Thursday, June 18, 2009

show or hide nested table views RadGrid SP1 Q1 2009

protected void ShowOrHideNestedTableView()
{
foreach (GridDataItem CS in rgABC.Items)
{

if (CS.OwnerTableView.Name == "AAA")
{
if (cb123.Checked)
{
CS.Parent.Visible = true;
CS.Visible = true;
}
else
{
CS.Parent.Visible = false;
CS.Visible = false;
}
}

}
}

protected void rgScheduleList_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ShowOrHideNestedTableView();
}

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

aspx c# open new window in button click event when the button is placed inside an ajax update panel

val1 is an integer
val2 is a boolean

System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
sb.Append("window.open(abc.aspx?val1=" + val1Value.ToString() + "');");
ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.upd1, this.upd1.GetType(), "abc", sb.ToString(), true);

aspx passing on multiple parameter values in URL

val1 is an integer
val2 is a boolean


in page 1:

aspx:

c#:
RadAjaxManager.GetCurrent(Page).ResponseScripts.Add("xxx('" + val1+ "',true);");

in page 2
c#
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Request["val2"]))
{
if (bool.Parse(Request["val2"]))
----logic here---------
}


if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Request["val1"]))
{
if (int.Parse(Request["val1"])>0)
----logic here---------
}

Thursday, June 04, 2009

COALESCE

use COALESCE to manage a nullable db value, reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190349.aspx

Monday, May 25, 2009

Error: Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2009.1.402

Error: Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2009.1.402.X, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=XXXX' or one of its dependencies

Found some useful sources here:

This is the one helped me to solve my problem

Another one here

one more

Another one here Here

Friday, May 22, 2009

making radgrid filters case insensitive

GroupingSettings-CaseSensitive="false"

Friday, May 01, 2009

locate and hide BoundField in gridview asp.net c#



protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
if (Convert.ToString(DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "ABC")) == "Text To Be Found")
e.Row.Visible = false;
}
}

Friday, April 17, 2009

RadGrid hide column in export

RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Columns.FindByUniqueName("ABC").Visible = false;

sorting problem - RadGrid GridTemplateColumn

my code that has problem sorting template columns:



the instruction says "the SortExpression value should match the data field you want to sort on (typically the field a control in the template is bound to)". I made sure this rule is applied but the problem remained. Then I removed the HeaderTemplate components, instead I added value to HeaderText property in the GridTemplateColumn level. This solved the problem, not sure why though.....

the new code looks like:
...........
.......

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

RadGrid Insert UserControl does not close automatically after insert

use the following code below, make sure the CommandName on the Insert Button on the UserControl is named "PerformInsert"
protected void ABC_ItemCommand(object source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs e) 
{  
if (e.CommandName == "PerformInsert")  
{  
//make sure the insert user control closes automatically after inserted
e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted = false;  
}

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

ASP.NET How to deal with the message: error connecting to undo manager of source file "........"

* Delete the .designer.cs file
* convert the .aspx or ascx file into a webapplication by right clicking on it

Checked=' < % # DataBinder.Eval( Container, "DataItem.Active" ) % >'

C# Convert String to Guid

Guid ProductID = new Guid(String)

Friday, April 03, 2009

pre-populate value into RadGrid Insert



protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.InitInsertCommandName)
{
//enter the code here
}
}
protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item is GridEditFormInsertItem && RadGrid1.MasterTableView.IsItemInserted)
{
GridEditFormInsertItem insertItem = (GridEditFormInsertItem)e.Item;
(insertItem["abc"].Controls[0] as TextBox).Text = "hello world";
}
}

Monday, February 16, 2009

Visual Studio 2005 bug in ASP.NET applications

my web.config has multiple connection strings.
when I right click on a table adapter in a dataset in design view, select "configure...", the dataset configuration window pops up. Naturally you'd just make the changes that you want to the query and click on Finish. If this table adapter doesn't use the first connection string listed in the web.config, visual studio will automatically change the connection string to the first one listed in the web.config.

