SQL Server Cursor

  • Hello,

    I am trying to loop through an image folder in my machine to add images related to particular style. I have create a table:

    create table TEST

    (StyleID nvarchar(50),

    StyleImage VARBINARY(MAX) NULL)

    Then I created a cursor to loop through a folder and insert an image in StyleImage column with matching StyleID.

    DECLARE @StyleID NVARCHAR(50)

    DECLARE image_cursor CURSOR FOR

    SELECT StyleID FROM NealProject WHERE StyleImage IS NULL

    OPEN image_cursor;

    FETCH NEXT FROM image_cursor

    INTO @StyleID;

    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX)

    DECLARE @imagePath NVARCHAR(255)

    SET @imagePath = 'C:\Linesheet' + SUBSTRING(@StyleID,1,5) + '.jpg'

    SET @sql = 'UPDATE TEST '

    SET @sql = @sql + 'SET StyleImage = (SELECT BulkColumn FROM OPENROWSET( BULK ''' + @imagePath + ''', Single_Blob) AS StyleImage) '

    SET @sql = @sql + 'WHERE StyleID = ''' + SUBSTRING(@StyleID,1,5) +''

    BEGIN TRY

    EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql

    END TRY

    BEGIN CATCH

    END CATCH

    FETCH NEXT FROM image_cursor

    INTO @StyleID;

    END

    CLOSE image_cursor;

    DEALLOCATE image_cursor;

    I have tried so many times but it doesn't do anything. Cursor gives me message "Command(s) completed successfully." but cursor doesn't add images to a table.

    Please help, as I am not able to understand what is that I'm doing wrong. No errors. I know it may not be a best approach but cursor is just for one time use only.

  • You're executing your sql command in a TRY/CATCH block, but you're discarding any errors that you receive. How do you expect to troubleshoot your code if you're discarding all of the relevant errors?

    Drew

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • drew.allen (11/13/2015)


    You're executing your sql command in a TRY/CATCH block, but you're discarding any errors that you receive. How do you expect to troubleshoot your code if you're discarding all of the relevant errors?

    Drew

    I have a name for that pattern. Try/Squelch 😀

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  • Sean Lange (11/13/2015)


    drew.allen (11/13/2015)


    You're executing your sql command in a TRY/CATCH block, but you're discarding any errors that you receive. How do you expect to troubleshoot your code if you're discarding all of the relevant errors?

    Drew

    I have a name for that pattern. Try/Squelch 😀

    Uisng a TRY/CATCH is great for handling errors...as long as you handle them. You can put the TRY/CATCH blocks in place while developing, but I'd rem them out until you have the code working like you want it to. After it works, unrem your TRY/CATCH and decide how you want to handle the errors.

    Sean, thanks for the new term. 😉

  • Is Linesheet a directory or part of the image name that is the same for every image? If it is a directory then I think your issue is that you need to change this:

    SET @imagePath = 'C:\Linesheet' + SUBSTRING(@StyleID,1,5) + '.jpg'

    To this:

    SET @imagePath = 'C:\Linesheet\' + SUBSTRING(@StyleID,1,5) + '.jpg'

    And you aren't seeing the error because you are "Try/Squelch"ing the error.

  • I did remove try/squelch block, and I did catch "C:/Linesheet/" error to. But Now I'm getting conversion error. First StyleID is "01511 bubble dress.JPG".

    Here's the error:

    Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1

    Incorrect syntax near 'bubble'.

    Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

    Conversion failed when converting the nvarchar value '01511 bubble dress.JPG' to data type int.

    Here's the revised code.

    DECLARE @StyleID NVARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE image_cursor CURSOR FOR

    SELECT StyleID FROM TEST WHERE StyleImage IS NULL

    OPEN image_cursor;

    FETCH NEXT FROM image_cursor

    INTO @StyleID;

    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX)

    DECLARE @imagePath NVARCHAR(255)

    SET @imagePath = 'C:\Linesheet\' + @StyleID

    SET @sql = 'UPDATE TEST '

    SET @sql = @sql + 'SET StyleImage = (SELECT BulkColumn FROM OPENROWSET( BULK ''' + @imagePath + ''', Single_Blob) AS StyleImage) '

    SET @sql = @sql + 'WHERE StyleID = ' + @StyleID

    EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql

    FETCH NEXT FROM image_cursor

    INTO @StyleID;

    END

    CLOSE image_cursor;

    DEALLOCATE image_cursor;

  • sqlizer (11/13/2015)


    I did remove try/squelch block, and I did catch "C:/Linesheet/" error to. But Now I'm getting conversion error. First StyleID is "01511 bubble dress.JPG".

    Here's the error:

    Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1

    Incorrect syntax near 'bubble'.

    Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

    Conversion failed when converting the nvarchar value '01511 bubble dress.JPG' to data type int.

    Here's the revised code.

    DECLARE @StyleID NVARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE image_cursor CURSOR FOR

    SELECT StyleID FROM TEST WHERE StyleImage IS NULL

    OPEN image_cursor;

    FETCH NEXT FROM image_cursor

    INTO @StyleID;

    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX)

    DECLARE @imagePath NVARCHAR(255)

    SET @imagePath = 'C:\Linesheet\' + @StyleID

    SET @sql = 'UPDATE TEST '

    SET @sql = @sql + 'SET StyleImage = (SELECT BulkColumn FROM OPENROWSET( BULK ''' + @imagePath + ''', Single_Blob) AS StyleImage) '

    SET @sql = @sql + 'WHERE StyleID = ' + @StyleID

    EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql

    FETCH NEXT FROM image_cursor

    INTO @StyleID;

    END

    CLOSE image_cursor;

    DEALLOCATE image_cursor;

    The best way to learn how to debug this is to comment out the EXECUTE sp_executesql line and instead just print or select @sql so you can see what the dynamic sql actually contains. Once you see that it should become pretty obvious what the problem is. 😉

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  • Thank you Sean Lange. Your suggestion to comment out Execute statement and using select @SQL helped. I fixed my problem. Now table is loaded.

    Thanks again.

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