inserting into a not null field
Hello,I'm doing a bulk data insert into a table that includes not nulls and for those fields the source table includes some data in that column that is null. Is there away to have the script insert...
View Articlehow to call a stored procedure on time basis with out using sql job and GOTO
Hi, I wanted to call a stored proc, on time basis , please tel me how it can be done with out using sql job , goto .1) That is, is there any timer aviable in sqlserver.q2) And which one is better...
View ArticleAdditional check in Delete Transaction
I'd like to add 2 if statements to the this delete transaction and check the @rowcount value before the COMMIT, is this the correct way to do it:DECLARE @APP_ID uniqueidentifier SET @APP_ID = '1234'...
View ArticleAdding columns to a query from the results of another query
Alright, I'll try to explain this as simple a possible. I have a table called approval_levels in which I have 2 columns: |LEVEL_ID |NAME | |1 |app_level_1 | |2...
View ArticleNeed help with query optimization
I have one simple query to optimize but somehow after creating couple of index this query is still having more logical reads and time.DECLARE @CURRENT smalldatetime set @current = '6/30/2013' select...
View ArticleMS SQL Server 2014: Error inserting into Temp table with index and identity...
Dear colleagues,The code below works perfectly fine on MS SQL Server 2008 R2 and MS SQL Server 2012, but gives an error every second time the proc is executed on MS SQL Server 2014. If I do not define...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools (2012) and Business Intelligence Studios (2008)
Hi,Can SQL Server 2012 Data Tools be installed alongside BIDS 2008 on my workstation or will I encounter issues?Thanks
View ArticleComparison of two different string length
Hi,I have comments column in 2 diff databases A and B. the column in A database has an addition of "ack date" whereas the the same column in database B does not have it. I need to match these 2 columns...
View ArticleDivide in equal part
Hello All, I want to divide a number in equal parts . It is dividing fine but when I am adding the resulted values its sum is not matchingLets say 1/1075 when I sum the 1075 resulted value its sum is...
View Articlemerge 2 rows into single row with data update?
hello all,i have a table with below data,declare @tbl table (uid int, uname varchar(10), start_dt date, end_dt date) insert into @tbl values (1, 'env1', '4/4/2010', '5/5/2012') insert into @tbl values...
View ArticleQuery to get the last added record in a table for a particular id
THi,I have 2 tables A, BTable A has id,nameTable B had parentid(foreignkey referring to ID in above table), record_type,created_timestampI want to get the last added record_type from Table B for all...
View ArticleInner Join Issue
Hi All, Please help me with an issue I am facing with joining tables....been trying my best to sort it out since last couple of days but to no avail. Surely I am missing out something very trivial...
View Articleto get the year and month which is greater than today's year & month
I have table like Declare@Calendartable (FISC_YRint, FISC_MTHint);WITHCTE_FISYR(FY)AS( SELECTFY=2005 UNIONALL SELECTFY=FY+1FROMCTE_FISYR WHEREFY<2050),CTE_FISMON(FM) AS (...
View ArticleEncoding character type in sql server column
Hello,I am having troubles during REPLACE character in sql server column due to fact that, it seems to me, SQL Server does not recognize two "the same" characters i.e., some of them it translates into...
View ArticleDependencies between Objects
Hi Folks,My client has asked me to move from one db to another. (I don't know why, may be they are restructuring). Now the problem is that there are many stored procedures, functions and tables which I...
View Articlecolumn to rows tsql
select table_name,column_name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where DATA_TYPE = 'varchar'Output table_name column_name t1 c1 t1 c2 t1 c3 t2 col1 t2 col2 t3 column1 Expected OutputI want to generate...
View Articleperformance operations based on Column values in SQL server 2008
Hi , I have a table which consist of following columns ID Formula Values DisplayValue1 a*b/100 100*12/100 null2...
View ArticleClass not registered error
I would like send mail through procedure with out using SMTP but i am getting Class not registered (code:0x80040154,ODSOLE Extended Procedure) error
View ArticleDeadlock with Partition Lock
Hi, We are facing deadlocks regularly in our production server. We suspect this could be Partition lock. Can someone please help on this.Environment Info : Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) -...
View Articlejoining three tables
I have to join three tables but i m getting error as given below:Error i m getting-Syntax error(missing operator) in query expression 'invoice.INVOICE_NO=inv_ent_main.INVOICE_NO INNER JOIN invrate ON...
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