If you're talking about returning the names of the columns that are null, you might be able to accomplish this with a creative stored procedure... You would have to draw a query from the syscolumns table to get the names of the columns in that table ( unless you knew all the column names ahead of time ), then use a combination of a cursor(s) and "exec sp_executesql" to determine which columns are null and place the resultant column names in a temp table, then return all rows from the temp table.
It's an awfully complicated process ... S. Isaac Dealey Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 > I think you would need to right some type of union statement that would > have > to look at each field in your table separately. it would then return a > record set with only the fields that were blank, actually it would only > return the key of the record to cold fusion but in query ann it would show > the fieldnames also. > Shawn Regan > pacifictechnologysolutions > 15530-B Rockfield Blvd. Suite 4 > Irvine, CA 92618 > 949.830.1623 > w w w . p t s 1 . c o m > -----Original Message----- > From: Patti G. L. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Returning columns with null values when specific columns > are unknown at runtime > Sorry, but you made the same mistake that simon did. > I don't want to return select * > I want to return select (only columns that are null and I don't know what > they are up front) where primarykey = some number > I didin't actually have any questions regarding the where statement at > all. > I'm aware that I'll probably have to use the whole IS NULL dealie... but > where I'm stuck is how do I selectively return columns when I don't know > which columns fit my criteria (containing null values only). > Thanks - Patti > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Candace Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:23 AM > Subject: Re: Returning columns with null values when specific columns are > unknown at runtime >> How about this.... or am I still missing something >> >> Select * from TABLENAME >> WHERE col1 IS NULL OR col2 IS NULL OR col3 IS NULL OR col4 IS NULL >> >> >> Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer >> The Children's Medical Center >> One Children's Plaza >> Dayton, OH 45404 >> 937-641-4293 >> http://www.childrensdayton.org >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/18/2002 11:17:41 AM >>> >> Thanks, but that doesn't get me where I want. >> >> I ONLY want to return the columns that ARE null, and I never know which >> ones >> those are when I run this query... so what I need is something for the >> select statement. >> >> -Patti >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> > The only thing I can think to do is create a bunch of OR statements >> i.e.: >> > WHERE colA IS NULL OR colB IS NULL OR colN IS NULL >> > >> > ~Simon >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > >> > Is there a way to write a MSSQL 2k query that will return a result >> set >> that >> > contains only columns with null values when you don't know >> explicitly >> which >> > columns those will be? >> > >> > So if I have this data >> > >> > pk | col 1 | col 2 | col 3 | col 4| >> > 1 1 2 null null >> > 2 null 4 null null >> > >> > I'd like a query that would return col 3 and col 4 where pk = 1 or >> col 1, >> > col 3 and col 4 where pk=2. >> > >> > Is this possible? >> > -Patti >> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
