vinu512 (4/12/2012)

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dwain.c (4/11/2012)

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Being the contrarion that I am, I'll offer another solution.

DECLARE @t TABLE (id INT, test VARCHAR(10), status VARCHAR(10))

INSERT INTO @t (id, test, status)

SELECT 1, 'test1', 'Passed' UNION ALL

SELECT...

drew.allen (4/12/2012)

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xenophilia (4/11/2012)

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when i run this:

SELECT Distinct Outcome

, TestNo

, SUBSTRING(RIGHT('SuitePath',DATALENGTH('SuitePath') - 1),1,PATINDEX('%\%',RIGHT('SuitePath',DATALENGTH('SuitePath') - 1)) - 1)

from testsuite

i get this error

Msg 536, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

Invalid length parameter passed...

Mike01 (4/12/2012)

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I modified your cte a little and I think these might be the results you're looking for

;WITH cte AS (

SELECT *,

ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY EventNumber, OBJECTID, ObjectSerial ORDER BY...

vinu512 (4/12/2012)

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Works Perfectly for me with IS NULL.

Tried it like this :

Create Table Ex

(item1 int,

item2 varchar(5),

item3 int)

Insert Into Ex

Select 1, 'pen', 34

Union All

Select 1, 'pen', null

Select *...

if those results are not what you need can you post your expected results from the sample data.

run the query that forms the common table expression and take a look at the row number. once you see that it will be clear why even with your...

he is asking for DDL (create table statements) and sample data (hard coded inserts). please see the link in my signature...

xenophilia (4/11/2012)

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I am not catching the drift of that dialogue. Lynn is a man...I'm guessing. There was no offense meant.

Today was one of those days. Nothing worked and...

Lynn Pettis (4/11/2012)

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capn.hector (4/11/2012)

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Lynn Pettis (4/11/2012)

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xenophilia (4/11/2012)

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No, for the original DDL that I posted, her trimming functions worked. They returned Beverages.

I still only need the string between...

Lynn Pettis (4/11/2012)

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xenophilia (4/11/2012)

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No, for the original DDL that I posted, her trimming functions worked. They returned Beverages.

I still only need the string between the first set...

I think this is what you are looking for:

with cte as (select ROW_NUMBER () OVER (PARTITION BY EVENTNUMBER ORDER BY TIMESTAMP ASC) as ROW, * FROM ExampleLog)

SELECT * from cte...

the select 1 just returns 1 instead of the multiple values for your exist(). and for the cursor, we need the table deffinitions and sample data before we can...

suhailtajraja (4/11/2012)

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[Execute SQL Task] Error: Executing the query "/* removes Matters from timekeepers frequently use..." failed with the following error: "Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted...

once again that string works giving you dfsadfdsfsadfdsafdsaf when you run it through Lynn's parse

DECLARE @tststr VARCHAR(MAX);

SET @tststr = '\dfsadfdsfsadfdsafdsaf\popopsfdasfasdfds\erwrewaafadsfdsfsadfdsfsdfsadfdsafsdfsdfdsdfdfsadfdsafdsfwrerewrewrewrewrewre';

SELECT SUBSTRING(RIGHT(@tststr,DATALENGTH(@tststr) - 1),1,PATINDEX('%\%',RIGHT(@tststr,DATALENGTH(@tststr) - 1)) - 1);

since it works on the data provided we can not go any further with out better data. please post some of the actual data you are running it on...