How to insert time in MS SQL DB

hi..

i want to store value of time in the database i.e. the 'time in' and 'time out' value for a particular entry of an employee. i have take datetime as a datatype in MS SQL 2000 database and my language is vb.net. How can i store time value in my database?

There is no datatype strictly for the time. I suggest storing the entire date and time value. What if your employee clocks in at 7:00 PM and clocks out at 3:00 AM?|||You told me write to store time in datetime data type along with date. But in what format should I enter the values if I want to store the values in 24 hrs. time format?|||Well, I didn't tell you to store the data in a datetime data type, but I did suggest it. You can see from thedatetime and smalldatetime documentation that SQL Server stores the data in two 4-byte integers, the first 4 bytes store the offset from the base date (January 1, 1900). The other 4 bytes store the number of milliseconds after midnight.

You might use something like this to set a date/time as a parameter value:

myCommand.Parameters.Add("@.DateTimeIn", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = DateTime.Parse("2006-03-04 23:01:00")

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Datetime values by their nature do not have a "format". It's when you convert the datetime to a string that the string has a "format". (format is quoted because, yes, of course datetime has a format, as tmorton pointed out, but it's not what most people mean)

Just to point this out further, in tmorton's MyCommand.Parameters.Add statement above, you are giving the .value a datetime object. Datetime.Parse("some string"), takes the string in a format that datetime can covert to a valid datetime object, based on your current culture's standard date and time formats. The format tmorton chose (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:DD.SSS) is the one least likely to give any problems because it is universally available in all cultures, unlike say MM/DD/YYYY which is available in en-US, or (guessing) DD/MM/YYYY in en-GB, or DD.MM.YYYY in fr-FR (Sorry if these aren't the correct formats for England and/or France).

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Hi..

I got my problem soluation but a small problem still remailns.

I am displaying my records in datagrid with code as...

<asp:Label ID="timeinlbl" Width = 30 Runat = server text='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.timein","{0:hh:mm}")%>'>

It shows me time in '08:30' format. I want to also display am/pm format. What should I add to display the format 'am/pm'?

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geek.net wrote:

What should I add to display the format 'am/pm'?

Starting from here:BoundColumn.DataFormatString Property, I followed the link to:Formatting Overview. From there I followed the link to:Date and Time Format Strings, and then followed the final link to:Custom DateTime Format Strings. This page should help you discover the exact format string you need.

How to insert the value from the text box (ASP.NET 2.0) to the microsoft sql server 2000 d

Hello Friends,

I have a problem with ASP.net with dynamic data transfer from asp page to microsoft sql server 2000. For example , I have asp web page with one text field and a buttion.When I click the buttion, the value entered in the text field should be transfered from the text field to database.

Kindly See the following section c# code ....

SqlConnection objconnect = new SqlConnection(connectionString);

SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();

cmd.Connection = objconnect;

cmd.CommandText = " select * from Table_Age where Age = @.Age";

cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

SqlParameter parameter = new SqlParameter();

parameter.ParameterName = "@.Age";

parameter.SqlDbType = SqlDbType.VarChar;

parameter.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;

parameter.Value = TextBox1.Text;

objconnect.Open();

// Add the parameter to the Parameters collection.

cmd.Parameters.Add(parameter);

SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();

********************this section c# code is entered under the button control************************************

connection string is mentioned in the web.config file.

In the above c# code , I have a text field , where I entered the age , the value entered in the text field should be sent to database. I have used SqlParameter for selecting the type of data should be sent from ASP.NET 2.0 to the microsoft sql server 2000. I am facing a problem where I am unable to sent the random datas from a text field to the database server.I have a created a database file in the microsoft server 2000.

after the excution of the fIeld value is assinged to NULL in the main database i.e microsoft the sql server 2000.

Can anyone help with this issue.

My mail id phijop@.hotmail.com

- PHIJO MATHEW PHILIP.

Hi

Remove :

parameter.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;

since your direction should be input.

how to insert the range of ip address in SQL using stored procedures

hi

i need to insert the list of ipaddress using stored procedures.

the user will give the from and to range of IP ADDRESS.i've to insert all the possible ip address between those values.

how to do this..

LEts say the range is from 172.25.50.1 to 172.25.50.30 you can write a WHILE loop to loop through and insert records. There are other ways too but at this time of the night this is the best I can think of without putting any pressure on my brain...

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hi dinakar,

thanks for the help @. the late night,

i even wrote a while loop in stored procedure..

what i did is i converted the ips to bigint and made the loop.

now what i need is to place the dots in the corresponding positions from where it was taken out..

can u give any suggestions for this..

