Which type of index(clustered/non clustrered) should be used for Insert/Update/Delete statement in SQL Server. I know it creates an additional overhead but is it better in performance as comparison to non clustered index? Also which index should be use for Select statements in SQL Server? ...
I was wondering if there are any free / open source alternatives to RedGate's Data Generator. I do not care if the tool is script based, GUI based, written in anly language/platform. I should be able to target a SQL Server or MySQL schema and have test data generated for me which gets inserted into db directly or generate scripts for ins...
I'm trying to update some simple Visual FoxPro tables with SQL Server. I've created a linked server with the following: sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'UTIL', @srvproduct = 'VFP', @provider = 'VFPOLEDB', @datasrc = 'L:\M2MDATA\Util\util.dbc' GO And the following works: select * from UTIL...utcomp However, I cannot use the following...
I have an application that originally needed to connect to Sybase (via ODBC), but I've needed to add the ability to connect to SQL Server as well. As ODBC should be able to handle both, I thought I was in a good position. Unfort, SQL Server will not let me, by default, nest ODBC commands and ODBCDataReaders - it complains the connection...
I have a log table, each row representing an object logging its state. Each object has a unique, unchanging GUID. There are multiple objects logging their states, so there will be thousands of entries, with objects continually inserting new logs. Everytime an object checks in, it is via an INSERT. I have the PrimaryKey, GUID, ObjectStat...
Actally my task is load csv file into sql server using c# so i have split it by comma my problem is that some field's data contain apostrop and i m firing insert query to load data into sql so its give error my coding like that using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System...
Hi, I am using the following SQL Server statement to insert records and return the unique auto-inc ID value all in one shot. Wonder if there is a simpler/faster/better way to do it? SET NOCOUNT ON; DECLARE @res table (ID bigint); INSERT INTO [Titles] ([Name],[Timestamp],[Title]) OUTPUT INSERTED.ID INTO @res VALUES ('Name','23 aug 2010...
We have stored all media in Sql Filestream, but now we'll need Video and Audio streaming... Will this be possible with Sql Filestream or will I have to take all of the Video and Audio out of the database? Which technology would you use to enable Video/Audio Streaming? WebORB FluorineFX Wowza (way better I think than the first two) IIS...
Hi, I have the input file contains large amount of transactions like Transaction ID Items T1 Bread, milk, coffee, juice T2 Juice, milk, coffee T3 Bread, juice T4 Coffee, milk T5 Bread, Milk T6 Coffee, Bread T7 Coffee, Bread, Juice T8 Bread, Milk, Juice T9 Milk, Bread, Coffee, T10 Bread T11 Milk T12 Milk, Coffee, Bread, Juice i wan...
I have following data and using SQL Server 2005 UserID UserName LogTime LogDate 1 S 9:00 21/5/2010 1 S 10:00 21/5/2010 1 S 11:00 21/5/2010 1 S 12:00 21/5/2010 1 S 14:00 21/5/2010 1 S 17:00 21/5/2010 Need Output as:- 1 S 2...
Hi, I have to add functionality to an existing application and I've run into a data situation that I'm not sure how to model. I am being restricted to the creation of new tables and code. If I need to alter the existing structure I think my client may reject the proposal.. although if its the only way to get it right this is what I will...
Assuming a typical domain entity approach with SQL Server and a dbml/L2S DAL with a logic layer on top of that: In situations where lazy loading is not an option, I have settled on a convention where getting a list of entities does not also get each item's child entities (no loading), but getting a single entity does (eager loading). ...
update p set p.storePrice = CASE WHEN p.costPrice BETWEEN 0.00 AND 1.00 THEN p.costPrice * 1.0 CASE WHEN p.costPrice BETWEEN 0.00 AND 1.00 THEN p.costPrice * 1.0 ELSE p.msrpPrice END FROM product p WHERE p.type = 1 The error says: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1...
I have a varchar column that has generally has a decimal value, but some times there is some garbage text characters in that field. Is it possible to filter in the WHERE clause for rows that sucessfully convert to a decimal value? I am using sql-server 2005 ...
Any idea why my Restore command works fine when run in Management Studio 2008 but not when run from the dos prompt? Shown below is the error when running from the dos prompt. C:\>SQLCMD -s local\SQL2008 -d master -Q "RESTORE DATABASE [Sample.Db] FROM DISK = N'C:\Sample.Db.bak' WITH FILE = 1, MOVE N'Sample.Db' TO N'C:\Program Files\M...
Is it possible for two or more ASP.NET MVC sites to use a single SQL Server database for authentication and other things? Here's how I'm thinking of setting it up: I will combine the current database of each site into one single database, prefixing the tables with the name of the site they belong to. I currently have authentication tabl...
SQL Server uses MDF for data files and LDF for log files, but what are NDF files? Whats the benefits of these files? ...
I have a sql server 2008 db, I want to restore its backup to a 2005 version. Is there any way for this work? Note: I can't make a script from my db and run it. ...
Any good articles out there comparing Oracle vs SQL Server vs MySql in terms of performance? I'd like to know things like: INSERT performance SELECT performance Scalability under heavy load Based on some real examples in order to gain a better understanding about the different RDBMS. ...
In DB2 there is a support for Materialized Query Table (MQT). Basicly you write a query and create a MQT. But the difference from View is that the query is pre-executed and resulting data is stored in MQT and there are some options when to refresh/syncronize the MQT with base tables. I want same functionality in SQL Server. Is there a w...