I am working on IBM I series VR7, and running SQL(DB2) using CLLE.
I have a SQL procedure in a TXT file, having below command to create a table in QTEMP.
create table qtemp.FILE1 as (
select
Field1,Field2,Field3,.....Field10 from FILE2 ) with data;
I am calling the above procedure from CLLE using below command.
RUNSQLSTM SRCFILE(MyLib/MySrc) SRCMBR(Proc_txt) COMMIT(*NONE)
And then running below command to generate the spool.
RUNQRY QRYFILE((FILE1)) OUTTYPE(*PRINTER) OUTFORM(*DETAIL) FORMSIZE(60 132)
FORMTYPE(*STD) COPIES(1) LINESPACE(1)
The issue I am facing is that I am getting 2 white spaces between columns while creating the table using the create table command. When that table is converted into a spool file using above RUNQRY command, the fields on the right side truncates as my report width is 132 by default and I can not change it.
If the white spaces in the table created can be reduced to 1, my issue will be resolved.
The SQL I am using IBM i Series' default and DB2 as database. I don't have much idea about their version.
Edit2: Another issue I had was of report having a field in second line. Actually as per requirement a field had to be in the second row under another field. For example I needed field10 under field5. I have fixed it too, read my answer below.
Hope it helps people in need but I really doubt.
Edit1: I have updated the question as requested. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
The short answer is that yes you can define the report to have 1 space between columns, but you have to define the Query400 object to do that. Unfortunately this is not a good place to write a tutorial for Query400. I can get you started though.
Type wrkqry, press enter.
Then put the cursor on the query name field, and press F4. You are now in the tool. You need to create a new query, and define everything about it in this tool. Play around with it, and see if that helps you.
I was able to get what I needed. As others have suggested, I have finally used WRKQRY to control the column spacing. Reduced the column spacing to 1 and was able to get the columns needed in the 132 width.
Another issue I had was of report having a field in second line. Actually as per requirement a field had to be in the second row under another field. For example I needed field10 under field5. So what I did was, I used the Line wrapping feature available in WRKQRY.
How I did:
Create a WRKQRY object and select the file needed.
Sequenced the field I needed in second line, to the bottom.
Go to Select Output Type and Output Form and take Y on Line Wrapping field. Put the
wrapping width equal to your report width. Leave other fields as required.
This way each record will have 10th field in next row, if it has data. You can add as
many as fields.
You may have to add some white spaces to the field for proper alignment. I would
suggest to create a new field and use concat(||) operator available in WRKQRY.
Thanks everyone for helping.
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I have a table which I update using a stored procedure. One column is for the image Url. The code in the stored procedure looks like:
UPDATE Products
SET ImageUrl = 'https://images.XXXXXXX.com/lm/image/s/'+RIGHT(Source,2)+'/'+Source+'_'+Code+'.203'
I need the url to be in a single line in the cell however, it splits the url right before .203 when writing it into the cell. So, in the cell, it is like;
https://images.XXXX.com/lm/image/s/ab/g671235_12312
.203
It normally is no problem for me but I use this data in XML. And Since the Url is not in one line, the remote server I connect does not update the image when I submit the XML. When I manually fix the Url and put it in one line, it just works fine. I googled and searched to find a way to fix this issue, but I could not find a solution. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
It sounds like there is a carriage return/newline feed captured within your "Code" column. I have encountered this many times when users manually fiddle with values (they update the value and then hit thinking this will apply the value when this is just inserting the r\n\ values within the column).
To double check if this is the case:
Locate the value that is causing this line break to appear
Copy that cell value (I assume you are using SSMS)
Open Notepad++, Sublime, or similar editor that will display non-printable characters
Set your editor to display non-printable characters (in Notepad++ it is View > Show Symbols > Show All Characters)
This should then display the line break characters that are causing your headaches
Quick solution: Scrub \r\n values - https://stackoverflow.com/a/951705/8026186
More Ideal Solution Prevention of \n\r insertion
If you have access to the data being entered in the database, the best way to avoid this is to prevent the \r\n from making it into the cell in the first place. The quick solution will work in case you don't have the leverage to control initial input. However, from past experience, you will want to avoid non-printable values from appearing in the first place.
Hope this helps!
I have a field Large text in my Access table and When I create a Form an I add this field I can Write several lines with intro to break down each line but when I open that table in that field I only see the first line I wrote, but If I see that record by the Form I see all the lines.
Seems that the lines are stores but the table in View mode do not show them
Any idea please?
In the table (datasheet view), increase the row height to see multiple lines per row.
Just as you would do in Excel.
Upps.
If I use the arrow down I see all the text
Sorry...
Before this gets voted as a duplicate question, I have spent quite some time on S.O. trying to fix this. As you can see in the screenshot below, my tables are looking messy.
