UDF of Nvarchar(Max) type

Hi All,
Whenever some User Defined Fields is created in 2007, the underlying field is always of NVARCHAR(MAX) type. This is posing problem when creating a report on the basis of such fields in Crystal, since it does not allow to use such fields for creating links.
How to avoid this problem? It is ok to change the structure using query directly for user defined tables. Since I don't think it would require any changes in the way B1 stores the udf information.
Regards,
Rahul Jain

In my company we use this workaround:
For each table you want to link in crystal report, create a Table Key in Sap Business One as :
- Tool -> Customization Tools -> User-Defined Fields -Management
- Select the table name used in report
- Press 'Keys' Button
- Create the key selecting the fields you want to change in nvarchar(length)
Regards,
Roberto Montenovo

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,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
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and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 >=4 and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 <10
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FROM [vwHR_DailyAttendanceSummary]
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and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 >=10 and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 <12
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,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
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and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 >=12
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WHERE la.ApplicationStatus=1 and la.JobStatus in (1,0)
and lad.LeaveDate between   dbo.fxn_cDate('''
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and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
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FROM [vwHR_DailyAttendanceSummary]
WHERE AttendanceDate between dbo.fxn_cDate('''
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and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 >=8 and DATEPART(HH,InTime)=6 and DATEPART(HH,OutTime)>=14
group by EmployeeCode,WorkingUnitCode    ,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
) H On (H.EmployeeCode=A.EmployeeCode and H.WorkingUnitCode=A.WorkingUnitCode
and H.DepartmentCode=A.DepartmentCode and H.DesignationCode=A.DesignationCode and H.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode=A.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode)
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,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
FROM [vwHR_DailyAttendanceSummary]
WHERE AttendanceDate between    dbo.fxn_cDate('''
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and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
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( SELECT distinCt [EmployeeCode]
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,WorkingUnitCode
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FROM vwHR_DayBasisOvertime
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and J.DepartmentCode=A.DepartmentCode and J.DesignationCode=A.DesignationCode and J.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode=A.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode)
LEFT JOIN
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WHEN sum(DATEDIFF(mi,A.AttendanceDate +A.ShifIn, A.InTime))<0 THEN 0
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FROM [vwHR_DailyAttendanceSummary] A
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+@DateFrom+''')
and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
group by A.EmployeeCode ,WorkingUnitCode,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
) K On (K.EmployeeCode=A.EmployeeCode and K.WorkingUnitCode=A.WorkingUnitCode
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, [No Of working Day] as WorkingDays
, ([No Of W Day]+[No Of H Day]) as [NoOfW/HDay]
,[Total At] as TotalDayAttends
,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
from '
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) L ON (L.EmployeeCode=A.EmployeeCode and l.WorkingUnitCode=A.WorkingUnitCode
and L.DepartmentCode=A.DepartmentCode and L.DesignationCode=A.DesignationCode and L.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode=A.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode)
LEFT JOIN
( SELECT [EmployeeCode] ,WorkingUnitCode ,Count([AttendanceDate] ) as [LessThan4Hr]
,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
FROM [vwHR_DailyAttendanceSummary]
WHERE AttendanceDate between   dbo.fxn_cDate('''
+@DateFrom+''')
and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 >0 and (DATEDIFF(MINUTE,InTime,OutTime))/60 <4
group by EmployeeCode,CompanyCode ,WorkingUnitCode    ,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
) M ON (M.EmployeeCode=A.EmployeeCode and M.WorkingUnitCode=A.WorkingUnitCode
and M.DepartmentCode=A.DepartmentCode and M.DesignationCode=A.DesignationCode and M.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode=A.GovtAdministrativeAreaCode )
left join
( SELECT EmployeeCode ,WorkingUnitCode , COUNT(AttendanceDate) as NoOfNoOutTime
,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
FROM vwHR_DailyAttendanceSummary
WHERE AttendanceDate between dbo.fxn_cDate('''
+@DateFrom+''')
and dbo.fxn_cDate('''+@DateTo+''')
and OutTime is null
group by EmployeeCode ,WorkingUnitCode ,[DepartmentCode] ,[DesignationCode]    ,[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode]
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If you are concatenating multiple strings together to make a nvarchar(max), and the result is too long to store in the largest possible regular regular nvarchar (that is nvarchar(4000), you must be sure the concatenation is done as nvarchar(max). If
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Set @Result = Cast(@Input1 As nvarchar(max)) + @Input2;
Select 'Test2', Len(@Result), Len(@Input1), Len(@Input2);
In Test1, the two 3000 character nvarchars are concatenated together, but the result is truncated to nvarchar(4000). That is then put in an nvarchar(max), but the result is already truncated to 4000 characters, so in Test1 the length of @Result is
4000. In Test2, the first operand is converted to nvarchar(max), so the concatenation result is nvarchar(max) and you get the length you expect in @Result (that is, 6000).
So the solution to your problem is to force the first item in your concatenation to be of type nvarchar(max). Then the result of the concatenation of the first and second will be nvarchar(max), then SQL concatenates the third term and gets nvarchar(max),
etc. So the final result contains the whole string you want. So you want to do
CAST(' SELECT A.[EmployeeCode] ,A.[EmployeeId] ,A.[Name],A.[DepartmentCode],A.[DesignationCode]
, A.[CompanyCode] ,A.[Department] ,A.[Designation] ,A.[Entity]
, A.[GovtAdministrativeAreaCode] ,A.[WorkingUnitCode],A.[WorkingUnitName]
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, isnull(J.OTHr,0) as OTHr ,isnull(B.[4Hr],0) as [4Hr]
, isnull(C.[10Hr],0) as [10Hr] ,isnull(D.[12Hr],0) as [12Hr]
, isnull(E.NoOfPresent,0) as NoOfPresent , isnull(F.NoOfAbsent,0 )as NoOfAbsent
, isnull(G.NoOfLeave ,0) as NoOfLeave , isnull(H.Morning ,0) as Morning
, isnull(I.Night,0) as Night , isnull(L.[NoOfW/HDay] ,0) as [NoOfW/HDay]
, isnull(K.NoOfDelay,0) as NoOfDelay , isnull(L.TotalDayAttends,0) as TotalDayAttends
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Sorry it wasn't clear what you are doing or why. I assumed you were using the LIKE in the record selection formula to filter on fields like CustomerID etc. which can be passed to the server. You want to filter based on the text in a Description type field field.
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PS - If Jason sees this thread he is a SQL guru and may have some suggestion for you also.
Edited by: Don Williams on Jun 22, 2011 11:17 AM

