Something like this?

declare @a varchar(50), @b-2 varchar(50)

set @a = '+002345'

set @b-2 = '-002345'

select cast(@a as decimal(19,2)) as 'a', cast(@b as decimal(19,2)) as 'b'

Regards

Phil

Not quite sure I understand what you're trying to do. You say that this is an INSERT trigger - ie a trigger which is run when a new record...

Anne's nearly got it.

Try this:

select replace(convert(varchar(12),getdate(),114),':','')

Regards

Phil

Presumably you have a reason for using fixed-width files rather than [tab] or [comma] delimited? A mainframe background, perhaps

When you open the fixed-width...

Here's another version that does not require any joins:

Select ClientID from ClientRegs

where RegionID = 1 or RegionID = 28

group by ClientID

having count(ClientID) > 1

Regards

Phil

Hi Val

It seems that your original statement is nearly giving you what you want, except that you have spaces where you want zeroes to appear. So can you just...

Not sure how you are achieving this - Enterprise Manager or Query Analyser? I would expect the sp_rename stored procedure to work the fastest via QA. It was...

Hi Bernard - what sort of constraint? Some constraints (eg PK, FK) do not need to be dropped before renaming fields.

Otherwise, can't you just drop the constraint, rename the...

I must admit - I just assumed that a field called GivenName would be a string

DATALENGTH is a more general function, as it...

If I work on the assumption that you have a table 'tblNewRecords' that contains the daily updates, you can work along these lines:

--First do the updates

update all

set all.* = new.*...

Sounds like a process/application change to me. Hardware should have nothing to do with this.

As far as testing for invisible characters is concerned, you were on the right track...

Could it be a zero-length string? Try running

select *

from table where id = 12345 and GivenName = ''

If the record is still returned, you've cracked it.

Regards

Phil

Hi Maria

Something like this gets rid of the cursor and does everything in far fewer statements:

update wtp

set MinDate = (SELECT min(wtf.create_dt) FROM WT_ESPP_FACT wtf

...

Hi Maria, had a quick look at this and I think it can be re-coded, without needing a cursor and using fewer lines of code. However, no time at...

Can you expand a bit on what your problem is? Many people here try to avoid cursors as much as possible, for performance reasons, but sometimes you just have...