canot execute this T-SQL function - tsql

Cannot execute this function, I am getting the error:
Must declare the table variable "#Handle".
Function definition:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[FnGetHandle]()
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Handle AS INT;
DECLARE #strUser AS NCHAR(256);
SET #Handle = 0;
SET #strUser = CURRENT_USER;
INSERT INTO tbl_handle
Output Handle
INTO #Handle ( UserName )
VALUES ( #strUser );
RETURN #Handle
END
Table definition:
tbl_handle definition (Handle int identity, username nvarchar, created
date)


The output command outputs to a table or a table variable. You can create a table variable that holds the output value.
declare #T table(handle int)
insert into ...
select ...
output inserted.Handle into #T
select #Handle = handle
from #T
return #Handle

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Table variable in sp_executesql parameter list

I'm having trouble sending a table variable into a sp_executesql parameter list.
my Table Variable:
declare #MemberCoverageIds table (CoverageId ID_t)
insert into #MemberCoverageIds( CoverageId) select MemberCoverageId from MemberCoverages where MemberNumber = #FulfillmentEntityIdentifier
My where clause using the table variable:
#WhereClause = #WhereClause + 'and F.FulfillmentEntityId in (select CoverageId from #MemberCoverageIds) '
it is part of my FinalSQL variable which has the rest of the statement:
select #FinalSQL = #InsertClause + #SelectClause + #JoinClause + #WhereClause
and then I have the execute:
exec sp_executesql #FinalSQL,
N' #FulfillmentEntityIdentifier RefNumber_t,
#MemberCoverageIds ReadOnly,
#EntityId Id_t,
#FulfillmentEntityType Code_t,
#FulfillmentDocumentType Code_t,
#FulfillmentMethod Code_t',
#FulfillmentEntityIdentifier = #FulfillmentEntityIdentifier,
#MemberCoverageIds = #MemberCoverageIds,
#EntityId = #EntityId,
#FulfillmentEntityType = #FulfillmentEntityType,
#FulfillmentDocumentType = #FulfillmentDocumentType,
#FulfillmentMethod = #FulfillmentMethod
I then get an unexpected error from that execution. I know it is the #MemberCoverages table variable because it worked before I added it. My question is what would be the proper syntax for sending the table variable in the parameter list? Do I have to declare it in the Parameter list?

You need to create a named type that your table variable will use:
create type dbo.myTableType as table (id int)
Then you can use it as a typed argument to sp_executesql:
declare #m dbo.myTableType;
insert #m values (1), (2)
exec sp_executesql
N'select 99 where 1 in (select id from #m)',
N'#m dbo.myTableType readonly',
#m
If you don't want to create a new type, you can use a #temp table:
declare #t table(id int);
insert #t values (1), (2);
select * into #t from #t;
exec sp_executesql N'select 99 where 1 in (select id from #t)';

pass parameter and reference in an update function in postgresql

So I have a function select_id_from_table(_t). It chooses certain column of the table (_t) where _t is a table name as a parameter.
I call it like SELECT select_id_from_table('tablename').Now I want to create another function where the function does something like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunction(_u type1, _t type2) returns void as $$
BEGIN
UPDATE (_u) set score=score+1 where _u.id in _t.id;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql
The problem is it can not pass the parameter properly. And also what should type1 and type2 be? _u and _t are both names of tables. I have tried:
$$begin
create temp table lid as (select * from select_id_from_table(_t));
execute format ('update '||quote_ident(_u) ||' set score= score+1 where
'||quote_ident(_u) ||'.id_ in (
select * from select_id_from_table ('||quote_ident(_t)||') as
abc )');
end;$$
I also tried creating a temp table, select select_id_from_table(_t)into that temp table and make reference of it later. But I still don't know how to quote it in execute format(''). Any ideas would be appreciated.