In order to fix the problem when you first open up the configuration window click on Previous to go back to the connection string selection view, RESELECT the connection string. If you happened to encounter this error until this stage right click on the empty area of the dataset design view and select View Code. Then delete the unused connection string.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

ipconfig not working in cmd mode - Vista issue

when i tried to enter ipconfig in cmd mode it says: not valid command.

the solution is: right click on the cmd program and select "run as administrator".

why couldn't Vista run my programs as administrator when i logged in as administrator? this is stupid!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Compare mobile phone Cap Plans

found this tool very useful
http://www.mobchoice.com.au/compare-cap-plans-spreadsheet

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

string.format new line partially works (C#, ASP.NET)

see below my code. every "\n" works fine except the ones after "Event: {0}" and "Start Date: {1:D}", basically the Event, Start Date and End Date are printed on same line. can anyone help please? thanks in advance.

string.Format(



"Schedule Details: \n" +

"Event: {0}\n"+


"Start Date: {1:D} \n" +

"End Date: {2:D} \n" +

"Location: {3} \n"


,schedule.event,
schedule.startDate,
schedule.endDate,
schedule.location);

I tried ""Event: {0}"+ Environment.NewLine" and "Event: {0}\r" and "Event: {0}/r/n" got the same result
==============

Schedule Details:

Event: Basketball Match Start Date: Friday, 1 May 2009 End Date: Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Location: Como
================

Then I tried "Event: {0}\n"+ Environment.NewLine" and "Event: {0}\r"+ Environment.NewLine" and "Event: {0}/n/r" got this result (an additional line)
==============


Schedule Details:

Event: Basketball Match

Start Date: Friday, 1 May 2009 End Date: Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Location: Como
================

It seems that it works either for no newline or 2 new lines, but not for 1 newline. I tried to take out "Event" everything else worked just fine, so the problem must be with "Event"?

The Event has datatype of "string", startDate and endDate are datetime, location is string. A sample of Event value is "Attend Class Certificate III in Basketball".

Eventually the problem is solved, not sure why though.....:

I put single quotes around the Event value, not sure how exactly but it worked.
"Event: '{0}'\n"+

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

select checkboxlist based on to database data

foreach(datarow in the query result)
{

ListItem currentCheckBox = CheckBoxListABC.Items.FindByValue(datarow ["TheFieldName"].ToString());
if (currentCheckBox != null)
{
currentCheckBox.Selected = true;
}
}

Monday, August 04, 2008

ASP.NET C# capitalize the first letter of a string

using System.Globalization;
..
..
..
..
..
string ManipulatedString= CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase("OriginalString");

Saturday, August 02, 2008

"postback" event not related to REVIOUS and NEXT button on Internet Explorer?

in my case PageA has a buttonA that opens PageB. The code is "response.redirect("PageB.aspx");"

on PageB I have some methodM to call under condition "if (!IsPostBack)"

After I clicked on ButtoA to open PageB, methodM is trigerred.

but when I use the PREVIOUS button on Internet Explore to go back to PageA and click on NEXT button to go back to PageB the methodM didn't fire.

How can I catch the Previous and Next button click event?

the answer is adding the code below into Page_Load in the target page, this line of code will force the target page to load from server instead of cache

Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

a helpful tutorial for Creating a Data Access Layer in VS2005 Express

http://www.asp.net/learn/data-access/tutorial-01-cs.aspx

How to retrieve visitor's IP in C# ASP.NET 2.0

string strHostName = System.Net.Dns.GetHostName();
string clientIPAddress = System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(strHostName).GetValue(0).ToString();
return clientIPAddress;

Friday, July 25, 2008

MSSQL LIKE operator work with parameter values

without parameter: LIKE '%abc%'
with parameter: LIKE '%'+@searchString+'%'

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

useful stuff to solve visual studio 2008 slowness

found these links quite useful:
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/02/09/downloadable-hotfix-performance-and-editor-fixes-for-microsoft-visual-studio-2008-and-visual-web-developer-express-2008.aspx

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=10826

Tomorrow's CIO: Are You Ready Today?

found this tool on InformationWeek very interesting:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208403497#sg_wrapper

Monday, June 09, 2008

Cannot open .zip file in WSS 3.0

found solution for this problem on Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841120

Thursday, June 05, 2008

WSS 3.0 Search Service on SBS

You need to install and start Windows Indexing service, start SharePoint Search Service, and Change the Identity of the SP website in IIS-->Application Pools-->Properties from Network User to Local System User

Monday, May 26, 2008

project management - agile

project management - agile
In order to be agile everyone in the team must be proficient.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

ASP.NET DataBinding Eval V.S. Bind

Eval is used for one way data presentation whereas Bind is used to push data back to the database. Some detailed explanation:

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/040630.htm

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Agile Project Management with Scrum

found this about Scrum, very helpful

http://agilescrum.tar.hu/agile_scrum_0035.html

Monday, May 12, 2008

"check-in pending" problem opening enterprise project within MS Project 2007

work around:
1. delete cache OR
2. when close the project, don't just click on "x", instead go File - Close