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i solved it in this way

-- LOOP START

Declare @.testvarchar(40)declare @.s1int,@.s2int,@.s3int,@.s4intset @.s1 =len(145)set @.s2 =len(145)set @.s3 =len(45)set @.s4 =len(45)set @.test ='1451592633'set @.test=substring(@.test,0,@.s1+1)+'.'+substring(@.test,@.s1+1,@.s2)+'.'+substring(@.test,@.s2+@.s1+1,@.s3)+'.'+substring(@.test,@.s1+@.s2+@.s3+1,@.s4)print @.test

-- END OF LOOPsql

How to insert the date

Dear all,
I got a fieldA as datetime (length 8).
When I select in query analyzer, it shows the following value
: 2003-10-27 11:36:27.640
now I get fieldA into a ADODB.recordset in VB with fields
rs_A("fieldA")
And I try to update another table with Field (FieldB) Field B
is also datetime with length 8)
with rs_A ("fieldA") i.e. update tableA set FieldB =
rs_A("fieldA")
The final update statement is query analyzer is :
update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27 11:36:27.640
The query analyzer complains incorrect syntax near 11:36 . It
cannot be updated.
How can I insert to FieldB with the complete date and time from
FieldA. Is that something like
update tableA set FieldB = '2003-10-27 11:36:27.640' or
update tableA set FieldB = format(2003-10-27 11:36:27.640)
Please help.
Thanks.hon123456 a écrit :
> Dear all,
> I got a fieldA as datetime (length 8).
> When I select in query analyzer, it shows the following value
> : 2003-10-27 11:36:27.640
> now I get fieldA into a ADODB.recordset in VB with fields
> rs_A("fieldA")
> And I try to update another table with Field (FieldB) Field B
> is also datetime with length 8)
> with rs_A ("fieldA") i.e. update tableA set FieldB =
> rs_A("fieldA")
> The final update statement is query analyzer is :
> update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27 11:36:27.640
> The query analyzer complains incorrect syntax near 11:36 . It
> cannot be updated.
> How can I insert to FieldB with the complete date and time from
> FieldA. Is that something like
> update tableA set FieldB = '2003-10-27 11:36:27.640' or
> update tableA set FieldB = format(2003-10-27 11:36:27.640)
1) there si no format about DATETIME SQL type storage it is just
DATETIME (in fact two integers)
2) when casting a string to a DATETIME the only format that is universal
is the ISO short DATETIME format which is :
YYYYMMDD HH:MM:SS.nnn
3) your query : "update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27 11:36:27.640"
try to make a substract of 2003 minus 10 minus 27 ... and is loose after
4) if you want to use exotic formats about DATETIME as string, set your
session dateformat parameter as above :
SET DATEFORMAT { ymd | mdy | dmy | ydm | myd | ymd }
5) prefer always use a explicit CAST like :
SET DATEFORMAT myd
SELECT CAST('03199722 00:11:22.333' AS DATETIME)
...
A +

> Please help.
> Thanks.
>
Frédéric BROUARD, MVP SQL Server, expert bases de données et langage SQL
Le site sur le langage SQL et les SGBDR : http://sqlpro.developpez.com
Audit, conseil, expertise, formation, modélisation, tuning, optimisation
********************* http://www.datasapiens.com ***********************|||Thanks SQLpro,
For my query : update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27
11:36:27.640
Query Analyzer complains incorrect syntax near 11. What can I do to
make this query work?
Thanks.|||Thanks SQLpro,
Sorry to post again. I do not understand your point 3
suggestion
3) your query : "update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27 11:36:27.640"
try to make a substract of 2003 minus 10 minus 27 ... and is loose
after
Is that mean I need to change the query as follows:
update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27-11:36:27.640
Thanks.|||On 25 Apr 2006 18:06:51 -0700, "hon123456" <peterhon321@.yahoo.com.hk>
wrote:

>Is that mean I need to change the query as follows:
>update tableA set FieldB = 2003-10-27-11:36:27.640
Put quotes around the date string, and remove the dash between the
date and time:
update tableA set FieldB = '2003-10-27 11:36:27.640'
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT|||> Put quotes around the date string, and remove the dash between the
> date and time:
... and better yet, put a T between the date and a time part, making int th
e ISO 8601 format which
isn't dependent on any language setting for the login, etc.
(Hi, Roy! I'm happy to see you here :-) .)
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Roy Harvey" <roy_harvey@.snet.net> wrote in message
news:h3lt42hna2q4odv454dpujnrp1hib49od6@.
4ax.com...
> On 25 Apr 2006 18:06:51 -0700, "hon123456" <peterhon321@.yahoo.com.hk>
> wrote:
>
> Put quotes around the date string, and remove the dash between the
> date and time:
> update tableA set FieldB = '2003-10-27 11:36:27.640'
> Roy Harvey
> Beacon Falls, CT

How to INSERT text that contains single quotes?

