ARODBC Can return odd things if there is no "WHERE" clause. Even if the "WHERE" clause returns all entries.
On Aug 2, 8:42 am, Jonas Stumph stevnsvig <jo...@stevnsvig.com> wrote: > Hi again, I'll try not to hit ctrl+enter again... sorry for the triple > posts. > > I am still fiddling with this problem, concering ARODBC and the number > of records to be returned. > > I and querying the incident form on a server with 12000 records, and > getting very big variations in how many records are being returned. I > started in excel, and moved to VBscript to > 1) ascertain whether it was an excel or ARODBC error. > and > 2) to be able to correct and experiment faster than waiting for the GUIs in > the ODBC system in excel to refresh. > > I have tried several different variations of where clauses, as previously > suggested (eg. WHERE Incident_Number<> 'ThisOldString') but to no avail. > > BMC support is misunderstanding me, and thinks that I am trying on different > databases, wih different numbers of records, so I have tried to clarfy my > query to them. > > Does anyone else have any ideas of what else I can try? > > Best regards, Jonas Stevnsvig > > ********** SELECT with approximately 60 records returned, of 12000 total > SELECT > * > FROM > HPD_Help_Desk > ORDER BY > Incident_Number DESC > > ********** SELECT with approximately 1000 records returned, of 12000 total > SELECT > Incident_Number, > Product_Categorization_Tier_1, > Product_Categorization_Tier_2, > Product_Categorization_Tier_3, > First_Name, > Last_Name, > Site, > Status, > Priority, > Assignee, > Assigned_Group, > Assignee_Login_ID, > Categorization_Tier_1, > Categorization_Tier_2, > Categorization_Tier_3, > Corporate_ID, > Reported_Source, > Service_Type, > Submit_Date, > Submitter > FROM > HPD_Help_Desk > ORDER BY > Incident_Number DESC > > ********** SELECT with approximately 9500 records returned, of 12000 total > SELECT > Incident_Number, > Product_Categorization_Tier_1, > Product_Categorization_Tier_2, > Product_Categorization_Tier_3, > First_Name, > Last_Name, > Site, > Status, > Priority, > Assignee, > Assigned_Group, > Assignee_Login_ID, > Categorization_Tier_1, > Categorization_Tier_2, > Categorization_Tier_3, > Corporate_ID, > Reported_Source, > Submit_Date, > Submitter > FROM > HPD_Help_Desk > ORDER BY > Incident_Number DESC > > ********** SELECT with 12000 records returned, of 12000 total > SELECT > Incident_Number, > Product_Categorization_Tier_1, > Product_Categorization_Tier_2, > Product_Categorization_Tier_3, > First_Name, > Last_Name, > Site, > Status, > Priority, > Assignee, > Assigned_Group, > Assignee_Login_ID, > Corporate_ID, > Reported_Source, > Submit_Date, > Submitter > FROM > HPD_Help_Desk > ORDER BY > Incident_Number DESC > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > attend wwrug11www.wwrug.comARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
