"IS NOT NULL" is not working

We have data in datetime field and in the simple select statement where
clause "where dateofbusiness is not null" no data is returned. This
works in our other databases. This is a simple select with no
aggregation functions such as count(*) and no group bys. No joins.
We checked for table corruption and rebuilt the table and indexes.
I'm completely at a loss.
Anybody run into this?Run the following and post the results:
select
dateofbusiness
, count (*)
from
MyTable
group by
dateofbusiness
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Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com
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"Ken" <kshapley@.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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We have data in datetime field and in the simple select statement where
clause "where dateofbusiness is not null" no data is returned. This
works in our other databases. This is a simple select with no
aggregation functions such as count(*) and no group bys. No joins.
We checked for table corruption and rebuilt the table and indexes.
I'm completely at a loss.
Anybody run into this?|||Try,
where ISDATE(dateofbusiness) <> 0
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2004-08-08 00:00:00.000 392|||Also try,
"where convert(char(10),dateofbusiness,120) is not null"
and post results,
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||OK, so there are none that are not null. Could you please post the DDL for
your table and the exact query you ran?
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Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com
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2004-08-08 00:00:00.000 392|||And to emphasize futher the same statement with the count(*) function
returned no results. And without the count function and group by it
will return results, however, when keying in on an additional field
such as storeid like "where storeid = 34 and DateofBusiness is not
null" nothing returns. If you filter by store id, i see dateofbusiness
had values in it?
set transaction isolation level read uncommitted
select
dateofbusiness,
count (*)
from
Temp_HstSalesByInterval
where dateofbusiness is not null
group by
dateofbusiness|||John we have already done this as a hotfix to our database,
"rtrim(dateofbusiness) is not null" works, too. However we have over
2000 databases that do not have the hot fix, and other code affecting
the table.
SQL is not doing what its supposed to be doing and I'm looking for an
answer. I don't usually post until....|||Ken,
I did run into this problem in the past and am trying to remember what caused it to happen and how I fixed it. I've tried to replicate the date-time like your example and my query worked just fine.
I thought it had something to do with the hh:mm:ss being all zeros, but I'm not sure that's the problem. I also tried the ansi-null option on the db and it still worked. I also tried the connection object and thought maybe one of the settings was incorrectly set, but that did reproduce your error.
If I find out, I'll post or you can email me at: corncrowe@.aol.com
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Temp_HstSalesByInterval] (
[DateOfBusiness] [datetime] NULL ,
[FKStoreId] [int] NULL ,
[FKRevenueId] [int] NULL ,
[Period] [int] NULL ,
[Type] [int] NULL ,
[TypeId] [int] NULL ,
[TypeId2] [int] NULL ,
[Amount] [float] NULL ,
[OpenHour] [int] NULL ,
[lCount] [int] NULL ,
[DestinationServer] [int] NULL
) GO
CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [IX_Temp_HstSalesByInterval] ON
[dbo].[Temp_HstSalesByInterval]([DateOfBusiness] DESC , [FKStoreId],
[DestinationServer]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
select * from Temp_HstSalesByInterval where fkstoreid = 23 and
dateofbusiness is not null
select * from Temp_HstSalesByInterval where fkstoreid = 23 will return
results and dateofbusiness is populated.|||Ken,
The all zeros in hh:mm:ss is most likely the problem. I asked the other programmer here and we both agreed that we encountered this problem when trying to query a date field with zeros in the hh:mm:ss stamp.
Why or how did you manage to write all zeros on a date/time field? In SQL there is no such thing as 00:00:00?
Sorry,
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Ken,
Maybe we are wrong about the zeros. But threw that out for you,
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||> Why or how did you manage to write all zeros on a date/time field? In SQL
there is no such thing as 00:00:00?
Midnight is not a valid time?|||create table lookatdate (d datetime null)
insert lookatdate values ('09/04/2004')
select * from lookatdate
returns 2004-09-04 00:00:00.000|||This never happenend. Jon mistook reading one field as two fields.
09/23/2004 00:00:00:000|||> This never happenend. Jon mistook reading one field as two fields.
> 09/23/2004 00:00:00:000
Okay, maybe another reason to visit the link from FAQ #5006 to generate
insert statements, instead of presenting sample data in heap style...
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code.htm#inserts|||Well maybe there something to what you are saying, but why does it work
in the other databases on the same server?|||Ken,
I have another suggestion which may sound odd. But consider this:
"Specifies that the Boolean result be negated. The predicate reverses its return values, returning TRUE if the value is not NULL, and FALSE if the value is NULL."
"The WHERE and HAVING clauses in a SELECT statement control the rows from the source tables that are used to build the result set. WHERE and HAVING are filters. They specify a series of search conditions, and only those rows that meet the terms of the search conditions are used to build the result set. Those rows meeting the search conditions are said to be qualified to participate in the result set. (Microsoft)"
I am thinking that when you build the resultset with "not null" it evaluates the criteria as "unknown" and thereby won't produce any resultset. But when you trim or otherwise convert the datatype then the query returns a resultset.
