How to use IN Operator in SQL Server
Here Is the table Structure
Create Table Sample(Id INT,Name Varchar(50))
While I am the Query like this I can get the Value
Select * FROM Sample WHERE Id IN ('74','77','79','80')
While I am executing the above Query I can't able to get the Records Related to that table getting error executing this error.
DECLARE #s VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #s='74','77','79','80'
Select * FROM Sample WHERE Id IN (#s)
You are using wrong way
use the following way
DECLARE #s VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE #d VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #s='74 , 77 , 79 , 80'
set #d = 'select * from arinvoice where arinvoiceid in('+#s+')'
exec (#d)
here IN operator use integers collection not string collection..
you should use a function which gives back a result set ( takes a csv format and returns a table)
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[Splitt] (#String NVARCHAR(4000),
#Delimiter CHAR(1))
RETURNS #Results TABLE (
Items NVARCHAR(4000))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Index INT
DECLARE #Slice NVARCHAR(4000)
SELECT #Index = 1
IF #String IS NULL
RETURN
WHILE #Index != 0
BEGIN
SELECT #Index = Charindex(#Delimiter, #String)
IF #Index <> 0
SELECT #Slice = LEFT(#String, #Index - 1)
ELSE
SELECT #Slice = #String
IF ( NOT EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM #Results
WHERE items = #Slice) )
INSERT INTO #Results
(Items)
VALUES (#Slice)
SELECT #String = RIGHT(#String, Len(#String) - #Index)
IF Len(#String) = 0
BREAK
END
RETURN
END
and now you can write :
DECLARE #s VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #s='74,77,79,80'
Select * FROM Sample WHERE Id IN (select items from dbo.Splitt(#s,','))
If you are using ADO.NET, you can avoid the magic string, just use SqlDataRecord.
Or if you are using SQL Server 2008, you can also avoid the magic string by using Table-Valued Parameter
Source: http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql-2008.html
Related
I have multi-valued parameter in my Report named #Animal which has ('Cat', 'Dog', 'Mouse').
inside dataset i need to get 'Cat', Dog', 'Mouse' and store it into #AnimalName table variable.
"Hard-Coded" way would be:
DECLARE #AnimalName TABLE (Name nvarchar (10))
INSERT INTO #AnimalName SELECT ('Cat');
INSERT INTO #AnimalName SELECT ('Dog');
INSERT INTO #AnimalName SELECT ('Mouse');
I know that I can use #Animal directly inside my dataset, the reason I'm doing this is because I'm trying to improve my report's performance. Many multi-valued parameters will make the report runs forever.
Does any one know how(the syntax) to get #Animal data values and stored it into a table variables #AnimalName inside dataset?
Thanks heaps!
Pass the comma delimited string into your stored procedure and in your stored proc use a table valued function to convert you multi-valued parameter into a table.
CREATE PROC GetAllAnimals
#AnimalList nvarchar(max)
AS
DECLARE #Animals TABLE (Animal nvarchar(10))
INSERT INTO #Animals SELECT * FROM dbo.fnGetValueListFromMultiSelect(#AnimalList)
and then use the #Animals table to inner join in your query
Functions declared below.
For Integer (or ID) values
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnGetIdListFromMultiSelect](#String nvarchar(MAX))
RETURNS #Results TABLE ([Id] int)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Delimiter CHAR(1)
DECLARE #INDEX INT
DECLARE #SLICE nvarchar(4000)
IF #String IS NULL RETURN
SET #Delimiter = ','
SET #INDEX = 1
WHILE #INDEX !=0
BEGIN
-- GET THE INDEX OF THE FIRST OCCURENCE OF THE SPLIT CHARACTER
SELECT #INDEX = CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#STRING)
-- NOW PUSH EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT OF IT INTO THE SLICE VARIABLE
IF #INDEX !=0
BEGIN
SELECT #SLICE = LEFT(#STRING,#INDEX - 1)
-- CHOP THE ITEM REMOVED OFF THE MAIN STRING
SELECT #STRING = RIGHT(#STRING,LEN(#STRING) - #INDEX)
END
ELSE
SELECT #SLICE = #STRING
-- PUT THE ITEM INTO THE RESULTS SET
INSERT INTO #Results([Id]) VALUES(CAST(#SLICE AS INT))
-- BREAK OUT IF WE ARE DONE
IF LEN(#STRING) = 0 BREAK
END
RETURN
END
For string values
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnGetValueListFromMultiSelect](#String nvarchar(MAX))
RETURNS #Results TABLE ([Item] nvarchar(128) Primary Key)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Delimiter CHAR(1)
DECLARE #INDEX INT
DECLARE #SLICE nvarchar(4000)
SET #Delimiter = ','
SET #INDEX = 1
WHILE #INDEX !=0
BEGIN
-- GET THE INDEX OF THE FIRST OCCURENCE OF THE SPLIT CHARACTER
SELECT #INDEX = CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#STRING)
-- NOW PUSH EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT OF IT INTO THE SLICE VARIABLE
IF #INDEX !=0
BEGIN
SELECT #SLICE = LEFT(#STRING,#INDEX - 1)
-- CHOP THE ITEM REMOVED OFF THE MAIN STRING
SELECT #STRING = RIGHT(#STRING,LEN(#STRING) - #INDEX)
END
ELSE
SELECT #SLICE = #STRING
-- PUT THE ITEM INTO THE RESULTS SET
INSERT INTO #Results([Item]) VALUES(#SLICE)
-- BREAK OUT IF WE ARE DONE
IF LEN(#STRING) = 0 BREAK
END
RETURN
END
This is the scenario:
My app will have the following:
A listbox (The checkbox property enabled) that will display a list of Something.
