SQL Server guide

Read product prices


Gets product prices per country or currency. Use the ProductPrices table. Optionally pass Country or Currency in the WITH clause to filter; if omitted, prices for all countries are returned.

Standard SQL query example

This is the base query accepted by the connector. To execute it in SQL Server, you have to pass it to the Data Gateway via a Linked Server. See how to accomplish this using the examples below.

SELECT 
 Product,
 Country,
 Currency,
 Price,
 PriceDisplay,
 
 Discount2DiscountPercent,
 Discount2DiscountValue,
 Discount2DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount2UnitPrice,
 Discount2UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount3DiscountPercent,
 Discount3DiscountValue,
 Discount3DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount3UnitPrice,
 Discount3UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount4DiscountPercent,
 Discount4DiscountValue,
 Discount4DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount4UnitPrice,
 Discount4UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount5DiscountPercent,
 Discount5DiscountValue,
 Discount5DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount5UnitPrice,
 Discount5UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 DiscountReasonEn,
 DiscountPeriodCount,

 AvailableStart,
 AvailableEnd,
 SetupFeePrice,
 SetupFeePriceDisplay,
 SetupFeeReasonEn
 
FROM ProductPrices 
-- WITH (Country='US') -- get prices for a specific country
-- WITH (Currency='USD') -- get prices for a specific currency

Using OPENQUERY in SQL Server

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LS_TO_FASTSPRING_IN_GATEWAY], 'SELECT 
 Product,
 Country,
 Currency,
 Price,
 PriceDisplay,
 
 Discount2DiscountPercent,
 Discount2DiscountValue,
 Discount2DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount2UnitPrice,
 Discount2UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount3DiscountPercent,
 Discount3DiscountValue,
 Discount3DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount3UnitPrice,
 Discount3UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount4DiscountPercent,
 Discount4DiscountValue,
 Discount4DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount4UnitPrice,
 Discount4UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount5DiscountPercent,
 Discount5DiscountValue,
 Discount5DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount5UnitPrice,
 Discount5UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 DiscountReasonEn,
 DiscountPeriodCount,

 AvailableStart,
 AvailableEnd,
 SetupFeePrice,
 SetupFeePriceDisplay,
 SetupFeeReasonEn
 
FROM ProductPrices 
-- WITH (Country=''US'') -- get prices for a specific country
-- WITH (Currency=''USD'') -- get prices for a specific currency')

Using EXEC in SQL Server (handling larger SQL text)

The major drawback of OPENQUERY is its inability to incorporate variables within SQL statements. This often leads to the use of cumbersome dynamic SQL (with numerous ticks and escape characters).

Fortunately, starting with SQL 2005 and onwards, you can utilize the EXEC (your_sql) AT [LS_TO_FASTSPRING_IN_GATEWAY] syntax.

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'SELECT 
 Product,
 Country,
 Currency,
 Price,
 PriceDisplay,
 
 Discount2DiscountPercent,
 Discount2DiscountValue,
 Discount2DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount2UnitPrice,
 Discount2UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount3DiscountPercent,
 Discount3DiscountValue,
 Discount3DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount3UnitPrice,
 Discount3UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount4DiscountPercent,
 Discount4DiscountValue,
 Discount4DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount4UnitPrice,
 Discount4UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 Discount5DiscountPercent,
 Discount5DiscountValue,
 Discount5DiscountValueDisplay,
 Discount5UnitPrice,
 Discount5UnitPriceDisplay,
 
 DiscountReasonEn,
 DiscountPeriodCount,

 AvailableStart,
 AvailableEnd,
 SetupFeePrice,
 SetupFeePriceDisplay,
 SetupFeeReasonEn
 
FROM ProductPrices 
-- WITH (Country=''US'') -- get prices for a specific country
-- WITH (Currency=''USD'') -- get prices for a specific currency'
EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LS_TO_FASTSPRING_IN_GATEWAY]