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How optimize queries with fully qualified names in t-sql?

When I call: select * from Database.dbo.Table where NAME = 'cat' It takes: 200 ms And when I change database to Database in Management Studio and call it without fully qualified name it's much faster: select * from Table where NAME = 'cat' It takes: 17 ms Is there any way to make fully qualified queries faster without changing ...

tsql proc logic help

I am weak in SQL and need some help working through some logic with my proc. Three pieces: store procedure, table1, table2 Table 1 stores most recent data for specific IDs Customer_id status_dte status_cde app_dte 001 2010-04-19 Y 2010-04-19 Table 2 stores history of data for specific customer IDs: For exam...

T-SQL GO Statement

I have read and read over MSDN, etc. Ok, so it signals the end of a batch. What defines a batch? I don't see why I need go when I'm pasting in a bunch of scripts to be run all at the same time. I've never understood GO. Can anyone explain this better and when I need to use it (after how many or what type of transactions)? For examp...

How to get use text columns in a trigger

I am trying to use an update trigger in sql 2000 so that when an update occurs, I insert a row into a history table, so I retain all history on a table: CREATE Trigger trUpdate_MyTable ON MyTable FOR UPDATE AS INSERT INTO [MyTableHistory] ( [AuditType] ,[MyTable_ID] ,[Inserted] ...

TSQL: finding unique entries in a single table

Consider a table or CTE structured like this: Name Num ---- ---- Abc 12 Abc 12 XYZ 70 XYZ 80 XYZ 85 Bar 50 Bar 55 Foo 44 Foo 44 Baz 88 The requirement is to determine the Name where multiple different Nums exist. The desired resultset is Name ---- XYZ Bar What TSQL stateme...

Asp.Net MVC best way to update cached table

There are certain tables that get called often but updated rarely. One of these tables is Departments. So to save DB trips, I think it is ok to cache this table taking into consideration that the table has very small size. However, once you cached it an issue of keeping the table data fresh occurs. So what is the best way to determine th...

Using a trigger to record audit information vs. stored procedure

Suppose you have the following... An ASP.NET web application that calls a stored procedure to delete a record. The table has a trigger on it that will insert an audit entry each time a record is deleted. I want to be able to record in the audit entry the username of who deleted the record. What would be the best way to go about achieving...

sql rowlock on select statement

I have an ASP.Net webpage where the user selects a row for editing. I want to use the row lock on that row and once the user finishes the editing and updates another user can edit that row i.e. How can I use rowlock so that only one user can edit a row? Thank you ...

SQL only row mapping record fetching

I have a customer call detail table in which call details of all customer stored. I have to find out the distinct aparty (means our customer ) who only calls our customers (means bparty also be our numbers) . There is no other domestic call , International calls made by A party (our customer) in this case. could you people please help m...

TSQL to insert an ascending value

I am running some SQL that identifies records which need to be marked for deletion and to insert a value into those records. This value must be changed to render the record useless and each record must be changed to a unique value because of a database constraint. UPDATE Users SET Username = 'Deleted' + (ISNULL( Cast(SELECT RIG...

T-SQL Where statement - OR

Sorry for the vague title but I really didn't know what title to give to this problem: I have the following result set: ID Field FieldValue Culture 1 Color Groen nl-NL 2 Taste Kip nl-NL 3 Color Green en-GB 4 Taste Chicken en-GB 5 Color Green en 6 Taste Chicken ...

Get the unique constraint columns list (in TSQL)?

I can get a list of unique constraints fairly easily with the following query: select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS where CONSTRAINT_TYPE='UNIQUE' But how do I get a list of the columns that each unique constraint applies to? ...

SQL Server 2008 View Columns match to underlying Table Columns

I've been attempting to write some SQL code that when provided with a view will locate the columns that the view columns reference and work out if there are any indexes on those columns. The end aim is to provide users with a list of columns it would be possible to use when querying the view. Currently though I can only find the column...

SQL Server 2005 Weird varchar Behavior

This SQL Server 2005 T-SQL code: DECLARE @Test1 varchar; SET @Test1 = 'dog'; DECLARE @Test2 varchar(10); SET @Test2 = 'cat'; SELECT @Test1 AS Result1, @Test2 AS Result2; produces: Result1 = d Result2 = cat I would expect either The assignment SET @Test1 = 'dog'; to fail because there isn't enough room in @Test1 Or the SELECT to...

Insert multiple rows into temp table with one command in SQL2005

I've got some data in the following format: -1,-1,-1,-1,701,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,304,390,403,435,438,439,442,455 I need to insert it into a temp table like this: CREATE TABLE #TEMP ( Node int ) So that I can use it in a comparison with data in another table. The data above represents separate rows of the "Node" column. Is there an ea...

Using COALESCE to avoid dynamic SQL ?

I would like to use following sql to avoid constructing sql dynamically: SELECT CommentID, Comment, FROM Comments --if Author id is not null then filter upon author id otherwise get all comments (ignore author id) WHERE AuthorID LIKE COALESCE(@AuthorId, '%') --if comment type is present filter upon it, otherwise get all comments (i...

Run SSIS Package from T-SQL

I noticed you can use the following stored procedures (in order) to schedule a SSIS package: msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=N'JOB', @type=N'LOCAL', @name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]' msdb.dbo.sp_add_job ... msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep ... msdb.dbo.sp_update_job ... msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobschedule ... msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver ... (You can see ...

Alter stored procedure if condition is met

I am looking to alter a stored procedure if a condition exists. I want to leave the stored procedure as is if the condition is not met, so drop/create is not really an option. Trying to put the contents of ALTER PROC inside an IF block is throwing up errors for me. Any thoughts? ...

Consolidating values in a junction table

I have the following schema: Parcels Segments SegmentsParcels ========= ========== ================= ParcelID SegmentID ParcelID ... Name SegmentID ... id A user of the data wants to consolidate Segments.Names and gave me a list of current Segment.Names ma...

Return a value if no rows are found SQL

Here's my simple query. If I query a record that doesn't exist then I will get nothing returned. I'd prefer that false (0) is returned in that scenario. Looking for the simplist method to account for no records. SELECT CASE WHEN S.Id IS NOT NULL AND S.Status = 1 AND (S.WebUserId = @WebUserId OR S.AllowUploads = 1) THEN 1 ...