Re: sql question.....

2006-04-19 Thread Ryan Guill
On 4/19/06, David Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Below is a part of my code > > And my question might be a simple onethe line that says IS NOT "">,equip_idle...does this mean I'll only have any entry if > their is a value in it? Yes, but a better way I think is to say but yeah,

RE: SQL Question

2006-03-04 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
>From: Roberto Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 04 March 2006 17:07 >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: RE: SQL Question >> >> >>At 11:51 AM 3/4/2006, Jennifer Gavin-Wear wrote: >>>can ignore this .. sorted it .. thanks >> >> >>Good job :-

RE: SQL Question

2006-03-04 Thread Roberto Perez
At 11:51 AM 3/4/2006, Jennifer Gavin-Wear wrote: >can ignore this .. sorted it .. thanks Good job :-) Could you post the solution so that it gets archived and can be used in the future by others who may have a similar problem? Thanks, Roberto ~~~

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2006-03-04 Thread Will Tomlinson
>can ignore this .. sorted it .. thanks > Well some of us would liketa know how ya sorted it Jen. :) Will ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234192 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/thread

RE: SQL Question

2006-03-04 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
can ignore this .. sorted it .. thanks >>-Original Message- >>From: Jennifer Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 04 March 2006 16:33 >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: OT: SQL Question >> >> >>using a "between": >> >>where getdate() between tbl.fromdate and tbl.todate >> >>i'm getting a pro

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-08 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Your misunderstanding - I would not really approve of comma separated lists in columns -, I totally approve of bridge tables. -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 December 2005 16:04 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread John Wilker
Rick, No sorry I meant I'd be ok with a list in a column if all I was doing was displaying the list. for searching the look up table method makes more sense to me. What I ended up implementing was user table. keyword table. in the keyword table I have keywordID, userID, keyword. On 12/7/05, Ric

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Faircloth
orting through the list for matches as opposed to using a look-up table or "bridge" table? Rick > -Original Message- > From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:18 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SQL Question. Compare one l

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Faircloth
Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:27 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another > > > I agree with Russ here, I don't like it (for the third time) and > I would not > code or appr

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Andy Matthews
Correct... Bridge table, lookup table, map table, etc. -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:01 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another So...what you're saying is that a "bridge

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Faircloth
son-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:01 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another > > > PropertType table > Property table > Property + Type Lookup Table > > > > > &g

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Faircloth
To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another > > > PropertType table > Property table > Property + Type Lookup Table > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 Decembe

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread John Wilker
I pretty much agree with the concensus here. For reading and displaying only, a list in a single column seems ok to me. THis case I have now is a new one for me, makes sense to put them in a seperate column. ~| Logware (www.logwa

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
PropertType table Property table Property + Type Lookup Table -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 December 2005 15:07 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another Ok...so...for my own edification... If "bridge"

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Sent: 07 December 2005 12:32 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another I have to disagree, it is a bad database design, but I agree there is times when you might need to do it. Denormalisation is often done when this provides performance increases. In the below example, it

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Snake
sults in HUGE queries and massive tables, then you need to consider if you really need to do this. Russ -Original Message- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 December 2005 12:11 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another I see wher

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
iginal Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 December 2005 11:52 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another > It is not ideal; but it is not bad design pe se - there my be > reasons to store them in this manner in some design cases. No, act

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Dave Watts
> It is not ideal; but it is not bad design pe se - there my be > reasons to store them in this manner in some design cases. No, actually, that is a textbook example of bad database design. While you may have reasons for doing this - I can't think of any offhand, but who knows? - it would still b

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-07 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
It is not ideal; but it is not bad design pe se - there my be reasons to store them in this manner in some design cases. -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 December 2005 16:35 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread John Wilker
Ended up implementing the more normalized approach. Less headaches in the future are always prefered. THanks for the input. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking an

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread John Wilker
Makes sense. I'll see if I can move it that model now. better now than later :) On 12/6/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure I follow. Put each individual value in a column? ie > > column1 = keyword, column2 = keyword, columnN = keyword? > > Just set an upper bound on how many k

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread Ian Skinner
Not sure I follow. Put each individual value in a column? ie column1 = keyword, column2 = keyword, columnN = keyword? Just set an upper bound on how many keywords to allow. A keyword look up table so to speak. userID, colum1-N NO That is worse then the list you are currently using.

