manipulate field value from select statement

Hi all,

any assistance will be much appreciated on this one .... a bit clueless at the mo!

I've been trying to execute the code below in which part of my select statement is a calculated value i.e. Right([ED],2) & "/" & SUBSTRING([ED],5,2) & "/" & Left([ED],4) AS ENDDATE

code:

SELECT vw_contract_dates.[ContractNo], vw_contract_dates.[Title], vw_contract_dates.[CC], vw_contract_dates.[Sponsor],
Right([SD],2) & "/" & SUBSTRING([SD],5,2) & "/" & Left([SD],4) AS STARTDATE,
Right([ED],2) & "/" & SUBSTRING([ED],5,2) & "/" & Left([ED],4) AS ENDDATE, vw_contract_dates.[CEILING], [CEILING]-[SPEND] AS Remain,
vw_contract_spend.[SPEND], CASE WHEN [CEILING]-[SPEND]<0 THEN 1 ELSE [SPEND]/[CEILING] END AS [% Spend],
DATEDIFF(DAY,GETDATE(), ENDDATE) AS [Days Remain]
FROM vw_contract_spend INNER JOIN vw_contract_dates ON vw_contract_spend.[CONTRACTCODE] = vw_contract_dates.[ContractNo]

however this error message keeps coming up at runtime:

Server: Msg 207, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid column name 'ENDDATE'.

My guess is it's happening when I try to get the date difference (DATEDIFF)....

help!!

Try this..

SELECT vw_contract_dates.[ContractNo], vw_contract_dates.[Title], vw_contract_dates.[CC], vw_contract_dates.[Sponsor],
Right([SD],2) + '/' + SUBSTRING([SD],5,2) + '/' + Left([SD],4) AS STARTDATE,
Right([ED],2) + '/' + SUBSTRING([ED],5,2) + '/' + Left([ED],4) AS ENDDATE,
vw_contract_dates.[CEILING], [CEILING]-[SPEND] AS Remain,
vw_contract_spend.[SPEND], CASE WHEN [CEILING]-[SPEND]<0 THEN 1 ELSE [SPEND]/[CEILING] END AS [% Spend],
DATEDIFF(DAY,GETDATE(), ENDDATE) AS [Days Remain]
FROM vw_contract_spend INNER JOIN vw_contract_dates ON vw_contract_spend.[CONTRACTCODE] = vw_contract_dates.[ContractNo]

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Sh... should have seen that one.

Cheers mate .. however I'm still having an error from that code:

Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'vw_contract_spend'.
Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'vw_contract_dates'.

Is there some sort of restriction on selecting from a view in sql server?

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Bolugbe wrote:

My guess is it's happening when I try to get the date difference (DATEDIFF)....

You're right, the problem is in the DATEDIFF statement.
You cannot use just assigned aliases in calculations, so you should either copy/paste the formula for getting ENDDATE into DATEDIFF function or use nested select statements|||

Try this one..

SELECT vw_contract_dates.[ContractNo], vw_contract_dates.[Title], vw_contract_dates.[CC], vw_contract_dates.[Sponsor],
Right([SD],2) + '/' + SUBSTRING([SD],5,2) + '/' + Left([SD],4) AS STARTDATE,
Right([ED],2) + '/' + SUBSTRING([ED],5,2) + '/' + Left([ED],4) AS ENDDATE,
vw_contract_dates.[CEILING], [CEILING]-[SPEND] AS Remain,
vw_contract_spend.[SPEND], CASE WHEN [CEILING]-[SPEND]<0 THEN 1 ELSE [SPEND]/[CEILING] END AS [% Spend],
DATEDIFF(DAY,GETDATE(), Convert(datetime,Right([ED],2) + '/' + SUBSTRING([ED],5,2) + '/' + Left([ED],4))) AS [Days Remain]
FROM vw_contract_spend INNER JOIN vw_contract_dates ON vw_contract_spend.[CONTRACTCODE] = vw_contract_dates.[ContractNo]

