I have always used a MySQL Where In to filter for multiple values of a single field. I am looking for the equivalent for SQL Server. When I set this up on SS it looks at each item as a field in my table instead of a record in my field. Does anyone know the equivalent? Thanks!
MySQL:
SELECT quote_id,entity_id FROM customer.customer_id4
WHERE
quote_id IN ("00033658.0","00033361.0","00032971.0")
Error when using similar format in SS:
Invalid column name '00033658.0'
Invalid column name '00033361.0'
Invalid column name '00032971.0'
" in SQL server is used to delimit field names. You need to use ' instead, e.g.
... quote_id IN ('00033658.0', '00033361.0', etc...)
^-- ^--- note the different quotes
I think you just have to replace double quotes(") with a single quote (').
SELECT quote_id,entity_id FROM customer.customer_id4
WHERE
quote_id IN ('00033658.0','00033361.0','00032971.0')
Try using single quotes in the IN statement and see this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177682.aspx
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The last person in my job has flooded column names with special characters such as (?,!, and /), as well as used many reserved keywords for column names (more often than not, timestamp or user is used).
Normally, I step around this by using double quotes or brackets to escape the SQL object. A subset of the full list of columns are below:
DriverID,
Department,
Odometer,
MerchantState,
MerchantCity,
gallons/Units,
timestamp,
tax
Inside my query, I wrap the two columns in question (gallons/units and timestamp) inside double quotes. Timestamp because it's a reserved keyword, and Gallons/units, because without the quotes, SQL reads the query, stops at the slash, and tells me "Gallons" is not a column inside the table.
If I do wrap double quotes around the column name, SQL returns a different error: "Operand should contain 1 column(s)".
I've tried every variant (only capturing the slash in quotes, quoting both, using brackets, mixing brackets and quotes, etc. but with to no avail).
Is there anything I can do to fix this query short of renaming the column name and changing the associated code in the program that pulls from it? (the really tedious task I'm trying to avoid).
In SQL Server, identifiers can be delimited using square brackets, e.g.
SELECT [gallons/units] ...
In MySQL, identifiers can be delimited using backticks, e.g.
SELECT `gallons/units` ...
(NOTE: If MySQL SQL_MODE includes ANSI_QUOTES, then double quotes are treated as delimiters for identifiers, similar to the way Oracle handles double quotes; absent that setting, double quotes are handled as delimiters for string literals. With ANSI_QUOTES included SQL_MODE, "gallons/units" will be interpreted as an identifier (column name). Without ANSI_QUOTES, MySQL will see it as a string literal, as if it were enclosed in single quotes.)
FOLLOWUP:
As far as an error "operand should contain only 1 column(s)", that's usually a problem with query semantics, not an issue with escaping identifiers.
A subquery in the SELECT list can return only a single expression, for example, this would throw an error:
Query: SELECT 'foo' , ( SELECT 'fee' AS fee, 'fi' AS fi )
Error Code: 1241
Operand should contain 1 column(s)
You can try backticks instead of double quotes
`gallons/units`
There are a couple of options. First, have you tried using %/ to escape the slash?
Example: "select * from 'gallons%/units';"
Second one I've found, which may or may not be helpful, is to provide an escape character definition, such as
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainala/archive/2008/08/17/using-and-escape-clause-in-sql-server-like-query.aspx
select * from MyTable where Description like '|[summary|]%' escape '|'
In your case
select * from 'gallons|/units' escape '|'
You indicate both mysql and sql-server in your tags, so I'm not sure which server support I should be looking for exactly.
I am trying to insert the following query and I get syntax errors. Can you please help me with the below query:
INSERT INTO ABCTABLE (COLUMN1) values ('DECODE(MDSE_CD,NULL,'0000000000000000',LPAD(TO_NUMBER(MDSE_CD,'16',' '))');
Since you haven't really said anything other than "this query doesn't work, fix it", I have to take a stab in the dark what you want. From the query you have, I'm therefore guessing you want the value of the column to be DECODE(MDSE_CD,NULL,'0000000000000000',LPAD(TO_NUMBER(MDSE_CD,'16',' '))
In which case, you have to escape the single quotes within your string literal. Do this by doubling up the quotes:
INSERT INTO ABCTABLE (COLUMN1)
VALUES ('DECODE(MDSE_CD,NULL,''0000000000000000'',LPAD(TO_NUMBER(MDSE_CD,''16'','' ''))')
Try properly escaping the inner single quotes
INSERT INTO ABCTABLE (COLUMN1)
VALUES ('**DECODE**(MDSE_CD,NULL,''0000000000000000'',**LPAD**(TO_NUMBER(MDSE_CD,''16'','' ''))');
The problem is the use of quote marks. If we tried to break up your query it would look like this:
INSERT INTO ABCTABLE
(COLUMN1)
values
(
'DECODE(MDSE_CD,NULL,'
0000000000000000
',LPAD(TO_NUMBER(MDSE_CD,'
16
','
'))'
);
...which clearly makes no sense.
