Reg: Crystal report pie chart

Hi,
I am using VS.NET2002, Cr 9.1.I created one Report in which i am using pie chart.The problem is that i am getting report on development m/c but when i am running same exe on client m/c it is showing all other text object except Chart (i.e date,page no etc.)

Do i need to put any particular dll or file related to chart on client m/c

any help will be appreciated.....

Regards,
RiteshHi,
I got the solution on other forum.I copied the file sscsdk80.dll to client m/c and it did the trick.........

Ritesh|||Thanks for sharing the solution :)

Reg URL Report Access Path Format

I'm trying to render a report created using SSRS to open in a web browser in windows form.
This is the URL used:
"http://localhost/reportserver?/C:/Documents and Settings/xsbangalore/My Documents/Visual Studio 2005/Projects/prmRpt/prmRpt&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Parameters=false&StartDate='01/01/2005'&EndDate='01/01/2007'";

I'm not able to see the report.
Error: Unable to link to Web page

What is missing?

The URL must refer to a report that is in the Report Server catalog database. You cannot refer to documents on disc as reports. Upload the report to the Report Server and then use Report Manager or the reportserver url to browse to the report. From there you will see how a URL is constructed.

Example:

http://localhost/reportserver?/Report Project1/report1&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Parameters=false&StartDate='01/01/2005'&EndDate='01/01/2007'";

|||If I dont have a report server created, what's the alternative?

OR
How do I create a resport server instance?

reg exporting crystal reports to Excel format

Hi Babu,

I have created a report using crystal reports and the template has a field that is formatted with (PrintTime) and another field(File Creation Time). When i export this report to .doc file( using VC++ code) I can see the these fields properly. But when i export to .xls file I get ###### in these fields instead of the actual value. These "######" appear only for the time fields and not for the date fields. Also when the cell is formatted to hold a general value , the cell shows a long number.

Can you help as to what would have caused this problem and how i can rectify this?The "problem" you have is not really a problem, it's how Excel was designed to work.

Excel shows "####" when the column isn't wide enough to show the entire contents.

Excel treats dates as long numbers (probably the number of seconds from a certain date) and it's up to the user to make sure the Cell is formatted to display properly.

As for how to fix it, I'm not sure. You can try Crystal's website to see if you can find an article on formatting Excel Cells and Columns.

http://support.businessobjects.com/search/advsearch.asp|||I have increased the cell size and formatted it for showing time.
The ##### still exists. When i change the cell format to general(a long number) is displayed but in the time format these hashes appear|||You may may not be increasing the width of the column enough. In Excel, assuming that you have the date in cell A1, if you double-click the line that separates the column headers "A" and "B", Excel will automatically resize column "A" to fit the width of the longest Cell in the column. I'm not sure if it will help you in Crystal Reports, but in VB I can achieve this with the following line of code:

xlApp.ActiveSheet.Columns("A:A").EntireColumn.AutoFit|||Try printing Printtime and FileCreationDateTIme in different lines. Maybe it's a data issue. I hope there are no special characters in data. Also try displaying Just YYYY from both fields and slowly slowly try adding mm and dd etc..

