E.g. =”This is line 1″ + VBCRLF + “This isn’t” will produce:
This is line 1
This isn’t

Gotcha: If VBCRLF is the first or last thing in your text box, Reporting Services will ignore it (I have no idea why!). Make sure you put in one extra VBCRLF at the beginning or end if you’re using them there.
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- – Checkboxes
I would have thought it would be fairly common to want to display a check box on a report which is checked based on a value in the dataset but it would appear that it’s not so common as there is no control provided to handle this. If your client, like mine, really wants a checkbox displayed on a report, you’ll need to use wingdings. Yes, you heard right, add a small text box to your report, set the font to wingdings and use something like the following expression:
=iif(Fields!BookingMade.Value = “1″,chr(0254),”o”)

Checked Box > Wingding 2 =chr(82)
Unchecked Box > Wingding 2 =chr(163)

– i.e.  set @variable = ‘a,b,c,d,e’ — the text inside the single quote is generated

– Change the below sql in the singel quote to replace it with the required field and table name.

– Delete or change the top 100 to the number of values you want it returned

– Also remember to be inside the server and the database the table is in.

– Go to the “MESSAGES” tab and copy the piece of text into the clipboard for later use.

declare @passed varchar(max)

set @passed = ‘SELECT top 100 [place the field name here] from [place the table name here]‘

Declare @fetch table

(

id int identity,

store varchar(max)

)

if left(ltrim(@passed), 6) = ‘select’

begin

insert into @fetch

exec (@passed)

end

select * from @fetch

declare @id int, — Pointer

@idMax int, — Scroller

@pipe varchar(max) — Final string to return

select @id = 0, @idMax = max(id), @pipe = ”

from @fetch

while @id < @idMax — whenever @id would be = @idMax; the loop would break

begin

set @id = @id + 1 — Start Scrolling

select @pipe = case when @id < @idMax then @pipe + store + ‘, ‘

else @pipe + store end — We dont want a comma at the end of the string

from @fetch where id = @id — tells which record to fetch

end

print @pipe

– Please check the screen shot below:

– I have used the below query:

– SELECT name FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE type = ‘u’

I have also made an excel file that does a similar job but it is limited to the number of rows. Just copy and past the the fields values in the left most column and press ctrl + d

Click the link below to download it:

Link to download

– The below can be used when in SSRS you only want to show the months which are available for the users to select. This requires the the a parameter which would return the year selected

=iif(Parameters!Year.Value = year(today()), month(today()), 12)

– The below can be used when in SSRS you only want to show the months which are available for the users to select. This requires the the a parameter which would return the year selected

=iif(Parameters!Year.Value = year(today()), month(today()), 12)

–alter proc dbo.usp_getWeekDayNames
–as

set Datefirst 1 — Monday is set to be the first day of the week
declare @c int
set @c = 1

declare @WeekDays table
(
WeekDayNumber int,
WeekDayName varchar(12)
)

while (@c <= 7)
begin
insert @WeekDays
select datepart(weekday, dateadd(day, @c, getdate())) WeekDayNumber,
datename(weekday, dateadd(day, @c, getdate() )) WeekDayName
set @c = @c + 1
end

select *
from @WeekDays
order by 1

—- ==== Test Data =====
declare @Interval int
set @Interval = 60
—- ========================

select left(StartTime, len(StartTime)-3) StartTime, left(StopTime, len(StopTime)-3) StopTime
, LEFT(StartTime,2) * 60 + RIGHT(LEFT(StartTime,5),2) StartTimeInMin
, LEFT(StopTime,2) * 60 + RIGHT(LEFT(StopTime,5),2) + 1 StopTimeInMin– one has to be added is added (see notes below)
from udf_EvenlySlice24hours (@Interval)

/*  ====== Notes

1 is added to StopTimeInMin so that in the calling SP  the parameter  passed by the user need can include
the last minute till which he wants to end time this is done for user friedliness, so for example  if the user wants to end the timer at 5pm then
he shoud put in 1020 = (17 * 60) later on in the code 3 mc should deducted like below
@StopTime = DATEADD(ms,-3, dateadd(minute, [last minute till which he wants to end time], @StopTime)) — Subtract -3 ms to get the last time

