return db names on server

Hello,

Does anyone know how to return the name of all the databases except the system databases on a server for SQL Server 2005?

Thank you

select * from sys.databases where database_id not in (1, 2, 3, 4)

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Return datetime type variable from SP

How can I return a datetime type variable from a stored procedure in SQL Server to C# code?

Hello,

I don't know if I got it right, but to return anything from a Stored procedure just make something like:

Select client_datecreated from clients

if you need a date put it as a field then in C# execute the command and use the sqldatareader class:

check msdnhere

The command can be a Stored as well as a query.

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select convert(char(10),fieldname in table,101) as test_Date from tablename

the 101 is a code which gives the date in mm/dd/yyyy format.

You should check with 'books online" in your SQL server help section.that gives you a list of different format you may want your date to be in.

convert basicly is truncating your date to have 10 characters otherwise you will have the hours:minute:seconds too in your result.

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If you would like to get data as return parameter (not return Value which is always int) you have to define it as OUTPUT in stored procedure definition, and also you have to setup this parameter as output in your SQLcommand object parameters definition.

If you would like to return it as cell in result table you do not have to define parameter and you can just do select yourdatafied from yourtable at the end of your stored procedure.

But SQL Command with output parameter is more elegant solution and will work a little faster ( .net do not have to create table structure for returned data)
and you can use executeNonQuery instead of execute scalar or execute reader.

See VB or C# help for syntax how to do this if you will have problems post again, but help is very good in VS so you should be good.

Return Dates Not in Table

Just wondering if anyone could help with returning dates not in a table eg
Orders table has a number of Orders with OrderDate stored. I would like to
write a query that displays all dates between say 01 October 2005 and 30
October 2005 that did not have a OrderDate, ie if there were no Orders with
an OrderDate recorded on the 5 October then the query would return 5 October.
Tina
Below is one way you could achieve this using a Calender Reference Table:
CREATE TABLE orders
(
OrderID INT,
OrderDate SMALLDATETIME
)
INSERT orders SELECT 1, '1 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 2, '2 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 3, '3 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 4, '4 Oct 2005'
-- Create Calender Reference Table
CREATE TABLE calender
(
CalenderDate SMALLDATETIME
)
DECLARE @.dt SMALLDATETIME
SET @.dt = '1 Jan 2005'
WHILE @.dt < DATEADD(YEAR, 1, '1 Jan 2005')
BEGIN
INSERT calender SELECT @.dt
SET @.dt = DATEADD(DAY, 1, @.dt)
END
SELECT calenderdate
FROM Calender
WHERE calenderdate BETWEEN '1 Oct 2005' AND '31 Oct 2005'
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM orders WHERE OrderDate = calenderdate)
- Peter Ward
WARDY IT Solutions
"Tina" wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone could help with returning dates not in a table eg
> Orders table has a number of Orders with OrderDate stored. I would like to
> write a query that displays all dates between say 01 October 2005 and 30
> October 2005 that did not have a OrderDate, ie if there were no Orders with
> an OrderDate recorded on the 5 October then the query would return 5 October.
sql

Return Dates Not in Table

Just wondering if anyone could help with returning dates not in a table eg
Orders table has a number of Orders with OrderDate stored. I would like to
write a query that displays all dates between say 01 October 2005 and 30
October 2005 that did not have a OrderDate, ie if there were no Orders with
an OrderDate recorded on the 5 October then the query would return 5 October
.Tina
Below is one way you could achieve this using a Calender Reference Table:
CREATE TABLE orders
(
OrderID INT,
OrderDate SMALLDATETIME
)
INSERT orders SELECT 1, '1 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 2, '2 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 3, '3 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 4, '4 Oct 2005'
-- Create Calender Reference Table
CREATE TABLE calender
(
CalenderDate SMALLDATETIME
)
DECLARE @.dt SMALLDATETIME
SET @.dt = '1 Jan 2005'
WHILE @.dt < DATEADD(YEAR, 1, '1 Jan 2005')
BEGIN
INSERT calender SELECT @.dt
SET @.dt = DATEADD(DAY, 1, @.dt)
END
SELECT calenderdate
FROM Calender
WHERE calenderdate BETWEEN '1 Oct 2005' AND '31 Oct 2005'
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM orders WHERE OrderDate = calenderdate)
- Peter Ward
WARDY IT Solutions
"Tina" wrote:
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> Just wondering if anyone could help with returning dates not in a table eg
> Orders table has a number of Orders with OrderDate stored. I would like t
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> write a query that displays all dates between say 01 October 2005 and 30
> October 2005 that did not have a OrderDate, ie if there were no Orders wit
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> an OrderDate recorded on the 5 October then the query would return 5 October.[/vbc
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Return Dates Not in Table