Friday, May 09, 2008

Available fields in Microsoft Office Project 2007

Available fields in Microsoft Office Project 2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HA102369301033.aspx?pid=CH100788901033

Thursday, May 08, 2008

what is Queue in MSPS 2007

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Queuing System

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197395.aspx

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

what is resource units in Microsoft Office Project 2007

Sometimes it takes one resource to complete a task, but other times you need more. Sometimes a resource can only work part time. To account for these differences, Microsoft Office Project 2007 uses units (units: The quantity of a resource assigned to a task. The maximum units is the maximum number of units available for the resource. For example, if you have three plumbers, the maximum units is 300 percent or three plumbers working full-time.) to calculate the exact amount of time resources can work on a task............
Details: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HA102548291033.aspx

Configuring Linked Servers SQL Server 7 and 2000

found this post very helpful
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=21644

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Endnote x1 with WORD 2007 slows down Windows Vista x64

found a workaround for this issue
http://www.endnote.com/envista.asp

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Walkthrough: Validating User Input in a Web Forms Page

found this article on MSDN very helpful
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a0z2h4sw(VS.80).aspx
Visual Studio 2005, c#, web form, validator control

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

translate 'In' operator in SQL to LINQ

Just found out there is no 'In' in LINQ, instead there is an ANY in LINQ:
e.g.
var abc=
from d in mydb.department
where mydb.employee.Any(e => e.ProductID == d.ManagerId)
select d;

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

OUTKAST - PROTOTYPE



[Intro]
I hope that you're the one
If not, you are the prototype
We'll tiptoe to the sun
And do thangs I know you like

[Hook]
I think I'm in love again [repeat]

[Verse 1]
Today must be my lucky day
Baby, you are the prototype
Do sumn' outta the ordinary
Like catch a manitee
Baby you are the prototype
I think I'm..

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
If we happen to part
Lord knows I don't want that
But hey, we can't be mad at God
We met today for a reason
I think I'm on the right track now

[Hook]

The Scene
Come here

[Hook]

[Outro (ad libs)]
Girl, right now I wanna say, I wanna say
I wanna say stank you very much
For picking me up
And bringing me back to this world
I can't, I'm not
I can't afford to not record
I thank I wanna say
I thank I wanna say stank you, stank you
Smelly much!
For picking me up and bringing me back to this world
Hey, hey John! Are we recording our ad libs?
Really?? Were we recording just then?
Let me hear that, that first one
When I first started

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

不归路


歌曲:不归路

歌手:迪克牛仔

专辑:忘记我还是忘记他

词∶许常德 曲∶林进璋


我没有退路

尽管你也千辛万苦

不愿认输

是良心让爱坚固

剩下由老天做主

爱你是一条不归路

一度我非常孤独

但是我更怕漂浮

不知道身在何处

有时候绝路也是人生一条路

爱让人全意付出忘记有结束

一心只想你幸福

疏忽了自己痛苦

我没有退路

尽管你也千辛万苦

不愿认输

是良心让爱坚固

剩下由老天做主

有時候错误也是人生一条路

谁不是跌到谷底才有点觉悟

只要你不想退出

我不怕命运残酷

我没有退路

尽管你也千辛万苦

不愿认输

是良心让爱坚固

剩下由老天做主

我没有退路

尽管我也千辛万苦也不愿认输

是良心让爱坚固

老天做主

Monday, March 17, 2008

美丽的神话-成龙,金喜善

解开我 最神秘的等待 星星坠落 风在吹动
终于再将你拥入怀中 两颗心颤抖
相信我 不变的真心 千年等待 有我承诺
无论经过多少的寒冬 我绝不放手

이젠 나의 손을 잡고 눈을 감아요 yi jie na ye so nul qia go,nu nul ka ma yo.
(现在紧抓住我的手闭上眼睛)
우리 사랑했던 날들 생각해봐요 u li sa la hei dang nal dul,sei ga ke ba yo.
(请你回想起过去我们恋爱的日子)
우리 너무 사랑해서 아팠었네요 u li no mu sa la hei so,ha pa so ne yo.
(我们是因为太爱所以更使得我们痛苦)
서로 사랑한단 말도 못했었네요 so lo sa la ha dan mal do,mo tei so ne yo.
(我们连"爱你"这句话都无法讲)