THanks

Reg - Passing parameters to MDX Queries

Hi,
I am trying to use parameters in MDX Queries From one data set to other data
Set I created a data set which gives me Time values.
I am using this as parameter value as I do in SQL Queries.
Ex -
SELECT {[Measures].[Unit Sales]} on columns,
ORDER([Promotion Media].[Media Type].members,[Measures].[Unit Sales],DESC)
on rows FROM SALES where @.Time
When run It does'nt populate the value for the @.Time parameter
When i preview the report it populates the parameter values but when the
report view button is clicked it fails to build the Query because it cannot
populate the string.
Is there any other way to use the parameters and pass the parameters in MDX
Queries?
if possible with Examples
Thanks,Hi!
In MDX, this is not so simple. Checkt the article at
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/10894_3386441_1
for the procedure.
--
Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
Associate Mentor
Solid Quality Learning
More than just Training
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"Yalaman" <Yalaman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:413ED68C-5AD5-4143-B079-1ADDE5DB6EF2@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I am trying to use parameters in MDX Queries From one data set to other
data
> Set I created a data set which gives me Time values.
> I am using this as parameter value as I do in SQL Queries.
> Ex -
> SELECT {[Measures].[Unit Sales]} on columns,
> ORDER([Promotion Media].[Media Type].members,[Measures].[Unit Sales],DESC)
> on rows FROM SALES where @.Time
> When run It does'nt populate the value for the @.Time parameter
> When i preview the report it populates the parameter values but when the
> report view button is clicked it fails to build the Query because it
cannot
> populate the string.
>
> Is there any other way to use the parameters and pass the parameters in
MDX
> Queries?
> if possible with Examples
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>|||The OleDB provider for AS 2000 does not support parameterized MDX queries.
This MSDN article explains how to achieve parameterized MDX in RS 2000:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/olapasandrs.asp
In addition, you may want to download this sample:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f9b6e945-1f4c-4b7c-9c83-c6801f0576ff&DisplayLang=en
BTW: RS 2005 Beta 2 contains graphical and text-based query designers for
MDX and DMX. They also support single-value parameters at this point.
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Dejan Sarka" <dejan_please_reply_to_newsgroups.sarka@.avtenta.si> wrote in
message news:e6eUiDqrEHA.1964@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi!
> In MDX, this is not so simple. Checkt the article at
> http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/10894_3386441_1
> for the procedure.
> --
> Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
> Associate Mentor
> Solid Quality Learning
> More than just Training
> www.SolidQualityLearning.com
> "Yalaman" <Yalaman@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:413ED68C-5AD5-4143-B079-1ADDE5DB6EF2@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to use parameters in MDX Queries From one data set to other
> data
> > Set I created a data set which gives me Time values.
> >
> > I am using this as parameter value as I do in SQL Queries.
> >
> > Ex -
> > SELECT {[Measures].[Unit Sales]} on columns,
> > ORDER([Promotion Media].[Media Type].members,[Measures].[Unit
Sales],DESC)
> > on rows FROM SALES where @.Time
> >
> > When run It does'nt populate the value for the @.Time parameter
> >
> > When i preview the report it populates the parameter values but when the
> > report view button is clicked it fails to build the Query because it
> cannot
> > populate the string.
> >
> >
> > Is there any other way to use the parameters and pass the parameters in
> MDX
> > Queries?
> > if possible with Examples
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Refreshing data in GridView

Hi,

I’m new to SQL Express, but I have created a table and a stored proc to populate it.

I have dragged the table into a form so I can view the data in a GridView.

I have added a button to add new rows to the table.

All the above works fine, except when I hit add, the data gets added, but the GridView doesn’t update and show the new data. Is there some code I can add to the add button that also refreshed the GridView?

Thanks

Mike

You can use Response.Redirect(yourpage.aspx)|||There was a mistake above. That should be Response.Redirect("yourpage.aspx")sql

Refreshing a User Defined Type

Hi,
Using a User Define Type (a class written in C# for use in SQL 2005).
I have added my assembly and created a new Type and tested inserting and
selecting.
I now need to add a new field to my class.
How can I update the assembly and the type without disrupting the data
that is currently stored under the UDT.
Many Thanks in Advance
Stuart
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> Using a User Define Type (a class written in C# for use in SQL 2005).
> I have added my assembly and created a new Type and tested inserting
> and selecting.
> I now need to add a new field to my class.
> How can I update the assembly and the type without disrupting the data
> that is currently stored under the UDT.
>
Unless you have created the UDT with Format.UserDefined you can't. If
you have created it with UserDefined you need to, in your Read method,
cater for the fact that the new field may not be available. Then you run
ALTER ASSEMBLY and you use the WITH UNCHECKED DATA option.
Niels
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**********|||"Niels Berglund" <nielsb@.develop.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9777AABB8FC2Bnielsbdevelopcom@.20
7.46.248.16...
> Unless you have created the UDT with Format.UserDefined you can't. If
> you have created it with UserDefined you need to, in your Read method,
> cater for the fact that the new field may not be available. Then you run
> ALTER ASSEMBLY and you use the WITH UNCHECKED DATA option.
Doing this is not a good idea for a number of reasons. It will only work if
your UDT is IsFixedLength = false. Any DBCC CheckTable command on your UDT
will now fail. If your UDT is IsByteOrdered=True, you will end up with 2
udts that have the same value but with different byte representation,
potentially returning wrong results in queries that filter on your UDT.
Additional reasons this is a bad idea are left unspecified.
A better approach is to make a new column and copy your UDT data into it in
either binary or string format. Drop the type and create it again from your
new assembly and reparse the old udt data into the new UDT column. This may
seem like a lot more work, but it's the only way to do it right.
Steven|||"Steven Hemingray [MSFT]" <stevehem@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:e$Y15v9OGHA.3164@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:

