I want to use this Open SQL code in my ABAP code :
SELECT RIGHT( NODENAME, LENGTH( NODENAME ) - 8 )
FROM RSMHIERNODE
WHERE HIEID = 'HRJ'
INTO TABLE #lt_commentdata.
but when I try to activate the method I have this error :
In the function RIGHT , the parameter number 2 must be an abap variable. this is not the case for the expression that starts with 'LENGTH'.
Have any idea how can I solve this ?
You cannot use operator for length of RIGHT function. You need to give exact value. You can use SUBSTRING function with huge length.
Example:
SUBSTRING( NODENAME, 8, 999 )
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In one of the database tables, I have a nvarchar type field that contains a series of special strings combined with some special characters. For example:
'HGHGSD_JHJSD_HGSDHGJD_GFSDGFSHDGF_GFSD'
or
'SJDGh-SUDYSUI-jhsdhsj-YTsagh-ytetyyuwte-sagd'
or
'hwerweyri~sdjhfkjhsdkjfhds~jsdfhjsdhf~mdnfsd,mfn'
Based on a formula, a sub string is always returned after the special character. But this string may be after the first, second or third place of the special character - or _ or ~. I used Charindex and Substring function in SQL server. But always only the first part of the character string after the selected character is returned. for example:
select SUBSTRING ('hwerweyri~sdjhfkjhsdkjfhds~jsdfhjsdhf~mdnfsd,mfn', 0, CHARINDEX('~', 'hwerweyri~sdjhfkjhsdkjfhds~jsdfhjsdhf~mdnfsd,mfn', 0))
returned value: hwerweyri
If there is a solution for this purpose or you have a piece of code that can work in solving this problem, please advise.
It is important to mention that the location of the special character must be entered by ourselves in the function, for example, after the third repetition or the second repetition or the tenth repetition. The method or code should be such that the location can be entered dynamically and the function does not need to be defined statically.
For Example:
'HGHGSD_JHJSD_HGSDHGJD_GFSDGFSHDGF_GFSD' ==> 3rd substring ==> 'GFSDGFSHDGF'
'HGHGSD_JHJSD_HGSDHGJD_GFSDGFSHDGF_GFSD' ==> second substring ==> 'HGSDHGJD'
'HGHGSD_JHJSD_HGSDHGJD_GFSDGFSHDGF_GFSD' ==> 1st substring ==> 'JHJSD'
And The formula will be sent to the function through a programmed form and the generated numbers will be numbers between 1 and 15. These numbers are actually the production efficiency of a product whose form is designed in C# programming language. These numbers sent to the function are variable and each time these numbers may be sent to the function and applied to the desired character string. The output should look something like the one above. I don't know if I managed to get my point across or if I managed to make my request correctly or not.
Try the following function:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[SplitWithCte]
(
#String NVARCHAR(4000),
#Delimiter NCHAR(1),
#PlaceOfDelimiter int
)
RETURNS Table
AS
RETURN
(
WITH SplitedStrings(Ends,Endsp)
AS (
SELECT 0 AS Ends, CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#String) AS Endsp
UNION ALL
SELECT Endsp+1, CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#String,Endsp+1)
FROM SplitedStrings
WHERE Endsp > 0
)
SELECT f.DataStr
FROM (
SELECT 'RowId' = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT 1)),
'DataStr' = SUBSTRING(#String,Ends,COALESCE(NULLIF(Endsp,0),LEN(#String)+1)-Ends)
FROM SplitedStrings
) f WHERE f.RowId = #PlaceOfDelimiter + 1
)
How to use:
select * from [dbo].[SplitWithCte](N'HGHGSD_JHJSD_HGSDHGJD_GFSDGFSHDGF_GFSD', N'_', 3)
or
select DataStr from [dbo].[SplitWithCte](N'HGHGSD_JHJSD_HGSDHGJD_GFSDGFSHDGF_GFSD', N'_', 3)
Result: GFSDGFSHDGF
I have a column (RCV1.ECCValue) in a table which 99% of the time has a constant string format- example being:
T0-11.86-273
the middle part of the two hyphens is a percentage. I'm using the below sql to obtain this figure which is working fine and returns 11.86 on the above example. when the data in that table is in above format
'Percentage' = round(SUBSTRING(RCV1.ECCValue,CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue)+1, CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue,CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue)+1) -CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue)-1),2) ,
However...this table is updated from an external source and very occasionally the separators differ, for example:
T0-11.86_273
when this occurs I get the error:
Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.