每一夜 被心痛穿越 思念永没有终点
早习惯了孤独相随 我微笑面对
相信我 已选择等待 再多苦痛也不闪躲
只有你的温柔能解救 无边的冷漠

이젠 나의 손을 잡고 눈을 감아요 yi jie na ye so nul qia go,nu nul ka ma yo.
(现在紧抓住我的手闭上眼睛)
우리 사랑했던 날들 생각해봐요 u li sa la hei dang nal dul,sei ga ke ba yo.
(请你回想起过去我们恋爱的日子)
우리 너무 사랑해서 아팠었네요 u li no mu sa la hei so,ha pa so ne yo.
(我们是因为太爱所以更使得我们痛苦)
서로 사랑한단 말도 못했었네요 so lo sa la ha dan mal do,mo tei so ne yo.
(我们连"爱你"这句话都无法讲)

让爱成为你我心中 那永远盛开的花
穿越时空绝不低头 永不放弃的梦
우리 너무 사랑해서 아팠었네요 u li no mu sa la hei so,ha pa so ne yo.
(我们是因为太爱所以更使得我们痛苦)
서로 사랑한단 말도 못했었네요 so lo sa la ha dan mal do,mo tei so ne yo.
(我们连"爱你"这句话都无法讲)

让爱成为你我心中 那永远盛开的花
우리 소중했던 약속 잊지는 말아요 u li so ju hei dang ya kso,yi ji ni ma la yo.
(我们千万不要忘记我们的约定)
唯有真爱追随你我 穿越无尽时空
서로 사랑한단 말도 못했었네요 so lo sa la ha dan mal do,mo tei so ne yo.
(我们连"爱你"这句话都无法讲)
爱是心中唯一不变美丽的神话

美丽的神话-孙楠,韩虹

梦中的人熟悉的脸孔
你是我守候的温柔
就算泪水淹没天地
我不会放手,每一刻孤独的承受
只因我曾许下承诺
你我之间熟悉的感动
爱就要苏醒
万世沧桑唯有爱是永远的神话
潮起潮落始终不悔真爱的相约
几番若痛的纠缠多少黑夜掐扎
紧握双手让我和你再也不离分
枕上雪冰封的爱恋
真心相摇篮才能融解
风中摇曳炉上的火
不灭亦不休
等待花开春去春又来
无情岁月笑我痴狂
心如钢铁任世界荒芜
思念永相随
悲欢负月唯有爱是永远的神话
谁都没有遗忘古老,古老的誓言
你的泪水化为漫天飞舞的彩蝶
爱是翼下之风两心相随自在飞
你就是我心中唯一美丽的神话

爱情诺曼底

六月六日六时六分刚过六十秒
脆弱的堡垒远眺如风化的沙雕
轻抚着断裂的皱纹沧桑一条条
谁的心早已死掉
曾和你相爱如天命难违的凑巧
为何与你对决变成轮回的纷扰
爱如那常消的海潮退去时飘渺
我的心不再计较
情爱它似毒药 你我早就应该知道
为何却不停的要
为何却一再的要
我怎么才能登上你的爱情诺曼底
别让天与海的距离 衡量爱与恨的对立
怎么才能让我登上你的爱情诺曼底
狂奔在破晓的大地 拼了命也要找到你
占领这爱情诺曼底 Yeah

Thursday, March 13, 2008

挑衅

我的梦早已归零 我的爱结成冰

退色的刺青 残留的姓名 那是我的曾经

别为我动了真情 别怪我那么ㄍㄧㄥ

孤独的背影 落寞的神情 经不起你的挑衅

不要闯进我冰冷的爱情 我怕沉睡的梦被你惊醒

无论束手就擒 或是抵挡你的入侵 都会让我 摇摆不定 触景伤情

你的梦如此清醒 你的爱太冷静

催泪的叮咛 温柔的神情 却又让我动心

别让我掉入陷阱 别恨我不敢听

固执的个性 坚定的表情 经不起你的挑衅

不要闯进我冰冷的爱情 我怕沉睡的梦被你惊醒

无论束手就擒 或是抵挡你的入侵 对我来说 都是挑衅

不要挑衅我冰冷的爱情 我怕醒来会爱你爱不停

请你别再靠近 不要让我恨不下心

现在的我 经不起你 一再挑衅

Friday, February 29, 2008

check all or none items in checkedlistbox

if (clientList.CheckedItems.Count == 0)
for (int i = 0; i < clientList.Items.Count; i++)
{
clientList.SetItemChecked(i, true);
}
else
for (int i = 0; i < clientList.Items.Count; i++)
{
clientList.SetItemChecked(i, false);
}

