Efficy Overflow Q&A - Recent questions tagged ms-sql-server

Upgrade from Oracle to SQL Server

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:21:24 +0000

Hello,

We have a customer that wants to upgrade his Efficy From Oracle database to SqlServer Database.

Do we have a manual to do this kind of upgrade please? and how long should we estimate this?

Thanks

Page Compression in SQL Server ( can Efficy work with this ?)

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:11:23 +0000

Customer wants to apply Page Compression on the SYS_CHANGED table to win space.
Can they do this or will Efficy have problems with this ?

SQL server 2017 express supported with 11.3?

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:02:02 +0000

Hi all,

Does anyone know if 11.3 supports SQL server 2017 express?

When installing an Efficy 11.3 with Express 2017 we're getting an error: Member not found. It looks like the reason is the db. Is this possible?

Best regards,

Rob

Can't create application login through alias manager

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:45:07 +0000

Hello,

I installed correctly Efficy 11 on my VM, imported my backup DB in my SQL Server and now, I am using the Alias Manager to link my database to Efficy.

The problem is that I can't create an Application login for the database through Alias Manager, when I try, I get the following error :

Invalid object name 'ACCACCOUNTS. FROM ACCACCOUNTS ACCACCOUNTS WHERE (ACCACCOUNTS.USERCODE=:ACCACCOUNTSUSERCODE) ORDER BY ACC.ACCOUNTS.USERCODE. ---------> If i use the same login credentials as my sql server
Login failed for user 'XXX'. Cannot Connect to Database YYY
---------> when I use any other credentials

Is there any other way to create my application login for my DB ?

Thank you

Use MS SQL "CASE" in SYS_TABLEVIEWS

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:46:08 +0000

Hi all,

I put my customization at the bottom
Some product can be a batch (Product that contains other Products) (PRODPROD : KPRODUCT = Batch, K_PRODUCT2 = Simple product)
Note : a Batch have FAMILY = 1, other product have other value (can be empty)

I customized the DocuEdit window : when a product is linked, the WF checks if FAMILY=1 and then it link all products to the Document
--> DOCUPROD have a custom field "FLOT" that contains the K_PRODUCT of the Batch (can be NULL too)

I want to customize the grid (macros) and the display order of products on DocuEdit like this :
Products of Batch 1 (Family <> 1; FLOT=KPRODUCT of Batch 1) order by NAME
Batch 1 (Family = 1; FLOT = its KPRODUCT)
Products of Batch 2 (Family <> 1; FLOT=KPRODUCT of Batch 2) order by NAME
Batch 2 (Family = 1; FLOT = its KPRODUCT)
Product directly linked to Document (F_LOT = NULL) order by NAME

To do this I have to customize SYSTABLEVIEWS.DocuProd (K_TABLE = 31030). The pure MS SQL I need is :

select Prod.NAME, Prod.FAMILY, DP.*
    from DOCU_PROD DP
    join PRODUCTS Prod on DP.K_PRODUCT=Prod.K_PRODUCT
    join LK_PROD_FAMILY family on Prod.FAMILY=family.K_PROD_FAMILY
    where DP.K_DOCUMENT=@DocumentID
    order by case when DP.F_LOT is null then 1 else 0 end, /* product linked directly to Document at bottom (F_LOT=NULL) */
        DP.F_LOT,   /* order by Batch */
        family.K_SORT, /* family.K_SORT=1 --> Presta, family.K_SORT=2 --> Option, family.K_SORT=3 --> Expense, family.K_SORT=4 --> Batch */
        Prod.NAME /* the products are listed by NAME */

I have 2 problems :

1) USE CASE IN SYSTABLEVIEWS :
To use "CASE" in SYSTABLEVIEWS I translated it like this :

SELECTFROM='DOCU_PROD DOCU_PROD, PRODUCTS PRODUCTS, LK_PROD_FAMILY LK_PROD_FAMILY'
SELECTFIELDS='DOCU_PROD.*, PRODUCTS.NAME, PRODUCTS.OPENED, PRODUCTS.FAMILY'
SELECTJOIN='DOCU_PROD.K_PRODUCT = PRODUCTS.K_PRODUCT, PRODUCTS.FAMILY=LK_PROD_FAMILY.K_PROD_FAMILY'
SELECTORDERBY='<#IFDB DB="MS" THEN="case when DP.F_LOT is null then 1 else 0 end, ">DOCU_PROD.F_LOT, LK_PROD_FAMILY.K_SORT, PRODUCTS.NAME'

Problem 1 : SYSTABLEVIEWS don't support neither pure MS SQL (case) nor IFDB query tag. How can I use CASE in SYSTABLEVIEWS ?

