I am using SQLManager Lite for firebird and it was impossible so far to write a query which would do an operation on char/varchar columns. Character set is win1252.
A query like
select * from Person where name = 'John'
won't return any results despite the fact that the record exists in the database. A similar query on a numerical column works just fine.
AM I am missing anything here?
Also, this query runs fine from my application. The only issue is that I would like to be able to run it within SQLManager Lite too. As a side note, values for char and varchar columns are not displayed properly within the same SQLManager Lite.
change to like
select * from Person where name like 'John'
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Using Oracle APEX 5.0.4, with Oracle 12c. I am trying to write a REST service in Oracle APEX. I have a SQL statement...
select * from <my_table> where company_name = 'GOOGLE INC.'
When run from a straight SQL prompt, this runs and returns data. I have tried to implement this in a REST service, specifically using a URI template. I am using a bind variable, so my query now looks like.
select * from <my_table> where company_name = :ACCT_NAME;
Both the space and the period in my company name are causing me problems, returning no rows. If my BIND VARIABLE is a single word, then no problems. I found UTL_URL.UNESCAPE, and have tried to use that. This seems to solve the problem of having a space, but does not fix issue when the company name contains a period.
I rewrote my SQL Statement to
select * from <my_table> where company_name = UTL_URL.UNESCAPE(:ACCT_NAME);
The query will work if the BIND VARIABLE (aka company name) is multiple words, but NOT containing a period. For example, I can look up 'GOOGLE INC' by setting my bind variable = 'GOOGLE%20INC' . I need to be able to look up 'GOOGLE INC.' [notice the period at the end of INC] so I set my bind variable = 'GOOGLE%20INC%2E' and I consistently get 'BAD REQUEST'. It appears that the URI template is not valid.
If I pass this in via a straight SQL statement (aka OUTSIDE of the REST service), my data is found...
select * from <my_table> where company_name = UTL_URL.UNESCAPE('GOOGLE%20INC%2E');
There is something unique about the PERIOD character... Any ideas?
I'd like to generate the following SQL with rails / arel:
SELECT * FROM GROUPS
WHERE id = 10
CONNECT BY PARENT_ID = ID
I don't want to use plain SQL except for the last statement which is oracle specific (the real query is much more complex and I don't want to perform endless string concatenations).
What I've tried so far:
Group.where(id: 10).join('CONNECT BY PARENT_ID=ID')
This does not work as it places the custom SQL before the WHERE statement (as it assumes it's a join).
So the actual question is, how to add a custom bit of SQL to a query after the WHERE statements?
We have a legacy application we cannot modify that connects to Oracle 11g and at some point runs a query and returns a result. The application however is using the "generated" column name from Oracle to read the result.
Consider the following query:
select nvl(1,0.0) from DUAL;
As this query does not specify an alias, the generated column name would be "nvl(1,0.0)"
However on another server the generated column name is "nvl(1,0)" (notice 0 and not 0.0) and the application fails.
Is there a configuration that can be changed for Oracle? I've searched for formatting and locale configurations and they are equal on both servers.
Any help would be appreciated
It turns out there's a parameter called cursor_sharing that was set to FORCE instead of EXACT
select nvl(1,0.0) from DUAL;
The query above returns the following depending on the value of the parameter:
FORCE=NVL(1,0)
EXACT=NVL(1,0.0)
I'm having one of those throw the computer out the window days.
I am working on a problem involving Crystal Reports (Version 10) and an Oracle Database (11g).
I am taking a view from the database that returns a string (varcahr2(50)) which is actually a number, when a basic SELECT * query is run on this view I get the number back in the format 000000000000100.00.
When this view is then used in Crystal Reports I can view the field data, but I can't sum the data as it is not a number.
I began, by attempting to using ToNumber on the field, to which Crystal's response was that the string was not numeric text. Ok fair enough, I went back to the view and ran TO_NUMBER, when this was then used in crystal it did not return any results. I also attempted to run TO_CHAR on the view so that I could hopefully import the field as text and then perform a ToNumber, yet the same as with the TO_NUMBER no records were displayed.
I've started new reports, I've started new views. No avail.
This seems to have something to do with how I am retrieving the data for the view.
In simplistic terms I'm pulling data from a table looking at two fields a Foreign Key and a Value field.
SELECT PRIMARY_KEY,
NVL(MAX(DECODE(FOREIGN_KEY, FOREIGN_KEY_OF_VALUE_I_NEED, VALUE_FIELD)), 0)
FROM MY_TABLE
GROUP BY PRIMARY_KEY
When I attempted to put modify the result using TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR I have used it around the VALUE_FIELD itself and the entire expression, wither way works when the run in a SQL statement. However any TO_NUMBER or TO_CHAR modification to the statement returns no results in Crystal Reports when the view is used.
This whole problem smacks of something that is a tick box or equivalent that I have overlooked.
Any suggestions of how to solve this issue or where I could go to look for an answer would be greatly appreciated.
I ran this query in SQL Developer:
SELECT xxx, to_number(xxx) yyy
FROM (
SELECT '000000000000100.00' XXX FROM DUAL
)
Which resulted in:
XXX YYY
000000000000100.00 100
If your field is truly numeric, you could create a SQL Expression field to do the conversion:
-- {%NUMBER_FIELD}
TO_NUMBER(TABLE.VALUE_FIELD)
This turned out to be an issue with how Crystal Reports deals with queries from a database. All I needed to do was contain my SQL statement within another Select Statement and on this instance of the column apply the TO_NUMBER so that Crystal Reports would recognize the column values as numbers.
Hopefully this helps someone out, as this was a terrible waste of an afternoon.
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Hi,
I have a SQL query that i have tried executing using both SQLEXEC and SQL.fetch() but the problem is, when I am passing the values to parameters (:1,:2...) it does not return a row but when I hardcode the values in the where clause of the query itself, it retrieves the correct value.
Can anybody help?
My query looks similar to the following sample query :
Select * from PS_rec1 where emplid=:1 and plan_type=:2
it returns no data till i hardcode the values.
I have checked the values at the back end and some data is there to be fetched. Moreover, the same query retrieves data when ran in TOAD.
Have you tried outputting your binds to a log file just before you use them in your SQL statement?
If the binds aren't working, but literals are, then perhaps your binds don't contain the values that you expect them to.
You could also try explicitly setting the binds to the values that you're expecting just before the SQL statement. This will prove that the way you're passing in the binds is working correctly.
It required another update to the same record to get the values fetched in SQL exec.
M not sure what was the problem but i guess it might be that the previous update did not write the changes to the db even after an explicit commit.
Ok, you need to put your exact SQLExec statement in the question.
But, do you really have "Select * ..." in a SQLExec? How many columns are in your table? Since you mention the where clause, is your statement
SQLExec("select * from PS_rec where emplid=:1 and plan_type=:2", &var1, &var2, &vartocontainthewholerow);
Which will work in a SQL tool (toad) but probably does not work in AE or any type of Peoplecode program.
Now if your table has three columns, should you not have something like this:
SQLExec("select emplid, plan_type, column3 from PS_rec where emplid = :1 and plan_type=:2", &emplidIn, &plan_typeIn, &emplidOut, &plan_typeOut, &column3Out);
Notice that with three columns in the table that emplid and plan_type are two of them, you need to list all the columns you want, not asterisks '*'. Kind of silly to select the emplid and plan_type though.