Visual Studio 2008 checkedlistbox

figured this way to databind checkedlistbox, not sure why DataSourse, ValueMember, and DisplayMember do not appear in intellisense

this.clientsTableAdapter.Fill(this.dataSet1.Clients);
practice2.DataSet1.ClientsDataTable t = clientsTableAdapter.GetData();
checkedListBox1.DataSource = t;
checkedListBox1.ValueMember = t.IdColumn.ColumnName;
checkedListBox1.DisplayMember = t.NameColumn.ColumnName;

Monday, February 25, 2008

detect if ActiveX is disabled

found this two links quite useful

tect the browser using ASP.NET and C#
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/detectbrowser.aspx

How Can I Tell if ActiveX is Enabled in Internet Explorer?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/nov05/hey1114.mspx

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

make google dance~

found this link somewhere, it provides a block of javascript that makes images in google image search result dance in a queue, lol funny
http://www3.webng.com/redtophank/cit.html

Monday, October 29, 2007

ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression

problem query

select class_schedule.class_id, class_schedule.sum(class_schedule.enrolments) tot_enr, class.name from class_schedule inner join class on class_schedule.class_id = class.id group by class_schedule.class.id


solution
select class_schedule.class_id,
sum(class_schedule.enrolments) tot_enr, class.name
from class_schedule
inner join
class on class_schedule.class_id = class.id
group by class_schedule.class_id, class.name

Sunday, October 21, 2007

how to convert my query to stored procedure

I have this procedure below:

set serveroutput on
DECLARE
v_counter NUMBER(7) := 0;
v_tax NUMBER(11,2) := 0;
v_an_sal NUMBER(11,2) := 0;
CURSOR emp_cursor IS
SELECT id, last_name, first_name, salary
FROM scott.s_emp;
--r_emp scott.s_emp%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(rpad(‘ID’,5) || rpad(‘LAST_NAME’, 15) || rpad(‘FIRST_NAME’,15) || lpad(‘ANNUAL_SALARY’,11) || lpad(‘TAX’,11));
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(rpad(‘____ ’,5) || rpad(‘_______________’, 15) || rpad(‘_______________’,15) || lpad(‘___________’,11) || lpad(‘___________’,11));
FOR r_emp IN emp_cursor LOOP
v_counter := v_counter + 1;
v_tax := 0;
v_an_sal := r_emp.salary * 12;
IF v_an_sal > 150000 THEN
v_tax := 47850 + (v_an_sal -150000)*0.45;
ELSIF v_an_sal > 75000 THEN
v_tax := 17850 + (v_an_sal -75000)*0.40;
ELSIF v_an_sal > 25000 THEN
v_tax := 2850 + (v_an_sal -25000)*0.30;
ELSIF v_an_sal > 6000 THEN
v_tax := (v_an_sal -6000)*0.15;
ELSE
v_tax := 0;
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(rpad(r_emp.id,5) || rpad(r_emp.last_name, 15) || rpad(r_emp.first_name,15) || lpad(v_an_sal,11) || lpad(v_tax,11));
IF v_counter mod 5 = 0 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('******************************************************');
END IF;
END LOOP;
END;
/


I need to convert it to a stored procedure (or create a sored procedure for this) so that i can call it from my psp pages.

solution:
remove 'DECLARE set serveroutput on'
replace with 'CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE proc_emp_sum_analysis AS'

loop through query result and print each row in stored procedure

have this query which returns a set of rows, How can I loop through each row and display them using dbms.output.put_line? Please notice in the where clause there is a variable 'v_trainer_id', the variable value is known (retrieved from a column of a current row of another cursor)

select customer.id as customer_id, membership.join_date, membership.join_fee,round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0) as months_joined, membership_plan.monthly_price, membership.monthly_discount, (membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0) as total_paidfrom membership,membership_plan,customerwhere membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id andcustomer.id=membership.customer_id andmembership.trainer_id = v_trainer_idorder bycustomer.id;


solution:

v_cur_tid := r_trainer.trainer_id;FOR r_mem IN(select membership.customer_id as cust_id, membership.join_date, membership.join_fee,round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0) as months_joined, membership_plan.monthly_price, membership.monthly_discount, (membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0) as total_paidfrom membership,membership_planwhere membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id andmembership.trainer_id = v_cur_tidorder bymembership.customer_id)LOOP

PL/SQL: ORA-01744: inappropriate INTO

I have this part of the stored procedure, trying to use one select query to fill in 2 variables, got error 'PL/SQL: ORA-01744: inappropriate INTO'