Management Studio: Fatal Scripting Error

I'm trying to add more than one view to my database in a script. While the view in my scripts are different than the example below, it illustrates the problem. Essentially, when I try to add more than one view, I'm getting a parsing error on the word "GO". The script works OK in SQL 2000 Query Analyzer but fails in Management Studio. I've installed the SQL 2005 Service Pack 1 CTP on my Windows XP SP2 workstation. When I run only the top or bottom portion of the view, the respective view script parses and runs.
Here is the script:
CREATE view [dbo].[Object_View] as
select * from sysobjects where name = 'sysobjects'
GO
CREATE view [dbo].[Column_View] as
select * from table_detail where name = 'syscolumns'
GO
Here is the error:
A fatal scripting error occurred.
Incorrect syntax was encountered while parsing GO.
I found the problem. I was using an old script that had been set up for both Oracle and SQL Server to generate the views from metadata. The scripts were generating a CHAR(13) for carriage return without a CHAR(10) for line feed. This caused an error in Management Studio - but curiously not in Query Analyzer.
Is anybody else finding little idiosyncrasies in this that make Query Analyzer look still good? There are some things I really like in Management Studio but things like this drive me crazy. I really don't like that I can't script the DROP and PERMISSIONS when I script an object - at least I haven't found the configuration yet.
Chuck Hawkins
"Dr. Network" <charles.hawkins@.jenzabar.net> wrote in message news:%23CIX4S1VGHA.5100@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
I'm trying to add more than one view to my database in a script. While the view in my scripts are different than the example below, it illustrates the problem. Essentially, when I try to add more than one view, I'm getting a parsing error on the word "GO". The script works OK in SQL 2000 Query Analyzer but fails in Management Studio. I've installed the SQL 2005 Service Pack 1 CTP on my Windows XP SP2 workstation. When I run only the top or bottom portion of the view, the respective view script parses and runs.
Here is the script:
CREATE view [dbo].[Object_View] as
select * from sysobjects where name = 'sysobjects'
GO
CREATE view [dbo].[Column_View] as
select * from table_detail where name = 'syscolumns'
GO
Here is the error:
A fatal scripting error occurred.
Incorrect syntax was encountered while parsing GO.
|||This was addressed in Bug ID FDBK44155.
Chuck Hawkins
"Dr. Network" <charles.hawkins@.jenzabar.net> wrote in message news:ucmK$k1VGHA.5592@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
I found the problem. I was using an old script that had been set up for both Oracle and SQL Server to generate the views from metadata. The scripts were generating a CHAR(13) for carriage return without a CHAR(10) for line feed. This caused an error in Management Studio - but curiously not in Query Analyzer.
Is anybody else finding little idiosyncrasies in this that make Query Analyzer look still good? There are some things I really like in Management Studio but things like this drive me crazy. I really don't like that I can't script the DROP and PERMISSIONS when I script an object - at least I haven't found the configuration yet.
Chuck Hawkins
"Dr. Network" <charles.hawkins@.jenzabar.net> wrote in message news:%23CIX4S1VGHA.5100@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
I'm trying to add more than one view to my database in a script. While the view in my scripts are different than the example below, it illustrates the problem. Essentially, when I try to add more than one view, I'm getting a parsing error on the word "GO". The script works OK in SQL 2000 Query Analyzer but fails in Management Studio. I've installed the SQL 2005 Service Pack 1 CTP on my Windows XP SP2 workstation. When I run only the top or bottom portion of the view, the respective view script parses and runs.
Here is the script:
CREATE view [dbo].[Object_View] as
select * from sysobjects where name = 'sysobjects'
GO
CREATE view [dbo].[Column_View] as
select * from table_detail where name = 'syscolumns'
GO
Here is the error:
A fatal scripting error occurred.
Incorrect syntax was encountered while parsing GO.