The user will select from the listbox (multiselect) by using the checkbox.
I will loop into All the checked items and store the ID's into an array. I will store the ID's into something like this separating the ID with a comma (1,2,3,4) and then I will use length -1 to delete the last comma.
How can I convert the string 1,2,3,4 into an integer type of data if my stored procedure is like this?
Select * from tblSomething Where ID in (1,2,3,4)
You can use the following SQL function.
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[CommaSeparatedToString]
(
#psCSString VARCHAR(8000)
)
RETURNS #otTemp TABLE(sID VARCHAR(20))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #sTemp VARCHAR(50)
WHILE LEN(#psCSString) > 0
BEGIN
SET #sTemp = LEFT(#psCSString, ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(',', #psCSString) - 1, -1),
LEN(#psCSString)))
SET #psCSString = SUBSTRING(#psCSString,ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(',', #psCSString), 0),
LEN(#psCSString)) + 1, LEN(#psCSString))
INSERT INTO #otTemp VALUES (#sTemp)
END
RETURN
END
And call in your stored procedure like
Select * from tblSomething
Where ID in (SELECT * FROM CommaSeparatedToString('1,2,3,4'))
You can use the
SELECT CAST(MyVarcharCol AS INT) FROM Table
SELECT CONVERT(INT, MyVarcharCol) FROM Table
refer this link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187928.aspx
You need to create dynamic query for this
e.g you are getting list of values in #values paramter so prepare and run the dynamic query like this
DECLARE #query NVARCHAR(500)
DECLARE #values VARCHAR(200)
SET #values='1,2'
SET #query =N'Select * from tblSomething Where ID in ( ' + #values + ')'
SELECT #query
EXEC #Query
Use this function to split the value:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udfSplitCSV]
(
#String varchar (max),
#Delimiter varchar (10) = ','
)
RETURNS #ValueTable TABLE ([Row] int IDENTITY(1,1), [Value] varchar(max), [Length] int, [Duplicate] int NULL)
BEGIN
DECLARE #NextString varchar(max)
DECLARE #Pos int
DECLARE #NextPos int
IF #String IS NULL RETURN
--Initialize
SET #NextString = ''
SET #String = #String + #Delimiter
--Get position of first Comma
SET #Pos = charindex(#Delimiter,#String)
SET #NextPos = 1
--Loop while there is still a comma in the String
WHILE (#Pos <> 0)
BEGIN
SET #NextString = RTrim(LTrim(SubString(#String,1,#Pos - 1)))
INSERT INTO #ValueTable ([Value], [Length]) VALUES (#NextString, Len(#NextString))
SET #String = SubString(#String,#Pos+1,Len(#String))
SET #NextPos = #Pos
SET #Pos = CharIndex(#Delimiter,#String)
END
UPDATE #ValueTable
SET [Duplicate] = X.Duplicate
FROM #ValueTable VT
INNER JOIN (Select [Row], [Value], Row_Number() OVER (Partition By [Value] ORDER BY [Value], [Row]) as Duplicate FROM #ValueTable) X
ON X.[Row] = VT.[Row]
RETURN
END
-- Select * from dbo.udfSplitCSV('a , c b,c, a', ',')
When you are storing a bunch of IDs into the array, store with single quote.
so it will be ('1','2','3').
Then you no need to covert IDs into integer.
i have a stored procedure
Create PROCEDURE abc
#sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause nvarchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE nId NOT IN (#sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause)
END;
The parameter #sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause can have values like 0,1 . But this fails with error message:
Conversion failed when converting the nvarchar value ' 0,1 ' to data type int.
Is there any other way to achieve this other than dynamic queries?
