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I would like to use PHP to extract data from MYSQL and have it stored in XML format in much the same way as a dot net dataset stored data from a database. The reason being I want to use XSLT to format my data for display. Does anyone know if this is possible and if so could they point me in...

Hi All, I have two tables and I want to insert data from them into a third table. Question: Am I better to write two inserts statements e.g. INSERT INTO table3 (field1, field2) SELECT field1, field2 FROM table1 and INSERT INTO table3 (field1, field2) SELECT field1, field2 FROM table2 OR one...

Hi Guys, Anyone know whis of these will be faster: @ASWN is a DECIMAL(18,6) @ID is an INT IF @ASWN > 0 UPDATE table SET field1=@ASWN WHERE ID=@ID or UPDATE table SET field1=@ASWN WHERE ID=@ID AND @ASWN > 0 Logically they are the same: The first results in the execution of one or two...

Y'all prolly know this, but having just found out for myself I thought I'd share a performance snippet. I needed to create a running total - found the SQL for that okay - but the performance was pants, so with a bit of fiddling ... My Tip (works for me anyway). 1) SELECT the data into a temp...

Hi all, For a purple star can anyone tell me if there is a public DTD for describing a Client's information including transaction history (cash and stocks)? I really don't want to go re-inventing the wheel. Kind regards Peter

Hi All, Is it possible to set up permissions so a user can open and see data in a view, but not open and see data in the underlying tables? I have tried denying access to the tables and granting to the views, but this doesn't work. The overall effect is denial. If it can be done, can someone...

Hi All, I would like users to only be able to view data through views and NOT directly from the underlying tables as I want to filter out certain records. However, if I set denydatareader on the table the users are get Access Denied when they open the views (even if they have read permissions...

MS SQL 7 Has anyone else encountered a problem whereby a stored procedure hangs when you issue a delete statement that for some reason has nothing to delete? e.g. If I issue the following in a stored procedure (silly example I know ) it hangs: DELETE FROM sometable WHERE 1=2 I am having to...

Hi all, I am using MS SQL 7 with two databases Question: is there a performance issue in creating a view in one datase base that accesses data in another? i.e. is SQL quicker doing this from Database1 or Database2 or is there no difference? SELECT * FROM database1.dbo.DATATABLE I have done...

Hi All, Got a fairly long procedure that I am trying to speed up in anyway possible. Can any one tell me which is faster out of the following: SET @Variable = 0 SELECT @Variable = 0 I reckon it's the first one, but I would like to know for sure. Thanks Peter

Can anyone help? If I run Python interactively any or all of the three following lines work: import xml import xml.dom import xml.minidom However when I create a script and run it, the only one to work is: import xml The other two produce the following error: Traceback (most recent call last)...

I would like to write the scripts in my SQL DTS packages in PYTHON. I have selected the right language from the list and written a few lines - but I always get the same error: "ActiveX Scripting was not able to initialize the script execution engine." Any ideas?