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CHARINDEX has a character length limitation i.e., 8000, are there any other functions in T-SQL that can be used as an alternative

Old link, but apparently PATINDEX doesn't have the same limitation as CHARINDEX
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/966-sql-charindex-has-data-size-limitations.htm
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Power designer's Data Architect, Enterprise Architect and Information Architect

Does anyone have product differences between Power designer's Data Architect, Enterprise Architect and Information Architect?

Dear Rahaman,
Please refer to the PD 16.5 packaging options below and you can't miss the differences.
DataArchitect\DM includes Shell/Core*, XML, PDM, LDM
DataArchitect\RE includes Shell/Core*, XML, PDM, LDM, Repository
Information Architect includes Shell/Core*, XML, PDM, LDM, Repository, DMM, CDM, BPM
EnterpriseArchitect includes Shell/Core*, XML, PDM, LDM, Repository, DMM, CDM, BPM, OOM, EAM, EA Frameworks
** Shell & Core includes UI, Gap and Impact Analysis Tools, Reporting Tools, RQM, Free Model, and other common components
There exists different modeling features you can use in each of packages in PowerDesigner 16.
If you want to use a repository for storing models and sharing them with other modelers, you should have at least DataArchitect/RE option.
And, If you should use OOM, then it is required that you have the EnterpriseArchitect option.
Best Regards
Jerry

Data Modelling/BW Data Architect

I am supposed to do Data Modelling.
What are the key steps to do data modelling.
for financial ap, ar, gl,co.
Thanks
Michelle

Hi,
And also read this document as the starting document on designof any infocube.
http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/crossindustry/businessintelligence/v131/documentation/Multi-dimensional_modeling_EN.doc
With rgds,
Anil Kuma Sharma .P

Data architect forum

Hi,
Is thr any forum, where one can discuss the project related database architect ?.
With Thanks
Umesh

Not here. The Oracle forums are focused on Oracle, not general, technology.

How can we export the Primary key values (along with other data) from an Advantage database?

One of our customers is moving from our application (which uses Advantage Database Server) to another application (which uses other database technology). They have asked us to help export their data, so that they can migrate it to another database system. So far, we have used the Advantage Data Architect (ARC32) "Export Table Structures as Code" functionality to generate SQL. We used the "Include existing data" option. The SQL contains the necessary code to recreate the tables and indexes. The customer's IT staff will alter the SQL statements as necessary for their new system.
However, there is an issue with the Primary Keys in these table. The resulting INSERT statements use AutoInc as the type for the Primary Key in each Table. These INSERT statements contains "DEFAULT" for the value of each of these AutoInc fields. The customer would like to output an integer value for each of these Primary Key values in order to maintain referential integrity in their new system.
So far, I have not found any feature of ARC32 that allows us to export the Primary Key values. We had been using an older version of ARC32, since our application does not use the latest version of ADS. I did download the latest version of ARC32 (11.10), but it does not appear to include any new functionality that would facilitate doing this sort of export.
Can somebody tell me if there is such a feature in ARC32?
Or, is there is another Advantage tool to facilitate what we are trying to accomplish?
If there are no Advantage tools to provide such functionality, what else would you suggest?

George,
It sounds like the approach you are using is the correct one. This seems to be the cleanest solution to me especially since the customer is able to modify the generated SQL statements for their new system.
In order to preserve the AutoInc values I would recommend altering the table and changing the field datatype from AutoInc to Integer. Then export the table as code which will export the actual values. After the tables have been created on the new system they can change the field datatype back to an AutoInc type if necessary.
Regards,
Chris Franz

I have different TXT file in single folder from that that current date TXT files need to be get loaded into local database through SSIS Package

Hi frds,
I have fetched the TXT files through FTP from different location.All the file got loaded in my Local drive into single folder
And in that Folders i will have these kind of Files
ACTEST00001_20141028_0405_INV.TXT
ACTEST00001_20141029_0405_SL.TXT
ACTEST00001_20141028_0405_SV.TXT
ACTEST00001_20141029_0405_SV_APPT.
And i need to load these only ''20141029'' files only.
How can i do this in SSIS packege i need to skip rest all the files.
I have attached the Structure of my SSIS packege.
Please go through it and suggest me the solution please.
Arunraj Kumar

See
this and
this.
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Schema Mapping in Data Service Integrator

Hi,
I'm just examining some schema mapping programs like BizTalk, Altova and IBM Rational Data Architect, and now found Oracle Data Service Integrator which might be a similiar tool. Actually I found out about Data Service Integrator via BeQ AquaLogic, which probably had been some schema mapping tool before Oracle acquired it and now offers it as Data Service Integrator.
My question is, whether Oracle Data Service Integrator is really applicable for schema mapping/matching, such as creating mappings between xml, csv/flat files or database schemas. I already downloaded it and tried it out, but had troubles creating a map. According to a tutorial you create a physical data service if you wanna do something like mapping, but after I did this there was only a "map" with a source schema. There was no way to add a target schema and map it with the source schema.
So can I create mappings in Data Service Integrator or are there other products which would be more convenient (Oracle Warehourse Builder for instance)? If so, does anyone know whether there is a good tutorial how to map simple schemas such as xml files in Oracle Data Service Integrator?
Thank you in advance.