I assume that select_id_from_table is a function returning SETOF <something> and that the return type can be cast to text.
I didn't test it, but I would do it similar to this:
DECLARE
in_clause text;
BEGIN
SELECT string_agg(quote_literal(t::text), ', ') INTO in_clause
FROM select_id_from_table(_u) s(t);
EXECUTE format ('UPDATE %I
SET score = score + 1
WHERE %I.id_ =ANY (' || in_clause || ')',
_u, _u);
END;

Stored procedure returns nullable int

In my procedure i am returning a int value.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetValue]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
#ID int,
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
DECLARE #isNew int
SET #isNew=0
DECLARE #returnedValue int
DECLARE #output int
SET #returnedValue=[dbo].fn_GetIsNewLecturer(#ID)
IF(#returnedValue=0)
BEGIN
PRINT 'new'
EXEC #output=[dbo].[GetNew] #ID
SELECT #output
END
ELSE
BEGIN
PRINT 'old'
EXEC #output=[dbo].[sp_GetOld] #ID
SELECT #output
END
RETURN #output
END
it return value should be int. But it returns Nullable int?. how to change it as int

Try this:
select [Output] = isnull(#output, 0)
Here's why it should work:
declare #i int
select ni = #i, nni = isnull(#i,0)
into #t
select is_nullable, *
from tempdb.sys.columns
where [object_id] = object_id(N'tempdb..#t')
drop table #t

Postgres: Using function variable names in pgsql function

I have written a pgsql function along the lines of what's shown below. How can I get rid of the $1, $2, etc. and replace them with the real argument names to make the function code more readable?
Regards
Peter
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION InsertUser (
UserID UUID,
FirstName CHAR(10),
Surname VARCHAR(75),
Email VARCHAR(75)
)
RETURNS void
AS
$$
INSERT INTO "User" (userid,firstname,surname,email)
VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4)
$$
LANGUAGE SQL;

You must declare it before you use it at the declare area. For exemple :
DECLARE
v_UserID alias for $1;
v_FirstName alias for $2;
v_Surname alias for $3;
v_Email alias for $4;
BEGIN
$$
END

Try this thing
CREATE or replace FUNCTION delhi(nam varchar, mm numeric , nn numeric ) RETURNS integer
AS $$
begin
insert into exe ( name , m1 ,m2 ) values ( nam, mm , nn );
-- see here column name is not like function argument name , so that it wont say error
return 1;
end ;
$$
LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Function calling :
select delhi ( 'first value', 2,3 ) ;

String.Format like functionality in T-SQL?

I'm looking for a built-in function/extended function in T-SQL for string manipulation similar to the String.Format method in .NET.

If you are using SQL Server 2012 and above, you can use FORMATMESSAGE. eg.
DECLARE #s NVARCHAR(50) = 'World';
DECLARE #d INT = 123;
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Hello %s, %d', #s, #d)
-- RETURNS 'Hello World, 123'
More examples from MSDN: FORMATMESSAGE
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Signed int %i, %d %i, %d, %+i, %+d, %+i, %+d', 5, -5, 50, -50, -11, -11, 11, 11);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Signed int with leading zero %020i', 5);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Signed int with leading zero 0 %020i', -55);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Unsigned int %u, %u', 50, -50);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Unsigned octal %o, %o', 50, -50);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Unsigned hexadecimal %x, %X, %X, %X, %x', 11, 11, -11, 50, -50);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Unsigned octal with prefix: %#o, %#o', 50, -50);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Unsigned hexadecimal with prefix: %#x, %#X, %#X, %X, %x', 11, 11, -11, 50, -50);
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Hello %s!', 'TEST');
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Hello %20s!', 'TEST');
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Hello %-20s!', 'TEST');
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('Hello %20s!', 'TEST');
NOTES:
Undocumented in 2012
Limited to 2044 characters
To escape the % sign, you need to double it.
If you are logging errors in extended events, calling FORMATMESSAGE comes up as a (harmless) error

take a look at xp_sprintf. example below.
DECLARE #ret_string varchar (255)
EXEC xp_sprintf #ret_string OUTPUT,
'INSERT INTO %s VALUES (%s, %s)', 'table1', '1', '2'
PRINT #ret_string
Result looks like this:
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (1, 2)
Just found an issue with the max size (255 char limit) of the string with this so there is an alternative function you can use:
create function dbo.fnSprintf (#s varchar(MAX),
#params varchar(MAX), #separator char(1) = ',')
returns varchar(MAX)
as
begin
declare #p varchar(MAX)
declare #paramlen int
set #params = #params + #separator
set #paramlen = len(#params)
while not #params = ''
begin
set #p = left(#params+#separator, charindex(#separator, #params)-1)
set #s = STUFF(#s, charindex('%s', #s), 2, #p)
set #params = substring(#params, len(#p)+2, #paramlen)
end
return #s
end
To get the same result as above you call the function as follows:
print dbo.fnSprintf('INSERT INTO %s VALUES (%s, %s)', 'table1,1,2', default)