--print summary of subsection

select t.* from (select count(membership.id) into v_tot_mem_by_trainer,sum((membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0)) into v_tot_rev_by_trainerfrom membership, membership_planwhere membership.trainer_id = r_trainer.trainer_id andmembership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id) t;


this is the original select query that has no problem
select t.* from (select count(membership.id) as total_number_of_members,sum((membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0)) as total_membership_paymentfrom membership, membership_planwhere membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id) t;


the solution:

select t.* into v_tot_mem_by_trainer, v_tot_rev_by_trainer from (select count(membership.id),sum((membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0))from membership, membership_planwhere membership.trainer_id = r_trainer.trainer_id andmembership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id) t;

Saturday, October 20, 2007

ORA-00937: not a single-group group function

I want to select some data from table membership and membership_plan, these 2 have some relationships with each other. In the same query, I also want to 'select count(*) from customers' where customers table has no relationship with the other 2 tables, I just want to find out the total number of customers and display with the rest of the query results.

select (select count(id) from customer), count(membership.id) as total_number_of_members, sum((membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0)) as total_all_members from membership,membership_planwhere membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id;


I got an error message as below:
ERROR at line 1:ORA-00937: not a single-group group function

solution:
select (select count(id) from customer), t.* from (select count(membership.id) as total_number_of_members,
sum((membership_plan.monthly_price- membership.monthly_discount) * round(months_between(sysdate, membership.join_date),0)) as total_all_members
from membership, membership_plan
where membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id) t;

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

oracle sqlldr datetime value problem

this is my loader ctl file

LOAD DATAINFILE 'trainer.data' BADFILE 'trainer.bad'DISCARDFILE 'trainer.dsc'REPLACEINTO TABLE trainerFIELDS TERMINATED BY ','TRAILING NULLCOLS(ID TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',FN TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',LN TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',GENDER TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',PHONE TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',MOBILE TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',EMAIL TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',CERTIFICATE_LEVEL TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',IS_PERSONAL_TRAINER TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',HIRE_DATE TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',IS_ACTIVE ENCLOSED BY '"')



the field 'hire_date' is a datetime field. e.g. '15-JUN-2005 13:30' in the format of 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:Mi'. please see the first 3 rows of my datafile below:

"1","Cara","Surename","m","06623355","0446002359","lorem.ut.aliquam@dictum.edu","a","y","06-JUN-2006 00:00","y""2","Noble","Surename","m","28435168","0451498500","Mauris.magna.Duis@id.com","a","n","06-JUN-2006 00:00","y""3","Coby","Surename","f","79907443","0460112510","Mauris@accumsan.ca","d","n","06-JUN-2006 00:00","y"


then when i executed the ctl file, i got this error below in the log file

Record 1: Rejected - Error on table TRAINER, column HIRE_DATE.ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input stringRecord 2: Rejected - Error on table TRAINER, column HIRE_DATE.ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input stringRecord 3: Rejected - Error on table TRAINER, column HIRE_DATE.ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string



solution:
HIRE_DATE DATE "DD-MON-YYYY HH24:Mi" TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"',

Monday, October 15, 2007

An old joke about project manager

A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there,another customer walked in and said to the shopkeeper, "I'll have a C monkey please." Theshopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and took out a monkey. Hefitted a collar and leash, handed it to the customer, saying, "That'll be £5,000."

The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.

Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them are only a few hundred pounds. Why did it cost so much?" The shopkeeperanswered, "Ah, that monkey can program in C - very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth themoney."

The tourist looked at a monkey in another cage. "Hey, that one's even more expensive! £10,000! What does it do?"

"Oh, that one's a C++ monkey; it can manage object-oriented programming, Visual C++, even some Java. All the really useful stuff," said the shopkeeper.

The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck read £50,000. The tourist gasped to the shopkeeper, "That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?"

The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I haven't actually seen it do anything, but it says it's a project manager".

Sunday, October 14, 2007

oracle how to random select a value out of 2 letters

select chr(121 - 11 * (round(dbms_random.value))) is_successful from dual
or

select case when dbms_random.value(0,1) < 0.5 then 'y' else 'n' end is_successful from dual

or
select translate(dbms_random.string('U',1),'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','ynynynynynynynynynynynynyn') from dual

or
select distinct First_Value(is_successful) over(order by dbms_random.value) as is_successfulfrom (select 'n' as is_successful from dual union all select 'y' from dual);

or
substr('yn', dbms_random.value(1,3), 1)

Friday, October 12, 2007

oracle add a day

select sysdate+1 from dual

oracle add a day

select sysdate+1 from dual

Thursday, October 11, 2007

oracle get a rendom set of string value with length in between 0 and 100

select dbms_random.string('l',dbms_random.value(0,100)) from dual

oracle return a range of integer

select level num from dual connect by level <= 5;