When users enter text into a textbox, to be INSERTed into my table, SQL Server throws an error if their text contains a single quote.

For example, if they enter "It's great!" then it causes this error:
Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'. Unclosed quotation mark after the character string ''.

How can I allow text with single quotes to be inserted into the table?

Here's my code:

string strInsert = "INSERT INTO [Comments] ([GameID], [UserID], [Comment]) VALUES (@.GameID, @.UserID, @.Comment)";

SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(<<myconnectionstuff>>);
SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand(strInsert, myConnection);

myCommand.Parameters.Add( "@.GameID", Request.QueryString["GameID"] );
myCommand.Parameters.Add( "@.UserID", (string)Session["UserID"] );
myCommand.Parameters.Add( "@.Comment", ThisUserCommentTextBox.Text );

try {
myCommand.Connection.Open();
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

catch (SqlException ex) {
ErrorLabel.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message;
}

finally {
myCommand.Connection.Close();
}

You write C# so they are called string literals in C# but in ANSI SQL they are Delimiters per ANSI SQL 92 and SQL Server is compliant so run a search for Qouted Identifier in SQL Server BOL(books online) and try the link below for SQL Server Delimiters. Hope this helps.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms176027.aspx

|||That code looks fine. Are you sure that is where the problem is?|||

(How can I allow text with single quotes to be inserted into the table?)

The person have not posted the code with the error but I replied the above and the error generated.

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Motley:

That code looks fine. Are you sure that is where the problem is?

Well it works fine unless I include a single quote in the text box somewhere.

Caddre, I've researched some more based on your reply, but I don't have easy access to the SQL Server settings - I'm on a shared hosting account. Is there some other workaround, maybe using a regular expression to replace a single quote with something else, at least temprarily while I'm processing the text? I tried entering /' instead, to see if an escape character would work, but SQL Server still won't take it.

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Yes there is SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON/OFF will help you deal with it. Try the link below for details.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms174393.aspx

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Caddre:

Yes there is SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON/OFF will help you deal with it. Try the link below for details.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms174393.aspx

I'm wondering how to send the "SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON" command within my ASP.NET page.

I'm using a command called ExecuteNonQuery(); -- so does that mean I can just append it to the beginning of my INSERT string, like this?

string strInsert = "SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO INSERT INTO [Comments] ([GameID], [UserID], [Comment]) VALUES ..."

Does it last only during this query or will it stay on somehow until I turn it off?

Sorry, I'm a newbie with SQL Server and ASP.NET.

|||You have to use it in your stored proc and ExecuteNonQuery takes stored proc. Hope this helps|||

Yes, I understand. It should work fine for any value you place within the textbox control. That includes quotes. I do this quite often with no problems.

As for can you put the SET statement before your query, the answer is yes, but do not separate the commands with GO. You may place a semi-colon between them if you want to however, like:

SET {stuff}; SELECT {stuff}

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OK, I am trying to make sense of this, and it's just not making any sense to me. (I have limited experience with SQL and SQL Server and VBScript; I paid a programmer to write a script and after delivering a partly-working script, he promised to fix it and then disappeared. I think he couldn't solve this problem himself.)

I am getting the error message "Unclosed quotation mark after the character string" when I execute this SQL statement from VBScript, butno error when I execute the same SQL statement from within SQL Management Studio. Any suggestions would be extremely welcome.

INSERT INTO Raw_Datafeeds (ProductID,Name,MerchantID,Merchant,Link,Thumbnail,BigImage,Price,RetailPrice,Category,SubCategory,Description,Custom1,Custom2,Custom3,Custom4,Custom5,LastUpdated,Status,Last_Loaded)
VALUES
('454848129','Healthy Ears Ear Cleanser - Buy 2 Get 1 Free','10052',
'Pet Nutrition Products','http://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=10052&userID=YOURUSERID&productID=454848129',
'http://www.petnutritionproducts.com/images/products/100/cat_ears.jpg',
'http://www.petnutritionproducts.com/images/products/400/cat_ears.jpg',15.98,0,'Home/Family','Pets',
'Healthy Ears Ear Cleanser is a veterinarian formulated combination of gentle ingredients that aid in the removal of dirt, wax and other unwanted matter from your cat''s ears.',
'Dog','Ear Care',' ',' ',' ','6/6/2006 1:35:01 AM','instock','10/25/2006 4:06:00 PM')

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The original problem in this thread could probably be solved by specifying the type of each parameter rather than letting the system guess.