I have created a user defined function to mimic the string.format functionality.
You can use it.
stringformat-in-sql
UPDATE:
This version allows the user to change the delimitter.
-- DROP function will loose the security settings.
IF object_id('[dbo].[svfn_FormatString]') IS NOT NULL
DROP FUNCTION [dbo].[svfn_FormatString]
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[svfn_FormatString]
(
#Format NVARCHAR(4000),
#Parameters NVARCHAR(4000),
#Delimiter CHAR(1) = ','
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
/*
Name: [dbo].[svfn_FormatString]
Creation Date: 12/18/2020
Purpose: Returns the formatted string (Just like in C-Sharp)
Input Parameters: #Format = The string to be Formatted
#Parameters = The comma separated list of parameters
#Delimiter = The delimitter to be used in the formatting process
Format: #Format = N'Hi {0}, Welcome to our site {1}. Thank you {0}'
#Parameters = N'Karthik,google.com'
#Delimiter = ','
Examples:
SELECT dbo.svfn_FormatString(N'Hi {0}, Welcome to our site {1}. Thank you {0}', N'Karthik,google.com', default)
SELECT dbo.svfn_FormatString(N'Hi {0}, Welcome to our site {1}. Thank you {0}', N'Karthik;google.com', ';')
*/
DECLARE #Message NVARCHAR(400)
DECLARE #ParamTable TABLE ( Id INT IDENTITY(0,1), Paramter VARCHAR(1000))
SELECT #Message = #Format
;WITH CTE (StartPos, EndPos) AS
(
SELECT 1, CHARINDEX(#Delimiter, #Parameters)
UNION ALL
SELECT EndPos + (LEN(#Delimiter)), CHARINDEX(#Delimiter, #Parameters, EndPos + (LEN(#Delimiter)))
FROM CTE
WHERE EndPos > 0
)
INSERT INTO #ParamTable ( Paramter )
SELECT
[Id] = SUBSTRING(#Parameters, StartPos, CASE WHEN EndPos > 0 THEN EndPos - StartPos ELSE 4000 END )
FROM CTE
UPDATE #ParamTable
SET
#Message = REPLACE(#Message, '{'+ CONVERT(VARCHAR, Id) + '}', Paramter )
RETURN #Message
END

There is a way, but it has its limitations. You can use the FORMATMESSAGE() function. It allows you to format a string using formatting similar to the printf() function in C.
However, the biggest limitation is that it will only work with messages in the sys.messages table. Here's an article about it: microsoft_library_ms186788
It's kind of a shame there isn't an easier way to do this, because there are times when you want to format a string/varchar in the database. Hopefully you are only looking to format a string in a standard way and can use the sys.messages table.
Coincidentally, you could also use the RAISERROR() function with a very low severity, the documentation for raiseerror even mentions doing this, but the results are only printed. So you wouldn't be able to do anything with the resulting value (from what I understand).
Good luck!

Raw t-sql is limited to CHARINDEX(), PATINDEX(), REPLACE(), and SUBSTRING() for string manipulation. But with sql server 2005 and later you can set up user defined functions that run in .Net, which means setting up a string.format() UDF shouldn't be too tough.

I think there is small correction while calculating end position.
Here is correct function
**>>**IF OBJECT_ID( N'[dbo].[FormatString]', 'FN' ) IS NOT NULL
DROP FUNCTION [dbo].[FormatString]
GO
/***************************************************
Object Name : FormatString
Purpose : Returns the formatted string.
Original Author : Karthik D V http://stringformat-in-sql.blogspot.com/
Sample Call:
SELECT dbo.FormatString ( N'Format {0} {1} {2} {0}', N'1,2,3' )
*******************************************/
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[FormatString](
#Format NVARCHAR(4000) ,
#Parameters NVARCHAR(4000)
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(4000)
AS
BEGIN
--DECLARE #Format NVARCHAR(4000), #Parameters NVARCHAR(4000) select #format='{0}{1}', #Parameters='hello,world'
DECLARE #Message NVARCHAR(400), #Delimiter CHAR(1)
DECLARE #ParamTable TABLE ( ID INT IDENTITY(0,1), Parameter VARCHAR(1000) )
Declare #startPos int, #endPos int
SELECT #Message = #Format, #Delimiter = ','**>>**
--handle first parameter
set #endPos=CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#Parameters)
if (#endPos=0 and #Parameters is not null) --there is only one parameter
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter) values(#Parameters)
else begin
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter) select substring(#Parameters,0,#endPos)
end
while #endPos>0
Begin
--insert a row for each parameter in the
set #startPos = #endPos + LEN(#Delimiter)
set #endPos = CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#Parameters, #startPos)
if (#endPos>0)
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter)
select substring(#Parameters,#startPos,#endPos - #startPos)
else
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter)
select substring(#Parameters,#startPos,4000)
End
UPDATE #ParamTable SET #Message =
REPLACE ( #Message, '{'+CONVERT(VARCHAR,ID) + '}', Parameter )
RETURN #Message
END
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grant execute,references on dbo.formatString to public

