Changing the command buffer size?

Is it possible to change the command buffer size??
I need to export data on demand to an excel spreadsheet via a stored procedure. The only way I know how to do this is through a bulk copy command; but my query is much to big for the buffer...
Thanks!!!Originally posted by rmcat
Is it possible to change the command buffer size??

I need to export data on demand to an excel spreadsheet via a stored procedure. The only way I know how to do this is through a bulk copy command; but my query is much to big for the buffer...

Thanks!!!

Are you sure it's your buffer that is causing the problem?
An Excel spread sheet can handle a max. of 65536 rows, maybe that is your limitation.|||Originally posted by kbk
Are you sure it's your buffer that is causing the problem?
An Excel spread sheet can handle a max. of 65536 rows, maybe that is your limitation.

When I run the stored proc with exec output turned on, I get the following error...
"Query hints exceed maximum command buffer size of 1023 bytes (3952 bytes input)."|||What do you put for the "query hints"? INDEX=xxxxx ?|||You're playing with dynamic sql...right?|||Originally posted by rdjabarov
What do you put for the "query hints"? INDEX=xxxxx ?

Ok, I don't exactly know what "query hints" in the error message is referring to, but the command I'm trying to execute is...

bcp "select...." queryout <filename> <sql user id> <sql password> <server> <file format>

The select statement is 3953 characters long. This commmand has worked for other (shorter) selects, so I have to assume the problem here is the length of my query. Unfortunately, I can't make it any shorter, so I'm hoping to make the command buffer bigger...|||Originally posted by Brett Kaiser
You're playing with dynamic sql...right?

Yes, it's dynamic. Sections of the where clause are dependant on data passed in from a web app that calls the stored proc.|||I think you nailed it, Brett! He just finished struggling with "Unclosed quotes"!|||Convert your SELECT into a stored procedure, and you're home free!|||Originally posted by rdjabarov
Convert your SELECT into a stored procedure, and you're home free!

Success!!!!

You guys rock!

Thank you!!!

Changing table selections

Hello,

I created a package using the import/export wizard in SSIS, that loads data from one database to the other. I am trying to find out how I can add and remove the tables that were originally selected when the package was created. I opened the package in BIDS, and I could not find that particular option. I know you can do this in 2000/DTS...

Any help would be appreciated...

Thank you,

David

That should be part of the data flow. when you open the package in BIDS; click in the dataflow tab.

Notice that is the new table has a diffrent structure; you will need to 'refresh' the metadata in the other components in the dataflow.

|||You may have a Transfer Objects task in your package, instead of a data flow. If you click that and hit F4 to bring up the Properties window, one of the properties is Database Objects. You can alter the list of items from there.

Changing SSIS package - new user question

I saved a simple export/import package from the import/export wizard to a .dtsx file/package. Now I want to change the package to delete/truncate all of the tables before adding data. (since this has 80 tables it would have been a pain to edit each of them individually)

How can I easily go about doing this with the SSIS package. I can't find out where this would actually be executed.

Also, how can I actually view the code behind the SSIS package.

Thanks.

fcb wrote:

I saved a simple export/import package from the import/export wizard to a .dtsx file/package. Now I want to change the package to delete/truncate all of the tables before adding data. (since this has 80 tables it would have been a pain to edit each of them individually)

How can I easily go about doing this with the SSIS package. I can't find out where this would actually be executed.

Execute SQL Task

fcb wrote:

Also, how can I actually view the code behind the SSIS package.

Thanks.

Right-click on the package in BIDS-->View Code

-Jamie

|||I assume I have to place the Execute SQL Task in the For Each Loop Container. Do I just place a truncate table statement in the SQL Statement property? Does the "for each loop container" ensure it truncates every table or is there some other coding that has to be done?

I don't know whether its the view I'm in but I can't actually find the View Code selection when I right click on the package.
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fcb wrote:

I assume I have to place the Execute SQL Task in the For Each Loop Container. Do I just place a truncate table statement in the SQL Statement property? Does the "for each loop container" ensure it truncates every table or is there some other coding that has to be done?

Well, why not just write 80 delete statements in a single task. It'll take a while but you'l only have to do it once!

fcb wrote:

I don't know whether its the view I'm in but I can't actually find the View Code selection when I right click on the package.

Try clicking the "View Code" button in the solution explorer

-Jamie

Changing number to date

I have a table in SQL Server that has a date field whose properties are 'number'. I want to export this data to a table in Oracle. I can't touch the Server table to alter it to be a date. Is there some way I can do this in the Oracle table? Example- SQL Server= 20030324 (March 24,2003). In Oracle I want it to read '24/03/2003', or some other date format.declare @.d as int
set @.d = 20031105
select cast(substring(cast(@.d as varchar(8)),5,2)+ '/' +
substring(cast(@.d as varchar(8)),7,2)+ '/' +
left(cast(@.d as varchar(8)),4)as smalldatetime)|||I need to update a whole column in an Oracle table. Thanks.

Changing language helps ( rrRenderingError) but.....

I want to display my reports in dutch.
Of what is the language dependent? server properties ?
Can you explain how the export to PDF-format effects the report-language
properties and/or serverproperties ?
Thanks in AdvanceLanguage is a Report property.
Open the Properties window (F4), and select 'Report' from the dropdown list.
Language is the second-last property displayed.
If you set it to Dutch, functions like Month() will return Dutch month names.
My 2c.
Flip
"Bobby" wrote:
> I want to display my reports in dutch.
> Of what is the language dependent? server properties ?
> Can you explain how the export to PDF-format effects the report-language
> properties and/or serverproperties ?
> Thanks in Advance
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