Crystal Syntax Problem

I have created a Crystal Report with a section that needs to be suppressed when there is no data. I used an "if then else" statement using the basic syntax of Crystal on the suppress control option of a textbox.

The code is as follows:

if {GetData;1.Complaint} = "" then
formula = True
else
formula = false
end if

Most of the time it works just fine, however on occasion I get the following error:

Error in formula <Object_Visibility>.
if {GetData;1.Complaint} = "" then

Exception Target Site: []N

I am not sure what causes this error. As a note this Report is used in conjuction with Sql Server and a VB.NET application. Any help given is greatly appreciated.Make sure that the condition does not return null value|||It could return a null value. What can I do in the Crystal Report to account for that? Any help given is greatly appreciated.|||Try this

if {GetData;1.Complaint} = "" or isnull({GetData;1.Complaint}) = True then
formula = True
else
formula = false
end if|||It still gave me the same error. Not sure what to do. Any theories?sql

crystal report sql statement

i am using vs.net 2003 thats comes with crystal report, i create the report look, now i wan tot set some sql statement on there, is there and where i can create in crystal report and not from vb.net programming code? i saw there is a sql expression field but there is not those, select, update, delete command for me to choose. can you all guide me how?When you add fields to the report, and create groups, Crystal is building its own SQL statement, which you see in the SQL Statement.
So once you have defined a connection to the database, and then selected tables and defined their links, the FROM part of an SQL statement has been created by crystal.
Then when you add fields, they will appear in the SELECT portion of the statement.
When you create a group, this should appear in the GROUP BY clause.

And so on.

If you have some conditions that you wish to apply (like a date range or similar), use the "Edit Selection Formula" under the Rport heading to define what will appear in your WHERE statement.

Having said that, once Crystal has built up this SQL statement, it is possible to do some editing on it to further define your fields. Say you want to add a calculated field as part of your SQL output, in the SELECT statement you might add something like this:
,
(BoxesMade * NumberInBox) as TotalProduction

and Crystal should make that Field available to add to the report (because its data calculated from data already available in the linked tables).

Hope this helps you understand what's going on behind the scenes

Dave

cross-database query from ASP.NET

How do you write a SQL SELECT statement for a cross-database query in ASP.NET (ADO.NET). I understand the server.database.owner.table structure, but the command runs under a connection. How do I run a query under two connections?You don't need 2 connections. Are your 2 databases on the same server?

If they are on the same server, the syntax would be like this:

SELECT
 D1.column1,
 D2.column2
FROM
 database1.dbo.Table1 D1
INNER JOIN
 database2.dbo.Table2 D2 ON D1.ID = D2.ForeignKey

If they are on different servers, the syntax would be like this:

SELECT
 D1.column1,
 D2.column2
FROM
 Server1.database1.dbo.Table1 D1
INNER JOIN
 Server2.database2.dbo.Table2 D2 ON D1.ID = D2.ForeignKey

You might encounter this error:Could not find server 'Server2' in sysservers. Execute sp_addlinkedserver to add the server to sysservers. which means that the system stored procedure sp_addlinkedserver would need to be run to allow access to Server2 from Server1. SeeSQL Server Link Server Performance Tips for some information pertaining to linked servers.