One more idea.
Although this is not a universal solution - it is simple and works, at least for me :)
For one placeholder {0}:
create function dbo.Format1
(
#String nvarchar(4000),
#Param0 sql_variant
)
returns nvarchar(4000)
as
begin
declare #Null nvarchar(4) = N'NULL';
return replace(#String, N'{0}', cast(isnull(#Param0, #Null) as nvarchar(4000)));
end
For two placeholders {0} and {1}:
create function dbo.Format2
(
#String nvarchar(4000),
#Param0 sql_variant,
#Param1 sql_variant
)
returns nvarchar(4000)
as
begin
declare #Null nvarchar(4) = N'NULL';
set #String = replace(#String, N'{0}', cast(isnull(#Param0, #Null) as nvarchar(4000)));
return replace(#String, N'{1}', cast(isnull(#Param1, #Null) as nvarchar(4000)));
end
For three placeholders {0}, {1} and {2}:
create function dbo.Format3
(
#String nvarchar(4000),
#Param0 sql_variant,
#Param1 sql_variant,
#Param2 sql_variant
)
returns nvarchar(4000)
as
begin
declare #Null nvarchar(4) = N'NULL';
set #String = replace(#String, N'{0}', cast(isnull(#Param0, #Null) as nvarchar(4000)));
set #String = replace(#String, N'{1}', cast(isnull(#Param1, #Null) as nvarchar(4000)));
return replace(#String, N'{2}', cast(isnull(#Param2, #Null) as nvarchar(4000)));
end
and so on...
Such an approach allows us to use these functions in SELECT statement and with parameters of nvarchar, number, bit and datetime datatypes.
For example:
declare #Param0 nvarchar(10) = N'IPSUM' ,
#Param1 int = 1234567 ,
#Param2 datetime2(0) = getdate();
select dbo.Format3(N'Lorem {0} dolor, {1} elit at {2}', #Param0, #Param1, #Param2);

Actually there is no built in function similar to string.Format function of .NET is available in SQL server.
There is a function FORMATMESSAGE() in SQL server but it mimics to printf() function of C not string.Format function of .NET.
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE('This is the %s and this is the %s.', 'first variable', 'second variable') AS Result

