Ok. Here is some background: I have created a simple APEX application that is going to replace a handful of static HTML pages, an Access Database, and LOTS of manual work. Users use the application to submit work requests to my team and upon submission of the form the information is presented back to them in a 'receipt' with a new 'Request #' which they can use kind of like a UPS tracking number to make inquiries of their project. This number is the primary key of the submitted table and is auto-incremented by a sequence. This all works perfectly so far.
My problem is that for auto-incrementing to work, my PK obviously has to be a 'Number'. Again not really a problem. The issue is that prior to migrating to the APEX tool our 'Request #s' were formatted as a string of numbers 8 digits long with the necessary number of zeros (0's) to the left of the actual number. So Request # 789 is actually stored as 00000789 in our Access database. My boss has indicated that this same format needs to be mimicked when the # is displayed in the APEX tool as well since that is what our clients are used to seeing.
I need the Request # to continue to be stored as a Number so that I can continue to auto-increment but I need to find some way to append/concatenate the appropriate number of 0's to the front of the number when it is displayed. This is will likely need to be done with SQL. I am currently using this simple SQL script to display the #:
SELECT req_num
FROM proj_apex
WHERE req_num = (SELECT MAX(req_num) FROM proj_apex)
Thoughts? Any APEX or SQL developers have ideas?
select to_char(req_num, '00000009') ...
http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/to_char.php
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In Eloqua, can you send out an email to a contact list but version the "hero" image headline for each segment using dynamic content blocks?
And then can you do the reverse, have the main image remain the same, and dynamically populate products below that they've purchased in the past?
For scenario 1, yes that is possible out of the box.
Scenario 2 however is a bit more complicated and would generally require a 3rd party tool to provide this type of dynamic code generation based upon a lookup table (in this case a line item inventory or purchases). Because a contact could have zero or more products (commonly as individual records in a CDO), you would generally need to aggregate or count the number of related records, and then generate your HTML table and formatting around those record values, and be contextually aware if it is the first or last record (to begin and close the table). Dynamic content does not have mathematical functions and would not be able to count those related records - this is something usually provided by a B2C system like SFMC using ampscript or dynamically generated through custom code and sent through a transactional SMTP service. You could have multiple dynamic content on top of each other, but your biggest limitation becomes the field merge, with only lets you select a record based upon earliest/last creation date, or last modified. This is not suitable if you have more than 2 records. A third party service that provides a cloud content module for your email is your best bet.
I am working on an SQL report that uses a multi-value parameter that contains a total of 41 users. The report works fine if I select 1 or up to 19 total users, but breaks if 20 or more are selected from the list.
By break I mean it attempts to execute for 40+ minutes before I kill it). When running for 1 or for 19 users the report takes 1:10 to run.
I am using two datasets.
One - my main query in which the parameter is used.
Two - The second query to acquire the list of users for the SSRS parameter.
I use this method frequently with no issues for things like locations, insurances, etc.
The parameter is called in a WHERE statement like so: AND EventUserID IN (#user)
If I comment that line out and use: AND EventUserID IN ('KTR','GORCN',......) with the full list of usernames that were acquired with the same query that is being used in the second dataset it works fine and will return the full report.
I have tested it with different groups of users to make sure that one of the users weren't breaking it, but that didn't matter. I also should mention that the query for the second dataset is one I used from another report that uses it the same exact way. That report will run fine will all users selected (parameter properties are set the same).
I am working with MS SQL Server and MS Visual Studio. More details can be provided if necessary.
Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.
This looks like an issue I came across a while back. You essentially have a limited number of parameters you can pass back to SSRS.
Here's some similar issues:
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/johndesch/archive/2012/05/16/webpage-error-when-running-a-parameterized-report-with-parameters.aspx
You can increase this from the web.config file though
https://epmainc.com/blog/ssrs-reports-error-when-large-number-parameters-are-passed
Basically you want to add a section in your web.config file inside the <appsettings/> section:
add key="aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys" value="9999"
That 9999 value should represent the number of parameters that you believe will be used.
If using SharePoint integration Mode: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\\web.config
If using SSRS native Mode: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer.
I am trying to write a query that 1) works and 2) shows meaningful information.
However, I can't seem to complete both scenarios. Both bits of code do work to a degree. My SQL query does work by showing all the useful information a user wants but when you click the edit button it doesn't link properly so it won't allow the user to update that row. The other shows only keys and rowid but when you click edit does show the information and allows it to be updated.
So as not to get another down-voted question, I have taken pictures of each scenario to show the problem, but, ultimately, I need to show meaningful information: an id or key isn't meaningful to the vast majority of users.