I'm very new to SQL and have got myself out of many challenges but this one has got me stuck. Any help would be mostly appreciated. Is there a better way to extract this percentage value?
Replace '_' with '-' to string in CHARINDEX while specifying length to the substring
'Percentage' = round(SUBSTRING(RCV1.ECCValue,CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue)+1, CHARINDEX('-',replace(RCV1.ECCValue,'_','-'),CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue)+1) -CHARINDEX('-',RCV1.ECCValue)-1),2) ,
If you can guarantee the structure of these strings, you can try parsename
select round(parsename(translate(replace('T0-11.86_273','.',''),'-_','..'),2), 2)/100
Breakdown of steps
Replace . character in the percentage value with empty string using replace.
Replace - or _, whichever is present, with . using translate.
Parse the second element using parsename.
Round it up to 2 digits, which will also
automatically cast it to the desired numeric type.
Divide by 100
to restore the number as percentage.
Documentation & Gotchas
Use NULLIF to null out such values
round(
SUBSTRING(
RCV1.ECCValue,
NULLIF(CHARINDEX('-', RCV1.ECCValue), 0) + 1,
NULLIF(CHARINDEX('-',
RCV1.ECCValue,
NULLIF(CHARINDEX('-', RCV1.ECCValue), 0) + 1
), 0)
- NULLIF(CHARINDEX('-', RCV1.ECCValue), 0) - 1
),
2)
I strongly recommend that you place the repeated values in CROSS APPLY (VALUES to avoid having to repeat yourself. And do use whitespace, it's free.
I'm trying to get a substring from the value of a column and I'm getting the following error Argument data type varchar is invalid for argument 2 of substring function.
The column type is NvarChar(50) and is a system column for an application, so I can't modify it.
Ideally I'd just be able to select the substring as part of the query without having to alter the table, or create a view or another table.
Here's my query
SELECT SUBSTRING(INVOICE__, ':', 1)
FROM dwsystem.dbo.DWGroup
Im trying to select only everything in the string after a specific character. In this case the : character.
Use charindex with : as the first argument
select substring(invoice__,charindex(':',invoice__)+1,len(invoice__))
from dwsystem.dbo.dwgroup
SUBSTRING parameter is start position and end position so both parameter will be number like below
SELECT SUBSTRING(INVOICE__, 1, 1)
FROM dwsystem.dbo.DWGroup
you can use SUBSTRING_INDEX as you used mysql
SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(INVOICE__,':',-1);
example
SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX('mytestpage:info',':',-1); it will return
info
I need a SQL query to get the value between two known strings in a text column.
The column name is d_info and the table name is Details.
The text is an XML fragment, but stored as a text value.
What I need is to get the value between the bookends <nettoeinkommen> and </nettoeinkommen> which is 718 in this example.
I also need the output to be saved in new column named income with data type float(8).
land>DE</land></wohnanschrift><taetigkeit>rentner</taetigkeit><dkbkundenstatus><bestandskunde>false</bestandskunde></dkbkundenstatus><haushaltsangaben><einnahmen><einkommen><nettoeinkommen>718</nettoeinkommen></einkommen><kindergeld>0</kindergeld><vermietungverpachtungnetto>0</vermietungverpachtungnetto><elterngeld>0</elterngeld><rentenunbefristet>0</rentenunbefristet><unselbststaendigetaetigkeit>740</unselbststaendigetaetigkeit><geringfuegigebeschaeftigung>0</geringfuegigebeschaeftigung></einnahmen><ausgaben><warmmiete>550</warmmiete><ratenimmobilienfinanzierung>0</ratenimmobilienfinanzierung>
I tried this code:
SELECT cast(SUBSTRING(d_info, CHARINDEX('<nettoeinkommen>', d_info)
, CHARINDEX('</nettoeinkommen>', d_info) - CHARINDEX('<nettoeinkommen>', d_info)) as float(8)) as income
from dbo.Details
But it's returning an Error converting data type varchar to real.
