Data entry in a datetime field

Hi,

I am using SQL Server Management Studio Express for creating my database. I also use the GUI tools for data entry instead of using T-SQL. Whenever I try to enter a value in a field that has a smalldatetime data type, it gives me an error message -

"Invalid Value for cell (row 1, column 2).

The changed value in this cell was not recognised as valid.

.Net Framework Datatype: Datetime

Error Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array.

Type a value appropriate for this data type or press ESC to cancel the change."

Now I have tried entering all different combinations in which one can enter a date or a time or both, including in the format I have specified in the windows regional settings, but I always get the same error message.

How do I input data into the field?

Hi,

you are using a format SQL Serve ri snot expecting. Which User language did you configured for the accessing user and which date are you trying to insert ?
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

|||

Hi,

I use only English as the default language for all programs, OS included. The date in question is not just one particular date, it is any date or time value, and I've been facing this issue ever since I started using SQL Server Express a year ago. Only I haven't used it much since, and need to seriously develop something now, that I bothered to ask the question here.

Some examples of the values I tried entering yesterday, and none of them worked. (I got the same error message for each value) -

1-1-2007

01-01-2007

01/01/2007

01,01,2007

01:01:2007

Jan 01, 2007 (this is the format I have specified for short date in the Win regional settings - MMM dd, yyyy)

I even tried entering time alongside with all those above figures in the format -

11:35 PM

11:35 AM

23:35

The only time value(s) I didn't try was/were - hh:mm:ss tt - which is the time format specified in my Win regional settings, neither standalone, nor with the date values.

I also tried entering a time value standalone, without the date. Still no go.

(Also, as I have gleaned from previous posts, if all goes well and SQL Server accepts your data, then if you enter just a date value in a datetime field, then the field automatically gets populated with the value of the system time at that moment, and if you enter just a standalone time value, then the date part will be filled by the system date value on the date of the entry. Am I correct so far?)

Now I'm in a real fix because of the inability to enter date/time values.

Could you please help me out?

|||Guys, I need your help. Please give me a solution to my problem. (This post has already been relegated to the second page without any replies).|||People, I need some help here. Any replies addressing my issue will be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance.|||

I don't understand. I can enter the datetime values in all the above mentioned combinations if I use an Insert or Update statement using T-SQL, but I can't seem to enter data in the datetime/smalldatetime fields at all if I try to use the GUI of Management Studio Express to enter data. (right click the table, select show table, and the grid view pops up). Ditto for using GUI tools of Visual Studio Express. Is this a bug in the Visual Studio (Express) software?

Also, my other concerns are, once I develop a front-end for data entry using VB, will I face the same issues with data entry in the datetime fields using the GUI of the front end? I can't test that right now, because I'm still learning VB, and cannot create the front end just yet.

|||

Alright, I have done a complete reinstall of Win XP, and have also reinstalled SQL Server Express. Prior to this, I had SQLExpress SP1, but now I have directly installed SP2.

Now I continue to face the same issue. SQL Server will not accept any value for any datetime field, unless it is entered as an SQL insert statement. It won't accept the value entered in the exact same format as the insert statement from the GUI mode of Management Studio Express, nor will it take any values from any GUI developed using VBExpress and the fill dataset method. It throws an error everytime. I don't know any other way of databinding and updating/inserting using VB at this time.

I am at my wits' end because of this. I ask again, is this a bug in SQL Server Express? If so how do I report it to MS and get my issue resolved? If not, even then how can I solve this problem?

sql

Data entry in a datetime field

Hi,

I am using SQL Server Management Studio Express for creating my database. I also use the GUI tools for data entry instead of using T-SQL. Whenever I try to enter a value in a field that has a smalldatetime data type, it gives me an error message -

"Invalid Value for cell (row 1, column 2). The changed value in this cell was not recognised as valid. .Net Framework Datatype: Datetime Error Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array. Type a value appropriate for this data type or press ESC to cancel the change."

Now I have tried entering all different combinations in which one can enter a date or a time or both, including in the format I have specified in the windows regional settings, but I always get the same error message.

How do I input data into the field?

Hi,

you are using a format SQL Serve ri snot expecting. Which User language did you configured for the accessing user and which date are you trying to insert ?
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

|||

Hi,

I use only English as the default language for all programs, OS included. The date in question is not just one particular date, it is any date or time value, and I've been facing this issue ever since I started using SQL Server Express a year ago. Only I haven't used it much since, and need to seriously develop something now, that I bothered to ask the question here.

