DatasourceView named query creation problem

Hi to all,
I have a problem within the editor of Named Query in Visual Studio.
Whenever I try to add a named query to a Datasourceview I receive the common "Object Reference not seto to an instance of an object". In the PC Visual studio have the SP1 installed, and the Client Components of Sql Server are installed and patched to the Sp2.
I tried to debug the IDE of visual studio using another instance of VS attached to the first but... nothing! What can I do to add a named query to my datasource view ?
Thanks in advance!
Marco

When these kind of strange problems appear I usually do a total reinstall of the software.

Is the data source SQL Server or another database?

You can also tell us about the O/S and version and other software installed on your computer/workstation.

HTH

Thomas Ivarsson

|||Oh... I would be happy if I can NOT DO a total reinstall of the software!
The Datasource is Sql Server (the same datasouce of other table in the Datasourceview), OS is WinXp sp2 continuosly update by windows update. I have a lot of software installed on my computer... (VS 6.0, VS2003, VS2005, VSS, MSOff2007, Firefox, MSSQL Express, Client Tools of SQL Server, MsnMessenger, Dameware remote control, Nero...)
I think it's a problem with the dll that create the dialogue to make the named query, although I don't know wich dll it is!
|||This problem has also appeared on my workstation (it used to work OK).
I am Windows XP, SP2, SQL 2005 SP2, VS2005 SP1.
I've also compared the contents of:
Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\DataWarehouseDesigner\UIRdmsCartridge
with
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\DataWarehouseDesigner\UIRdmsCartridge
and they match.
I'm not sure what caused the problem to start happening - I suspect an automatic update may be the culprit.
I've also uninstalled/reinstalled & reapplied SP2 for SQL Server 2005 to no effect.
The error dialog does not have a "Details>>" button, so I cant get any further details on the issue.
Note that the error occurs before the "Add New Neamed Query" dialog box appears - when I click OK on the error the dialog box appears for a microsecond and then disappears.

Any help appreciated!
PK

Dataset Query Size limit (300 lines)

