Convert sql results to 'select UNION select' query (exportable data) - sql

Sometimes we need to debug with our client data and we dont have time to take a complete database backup so we convert manually a sql result to a combination of static 'select UNION select UNION' so we can use their data on the fly...
Example:
select * from items
Results:
Itemcode ItemName Price
Car1 FerrariX 1200.00
Car2 FerrariZ 3000.00
Car3 MustangR 2100.00
And we bring it back to our debuging enviroment like this:
select 'Car1' as Itemcode, 'FerrariX' as Itemname, 1200.00 as 'Price' UNION
select 'Car2', 'FerrariZ', 3000.00 UNION
select 'Car3', 'MustangR', 2100.00
Posible Stored Procedure Solution:
EXEC spQueryAsStaticData #Query = 'select * from items'
How can we do this transformation automatically? Some stored procedure?


i use something like this to print out text using data
DECLARE #i int
DECLARE #employee_id int
Declare #Hash nvarchar(max)
declare #Result nvarchar(max)
Declare #String nvarchar(MAX)
DECLARE #numrows int
DECLARE #employee_table TABLE (
idx smallint Primary Key IDENTITY(1,1)
, [ID] int , [Hash] nvarchar(50), Result nvarchar(50)
)
INSERT #employee_table
SELECT Top 5 * FROM [Hlist].[dbo].[MD5]
set #i =0
set #String = ''
SET #numrows = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #employee_table)
IF #numrows > 0
WHILE (#i <= (SELECT MAX(idx) FROM #employee_table))
BEGIN
-- get the next employee primary key
SET #employee_id = (SELECT ID FROM #employee_table WHERE idx = #i)
SET #Hash = (SELECT Hash FROM #employee_table WHERE idx = #i)
SET #Result = (SELECT Result FROM #employee_table WHERE idx = #i)
Set #String = coalesce(#String +'Select '+ convert(varchar,#employee_id) + ', ' +#Hash+ ', '+#Result +' Union ', '')
--
-- do something with this employee
--
-- increment counter for next employee
SET #i = #i + 1
END
Print #String


In the end we solved it developing a little C# app, not as useful as generating it directly from a SQL query but it works...
If someone gives the SQL solution we will grant the answer to him/her

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how to generate random number for inserted row sql

i tried below code but its not inserting...where i made error.can anyone help me...
DECLARE #str VARCHAR(5)
SELECT #str= Product_Name
FROM tb_new_purchase
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT Product_Name FROM tb_new_product_Name_id where
tb_new_product_Name_id.Product_Name=tb_new_purchase.Product_Name )
DECLARE #key VARCHAR(5), #i int
DECLARE #query VARCHAR(120)
SET #i = 1
WHILE #i > 0
BEGIN
SET #key = (SELECT ABS(Checksum(NewID()) % 467) + 1000)
SET #i = (SELECT count(*) FROM tb_new_product_Name_id WHERE Product_Id = #key)
END
SET #query = 'INSERT INTO tb_new_product_Name_id (Product_Name,Product_Id)
VALUES ('+#str+','+#key+');'
exec(#query)

The semicolon (;) is not part of the SQL syntax (it's a terminator character some tools use) - just remove it from the line you create #query:
SET #query = 'INSERT INTO tb_new_product_Name_id (Product_Name,Product_Id) VALUES ('+#str+','+#key+')'

How to retrieve N random records from stored procedure?

How can I retrieve N random records from a set of X records we have in total. For example, if we have a table with 2000 links to different pages on our website how do we retrieve 10 random records?

SELECT TOP 10 *
FROM tableName
ORDER BY NEWID()
NEWID

Try using dynamics SQL like this. Note that this needs more work since some edge cases are not covered such as COUNT() returning 0 or cases where record count is greater than COUNT() and such.
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.RandomNRecords
(
#recordCount int
)
as
begin
declare #counter int
declare #sqlQuery nvarchar(2000)
SET #sqlQuery = '
CREATE TABLE #TempTable
(
f1 varchar(50),
f2 varchar(50),
f3 int,
id int identity(1,1)
)
INSERT INTO #TempTable
SELECT f1, f2, f3 FROM Table1
SELECT *
FROM #TempTable
WHERE id in ('
SELECT #recordCount = COUNT(*) From Table1
SET #counter = 0
WHILE #counter < #recordCount
BEGIN
SET #counter = #counter + 1
SET #sqlQuery = #sqlQuery + CONVERT(varchar,Round((#recordCount * Rand()), 0)) + ','
END;
SET #sqlQuery = SUBSTRING(#sqlQuery, 1, LEN(sqlQuery) - 1) --remove last comma
SET #sqlQuery = #sqlQuery + ')'
EXEC sp_executesql #sqlQuery
END