Some examples of the values I tried entering yesterday, and none of them worked. (I got the same error message for each value) -

1-1-2007

01-01-2007

01/01/2007

01,01,2007

01:01:2007

Jan 01, 2007 (this is the format I have specified for short date in the Win regional settings - MMM dd, yyyy)

I even tried entering time alongside with all those above figures in the format -

11:35 PM

11:35 AM

23:35

The only time value(s) I didn't try was/were - hh:mm:ss tt - which is the time format specified in my Win regional settings, neither standalone, nor with the date values.

I also tried entering a time value standalone, without the date. Still no go.

(Also, as I have gleaned from previous posts, if all goes well and SQL Server accepts your data, then if you enter just a date value in a datetime field, then the field automatically gets populated with the value of the system time at that moment, and if you enter just a standalone time value, then the date part will be filled by the system date value on the date of the entry. Am I correct so far?)

Now I'm in a real fix because of the inability to enter date/time values.

Could you please help me out?

|||Guys, I need your help. Please give me a solution to my problem. (This post has already been relegated to the second page without any replies).|||People, I need some help here. Any replies addressing my issue will be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance.|||

I don't understand. I can enter the datetime values in all the above mentioned combinations if I use an Insert or Update statement using T-SQL, but I can't seem to enter data in the datetime/smalldatetime fields at all if I try to use the GUI of Management Studio Express to enter data. (right click the table, select show table, and the grid view pops up). Ditto for using GUI tools of Visual Studio Express. Is this a bug in the Visual Studio (Express) software?

Also, my other concerns are, once I develop a front-end for data entry using VB, will I face the same issues with data entry in the datetime fields using the GUI of the front end? I can't test that right now, because I'm still learning VB, and cannot create the front end just yet.

|||

Alright, I have done a complete reinstall of Win XP, and have also reinstalled SQL Server Express. Prior to this, I had SQLExpress SP1, but now I have directly installed SP2.

Now I continue to face the same issue. SQL Server will not accept any value for any datetime field, unless it is entered as an SQL insert statement. It won't accept the value entered in the exact same format as the insert statement from the GUI mode of Management Studio Express, nor will it take any values from any GUI developed using VBExpress and the fill dataset method. It throws an error everytime. I don't know any other way of databinding and updating/inserting using VB at this time.

I am at my wits' end because of this. I ask again, is this a bug in SQL Server Express? If so how do I report it to MS and get my issue resolved? If not, even then how can I solve this problem?

Data encryption in SQL Server 2000

I know there is no native encryption in SQL2K, but what 3rd party encryption tools would other forum members recommend from experience? I am required to encrypt data for PCI compliance.
Thanks
LempsterSQL Server Magazine (http://www.sqlmag.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=44550&) gives you a few good hints, even if you don't subscribe. Apart from that, I do not know what kind of requirements you have, but keep in mind that NTFS supports encryption of files, which is transparent to the applications, so you can encrypt the data files so that only the SQL Server Service Account can read the file. Hope this was of some help.

Data encryption

Hi,
Does anyone use the database encryption tools before? Any suggestion? I
want to encrypt my data inside the table in the sql server.
Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Florence
Hi
If you are using .Net then you could use the inbuilt classes, if not then
you can write your own with the cryptoapi, otherwise check out
http://www.sqlsecurity.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=30
John
"Florence Lee" <florencelee@.visualsolutions.com.my> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Does anyone use the database encryption tools before? Any suggestion? I
> want to encrypt my data inside the table in the sql server.
> --
> Thank you very much!
> Best regards,
> Florence
>
|||Florence,
To encrypt data in tables, for SQL Server 2000 you'll need a third party
tool. There are a number out there, but research carefully.
SQL Server 2005 will provide column-level encryption with key management.
Ron
Ron Talmage
SQL Server MVP
"Florence Lee" <florencelee@.visualsolutions.com.my> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Does anyone use the database encryption tools before? Any suggestion?
I
> want to encrypt my data inside the table in the sql server.
> --
> Thank you very much!
> Best regards,
> Florence
>