For the first and second table, you can see how there are 2 sets of column headings for each table. So how can I, for example, get all 5 customer records to be included in one table?
The other thing I can't figure out is how to get the column headers to be properly formatted(not truncated and all on the same row). *I have tried changing the linesize, SET WRAP OFF; etc.
If anyone could help explain this fix it would be greatly appreciated!
SQLPLUS layout mostly depends on :
what he thinks the width of your terminal is
either the length of the field that you ask it to display (as defined in the database structure), or the size of the field name
When the sum of the field lenghts is greater than the terminal size, each row is splitted over 2 or more lines... and the display gets messy.
But you do have control over these parameters.
First thing to do is to define a proper line size, ie one that fits well in your terminal screen. For example let’s make it 120 chars :
set linesize 120
You may then manually set the length of each field, if you are not satisfy with the length chosen by Oracle. For example for a varchar field you can do :
column first_name format a10
which allows a max length of 10 for the field called FIRST_NAME in the query result. The setting applies to all column with the same name, even in the subsequent queries, for the lifetime of the session. It can be removed with :
column first_name clear
You also have the option of formatting data types, which will apply to all columns having the concerned data type.
For more information see the SQLPLUS documentation.
I am exporting a file from a system as .csv. My aim is to link to this file as a table (which matches the output field for field) and then run the queries and export.
The problem I am having is that, upon import, all the fields are 255 bytes wide rather than what they need to be.
Here's what I've tried so far:
I've looked at ALTER TABLE but I cannot run multiple ALTER TABLE statements in one macro.
I've also tried appending the table into another table with the correct structure but it seems to overwrite the structure.
I've also tried using the Left function with the appropriate field length, but when I try to export, I pretty much just see 5 bytes per column.
What I would like is a suggestion as to what is the best path to take given my situation. I am not able to amend the initial .csv export, and I would like to avoid VBA if possible, as I am not at all familiar with it.
You don't really need to worry about the size of Text fields in an Access linked table that is connected to a CSV file. Access simply assigns each Text field the largest possible maximum size: 255. It does not mean that every value is actually 255 characters long, it just means that any values in those fields can be at most 255 characters long.
Even if you could change the structure of the linked table (which you can't), it wouldn't make any real difference except to possibly truncate longer Text values, and you could easily do that with a String function. For example, if a particular field had to be restricted to 15 characters then you could simply use Left([fieldName], 15) as a query column or as the control source in a report.
In the end, as the data set is not that large, I have set this up to append from my source data into a table with the correct structure. I can now run my processes against this table as per normal.
I had a problem in creating the Dynamic report in SSRS. My problem is:
In a table I have stored SQL scripts with the column SQLScripts. If you execute these SQL scripts you get different number of columns for each script.
My problem is, I have one report with buttons of these scripts, for example test1, test2...like that. If you press test1 button this should take the test one SQL script and should display the report with appropiate columns in that sqlscripts.
I can't create individual reports for each test report, they are plenty. Are there any options for me to solve this problem...
The only way I've been able to get this to work sofar is:
Each report has 2 datasets.
ReportData
DataHeaders
The "DataHeaders" need to have the proper name of the datafields in "ReportData". Be careful since SSRS replaces blanks and special characters with "_"
Now, create a table (or matrix) and drag the DataHeaders as the Columns of your report. (This should be a grouped column). If you run it at this point, you'll see all your columns without any data. Now comes the magic:
Create another report that takes a "DataField" parameter. Create another table or matrix within this report and set it's dataset property to be "ReportData". In the DATA cell for the table, set it to the expression =Fields(Parameters!DataField.Value).Value
Now go back to your first report. Right click and insert a subreport. Right click on the subreport and select "Subreport Properties". Under general, select the second report you created to be used as the subreport. Under parameters, select the DataField parameter and set its value to something like =Fields!DataField.Value
In my case I did some formatting in this expression to fix the above mentioned issue with spaces and special characters, since my stored procedure was initially used in ASP.NET and this was just a proof of concept.
Also in my experience the performance isn't great. In fact it was kinda slow, though I haven't had a chance to switch it to use a shared dataset, which I suspect would help a bit. Please let me know if you find a better solution.
I have not found a way to do this completely dynamically. Here is a similar question with some possible solutions:
How do i represent an unknown number of columns in SSRS?
You basically need to create a 'master dataset' from the other Datasets that are based on your multitude of SQL scripts first.The master dataset should contain the data to be presented in it's most simplistic form, i.e. in a simple list format.
Finally, go to the toolbar in SSRS and drag a 'Matrix' into the report. A Matrix table acts similar to a pivot table in Excel or a CrossTab query in Access that will display whatever's in the Dataset.