declare #numberOfRecordsToGet int = 5
select top (#numberOfRecordsToGet) * from name_of_your_tbl order by newid()

use this in store procedure
declare #N varchar(10)
set #N='10'
exec(' SELECT TOP '+#N+' * FROM tableName ORDER BY NEWID()')

How to change case in string

My table has one column that contain strings like: ” HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_IN”
I want to perform bellow operations on each row on this column
convert to lower case
remove underscore “_”
change case (convert to upper case) of the character after the underscore like: ” hrm_Application_Delay_In”
Need help for conversion. Thanks for advance

Here is a function to achieve it:
create function f_test
(
#a varchar(max)
)
returns varchar(max)
as
begin
set #a = lower(#a)
while #a LIKE '%\_%' ESCAPE '\'
begin
select #a = stuff(#a, v, 2, upper(substring(#a, v+1,1)))
from (select charindex('_', #a) v) a
end
return #a
end
Example:
select dbo.f_test( HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_IN')
Result:
hrmApplicationDelayIn
To update your table here is an example how to write the syntax with the function:
UPDATE <yourtable>
SET <yourcolumn> = dbo.f_test(col)
WHERE <yourcolumn> LIKE '%\_%' ESCAPE '\'

For a variable this is overkill, but I'm using this to demonstrate a pattern
declare #str varchar(100) = 'HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_IN';
;with c(one,last,rest) as (
select cast(lower(left(#str,1)) as varchar(max)),
left(#str,1), stuff(lower(#str),1,1,'')
union all
select one+case when last='_'
then upper(left(rest,1))
else left(rest,1) end,
left(rest,1), stuff(rest,1,1,'')
from c
where rest > ''
)
select max(one)
from c;
That can be extended to a column in a table
-- Sample table
declare #tbl table (
id int identity not null primary key clustered,
str varchar(100)
);
insert #tbl values
('HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_IN'),
('HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_OUT'),
('_HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_OUT'),
(''),
(null),
('abc<de_fg>hi');
-- the query
;with c(id,one,last,rest) as (
select id,cast(lower(left(str,1)) as varchar(max)),
left(str,1), stuff(lower(str),1,1,'')
from #tbl
union all
select id,one+case when last='_'
then upper(left(rest,1))
else left(rest,1) end,
left(rest,1), stuff(rest,1,1,'')
from c
where rest > ''
)
select id,max(one)
from c
group by id
option (maxrecursion 0);
-- result
ID COLUMN_1
1 hrm_Application_Delay_In
2 hrm_Application_Delay_Out
3 _Hrm_Application_Delay_Out
4
5 (null)
6 abc<de_Fg>hi

select
replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(
replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(
replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(
replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(lower('HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_IN'),'_a','A'),'_b','B'),'_c','C'),'_d','D'),'_e','E'),'_f','F'),
'_g','G'),'_h','H'),'_i','I'),'_j','J'),'_k','K'),'_l','L'),
'_m','M'),'_n','N'),'_o','O'),'_p','P'),'_q','Q'),'_r','R'),
'_s','S'),'_t','T'),'_u','U'),'_v','V'),'_w','W'),'_x','X'),
'_y','Y'),'_z','Z'),'_','')

