I have integer values that are being passed from a parameter that needed to be input as a string and padded so that they are 7 digits. This will then be passed into another query.
declare #t table(ctl_num int)
insert into #t values(5675, 45464, 2323)
declare #control_num varchar(500)
set #control_num = (select stuff((select ',' + right('000' + cast(ctl_num as varchar),7)
from #t
FOR XML PATH('')),1, 1', ''))
This codes sets #control_num as ('0005675, 0045464, 0002323'). I need this to be passed as ("0005675", "0045464", "0002323").
I've looked at other examples on-line but I can't seem to get this to work. Does anyone know how to get the double quotes around each value?
I think there is some issue in setting #control_num.
Please try the following:
set #control_num = (select stuff((select ',"' + right('000' + cast(ctl_num as varchar),7) + '"'
from #t
FOR XML PATH('')),1, 1, ''))
I would suggest:
select string_agg(concat('"', right('000' + cast(ctl_num as varchar(255)), 7), '"', ',')
from #t;
string_agg() has been available since SQL Server 2017. Also note that you should always include a length when referring to strings in SQL Server.
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I am writing the sql query for creating the pivot table. I have the sample code where I am getting the result without error but the result should be values surrounded by square bracket to each value instead to the whole result. How do I setup for it?
I have tried using quote function but it is putting square bracket around the whole output.
DECLARE #CityNames NVARCHAR(MAX) = '', #t varchar(max) = 'jay, sam'
SELECT #CityNames += QUOTENAME(#t)+ ','
select #CityNames
I expect the output to be [jay],[sam], but the actual output is [jay,sam].
Is this what you want?
select '[' + #t + replace(#t, ', ', '], [') + ']')
QUOTENAME() treats the string as a single identifier, quoting appropriately The above should work for most reasonable column names.
I have found the answer by using QUOTENAME() function, we can follow the below code or above code by #gordon Linoff.
DECLARE #CityNames NVARCHAR(MAX) = '', #t nvarchar(max) = 'jay, sam', #result
varchar(max), #sSQL nvarchar(max)
SELECT #CityNames += + QUOTENAME(value)+',' from (select value from
dbo.fx_split( #t, ','))x
IF (RIGHT(#CityNames, 1) = ',')
set #CityNames = LEFT(#CityNames, LEN(#CityNames) - 1)
select #citynames
I want to convert numbers to 3 decimal places for each number between the character ".". For example:
1.1.5.2 -> 001.001.005.002
1.2 -> 001.002
4.0 -> 004.000
4.3 ->004.003
4.10 -> 004.010
This is my query:
SELECT ItemNo
FROM EstAsmTemp
This is fairly easy once you understand all the steps:
Split the string into the individual data points.
Convert the parsed values into the format you want.
Shove the new values back into a delimited list.
Ideally you shouldn't store data with multiple datapoints in a single intersection like this but sometimes you just have no choice.
I am using the string splitter from Jeff Moden and the community at Sql Server Central which can be found here. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/. There are plenty of other decent string splitters out there. Here are some excellent examples of other options. http://sqlperformance.com/2012/07/t-sql-queries/split-strings.
Make sure you understand this code before you use it in your production system because it will be you that gets the phone call at 3am asking for it to be fixed.
with something(SomeValue) as
(
select '1.1.5.2' union all
select '1.2' union all
select '4.0' union all
select '4.3' union all
select '4.10'
)
, parsedValues as
(
select SomeValue
, right('000' + CAST(x.Item as varchar(3)), 3) as NewValue
, x.ItemNumber as SortOrder
from something s
cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(SomeValue, '.') x
)
select SomeValue
, STUFF((Select '.' + NewValue
from parsedValues pv2
where pv2.SomeValue = pv.SomeValue
order by pv2.SortOrder
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, '') as Details
from parsedValues pv
group by pv.SomeValue
I decided to change it in the presentation layer, per Zohar Peled's comment.
You did not mention the number of '.' separator a column can have. I assume, the max is 4 and the solution is below.
SELECT STUFF(ISNULL('.' + RIGHT('000' + PARSENAME(STRVALUE,4),4),'') + ISNULL('.' + RIGHT('000' + PARSENAME(STRVALUE,3),4) ,'') + ISNULL('.' + RIGHT('000' + PARSENAME(STRVALUE,2),4) ,'') + ISNULL('.' + RIGHT('000' + PARSENAME(STRVALUE,1),4),''),1,1,'')
FROM (VALUES('1.1.5.2'), ('1.2'), ('4.0'),('4.3'), ('4.10')) A (STRVALUE)
I have a table variable in a stored procedure. What I want is to find all of the unique values in one column and join them in a comma-separated list. I am already in a stored procedure, so I can do it some way that way; however, I am curious if I can do this with a query. I am on SQL Server 2008. This query gets me the values I want:
SELECT DISTINCT faultType FROM #simFaults;
Is there a way (using CONCAT or something like that) where I can get the list as a single comma-separated value?