You might want to think about how to escape a quote mark inside a string.
Sql Server:
DECOD function in Sql Server can be replaced with CASE construct
LPAD function in Sql Server has not a direct correspondence but you can pad your string using string manage function REPLACE (replicate a character a number of specified times)
My Sql:
DECOD function in MySql can be replaced with CASE construct
LPAD function in MySql is existent
What do you want to store... a string literal 'DECODE(MDSE...))', or did you want to call a function to derive a value?
To store a string literal containing single quotes, you need to "escape" each single quote within the string with an extra single quote, e.g.
O'Hare Int'l ==> 'O''Hare Int''l'
The DECODE function is Oracle specific. That expression will need to be rewritten using different functions in both MySQL and SQL Server.
I have an MySQL query, which returns an error message. I think it could be due to the word "out". Normally, I would just change the field name but I am working on some software that I am not used to and I don't know how much of a change that would be. So, I want to be sure if I have to.
Here is the query:
SELECT * FROM probid_bids WHERE auctionid=73 AND out=0 AND invalid=0
Here the error message:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'out=0 AND invalid=0' at line 1
OUT is indeed a reserved word. You can encase the column names in backticks to quote the names, and thus avoid this problem, like so:
SELECT * FROM probid_bids WHERE `auctionid`=73 AND `out`=0 AND `invalid`=0
OUT is a reserved word (it is used to specify the type of parameters -- IN, OUT, INOUT -- when creating procedures). Try enclosing it inside backticks (`).
The rules regarding how and when to quote the identifiers (table names, column names, etc) are described here.
Note: certain MySQL configurations allow you to use double quotes as well but this should be avoided; stick with using backticks to quote identifiers and single quotes to quote strings.
Escape the keys:
SELECT * FROM `probid_bids` WHERE `auctionid`=73 AND `out`=0 AND `invalid`=0
I am a bit new to MySQL and just wanted to know what is the difference between:
` ' "
when I'm using them in a query.
With ` you write mysql variable names.
With ' you write mysql variable values
For example
SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE `x` = '1'
I would add that the way double quotes are interpreted depend of wether or not your MySQL server has ANSI quotes turned on or off.
In the former you cannot use double quotes as a string delimiter.
SELECT name FROM user WHERE last_name = "norris" ;
will return you a punch in your teeth.
``quotes you dont need to escape where as string quotes you do ''single or ""double
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/string-literals.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/identifiers.html
use ` (backquotes) for column name
use ' or " for values
Don't use backticks with column values. use either single or double quotes otherwise mysql considered that value as a column name.
I have a table with a column named 'from'. I want to retrieve data from it and so I tried following query.
select title,from,grade from localcourses where title='new';
But I get following exception due to the column name 'from'.
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'from,grade from localcourses where title='new'
How can I avoid this without renaming the column name? Thank you.
Try --
select `title`,`from`,`grade` from localcourses where `title`='new';
If you are running MySQL in standard (ANSI) mode, use double quotes to "escape" the keyword:
select title,
"from",
grade
from localcourses
where title='new';
If you are running MySQL in non-standard mode (which is still the default if I'm not mistaken), you need to use MySQL's dreaded "backticks:
select title,
`from`,
grade
from localcourses
where title='new';
On MySQL you can use the ` (back apostrophe -- to the left of the 1 key on your keyboard). Use
`from`.
I'll be the first to say it - you should avoid naming tables, columns, triggers, procedures, functions, etc with the names of reserved, action, and other commonly used words in sql and database engine syntax. It only creates confusion such is the case here.
Assuming Oracle try
select title,"from",grade from localcourses where title='new';
In mySQL, you need to enclose the from column in backtick character
select title,`from`,grade from localcourses where title='new'
I suspect the backtick character you are using is not the right one, I am not sure what type of keyboard you have, so it might not send the proper character in.
Try this instead.
select title,localcourses.from,grade from localcourses where title='new'
and see if that helps