I tried to use this query in a RunQuery in MacroEditCustom.txt and call it in TabContentProds, but I can't : this request looks directly in the DB, but when a user add a product, the application don't persist the relations in the DB until the user clicks the save/apply button, so the DocuEdit is refresh but the user can't see nothing.

2) Use FAMILY and F_LOT to define style
To insert the products on the Document, the WF use InsertDetail() and some UpdateDetail() without CommitChanges (if I use it, the relations will be persisted and the "cancel" button don't delete these links)

Problem 2 : the overriden columns definitions use F_LOT and FAMILY to set css classes, etc. It seems hat Efficy can't find FAMILY until the relations have not been commited.

On the screen :
- FAMILY = R_FAMILY ; LOT = F_LOT ; FAM = LK_PROD_FAMILY.K_SORT
- The first 3 lines are already in the DB, and F_LOT=39, so they must be ordered by FAM
==> why '39 - Lot 2' is the first line and not the third ? After search a bit, It like Efficy sort them by K_RELATION and ignore SELECTORDERBY
- others have not been comitted in the DB, so Efficy can't find the value of FAMILY
==> how can I set the my css classes in macros ?

CUSTOMIZATIONS :
Current SYSTABLEVIEWS.DocuProd :

update SYS_TABLEVIEWS
    set ISCUSTOM=1,
    SELECTFROM='DOCU_PROD DOCU_PROD, PRODUCTS PRODUCTS, LK_PROD_FAMILY LK_PROD_FAMILY',
    SELECTFIELDS='DOCU_PROD.*, PRODUCTS.NAME, PRODUCTS.OPENED, PRODUCTS.FAMILY, LK_PROD_FAMILY.K_SORT FAM',
    SELECTJOIN='DOCU_PROD.K_PRODUCT = PRODUCTS.K_PRODUCT, PRODUCTS.FAMILY=LK_PROD_FAMILY.K_PROD_FAMILY',
    SELECTORDERBY='DOCU_PROD.F_LOT, LK_PROD_FAMILY.K_SORT, PRODUCTS.NAME'
    where NAME='Docu_Prod'

InsertBatchChildren()

function OnInsertDetailDocuProd(EditHandle, Detail, DetailKey) { 
  InsertBatchChildren(EditHandle, Detail, DetailKey) 
}
function InsertBatchChildren(EditHandle, Detail, BatchKey) {
  var prodConsult = Database.OpenConsultContext(ntProd);
  try {
    // get family of current product
    var batchDS = Database.Consult(prodConsult, BatchKey, false),
    family = batchDS.FieldByName("FAMILY").asInteger;

    // don't do anything if it's not a Batch
    if (family != GLOBAL.LK_PROD_FAMILY.BATCH) return;

    // else set its F_LOT and FAMILY and link its children
    Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "F_LOT", BatchKey); // define Batch F_LOT
    Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "FAMILY", family); // define Batch F_LOT
    //TO DO : define K_SORT Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "K_SORT", int); // define Batch K_SORT

    var queryHandle,
        childrenDS = Database.ConsultDetail(queryHandle, prodConsult, BatchKey, ntProd, false, true, 0);

    childrenDS.First;
    while (!childrenDS.Eof) {
      var k_product = childrenDS.fieldByName("K_PRODUCT").AsFloat;
      Logger.Write("Inserting " + k_product + " from " + BatchKey);
      Database.InsertDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, k_product, -1, false);                                    // insert Batch child on Document
      Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "NAME", childrenDS.fieldByName("NAME").asString);  // define child NAME
      Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "F_LOT", BatchKey);                                // define child F_LOT
      Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "COMMENT", "Inserted from WORKFLOW");              // define child COMMENT

      // Update FAMILY in DOCU_PROD
      var childFamily= childrenDS.fieldByName("FAMILY").AsInteger; // ERROR : "Field 'FAMILY' not found"
      Logger.Write("childFamily="+childFamily);
      Database.UpdateDetail(EditHandle, ntProd, 0, -1, "FAMILY", childFamily);

      childrenDS.Next;
    }
  } finally {
    Database.CloseContext(prodConsult);
  }
}

Error on table view of companies

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:13:56 +0000

Hello everyone,

I have an error when i execute a simple query on the views like :

select * from R_COMPANIES

i got this msg :

Msg 537, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.