Data encryption

Hi,
Does anyone use the database encryption tools before? Any suggestion? I
want to encrypt my data inside the table in the sql server.
--
Thank you very much!
Best regards,
FlorenceHi
If you are using .Net then you could use the inbuilt classes, if not then
you can write your own with the cryptoapi, otherwise check out
http://www.sqlsecurity.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=30
John
"Florence Lee" <florencelee@.visualsolutions.com.my> wrote in message
news:%23nSKBSA5EHA.3124@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Does anyone use the database encryption tools before? Any suggestion? I
> want to encrypt my data inside the table in the sql server.
> --
> Thank you very much!
> Best regards,
> Florence
>|||Florence,
To encrypt data in tables, for SQL Server 2000 you'll need a third party
tool. There are a number out there, but research carefully.
SQL Server 2005 will provide column-level encryption with key management.
Ron
--
Ron Talmage
SQL Server MVP
"Florence Lee" <florencelee@.visualsolutions.com.my> wrote in message
news:%23nSKBSA5EHA.3124@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Does anyone use the database encryption tools before? Any suggestion?
I
> want to encrypt my data inside the table in the sql server.
> --
> Thank you very much!
> Best regards,
> Florence
>

Data diiferentator tools

Hi All,
We have a kiosk application which will be distributed across the states
and connected to network on a cellular broadband connection. Kiosks
transmit records to our central server on a periodic basis.
We use a 3rd party vendor database in kiosks which needs to be updated
once a month. Vendor is not ready to give us a differential database so
we have to write our own utility to do this.
Are there any 3rd party tools available to this or any other
suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
SobhanRed-Gate SQL Data Compare (www.red-gate.com)
Amos.
<Sobhan.Vezzu@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150928122.648282.308070@.p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
> We have a kiosk application which will be distributed across the states
> and connected to network on a cellular broadband connection. Kiosks
> transmit records to our central server on a periodic basis.
> We use a 3rd party vendor database in kiosks which needs to be updated
> once a month. Vendor is not ready to give us a differential database so
> we have to write our own utility to do this.
> Are there any 3rd party tools available to this or any other
> suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> Regards,
> Sobhan
>|||Red-Gate SQL Data Compare (www.red-gate.com)
Amos.
<Sobhan.Vezzu@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150928122.648282.308070@.p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
> We have a kiosk application which will be distributed across the states
> and connected to network on a cellular broadband connection. Kiosks
> transmit records to our central server on a periodic basis.
> We use a 3rd party vendor database in kiosks which needs to be updated
> once a month. Vendor is not ready to give us a differential database so
> we have to write our own utility to do this.
> Are there any 3rd party tools available to this or any other
> suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> Regards,
> Sobhan
>

Data diiferentator tools

Hi All,
We have a kiosk application which will be distributed across the states
and connected to network on a cellular broadband connection. Kiosks
transmit records to our central server on a periodic basis.
We use a 3rd party vendor database in kiosks which needs to be updated
once a month. Vendor is not ready to give us a differential database so
we have to write our own utility to do this.
Are there any 3rd party tools available to this or any other
suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
SobhanRed-Gate SQL Data Compare (www.red-gate.com)
Amos.
<Sobhan.Vezzu@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150928122.648282.308070@.p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
> We have a kiosk application which will be distributed across the states
> and connected to network on a cellular broadband connection. Kiosks
> transmit records to our central server on a periodic basis.
> We use a 3rd party vendor database in kiosks which needs to be updated
> once a month. Vendor is not ready to give us a differential database so
> we have to write our own utility to do this.
> Are there any 3rd party tools available to this or any other
> suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> Regards,
> Sobhan
>

Data Dictionary

Is anyone aware of any good Data Dictionary tools (apps) that are available.
My boss has ruled out using extended properties...
TIA, JordanHi
You may want to look at Visio (although IMO it is better for diagrams than
maintaining the dictionary!) but if you have the right level of MSDN
subscription it is no extra cost!!!
Enterprise Architect - http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/
Erwin - http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=260
ER/Studio - http://www.embarcadero.com/products/erstudio/index.html
Silverrun - http://www.silverrun.com/
John
"JMNUSS" wrote:

> Is anyone aware of any good Data Dictionary tools (apps) that are availabl
e.
> My boss has ruled out using extended properties...
> TIA, Jordan