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread John Wilker
Not sure I follow. Put each individual value in a column? ie column1 = keyword, column2 = keyword, columnN = keyword? Just set an upper bound on how many keywords to allow. A keyword look up table so to speak. userID, colum1-N On 12/6/05, Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you c

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread Bryan Stevenson
If you can John...tear the lists out and store each element as a seperate record (in a seperate table if needed). Storing lists of values in a field is a) bad data design b) as you can tell a PITA to manipulate and maintain Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Developmen

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread Mark A Kruger
tanks! -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another Pretty good read in general too about UDFs in sql ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
At listLen listPrepend listSetAt listToTable N -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 December 2005 05:09 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another Pretty good read in general too about UDFs in sql ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-06 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
istPrepend listSetAt listToTable N -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 December 2005 05:09 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another Pretty good read in general too about UDFs in sql ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
Pretty good read in general too about UDFs in sql ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread John Wilker
> ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > -Original Message- > From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:36 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another > &

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
r 05, 2005 11:36 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another BTW, that link leads to a page with no entries. On 12/5/05, Mark A Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can create a UDF (in SQL - not CF) that mimics the "listfind" > function, >

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread John Wilker
ficient or easily maintained. > > -Original Message- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another > > > I've got a table with a column that holds a c

Re: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread John Wilker
storing lists in columns doesn't lend itself to optimal > SQL > code. I wouldn't expect this to be very efficient or easily maintained. > > -Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:24 PM > To: CF-Ta

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread Mark A Kruger
, storing lists in columns doesn't lend itself to optimal SQL code. I wouldn't expect this to be very efficient or easily maintained. -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:24 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Question. Co

RE: SQL Question. Compare one list to another

2005-12-05 Thread Ian Skinner
I've got a table with a column that holds a comma seperated list of keywords. I'm just not seeing the solution right now. I've got a keyword search where the user can put in a comma seperated list of keywords. I need the query to search the DB to see if any of the keywords match the keywords in

RE: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread James Holmes
OK, so from what I can tell, the left join returns all Ads where there is no corresponding uid in Members, yes? (side note, try a foreign key with a cascading constraint to stop this from happening again). How about: DELETE FROM Ads where uid NOT IN (SELECT uid FROM Members) Try it as a se

Re: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread exciteworks.com hosting
ya, I saw that -- sorry I was skimming too fast. On Apr 9, 2005 12:06 PM, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using a LEFT JOIN, not an INNER JOIN. It would be equal if it is INNER > JOIN. > > >oh ok, I saw a.uid=m.uid and thought that you were making them equal > >in your query. > > >

Re: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread Barney Boisvert
I believe you want SELECT a.id, a.uid FROM Ads a WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM Members m WHERE m.uid = a.uid ) That'll do a select of the rows you want to delete. Once you've confirmed it correct, change the first line to "DELETE" and it'll delete the rows. cheers, barneyb On Apr 9, 2

Re: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread Johnny Le
I am using a LEFT JOIN, not an INNER JOIN. It would be equal if it is INNER JOIN. >oh ok, I saw a.uid=m.uid and thought that you were making them equal >in your query. > > > >On Apr 9, 2005 11:04 AM, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~

Re: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread exciteworks.com hosting
oh ok, I saw a.uid=m.uid and thought that you were making them equal in your query. On Apr 9, 2005 11:04 AM, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uid in Ads is not null. This is my attempt to get all the records that was > deleted off Members but have not been deleted off Ads. Note that I

Re: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread Johnny Le
Uid in Ads is not null. This is my attempt to get all the records that was deleted off Members but have not been deleted off Ads. Note that I have Members.uid is null, not Ads.uid is null. Johnny >Why not just do this: > >DELETE > FROM Ads > WHERE uid IS NULL > > > > >On Apr 9, 2005 10:

Re: SQL question

2005-04-09 Thread exciteworks.com hosting
Why not just do this: DELETE FROM Ads WHERE uid IS NULL On Apr 9, 2005 10:26 AM, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > My database is a mess. The programmer who did this didn't delete all the > user related records once the users deleted their accounts. So I am trying > to

Re: sql question

2005-02-26 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> >>In all those years, you've never had a user come back > >>and say, "You know >>>that feature we said we'd never need - well we need it" > Sometimes, but much less often than I have seen users > never use a feature > they were claiming not being able to live without. Or never use that featu

RE: sql question

2005-02-26 Thread Dave Watts
> > How long does it take to create a linking table and a > > handful of SQL statements, > > Too long if it is not necessary. You could have done it several times over in the time you spent here justifying not doing it. > REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; > See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/custo

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2005-02-26 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>In all those years, you've never had a user come back and say, "You know >>that feature we said we'd never need - well we need it" Sometimes, but much less often than I have seen users never use a feature they were claiming not being able to live without. -- _