*/

–First option:    Returns all month name and number

–==================================================

–create proc dbo.usp_getMonthNameAndNumber
–as

declare @allMonths table
(
MonthNumber int identity,
MonthName varchar(10)
)

declare @count int
set @count = 0

while (@count < 12)
begin
insert @allMonths
select dateName(month,dateadd(month, @count, ’1 Jan 2010′))
set @count = @count + 1
end

select * from @allMonths order by 1

–Second option:    Returns Month name and number upto the passed month number
–    (rows are restricted to the passed month)

–==================================================

–create proc dbo.usp_getMonth (@RestrictToMonthNumber int = null)
–as

———====== Test Values ======
DECLARE @RestrictToMonthNumber int
set @RestrictToMonthNumber = 6
——-=============================

– Note: If null is sent then all months are returned

declare @allMonths table
(
MonthNumber int identity,
MonthName varchar(10)
)

if @RestrictToMonthNumber is null set @RestrictToMonthNumber = 12

declare @count int
set @count = 0

while (@count < @RestrictToMonthNumber )
begin
insert @allMonths
select dateName(month,dateadd(month, @count, ’1 Jan 2010′))
set @count = @count + 1
end

select * from @allMonths order by 1

Related post *used in SSRS):

http://wp.me/pAchH-4A

WHILE PATINDEX(‘%[^0-9]%.%’,@String)> 0
SET @String = REPLACE(@String,SUBSTRING(@String,PATINDEX(‘%[^0-9]%’,@String),1),”)

declare @Float float
set @Float = convert(float, @String)

PRINT @Float — test
–    return  @Float
–end

—— ==== Test =======
–Declare @Interval int
–set @Interval = 60 — User can put in any minute here
—- Skeleton to hold
–declare @timePeriods table
–(
–    StartTime varchar(8) null,
–    StopTime varchar(8) null
–)
——————————–

declare @hr int, @mi int, @AnyConstantDate datetime, @start datetime, @stop datetime
set @hr = 0
set @mi = 0
set @AnyConstantDate = ’20 apr 2011′– this can be any value but it needs to remain CONTANT
–set @AnyConstantDate = dateadd(day, 0 ,datediff(day,0, @AnyConstantDate)) — strip offf the timestamp (if any) for this logic to work

– Initialize the values
set @start =  @AnyConstantDate — Default time is 00:00:00
–set @stop = dateadd(ss, 59, dateadd(mi, 29, @start)) — Elapse first half an hour by adding 29 minutes and 59 seconds

set @stop = dateadd(ss, 59, dateadd(mi, @Interval – 1, @start)) — Elapse first half an hour by adding 29 minutes and 59 seconds

– it is neccessary for the date in the expressions is stripped off time else it won’t work.
– we just want to compare the date because the time part will keep changing.
while (dateadd(day, 0 ,datediff(day,0, @stop))
= dateadd(day, 0 ,datediff(day,0, @AnyConstantDate)) )  — the exact same CONSTANT date value needds to be used
begin

insert into @timePeriods
select convert(varchar(8), @start, 108)’StartTime’, — 108 is the hh:mi:ss format
convert(varchar(8), @stop, 108) ‘StopTime’

set @start =  dateadd(mi, @Interval, @start) — Add half hour to the start time
set @stop = dateadd(mi, @Interval, @stop) — Add half hour to the stop time

end

–select * from @timePeriods — To Test

return
end

–This function is used to feed in values from the parameter seperated with  commas. Example:

/*

where @week in (select data from split(@WeekDayNumbers, ‘,’))

@WeekDayNumbers = ’1,2,3,4,5,6,7′

*/

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[Split]
(
@RowData nvarchar(max),
@SplitOn nvarchar(5)
)
RETURNS @RtnValue table — if the variable to be returned is mentioned then it does not need to mentioned again after the return key word
(
Data nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)>0)
Begin
Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select
Data = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@RowData,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)-1)))

Set @RowData = Substring(@RowData,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)+1,len(@RowData))
End

Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(@RowData))

Return — this returns the current content of what is mentioned above (i.e. RETURNS @RtnValue table)
END