.

  We have a table with 60 rows where a not null type SmallInt column has 0 
(zero) as content.

  When restoring, GBak returns null for this column. As this column is not 
null, we get an error message (Error: Validation error for column .).

  Between these two steps (backup and restore), no further action is done with 
the backup file.

  I ask you = What can cause this problem? Is there any solution for this? Any 
idea about this problem?
   
  Thanks a lot,
  Roberto Camargo,
  Rio de Janeiro / Brasil

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Re: [firebird-support] Re: Does Firebird have a way to reference similar named fields? (Like MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120)

2013-06-19 Thread Softtech Support
Thanks for your reply.

MONTH_* are not fields in a table, they are output parameters of my stored 
procedure.

Mike


  - Original Message - 
  From: thp_pkmi 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:52 PM
  Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Does Firebird have a way to reference similar 
named fields? (Like MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120)



  If I can assume Month_1..Month_120 as fields of your table rather than 
variables, then I suppose we can do things like this:

  I= 1;
  while (I = NoOfCol) do
  begin
  s= 'update YOUR_TABLE set Month_'||I||' = Month_'||I||' + ? where 
SOME_CONDITION';
  execute statement (s) (nTotalMonth);
  I= I+1;
  end

  YOUR_TABLE  SOME_CONDITION are just symbolic, sorry to be wordy

  This approach is only good in syntax, in real performance I think it will be 
a bit slower than your long syntax, because of the run time compilation of 
EXECUTE STATEMENT.

  --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Softtech Support stwizard@... 
wrote:
  
   Thanks for your reply.
   
   I should have mentioned that this stored procedure is used to generate a 
Stair-Step Financial Report (My first attempt at such a report I might add) and 
therefore option 1 below would not work as I do not need to store the results.
   
   I have used EXECUTE STATEMENT in the past for SELECT statements and even 
after looking again at the LangRef-Update.pdf (For v1.5) I do not see how it 
could be used for this instance. Am I missing something?
   
   A little more info:
   I basically created a stored procedure that would generate a Stair-Step 
Financial report that can list the number of accounts/cases turned, amount 
turned, average amount turned for collections for a given period, followed by 
the amount received for every month since the given period.
   
   The report works as follows:
   If Client X has been a client for two years, then it would be a 24 x 24 
report. Shown below is an example of a client signed on Oct 2012 and we started 
receiving accounts in Dec 2012. So the report is ran for the first year 
10/01/12 thru 06/30/13 and is a 9 x 9 report (9 rows - Periods x 9 columns - 
Monthly collections).
   
   The start date for this report is 10/01/12 and every month following the 
first has to be listed whether they had acounts turned to them for collections 
or not. Then the Recovery would show how much was received in each month 
following the turn. 
   
   Obviously, each row has one less column filled out..so when you get to the 
last row, there is only Month 1 on the report. 
   
   PERIOD CASES PRINC_AMT AVG_CASE MONTH_1 MONTH_2 MONTH_3 MONTH_4 MONTH_5 
MONTH_6 MONTH_7 MONTH_8 MONTH_9
   Oct-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Nov-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Dec-12 292 162894.14 557.85 1101.64 2721.09 3510.35 2571.71 381.21 256.64 
25.00 0 0
   Jan-13 229 161576.07 705.57 3802.94 762.90 3995.06 1062.37 1433.10 3206.25 
0 0 0
   Feb-13 182 150174.56 825.13 1315.53 1502.86 1920.46 60.00 87.74 0 0 0 0
   Mar-13 158 122131.82 772.98 187.00 1867.37 1805.65 4251.79 0 0 0 0 0
   Apr-13 207 157906.67 762.83 1629.24 2649.20 500.83 0 0 0 0 0 0
   May-13 208 166616.77 801.04 167.23 1800.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Jun-13 294 236136.50 803.18 200.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   
   Is there somewhere I can post attachments? If so then I could post the full 
stored procedure and an excel file that was generated by it.
   
   So any other ideas how to modify this stored procedure?
   
