sql-server

Automatic form generation software

Hi! I'm using winforms. I spend a lot of time drawing forms (maybe not a lot, but it is a boring task). To sum up... I want to develop a simple aplication that connect to a sql server database, let the user to select a table, and put the controls in a form for me (generate the designer code), based on the tipe of each column. Then my ...

How can I return a sql select into a sql variable

Hi, I'm trying to put the results of a SELECT into a variable and loop through the results to manipulate that data, all in the same stored proceedure... Here's what I have so far: DECLARE @i int @Result = (SELECT * FROM UserImport) SET @i = 0 WHILE @i < (SELECT Count(@Result) As Count) BEGIN /* Do Stuff */ END I know I'm way off...

Linked Server in SQL Server?

Is it possible to create database in linked server? If yes then how. I appreciate your help. Thank You. ...

SQL Server - Error when trying to reference a .mdf file

Hi, For a NUnit test I need to reference a .mdf file from a .config file. Unfortunately, I get the following error message: The FOR ATTACH option requires that at least the primary file be specified. An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file C:\....\*.mdf A database with the same name exists, or specified file cannot be ope...

C# send xml to sql

Hello, Can someone provide an example of how to send an xml from C# to SQL Server, and then loop on the xml in the stored procedure that got it, and update or enter line by line. TY ...

sql server datetime

hey i have the following query: select * from table where table.DateUpdated >='2010-05-03 08:31:13:000' all the rows in the table being queried have the following DateUpdated: 2010-05-03 08:04:50.000 it returns all of the rows in the table - even though it should return none. I am pretty sure this is because of some crappy date/t...

Sql server management studio reporting "The semaphore timeout period has expired."

On our development sql server, executing any query containing more than approximately 700 characters stalls for about 10 seconds and then reports the following error: Msg 121, Level 20, State 0, Line 0 A transport-level error has occurred when receiving results from the server. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - The semaphore time...

Tsql ordering data by specific string values

Hi every body I have an audit table that have data for insert, update and delete operations. I am writing a report that will display data in the order of Insert, Update and Delete. I don't think the order by clause will help. any help? ...

Swap values for two rows in the same table in SQL Server

I have table and I want to swap the values from two rows. I have the rows IDs of the two rows. Is there any query to do that? Here is an example. Before the query I have this: row1 : 1,2,3 row2 : 5,6,7 After the swap I want this: row1 : 5,6,7 row2 : 1,2,3 I don't want write it in .NET code because I think an SQL query is easier t...

Foreign key on a child table dependant on parent field

Using SQL2005/2008. Let's say I have a Hotel table (HotelID, HotelName) and a Room table (RoomID, HotelID, RoomName) Hotel -> Room 1:M by HotelID RoomID is PK inside Room Now I have a Contract table (ContractID, HotelID, ContractDescription) and ContractRate (ContractRateID, ContractID, RoomID, Rate) All primaries and foreign key...

Howto use Windows Authentication with SQL Server 2008 Express on a workgroup network?

I have two computers running SQL Server 2008 Express: c01 and c02, I setup both for remote connection using windows authentication. Worked fine for c02 but not for c01. This is the error message I'm getting: TITLE: Connect to Server Cannot connect to ACAMP001\SQLEXPRESS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Login failed. The...

How do I view the full content of a text or varchar(MAX) column in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio?

In this live SQL Server 2008 (build 10.0.1600) database, there's an Events table, which contains a text column named Details. (Yes, I realize this should actually be a varchar(MAX) column, but whoever set this database up did not do it that way.) This column contains very large logs of exceptions and associated JSON data that I'm tryin...

is it possible to select EXISTS directly as a bit?

I was wondering if it's possible to do something like this (which doesn't work): select cast( (exists(select * from theTable where theColumn like 'theValue%') as bit) Seems like it should be doable, but lots of things that should work in SQL don't ;) I've seen workarounds for this (SELECT 1 where... Exists...) but it seems like I shou...

Parse multiple filters in SQL

I have a problem parsing a stored procedure parameter in the form: declare @S varchar(100) set @S = '4=2,24=1534' Here's the query: select cast(idx as varchar(100)) 'idx' , value , SUBSTRING(value, 1, charindex(value, '=')+1) 'first' , SUBSTRING(value, charindex(value, '=')+1, LEN(value)-charindex(val...

SQL server 2008 trigger not working correct with multiple inserts

I've got the following trigger; CREATE TRIGGER trFLightAndDestination ON checkin_flight AFTER INSERT,UPDATE AS BEGIN IF NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM Flight v INNER JOIN Inserted AS i ON i.flightnumber = v.flightnumber INNER JOIN checkin_destination AS ib ON ib.airport = v.ai...

Replace always replacing null values

Why does left(FIELD, replace(nullif(charindex('-', FIELD), 0), null, len(FIELD))) always return null? The idea behind the query is that if charindex() returns 0, then convert the results into null, then convert the null into the length of the field. So if '-' does not exist, show the whole string. For some reason it makes every row eq...

INSERT IGNORE in MS SQL Server 2005?

Is there mysql's INSERT IGNORE equivalent in MS SQL Server 2005 or something similar? ...

SQL Subquery in LINQ for Entity Framework 4.0

I'm new to LINQ and EF, but I've been able to stumble through for the majority of the queries I have, but this one has me completely confused. No matter what I try, it comes up in SQL Profiler as a big mess :-). I have two tables: Users and UsersProjects. The goal of this query is to list all the users who are working on projects with...

Test Column exists, Add Column, and Update Column

I'm trying to write a SQL Server database update script. I want to test for the existence of a column in a table, then if it doesn't exist add the column with a default value, and finally update that column based on the current value of a different column in the same table. I want this script to be runnable multiple times, the first time...

SQL Server: Appropriate datatype for holding percent values?

What is the best datatype for holding percent values ranging from 0.00% to 100.00%? ...