First, create a split function which splits your delimited string into a table:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Split]
(
#String varchar(max)
,#Delimiter char
)
RETURNS #Results table
(
Ordinal int
,StringValue varchar(max)
)
as
begin
set #String = isnull(#String,'')
set #Delimiter = isnull(#Delimiter,'')
declare
#TempString varchar(max) = #String
,#Ordinal int = 0
,#CharIndex int = 0
set #CharIndex = charindex(#Delimiter, #TempString)
while #CharIndex != 0 begin
set #Ordinal += 1
insert #Results values
(
#Ordinal
,substring(#TempString, 0, #CharIndex)
)
set #TempString = substring(#TempString, #CharIndex + 1, len(#TempString) - #CharIndex)
set #CharIndex = charindex(#Delimiter, #TempString)
end
if #TempString != '' begin
set #Ordinal += 1
insert #Results values
(
#Ordinal
,#TempString
)
end
return
end
Then change your where clause as follows:
select
t.*
from [yourTable] t
where t.[ID] not in (select cast([StringValue] as int) from dbo.Split(#sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause,','))
Create FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_Split] (
#List nvarchar(2000), #SplitOn nvarchar(5)
)
RETURNS #RtnValue table (
Value nvarchar(100) )
AS
BEGIN
While (Charindex(#SplitOn,#List)>0)
Begin
Insert Into #RtnValue (value)
Select Value = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(#List,1,Charindex(#SplitOn,#List)-1)))
Set #List = Substring(#List,Charindex(#SplitOn,#List)+len(#SplitOn),len(#List))
End
Insert Into #RtnValue (Value)
Select Value = ltrim(rtrim(#List))
Return
END
**********
Create PROCEDURE abc
#sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause nvarchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM Table
WHERE nId NOT IN (select * from dbo.fn_Split(#sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause,','))
END;
You have to split the #sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause parameter by ',' and place the resulting values in a temp table. Then your select would look like
select * from table where nId not in (select nId from #tempIds)
This approach you're trying doesn't work. But if you're on SQL Server 2008, you could make use of the new features called Table Valued Parameters.
Basically, you create a user-defined table type
CREATE TYPE dbo.nIdTable AS TABLE(nID INT)
and you can then pass in multiple values in that TVP from the outside (e.g. from ADO.NET or such):
CREATE PROCEDURE abc(#idValues dbo.nIdTable READONLY)
and use that table variable inside your stored proc:
SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE nId NOT IN (SELECT nID FROM #idValues)
You will need to use Dynamic sql for such kind of queries.
first construct the query and
SET #sql = 'select * from table
where nId not in (' + #sRemovePreviouslySelectedWhereClause+ ')'
then use EXEC(#sql) to run the query.
I have a varchar #a='a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p', which has | delimited values. I want to split this variable in a array or a table.
How can I do this?
Use a table valued function like this,
CREATE FUNCTION Splitfn(#String varchar(8000), #Delimiter char(1))
returns #temptable TABLE (items varchar(8000))
as
begin
declare #idx int
declare #slice varchar(8000)
select #idx = 1
if len(#String)<1 or #String is null return
while #idx!= 0
begin
set #idx = charindex(#Delimiter,#String)
if #idx!=0
set #slice = left(#String,#idx - 1)
else
set #slice = #String
if(len(#slice)>0)
insert into #temptable(Items) values(#slice)
set #String = right(#String,len(#String) - #idx)
if len(#String) = 0 break
end
return
end
and get your variable and use this function like this,
SELECT i.items FROM dbo.Splitfn(#a,'|') AS i
In general, this is such a common question here
I'll give the common answer: Arrays and Lists in SQL Server 2005 and Beyond by Erland Sommarskog
I'd recommend a table of numbers, not a loop, for general use.
Try this one:
declare #a varchar(10)
set #a = 'a|b|c|'
while len(#a) > 1
begin
insert into #temp
select substring(#a,1,patindex('%|%',#a)-1);
set #a = substring(#a,patindex('%|%',#a)+1,len(#a))
end;
Here's an alternative XML based solution. It seems to have a similar performance as the Splitfn() solution.
This converts varchar a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p into XML <a>a</a><a>b</a><a>c</a><a>d</a><a>e</a><a>f</a><a>g</a><a>h</a><a>i</a><a>j</a><a>k</a><a>l</a><a>m</a><a>n</a><a>o</a><a>p</a> and extracts the value from each XML <a> node.
declare #a varchar(max);
set #a = 'a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p';
declare #xml xml;
set #xml
= '<a>'+replace(replace(replace(#a,'&','&'),'<','<'),'|','</a><a>')+'</a>';
SELECT x.n.value('.','VARCHAR(1)') AS singleValue
FROM #xml.nodes('/a') AS x(n)
;
I wish to do something like the following:
declare #FrameNumber nvarchar(20)
set #FrameNumber = '(p1, p2)'
select from myTable where c1 in #FrameNumber
What is the correct syntax for this?