> Doing this is not a good idea for a number of reasons. It will only
> work if your UDT is IsFixedLength = false. Any DBCC CheckTable
> command on your UDT will now fail.
Well, I never said it was a good idea :-)

> If your UDT is IsByteOrdered=True,
> you will end up with 2 udts that have the same value but with
> different byte representation, potentially returning wrong results in
> queries that filter on your UDT.
Hmm, can you elaborate on that; if my read method caters for missing a
field, how can two udt's with the same value have different byte
representations?
[SNIP]
> A better approach is to make a new column and copy your UDT data into
> it in either binary or string format. Drop the type and create it
> again from your new assembly and reparse the old udt data into the new
> UDT column. This may seem like a lot more work, but it's the only way
> to do it right.
OK, so when you say re=parse the data, I assume you mean that the user
has to - before inserting the old data into the new column - either
update the old data so it contains some bogus value for the missing
field, or have the write method handle it?
Niels
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**********|||Thanks for the replies guys.
However how would i handle the case where a field was removed from the
UDT, would i then have to copy all the fields individually when copying
the class to another column ?
Stuart
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> However how would i handle the case where a field was removed from the
> UDT, would i then have to copy all the fields individually when
> copying the class to another column ?
>
Well, as I wrote in my original reply, the easiest way is that you
handle it in your read and write methods. However, if you copy the data
to a separate table, then - in this scenario - you should copy it as the
string representation. Then you would need to update that data and take
away the removed field. Finally you insert the data back into the table
with the updated type.
Niels
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news:Xns97786A60D5CDAnielsbdevelopcom@.20
7.46.248.16...
> "Steven Hemingray [MSFT]" <stevehem@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:e$Y15v9OGHA.3164@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:
> Hmm, can you elaborate on that; if my read method caters for missing a
> field, how can two udt's with the same value have different byte
> representations?
What if you run Alter Assembly and your read method doesn't get called
again? When queries refer to your IsByteOrdered udt, the udt isn't
instantiated so your read method isn't called.
--Assume Point is Format.UserDefined, IsByteOrdered=True,
IsFixedLength=False, and MaxByteSize leaves enough room for the alter
assembly expansion
CREATE TABLE DataPoints(c1 Point)
go
insert into DataPoints values(convert(Point, '(2,2)'))
go
--now alter the assembly that contains Point to add a new field to the type
ALTER ASSEMBLY Point_Assembly
go
--This won't return any rows because the bytes of the new udt Point for
(2,2) are different than the bytes for the old udt Point (2,2)
select * from DataPoints where c1 = convert(Point, '(2,2)')
In order for this to work, you'd need to write a stored-proc to go through
and 'refresh' your udt every place it is persisted. If you're going to do
this, you might as well do it the safe way and drop the type to ensure that
you catch all cases and don't hit any surprises.