Bellow two steps can solve problem,as example i use sys.table.user can use any one
declare #Ret varchar(8000), #RetVal varchar(8000), #i int, #count int = 1;
declare #c varchar(10), #Text varchar(8000), #PrevCase varchar, #ModPrefix varchar(10);
DECLARE #FileDataTable TABLE(TableName varchar(200))
INSERT INTO #FileDataTable
select name FROM sys.tables where object_name(object_id) not like 'sys%' order by name
SET #ModPrefix = 'Pur'
DECLARE crsTablesTruncIns CURSOR
FOR select TableName FROM #FileDataTable
OPEN crsTablesTruncIns
FETCH NEXT FROM crsTablesTruncIns INTO #Text
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET #RetVal = '';
select #i=1, #Ret = '';
while (#i <= len(#Text))
begin
SET #c = substring(#Text,#i,1)
--SET #Ret = #Ret + case when #Reset=1 then UPPER(#c) else LOWER(#c)
IF(#PrevCase = '_' OR #i = 1)
SET #Ret = UPPER(#c)
ELSE
SET #Ret = LOWER(#c)
--#Reset = case when #c like '[a-zA-Z]' then 0 else 1 end,
if(#c like '[a-zA-Z]')
SET #RetVal = #RetVal + #Ret
if(#c = '_')
SET #PrevCase = '_'
else
SET #PrevCase = ''
SET #i = #i +1
end
SET #RetVal = #ModPrefix + #RetVal
print cast(#count as varchar) + ' ' + #RetVal
SET #count = #count + 1
EXEC sp_RENAME #Text , #RetVal
SET #RetVal = ''
FETCH NEXT FROM crsTablesTruncIns INTO #Text
END
CLOSE crsTablesTruncIns
DEALLOCATE crsTablesTruncIns

I'd like to show you my nice and simple solution. It uses Tally function to split the string by pattern, in our case by underscope. For understanding Tally functions, read this article.
So, this is how my tally function looks like:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[tvf_xt_tally_split](
#String NVARCHAR(max)
,#Delim CHAR(1))
RETURNS TABLE
as
return
(
WITH Tally AS (SELECT top (select isnull(LEN(#String),100)) n = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY [name]) from master.dbo.syscolumns)
(
SELECT LTRIM(RTRIM(SUBSTRING(#Delim + #String + #Delim,N+1,CHARINDEX(#Delim,#Delim + #String + #Delim,N+1)-N-1))) Value, N as Ix
FROM Tally
WHERE N < LEN(#Delim + #String + #Delim)
AND SUBSTRING(#Delim + #String + #Delim,N,1) = #Delim
)
)
This function returns a table, where each row represents part of string between #Delim (in our case between underscopes). Rest of the work is simple, just cobination of LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, UPPER and LOWER functions.
declare #string varchar(max)
set #string = ' HRM_APPLICATION_DELAY_IN'
-- convert to lower case
set #string = LOWER(#string)
declare #output varchar(max)
-- build string
select #output = coalesce(#output + '_','') +
UPPER(left(Value,1)) + RIGHT(Value, LEN(Value) - 1)
from dbo.tvf_xt_tally_split(#string, '_')
-- lower first char
select left(lower(#output),1) + RIGHT(#output, LEN(#output) - 1)

Return value from exec(#sql)

I want get the value from Exec(#sql) and assign to #Rowcount(int)
Here is my query:
'SET #RowCount = (select count(*)
FROM dbo.Comm_Services
WHERE CompanyId = '+cast(#CompanyId as char)+' and '+#condition+')'

On the one hand you could use sp_executesql:
exec sp_executesql N'select #rowcount=count(*) from anytable',
N'#rowcount int output', #rowcount output;
On the other hand you could use a temporary table:
declare #result table ([rowcount] int);
insert into #result ([rowcount])
exec (N'select count(*) from anytable');
declare #rowcount int = (select top (1) [rowcount] from #result);

DECLARE #nReturn int = 0
EXEC #nReturn = Stored Procedure

Was playing with this today... I believe you can also use ##ROWCOUNT, like this:
DECLARE #SQL VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE #Rowcount INT
SET #SQL = 'SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2'
EXEC(#SQL)
SET #Rowcount = ##ROWCOUNT
SELECT #Rowcount
Then replace the SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 with your actual select without the count. I'd suggest just putting 1 in your select, like this:
SELECT 1
FROM dbo.Comm_Services
WHERE....
....
(as opposed to putting SELECT *)
Hope that helps.

that's my procedure
CREATE PROC sp_count
#CompanyId sysname,
#codition sysname
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE #ctr
( NumRows int )
DECLARE #intCount int
, #vcSQL varchar(255)
SELECT #vcSQL = ' INSERT #ctr FROM dbo.Comm_Services
WHERE CompanyId = '+#CompanyId+' and '+#condition+')'
EXEC (#vcSQL)
IF ##ERROR = 0
BEGIN
SELECT #intCount = NumRows
FROM #ctr
DROP TABLE #ctr
RETURN #intCount
END
ELSE
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #ctr
RETURN -1
END
GO