   Mike
   
   
   - Original Message - 
   From: thp_pkmi 
   To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
   Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:14 AM
   Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Does Firebird have a way to reference 
similar named fields? (Like MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120)
   
   
   
   I think you have 2 options:
   
   1. normalize the table to have 2 fields Month Number  Month Value, 
then you can search record by Month Number for updating Month Value
   
   2. use PSQL statement: EXECUTE STATEMENT, you can read about it in 
Firebird-2.5-LangRef-Update.pdf
   
   --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Softtech Support stwizard@ 
wrote:
   
In Delphi I have the ability to reference a field using FieldByName() 
inside a For loop like this:

For I := 1 to 120 do
begin
with cdsReport do
begin
FieldByName('MONTH_' + IntToStr(I)).Visible := iNoOfCols = I;
end;
end;


Is there any way to do this in a Firebird Stored Procedure? I have 120 
fields named MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120 and currently I have to reference them like 
this. Just wanting to know if there is a better way..
...
I = 1;

WHILE (I = iNoOfColumns ) DO
BEGIN
IF (I = 1) THEN
MONTH_1 = MONTH_1 + nTotalMonth;
ELSE IF (I = 2) THEN
MONTH_2 = MONTH_2 + nTotalMonth;
ELSE IF (I = 3) THEN
MONTH_3 = MONTH_3 + nTotalMonth;
ELSE IF (I = 4) THEN
MONTH_4 = MONTH_4 + nTotalMonth;
ELSE IF (I = 5) THEN
MONTH_5 = MONTH_5 + nTotalMonth;
ELSE IF (I = 6

Re: [firebird-support] Re: Does Firebird have a way to reference similar named fields? (Like MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120)

2013-06-18 Thread Softtech Support
Thanks for your reply.

I should have mentioned that this stored procedure is used to generate a 
Stair-Step Financial Report (My first attempt at such a report I might add) and 
therefore option 1 below would not work as I do not need to store the results.

I have used EXECUTE STATEMENT in the past for SELECT statements and even after 
looking again at the LangRef-Update.pdf (For v1.5) I do not see how it could be 
used for this instance.  Am I missing something?

A little more info:
I basically created a stored procedure that would generate a Stair-Step 
Financial report that can list the number of accounts/cases turned, amount 
turned, average amount turned for collections for a given period,  followed by 
the amount received for every month since the given period.

The report works as follows:
If Client X has been a client for two years, then it would be a 24 x 24 report. 
 Shown below is an example of a client signed on Oct 2012 and we started 
receiving accounts in Dec 2012.  So the report is ran for the first year 
10/01/12 thru 06/30/13 and is a 9 x 9 report (9 rows - Periods x 9 columns - 
Monthly collections).

The start date for this report is 10/01/12 and every month following the first 
has to be listed whether they had acounts turned to them for collections or 
not.  Then the Recovery would show how much was received in each month 
following the turn.  

Obviously, each row has one less column filled out..so when you get to the last 
row, there is only Month 1 on the report. 

PERIOD  CASES  PRINC_AMT  AVG_CASE  MONTH_1  MONTH_2  MONTH_3  MONTH_4  MONTH_5 
 MONTH_6  MONTH_7  MONTH_8 MONTH_9
Oct-12  0  0 000000 
   000   0
Nov-12  0  0 000000 
   000   0
Dec-12292  162894.14557.85  1101.64  2721.09  3510.35  2571.71   381.21 
  256.6425.000   0
Jan-13229  161576.07705.57  3802.94   762.90  3995.06  1062.37  1433.10 
 3206.2500   0
Feb-13182  150174.56825.13  1315.53  1502.86  1920.4660.0087.74 
   000   0
Mar-13158  122131.82772.98   187.00  1867.37  1805.65  4251.790 
   000   0
Apr-13207  157906.67762.83  1629.24  2649.20   500.8300 
   000   0
May-13208  166616.77801.04   167.23  1800.69000 
   000   0
Jun-13294  236136.50803.18   200.000000 
   000   0

Is there somewhere I can post attachments?  If so then I could post the full 
stored procedure and an excel file that was generated by it.

So any other ideas how to modify this stored procedure?