Terri

Cross table copy working in Query Analyser, but not from code

I'm trying to copy a row from one table to another for audit purposes
using a 'INSERT INTO x SELECT y FROM z' statement. This works
absolutely fine in query analyser, however, when running the exact same
statement from code (.NET via oledb), it fails with the error:
An explicit value for the identity column in table 'x' can only be
specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.
or when specifying all columns:
Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'x' when
IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF
Table 'x' has no identity columns, table 'y' has one (integer ID)
identity column.
Anyone have any ideas why this statement would work in the query
analyser, and not in code?
(SQL Server 2000, service pack 3a, .NET v1.1, latest MDAC)I would guess you are connected to different databases/instances and the
table schema are different. If needed, you can run a Profiler trace to
verify this.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"Rory" <rory.smith@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1137432432.481007.178730@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I'm trying to copy a row from one table to another for audit purposes
> using a 'INSERT INTO x SELECT y FROM z' statement. This works
> absolutely fine in query analyser, however, when running the exact same
> statement from code (.NET via oledb), it fails with the error:
> An explicit value for the identity column in table 'x' can only be
> specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.
> or when specifying all columns:
> Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'x' when
> IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF
> Table 'x' has no identity columns, table 'y' has one (integer ID)
> identity column.
> Anyone have any ideas why this statement would work in the query
> analyser, and not in code?
> (SQL Server 2000, service pack 3a, .NET v1.1, latest MDAC)
>|||That's definately not the issue. I'm fairly experienced with database
applications, despite using .net. I've just never come across an
instance whereby the query analyser gave different results to the oledb
components.
Does either the Query Analyser or oledb .net component do anything
unusual behind the scenes? Or is it a possibility that this is
happening because in my program it is taking place inside a
transaction? (it's the first thing in the transaction, and the
exception is thrown immediately on adding the command to the
transaction)
Thanks for the reply Dan|||A Profiler trace should show all that is going on. I can't think of
anything that would cause different behavior for a single statement like
this. The error clearly indicates the target table has an identity column.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"Rory" <rory.smith@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1137437890.787728.312550@.o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> That's definately not the issue. I'm fairly experienced with database
> applications, despite using .net. I've just never come across an
> instance whereby the query analyser gave different results to the oledb
> components.
> Does either the Query Analyser or oledb .net component do anything
> unusual behind the scenes? Or is it a possibility that this is
> happening because in my program it is taking place inside a
> transaction? (it's the first thing in the transaction, and the
> exception is thrown immediately on adding the command to the
> transaction)
> Thanks for the reply Dan
>|||Rory (rory.smith@.gmail.com) writes:
> I'm trying to copy a row from one table to another for audit purposes
> using a 'INSERT INTO x SELECT y FROM z' statement. This works
> absolutely fine in query analyser, however, when running the exact same
> statement from code (.NET via oledb), it fails with the error:
> An explicit value for the identity column in table 'x' can only be
> specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.
> or when specifying all columns:
> Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'x' when
> IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF
> Table 'x' has no identity columns, table 'y' has one (integer ID)
> identity column.
> Anyone have any ideas why this statement would work in the query
> analyser, and not in code?
One thing to check is that there are not two table x in the database.
Own owned by dbo, which I assume that you run as from Query Analyzer,
and one owned by the user that you connect with from the application.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||Erland - you were right - I'm unsure of where the 'phantom' table came
from - I created the database from a script which only has one instance
of the table. Anyway, all sorted now.
Many thanks to you both

Cross tab based on DateDIFF

I'm trying trying to build a crosstab query using a Case statement to count
the number of records in one column with the DateDiff >=0 and the other
column to be a count of the Records with the DateDiff <0. I can do this
easlily in MS Access with the IIF Function in a crosstab query but I can't
get the Sql Statement to work in an MS Sql 2000 View
Geoff,
Is this what you are after?
SELECT
SUM (CASE
WHEN Col1 >= 0 THEN 1
ELSE 0
END) AS NonNegative,
SUM (CASE
WHEN Col1 >= 0 THEN 0
ELSE 1
END) AS Negative
FROM YourTable
--RLF
"Geoff" <Geoff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:253BF539-8139-4E63-B824-73440A6302E9@.microsoft.com...
> I'm trying trying to build a crosstab query using a Case statement to
> count
> the number of records in one column with the DateDiff >=0 and the other
> column to be a count of the Records with the DateDiff <0. I can do this
> easlily in MS Access with the IIF Function in a crosstab query but I can't
> get the Sql Statement to work in an MS Sql 2000 View
|||How do I put in the condition of wether the DateDiff is >= 0. I was trying
someting similiar to this view below but replacing the Count(CASE ACTCAT WHEN
N'X4' Then ACTCAT END with something to make one column count the number of
records where DATEDIFF(DD, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime, dbo.ContActivTbl.AddDate)
AS DATEDIFF >=0 and another column show the count if DATEDIFF(DD,
dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime, dbo.ContActivTbl.AddDate) AS DATEDIFF < 0 in a view
SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT DATENAME(MM, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime) AS Month,
MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime) AS MoNum,
COUNT(CASE ACTCAT WHEN N'X4' THEN ACTCAT END) AS X4,
COUNT(CASE ACTCAT WHEN N'AG' THEN ACTCAT END) AS AG
FROM dbo.ContActivTbl INNER JOIN
dbo.JobLogTbl ON dbo.ContActivTbl.JobNo =
dbo.JobLogTbl.JobNo
WHERE (dbo.ContActivTbl.ActCat = 'X4') OR
(dbo.ContActivTbl.ActCat = 'AG') AND
(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime >= 01 / 01 / 07)
GROUP BY DATENAME(MM, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime), MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime)
ORDER BY MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime)
I can do this in MS Access with
TRANSFORM Count(ContActivTbl.JobNo) AS CountOfJobNo
SELECT Format([JSTime],"mmmm") AS [Month], Count(ContActivTbl.JobNo) AS
[Total Shipments], JobLogTbl.DLocNo
FROM ContActivTbl RIGHT JOIN JobLogTbl ON ContActivTbl.JobNo = JobLogTbl.JobNo
WHERE (((ContActivTbl.ActCat)="X4") AND ((JobLogTbl.JobStart)>#1/1/2007#)
AND ((JobLogTbl.JSTime) Is Not Null) AND ((JobLogTbl.SoType)="1") AND
((JobLogTbl.ShipStatus)<>"Cancelled"))
GROUP BY Month([JSTime]), Format([JSTime],"mmmm"), ContActivTbl.CoNo,
JobLogTbl.DLocNo, JobLogTbl.SoType, JobLogTbl.ShipStatus
ORDER BY Month([JSTime])
PIVOT IIf([JobLogTbl].JSTime>=[ContActivTbl].AddDate,"Before Arrival","After
Arrival");
"Russell Fields" wrote:

