Resorting Columns

Here's something I've never run into before, and I hope someone can help.
I have two identical SQL2000 databases (DB1 and DB2). Each has a different
name and is part of a different merge scheme. My developer has an
application that writes data from a table in DB1 to an identical table in
DB2, but it's failing. He says that it's because the columns in one table
aren't in the same order as the columns in the other table. E.g., one table
has column19 in the 19th position, and the other table has column19 in the
15th position.
Is there a way to move a column from one position to another without
removing the databases from replication?
I'd really appreciate some help in this.
Thanks,
John Steen
Developers should never ever rely on the column order. Tell your developer
to stop being lazy and specify the columns in the insert statement. If he
doesn't he will introduce some very subtle bugs over time that will be nearly
impossible to track down. I made the same mistake at my first job while I
was still in college and still regret it.
|||Thank, Scott, I'll definitely pass that along to our developer.
Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to fly this time. We're trying to
piece together a quick solution for a short-term problem that will be going
away by the end of the month. He's not going to want to rewrite all his apps
just for that. If there's a way for me to change the position of the column
in the table so the app will work, I'd rather do that.
Thanks,
John
"Scott S." wrote:

> Developers should never ever rely on the column order. Tell your developer
> to stop being lazy and specify the columns in the insert statement. If he
> doesn't he will introduce some very subtle bugs over time that will be nearly
> impossible to track down. I made the same mistake at my first job while I
> was still in college and still regret it.

Resorting a report by Column click

have a report that has about 7 columns
I would like to enable the user to be able to resort the report by simply
clicking on a column heading. For example if my Column names are
County Organization Name Program Name
I would the user to be able to click the County Column header and re-sort
the entire report in a descending alpha order and then also click
Organization name column header to re-sort by column name.
Anyone have any ideas of how this might be accomplished?Various approaches for RS 2000 have been discussed on this newsgroup. Search
the newsgroup for "dynamic sort column" or similar keywords.
You may also want to check a sample posted on GotDotNet:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=6a347b53-5594-40f9-861d-876beabeda16
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"Report Guy" <Report Guy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have a report that has about 7 columns
> I would like to enable the user to be able to resort the report by simply
> clicking on a column heading. For example if my Column names are
> County Organization Name Program Name
> I would the user to be able to click the County Column header and re-sort
> the entire report in a descending alpha order and then also click
> Organization name column header to re-sort by column name.
> Anyone have any ideas of how this might be accomplished?|||There are also several more examples on www.msbicentral.com
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
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"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" <robruc@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Various approaches for RS 2000 have been discussed on this newsgroup.
> Search the newsgroup for "dynamic sort column" or similar keywords.
> You may also want to check a sample posted on GotDotNet:
> http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=6a347b53-5594-40f9-861d-876beabeda16
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Report Guy" <Report Guy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6EA8E3B-5810-4914-82D7-520C749E4B11@.microsoft.com...
>> have a report that has about 7 columns
>> I would like to enable the user to be able to resort the report by simply
>> clicking on a column heading. For example if my Column names are
>> County Organization Name Program Name
>> I would the user to be able to click the County Column header and re-sort
>> the entire report in a descending alpha order and then also click
>> Organization name column header to re-sort by column name.
>> Anyone have any ideas of how this might be accomplished?
>|||Ok I went to the link that you posted below. I downloaded the sample report
and am trying to figure it out. Where is the code other other event that
does the re-sort?
I copied the same report parameters into the project I'm working on and they
didn't work. Of course, i taylored the fields in the database to field names
I have in my DB, but I can't get the resort to work. There's no readme or
other documentation, so i'm hoping someone can help me out...
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> Various approaches for RS 2000 have been discussed on this newsgroup. Search
> the newsgroup for "dynamic sort column" or similar keywords.
> You may also want to check a sample posted on GotDotNet:
> http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=6a347b53-5594-40f9-861d-876beabeda16
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Report Guy" <Report Guy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6EA8E3B-5810-4914-82D7-520C749E4B11@.microsoft.com...
> > have a report that has about 7 columns
> >
> > I would like to enable the user to be able to resort the report by simply
> > clicking on a column heading. For example if my Column names are
> > County Organization Name Program Name
> >
> > I would the user to be able to click the County Column header and re-sort
> > the entire report in a descending alpha order and then also click
> > Organization name column header to re-sort by column name.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas of how this might be accomplished?
>
>