(for note: I need to pass the value of #FrameNumber in as a parameter to the stored procedure... so I have to at least use the string "p1, p2")
would prefure and answer that was SQL 7 compatible, but SQL 2005 would be sufficient.
DECLARE #FrameNumbers TABLE (code NVARCHAR(20) PRIMARY KEY)
INSERT
INTO #framenumbers
VALUES ('p1')
INSERT
INTO #framenumbers
VALUES ('p2')
SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE c1 IN
(
SELECT code
FROM #framenumbers
)
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[func_ParseStringToTable] (#stringIN varchar(2000))
RETURNS #tOUT TABLE(RoomID int) AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #pos int
SET #pos=CHARINDEX(',',#StringIN)
WHILE #pos>0
BEGIN
INSERT #tOUT(RoomID) SELECT LEFT(#StringIN,CHARINDEX(',',#StringIN)-1)
SET #stringIN = SUBSTRING(#StringIN,CHARINDEX(',',#StringIN)+1,LEN(#StringIN))
SET #pos=CHARINDEX(',',#StringIN)
END
IF LEN(#StringIN)>0
BEGIN
INSERT #tOUT(RoomID) SELECT #StringIN
END
RETURN
END
usage...
SELECT * FROM table WHERE id IN (func_ParseStringToTable(#ids))
You could put load those values into a table variable, or you could use dynamic sql. Here are examples of each:
TABLE VARIABLE
DECLARE #FrameNumbers TABLE (
Frame NVARCHAR(20)
)
INSERT INTO #FrameNumbers (
Frame
)
SELECT 'p1'
UNION ALL SELECT 'p2'
option 1:
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE c1 in (
SELECT Frame
FROM #FrameNumbers
)
option 2:
SELECT
m.*
FROM myTable m
INNER JOIN #FrameNumbers f ON f.Frame = m.c1
All that is fine, but this is my favorite:
DYNAMIC SQL
DECLARE
#FrameNumber nvarchar(20),
#sql nvarchar(max),
#ParamDef nvarchar(1000)
SET #FrameNumber = '(p1, p2)'
SET #sql = N'SELECT FROM myTable WHERE c1 IN ' + #FrameNumber
EXECUTE dbo.sp_ExecuteSQL #sql
I have another solution to do with split function,
DECLARE #FrameNumber NVARCHAR(20)
SET #FrameNumber = 'p1,p2'
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE ProductCode IN
(SELECT Value FROM fn_Split(#FrameNumber, ','))
OutPut:
Split Functions:
CREATE FUNCTION fn_Split (
#String VARCHAR(8000)
,#Delimiter CHAR(1)
)
RETURNS #temptable TABLE (Value VARCHAR(8000))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #idx INT
DECLARE #slice VARCHAR(8000)
SELECT #idx = 1
IF len(#String) < 1
OR #String IS NULL
RETURN
WHILE #idx != 0
BEGIN
SET #idx = charindex(#Delimiter, #String)
IF #idx != 0
SET #slice = left(#String, #idx - 1)
ELSE
SET #slice = #String
IF (len(#slice) > 0)
INSERT INTO #temptable (Value)
VALUES (#slice)
SET #String = right(#String, len(#String) - #idx)
IF len(#String) = 0
BREAK
END
RETURN
END
what version of SQL Server ?
If you are in 2008 you might be able to use table datatypes. Simplifies these things a lot.
If you are using Sql Server 2005+ have a look at this
--Split
DECLARE #textXML XML
DECLARE #data NVARCHAR(MAX),
#delimiter NVARCHAR(5)
SELECT #data = 'A,B,C',
#delimiter = ','
SELECT #textXML = CAST('<d>' + REPLACE(#data, #delimiter, '</d><d>') + '</d>' AS XML)
SELECT T.split.value('.', 'nvarchar(max)') AS data
FROM #textXML.nodes('/d') T(split)
You can you that as your in table to select from.
Have a look at XML Support in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
final solution:
DECLARE #FrameNumbers TABLE (FrameNumber NVARCHAR(20) PRIMARY KEY)
DECLARE #pos int
SET #pos=CHARINDEX(',',#FrameNumber)
WHILE #pos>0 BEGIN
INSERT #FrameNumbers SELECT LEFT(#FrameNumber,CHARINDEX(',',#FrameNumber)-1)
SET #FrameNumber = SUBSTRING(#FrameNumber,CHARINDEX(',',#FrameNumber)+1,LEN(#FrameNumber))
SET #pos=CHARINDEX(',',#FrameNumber)
END
IF LEN(#FrameNumber)>0 BEGIN
INSERT #FrameNumbers SELECT #FrameNumber
END
select from myTable where c1 in (select FrameNumber from #FrameNumbers)
thanks Quassnoi and Sam, this solution is just a combination of your solutions.