Why is it that every RDBMS insists that you tell it what the max length of a text field is going to be... why can't it just infer this information form the data that's put into the database? I've mostly worked with MS SQL Server, but every other database I know also demands that you set these arbitrary limits on your data schema. The re...
Hi, I have a fairly weird 'bug' with a simple query, and I vaguely remember reading the reason for it somewhere a long time ago but would love someone to refresh my memory. The table is a basic ID, Datetime table. The query is: select ID, Datetime from Table where Datetime <= '2010-03-31 23:59:59' The problem is that the query resu...
I know storing multiple values in a column. Not a good idea. It violates first normal form --- which states NO multi valued attributes. Normalize period... I am using SQL Server 2005 I have a table that require to store lower limit and uppper limit for a measurement, think of it as a minimum and maximum speed limit... only problem is ...
I have 2 records in a table in SQL Server 2005 db which has exactly same data. I want to update one record.Is there anyway to do it?Unfortunately this table does not have an identity column and i cant use a direct update query because both will be updated since data is same.Is there anyway using rowid or something in SQL server 2005 ? ...
i use the statement drop trigger if exist TRIGGER in sqlite but sql server doesnt like the if statement. (i guess exist is the offending word). I do this right next to my create trigger statement because i want to drop older triggers with the same name so i can replace it with this new one. How do i do this in SQL server? ...
I have a list of objects, this list contains about 4 million objects. there is a stored proc that takes objects attributes as params , make some lookups and insert them into tables. what s the most efficient way to insert this 4 million objects to db? How i do : -- connect to sql - SQLConnection ... foreach(var item in listofobjects)...
Hey Now, Is there a SQL Server Management studio add-on/plug-in that will enhance the tab switching dialog box when Ctrl+Tab is used to switch tabs to provide a thumbnail image of the tab? When we use Ctrl+Tab to switch tabs we see the list of tabs open. When we switch tabs in Visual Studio we get a small thumb nail preview screen of t...
How can i pass a string delimited by space or comma to stored procedure and filter result? I'm trying to do something like - Parameter Value -------------------------- @keywords key1 key2 key3 Then is stored procedure i want to first find all records with first or last name like key1 filter step 1 with first or last name...
I have two tables : Product and ProductRateDetail. The parent table is Product. I have duplicate records in the product table which need to be unique. There are entries in the ProductRateDetail table which correspond to duplicate records in the product table. Somehow I need to update the ProductRateDetail table to match the original (...
I am currently in the process of revamping my company's management system to run a little more lean in terms of network traffic. Right now I'm trying to figure out an effective way to query only the records that have been modified (by any user) since the last time I asked. When the application starts it loads the job information and ca...
I have an application that needs to connect to a SQL database, and execute a SQL Agent Job. The connection string I am trying to access is stored in the registry, which is easily enough pulled out. This appliction is to be run on multiple computers, and I cannot guarantee the format of this connection string being consistent across the...
The requirement says: stored procedure meant to search data, based on 5 identifiers. If there is an exact match return ONLY the exact match, if not but there is an exact match on the not null parameters return ONLY these results, otherwise return any match on any 4 not null parameters... and so on My (simplified) code looks like: crea...
Is it possible to parse JSON in TSQL? I dont mean to create a JSON string, i mean to parse a json string passed in as a parameter. ...
Hello Guys! I've two MS SQL tables: Category, Question. Each Question is assigned to exactly one Category. One Category may have many subcategories. Category Id : bigint (PK) Name : nvarchar(255) AcceptQuestions : bit IdParent : bigint (FK) Question Id : bigint (PK) Title : nvarchar(255) ... IdCategory : bigint (FK) How do I re...
Well I have this - Table DimDate- Date Table Employee- Id,Name,Points,Date Now the Employee table has points for everyday unless they did not come...so the Date does not have all the Dates entries... I mean for e.g in a week he did not come for 2 days the Employee table has only 5 rows...so I have this dimdate table which has all t...
The first line seems to be correct. The second line was my SQLite code. With code i get an exception about an error near trigger. In VS it says the multipart identifier could not be bound. With SQLite the new stands for the row being insert. So i would like to increase the count of whomever the subscription recipient is. How do i do that...
Guys, I have a table called tblNames and one of my fields in this table is called 'UpFileName'. Is it possible to create an insert trigger that would automatically replace all '%20' in the UpFileName field to underscores '_'? I'm using SQL Server 2005. ...
I am trying to create a new table by copying an existing table in SQL Server 2008 using Management Studio. The existing table contains no data. I am using the following code but am receiving an error for Incorrect Syntax near AS. I am not sure what is wrong here. I am a SQL newb and any help would be appreciated. Thanks. CREATE TABLE D...
I was wondering if there is easy solution to this or I'm stuck with following: When updating DB: dti.Pass = Crypter.Encrypt(dti.Pass); _db.SubmitChanges(); When selecting from DB: Data.DbTableItem dti = _db.Single(a=>a.Id == id); dti.Pass = Crypter.Decrypt(dti.Pass); Meaning - I am not really into writing repetitive code and thi...
Is there any way to increase the CommandTimeout for DbFit queries? I have a long running stored procedure that times out when running it in a DbFit Test. It's possible for the procedure to run for a really long time (processing millions of records) and would like to have DbFit wait until it's completed, even if it takes several minutes...