Data Delivery

I've created a number of .html, pivot tables using Access' Data Page
tools. These work great and by pointing my browser to these files,
users throughout my firm can access these pivot tables. I had assumed
that I could simply publish these pivot tables on the web to outside
users who are configured as active directory users. The .htm pivot
table is linked to a query in Access that is built from a SQL database.
We've separately built a system where users can crawl through our file
server from outside of our network. I placed the .htm file in a folder
that the user has access to and the application shows the file.
However, when the user clicks on the file, s/he gets these messages:
Data Access Pages has detected that your IE security settings will not
allow you to access data from a site considered to be insecure.
[
In order to access the data contained within the Data Access Page, you
need to:
1. Start IE
2. Choose Internet Options from the Tools menu
3. Click on the "Security" Tab
4. Click on the "Trusted Sites" icon
5. Click on the "Sites..." button
6. Uncheck the "Require server verification (https) for all sites in
the zone" checkbox
]
Our technology consultant indicated that there's no way for the data to
"bind" to the browser and it's impossible to expose these .htm, pivot
tables to users outside of our network. Does anyone know a way to
accomplish what I'm trying to do? I feel like it should be possible
since Microsoft created that product to build .htm pages?
Ryan
Any suggestions would be very helpfulRyan.Chowdhury@.gmail.com wrote:
> I've created a number of .html, pivot tables using Access' Data Page
> tools. These work great and by pointing my browser to these files,
> users throughout my firm can access these pivot tables. I had assumed
> that I could simply publish these pivot tables on the web to outside
> users who are configured as active directory users. The .htm pivot
> table is linked to a query in Access that is built from a SQL database.
>
> We've separately built a system where users can crawl through our file
> server from outside of our network. I placed the .htm file in a folder
> that the user has access to and the application shows the file.
> However, when the user clicks on the file, s/he gets these messages:
> Data Access Pages has detected that your IE security settings will not
> allow you to access data from a site considered to be insecure.
> [
> In order to access the data contained within the Data Access Page, you
> need to:
> 1. Start IE
> 2. Choose Internet Options from the Tools menu
> 3. Click on the "Security" Tab
> 4. Click on the "Trusted Sites" icon
> 5. Click on the "Sites..." button
> 6. Uncheck the "Require server verification (https) for all sites in
> the zone" checkbox
> ]
> Our technology consultant indicated that there's no way for the data to
> "bind" to the browser and it's impossible to expose these .htm, pivot
> tables to users outside of our network. Does anyone know a way to
> accomplish what I'm trying to do? I feel like it should be possible
> since Microsoft created that product to build .htm pages?
> Ryan
> Any suggestions would be very helpful
>
First off, you might have better luck asking in an Access group instead
of SQL Server. Second, let me say, YIKES!!! You allow outside access
to your file servers?
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com