NB: it just for the companies view "R_COMPANIES"

Thank you

Regards

Ancestors and descendants hierarchy in a relation table (SQL Server)

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:07:46 +0000

-- Get all descendant products given a parent product key
DECLARE @parentProductKey float = 200539; 
WITH PROD_HIERARCHY
AS
(
       SELECT DISTINCT
             PP1.K_PRODUCT K_PRODUCT_PARENT,
             PP1.K_PRODUCT2 K_PRODUCT_DESCENDANT
       FROM PROD_PROD PP1
             LEFT JOIN PROD_PROD PP2 ON PP1.K_PRODUCT2 = PP2.K_PRODUCT
       WHERE PP1.K_PRODUCT = @parentProductKey
       UNION ALL
       SELECT
             H.K_PRODUCT_PARENT,
             PP.K_PRODUCT2
       FROM PROD_HIERARCHY H
             INNER JOIN PROD_PROD PP ON H.K_PRODUCT_DESCENDANT = PP.K_PRODUCT
)
SELECT * FROM PROD_HIERARCHY

-- Get all ancestor products given a descendant product key
DECLARE @descendantProductKey float = 202099; 
WITH PROD_HIERARCHY AS
(
    SELECT  K_PRODUCT2 K_PRODUCT_DESCENDANT, 
            K_PRODUCT K_PRODUCT_PARENT 
    FROM    PROD_PROD
       WHERE K_PRODUCT2 = @descendantProductKey
    UNION ALL
    SELECT  PP.K_PRODUCT2, 
            PP.K_PRODUCT 
    FROM    PROD_PROD PP
            INNER JOIN PROD_HIERARCHY H ON H.K_PRODUCT_PARENT = PP.K_PRODUCT2
)
SELECT * FROM PROD_HIERARCHY

Executing sql update statement to linked server

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:31:48 +0000

Hi all,

If you would ever need to update data that you can access through a linked server in sql server.

My example, I have a linked server over odbc to an other database.
After importing the data I have to mark the data as imported.

I tried several solutions:

Database.ExecSQL in which I provided in the sql the full path to the linked server
Database.ExecSQL with the OPENQUERY operator
Executing a stored procedure which would update the values

None of them was working.

As last option I used the Database.ExecuteODBCQuery

This one was working but it is important to include this function in a try catch statement as it will always throw an error as it is expecting a dataset back.

ExecuteODBCQuery(var QueryHandle: integer; ContextHandle:
TContextHandle; Connection, SQL: string; ForceRefresh, GetAllRecords:
boolean; StoreID: integer): TDataSet
More information on this function can be found in EDN

Code example on how to use the function:

    function executeOdbcQuery(sql, storeId, OdbcConnectionString){
  var QueryHandle = 1;
  var ODBCContext = Database.OpenTemporaryContext;
  try {
    if(sql.indexOf('select') === -1){
      Database.ExecuteODBCQuery(QueryHandle, ODBCContext, OdbcConnectionString, sql, false, false, storeId);
    }else{
      var ds = Database.ExecuteODBCQuery(QueryHandle, ODBCContext, OdbcConnectionString, sql, false, false, storeId);
      return ds;
    }
  }catch(ex){
    database.log(ex.message);
  }
}

Calling the function:

var sql = "insert update query here";
    OdbcConnectionString=INSERTODBCCONNECTIONSTRING

 executeOdbcQuery(sql,4,OdbcConnectionString)

I hope this helps someone in the future.

Kind regards,

Brosens Tom

Avoid to block the whole Efficy Consult Page when error comes from a view on a Linked Server

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:11:38 +0000

How can I avoid a query to throw a error in efficy when the Linked server in SQL Server gives an error ?

These are the Macro's I use :

ConsultQueries.Comp {[
<%RunQuery(id="Accounting",  SQL="SELECT * FROM CUSTOM_BOB_OPEN_INVOICES WHERE HID=:param1", param1="%%GetField(F_ID_BOB)", store="1")%>]}

ConsultBanner.Comp {[
<%Delay(1)%>Macro("InvoicingStatus")%>]}

InvoicingStatus {[<%Delay(1)%>OnField(query='Accounting', 'Total', condition=morethan, value=0, then=|
<div class="row small-12 columns">
    <span class="text-center error"> 
    Invoicing status : (Due: <%GetField(query='Accounting', 'Total')%>, since: <%GetField(query='Accounting', 'Since')%>)
    </span>
</div>| )%>]}

Or maybe I should use a serverscript to avoid this if there is no way in the Macro's ???

MsSql Server : How to change Owner name

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:37:26 +0000

Hi Guy's,

who was never stuck with several database with the same login on sql server ? (like admin).

In the past, there were 2 possibilities to change the Owner:
1. doing a full copy through Conficy
2. having some knowledge on Ms Sql server and go to all the menu from the management studio.

Alex.