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I always design things properly the first time and I am > always glad I did, > because this always happens, despite what is in the specs doc > (even though I > tell them that if it is not in the specs doc they don't get > it in the first > versio

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2005-02-25 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Too long if it is not necessary. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree, especially if you think 3 minutes is too much time up time to spend up front to gain scalability, flexibility, etc. ~~~

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread James Holmes
6 February 2005 10:43 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: sql question [snip] >>I am not sure what experience you have Just a master degree in Computer Science, about 30 years in programming, about 15 years in database systems (I said 10, but it is really 15), and about 9 in CF. >> but in

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread James Holmes
It would definitly take bugger all time for me to create the tables and model the query in TOAD. -Original Message- From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2005 10:31 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: sql question > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EM

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>What if I want to know everyone in a given role? If you have roles, then you have user groups, etc. It is a more complex situation and THERE you're right, (I'm right too) then a join table is the best. I was talking of simple situations, just to say that "rules" should not be taken too rigoro

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>ow long does it take to create a linking table and a handful of SQL statements, Too long if it is not necessary. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>why would you delete all previous permissions??? Because it is simpler than looking which one where removed, delete those ones, then look for which one where added and insert the new ones. This takes at least two loops. >>If you are adding permissions a simple insert >>if you are taking aw

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > How long does it take to create a linking table and a handful of SQL > statements, for crying out loud? Thank you! I thought I was the only one who thought a table and a few queries could be written in a few minutes ~~

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread James Holmes
turday, 26 February 2005 7:56 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: sql question >>You bring everything back to CF, then you loop through the list, change/delete stuff, then re-insert the list? If you insist on doing it the most clumsy way, of course it looks worse ;-) When updating, just loop on the

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Dave Watts
> Good for you, mine don't like I charge them for useless code. How long does it take to create a linking table and a handful of SQL statements, for crying out loud? > REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; > See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm > (Please send any spam to this addre

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
4- when updating, you have to delete first all previous permissions for that user from the table, then insert all new records. Apperently you aren;t getting something...why would you delete all previous permissions??? If you are adding permissions a simple insert if you are taking away you just de

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>your database should be normalized in >>this case...it allows for more scalability. This is true in theory. This is what I learned about 10 years ago when I got involved in database programming. Now I that have more experience, I've learned to apply theory with judgement ;-) --

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>You bring everything back to CF, then you loop through the list, change/delete stuff, then re-insert the list? If you insist on doing it the most clumsy way, of course it looks worse ;-) When updating, just loop on the list to generate check boxes in a form, then just use one update statement

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2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>I don't know about your clients, but the people I work for and do work expect more than than the >>bare minimum. Good for you, mine don't like I charge them for useless code. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customt

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2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>using a list requires fetching data, parsing it, and then fetching more data. Depends how you do it: 1- when a user logs in, get his permission list from into a session variable from the same query as other user parameters. 2- in any template a user permission needs to be checked, just do

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Deanna Schneider
riginal Message - From: "Claude Schneegans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:08 PM Subject: Re: sql question > Then, if it is to the extend that a join table becomes more efficient, it > will be time to modify it and the customer

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
> >>any time you want to find an > > >>idividual value in this comma seperated list your design begins to > >>enter the bad design area. > > Any time some one uses "any time" regarding rules about database, > the rule looks suspect to me ;-/ > I agree but notice I said begins...I did not say it

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
I would completely disagree...your database should be normalized in this case...it allows for more scalability. If you like your comma seperated fields create a view but your true data store should not have just comma deliminated crap, ecspecially if you are trying to look for a single value in the

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Joe Rinehart
> > From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Then, if it is to the extend that a join table becomes more > > efficient, it will be time to modify it and the customer who > > has new specs will pay for the necessary development. > > At the time a project is developped, it is not fair to

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Then, if it is to the extend that a join table becomes more > efficient, it will be time to modify it and the customer who > has new specs will pay for the necessary development. > At the time a project is developped, it is not fair to have

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2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>clients/customers/users often make changes all the time requiring us to >>expand what we initially started with. Then, if it is to the extend that a join table becomes more efficient, it will be time to modify it and the customer who has new specs will pay for the necessary development. At t

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the wider and most general case, you are right, but this > is only theory and it is completely the oposite in most simple cases. > Take for instance an intranet where users can > - Edit content (ED) > - Edit images (EI) > - Edit News (EN) >

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>This IS bad database modeling, In the wider and most general case, you are right, but this is only theory and it is completely the oposite in most simple cases. Take for instance an intranet where users can - Edit content (ED) - Edit images (EI) - Edit News (EN) - Edit agenda (EA) - Manage use

