.......

declare @criteria varchar(500)

set @Criteria = 'product'



select distinct name

-- optional text excerpt:

/*,replace('... ' + substring(text, (patindex('%' + @Criteria + '%',text) - 55), 155) 

	+ ' ...', ...

Unless I misunderstand, wouldn't something like this be what your after:

 

select 

    CategoryID, 

    Count(*) as [Count] 

from TableName

group...

ok... Not finished yet

How about the following.

If I am still oversimplifying things, then I appologise, and I will get back to my own work!!!

(Shame all the...

Is this the kind of thing you are after?

create table #temp (name varchar(50), Code varchar(50), CodeDesc varchar(50), Jan int,Feb int)

set nocount on

insert into #temp values ('JohnGinglehim', '45','Sick', 16, 0)

insert...

I don't think your going to be able to easily do this in a function. It can be done quite easily in an SP:

create proc Max

@T varchar(255),

@C...

Try having a look at the INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Views in SQL Books Online.

eg:

select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns where Table_Name = "TableName"

No Worries

Suggestion:

select count(*) from

(

select 1 as Num

from dbo.tbl_DocumentDownloads DD

where ......

group by

DD.fk_intDocumentID,

DD.fk_intUserID

)as A

Ahh, sp_pkeys, have to remember that one!

beats my method!! =:)

Try looking at INFORMATION_SCHEMA views in Books On-line:

This select will pull out the column names that make up the (Primary) key.

declare @TableName varchar(255)

set @TableName = 'TABLE NAME'

select COLUMN_NAME

from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE...

Or......

declare @N int

declare @m int

set @N = 86548

set @m = 21458

select

cast(left(@N,1) + replicate(0,len(@N)-1) as int)

*

cast(left(@M,1) + replicate(0,len(@M)-1) as int)

Books on line: User Defined Functions:

Calling User-Defined Functions

When calling a scalar user-defined function, you must supply at least a two-part name:

SELECT *, MyUser.MyScalarFunction()

FROM MyTable

Table-valued functions can be called by using...

Where are you getting the float from?.

Is it from a table, or an external source

..>>..

you can do

select count(distinct col1), count(distinct col2),... from TableName

But your still going to need to list each field

..<<..

Your @@Error number is being lost with the if @@Error <> 0 begin part (ie: this part does not produce any errors).

Pass the @@error into another variable immediately after the...