> OK, so when you say re=parse the data, I assume you mean that the user
> has to - before inserting the old data into the new column - either
> update the old data so it contains some bogus value for the missing
> field, or have the write method handle it?
I think you mean the Read method, but that's correct. If the String
representation of the type doesn't change, then the user could go through
the Parse method instead without requiring additional work.
Obviously, changing the serialization of your UDT when it's already in use
is something to be avoided if at all possible.
Steven|||"Steven Hemingray [MSFT]" <stevehem@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:OEBRH7IPGHA.2440@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:

> What if you run Alter Assembly and your read method doesn't get called
> again? When queries refer to your IsByteOrdered udt, the udt isn't
> instantiated so your read method isn't called.
> --Assume Point is Format.UserDefined, IsByteOrdered=True,
> IsFixedLength=False, and MaxByteSize leaves enough room for the alter
> assembly expansion
> CREATE TABLE DataPoints(c1 Point)
> go
> insert into DataPoints values(convert(Point, '(2,2)'))
> go
> --now alter the assembly that contains Point to add a new field to the
> type ALTER ASSEMBLY Point_Assembly
> go
> --This won't return any rows because the bytes of the new udt Point
> for (2,2) are different than the bytes for the old udt Point (2,2)
> select * from DataPoints where c1 = convert(Point, '(2,2)')
>
Hmm, I see your point (pun intended).
Quick question, if this is now the case, is there any reason for ALTER
ASSEMBLY ... WITH UNCHECKED DATA? I.e., when changing a type we should
always move the data to some other table and then re-populate.
Niels
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7.46.248.16...
> Quick question, if this is now the case, is there any reason for ALTER
> ASSEMBLY ... WITH UNCHECKED DATA? I.e., when changing a type we should
> always move the data to some other table and then re-populate.
Yep - Alter Assembly's primary use case is for fixing bugs in your code.
With UDTs, you may have a bug in one of the methods that you want to fix or
you may need to add a new method. With Format.Native UDTs, you can do this
without requiring WITH UNCHECKED DATA even when your type is persisted
because the server can verify that the serialization did not change.
(UNCHECKED DATA might still be required in cases where a UDT method is
persisted somewhere). With Format.UserDefined UDTs, you could change the
serialization and the server would never know it so WITH UNCHECKED DATA is
required even if you are not modifying the serialization.
Steven

Refresh with jsp doesnt work

Hi!

I've created a simple jsp page with a crystal report viewer on it. I used Crystal Reports Developer to design the report, as db I use access and IBM WSED to create and run the jsp file on a server. That works fine, but when I would refresh the report it shows no recordset (and also no error message appears). Why I can't refresh the data?

The code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.CrystalReportViewer" %>
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.*" %>
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.reports.reportengineinterface.JPEReportSourceFactory,
com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSourceFactory2,com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSource"
%>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
CrystalTest.jsp

<%
try {

IReportSourceFactory2 rptSrcFactory = new JPEReportSourceFactory();

String report = "/CrystalReport/Report1.rpt";

Object reportSource = rptSrcFactory.createReportSource(report, request.getLocale())

CrystalReportViewer viewer = new CrystalReportViewer();
viewer.setReportSource(reportSource);

viewer.setOwnPage(true);
viewer.setTop(80);
viewer.setDisplayGroupTree(false);
viewer.setHasLogo(false);
viewer.setHasRefreshButton(true);

viewer.processHttpRequest(request, response, getServletConfig().getServletContext(), null);
viewer.dispose();
} catch(Exception e)
{

out.println("CrystalTest: "+e);
}
%>

</BODY
</HTML>hi there!

I've now solved the problem with a jdbc/db2 connection.

The solution is, that I must connect the Crystal Report with jdbc/db2 to the database and also connect in java/jsp to the database as the follows (only samplecode from helpfile):

setDbLogonViewReport.jsp

<%@. page import= "com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.*,
com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.*" %>
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.*" %>
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.*" %>
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.reports.reportengineinterface.JPEReportSourceFactory" %>
<%@. page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSourceFactory2" %>

<%
Object reportSource = session.getAttribute("reportSource");
if (reportSource == null)
{
String report = "/reports/sample.rpt";
IReportSourceFactory2 rptSrcFactory = new JPEReportSourceFactory();
reportSource = rptSrcFactory.createReportSource(report, request.getLocale());
session.setAttribute("reportSource", reportSource);
}

ConnectionInfos connInfos = new ConnectionInfos();
IConnectionInfo connInfo1 = new ConnectionInfo();
connInfo1.setUserName("reportLogin");
connInfo1.setPassword("");
connInfos.add(connInfo1);

CrystalReportViewer viewer = new CrystalReportViewer();

viewer.setReportSource(reportSource);
&n bsp; viewer.setEnableLogonPrompt(false);
viewer.setDatabaseLogonInfos(connInfos);

if (session.getAttribute("refreshed") == null)
{
viewer.refresh();
session.setAttribute("refreshed", "true");
}

viewer.setOwnPage(true);

viewer.processHttpRequest(request, response, getServletConfig().getServletContext(), null);
%>

Ask if you've more questions to that.