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@ProgDescriptionPrev='These issues are creating missed appointments and unnecessary scheduling techs on appt that are not needed. This impacts areas that are in an overbooking situation. Potentially overbooks appts during specific time of day, and increases Appt misses. Potentially decreasing Appts met by .3%, which has potential customer services impacts of 10K per year. This impacts Load Supervisors as they have to manually calculate worksteam percentage allocations. Estimating 20 users a day * 30mins= 50hrs week =1.1 Supervisor HC= 90K year. IT HelpDesk Tickets (sometimes duplicate) are also opened by front-line agents and are unable to be resolved. So this is a total of about 100k+ a year in cost savings/avoidance.'
@ProgDescription='These issues are creating missed appointments and unnecessary scheduling techs on appt that are not needed. This impacts areas that are in an overbooking situation. Potentially overbooks appts during specific time of day, and increases Appt misses. Potentially decreasing Appts met by .3%, which has potential customer services impacts of 10K per year. This impacts Load Supervisors as they have to manually calculate worksteam percentage allocations. Estimating 20 users a day * 30mins= 50hrs week =1.1 Supervisor HC= 90K year. IT HelpDesk Tickets (sometimes duplicate) are also opened by front-line agents and are unable to be resolved. So this is a total of about 100k+ a year in cost savings/avoidance.'
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sonali malla