When I remove the cast function, the script works but it returns <nettoeinkommen>718 instead of only 718.
Thanks.
It is starting at the start of the tag not the end of it.
SELECT cast(
SUBSTRING(
d_info,
CHARINDEX('<nettoeinkommen>', d_info) + len('<nettoeinkommen>'),
CHARINDEX('</nettoeinkommen>', d_info) - (CHARINDEX('<nettoeinkommen>', d_info) + len('<nettoeinkommen>'))
) as float(8)) as income
from dbo.Details
you might even have these defined in variables:
SELECT cast(
SUBSTRING(
d_info,
CHARINDEX(#startTag, d_info) + len(#startTag),
CHARINDEX(#endTag, d_info) - (CHARINDEX(#startTag,d_info)+ len(#startTag))
) as float(8)) as income
from dbo.Details
I think the code is much easier to understand with the variables.
You need to add the length of your opening tag from the start index and subtract from the length of your substring statement:
SUBSTRING(d_info, CHARINDEX('<nettoeinkommen>', d_info)+16,
CHARINDEX('</nettoeinkommen>', d_info) - CHARINDEX('<nettoeinkommen>', d_info)-16)
As it seems, you are querieing plain xml data, for such purpose sql-server provides xquery functionality:
SELECT CAST(r.d_info AS XML).value('(/haushaltsangaben/einnahmen/einkommen/nettoeinkommen)[1]', 'decimal(19,2)')
FROM
(
SELECT '<taetigkeit>rentner</taetigkeit>
<dkbkundenstatus>
<bestandskunde>false</bestandskunde>
</dkbkundenstatus>
<haushaltsangaben>
<einnahmen>
<einkommen>
<nettoeinkommen>718</nettoeinkommen>
</einkommen>
</einnahmen>
</haushaltsangaben>' AS d_info
) AS r
If you intend to query more info from your source, you will end up with a bunch of stacked substring, patindex functions or even your own defined functions. This should be more readable and mantainable.
Using XQuery: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/xml/query-method-xml-data-type
As for your initial issue The SUBSTRING function in SQL returns the subset from a string starting from a given index for a specific length. For example SELECT SUBSTRING('whatever',5,4) returns 'ever'.
In case of CHARINDEX it gives the index for the first found match of a given pattern within a string. Example SELECT CHARINDEX('ever','whatever') should return 5, as 'ever' starts at the fifth position in 'whatever').
Now in your case you need to add the length of '<nettoeinkommen>' to the starting charindex and substract the length of '</nettoeinkommen>' from the length of the substring:
Also consider using decimal or numeric type instead of float, if you need to precise calculations: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187912(v=sql.105).aspx
I am trying to use a simple Translate function to replace "-" in a 23 digit string. The example of one such string is "1049477-1623095-2412303" The expected outcome of my query should be 104947716230952412303
The list of all "1049477-1623095-2412303" is present in a single column "table1". The name of the column is "data"
My query is
Select TRANSLATE(t.data, '-', '')
from table1 as t
However, it is returning 104947716230952000000 as the output.
At first, I thought it is an overflow error since the resulting integer is 20 digit so I also tried to use following
SELECT CAST(TRANSLATE(t.data,'-','') AS VARCHAR)
from table1 as t
but this is not working as well.
Please suggest a way so that I could have my desirable output
This is too long for a comment.
This code:
select translate('1049477-1623095-2412303', '-', '')
is going to return:
'104947716230952412303'
The return value is a string, not a number.
There is no way that it can return '104947716230952000000'. I could only imagine that happening if somehow the value is being converted to a numeric or bigint type.
Try regexp_replace()
Taking your own example, execute:
select regexp_replace('[string / column_name]','-');
It can be achieve RPAD try below code.
SELECT RPAD(TRANSLATE(CAST(t.data as VARCHAR),'-','') ,20,'00000000000000000000')