Refresh Fields list

Ok, what is the secret key combination to refresh the fields list? Please? :-)
I am modifying a drilldown report I created, and have added a field returned from my stored procedure, and would now like to include this field on my report. I am clicking around and I cannot seem to trigger it to refresh the fields list, and I am receiving a build error as follows:
"The value expression for the textbox â'Regionâ' refers to the field â'REGION_ORG_CODEâ'. Report item expressions can only refer to fields within the current data set scope or, if inside an aggregate, the specified data set scope."
This field is within the current data set scope, or at least it should be. How can I include this field on my report? CTRL-ALT-F?DOH! Just noticed there is a button on the toolbar in the Data tab for this. It would be nice if this were a little more obvious.
Also, I would suggest that this feature be added to the Right click context menu in the Fields list itself.
Thanks.
"Joe" wrote:
> Ok, what is the secret key combination to refresh the fields list? Please? :-)
> I am modifying a drilldown report I created, and have added a field returned from my stored procedure, and would now like to include this field on my report. I am clicking around and I cannot seem to trigger it to refresh the fields list, and I am receiving a build error as follows:
> "The value expression for the textbox â'Regionâ' refers to the field â'REGION_ORG_CODEâ'. Report item expressions can only refer to fields within the current data set scope or, if inside an aggregate, the specified data set scope."
> This field is within the current data set scope, or at least it should be. How can I include this field on my report? CTRL-ALT-F?

Refresh cube after data changed?

After I created a cube in BI Studio, I added more data to the fact table, modified dimension table, and refreshed DSV. I got Refresh Data Source View message ‘No changes have been found’, but I didn’t see the data that I just added in from cube browser.

(Database connecting and database structure didn’t change)

My questions:

1. Is refresh DSV only for database structure change?
2. Which step I was missing for refreshing cube data?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, refreshing is to pull database structure changes into the DSV. To get the new data, "Process" the cube.

You'll find that MSAS provides a rich set of capabilities and abilities to update the data. For now, always do a "Full Process", until you get more comfortable with the technology. Depending on the size of your cube, plan on spending a little time learning about incremental processing and partitions. For anything other than small cubes, expect to define / manage partitions are part of the definitions. The impact on performance is dramatic.

|||Thank you very much Dave.

It is very helpful information.

Refresh cube after data changed?

After I created a cube in BI Studio, I added more data to

the fact table, modified dimension table, and refreshed DSV. I got Refresh Data

Source View message ‘No changes have been found’, but I didn’t see the data that

I just added in from cube browser.

(Database connecting and database structure didn’t change)

My questions:

1. Is refresh

   DSV only for database structure change?

2. Which

   step I was missing for refreshing cube data?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, refreshing is to pull database structure changes into the DSV. To get the new data, "Process" the cube.

You'll find that MSAS provides a rich set of capabilities and abilities to update the data. For now, always do a "Full Process", until you get more comfortable with the technology. Depending on the size of your cube, plan on spending a little time learning about incremental processing and partitions. For anything other than small cubes, expect to define / manage partitions are part of the definitions. The impact on performance is dramatic.

|||Thank you very much Dave.

It is very helpful information.

Refresh cube after data changed?

After I created a cube in BI Studio, I added more data to the fact table, modified dimension table, and refreshed DSV. I got Refresh Data Source View message ‘No changes have been found’, but I didn’t see the data that I just added in from cube browser.

(Database connecting and database structure didn’t change)

My questions:

1. Is refresh DSV only for database structure change?
2. Which step I was missing for refreshing cube data?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, refreshing is to pull database structure changes into the DSV. To get the new data, "Process" the cube.