> Geoff,
> Is this what you are after?
> SELECT
> SUM (CASE
> WHEN Col1 >= 0 THEN 1
> ELSE 0
> END) AS NonNegative,
> SUM (CASE
> WHEN Col1 >= 0 THEN 0
> ELSE 1
> END) AS Negative
> FROM YourTable
> --RLF
> "Geoff" <Geoff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:253BF539-8139-4E63-B824-73440A6302E9@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Geoff,
If I am tracking you correctly then you would want something like:
SELECT
DATENAME(MM, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime) AS Month,
MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime) AS MoNum,
SUM (CASE
WHEN DATEDIFF(DAY,dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime, GETDATE())>= 0 THEN 1
ELSE 0
END) AS NonNegative,
SUM (CASE
WHEN DATEDIFF(DAY,dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime, GETDATE()) >= 0 THEN 0
ELSE 1
END) AS Negative
FROM YourTable
GROUP BY DATENAME(MM, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime),
MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime)
ORDER BY MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime)
I have not put all columns in, but I hope that this helps.
RLF
"Geoff" <Geoff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DC89754E-0A4C-4D78-B5C2-75F547C62D67@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> How do I put in the condition of wether the DateDiff is >= 0. I was trying
> someting similiar to this view below but replacing the Count(CASE ACTCAT
> WHEN
> N'X4' Then ACTCAT END with something to make one column count the number
> of
> records where DATEDIFF(DD, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime,
> dbo.ContActivTbl.AddDate)
> AS DATEDIFF >=0 and another column show the count if DATEDIFF(DD,
> dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime, dbo.ContActivTbl.AddDate) AS DATEDIFF < 0 in a view
>
>
> SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT DATENAME(MM, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime) AS Month,
> MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime) AS MoNum,
> COUNT(CASE ACTCAT WHEN N'X4' THEN ACTCAT END) AS X4,
> COUNT(CASE ACTCAT WHEN N'AG' THEN ACTCAT END) AS AG
> FROM dbo.ContActivTbl INNER JOIN
> dbo.JobLogTbl ON dbo.ContActivTbl.JobNo =
> dbo.JobLogTbl.JobNo
> WHERE (dbo.ContActivTbl.ActCat = 'X4') OR
> (dbo.ContActivTbl.ActCat = 'AG') AND
> (dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime >= 01 / 01 / 07)
> GROUP BY DATENAME(MM, dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime), MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime)
> ORDER BY MONTH(dbo.JobLogTbl.JSTime)
> I can do this in MS Access with
> TRANSFORM Count(ContActivTbl.JobNo) AS CountOfJobNo
> SELECT Format([JSTime],"mmmm") AS [Month], Count(ContActivTbl.JobNo) AS
> [Total Shipments], JobLogTbl.DLocNo
> FROM ContActivTbl RIGHT JOIN JobLogTbl ON ContActivTbl.JobNo =
> JobLogTbl.JobNo
> WHERE (((ContActivTbl.ActCat)="X4") AND ((JobLogTbl.JobStart)>#1/1/2007#)
> AND ((JobLogTbl.JSTime) Is Not Null) AND ((JobLogTbl.SoType)="1") AND
> ((JobLogTbl.ShipStatus)<>"Cancelled"))
> GROUP BY Month([JSTime]), Format([JSTime],"mmmm"), ContActivTbl.CoNo,
> JobLogTbl.DLocNo, JobLogTbl.SoType, JobLogTbl.ShipStatus
> ORDER BY Month([JSTime])
> PIVOT IIf([JobLogTbl].JSTime>=[ContActivTbl].AddDate,"Before
> Arrival","After
> Arrival");
> "Russell Fields" wrote: