Help with SQL insert

Hi,
Brand new to CF - using CF9. Have SQL Server 2005 database. Only one table. Using CF for frontend. Do not know proper syntax to get INSERT to work. Keep getting "Element XXXXXX is undefined in FORM."
Database name is RAWH.
Columns for insert are:
startdate
enddate
TypeHrs
NoOfHours
projects
justification
Frontend has forms and fields which are:
Form                                       Field (value)
firstDates                                startdate
firstDates                                enddate
typHrs                                     TypeHrs
noHrs                                      NoOfHours
none                                        projects
none                                        justification
Do not know how to code for INSERT - have this for now - which obviously does not work:
<cfquery name="RAWH" datasource="RAWH">
INSERT INTO RAWH
(startdate, enddate, TypeHrs, NoOfHours, projects, justification)
VALUES
(#Form.firstDates#, '#Form.startdate#', '#Form.enddate#', #Form.typHrs#, '#Form.TypeHrs#', #Form.noHrs#, '#Form.NoOfHours#')
</cfquery>
What am I doing wrong?
Get this:
Element FIRSTDATES is undefined in FORM.
The error occurred in D:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\RAWH1\RAWH1.cfm: line 5
3 : (startdate, enddate, TypeHrs, NoOfHours, projects, justification)
4 : VALUES
5 : (#Form.firstDates#, '#Form.startdate#', '#Form.enddate#', #Form.typHrs#, '#Form.TypeHrs#', #Form.noHrs#, '#Form.NoOfHours#')
6 : </cfquery>
7 :
Really appreciate any help - thank you. BTW - datasource is in CF Admin.
John
RAWH
Microsoft SQL Server
OK

Ian & Dan,
Thanks. I added "<cfdump var="#form#">" and the result is "struct [empty]."
I altered the form/input code thusly,
<form id="beginDate" name="beginDate" onclick="function compareDate(); method="post"
               style="width: 1px; height: 1px;">
          <td><input style="width: 70px" type="text" id="startdate" name="startdate" /></td>
        </form>
        <form id="endnDate" name="endDate" onclick="function compareDate(); method="post"
               style="width: 1px; height: 1px;">
          <td><input style="width: 70px" type="text" id="enddate" name="enddate" /></td>
        </form>
Should this be a cfform? I also made separate forms for startdate and enddate rather than one form for both.
The cfquery is this:
<cfquery name="RAWH" datasource="RAWH">
INSERT INTO RAWH
(startdate, enddate, TypeHrs, NoOfHours, projects, justification)
VALUES
(#Form.beginDate#, '#Form.startdate#', '#Form.endDate#', '#Form.enddate#', #Form.typHrs#, '#Form.TypeHrs#', #Form.noHrs#, '#Form.NoOfHours#', 'projects', 'justification')
</cfquery>
Still the same result -
Element BEGINDATE is undefined in FORM.
The error occurred in D:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\RAWH1\RAWH1.cfm: line 7
5 : (startdate, enddate, TypeHrs, NoOfHours, projects, justification)
6 : VALUES
7 : (#Form.beginDate#, '#Form.startdate#', '#Form.endDate#', '#Form.enddate#', #Form.typHrs#, '#Form.TypeHrs#', #Form.noHrs#, '#Form.NoOfHours#', 'projects', 'justification')
8 : </cfquery>
9 :
What am I doing wrong?
Dan - you said that I do not have a form until I submit one - I get this error by opening the web page (F12). There is no onsubmit coding done.
Sorry guys, I am lost with this.
Thank you,
John

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select      FK_VOUCHERSERIAL_N,
     FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA,
     DESCRIPTION,
     nvl(AMOUNT,0) amount,
     TYPE,
     Accnt101.postive_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) postive_amount,
     Accnt101.negative_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) negative_amount,
     Accnt101.total_balanceformula(:total_balance, EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE,Accnt101.negative_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) ,Accnt101.postive_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) , nvl(AMOUNT,0)) total_balance
from      EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI
where     FK_EMPLOYEENUMBER0=:emp_code
and     STATUS=1
and     FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA<=:to_date
and     FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA>=:from_date
and     ((TYPE >7 and TYPE <16)
     or (TYPE >34 and TYPE <43)
     or (TYPE =7)
     or (TYPE =18)
     or (TYPE >26 and TYPE <35)
     or (TYPE =17)
     OR (TYPE = 60)
     OR (TYPE = 70)
OR (TYPE = 72)
OR (TYPE = 73)
OR (TYPE = 74)
     or (type = 21)
     or (type =24)
     or (type = 81)
     or (type = 82))
order by      FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA asc, FK_VOUCHERSERIAL_N asc, type desc

Hi Satyaki,
My problem is with SQL and PL/SQL codd. I managed to convert some of my reports and now I'm facing a problem with converted SQL and PL/SQL code. To give you an Idea the following is a sample of a converted report.
Pls have a look. (p.s how can i post formated text)
Thanks,
Ribhi
1 - XML template file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <dataTemplate name="Accnt101" defaultPackage="Accnt101" version="1.0">
- <properties>
<property name="xml_tag_case" value="upper" />
</properties>
- <parameters>
<parameter name="FROM_DATE" dataType="date" defaultValue="01/01/1998" />
<parameter name="TO_DATE" dataType="date" defaultValue="31/12/1998" />
<parameter name="EMP_CODE" dataType="number" defaultValue="44" />
</parameters>
<lexicals />
- <dataQuery>
- <sqlStatement name="employee_trans">
- <![CDATA[
select      FK_VOUCHERSERIAL_N,
     FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA,
     DESCRIPTION,
     nvl(AMOUNT,0) amount,
     TYPE,
     Accnt101.postive_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) postive_amount,
     Accnt101.negative_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) negative_amount,
     Accnt101.total_balanceformula(:total_balance, EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE,Accnt101.negative_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) ,Accnt101.postive_amountformula(EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI.TYPE, nvl(AMOUNT,0)) , nvl(AMOUNT,0)) total_balance
from      EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI
where     FK_EMPLOYEENUMBER0=:emp_code
and     STATUS=1
and     FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA<=:to_date
and     FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA>=:from_date
and     ((TYPE >7 and TYPE <16)
     or (TYPE >34 and TYPE <43)
     or (TYPE =7)
     or (TYPE =18)
     or (TYPE >26 and TYPE <35)
     or (TYPE =17)
     OR (TYPE = 60)
     OR (TYPE = 70)
                OR (TYPE = 72)
                OR (TYPE = 73)
                OR (TYPE = 74)
     or (type = 21)
     or (type =24)
     or (type = 81)
     or (type = 82))
order by      FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA asc, FK_VOUCHERSERIAL_N asc, type desc
]]>
</sqlStatement>
- <sqlStatement name="employee">
- <![CDATA[
select NAME,NUMBER0
from EMPLOYEE
where NUMBER0=:emp_code
]]>
</sqlStatement>
</dataQuery>
<dataTrigger name="beforeReportTrigger" source="Accnt101.beforereport" />
- <dataStructure>
- <group name="G_employee_trans" dataType="varchar2" source="employee_trans">
<element name="FK_VOUCHERSERIAL_N" dataType="number" value="FK_VOUCHERSERIAL_N" />
<element name="FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA" dataType="date" value="FK_VOUCHERVALUE_DA" />
<element name="DESCRIPTION" dataType="varchar2" value="DESCRIPTION" />
<element name="AMOUNT" dataType="number" value="AMOUNT" />
<element name="postive_amount" dataType="number" value="postive_amount" />
<element name="negative_amount" dataType="number" value="negative_amount" />
<element name="total_balance" dataType="number" value="total_balance" />
<element name="TYPE" dataType="number" value="TYPE" />
<element name="CS_1" function="sum" dataType="number" value="G_employee_trans.total_balance" />
</group>
- <group name="G_employee" dataType="varchar2" source="employee">
<element name="NUMBER0" dataType="number" value="NUMBER0" />
<element name="NAME" dataType="varchar2" value="NAME" />
</group>
<element name="balance" dataType="number" value="Accnt101.balance_p" />
<element name="CS_2" function="count" dataType="number" value="G_employee.NUMBER0" />
<element name="CS_3" function="count" dataType="number" value="G_employee_trans.AMOUNT" />
</dataStructure>
</dataTemplate>
2 - PLS/SQL package
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE Accnt101 AS
     from_date     date;
     to_date     date;
     emp_code     number;
     balance     number := 0 ;
     function postive_amountformula(TYPE in number, amount in number) return number ;
     function negative_amountformula(TYPE in number, amount in number) return number ;
     function BeforeReport return boolean ;
     function total_balanceformula(total_balance in number, TYPE in number, negative_amount in number, postive_amount in number, amount in number) return number ;
     Function balance_p return number;
END Accnt101;
3- Package Body
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY Accnt101 AS
function postive_amountformula(TYPE in number, amount in number) return number is
begin
     if ((TYPE>26 and TYPE<35)
          or (TYPE=17))
     then
          return(amount);
     elsif (type = 70)and (amount >=0) then
          return (amount) ;
elsif (type = 72)and (amount >=0) then
          return (amount) ;
elsif (type = 73)and (amount >=0) then
          return (amount) ;
elsif (type = 74)and (amount >=0) then
          return (amount) ;
     elsif (type = 60)and (amount >=0) then
          return (amount) ;
     else
          return (null) ;
     end if;
RETURN NULL; end;
function negative_amountformula(TYPE in number, amount in number) return number is
begin
     if ((TYPE>7 and TYPE<16)
          or (TYPE >34 and TYPE <43)
          or (TYPE=7)
          or (TYPE=18)
          or (type=21)
          or (type=24)
          or (type= 81)
          or (type=82))
     then
          return(amount);
     elsif (type = 70)and (amount <0) then
          return (abs (amount)) ;
elsif (type = 72)and (amount <0) then
          return (abs (amount)) ;
elsif (type = 73)and (amount <0) then
          return (abs (amount)) ;
elsif (type = 74)and (amount <0) then
          return (abs (amount)) ;
     elsif (type = 60)and (amount <0) then
          return (abs(amount)) ;
     else
          return (null) ;
     end if;
RETURN NULL; end;
function BeforeReport return boolean is
var_pos     number(15,3) ;
var_neg     number(15,3) ;
beg_bal     number(15,3) ;
Begin
begin
select sum (nvl(amount,0)) into beg_bal
     from EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI
     where (TYPE=99 or type = 92 or type = 93 or type = 94)
     and to_char(from_date,'YYYY')=to_char(date0,'YYYY')
     and FK_EMPLOYEENUMBER0=emp_code;
EXCEPTION
     WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
     beg_bal := 0;
end;
begin
     select      sum(nvl(amount,0)) into var_pos
     from      EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI
     where
          (TYPE=17
          or type=60
          OR TYPE=70
oR TYPE=72
OR TYPE=73
OR TYPE=74
          or (TYPE>26 and TYPE<35))
     and      fk_vouchervalue_da<from_date
     and      fk_vouchervalue_da>= trunc(from_date,'year')
     and      FK_EMPLOYEENUMBER0=emp_code;
EXCEPTION
     WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
     var_pos := 0;
end;
Begin
     select sum(nvl(amount,0)) into var_neg
     from EMPLOYEE_TRANSACTI
     where ((TYPE>7 and TYPE<16)
          or (TYPE >34 and TYPE <43)
          or (TYPE=7)
          or (TYPE=18)
          or (type=21)
          or (type=24)
          or (type= 81)
          or (type=82) )
     and fk_vouchervalue_da<from_date
     and fk_vouchervalue_da>= trunc(from_date,'year')
     and FK_EMPLOYEENUMBER0=emp_code;
     balance :=nvl(beg_bal,0) + nvl(var_pos,0) - nvl(var_neg,0);
     return(true);
EXCEPTION
     WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
     balance :=nvl(beg_bal,0) + nvl(var_pos,0) - nvl(var_neg,0);
          RETURN (TRUE);
end;
RETURN NULL; end;
function total_balanceformula(total_balance in number, TYPE in number, negative_amount in number, postive_amount in number, amount in number) return number is
begin
     if total_balance is null then
     if ((TYPE>7 and TYPE<16)
          or (TYPE >34 and TYPE <43)
          or (TYPE=7)or (TYPE=18)
          or (type=21) or (type=24)
          or (type= 81)
          or (type=82))
     then
          return(balance-negative_amount);
     elsif ((TYPE>26 and TYPE<35) or (TYPE=17))
          then
               return(balance+postive_amount);
          elsif (type=70 or type=72 or type=73 or type=74
or type=60) and (amount >=0) then
               return(balance+postive_amount);
          elsif (type=70 or type=72 or type=73 or type=74
or type=60) and (amount <0) then
               return(balance-negative_amount);
     end if;
     else
     if ((TYPE>7 and TYPE<16)
          or (TYPE >34 and TYPE <43)
          or (TYPE=7)or (TYPE=18)
          or (type=21) or (type=24)
          or (type= 81)
          or (type=82))
     then
          return(total_balance-negative_amount);
     elsif ((TYPE>26 and TYPE<35) or (TYPE=17))
          then
               return(total_balance+postive_amount);
          elsif (type=70 or type=72 or type=73 or type=74
or type=60) and (amount >=0) then
               return(total_balance+postive_amount);
          elsif (type=70 or type=72 or type=73 or type=74
or type=60) and (amount <0) then
               return(total_balance-negative_amount);
     end if;
     end if ;
RETURN NULL; end;
Functions to refer Oracle report placeholders
Function balance_p return number is
     Begin
     return balance;
     END;
END Accnt101 ;

Help with SQL MODEL Clause

I have the privilege of performing a very tedious task.
We have some home grown regular expressions in our company. I now need to expand these regular expressions.
Samples:
a = 0-3
b = Null, 0, 1
Expression: Meaning
1:5: 1,2,3,4,5
1a: 10, 11, 12, 13
1b: 1, 10, 11
1[2,3]ab: 120, 1200, 1201, ....
It get's even more inetersting because there is a possibility of 1[2,3]a.ab
I have created two base queries to aid me in my quest. I am using the SQL MODEL clause to solve this problem. I pretty confident that I should be able to convert evrything into a range and the use one of the MODEL clause listed below.
My only confusion is how do I INCREMENT dynamically. The INCREMENT seems to be a constant in both a FOR and ITERATE statement. I need to figure a way to increment with .01, .1, etc.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
CODE:
Reference:          http://www.sqlsnippets.com/en/topic-11663.html
Objective:          Expand a range with ITERATE
WITH t AS
(SELECT '2:4' pt
FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT '6:9' pt
FROM DUAL)
SELECT pt AS code_expression
-- , KEY
-- , min_key
-- , max_key
, m_1 AS code
FROM t
MODEL
PARTITION BY (pt)
DIMENSION BY ( 0 AS KEY )
MEASURES (
                    0 AS m_1,
                    TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, 1, INSTR(pt, ':') - 1)) AS min_key,
                    TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, INSTR(pt, ':') + 1)) AS max_key
RULES
-- UPSERT
ITERATE (100000) UNTIL ( ITERATION_NUMBER = max_key[0] - min_key[0] )
m_1[ITERATION_NUMBER] = min_key[0] + ITERATION_NUMBER
ORDER BY pt, m_1
Explanation:
Line numbers are based on the assupmtion that "WITH t AS" starts at line 5.
If you need detailed information regarding the MODEL clause please refer to
the Refrence site stated above or read some documentation.
Partition-
Line 18:     PARTITION BY (pt)
               This will make sure that each "KEY" will start at 0 for each value of pt.
Dimension-
Line 19:     DIMENSION BY ( 0 AS KEY )
               This is necessary for the refrences max_key[0], and min_key[0] to work.
Measures-
Line 21:      0 AS m_1
               A space holder for new values.
Line 22:     TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, 1, INSTR(pt, ':') - 1)) AS min_key
               The result is '1' for '1:5'.
Line 23:     TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, INSTR(pt, ':') + 1)) AS max_key
               The result is '5' for '1:5'.
Rules-
Line 26:     UPSERT
               This makes it possible for new rows to be created.
Line 27:     ITERATE (100000) UNTIL ( ITERATION_NUMBER = max_key[0] - min_key[0] )
               This reads ITERATE 100000 times or UNTIL the ITERATION_NUMBER = max_key[0] - min_key[0]
               which would be 4 for '1:5', but since the ITERATION_NUMBER starts at 0, whatever follows
               is repaeted 5 times.
Line 29:     m_1[ITERATION_NUMBER] = min_key[0] + ITERATION_NUMBER
               m_1[ITERATION_NUMBER] means m_1[Value of Dimension KEY].
               Thus for each row of KEY the m_1 is min_key[0] + ITERATION_NUMBER.
Reference:          http://www.sqlsnippets.com/en/topic-11663.html
Objective:          Expand a range using FOR
WITH t AS
(SELECT '2:4' pt
FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT '6:9' pt
FROM DUAL)
, base AS
SELECT pt AS code_expression
, KEY AS code
, min_key
, max_key
     , my_increment
, m_1
FROM t
MODEL
PARTITION BY (pt)
DIMENSION BY ( CAST(0 AS NUMBER) AS KEY )
MEASURES (
                    CAST(NULL AS CHAR) AS m_1,
                    TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, 1, INSTR(pt, ':') - 1)) AS min_key,
                    TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, INSTR(pt, ':') + 1)) AS max_key,
                    .1 AS my_increment
RULES
-- UPSERT
          m_1[FOR KEY FROM min_key[0] TO max_key[0] INCREMENT 1] = 'Y'
ORDER BY pt, KEY, m_1
SELECT code_expression, code
FROM base
WHERE m_1 = 'Y'
Explanation:
Line numbers are based on the assupmtion that "WITH t AS" starts at line 5.
If you need detailed information regarding the MODEL clause please refer to
the Refrence site stated above or read some documentation.
Partition-
Line 21:     PARTITION BY (pt)
               This will make sure that each "KEY" will start at 0 for each value of pt.
Dimension-
Line 22:     DIMENSION BY ( 0 AS KEY )
               This is necessary for the refrences max_key[0], and min_key[0] to work.
Measures-
Line 24:      CAST(NULL AS CHAR) AS m_1
               A space holder for results.
Line 25:     TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, 1, INSTR(pt, ':') - 1)) AS min_key
               The result is '1' for '1:5'.
Line 26:     TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(pt, INSTR(pt, ':') + 1)) AS max_key
               The result is '5' for '1:5'.
Line 27:     .1 AS my_increment
               The INCREMENT I would like to use.
Rules-
Line 30:     UPSERT
               This makes it possible for new rows to be created.
               However seems like it is not necessary.
Line 32:     m_1[FOR KEY FROM min_key[0] TO max_key[0] INCREMENT 1] = 'Y'
               Where the KE value is between min_key[0] and max_key[0] set the value of m_1 to 'Y'
*/

Of course, you can accomplish the same thing without MODEL using an Integer Series Generator like this.
create table t ( min_val number, max_val number, increment_size number );
insert into t values ( 2, 3, 0.1 );
insert into t values ( 1.02, 1.08, 0.02 );
commit;
create table integer_table as
select rownum - 1 as n from all_objects where rownum <= 100 ;
select
min_val ,
increment_size ,
min_val + (increment_size * n) as val
from t, integer_table
where
n between 0 and ((max_val - min_val)/increment_size)
order by 3
   MIN_VAL INCREMENT_SIZE        VAL
      1.02            .02       1.02
      1.02            .02       1.04
      1.02            .02       1.06
      1.02            .02       1.08
         2             .1          2
         2             .1        2.1
         2             .1        2.2
         2             .1        2.3
         2             .1        2.4
         2             .1        2.5
         2             .1        2.6
         2             .1        2.7
         2             .1        2.8
         2             .1        2.9
         2             .1          3
15 rows selected.--
Joe Fuda
http://www.sqlsnippets.com/

Need help in sql insert

Hi,
I have a table with named as cust_pkg_tbl and data contains as below.scrcdall column contain comma separated strings.
id name memstatus mobileno srccdall
1001 kaushik 8 9876549032 cde1,cde2,cde3
1002 ram 4 8845670982 cde1,cde2
1003 raj 2 8823578432 cde1,cde2,cde3,cde4
1004 kumar 8 9630987654 cde1,cde2
Based on the above data client wants to insert as 3/4/2 separate records into the side/lookup table(src_cde_pkg_tbl) as below.
client wants the data looks like in the below table as src_cde_pkg_tbl.
id srt_num srccdall
1001 1 cde1
1001 2 cde2
1001 3 cde3
1002 1 cde1
1002 2 cde2
1003 1 cde1
1003 2 cde2
1003 3 cde3
1003 4 cde4
1004 1 cde1
1004 2 cde2
could you please help me to achieve the requirement.
thx in advance

You've posted enough times to know you need to provide your 4 digit Oracle version.
>
Based on the above data client wants to insert as 3/4/2 separate records into the side/lookup table(src_cde_pkg_tbl) as below.
>
That similar question has been answered many times on the forum.
See the faq about converting rows to columns
SQL and PL/SQL FAQ
And search the forum for columns to rows.

BSP with SQL insert statement

Hi all,
I'm creating a BSP page with 2 inputfields and 1 submit button...
first inputfield should contain a table+field name and the second inputfield must contain a value that has to be written in the table of field1.
When I press the submitbutton, I want the value from the second inputfield to be written into the corresponding field of inputfield 1.
Currently I have the following:
<htmlb:inputField id         = "field1"
                        type       = "string"
                        doValidate = "TRUE"
                        maxlength = "50"
                        size      = "50"
                        value      = "<%= table_name %>" />
<htmlb:inputField id         = "field2"
                        type       = "string"
                        doValidate = "TRUE"
                        maxlength = "50"
                        value      = "<%= table_value %>" />
<htmlb:button text    = "Save value"
                    id      = "submit"
                    onClick = "submit" />
Now my question is the following: does anyone have e.g. sample code on how to process sql "oninputprocessing" so that the value from "field2" is inserted into table as entered in "field1" ?
thanks a lot in advance,
of course points will be rewarded ...

Hi Joris,
   Go through this sample code which i am sending you by seeing your requirement. Hope it helps you...
In OnInputprocessing
class cl_htmlb_manager definition load.
if event_id = cl_htmlb_manager=>event_id.
   data event type ref to cl_htmlb_event.
   event = cl_htmlb_manager=>get_event(
                runtime->server->request ).
   if event->name = 'button' and event->event_type = 'click'.
       data data1 type ref to cl_htmlb_inputfield.
       data1 ?= cl_htmlb_manager=>get_data(
                  request = runtime->server->request
                  name = 'inputfield'
                  id   = 'field'
       if data1 is not initial.
            v_field = data1->value.
           append v_field to it_mara1.
        endif.
    endif.
layout
<%@page language="abap"%>
<%@extension name="htmlb" prefix="htmlb"%>
<htmlb:content design="design2003">
<htmlb:page title = "first page ">
    <htmlb:form>
     <htmlb:tableView id="table" table="<%= it_mara1 %>"></htmlb:tableView>
     <htmlb:inputField id="field" />
      <htmlb:button       text          = "Press Me"
                          onClick       = "myClickHandler" />
    </htmlb:form>
</htmlb:page>
</htmlb:content>
Page attributes
it_mara1     type    it_mara
v_field      type    mara-matnr
Type Definitions
Types : begin of t_mara,
        matnr type matnr,
        end of t_mara.
Types it_mara type table of t_mara.
Regards,
Azaz Ali.

Help with SQL query invloving time operations

I have created 2 tables in my SQL. One is the user_info table which stores the time of login and timezone of login for each user. The other is the post_table which stores the postid, user who makes the post, time of post and timezone for each posts.
CREATE TABLE user_info
user_id VARCHAR(20),
login_date DATE,
login_time_zone VARCHAR(20),
PRIMARY KEY (user_id)
CREATE TABLE post_table
post_id VARCHAR(20),
user_id VARCHAR(20),
datepost DATE,
time_zone VARCHAR(20),
PRIMARY KEY (post_id),
FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES user_info(user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
) ;Some sample data for my tables is as below -
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u1', to_date('9/17/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -2 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u2', to_date('9/17/2009 19:55','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -4 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p1', 'u1', to_date('9/17/2009 20:50','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 6 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p2', 'u2', to_date('9/17/2009 20:30','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p3', 'u2', to_date('9/18/2009 6:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 2 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p4', 'u1', to_date('9/17/2009 21:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -3 );I need to write an SQL query which - finds the user(s) whose time difference between the login time and the latest time when he/she writes a post is the smallest. I need to consider the timezones here as well.
I am unsure if time_zone should be of type VARCHAR or TIMESTAMP so have created it as VARCHAR in my tables.
Someone please help me form this query.
PS : How do I user <code> tags in this forum to write sql statements.
Edited by: user11994430 on Oct 9, 2009 5:59 PM

I tried with the following test data
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u1', to_date('9/17/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u2', to_date('9/16/2009 13:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u3', to_date('9/18/2009 15:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u4', to_date('9/20/2009 17:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u5', to_date('9/14/2009 3:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -3 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u6', to_date('9/15/2009 6:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -3 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u7', to_date('9/16/2009 7:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u8', to_date('9/17/2009 8:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u9', to_date('9/18/2009 9:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u10', to_date('9/19/2009 10:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u11', to_date('9/20/2009 11:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u12', to_date('9/21/2009 19:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u13', to_date('9/1/2009 4:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -3 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u14', to_date('9/22/2009 7:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u15', to_date('9/24/2009 23:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u16', to_date('9/25/2009 11:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u17', to_date('9/26/2009 18:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -4 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u18', to_date('9/27/2009 13:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u19', to_date('9/17/2009 18:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u20', to_date('9/29/2009 22:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u21', to_date('9/30/2009 5:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u22', to_date('9/15/2009 7:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -4 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u23', to_date('9/16/2009 17:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u24', to_date('9/17/2009 19:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u25', to_date('9/18/2009 22:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u26', to_date('9/19/2009 15:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO user_info VALUES( 'u27', to_date('9/20/2009 23:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES('p1', 'u26', to_date('9/14/2009 18:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES('p2', 'u2', to_date('7/1/2009 15:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES('p3', 'u2', to_date('7/20/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES('p4', 'u5', to_date('7/20/2009 22:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p5', 'u2', to_date('7/21/2009 10:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p6', 'u8', to_date('8/1/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p7', 'u10', to_date('5/3/2009 15:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -3 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p8', 'u25', to_date('9/15/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p9', 'u6', to_date('9/7/2009 19:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -3 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p10', 'u10', to_date('7/22/2009 10:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p11', 'u9', to_date('7/7/2009 13:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p12', 'u2', to_date('7/30/2009 11:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p13', 'u10', to_date('7/22/2009 8:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p14', 'u6', to_date('5/30/2009 23:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p15', 'u3', to_date('5/31/2009 2:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p16', 'u12', to_date('6/20/2009 7:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p17', 'u20', to_date('6/20/2009 9:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p18','u27', to_date('9/15/2009 11:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p19','u26', to_date('7/1/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 0 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p20', 'u25', to_date('7/2/2009 17:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p21', 'u27', to_date('7/3/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p22', 'u2', to_date('9/15/2009 13:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), 1 ) ;
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p23', 'u21', to_date('5/30/2009 17:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p24', 'u25', to_date('8/30/2009 20:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p25', 'u18', to_date('9/13/2009 18:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p26', 'u11', to_date('9/9/2009 13:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -8 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p27', 'u23', to_date('9/10/2009 1:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -5 );
INSERT INTO post_table VALUES( 'p28', 'u22', to_date('9/10/2009 14:00','MM/DD/YYYY mi:ss'), -4 );The output I get is
USER_ID
u25
u9
u20
u5
u27
u8
u21
u23
u22
u26
u10
USER_ID
u3
u12
u18
u2
u6
u11
17 rows selected.

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