You'll find that MSAS provides a rich set of capabilities and abilities to update the data. For now, always do a "Full Process", until you get more comfortable with the technology. Depending on the size of your cube, plan on spending a little time learning about incremental processing and partitions. For anything other than small cubes, expect to define / manage partitions are part of the definitions. The impact on performance is dramatic.

|||Thank you very much Dave.

It is very helpful information.

Refresh calculation when working on imported as db

Hi,
I created a new solution and imported an AS db to it so I can avoid to work on the database itself.
Now, when I change an MDX formula in a calculation, I cannot see the change effect in the browser without re-processing the cube.

What Am I missing? There sure is a way to see the effect of a calculation change by using some kind of refresh? I tried re-connect and refresh and save, nothing works.

Thanks,
Philippe

The BI project you imported is offline, changes to calculations are only saved to the local .cube file (while the cube browser gets the data from the live server). That's why you need to re-deploy (not necessarily with processing though) on the server. For editing calculations and quickly seeing the effects, it's easier to work in online mode (from Visual Studio, File -> Open -> Analysis Services Database).

Adrian Dumitrascu

|||

Adrian Dumitrascu wrote:

The BI project you imported is offline, changes to calculations are only saved to the local .cube file (while the cube browser gets the data from the live server). That's why you need to re-deploy (not necessarily with processing though) on the server. For editing calculations and quickly seeing the effects, it's easier to work in online mode (from Visual Studio, File -> Open -> Analysis Services Database).

Adrian Dumitrascu

Yes Offline you need to deploy before you see the changes, in online mode you need to SAVE to see the changes.

That requires some tricky organization when working as a team...

Also, tough not to break something working when changing a formula.
Lastly Sourcesafe becomes hard to use like that.
SourceSafe does a poor job anyways with cubes. When you delete an object like cube or dataview you cannot get it back from the history. It shows it in the project exlporer but says object has been deleted and is invalid...

I sure yet have to master VSS however I suspect that there is room for improvement in this working model.

Philippe

Referensing an alias field within the same view

I have created an Alias field in a View using a Case statement and next I
want to reference that Alias field in another Alias field with a Case
statement. I get an error stating the first field is not valid. Example of
what I'm trying to do
Column
Alias
CASE WHEN [A] = 0 AND [B] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END Expr1
CASE WHEN [Expr1] = 1 AND [C] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END Expr2
SQL doesn't like my referencing Expr1 in the second field. I suppose I could
save the first view and then create a new view based on the first but I was
hoping there might be a way to get around that. Thanks for any help.AkAlan,
As you said, it is an alias and you can not reference it in the same column
list. May be using a derived table, a view, or rewiting the expression.
select
orderid, productid, ext_price * (1.00 - (discount / 100.00)) as exp2
from
(
select orderid, productid, quantity * unitprice as ext_price
from [order details]
) as t
go
AMB
"AkAlan" wrote:

> I have created an Alias field in a View using a Case statement and next I
> want to reference that Alias field in another Alias field with a Case
> statement. I get an error stating the first field is not valid. Example of
> what I'm trying to do
> Column
> Alias
> CASE WHEN [A] = 0 AND [B] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END Expr1
> CASE WHEN [Expr1] = 1 AND [C] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END Expr2
> SQL doesn't like my referencing Expr1 in the second field. I suppose I cou
ld
> save the first view and then create a new view based on the first but I wa
s
> hoping there might be a way to get around that. Thanks for any help.
>

referencing to a function..

I was created a function named aa.

It is possible to reference to it without using the dbo. prnounce ?

eg: select aa(), not select dbo.aa()

thanks,

ViktorThe owner name is required for scalar UDFs but not for table-valued UDFs.
Otherwise it could be difficult to identify from the syntax that a scalar
UDF was being referenced.

--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
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Referencing SQLDMO in UNSAFE assembly

I created a SQL Server Project in VS 2005, and tried to add a reference to SQLDMO Object dll. But the reference --> add reference, does not allow it. It does not work, even if I set the Assembly Permission Level to UNAFE/EXTERNAL ACCESS.

Reason I'm trying to do this:

We have a SQL 2000 stored procedure that uses SQLDMO using sp_OACreate to BCP files to database. We are converting to 2005 and because of SOX restrictions, I'm trying to replace the sp_OACreate part with external stored procedure written in C#.

