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Quote siska Replybullet Topic: Display rows into column position
    Posted: 22 Oct 2007 at 3:39pm

I am working CRYSTAL XI. I am getting confused about merging 2 tables. at the report leve. I have 2 tables 1) msg_tbl 2) msg_err_tbl. Msg_tbl is primary key of msg_id & msg_err_tbls has primary key of (MSG_ID + SEQ#). Seq# 1, 2.. to store more than one error message in the error message table.

Table Example:
MSG_TBL
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MSG_ID
 
MSG_ERR_TBL
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MSG_ID
SEQ_NUM
error_reason
 
Final report should display one row for each message_id with the maximum of 3 error_reason ( which is coming from msg_err_tbl)
 
Since Error_msg_table.error_reason will be stored as a different rows, can you help me to bring these error_reasons at single row level on crystal report??
 
Thank you..
 
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Quote BrianBischof Replybullet Posted: 25 Oct 2007 at 11:35am
I'm confused on the table structure of MSG_ERR_TBL. Are the three fields that you listed part of the same record, or is the error_reason somehow in a different record than SEQ_NUM? I would think they have to be in the same table, but you say that you need to bring them into a single row. But if they are all on different rows, they how are the linked to the parent table?
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Quote rahulwalawalkar Replybullet Posted: 26 Oct 2007 at 2:23am

Hi ....

Create a UDF I have tested it on sql server 2000
 
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.UDF_Messagedetail1
( @MsgID char(1) )
RETURNS varchar(1000)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @MsgDetail varchar(1000), @Delimiter char
SET @Delimiter = '+'
SELECT @MsgDetail = COALESCE(@MsgDetail + @Delimiter, '') + strPQ
FROM
(SELECT  MSG_ID,Message,'('' * ' + LTRIM(Message) + ')' AS strPQ
FROM         dbo.MSG_TAB inner join MSG_DET on [ID] = @MsgID) derived
WHERE
MSG_ID=@MsgID
RETURN ( SELECT REPLACE(@MsgDetail,')+(',') + (') AS [Message_Detail])
END
 
Once you have done that run sql statement
select distinct(MSG_ID), dbo.UDF_Messagedetail1(MSG_ID) AS Message
From dbo.MSG_TAB
 
You will get the results
 
 
1          (' * MSG1     ) + (' * MSG2     ) + (' * MSG3     )
2          (' * MSG1     ) + (' * MSG2     ) + (' * MSG3     )
3          (' * MSG1     ) + (' * MSG2     ) + (' * MSG3     )
4          (' * MSG1    )

 
Test Tables
 
MSG_TAB Table
 
ID Message
1  MSG1
1  MSG2
1  MSG3
2 MSG1
2 MSG2
2 MSG3
3 MSG1
3 MSG2
3 MSG3
4 MSG1
 
MSG_DET  Table
 
ID
1
2
3
4
 
 
 
You can easliy create a view or table at backend using sql and the access then using Crystal
 
Cheers
Rahul


Edited by rahulwalawalkar - 26 Oct 2007 at 2:26am
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