Just wondering if anyone could help with returning dates not in a table eg
Orders table has a number of Orders with OrderDate stored. I would like to
write a query that displays all dates between say 01 October 2005 and 30
October 2005 that did not have a OrderDate, ie if there were no Orders with
an OrderDate recorded on the 5 October then the query would return 5 October.Tina
Below is one way you could achieve this using a Calender Reference Table:
CREATE TABLE orders
(
OrderID INT,
OrderDate SMALLDATETIME
)
INSERT orders SELECT 1, '1 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 2, '2 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 3, '3 Oct 2005'
INSERT orders SELECT 4, '4 Oct 2005'
-- Create Calender Reference Table
CREATE TABLE calender
(
CalenderDate SMALLDATETIME
)
DECLARE @.dt SMALLDATETIME
SET @.dt = '1 Jan 2005'
WHILE @.dt < DATEADD(YEAR, 1, '1 Jan 2005')
BEGIN
INSERT calender SELECT @.dt
SET @.dt = DATEADD(DAY, 1, @.dt)
END
SELECT calenderdate
FROM Calender
WHERE calenderdate BETWEEN '1 Oct 2005' AND '31 Oct 2005'
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM orders WHERE OrderDate = calenderdate)
- Peter Ward
WARDY IT Solutions
"Tina" wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone could help with returning dates not in a table eg
> Orders table has a number of Orders with OrderDate stored. I would like to
> write a query that displays all dates between say 01 October 2005 and 30
> October 2005 that did not have a OrderDate, ie if there were no Orders with
> an OrderDate recorded on the 5 October then the query would return 5 October.

Return Date not DateTime

I am trying to count the amount of distinct dates (not datetime) in a table row. The call below returns the amount of distinct datetimes. How do I strip off the time when doing the SQL call?

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT DT) FROM Event

SELECTConvert(Varchar,DT,101),Count(*))FROM EventGroup byConvert(Varchar,DT,101)

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SELECTCOUNT(DISTINCTDAY(DT)+' /'+MONTH(DT)+' /'+YEAR(DT))FROMEvent

Return dataset in one column

Hi there

I have the following two tables

mainprofile (profile varchar(20), description)
accprofile (profile varchar(20), acct_type int)

Sample data could be

mainprofile
------
prof1 | profile one
prof2 | profile two
prof3 | profile three

accprofile
-----

prof1 | 0
prof1 | 1
prof1 | 2
prof2 | 0

Now doing a join between these two tables would return multiple rows,
but I would like to know whether it would be possible to return
acct_type horizontally in a column of the result set, e.g.

prof1 | profile one | [0,1,2]
prof2 | profile two | [0]

I could probably manage this with cursors, but it would be very
resource intensive. Is there a better way?

Regards,
LouisFor a one time data display or if this is used by a single application or a
report, you should consider retrieving the resultset to the client side,
leverage the display/presentation language's string manipulative features
and appropriately format the data there.

If this is more of a general requirement and used by several applications,
in certain cases it may make some sense to do it at the server using t-SQL.
For some options see: http://www.projectdmx.com/tsql/rowconcatenate.aspx
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Anith|||

Quote:

Originally Posted by

For some options see: http://www.projectdmx.com/tsql/rowconcatenate.aspx

Thanks. In the end I decided to stick with using a CURSOR

Regards,
Louis