NUM
1
2
3
4
5

oracle get a random value out of a query result

I have a query:

select id from class_schedule where id not in (select distinct(event_id) from trainer_schedule)



I want to pick up a random value from this query result and assign it to a varible e.g. randomID.

solution:


randomID :=
select id from
(
select id from class_schedule
where id not in (select distinct(event_id) from trainer_schedule)
order by dbms_random.value
)
where rownum = 1

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

oracle update one table with values from another table

e.g.

update membership
set membership.join_fee = (select membership_plan.join_fee
from membership_plan
where membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id)
where exists (select 1
from membership_plan
where membership.membership_plan_id = membership_plan.id)

ORA-06550 problem in script

Tried to execute the script below got error The query:

DECLARE
CURSOR sol_cursor IS select * from membership;
months NUMBER(5,0) :=0;
BEGIN
FOR r_sol IN sol_cursor LOOP
months := (select min_months from membership_plan where id = r_sol.membership_plan_id);
UPDATE membership
SET end_date = add_months(r_sol.end_date,months)
WHERE id = r_sol.id
END LOOP;
END;

ERROR:
ORA-06550: line 6, column 12: PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "SELECT" when expecting one of the following: ( - + case mod new not null others avg count current exists max min prior sql stddev sum variance execute forall merge time timestamp interval date pipe


SOLUTION:
changing:
months := (select min_months from membership_plan where id = r_sol.membership_plan_id);

to:
select min_months INTO months from membership_plan where id = r_sol.membership_plan_id;

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

oracle add an hour

select to_char(to_date('15-08-2006 21:30','DD-MM-YYYY HH24:Mi')+1/24,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:Mi') from dual
or
select sysdate, sysdate + 5/24 from dual;

I created this, do you know what it does?

update class_schedule set start_time= add_months(start_time, -12*

(select to_number(to_char(start_time,'yyyy')-2006) from dual)) where

to_char(start_time,'yyyy')> to_char(2006)


GOOD LUCK!

oracle add a year

update class_schedule set start_time = (select add_months(start_time,12*2003)from dual)

or

add_months(trunc(start_time),12*35)

oracle update and display datetime in Date datatype fields

update class_schedule set start_time = to_date('2003-06-13 15:18','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI') where id=17

select to_char(start_time,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI') from class_schedule where id=17;

Monday, October 08, 2007

oracle generate a random date using julian dates

SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('2006-06-06', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 'J') FROM DUAL;
--> 2453893

SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('2007-10-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 'J') FROM DUAL;
--> 2454375


SELECT TO_DATE(TRUNC(DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE(2453893, 2454375)), 'J') FROM DUAL;

--> 19/SEP/06

Sunday, October 07, 2007

using pl/sql dbms_random function for generating random values

UPDATE purchase_order_line
SET discount_total = (select round(dbms_random.value(0, 9999.22),2) from dual)
WHERE purchase_order_id = r_po.purchase_order_id;

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

using general expression when creating check constraint in pl/sql

CONSTRAINT "CUSTOMER_CK_PHONE" CHECK (REGEXP_LIKE ( phone, '^([0-9]*?\ ?\/?[0-9]{4}[0-9]{4})$ ' ) ) ENABLE

Monday, September 24, 2007

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition forgot password after installation

symptom:
I installed 10g ex a while ago, now try to login, but forgot what the password was for the default username "system", can any one please help to retrieve the password?

fix:
SQL> conn / as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> alter user system identified by ;

Sunday, September 23, 2007

PL/SQL DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE formating experience

for the header row, do this:
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(rpad(‘ID’,5) || rpad(‘LAST_NAME’, 15) || rpad(‘FIRST_NAME’,15) || lpad(‘ANNUAL_SALARY’,11) || lpad(‘TAX’,11) || lpad(‘COMMISSION_PCT’, 16));
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(rpad(‘____ ’,5) || rpad(‘_______________’, 15) || rpad(‘_______________’,15) || lpad(‘___________’,11) || lpad(‘___________’,11) || lpad(‘______________’, 16));

then in the loop I did:
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(rpad(r_emp.id,5) || rpad(r_emp.last_name, 15) || rpad(r_emp.first_name,15) || lpad(v_an_sal,11) || lpad(v_tax,11) || lpad(v_com_pct, 16));

not very enjoyable way of formating, but it worked......