Hi,,,
Are you lecturing my dynamic script? Thither is a solution for this problem - we can convert all column values to nvarchar(max) first - most common types can be converted to nvarchar(max) and only some exotic types cannot be converted.
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CREATE TABLE Test1(id INT,col2 INT,col3 INT, col4 int, col5 varchar(10), col6 date)
CREATE TABLE Test2(id INT,col2 INT,col3 INT, col4 int, col5 varchar(10), col6 date)
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INSERT INTO Test2 VALUES (1,2,7,8, 'm','19990101'),(4,8,6,12, 'dd','20110505')
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QUOTENAME(column_name,'''') + ')' from Information_schema.columns C
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INNER JOIN
(select id, c, col from Test2 cross apply (values' + @Cols+ ' ) d(col, c) ) t2
ON t1.id=t2.id AND t1.c=t2.c
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I was able to set up a db link from Oracle 11.2.0.1 to SQL Server 2005 using DG4ODBC.
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[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}
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The character set is AL32UTF8
Here is the relevant data from the trace file:
Entered hgopars, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
type:0
SQL text from hgopars, id=1, len=47 ...
     00: 53454C45 43542041 312E2243 6F6D6D65 [SELECT A1."Comme]
     10: 6E742220 46524F4D 20224442 4F222E22 [nt" FROM "DBO"."]
     20: 565F4442 56455253 494F4E22 204131    [V_DBVERSION" A1]
Exiting hgopars, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxpars
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoxopen
Entered hgoopen, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgoopen, line 87: NO hoada to print
Deferred open until first fetch.
Exiting hgoopen, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxopen
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoxdscr
Entered hgodscr, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
Allocate hoada @ 038B493C
Entered hgopcda at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
Column:1(Comment): dtype:-9 (WVARCHAR), prc/scl:0/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgodscr, line 910: Printing hoada @ 038B493C
MAX:1, ACTUAL:1, BRC:100, WHT=5 (SELECT_LIST)
hoadaMOD bit-values found (0x40:TREAT_AS_NCHAR)
DTY         NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN   PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
12 VARCHAR Y          0          0 128/ 0 1000   0 40 Comment
Exiting hgodscr, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxdscr
hostmstr: 2011148288: RPC After SQL Bundling
hostmstr: 2011148288: RPC Before SQL Bundling
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoxclse
Entered hgoclse, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
Exiting hgoclse, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxclse
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoadafr
Entered hgodafr, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
Free hoada @ 038B493C
Exiting hgodafr, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoadafr
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoxpars
Entered hgopars, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
type:0
SQL text from hgopars, id=1, len=47 ...
     00: 53454C45 43542041 312E2243 6F6D6D65 [SELECT A1."Comme]
     10: 6E742220 46524F4D 20224442 4F222E22 [nt" FROM "DBO"."]
     20: 565F4442 56455253 494F4E22 204131    [V_DBVERSION" A1]
Exiting hgopars, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxpars
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoxopen
Entered hgoopen, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgoopen, line 87: NO hoada to print
Deferred open until first fetch.
Exiting hgoopen, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxopen
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoxdscr
Entered hgodscr, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
Allocate hoada @ 038B6C98
Entered hgopcda at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
Column:1(Comment): dtype:-9 (WVARCHAR), prc/scl:0/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgodscr, line 910: Printing hoada @ 038B6C98
MAX:1, ACTUAL:1, BRC:100, WHT=5 (SELECT_LIST)
hoadaMOD bit-values found (0x40:TREAT_AS_NCHAR)
DTY         NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN   PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
12 VARCHAR Y          0          0 128/ 0 1000   0 40 Comment
Exiting hgodscr, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoxdscr
hostmstr: 2011148288: RPC After SQL Bundling
hostmstr: 2011148288: RPC Before Fetch Row
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA Before hoaftch
Entered hgoftch, cursor id 1 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgoftch, line 130: Printing hoada @ 038B6C98
MAX:1, ACTUAL:1, BRC:100, WHT=5 (SELECT_LIST)
hoadaMOD bit-values found (0x40:TREAT_AS_NCHAR)
DTY         NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN   PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
12 VARCHAR Y          0          0 128/ 0 1000   0 40 Comment
Performing delayed open.
SQLBindCol: column 1, cdatatype: -8, bflsz: 2
Entered hgopoer at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgopoer, line 233: got native error 0 and sqlstate 01004; message follows...
[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}
Exiting hgopoer, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgoftch, line 740: calling SQLFetch got sqlstate 01004
Entered hgopoer at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgopoer, line 233: got native error 0 and sqlstate 01004; message follows...
[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}[Microsoft][SQL Native Client]String data, right truncation {01004}
Exiting hgopoer, rc=0 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59
hgoftch, line 971: calling SQLGetData got sqlstate 01004
100 rows fetched
Exiting hgoftch, rc=28500 at 2010/12/23-12:08:59 with error ptr FILE:hgoftch.c LINE:971 ID:Row error while doing array fetch
hostmstr: 2011148288:      HOA After hoaftch
hostmstr: 2011148288: RPC After Fetch RowThanks

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