This worked for me on a test dataset.
DECLARE #MyCSV Varchar(200) = ''
SELECT #MyCSV = #MyCSV +
CAST(faulttype AS Varchar) + ','
FROM #Simfaults
GROUP BY faultType
SET #MyCSV = LEFT(#MyCSV, LEN(#MyCSV) - 1)
SELECT #MyCSV
The last part is needed to trim the trailing comma.
+1 to JNK - the other common way you will see, which doesn't require a variable is:
SELECT DISTINCT faulttype + ','
FROM #simfaults
FOR XML PATH ('')
Note that if faulttype contains characters like "<" for example, those will be xml encoded. But for simple values this will be OK.
this is how we do this
create table #test (item int)
insert into #test
values(1),(2),(3)
select STUFF((SELECT ', ' + cast(Item as nvarchar)
FROM #test
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 2, '')
Without the space after the comma it would be;
select STUFF((SELECT ',' + cast(Item as nvarchar)
FROM #test
FOR XML PATH('')), 1,1, '')
I am using FOR XML in a query to join multiple rows together, but the text contains quotes, "<", ">", etc. I need the actual character instead of the encoded value like """ etc. Any suggestions?
Basically what you're asking for is invalid XML and luckly SQL Server will not produce it. You can take the generated XML and extract the content, and this operation will revert the escaped characters to their text representation. This revert normally occurs in the presnetaitonlayer, but it can occur in SQL Server itslef by instance using XML methods to extract the content of the produced FOR XML output. For example:
declare #text varchar(max) = 'this text has < and >';
declare #xml xml;
set #xml = (select #text as [node] for xml path('nodes'), type);
select #xml;
select x.value(N'.', N'varchar(max)') as [text]
from #xml.nodes('//nodes/node') t(x);
I have a similar requirement to extract column names for use in PIVOT query.
The solution I used was as follows:
SELECT #columns = STUFF((SELECT '],[' + Value
FROM Table
ORDER BY Value
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 2, '') + ']'
This produces a single string:
[Value 1],[Value 2],[Value 3]
I hope this points you in the right direction.
--something like this?
SELECT * INTO #Names FROM (
SELECT Name='<>&' UNION ALL
SELECT Name='ab<>'
) Names;
-- 1)
SELECT STUFF(
(SELECT ', ' + Name FROM #Names FOR XML PATH(''))
,1,2,'');
-- 2)
SELECT STUFF(
(SELECT ', ' + Name FROM #Names FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('text()[1]','nvarchar(max)')
,1,2,'');
-- 2) is slower but will not return encoded value.
Hope it help.
In a SQL statement ( or procedure ) I want to collapse the rows of this table into a single comma delimited string.
simpleTable
id value
-- -----
1 "a"
2 "b"
3 "c"
Collapse to:
"a, b, c"
You can concatenate using an embedded 'set' statement in a query:
declare #combined varchar(2000)
select #combined = isnull(#combined + ', ','') + isnull(value,'')
from simpleTable
print #combined
(Note that the first isnull() initialises the string, and the second isnull() is especially important if there's any chance of nulls in the 'value' column, because otherwise a single null could wipe out the whole concatenation)
(edited code and explanation after comments)
Edit (ten years later):
SQL Server 2017 introduced the STRING_AGG() function which provides an official way of concatenating strings from different rows. Like other aggregation functions such as COUNT(), it can be used with GROUP BY.
So for the example above you could do:
select string_agg(value, ', ')
from simpleTable
If you had some other column and you wanted to concatenate for values of that column, you would add a 'group by' clause, e.g:
select someCategory, string_agg(value, ', ') as concatValues
from simpleTable
group by someCategory
Note string_agg will only work with SQL 2017 and above.
This will only work in MSSQL 2005+
select value + ',' from simpletable for xml path ('')
..one way to prevent the extra comma:
select case(row_number() over (order by id))
when 1 then value else ',' + value end
from simpletable
for xml path ('')
DECLARE #EmployeeList varchar(100)
SELECT #EmployeeList = COALESCE(#EmployeeList + ', ', '') +
CAST(Emp_UniqueID AS varchar(5))
FROM SalesCallsEmployees
WHERE SalCal_UniqueID = 1
SELECT #EmployeeList
Results:
1, 2, 4
This is based on #codeulike answer, but will prevent losing the portion of the string that gets concatenated before a null "value" is concatenated on.
declare #combined varchar(2000)
select #combined = isnull(#combined + ', ','') + ISNULL(value,'')
from simpleTable
print #combined