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Temp table a useful tool in many reports

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:56:02 +0000

Reporting the payments received against shipment’s C&F value.

In this example our client was facing an issue where shipments are made and C&F value amount is taken as Accounts Receivable, payments are received in 2 to 3 installments. Management wants to know how much is outstanding against each shipment C&F Invoice.

In database invoice is generated on C&F basis where comprehensive information is recorded like invoice no, Bill of Lading No, C&F Amount, Shipment NO and so on.

When Payments are received it is recorded exportpayments table along with shipment NO.

In order to create a report to what is outstanding against respective invoice we created a SQL Query using select into Transact-SQL as follows;

select sn1, sum(amt) as cfvl

into #sd4

from dbo.exportpayments

group by sn1

Select Sn, CFvlu,sn1, cfvl, Cfvlu-cfvl as balance from

dbo.invocesexpressions inner join #sd4 on

dbo.invocesexpressions.sn = #sd4.sn1

drop table #sd4

In the above example we selected Shipment NO SN1 and sum amount Sum(amt) as cfvlu

Into temp table SD4 and then we selected Shipment no SN, CFVLU from invoices table and CFVL from Temp table #SD4 and join Invoices table and #sd4 based on Shipment NO

At the end we dropped thetemp table #SD4.

This example utilized the temp table for generating outstanding payments report.

Shipmnt CFVLU Shpmnt Amnt RCD Blnc

311	672000	311	672000	0
315	48950	315	48950	0
316	62968.75	316	62969	-0.25
317	43775	317	42819	956
318	43775	318	43776	-1
325	48950	325	48950	0
326	48950	326	48950	0

Experiance of installing SQL server 2008 Express and Evaluation edition

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:05:39 +0000

I would like to share my experiance of installing SQL server 2008 Express and Evaluation edition.
To day I installed the Sql Server 2008 express and Sql Server 2008 Evaluation edition on Windsows XP.
The following steps are must for installing SQL Server 2008.
1- Windows XP SP2 and SP 32- Step 1: Download and install Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1.
Step 2 Download and install Windows Installer 4.5.
.Step 3 Download and install Windows PowerShell 1.0.
Then downloaded The sample database Adventure works. Business Intelligence Studio, Sql Server management Studio 2008 works ok. I also created a AnalysisServices project.

I would like to emphasie that Windows XP SP2 and SP 3 are must before installing the SQL Server 2008 and sample database. I learned this lesson in my previous attempt when I forgot the Windows XP SP2 and SP 3 and faced difficulties in installing Sql Server 2008 and Sample databases.

Report Model – Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:10:32 +0000

Report Model is a project type in Business Intelligence 2008. It is metadata description of data objects and the relationship between the data in the underlying source. Report model expose the data objects and relationship from the data sources as entities and relationships logically grouped together. These entities and relationship are easy to understand than the underlying data source objects business users. The report model is accessed through the report builder by Business users. Report Model is basically for business users so that they do not have to go through the technicalities of underlying data source.

SQL Server 2008 Express Edition with advanced service – Our experiance

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:09:07 +0000

Today we downloaded the SQL Server 2008 Express edition with advanced services.

As mentioned on Microsoft website – Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services is a free, easy-to use version of SQL Server Express that includes more features and makes it easier than ever to start developing powerful data-driven applications for the web or local desktop.

It was installed on Windows XP Media edition we were required to download the following as well;

Step 1: Download and install Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1.

Step 2 Download and install Windows Installer 4.5.

Step 3 Download and install Windows PowerShell 1.0.

SQL Server 2008 was installed successfully. In addition to SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, that installation includes the Reporting services, SQL Server 2008 Business intelligence development studio.

We downloaded the Adventure works database separately. Every thing went OK and

It was a nice for us that in (BIDS) Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008, we found

The templates for ;

Analysis Services Project

Integration Services Connection Project

Report Server Project Wizard

Report Server Project

Apparently, looks like there is a much more functionality in SQL Server 2008 than 2005, which is excellent for training purposes. We will write more in coming posts about our experiences and what is possible in Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008.

Stay tuned for our coming post on this topic.