Sunday, September 09, 2007

sqlplus view existing indexes

select * from user_indexes
where table_owner like 'xxxxxx' and table_name like 'ABC';

Friday, September 07, 2007

modify linewidth in sqlplus

set line 200;

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

upload sql database to the host environment

found this tool that makes it easier to upload sql database to the host environment
http://www.codeplex.com/sqlhost

Friday, August 24, 2007

oracle sqlplus

select TABLE_NAME, CONSTRAINT_NAME, STATUS
from USER_CONSTRAINTS
where TABLE_NAME like 'INVOICE';

the word after 'like' must be in capital, otherwise you won't get any result

make your DNN site home page style different to other pages

create a homepage skin with the LogoPane instead of the Logo skin token

all other pages will use a skin that has standard Logo skin token

yellow color flash when open a new page on DNN site

the background color of my site is mainly dark-red and black, the text is in white color. When i click on a link to open another page, the background always flash in yellow color and return back to normal. what happened?

answer:
there is a background color set to be yellow in the css, check it

how to remove DNN version number on the tab

update DNN site from version 3.1 to 3.3.7, now when i open the site in IE7, the version number is displayed together with the page title on the IE7 tab:

My Site > Home (DNN 3.3.7)

in order to get rid of the stuff in '()', Log in as superuser ("host"), go to host settings in host menu and uncheck "show copyright credits".

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Oracle DB 10g EX SQL - case sensitivity

Only the text with quotes is case sensitive.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Oracle DB 10g EX SQL - create table - syntax to add Check

CREATE TABLE student(
student_no NUMBER(3) NOT NULL,
age NUMBER(2) CHECK(age>18),
gender CHAR(1) CHECK(gender='m' or gender='f') NOT NULL
);

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Oracle DB 10g EX SQL - query the list of all columns in curent table

SELECT * FROM tab;

MS SQL - query the list of all columns in curent table

select column_name from information_schema.columns where table_name ='authors'

MS SQL - query the list of all tables in curent schema

select * from sysobjects where type = 'U' and uid=user_id('dbo')

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Thursday, May 10, 2007

filter a GridView column based on another column, ASP.NET

< asp:Button runat="server" ID="GoButton" Text="Go" CommandName="Select" Visible='<%# ((System.Data.DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["ABC"] != DBNull.Value %/>' />

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Only String Type accpts null value in mssql db

if you want to do assign a NULL value to a integer type column, u will get error, I had to try to give a -1 value to work around, is there a better/real solution?

Thursday, April 12, 2007

VS2005 ASP.NET Gridview Date Format

tried to format date boundfield to {0:dd/MM/YYYY}, it won't work, in order to solve the problem, you need to set the "HtmlEncode" of the column to "false"

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

ASP.NET 2005 issues with creating object data adapter in design view

normally when i create a table adapter in design view, i will have this list on the last step
Generated SELECT statement.
Generated INSERT statement.
Generated UPDATE statement.
Generated DELETE statement.
Generated table mappings.
Generated Get method.
Generated Update methods.
How come when i use Authors Table in Pubs sample database to create a table adapter, the line "Generated DELETE statement." is missing? (which means that the delete statement wasnt generated)

It is because:
there was no PK set in the author table when i took it out of the Pub database
now with a defined PK (the AuthorID), all the statements were generated correctly.
The designer just didn't provide enough information explaning why some of the statements havn't been generated. maybe it's something need to be improved....

Friday, March 16, 2007

how to install AJAX Control Toolkit

I went on to the http://www.codeplex.com/AtlasControlToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1425 downloaded the toolkit, but no idea how to installed.

this is the place where i found the solution, hope it can help you too http://ajax.asp.net/ajaxtoolkit/Walkthrough/Setup.aspx

Thursday, March 15, 2007

ASP.NET AJAX, not let autopostback items cause page reload when the postback occurs

e.g. on my form, clicking on the navigation items (or a dropdownlist control) on the left of screen will filter/refresh the gridview on the right hand side, how can i achieve this using Ajax and not let the navigation items (or a dropdownlist control) to reload themselves? (only the gridview refreshes) the dropdownlist has already been placed outside of UpdatePanel. the whole page reloads because the dropdownlist is "autopostback". I found 3 lines of code that helped me to stop the whole page reload:




This can also be achieved by setting "Triggers" property of the UpdatePanel in design view


Monday, March 12, 2007

any ideas?

i need to write up a research proposal this semester, what are the hot topics related to information systems at the moment? hope someone can help me out~

Thursday, March 01, 2007

I am back!

happy chinese new year! now i am back to work & study, wish myself great achievement in 2007!