Hi,
I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines (vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is this a limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do we need have any way to increase this.
Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
ThanksBy "dataset editor" do you mean the Dataset dialog, generic query designer
or graphical query designer? How long is the query in characters? What do
you mean by "not allowing me to write it"? Do you get an error message?
--
Albert Yen
SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:274D4735-1AB9-487A-ADAF-A3295EBF309F@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines
(vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is this a
limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do we need
have any way to increase this.
> Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
> Thanks|||Apologise for this confusion.....I talked about the generic Query Designer [Report Design Window --> Data Tab -- > Place where the query is written]
I have a query as, say,
"select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue from dual UNION ALL ...(almost 18k characters)"...
I wrote the above query as follows (for legibility)
" select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue " & (press enter)
" from dual " & (press enter)
" UNION ALL " & (press enter)
... (exceeds 300 lines vertically now)
Here, i notice that only 300 lines come in the window and after that it does not paste or allow me manually write the query. Nothing happens when i write.
Kinldy let me know if it cannot work beyond this or a solution.
"Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> By "dataset editor" do you mean the Dataset dialog, generic query designer
> or graphical query designer? How long is the query in characters? What do
> you mean by "not allowing me to write it"? Do you get an error message?
> --
> Albert Yen
> SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:274D4735-1AB9-487A-ADAF-A3295EBF309F@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines
> (vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is this a
> limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do we need
> have any way to increase this.
> >
> > Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>|||I am unable to reproduce your problem with a query with up to 600 lines and
30K characters. Could you post the text of your query? Although, it would
seem strange if the specific text made any difference.
--
Albert Yen
SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B9DF816-0E7D-45A7-8D80-03FA376EB94E@.microsoft.com...
> Apologise for this confusion.....I talked about the generic Query
Designer [Report Design Window --> Data Tab -- > Place where the query is
written]
> I have a query as, say,
> "select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue from dual UNION ALL
...(almost 18k characters)"...
> I wrote the above query as follows (for legibility)
> " select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue " & (press enter)
> " from dual " & (press enter)
> " UNION ALL " & (press enter)
> ... (exceeds 300 lines vertically now)
> Here, i notice that only 300 lines come in the window and after that it
does not paste or allow me manually write the query. Nothing happens when i
write.
> Kinldy let me know if it cannot work beyond this or a solution.
> "Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> > By "dataset editor" do you mean the Dataset dialog, generic query
designer
> > or graphical query designer? How long is the query in characters? What
do
> > you mean by "not allowing me to write it"? Do you get an error message?
> >
> > --
> > Albert Yen
> > SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> > "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:274D4735-1AB9-487A-ADAF-A3295EBF309F@.microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines
> > (vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is this a
> > limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do we
need
> > have any way to increase this.
> > >
> > > Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >
> >|||Well, this is really strange.
Please follow the process as,
format the query in an editor (textpad, in my case) with an enter character after every line. Copy this query which is beyond, say 400 lines, and paste it directly in datatset querystrign editor. Are you sure you get the complete query in the window. Try copying it back to the textpad editor and check for the number of lines.
My focus is primarily on having the copy and paste operation performed, as i did. Otherwise, if you can suggest any probable reason for this behaviour..
Thanks.
"Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> I am unable to reproduce your problem with a query with up to 600 lines and
> 30K characters. Could you post the text of your query? Although, it would
> seem strange if the specific text made any difference.
> --
> Albert Yen
> SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8B9DF816-0E7D-45A7-8D80-03FA376EB94E@.microsoft.com...
> > Apologise for this confusion.....I talked about the generic Query
> Designer [Report Design Window --> Data Tab -- > Place where the query is
> written]
> > I have a query as, say,
> > "select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue from dual UNION ALL
> ...(almost 18k characters)"...
> > I wrote the above query as follows (for legibility)
> > " select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue " & (press enter)
> > " from dual " & (press enter)
> > " UNION ALL " & (press enter)
> > ... (exceeds 300 lines vertically now)
> >
> > Here, i notice that only 300 lines come in the window and after that it
> does not paste or allow me manually write the query. Nothing happens when i
> write.
> > Kinldy let me know if it cannot work beyond this or a solution.
> >
> > "Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > By "dataset editor" do you mean the Dataset dialog, generic query
> designer
> > > or graphical query designer? How long is the query in characters? What
> do
> > > you mean by "not allowing me to write it"? Do you get an error message?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Albert Yen
> > > SQL Server Reporting Services
> > >
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > >
> > > "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:274D4735-1AB9-487A-ADAF-A3295EBF309F@.microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines
> > > (vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is this a
> > > limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do we
> need
> > > have any way to increase this.
> > > >
> > > > Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||I do see a limit of 32K characters in the textbox, after which I can't enter
any more text. I think the 32K character limit is imposed by the textbox