If i understand you correctly, (i probably don't)
'SELECT #RowCount = COUNT(*)
FROM dbo.Comm_Services
WHERE CompanyId = ' + CAST(#CompanyId AS CHAR) + '
AND ' + #condition

Pivoting SQL Server 2005 for unknown number of rows

My table is a dynamic one. E.g.:
id SUBJECT
1 his
2 math
3 sci
4 opt
5 ENG
6 SOC
The number of rows is not limited. There could be a hundred. I want output like this:
ID 1 2 3 4 5 6
HIS MATH SCI OPT ENG SOC
I could use a pivot query, but I would have to know the number of columns. How can I do this without knowing the number of columns in advance?

i got an answer but it's very tricky
create a table for all your records
count the records
create a table with that much number of columns
create a comma separated variable for the table which has records
then split the comma separated variables into multiple columns
here is the code
DECLARE #HEADDESC NVARCHAR(150)
DROP TABLE #HEADS
CREATE TABLE #HEADS
(
ID INT IDENTITY
,HEADS NVARCHAR(150)
,NU INT
)
DECLARE #NO INT;
SET #NO = 0
DECLARE C1 CURSOR FOR (
SELECT HEADDESC
FROM GMC.FEEHEAD_MASTER
WHERE CODE = 'GF' AND HEADDESC <> '')
OPEN C1
FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO #HEADDESC
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
PRINT #HEADDESC
SET #NO = #NO+1
INSERT INTO #HEADS(HEADS,NU)
VALUES(#HEADDESC,#NO)
FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO #HEADDESC
END
--SELECT * FROM #HEADS
CLOSE C1
DEALLOCATE C1
DECLARE #COLNO INT
SET #COLNO = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #HEADS)
DECLARE #COLUMNS VARCHAR(8000)
SELECT #COLUMNS = COALESCE(#COLUMNS +','+ CAST(HEADS AS VARCHAR) ,
CAST(HEADS AS VARCHAR))
FROM #HEADS
--GROUP BY HEADS
DECLARE #value NVARCHAR(100)
SET #value = ',1,STUDENTIDNO,STUDENTNAME,'
SET #COLUMNS = #VALUE+#COLUMNS
SET #COLNO = #COLNO+4
--SELECT #COLUMNS
DROP TABLE #HEADSCOMMA
CREATE TABLE #HEADSCOMMA(HEADS NVARCHAR(3000))
INSERT INTO #HEADSCOMMA VALUES (#COLUMNS)
DROP TABLE #TEMP
CREATE TABLE #TEMP(COL1 NVARCHAR(1000))
DECLARE #SQL NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE #COL NVARCHAR(1000)
DECLARE #COL1 INT
DECLARE #COLNAME NVARCHAR(1000)
SET #COL1 = 2
SET #COL = 'COL'
PRINT #COL1
--SET #COLNAME = #COL +CAST(#COL1 AS NVARCHAR(10))
WHILE #COL1 < =#COLNO
BEGIN
SET #COLNAME = #COL +CAST(#COL1 AS NVARCHAR(100))
PRINT #COLNAME
SET #SQL = 'ALTER TABLE #TEMP ADD '+#COLNAME+' NVARCHAR(100)'
EXEC(#SQL)
SET #COL1= #COL1+1
END
--SELECT * FROM #HEADSCOMMA -- COMMA SEPERATED VALUES
DECLARE #S VARCHAR(8000), #DATA VARCHAR(8000)
--DROP TABLE #NORMALISEDTABLE
--CREATE TABLE #NORMALISEDTABLE (HEADS NVARCHAR(200))
SELECT #S=''
WHILE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM #HEADSCOMMA WHERE HEADS>#S)
BEGIN
SELECT #S=HEADS FROM #HEADSCOMMA WHERE HEADS>#S
PRINT #S
SELECT #DATA=''''+REPLACE(#S,',',''',''')+''''
PRINT #DATA
INSERT INTO #TEMP
EXEC('SELECT '+#DATA)
END
SELECT * FROM #temp
will give the records

Dynamic SQL is an option.