data cleansing and translation tools for relational databases

Hello All
We have a data migration project. This is basically what we plan to
achieve we have a legacy system which as some data with German long
texts like material texts,etc
We want to take data coming in flat files which as this german texts
and convert this to English text the texts are primarily products
names please advise what tools external or whatever is available to do
this translation to english the texts are about 15 to 20 characters
max.
Next we have data coming from legacy systems that we want to cleanse
like identify duplicates based on things like addresses:
eq: we might have a customer called ABC one at address 118 Main
Street, Nashua and another same customer defined in our another legacy
system called ABC Inc but address at Main Street, Nashua
We want a data cleansing tool or library that works on top of SQL
Server that can do this kind of data pattern identification,etc
Please advice free tools and tools within SQL if I am not aware of
that can do this as well good 3rd party tools that can do this.
Thanks
KarenHi
I don't know of any data cleansing tools that may perform all the functions
that you require. Even if you employed a company to manually clean the data
there is likely to be some degree of error at th e nd of the exercise.
I you carried out the changes yourself it may be possible to clean the data
using a translation table and/or ad-hoc queries.
John
"Karen Middleton" <karenmiddleol@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a5fd468a.0409032125.35235ea@.posting.google.com...
> Hello All
> We have a data migration project. This is basically what we plan to
> achieve we have a legacy system which as some data with German long
> texts like material texts,etc
> We want to take data coming in flat files which as this german texts
> and convert this to English text the texts are primarily products
> names please advise what tools external or whatever is available to do
> this translation to english the texts are about 15 to 20 characters
> max.
> Next we have data coming from legacy systems that we want to cleanse
> like identify duplicates based on things like addresses:
> eq: we might have a customer called ABC one at address 118 Main
> Street, Nashua and another same customer defined in our another legacy
> system called ABC Inc but address at Main Street, Nashua
> We want a data cleansing tool or library that works on top of SQL
> Server that can do this kind of data pattern identification,etc
> Please advice free tools and tools within SQL if I am not aware of
> that can do this as well good 3rd party tools that can do this.
> Thanks
> Karen|||There are many companies providing software and services to help clean up
name and address databases. These methods are usually specific to particular
postal systems or geographical areas so I suggest you Google for something
that meets your requirements in the locales of interest to you.
--
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||Try the following link :
http://www.itcg.nl/
From their site :
CLUE
Have you ever experienced problems with duplicate customers,
addresses, products or any other information?
CLUE®, the CLUster Engine from ITCG is a generic component that uses
fuzzy matching logic to match data that is nearly the same. As a generic
component CLUE® is useful in many ways.
Few years ago they were specialising in cleaning data and
merging data from several sources into one database.
They had some fancy algoritms to detect double entries in
the database. They were very convincing in their presentation,
but I have no experience with their range of products.
good luck,
ben brugman
"Karen Middleton" <karenmiddleol@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a5fd468a.0409032125.35235ea@.posting.google.com...
> Hello All
> We have a data migration project. This is basically what we plan to
> achieve we have a legacy system which as some data with German long
> texts like material texts,etc
> We want to take data coming in flat files which as this german texts
> and convert this to English text the texts are primarily products
> names please advise what tools external or whatever is available to do
> this translation to english the texts are about 15 to 20 characters
> max.
> Next we have data coming from legacy systems that we want to cleanse
> like identify duplicates based on things like addresses:
> eq: we might have a customer called ABC one at address 118 Main
> Street, Nashua and another same customer defined in our another legacy
> system called ABC Inc but address at Main Street, Nashua
> We want a data cleansing tool or library that works on top of SQL
> Server that can do this kind of data pattern identification,etc
> Please advice free tools and tools within SQL if I am not aware of
> that can do this as well good 3rd party tools that can do this.
> Thanks
> Karen|||Another thing you might look at for address cleaning is CASS certification.
This is a standard set by the US Postal service, and there is much software
around to help identify bad addresses, but it does not address your other
data quality problems.
--
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Karen Middleton" <karenmiddleol@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a5fd468a.0409032125.35235ea@.posting.google.com...
> Hello All
> We have a data migration project. This is basically what we plan to
> achieve we have a legacy system which as some data with German long
> texts like material texts,etc
> We want to take data coming in flat files which as this german texts
> and convert this to English text the texts are primarily products
> names please advise what tools external or whatever is available to do
> this translation to english the texts are about 15 to 20 characters
> max.
> Next we have data coming from legacy systems that we want to cleanse
> like identify duplicates based on things like addresses:
> eq: we might have a customer called ABC one at address 118 Main
> Street, Nashua and another same customer defined in our another legacy
> system called ABC Inc but address at Main Street, Nashua
> We want a data cleansing tool or library that works on top of SQL
> Server that can do this kind of data pattern identification,etc
> Please advice free tools and tools within SQL if I am not aware of
> that can do this as well good 3rd party tools that can do this.
> Thanks
> Karen|||I would suggest calling a company like www.listadvantage.com and have
the names cleaned and cass certified.
they r self serve and very easy to work with
"ben brugman" <ben@.niethier.nl> wrote in message news:<OlCP4zAlEHA.536@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> Try the following link :
> http://www.itcg.nl/
> From their site :
> CLUE
> Have you ever experienced problems with duplicate customers,
> addresses, products or any other information?
> CLUE®, the CLUster Engine from ITCG is a generic component that uses
> fuzzy matching logic to match data that is nearly the same. As a generic
> component CLUE® is useful in many ways.
>
> Few years ago they were specialising in cleaning data and
> merging data from several sources into one database.
> They had some fancy algoritms to detect double entries in
> the database. They were very convincing in their presentation,
> but I have no experience with their range of products.
> good luck,
> ben brugman
>
> "Karen Middleton" <karenmiddleol@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:a5fd468a.0409032125.35235ea@.posting.google.com...
> > Hello All
> >
> > We have a data migration project. This is basically what we plan to
> > achieve we have a legacy system which as some data with German long
> > texts like material texts,etc
> >
> > We want to take data coming in flat files which as this german texts
> > and convert this to English text the texts are primarily products
> > names please advise what tools external or whatever is available to do
> > this translation to english the texts are about 15 to 20 characters
> > max.
> >
> > Next we have data coming from legacy systems that we want to cleanse
> > like identify duplicates based on things like addresses:
> >
> > eq: we might have a customer called ABC one at address 118 Main
> > Street, Nashua and another same customer defined in our another legacy
> > system called ABC Inc but address at Main Street, Nashua
> >
> > We want a data cleansing tool or library that works on top of SQL
> > Server that can do this kind of data pattern identification,etc
> >
> > Please advice free tools and tools within SQL if I am not aware of
> > that can do this as well good 3rd party tools that can do this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Karen