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Multiple SQL inserts: Oracle, Mysql, Mssql

Phil P — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:20:00 +0000

I've found a useful technique for inserting multiple rows into Oracle, MYSQL and MS SQL databases. Using these examples will help increase the speed and help avoid database timeouts.

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Multiple SQL inserts: Oracle, Mysql, Mssql

Eclipse Oracle Plugin

Phil P — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:25:00 +0000

jOra is an Eclipse-Plugin for Oracle Developers and Oracle Admins. The plugin makes the work with Oracle easier and more efficient. It eases the daily use of the database. jOra integrates seamless in the Eclipse Workbench and is therefore best suited for Coldfusion/Java developers using an Oracle database. jOra is Freeware. It can be used for free [...]

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Eclipse Oracle Plugin

SQL SELECT TOP N equivalent in ORACLE and MySQL

Phil P — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:59:00 +0000

Something I needed today… I wish this was standarized, but it is not, so here are some examples: SQL Server: SELECT TOP 10 product, descr, email FROM products ORACLE: SELECT product, descr, email FROM products WHERE ROWNUM

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SQL SELECT TOP N equivalent in ORACLE and MySQL

SQL – getting table info

Phil P — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:56:00 +0000

Sometimes I’ve had the need to use SQL to go and get table information i.e is a field varchar or int etc. For MS SQL server you can use the following to get info on a table SELECT RIGHT(syscolumns.name, LEN(syscolumns.name)) AS dbFieldName, systypes.name AS typename, syscolumns.length AS maxlength, syscolumns.xprec AS [precision], syscolumns.xscale AS scale, syscolumns.isnullable AS isnullable FROM [...]

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SQL – getting table info

SQL – The case for CASE

CFQuery – metadata

Phil P — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:48:00 +0000

You learn something new everyday! I Just discovered that in Coldfusion 7 you can get query infomation (metadata) by adding result = ‘aVariable’ to the cfquery tag. for example: select * from aTable The resulting dump shows: CACHED (boolean) COLUMNLIST (the names of the columns returned) EXECUTIONTIME (time to execute query ms) RECORDCOUNT (rows returned) SQL (the sql that was executed) I use it [...]

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CFQuery – metadata

SQL – The case for CASE

Phil P — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:07:00 +0000

The Transact SQL Case statement is a particularly useful piece of syntax to know as it can be used to solve many potentially tricky SQL Server programming tasks without resorting to more computationally intensive procedures such as using cursors, temporary tables or processing of the results set in a programming. One such use is to [...]

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SQL – The case for CASE

CFQuery – metadata