As for mark's problem, it's obviously related to "cat''s" in your insert string, however since you haven't posted the code you are using in VBScript, it'd be difficult to say where the problem is. As a quick hack, you can replace all quotes in any parameter with '+CHAR(39)+' so that cat's would then become cat'+CHAR(39)+'s.

how to insert text / bitmap column

how to insert text / bitmap column
example pls :-)Originally posted by ligang
how to insert text / bitmap column
example pls :-)

Try the WRITETEXT and UPDATETEXT statements, examples can be found in BOL.

How to insert ten rows in one insert statement

Dear all,
I want to insert 10 rows data as follows
column-A column-B column-C
A A
1
A A
2
A A
3
A A
4
A A
5
In each row, the Column-A and column-B are the same. While column-c
will increase from 1 to 10.
How can I do that in one insert statement . Or I need to loop in VB
Program.
Thanks.If column C is an identity problem, then you just insert 'a', 'a' 10 times
(like your other question).
But otherwise, you could use rowcount and row_number like this:
set rowcount 10
insert into newtable
select 'a', 'a', row_number() over (order by quantity)
from sometable
where sometable has at least 10 rows.
Or, using a CTE instead of rowcount:
with rownums as (select 'a' col1, 'a' col2, row_number() over (order by
quantity) as rownum
from sometable
)
insert into newtable select * from rownums where rownum <= 10
"hon123456" wrote:

> Dear all,
> I want to insert 10 rows data as follows
> column-A column-B column-C
> A A
> 1
> A A
> 2
> A A
> 3
> A A
> 4
> A A
> 5
> In each row, the Column-A and column-B are the same. While column-c
> will increase from 1 to 10.
> How can I do that in one insert statement . Or I need to loop in VB
> Program.
> Thanks.
>|||Thanks Rob.
When I try to run
select 'a', 'a', row_number() over (order by quantity) from sometable.
The query analyzer complains 'row_number' is not a recognized function
name.
By the way, can I have the complete sql statement for the follows
statement
with rownums as (select 'a' col1, 'a' col2, row_number() over (order by
quantity) as rownum
from sometable )|||Thanks Rob. sorry to post again. But I am wondering what does the
variable "quantity" come from in the following statement:
select 'a', 'a', row_number() over (order by quantity) from sometable.|||Haha - sorry... that's just one of the columns in 'sometable'. I meant to
change that.
If it's not recognising row_number(), then perhaps you're not running
SQL2005 ? :(
It's somewhat harder to do in SQL2000. Off the top of my head, the easiest
way to do it is to create a temporary table with an identity field, or
perhaps use a while loop and do 10 single inserts (after all, if it's only
10...).
One nice way would be to use an auxiliary table of numbers. You'll find it
useful for all kinds of other reasons too... but most of all, you can easily
just say "select 'a', 'a', num from nums where num <= 10"
Hope this helps,
Rob
"hon123456" wrote:

> Thanks Rob. sorry to post again. But I am wondering what does the
> variable "quantity" come from in the following statement:
> select 'a', 'a', row_number() over (order by quantity) from sometable.
>|||If you already had a table of sequential numbers this would be
simpler. You would simply replace derived table A with that table,
and limit the values to the range 1 to 10 in a WHERE clause.
INSERT SomeTable
SELECT A.column_a, 'A' as column_b, 'A' as column_c
FROM (select 1 as column_a UNION
select 2 UNION
select 3 UNION
select 4 UNION
select 5 UNION
select 6 UNION
select 7 UNION
select 8 UNION
select 9 UNION
select 10) as A
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
On 18 Apr 2006 21:48:17 -0700, "hon123456" <peterhon321@.yahoo.com.hk>
wrote:

>Dear all,
> I want to insert 10 rows data as follows
> column-A column-B column-C
> A A
> 1
> A A
> 2
> A A
> 3
> A A
> 4
> A A
> 5
>In each row, the Column-A and column-B are the same. While column-c
>will increase from 1 to 10.
>How can I do that in one insert statement . Or I need to loop in VB
>Program.
>Thanks.