Try a couple other approaches to see if you get a resultset:
select * from tblName
where not (datefield) is null
-or-
select somefield where datefield is not null
I am also wondering if building the resultset with the all "*" isn't masking the issue either? But either way, NOT NULL evaluates to a true condition if the value is not null. Otherwise, I think the field "as defined" is unknown.
I tried to replicate your error with a test database and couldn't. I tried several db_options and ansi null defaults and still couldn't reproduce your error. I do vaguely remember this problem, but can't for the life of me remember what cause it or how I fixed it.
Sorry I couldn't be more of a help,
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Ken,
The first suggestion is to make sure that FKstoreid 34 actually has data.
If so, then if the query works on other databases on the same server, that
would suggest something is peculiar to the data in that database.
What happens if you restore that particular db to another SQL server with
the same version and run the query? If it still returns no results, that
would suggest definitely something in the data is causing the issue.
At this stage in SQL Server 2000's lifecyle, it seems unlikely that your
data has uncovered a bug in the query engine, but it's possible. Try adding
an identity column as a primary key and see if that makes a difference.
Maybe grouping on a date column in a heap...?
Ron
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"Ken" <kshapley@.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> And to emphasize futher the same statement with the count(*) function
> returned no results. And without the count function and group by it
> will return results, however, when keying in on an additional field
> such as storeid like "where storeid = 34 and DateofBusiness is not
> null" nothing returns. If you filter by store id, i see dateofbusiness
> had values in it?
> set transaction isolation level read uncommitted
> select
> dateofbusiness,
> count (*)
> from
> Temp_HstSalesByInterval
> where dateofbusiness is not null
> group by
> dateofbusiness
>|||Hi Ron,
The store exists. we are not doing any group bys or joins. Its a very
simple select statement.
select * from Temp_HstSalesByInterval where fkstoreid = 34 and
dateofbusiness is not null
select * from Temp_HstSalesByInterval where fkstoreid = 34 (without
above) will return
results and dateofbusiness is populated.|||I'm wondering if it's possible to create a new table and populate it with
the contents of the old one - preferably by bcp'ing the data out and back in
again.
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SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com
"Ken" <kshapley@.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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Hi Ron,
The store exists. we are not doing any group bys or joins. Its a very
simple select statement.
select * from Temp_HstSalesByInterval where fkstoreid = 34 and
dateofbusiness is not null
select * from Temp_HstSalesByInterval where fkstoreid = 34 (without
above) will return
results and dateofbusiness is populated.|||Hi Jon
select * from tblName
where not (datefield) is null
this produces no records
select somefield where datefield is not null
This will work, but when you add "and fkstoreid = anynumber" nothing
returns. If you query only on fkstoreid only you will see the results
and dateofbusiness is populated. I did an update to this table to set
datetime field with refreshed values and that did not fix it.
The actual select statement lists the fields not (*). both have the
same affect.|||> select somefield where datefield is not null
> This will work, but when you add "and fkstoreid = anynumber" nothing
> returns.
This does not seem possible. How large is your database? I am wondering if
you would be able to post a copy of it online and someone could try to
reproduce the problem on your actual data. I am guessing there is something
else inaccurate here that you're not catching...|||Hi Tom,
We did this with DTS.|||Ken,
Another (way out there) suggestion. Maybe, just maybe, there is a constraint on the fkStoreId between parent and child? I know this sounds weird, but maybe when you consider the where clause is failing when you combine both the fkStoreId and DateofBusiness fields in the same statement.
The condition is returning false for some reason. I know it's really a long shot, but could there be an issue with the Stores table referential integrity? Is the fkStoreId an orphan? I seriously doubt that this is the culprit, but weirder things have been know to happen in SQL world.
I did create your temp table and inserted rows of data, but couldn't reproduce the error. I don't know what the parent table looks like so I could do anything on that thread.
Good luck,
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Hi Jon, there is no contstraint defined on fkstoreid. However manually
dropping the nonunique clustered index(DateofBusiness, FKStoreid,
DestinationServer) columns (all allow nulls) and recreated it and now
not null is working finally! :)
The other db man here swears he ran DBCC REINDEX on the table and that
did not fix the issue. Isn't running DBCC REINDEX the same as dropping
and recreating an index? Any know issues with this?|||This is great news. It's hard to say what happened here. If you have a
copy of the database before you did the DBREINDEX, I'd be tempted to run
DBCC CHECKTABLE and see if it found anything.
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com
"Ken" <kshapley@.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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Hi Jon, there is no contstraint defined on fkstoreid. However manually
dropping the nonunique clustered index(DateofBusiness, FKStoreid,
DestinationServer) columns (all allow nulls) and recreated it and now
not null is working finally! :)
The other db man here swears he ran DBCC REINDEX on the table and that
did not fix the issue. Isn't running DBCC REINDEX the same as dropping
and recreating an index? Any know issues with this?|||Jon, when I recreated the nonunique clustered index DateOfBusiness
order was changed from descending to ascending. "IS NOT NULL" on
dateofbusiness works. When it was set back to descending it doesn't
work.
