sql-server-2005

Composite Foreign Key Question

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to create a foreign key in this way. First there are two parent tables in this scenario. Table 1 has a PK int and another int column. When combined the two are unique. Table 2 has a PK int and another int column. When combined the two are unique. The paired value between the two ints is how...

Installed Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 but it does not show up when selecting @@version

We installed Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition (64-bit). In the Add or Remove Programs menu we have the following entries under Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64-bit): Service Pack 3 for SQL Server Integration Services 64-bit) ENU (KB955706) Service Pack 3 for SQL Server Notification Services 2005 (64-bit) ENU (KB955706) ...

Sql Query To get data

hi guys, i have a table called DrTimings ,in which Doctors time for each day is this. ** DrID(int identity) StartTime(DateTime) EndTime(DateTime) 1 3/31/2009 8:00:00 AM 3/31/2009 10:30:00 AM ** I have another table called TimeList which contain 3 fields SlotID SlotStartTime(varchar) Sl...

SQL Server (2005+) query to return the base table and base column (field) for each column (field) in a view

I want a query that will return a row for each column in a view, and a row for the view itself. There should be a column basetable in the result that gives the base table for the column in the current row, and a column basefield in the result that gives the name of the column in the underlying query (for renamed columns). It would be a ...

How to use constant var in SSIS

I have defined a variable as: DateSecondsOffset Int default as 1 in a SQL Server Integration Service project. I use it as constant. In a task, I have the following SQL to set another var NextDT: SELECT dateadd(s, max(timestamp), 1) DT from myTable I would like to replace the 1 with DateSecondOffset so that I can change it whe...

SQL 2005 CSV Import Quote Delimited with inner Quotes and Commas

I have a CSV file with quote text delimiters. Most of the 90000 rows are fine, but I have a few rows that have a text field that contains both a quote and a comma. For example the fields value would be: AB",AB When Delimited this becomes "AB"",AB" When SQL 2005 attempts to import this I get errors such as... Messages Error...

Setting up a linked server from SQL Server 2005 to PostgreSQL

Since I struggled a bit with this one and couldn't find a good online source with simple steps, here it is. ...

How do you find the last time a database was accessed?

In SQL Server 2005, can you easily determine the last time someone queried a database. ...

Detaching a SQL Server 2005 database that has had it's MDF/LDF file moved or lost.

I created a document management system for a client which uses SharePoint and SQL Server to store PDF documents. Due to some SAN misconfiguration 3 disks that were holding both MDF and LDF database files dissapeared from the OS one day. We are in the process of recovering the data of the SAN but my question is how do I detach an existi...

Can someone explain my Windows/SQL Server memory usage

I'm running Windows Server 2003 x64 with 8GB RAM and SQL Server 2005 64 bit. I have SQL set to use loads of memory, but the SQL process only ever takes under 100 MB RAM. Is this normal? It is accessing data with indexes many GBs in size. Moreover, no process is taking over 100MB, yet there is only a minimal (<100MB) amount ofree memory....

SQL query to exclude records if it matches an entry in another table (such as holiday dates)

I have two tables: Application applicationid (int) applicationname (varchar) isavailable (bit) and Holidays applicationid (int) holidaydate (datetime) I need to get the isavailable flag for any given applicationname but it should only return if the day if is not a holiday. The isavailable flag is independent of ...

Is it possible to determine the authentication mode a SQL server is set up with, "before" you connect?

I know this sounds backwards but I would like to be able to determine what authentication mode a SQL server is in prior to connecting with credentials. Is this possible? In case you're interested, I'll briefly explain why... The majority of the users of our product don't know, understand or even care about the database underlying their...

Need Help of Sql Database Administrator

I have a database by name database1 and it contain a table by name of employee In employee table have many fields like employee, name, salary etc etc. by mistake i am change salary value 0 for all employee. I am restore database from backup by name database2 Now i need assistance to update my current database which is database1 I wan...

Sql query to get range of values

I have a table called TimeList SlotID SlotStartTime SlotEndTime (int identity) (varchar(10)) (varchar(10)) 1 8:00AM 8:15AM 2 8:15AM 8:30AM 3 8:30AM 8:45AM 4 8:45AM 9:00AM 5 9:00AM ...

Using temp tables in IF .. ELSE statements

Why does SQL Server insist that the temp table already exists! one or the other will happen!! , so it will never be the case. declare @checkvar varchar(10) declare @tbl TABLE( colx varchar(10) ) set @checkvar ='a' INSERT INTO @tbl (colx) VALUES('a') INSERT INTO @tbl (colx) VALUES('b') INSERT INTO @tbl (colx) VALUES('c') INSERT IN...

Creating Table in SQL2005 through .net program

I need to create table on the fly in C#.net program. Task is to export excel file to SQL Database. How to write store procedure for creating table if column name and table name are passed as parameters? I tried to write following SP. ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.CreateTempTable @Param1 VarChar(50), @Param2 VarChar(50), @Param3 VarChar(50), @Par...

how to transfer stored procedures between SQL Server 2005 databases

I'm creating web site on local computer. i'm using SQL Server 2005 management studio. I need to copy all data to destination server. Destination server is SQL Server 2005. My problem is when i using import/Export data for management studio, this only copy tables. when i using backup and restore, tables and stored procedure shows lik...

Is it possible to get sub-1-second latency with transactional replication?

Our database architecture consists of two Sql Server 2005 servers each with an instance of the same database structure: one for all reads, and one for all writes. We use transactional replication to keep the read database up-to-date. The two servers are very high-spec indeed (the write server has 32GB of RAM), and are connected via a f...

Conversion format from time to default datetime

hi guys, i have time as 1:00PM.I have to convert to format '1/1/1900 01:00:00 PM'.Can anybody help? ...

How to drop IDENTITY property of column in SQL Server 2005

I want to be able to insert data from a table with an identity column into a temporary table in SQL Server 2005. The TSQL looks something like: -- Create empty temp table SELECT * INTO #Tmp_MyTable FROM MyTable WHERE 1=0 ... WHILE ... BEGIN ... INSERT INTO #Tmp_MyTable SELECT TOP (@n) * FROM MyTable ... END The a...