control, not us. That sounds like what you are seeing, except it's a limit
on the number of characters, not the number of lines. I'm not sure why you
have a problem after only 18K characters. At any rate, I don't have any
workarounds for this problem.
--
Albert Yen
SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5637124F-6032-4D36-A8F3-E73F4F68E44D@.microsoft.com...
> Well, this is really strange.
> Please follow the process as,
> format the query in an editor (textpad, in my case) with an enter
character after every line. Copy this query which is beyond, say 400 lines,
and paste it directly in datatset querystrign editor. Are you sure you get
the complete query in the window. Try copying it back to the textpad editor
and check for the number of lines.
> My focus is primarily on having the copy and paste operation performed, as
i did. Otherwise, if you can suggest any probable reason for this
behaviour..
> Thanks.
> "Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> > I am unable to reproduce your problem with a query with up to 600 lines
and
> > 30K characters. Could you post the text of your query? Although, it
would
> > seem strange if the specific text made any difference.
> >
> > --
> > Albert Yen
> > SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> > "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8B9DF816-0E7D-45A7-8D80-03FA376EB94E@.microsoft.com...
> > > Apologise for this confusion.....I talked about the generic Query
> > Designer [Report Design Window --> Data Tab -- > Place where the query
is
> > written]
> > > I have a query as, say,
> > > "select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue from dual UNION
ALL
> > ...(almost 18k characters)"...
> > > I wrote the above query as follows (for legibility)
> > > " select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue " & (press
enter)
> > > " from dual " & (press enter)
> > > " UNION ALL " & (press enter)
> > > ... (exceeds 300 lines vertically now)
> > >
> > > Here, i notice that only 300 lines come in the window and after that
it
> > does not paste or allow me manually write the query. Nothing happens
when i
> > write.
> > > Kinldy let me know if it cannot work beyond this or a solution.
> > >
> > > "Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > By "dataset editor" do you mean the Dataset dialog, generic query
> > designer
> > > > or graphical query designer? How long is the query in characters?
What
> > do
> > > > you mean by "not allowing me to write it"? Do you get an error
message?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Albert Yen
> > > > SQL Server Reporting Services
> > > >
> > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > > >
> > > > "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:274D4735-1AB9-487A-ADAF-A3295EBF309F@.microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines
> > > > (vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is
this a
> > > > limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do
we
> > need
> > > > have any way to increase this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >|||Is it practical for you to write the query as a stored procedure and call it
from the report?
"Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> I do see a limit of 32K characters in the textbox, after which I can't enter
> any more text. I think the 32K character limit is imposed by the textbox
> control, not us. That sounds like what you are seeing, except it's a limit
> on the number of characters, not the number of lines. I'm not sure why you
> have a problem after only 18K characters. At any rate, I don't have any
> workarounds for this problem.
> --
> Albert Yen
> SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5637124F-6032-4D36-A8F3-E73F4F68E44D@.microsoft.com...
> > Well, this is really strange.
> > Please follow the process as,
> > format the query in an editor (textpad, in my case) with an enter
> character after every line. Copy this query which is beyond, say 400 lines,
> and paste it directly in datatset querystrign editor. Are you sure you get
> the complete query in the window. Try copying it back to the textpad editor
> and check for the number of lines.
> >
> > My focus is primarily on having the copy and paste operation performed, as
> i did. Otherwise, if you can suggest any probable reason for this
> behaviour..
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > I am unable to reproduce your problem with a query with up to 600 lines
> and
> > > 30K characters. Could you post the text of your query? Although, it
> would
> > > seem strange if the specific text made any difference.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Albert Yen
> > > SQL Server Reporting Services
> > >
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > >
> > > "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:8B9DF816-0E7D-45A7-8D80-03FA376EB94E@.microsoft.com...
> > > > Apologise for this confusion.....I talked about the generic Query
> > > Designer [Report Design Window --> Data Tab -- > Place where the query
> is
> > > written]
> > > > I have a query as, say,
> > > > "select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue from dual UNION
> ALL
> > > ...(almost 18k characters)"...
> > > > I wrote the above query as follows (for legibility)
> > > > " select " & Parameters!col_name>Value & " as myValue " & (press
> enter)
> > > > " from dual " & (press enter)
> > > > " UNION ALL " & (press enter)
> > > > ... (exceeds 300 lines vertically now)
> > > >
> > > > Here, i notice that only 300 lines come in the window and after that
> it
> > > does not paste or allow me manually write the query. Nothing happens
> when i
> > > write.
> > > > Kinldy let me know if it cannot work beyond this or a solution.
> > > >
> > > > "Albert Yen [MSFT]" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > By "dataset editor" do you mean the Dataset dialog, generic query
> > > designer
> > > > > or graphical query designer? How long is the query in characters?
> What
> > > do
> > > > > you mean by "not allowing me to write it"? Do you get an error
> message?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Albert Yen
> > > > > SQL Server Reporting Services
> > > > >
> > > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > > rights.
> > > > >
> > > > > "push" <push@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:274D4735-1AB9-487A-ADAF-A3295EBF309F@.microsoft.com...
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a formatted Dataset query with size exceeding 300 lines
> > > > > (vertically). The dataset editor is not allowing me write it. Is
> this a
> > > > > limitation that the query size should be less than 300 lines or do
> we
> > > need
> > > > > have any way to increase this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Formatting helps understand the query it in a legible format.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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