On the same table in other databases, descending does not have an issue
with the "IS NOT NULL" not working. However, this table has 3 million
records and the tables in the other databases have less than 200,000
records.
Throughing this out to see if you can recreate the issue?|||Ken,
Sorry if you did this already, but have you posted the result of
SELECT @.@.VERSION ? Also, is there anything you can see different with
this particular database, such as a compatibility level setting or
something?
Steve Kass
Drew University
Ken wrote:
>Jon, when I recreated the nonunique clustered index DateOfBusiness
>order was changed from descending to ascending. "IS NOT NULL" on
>dateofbusiness works. When it was set back to descending it doesn't
>work.
>On the same table in other databases, descending does not have an issue
>with the "IS NOT NULL" not working. However, this table has 3 million
>records and the tables in the other databases have less than 200,000
>records.
>Throughing this out to see if you can recreate the issue?
>
>|||Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86) Dec 17 2002
14:22:05 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation Enterprise
Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: )
compatability on all databases 8.0|||There has a been a security hotfix issued since then. That would bring the
version to 8.00.818:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9814AE9D-BD44-40C5-ADD3-B8C99618E68D&displaylang=en
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Tom
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SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com
"Ken" <kshapley@.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86) Dec 17 2002
14:22:05 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation Enterprise
Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: )
compatability on all databases 8.0|||Hm. Are the "working" databases on the same instance of SQL Server? If
not, and the others are a later version,
try installing 8.00.818 (or later) and see if the problem goes away.
There are sometimes bug fixes in security hotfixes, since the hotfixes
are cumulative. If that's not the problem, I'll see if I can come up
with some other questions!
SK
Ken wrote:
>Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86) Dec 17 2002
>14:22:05 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation Enterprise
>Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: )
>compatability on all databases 8.0
>
>|||Ken,
"nonunique clustered index DateOfBusiness order was changed from descending to ascending. "IS NOT NULL" on dateofbusiness works. When it was set back to descending it doesn't work."
CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [IX_Temp_HstSalesByInterval] ON
[dbo].[Temp_HstSalesByInterval]([DateOfBusiness] DESC , [FKStoreId],
[DestinationServer]) ON [PRIMARY]
I was leading toward the index as my next suggestion. The index is a composite and is made up of different datatypes. When you were doing the query the index is backwards (desc) order for date and acs for the other two fields. That's probably why the query never returned anything. I can replicate this error on a test database with 30 million call records using essentially the same logic. I'll let you know later what happens.
I probably wouldn't use mix order for my indices. Maybe that was what I had done in the past and cause a problem? Anyway, glad you were able to correct the problem.
Jon
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Hi Jon, please replicate the error. Why does it only happen on tables
with a large number of rows?
My other thought could still be a data issue depending on what gets
evaluated first?|||> My other thought could still be a data issue depending on what gets
> evaluated first?
The WHERE clause does not work that way. Put the individual clauses in any
order, and the result will be the same...|||Hi Tom,
The hotfix does not address the particular problem in any
documentation. We have a lot of servers (clustered) and my boss never
lets me do anything on a guess, only until I have found the problem and
I can qualify it. If I could validate that the problem was server wide
and this occurrance was a documented bug or issue, I would implement
this asap.
I do appreciate your assistance. Your suggestion may be a fix to this,
but I'm on a supertanker thats not easy to steer or deploy changes.|||I hear ya. Nevertheless, the patch is a security hotfix and closes a
vulnerability. As another poster mentioned, fixes are cumulative and it is
possible that your issue may have been addressed there.
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Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com
"Ken" <kshapley@.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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Hi Tom,
The hotfix does not address the particular problem in any
documentation. We have a lot of servers (clustered) and my boss never
lets me do anything on a guess, only until I have found the problem and
I can qualify it. If I could validate that the problem was server wide
and this occurrance was a documented bug or issue, I would implement
this asap.
I do appreciate your assistance. Your suggestion may be a fix to this,
but I'm on a supertanker thats not easy to steer or deploy changes.|||Ken,
Maybe this newsgroup thread will help. Sorry I didn't remember this,
but it looks to me like the same bug you're seeing, and 8.00.818 fixed it:
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=8.00.818+fix+bug+kass+-turkish&qt_s=Search+Groups
SK
Ken wrote:
>Hi Tom,
>The hotfix does not address the particular problem in any
>documentation. We have a lot of servers (clustered) and my boss never
>lets me do anything on a guess, only until I have found the problem and
>I can qualify it. If I could validate that the problem was server wide
>and this occurrance was a documented bug or issue, I would implement
>this asap.
>I do appreciate your assistance. Your suggestion may be a fix to this,
>but I'm on a supertanker thats not easy to steer or deploy changes.
>
>|||Jon, I have a sneaky suspicioun that its in the data. When we move the
same data to another table it produces the same error. If we move or
create different data it does not. Weird.