One of the common task that I have come across is the need to convert a list of results into a comma separated list. There are many ways to use this, one if which is in reports. Download the AsCSV.sql sample here. Often times I have told developers, here is how you do it, and if you Google on it …
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I needed a way to list of of the indexes for an entire database, but I was running into a problem using sys.indexes that I could only see the indexes for the current database. Below is the solution that I put together to list off of the indexes in the entire database. CREATE TABLE ##allindexes ( databse_id INTEGER, table_id INTEGER, index_id INTEGER, table_name VARCHAR(1024) ); EXECUTE Sp_msforeachdb …
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Default Values and Computed Columns In SQL Server 2008, I was presented with the following error when attempting to create a table that has a default value that references other columns in the same table. Msg 128, Level 15, State 1, Line 6 The name “Subtotal” is not permitted in this context. Valid expressions are constants, constant expressions, and (in …
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The question came up as to which version of sql server is being run, and how do you determine the exact version number of the SQL server. Here is what I have come up with. From TSQL if you are connected to the SQL Server, you can run the following command: SELECT ‘SQL Server ‘ + CAST(SERVERPROPERTY(‘productversion’) AS VARCHAR) + …
The following applies to SQL Server 2008. How big of an allocation does max represent in the case of varchar(max) and varbinary(max)? Up to 2 ^ 31 – 1 bytes or just about 2gb. Can I specify a varchar(9000) or varbinary(12000)? No. If you are going to specify an actual number instead of (max) then your limit is 8000. …
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SQL Server can run in a number of different compatibility levels, but how do you change it and how do you set it. These compatibility levels reflect the version of SQL server. 60 = SQL Server 6.0 65 = SQL Server 6.5 70 = SQL Server 7.0 80 = SQL Server 2000 90 = SQL Server 2005 100 = SQL …
SQL Server can run in a number of different compatibility levels, but how do you change it and how do you set it. These compatibility levels reflect the version of SQL server. 60 = SQL Server 6.0 65 = SQL Server 6.5 70 = SQL Server 7.0 80 = SQL Server 2000 90 = SQL Server 2005 Here is a …
Today I completed a 5 day class on Microsoft SQL Server version 1.1. The first 3 days were on Transact SQL, and the last 2 days were on Microsoft DB Library, also know as how to talk to SQL Server from your C programs. Version 1.1 of Microsoft SQL Server only runs on OS/2, and the install media is …