Here is my code
SELECT APPLICATIONS.APP_ID, APPLICATIONS.SRN, STUDENTS.SURNAME, STUDENTS.FORENAME, APP_STATUS.STATUS, METHODS.METHOD, JOBS.JOB_TITLE, APPLICATIONS.APP_DATE
FROM APPLICATIONS
JOIN STUDENTS
ON APPLICATIONS.SRN = STUDENTS.SRN
JOIN APP_STATUS
ON APPLICATIONS.STATUS_ID = APP_STATUS.STATUS_ID
JOIN METHODS
ON APPLICATIONS.METHOD_ID = METHODS.METHOD_ID
JOIN JOBS
ON APPLICATIONS.JOB_ID = JOBS.JOB_ID;
and here are the pictures of it in action
below is the code that does not show meaningful information but does work.
select "ROWID",
"APP_ID",
"SRN",
"STATUS_ID",
"METHOD_ID",
"JOB_ID",
"APP_DATE"
from "#OWNER#"."APPLICATIONS"
If i knew how to properly use rowid i am sure this is a simple feat but i dont so if i could get any help it would be useful
//edit
who ever renamed this to Application Expression why? what i am using is Apex Application Express it was relevant information that got changed to something wrong which might make it hard for someone with a similar problem to find later.
In the second, simple query, apex can determine which table (and record) you are trying to edit.
In the first query, with the joins, it can't tell which of the five tables in query you want to edit. You probably want to have the edit link pass the primary key of the row from APPLICATIONS to the child page. You would need to build into that page any logic (lists of values etc) that map lookup tables (such as status) to the values needed in the APPLICATIONS table.
Hello guys I wanted to ask a few things because I want to upgrade my log in security . First of all this is how my log in security looks like atm -
Sql query compares the user input ( pass / name / id ) to my data base and if its correct he gets 2 values and redirected to the main restricted page. one of the values is a random value from a function that stores a limited amount of such values ( each time it picks a random 1 and returns it to the user upon successfull log in ) , and the other value is 1 of the input fields ( like company ID for example )
both of those stored in sessions ( hopefully its not an easy to gain the data stored in those from a hacker? ) and on each of the restricted pages, i use on the page load event 2 terms :
Session ( "the ID" ) <> ""
isLegit ( session ( "the random code" ) <> "false"
I am still learning about security and i guess my current method is bad?
And thats where my second question comes to play , i been reading about microsoft's memebership and wanted to use some of the stuff included , but even after reading about how it works i find myself failing to implant it on my site .
I got pretty long register form and well the site designed in some way, and if i try putting the log in controls from visual studio i cant get them to look like part of the page.
I read that there is a way to keep my site as it is and to use
FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage("test", false);
to force membership or something of this sort?
Is such a thing possiblr without having to use the log in tools and storing additional log in data ( beside what i have on my sql data base )?
p.s I am using asp.net with vb on visual studio with MS sql server
Take a look at these articles:
Introduction to Membership http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yh26yfzy(v=vs.100).aspx
Sample Membership Provider Implementation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/44w5aswa(v=vs.100).aspx
Introduction to Membership http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tw292whz(v=vs.100).aspx
If you are willing to create another table that would hold the user information it should be really straight-forward, works out of the box.
You would need to take out the checks you have in the code, though.
I'm a bit of a newbie with the workings of phpmyadmin. I have a database and now there are 2 parts within it - the original tables jos_ and the same again but with a different prefix, say let's ****_ that will be the finished database.
This has come about because I am upgrading my Joomla 1.5 site to 2.5. I used a migration tool for the bulk of the new database but one particular piece of information did not transfer because the new database has a different structure.
I want to copy the entire contents of jos_content, attribs, keyref= across to ****_content, metadata, "xreference"."VALUE" if that makes sense. This will save manually typing in the information contained within 1000s of articles.
jos_content, attribs currently contains
show_title=
link_titles=
show_intro=
show_section=
link_section=
show_category=
link_category=
show_vote=
show_author=
show_create_date=
show_modify_date=
show_pdf_icon=
show_print_icon=
show_email_icon=
language=
keyref=41.126815,0.732623
readmore=
****_content, metadata currently contains
{"robots":"all","author":""}
but I want it to end up like this
{"robots":"","author":"","rights":"","xreference":"41.126815,0.732623","marker":""}
Could anyone tell me the SQL string that I would need to run to achieve this please?
If it makes any difference I have manually changed about 300 of these articles already and thought there must be a better way.
Edit: Being nervous of trying this I would like to try and find the exact syntax (if that's the right word) for the SQL Query to run.
The value I want to extract from the source table is just, and only, the numbers next to keyref= and I want them to turn up in the destination table prefixed by "xreference". - so it shows "xreference"."VALUE" with VALUE being the required numbers. There is also an entry - ,"marker":"" that is in the destination table so I guess the Query needs to produce that as well?
Sorry for labouring this but if I get it wrong, maybe by guessing what to put, I don't really have the knowledge to put it all right again....
Thanks.
Please Try it
insert into tableone(column1,column2) select column1,column2 from Tablesecond
if You have not Table another Daabase Then This query
select * into anyname_Table from tablesource