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>any time you want to find an >>idividual value in this comma seperated list your design begins to >>enter the bad design area. Any time some one uses "any time" regarding rules about database, the rule looks suspect to me ;-/ >> And it does break normailization rules... If so, then normaliz

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>Yes, strong comma separated lists in a DB is not ideal - though it is not >>bad design as in some cases it does make sense - and it does not break any >>'rules'. Exact, all depends on the number of possible elements in the list and the overall size of the field. If for instance the maximum nu

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
I compeelty agree a denormailzed database schema is not a bad design in some cases, ecspecially when performance is considered UPC desc in asumarray table for example, but Niel said puting a comma seperated list does not break any 'rules' I was simpley making a point it does break a rule, not jsut

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Protoculture
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RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This is going to get off topic butany time you want to find > an idividual value in this comma seperated list your design > begins to enter the bad design area. And it does break > normailization rules... I knew this topic was gonna last about 1

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Micha Schopman
) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: vrijdag 25 februari 2005 15:39 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: sql question LOL, I have to disagreewhile I don't think it is good design per say there may be a valid database theory behind it It does not break any rules at all if there is good reason to

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
05 14:27 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: sql question This is going to get off topic butany time you want to find an idividual value in this comma seperated list your design begins to enter the bad design area. And it does break normailization rules... Adam H On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:00:10 -, Robe

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
ry 2005 14:01 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: sql question > > First off i want to point out that anytime you do something like it > should occur to you that this is probably not the best DB design and > could lead to more issues down the road...if this is indeed on of the > rare cas

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
in MS SQL where 11 in items is not valid syntax. The other will not work either. Since it only is evaluating the entire column out, it does not parse it to realize oh it has commas lets treat it as seperate members. 11 IN (col1,col2,col3) is valid for finding a record where col1 2 or 3 have a val

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Yes, strong comma separated lists in a DB is not ideal - though it is not bad design as in some cases it does make sense - and it does not break any 'rules'. -Original Message- From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 February 2005 14:01 To: CF-Talk Subjec

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Joe Rinehart
If that doesn't work, or works slowly, it may be a good idea to revisit the design itself, and use a table to relate items instead of a list inside of a column. -Joe On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:55:46 -0500, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This *might* work: > > select * from myTable > whe

Re: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Haskell
First off i want to point out that anytime you do something like it should occur to you that this is probably not the best DB design and could lead to more issues down the road...if this is indeed on of the rare cases where this design makes sense. Then one option is to do this CHARINDEX(','+item+'

RE: sql question

2005-02-25 Thread Matthew Small
This *might* work: select * from myTable where 11 in items; or select * from myTable where 11 in (items); - Matt Small -Original Message- From: Protoculture [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 7:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: sql question I have a list of items i

RE: SQL Question

2004-11-30 Thread Mark A Kruger
Andy, Try: YEAR(dateadd(year,-1,tabInvoices.InvoiceDate) -mk -Original Message- From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL Question In MS SQL, why does this work: CASE YEAR(tabInvoices.InvoiceDate) but this thr

Re: SQL question

2004-11-05 Thread Jeff Fongemie
>Use CFQUERYPARAM with the 'list' attribute and it should work: > >... >dealer_zip IN (value="#returnedzips#" list="true" />) > >Just make sure that the zips in 'returnedzips' don't have truncated >leading zeros. > >cheers, >barneyb That worked! > >On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:51:24 -0400, Jeff Fongem

Re: SQL question

2004-11-05 Thread Barney Boisvert
Use CFQUERYPARAM with the 'list' attribute and it should work: ... dealer_zip IN () Just make sure that the zips in 'returnedzips' don't have truncated leading zeros. cheers, barneyb On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:51:24 -0400, Jeff Fongemie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have a table

RE: SQL Question...

2004-10-12 Thread Blaine Korte
>This is a scary thing to hear a web developer say. If you really feel that >uncomfortable about joins, you should immediately stop what you're doing >and study relational databases until you understand the basics - joins, >normalization, and declarative referential integrity. It really is that >im

RE: SQL Question...

2004-10-12 Thread Dave Watts
> This is why I stay away from joins - they're so complicated > that when I cant get them to work, that's all I concentrate on. ;-) > ... > Blaine Korte > Web Developer This is a scary thing to hear a web developer say. If you really feel that uncomfortable about joins, you should immediately st

RE: SQL Question...