Mike


  - Original Message - 
  From: thp_pkmi 
  To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:14 AM
  Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Does Firebird have a way to reference similar 
named fields? (Like MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120)



  I think you have 2 options:

  1. normalize the table to have 2 fields Month Number  Month Value, then 
you can search record by Month Number for updating Month Value

  2. use PSQL statement: EXECUTE STATEMENT, you can read about it in 
Firebird-2.5-LangRef-Update.pdf

  --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Softtech Support stwizard@... 
wrote:
  
   In Delphi I have the ability to reference a field using FieldByName() 
inside a For loop like this:
   
   For I := 1 to 120 do
   begin
   with cdsReport do
   begin
   FieldByName('MONTH_' + IntToStr(I)).Visible := iNoOfCols = I;
   end;
   end;
   
   
   Is there any way to do this in a Firebird Stored Procedure? I have 120 
fields named MONTH_1 thru MONTH_120 and currently I have to reference them like 
this. Just wanting to know if there is a better way..
   ...
   I = 1;
   
   WHILE (I = iNoOfColumns ) DO
   BEGIN
   IF (I = 1) THEN
   MONTH_1 = MONTH_1 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 2) THEN
   MONTH_2 = MONTH_2 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 3) THEN
   MONTH_3 = MONTH_3 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 4) THEN
   MONTH_4 = MONTH_4 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 5) THEN
   MONTH_5 = MONTH_5 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 6) THEN
   MONTH_6 = MONTH_6 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 7) THEN
   MONTH_7 = MONTH_7 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 8) THEN
   MONTH_8 = MONTH_8 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 9) THEN
   MONTH_9 = MONTH_9 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 10) THEN
   MONTH_10 = MONTH_10 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 11) THEN
   MONTH_11 = MONTH_11 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 12) THEN
   MONTH_12 = MONTH_12 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 13) THEN
   MONTH_13 = MONTH_13 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 14) THEN
   MONTH_14 = MONTH_14 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 15) THEN
   MONTH_15 = MONTH_15 + nTotalMonth;
   ELSE IF (I = 16) THEN
   MONTH_16 = MONTH_16

[firebird-support] Can I retreive parameters from a stored procedure?

2013-05-03 Thread Softtech Support
Greetings All,

Firebird v1.53

I need to programatically (Using Delphi) retreive the input parameters from a 
stored procedure.  Is this possible?

Thanks,
Mike

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[firebird-support] Re: Can I retreive parameters from a stored procedure?

2013-05-03 Thread Softtech Support
I figured it out...

SELECT P.RDB$PARAMETER_NUMBER,
   P.RDB$PARAMETER_NAME
  FROM RDB$PROCEDURE_PARAMETERS P
 WHERE P.RDB$PROCEDURE_NAME = 'SPS_COTM_ACTIVITY_RPT'
   AND P.RDB$PARAMETER_TYPE = 0
  - Original Message - 
  From: Softtech Support 
  To: Firebird Support 
  Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 8:55 AM
  Subject: Can I retreive parameters from a stored procedure?


  Greetings All,

  Firebird v1.53

  I need to programatically (Using Delphi) retreive the input parameters from a 
stored procedure.  Is this possible?

  Thanks,
  Mike

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[firebird-support] Can I retreive parameters from a stored procedure? Part 2

2013-05-03 Thread Softtech Support
How do I determine what type the parameter is?  Is it a date, or a varchar

Any help with this appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike



I figured it out...

SELECT P.RDB$PARAMETER_NUMBER,
   P.RDB$PARAMETER_NAME
  FROM RDB$PROCEDURE_PARAMETERS P
 WHERE P.RDB$PROCEDURE_NAME = 'SPS_COTM_ACTIVITY_RPT'
   AND P.RDB$PARAMETER_TYPE = 0
  - Original Message - 
  From: Softtech Support 
  To: Firebird Support 
  Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 8:55 AM
  Subject: Can I retreive parameters from a stored procedure?


  Greetings All,

  Firebird v1.53

  I need to programatically (Using Delphi) retreive the input parameters from a 
stored procedure.  Is this possible?

  Thanks,
  Mike

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]