Here is my version. Can be extended to accommodate more number of parameters and can extend formatting based on type. Currently only date and datetime types are formatted.
Example:
select dbo.FormatString('some string %s some int %s date %s','"abcd"',100,cast(getdate() as date),DEFAULT,DEFAULT)
select dbo.FormatString('some string %s some int %s date time %s','"abcd"',100,getdate(),DEFAULT,DEFAULT)
Output:
some string "abcd" some int 100 date 29-Apr-2017
some string "abcd" some int 100 date time 29-Apr-2017 19:40
Functions:
create function dbo.FormatValue(#param sql_variant)
returns nvarchar(100)
begin
/*
Tejasvi Hegde, 29-April-2017
Can extend formatting here.
*/
declare #result nvarchar(100)
if (SQL_VARIANT_PROPERTY(#param,'BaseType') in ('date'))
begin
select #result = REPLACE(CONVERT(CHAR(11), #param, 106), ' ', '-')
end
else if (SQL_VARIANT_PROPERTY(#param,'BaseType') in ('datetime','datetime2'))
begin
select #result = REPLACE(CONVERT(CHAR(11), #param, 106), ' ', '-')+' '+CONVERT(VARCHAR(5),#param,108)
end
else
begin
select #result = cast(#param as nvarchar(100))
end
return #result
/*
BaseType:
bigint
binary
char
date
datetime
datetime2
datetimeoffset
decimal
float
int
money
nchar
numeric
nvarchar
real
smalldatetime
smallint
smallmoney
time
tinyint
uniqueidentifier
varbinary
varchar
*/
end;
create function dbo.FormatString(
#format nvarchar(4000)
,#param1 sql_variant = null
,#param2 sql_variant = null
,#param3 sql_variant = null
,#param4 sql_variant = null
,#param5 sql_variant = null
)
returns nvarchar(4000)
begin
/*
Tejasvi Hegde, 29-April-2017
select dbo.FormatString('some string value %s some int %s date %s','"abcd"',100,cast(getdate() as date),DEFAULT,DEFAULT)
select dbo.FormatString('some string value %s some int %s date time %s','"abcd"',100,getdate(),DEFAULT,DEFAULT)
*/
declare #result nvarchar(4000)
select #param1 = dbo.formatValue(#param1)
,#param2 = dbo.formatValue(#param2)
,#param3 = dbo.formatValue(#param3)
,#param4 = dbo.formatValue(#param4)
,#param5 = dbo.formatValue(#param5)
select #param2 = cast(#param2 as nvarchar)
EXEC xp_sprintf #result OUTPUT,#format , #param1, #param2, #param3, #param4, #param5
return #result
end;

here's what I found with my experiments using the built-in
FORMATMESSAGE() function
sp_addmessage #msgnum=50001,#severity=1,#msgText='Hello %s you are #%d',#replace='replace'
SELECT FORMATMESSAGE(50001, 'Table1', 5)
when you call up sp_addmessage, your message template gets stored into the system table master.dbo.sysmessages (verified on SQLServer 2000).
You must manage addition and removal of template strings from the table yourself, which is awkward if all you really want is output a quick message to the results screen.
The solution provided by Kathik DV, looks interesting but doesn't work with SQL Server 2000, so i altered it a bit, and this version should work with all versions of SQL Server:
IF OBJECT_ID( N'[dbo].[FormatString]', 'FN' ) IS NOT NULL
DROP FUNCTION [dbo].[FormatString]
GO
/***************************************************
Object Name : FormatString
Purpose : Returns the formatted string.
Original Author : Karthik D V http://stringformat-in-sql.blogspot.com/
Sample Call:
SELECT dbo.FormatString ( N'Format {0} {1} {2} {0}', N'1,2,3' )
*******************************************/
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[FormatString](
#Format NVARCHAR(4000) ,
#Parameters NVARCHAR(4000)
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(4000)
AS
BEGIN
--DECLARE #Format NVARCHAR(4000), #Parameters NVARCHAR(4000) select #format='{0}{1}', #Parameters='hello,world'
DECLARE #Message NVARCHAR(400), #Delimiter CHAR(1)
DECLARE #ParamTable TABLE ( ID INT IDENTITY(0,1), Parameter VARCHAR(1000) )
Declare #startPos int, #endPos int
SELECT #Message = #Format, #Delimiter = ','
--handle first parameter
set #endPos=CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#Parameters)
if (#endPos=0 and #Parameters is not null) --there is only one parameter
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter) values(#Parameters)
else begin
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter) select substring(#Parameters,0,#endPos)
end
while #endPos>0
Begin
--insert a row for each parameter in the
set #startPos = #endPos + LEN(#Delimiter)
set #endPos = CHARINDEX(#Delimiter,#Parameters, #startPos)
if (#endPos>0)
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter) select substring(#Parameters,#startPos,#endPos)
else
insert into #ParamTable (Parameter) select substring(#Parameters,#startPos,4000)
End
UPDATE #ParamTable SET #Message = REPLACE ( #Message, '{'+CONVERT(VARCHAR,ID) + '}', Parameter )
RETURN #Message
END
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grant execute,references on dbo.formatString to public
Usage:
print dbo.formatString('hello {0}... you are {1}','world,good')
--result: hello world... you are good

At the moment this doesn't really exist (although you can of course write your own). There is an open connect bug for it: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback/Details/3130221, which as of this writing has just 1 vote.

Not exactly, but I would check out some of the articles on string handling (amongst other things) by "Phil Factor" (geddit?) on Simple Talk.

this is bad approach. you should work with assembly dll's, in which will do the same for you with better performance.