According to BOL, I thought atleast UNSAFE should support this, but it seems not.

Probably, I'm expecting too much..

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Thanks to Vineet Rao's posting to one of of the answers on this forum, to a similar problem.

I registered "signed" InterOp.SQLDMO.dll (which is obtained by referecing to a regular project) , as UNSAFE, and it appeared in the Reference section of SQL Server Project.

Thanks

Baskar

Referencing sql in IF THEN ELSE Statement

The Background:

From page 1 a search is created and this value is converted to a querystring and given the name "id=" and passed to page 2. Page 2 then does a lookup in the sql 2000 db useing this querystring.

<

asp:SqlDataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"runat="server"ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ListingDBConnectionString %>"SelectCommand="SELECT [ID], [CompName], [Package] FROM [CDetails] WHERE ([ID] = @.ID)"><SelectParameters><asp:QueryStringParameterName="ID"QueryStringField="id"Type="Int32"/></SelectParameters></asp:SqlDataSource>

The Problem:

What I then need to do is an IF THEN ELSE statement.

IF [Package in SQL1] = 4 Then

Package 4

IF [Package in SQL1] = 3 Then

Package 3

Only how do I reference the sql value in the if statement.

I have tried

<%IF Eval("Package") = 4 Then %> and with Bind - No good

Hi asiddle,

If you want to proceed IF then in SQL statement, I suggest you use CASE...WHEN...

You can first put the SelectCommand into a stored procedure, then use CASE...WHEN... to do the switch.

For more information, please check the following link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181765.aspx

HTH. If this does not answer your question, please feel free to mark the post as Not Answered and reply. Thank you!

|||

Hello Kevin,

Many thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I cant make head nor tails of it. I followed your link to msdn but as usual all its actually done is confused the hell out of me. Is it possible you could drop an example?

Many thanks

|||

Hi asiddle,

I suggest you put the CASE...WHEN into a stored procedure, and take @.ID as parameter.

For example:

SELECT [ID], [CompName], [Package] FROM [CDetails] WHERE [ID] =
CASE
WHEN @.ID>1 Then XXXX
WHEN XXXX Then XXXX

|||

[Package] is an integer field ?

SELECT [ID], [CompName], 'Package ' + convert(varchar(10), [Package]) as [Package_Desc]

FROM [CDetails] WHERE ([ID] = @.ID

References in SQL Server Projects

Hi,

I'm using Visual Studio Beta 1 with SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 and have created a SQL Server Project.

The first thing I tried was to add a reference to a C# class library project that contains many C# tools I like.

Bad news, I get the following error message:

"A reference to 'csharplibrary' could not be added. SQL Server projects can reference only other SQL Server projects."

My question is: is this behavior a limitation of any of the Betas, or is it going to stay? This greatly limits the use of the CLR in SQL Server, IMO.

Martin

Hi,

There are various different approaches you can follow to get your scenario working.
1. You can pre-register all the assemblies that you want to refer in your project - inside your SQL Server database using the CREATE ASSEMBLY statement. Once you are done with that, you can refer them in Visual Studio SQL Server projects using the add reference (they should be shown in the list).
2. You can use class library projects (that allows you to reference any assemblies on the disk) to build your assembly and then register them via SQL Server Management Studio using the CREATE ASSEMBLY statement.

The behavior that you are seeing is going to stay as-is in Visual Studio 2005.

Thanks,
-Vineet.|||
Vineet, thanks for that precious information. It's working... almost.

The assembly is registered, but I get the following error when trying to reference it in Visual Studio for the SQL Server project:
A reference to 'classlibrary' could not be added. This is not a valid assembly or COM component. Only assemblies with extension 'dll' or 'manifest' or COM components can be referenced. Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component.
I've used the same assembly in other VS projects and it's working fine. It's a very basic C# class library/dll with one class containing one static method (no static field).

Any suggestions?

Martin|||

Hi Martin,

This is a known bug and has been fixed in Visual Studio 2005 feb CTP onwards.

Thanks,
-Vineet.