Brackets are a form of quoting. It’s only necessary if the column name contains spaces or punctuation or conflicts with a reserved word, but many wizards will just add the brackets for all field names to avoid the logic for deciding whether they are necessary.
Microsoft’s ODBC drivers for SQL Server do not use a PORT= parameter. The port number, if any, is appended to the server name/IP with a comma, e.g., SERVER=xxxTest-SRV,51333;
If we’re allowed to change the contract, you can have: SELECT CSTNO, CSTABBR,COUNT(*) OVER () as TotalCount FROM DBATABC WHERE CSTABBR LIKE ‘A%’ ORDER BY CSTNO OFFSET ( @OffSetRowNo-1 ) * @FetchRowNo ROWS FETCH NEXT @FetchRowNo ROWS ONLY And now the total will be available as a separate column in the result set. Unfortunately, there’s … Read more
I don’t know why nobody has mentioned the simplest and easiest way using robust MS SQL Server Management Studio. Simply you just need to use the built-in SSIS Import/export feature. You can follow these steps: Firstly, you need to install the PostgreSQL ODBC Driver for Windows. It’s very important to install the correct version in … Read more
You can grant them the VIEW DEFINITION privilege to those procs. See here for what this privilege does. You can apply VIEW DEFINITION at different scopes: Server Database Schema Individual entities (e.g. a proc, a function, a view) You can also use a query to generate a script for many procs. So if you have … Read more
You have to create a temp table that mirrors the original table’s schema but with the column order that you want, then copy the contents of the original to temp. Delete the original and rename the temp. This is what SQL Management Studio does behind the scenes. With a schema sync tool, you can generate … Read more
I had this situation restoring a database to an SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition instance using Symantec Backup Exec 11d. After the restore job completed the database remained in a “Restoring” state. I had no disk space issues– the database simply didn’t come out of the “Restoring” state. I ran the following query against the … Read more
OK, here’s what I would do: Check to see if you need both indexes [IX_ACCOUNT_ID_POINTS_CODE] and [IX_ACCOUNT_ID] as they may be redundant. Before you do the INSERT, Disable the Trigger and drop the Foreign Keys. Do the INSERT setting the fields normally set by the Trigger, and insuring that the FK Column’s values are valid. … Read more
I am able to see both 2005 and 2008 SQL Server instances on my laptop using Powershell: Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -like ‘MSSQL$*’} Other possibilities to explore include enumerating through the RegisteredServers namespace.
This is query 27 in the batch. Probably the impact it is showing you actually belongs to an entirely different statement (1-26). This seems to be a problem with the way that the impacts are displayed for estimated plans in SSMS. The two batches below contain the same two statements with the order reversed. Notice … Read more