2004-10-12 Thread Cornillon, Matthieu (Consultant)
> Wow, do I ever feel stupid.  It was the output stage that I had my problem > with.  It's fixed, that join query runs fine. I'm glad it worked out.  No need to feel stupid: getting a second (third, fourth,...,nth) pair of eyes to look at the issue freshly is one of the great things about this

Re: SQL Question...

2004-10-12 Thread G
aine Korte   To: CF-Talk   Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:20 PM   Subject: RE: SQL Question...   Wow, do I ever feel stupid.  It was the output stage that I had my problem   with.  It's fixed, that join query runs fine.   This is why I stay away from joins - they're so complicated th

RE: SQL Question...

2004-10-12 Thread Blaine Korte
Wow, do I ever feel stupid.  It was the output stage that I had my problem with.  It's fixed, that join query runs fine. This is why I stay away from joins - they're so complicated that when I cant get them to work, that's all I concentrate on. ;-) Thanks a bunch for the help, Matthieu! Blaine

RE: SQL Question...

2004-10-12 Thread Cornillon, Matthieu (Consultant)
> Can anybody lend a hand and help me out on this one?  All it does is return > 1 row no matter how many rows are in the sizeLine table.. Blaine, I'm not exactly sure why this is happening, but here are some ideas of what to check: 1) Forgive me for suggesting the obvious, but since it's

RE: SQL Question: Using query to generate report columns

2004-10-01 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Thanks.  I was being myoptic and only thinking about this in SQL.  Easy solution. Thanks   -Original Message-   From: Douglas Knudsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 11:03 AM   To: CF-Talk   Subject: Re: SQL Question: Using query to generate report columns   If

Re: SQL Question: Using query to generate report columns

2004-10-01 Thread Douglas Knudsen
If you have Customer1  Item #1 Customer1  Item #2 Customer1   Customer2  Item #1 Customer2  Item #2 Customer2   then you can use the GROUP attribute of cfoutput, make sure you have oreder by customer in your SQL and     #foo.customer#   #item#       some

RE: sql question

2004-09-22 Thread Jason Reichenbach
Turn it into a Stored Procedure and just call the stored procedure. Either using cfquery or cfstoredproc.   _   From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:34 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: sql question it cant be ommitted when creating a view and you do

Re: sql question

2004-09-22 Thread Michael Traher
I wonder if SQLBATCHER on CFLIB may help - just looked at this this morning! http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?id=1127 On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:33:55 -0400, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it cant be ommitted when creating a view and > you do that from a single dsn in cfmx and you > have to r

RE: sql question

2004-09-22 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Well, really it should be an SP.    _   From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 September 2004 15:34 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: sql question it cant be ommitted when creating a view and you do that from a single dsn in cfmx and you have to reference the database. CREATE VIEW

Re: sql question

2004-09-22 Thread Tony Weeg
it cant be ommitted when creating a view and you do that from a single dsn in cfmx and you have to reference the database. CREATE VIEW must be first in the sql statement, unless its preceded by a "GO" heres what im doing... we are using a distributed partitioned view, and when we make table c

RE: sql question

2004-09-22 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
I don't think so no, but GO is not required in SQL, it can be ommited.    _   From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 September 2004 14:59 To: CF-Talk Subject: ot: sql question is it true that we cannot use go in sql statements using cfquery? -- tony Tony Weeg macromedia cert

Re: sql question

2004-09-22 Thread Paul Hastings
correct (if you mean for sql server) > is it true that we cannot use go in sql statements using cfquery? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

RE: SQL Question

2004-09-14 Thread Tangorre, Michael
I think I solved it Join the document table in twice and in the join clause added the condition SELECT R.TEAMING_AGREEMENT_ID, R.ROUTE_GROUP_ID, B.BUSINESS_NAME, T.OPPORTUNITY_ID, D.DOCUMENT_NAME AS TEAMING_AGREEMENT_DOCUMENT, D.DOCUMENT_EXTENSION AS TEAMING_AGREEMENT_DOCUMENT_EXTEN

Re: SQL Question

2004-08-16 Thread Ewok
Monday, August 16, 2004 3:32 PM   Subject: Re: SQL Question   I think you'd probably have to have a temp table and save a record to it   and then delete out the entire original table and then insert the   single row back into the table from temp.   On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:19:39 -0400, Qa

RE: SQL Question

2004-08-16 Thread Adrian Lynch
Is it 7 or 2000 you're using? On 2000 I've used this before... SELECT TOP 1 * FROM table ORDER BY NEWID() Double check that is is bringing back a random row as it was a while ago that I used it. In fact I think it was on 7 and I may have used something else. DELETE FROM yourTable WHERE some

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