After you create your physical data services, create a logical data service using your target schema as the 'return type'. Then add functions and use the xquery mapper to map your physical data services (csv, database, xml, web service etc) to your target schema. You can also use logical data services as the input to a logical data service.

SSRS Date Picker Giving Error in IE

I have some ASP.NET code that has an SSRS report control on page. The web application is hosted on a different server than where SSRS is hosted. The problem I'm having is when I pull up the report in
Internet Explorer the date picker control is not showing the calendar and if I try to pull up the report in
Chrome the date picker control doesn't show up at all. If I type dates into the text boxes, the report works just fine but, we would really like to be able to use the date picker control.
Any ideas as to what could be wrong?

Your title says IE but the post says Chrome.
Take a look at this for Chrome:
http://www.rajbandi.net/Fixing-SSRS-Report-Viewer-control-date-picker-in-Google-chrome/
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Degree of Data Normalization

Hi Friends,
Is data normalization the same as database normalization? Is this part of the work of DBA?
How many forms or level does data normalization has? Is it up to 5th or 6th level?
I have been hearing this Data Normalization and I tried reading it over and over but I can not really fully understand it :(
Thanks a lot
Ms K

Hi,
it can assigned to more roles. If the team/project is small it is the DBA, but if bigger there can also be a Data Architect or some Functional Designer who can do the job (initially). I also saw that a good senior programmer (sql/plsql) can do the job, but experience is an advantage. But with good thinking and looking at the requirements, all the above mentioned roles can do the job. But finally the DBA has (normally) the last word, because he has to implement the design. The DBA afterwards has also to make the Technical Design of the database.
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LiveCycle and Excel Data

I am relatively new to LiveCycle and I have looked across the forums but haven't found solid answers to what I am trying to do therefore I was wondering if someone is able to answer my questions:
1. Can you setup a LiveCycle for so that it will read from a set of Excel data files (or converted CSV/XML files) at the time you launch the PDF with a LiveCycle form in it. We intend to create Graphs and Charts from the data and wanted it so that for these to be updated, all that needs to happen is that the data files are overwritten with a new set of data. Can LiveCycle do this, or does the data get embedded in the PDF at the time that the PDF file is published??
2. Could you put the PDF onto Microsoft Sharepoint and have the data files in a document library and then have the PDF form read the data from these files within the document library?
Thanks for any help with these questions.

Are you saying publish the PDFs using a LiveCycle server? I know you can use LiveCycle server to initiate workflows that would include what you are asking but I have no experience in this.
I use VB.net with an iTextSharp plugin to deploy all our forms. It takes the PDF and imports XML generated by our data architect from a shared drive to generate many PDFs into a production environment.
Kyle

SQL Server 2008 Express - timeout issues, "This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable."

Good morning all! I work for a small business that uses a robust Accounting/Inventory database called Traverse (or Open Systems) and is run on a desktop computer using SQL Server 2008 Express.
We don't have an IT department, but I have a bit of knowledge, so I've been the go-to person to handle any tech support issues in our tiny 5 person office. I've been reading up on SQL Server 2008 Express, but am completely stumped on this issue.
Our database would work consistently well for quite a while - sometimes getting disconnected from the server and requiring a restart of either the SQL Server itself or the Traverse License Server.
About two weeks ago, I noticed that nobody had ever run Windows Update on the desktop that we have SQL Server on, so I spent the better part of a day updating everything, hoping it would help some of the little buggy issues we've been having. Unfortunately,
by applying the updates, I think it may have altered settings - or updated appropriately and our functionality is diminished.
Basically, we have 3 users connecting into the server to use the database at any time. Sometimes we might not be accessing information constantly, and it appears we're getting a timeout message in the SQL Server Log - stating the system was awoken
by user activity after around 25-30 minutes. When this happens, the system is painfully slow and locks up, giving SQL Server Connection errors, or the "This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable." message. I noticed that
there is a connection timeout of 15 seconds set for our SQL Server, but it's greyed out in the dialog box I saw it in, and am not sure if that's even a culprit.
I'd just like to get this working again to where we can continue to use the database throughout the day without waiting for it to seemingly load all of the data after "waking up". It's to a point that one of my employees is coming into my
office every 5 minutes complaining that she can't do anything in Traverse. I'm about to lose my mind!
If anyone has any clue what could be the issue, I'd be so grateful for help. If you need any logs, messages, etc.. please let me know which and I will share them. Thank you again!

