I’m using a Zap to retrieve data from our MS SQL database. I need the zap to retrieve every row that match a certain parameter in a specific column. For instance, I need every row that has invoice # 3511151 in the invoice # column of the table. Is this possible?
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How to retrieve all rows matching a specific parameter in a MS SQL database column with Zapier?
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Hey folks,
Just circling back in here to share that the feature request has been closed - a new Find Multiple Rows via Custom Query action has been added to the latest version of the MySQL app. 😁🎉
That action will allow you to use a custom query to fetch multiple rows. If you’re not able to see that action in your Zaps you may need to upgrade the Zaps to use the latest version of the MySQL apps. You can learn more about upgrading apps in a Zap here: Update to the latest app version in Zaps
Hope you’re able to give that new action a try soon. If you run into any issues with it please do reach out in the Community to let us know. In the meantime, happy Zapping! ⚡
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I’ve added your vote for this feature request and we’ll update you via email once available. Thanks!
Please add me to the list of requestors as well. Any idea how many requests it takes to get a feature added? I’m a potential customer working through my use case and without this feature, I don’t see moving forward. We are querying a MySQL database and attempting to write new/updated records to rows of a SmartSheet.
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I’m using a Zap to retrieve data from our MS SQL database. I need the zap to retrieve every row that match a certain parameter in a specific column. For instance, I need every row that has invoice # 3511151 in the invoice # column of the table. Is this possible?
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Is there any progress on this?
Please add my vote. It’s crazy that it’ll only update one row at a time, it almost renders the app useless!!
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Add me to … seems silly that this request has been in queue for over 2 years. You’ve enabled a custom SELECT from SQL, but you only allow inserting 1 record. I’m not even sure how this is helpful.
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Please add me to the vote.
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I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.
I’ve figured out quite a simple workaround for this.
Firstly you need to run a Find Row via Custom Query in SQL Server statement that selects the key of each of the elements in your list. So if you imagine your table called FOOD is like this:
and you want to loop through all the elements that are type ‘Hot’
Run a SQL Select that looks like this:
select replace((stuff((select ',' + str(id) FROM Food where type = ‘Hot’ FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'')), ' ', '') as ID
That will return a single element with the value ‘2,3’
You then use Create a Loop from Text that loops through each id in the results from above in turn with the sub loop elements able to reference each Key (Id) value in turn so you can update, or read or whatever using other SQL functions.
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Thank you so much for reaching out here,
We really appreciate you sharing this workaround. I’m sure there are lots of folks in Community that will use it for their Zaps! 🙌
Add me to this request please.
I kind of understand why you are not implementing this. It's costing you zaps… right? I mean it's super easy to implement
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Prioritisation for feature requests and bugs is largely dependent on the number of customers affected. I can’t make any promises as to when it would be implemented but I’ve added your vote to the feature request which helps to further increase it’s priority.
In the meantime it might be worth giving the workaround Mark B shared here a try. 🙂
I cannot believe this has been open for 3 years! It is so obvious and critical a need. Please add my email to the list.
S Gibbs
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Sure thing,
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Thanks for reaching out here,
Mark B’s suggestion won’t work if you don’t have a unique column in your data set. I can’t believe it has been 3 years and there still is no solution. MySQL queries return multiple rows all the time!!
Is there any chance this request will ever be addressed? It has been 3 years...
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