This is known as the Zombie Check exception. It is generally caused by trying to commit a transaction twice or trying to roll back a committed transaction. It can also be caused by a connection closing before the transaction is complete. In you case I would
suspect the latter.
See this article on setting the default timeout.
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Parent-Child-Parent Sql

Hi:
I have two tables. My main table contains item and quantity. The second table contains material_item, item and quantity. They are joined on item. The next step is to check if the material_item contains in the item record in
the second table. If it does not, we insert the record into a brand new table. If it does, we will repeat the last step. We will check if the material_item is also an item record.   It is parent/child relationship. But the
child can be a parent as well.
Table A
Item Quantity
123    1
234   2
Table B
Material Item     Item    Quantity
bbb                    123            2
pop                  bbb           1
wer                   pop            1
234                  aaa            1
Item 123 contains material item bbb, pop, wer (3 records)
Item 234 (1 record)
End Result - I will need to insert 4 records into the database.
I am trying to explain this not sure if I explain this clearly.   Hopefully, the example will give you more insight.
I have been staring at this for quite a while. I am hoping a fresh pairs eyes will be able to tell me on what I need to do.
Thanks for your assistance.
kkmick

It seems to me that your example is the opposite of what is stated in the question "If it does not, we insert the record into a brand new table"
If this is what you want try something like
Insert into new table ....
where not exists (select item from materialitem)
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Using Number tables in Keynote 6.0

I use data from number sheets in keynote presentations. In 6.0, I'm having a lot of difficulty moving the tables around on the keynote slide. Sometimes the bottom rows disappear. Almost always there's a border around the old table location that I have to manually removes. There is almost always some fill in the are that I moved the table from. If I copy in one group of cells, keynote break it up into two or more parts that have to move separately. Am I missing something, obviously.

Unless I and my development team are very much mistaken, we do not yet see ANY real, direct support for CLOB (or other LOB) datatypes in Designer/Developer Forms 6.0 or 6i.
We would like to be able to store & maintain large text stores (like form letters, etc.) in our database, and we do not want to use LONGs. As our dev. platform is exclusively Forms based, we have been forced to live within the Forms' CHAR(2000) datatype constraint limit in designing our targeted 8i db...
As the team's data architect, this seems absolutely ludicrous to me, but (given the fact we can only use Forms for the front-end), what other choice do we have???
I'd greatly appreciate hearing back from anyone in Oracle support or elsewhere who could categorically confirm or deny this de-facto constraint, and (if the latter), explain how CLOB manipulation / editing can be supported via either Forms 6.0 or 6i.
Thanks in advance.
- Paul Van Sickle
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Creating a format file to map Incident records being imported from another tool in Service Manager.

Hello, we are trying to import some of our Incident records from BMC Remedy into Service Manager. Our data architect is running into some difficulty finding the necessary information to create the format file (we plan to use the CSV import process).
Is there a comprehensive document that details out all of the properties available for Incidents, affected users, relationships, etc. in order to build the XML format file? For example, System.WorkItem.Incident is the main type for Incidents. Under
that, there is an 'Affected User' class.
Is anyone aware of this type of documentation for Service Manager?
Thanks in advance,
Brett

Hi,
Affected user' is a relationship. System.User is a class. Your data architect has to investigate SCSM management packs to get the required info. Use this PowerShell command with standard SCSM poweshell console to get all management packs in pure XML. "c:\mp"
is a path that you could change.
Get-SCSMManagementPack | Export-SCSMManagementPack -Path c:\mp
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Using a CLOB in Forms 6.0

I'm looking for information about the default functionality of Forms 6.0 when working with CLOB's. I have a table with one CLOB column (note field). I'm having some difficulty displaying existing data in a CLOB column. I am also having difficulty inserting and updating records from a form.
All existing records were first inserted using empty_clob(), and if the record was not updated then the form displays "##########".
How do I prevent this? How do I check from the form if there is anythting in the CLOB column other than the locator? Where do I put this code?
Were do you put the code for inserting and updating a record that has a clob column? It does not work directly in the form. I found information on the DBMS_LOB package does a procedure need to be used? On client or database. I was not able to use the dbms_lob package in form and database triggers.
Our users don't want to do anything but store and view the text in the clob.
Help please.
Thanks
Dave
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Unless I and my development team are very much mistaken, we do not yet see ANY real, direct support for CLOB (or other LOB) datatypes in Designer/Developer Forms 6.0 or 6i.
We would like to be able to store & maintain large text stores (like form letters, etc.) in our database, and we do not want to use LONGs. As our dev. platform is exclusively Forms based, we have been forced to live within the Forms' CHAR(2000) datatype constraint limit in designing our targeted 8i db...
As the team's data architect, this seems absolutely ludicrous to me, but (given the fact we can only use Forms for the front-end), what other choice do we have???
I'd greatly appreciate hearing back from anyone in Oracle support or elsewhere who could categorically confirm or deny this de-facto constraint, and (if the latter), explain how CLOB manipulation / editing can be supported via either Forms 6.0 or 6i.
Thanks in advance.
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