Is there an easy way to add descriptions or comments to database objects? So, for instance, I might have a table that a number of analysts are using, and I'd like an easy way to save comments or descriptive data about each of the columns in the table. That way, all consumers of the DB can easily look up the meaning of each column, table, stored procedure, etc. I could maintain all of this information in a system separate from my RDBMS, but I'm wondering if there are existing ways to do this already built into SQL Server. I've seen something similar to this built into Oracle systems.
We have an instance of sql running on one box. We're going to be making a copy of a database on another server. I've been working on a local copy of the db and I've had to add a few new stored procedures and tables along with some fts catalogs. When we set up the copy on the production server, I figured I'd set up the new version that I've been working on so it has the latest structures in place. However, we then have to pull all the data over from the existing database to the new one. Obviously the new tables won't get any data input from the pull, but aside from creating a dtsx project to pull it all over, is there any other way to do it a little easier and faster? Thanks.
I'm currently usiing SSIS as part of a data migration project. I have used the SSIS import export wizard to generate a package to transfer all the tables from one database to another. When I look at the generated package in can see that it connects to a number of 'temporary' text file objects that contain large blocks of SQL code.
The thing that strikes me is that much of the real package activity is effectively encapsulated in these objects and yet thay are not able to be included in my SSIS project within BIDS. I could not deploy this package to another environment without manually locating and deploying the text objects separately and more importantly these objects are excluded from source control.
How do you give a column a description in SQL. I have a project where the table will created with SQL using the legacy database systems 6 byte field names. the old system (DB2/400) has field(column) descriptions that I would like to move over but how?
I know I could create a view over the table and use the more descriptive field names.. but I would like for them to be in the same table..
like emhrdt - column name (for reference to the legacy systems source code) Employee Hire Date - column descriptions (so programmers for the new system know what it means).
I want to select multiple records based on descriptions that are the same. Descriptions is my column and I really want to find duplicate records based on the description column.
I wrote this quick SQL for project documentation purposes.
/* Provides Table Name, Column Name, Extended Description */ select a.name as tbl_name, b.name as column_name, d.name as data_type, d.length as length, d.xprec as prec, d.scale as scale, b.usertype, b.scale, c.value from sysobjects as a inner join syscolumns as b on a.id = b.id inner join sysproperties as c on b.colid = c.smallid and a.id = c.id inner join systypes as d on b.xtype = d.xtype
Hi Guys, I just need a script to get all Job Id and Job Descriptions from Sql Server Agent/Jobs and then save it into a text file. I'm not sure how to accomplish this using Sql Server Management Objects(SMO). Any sample scripts and/or stored procedures, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks for your help. -W2528
I have a requirement to set Description values for our cube dimensions and attributes.
I've done this for regular dimensions but I cant seem to find a way for role playing dimensions. I can set the base dimension descriptions but not the 'clones'. Is this possible?
The tables are what the tables are. Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
ID CODES DESCRIPTIONS -- ----------------- -------------------------------------- 01 Code1,etc Description1,Description2,Description3
I've found two different queries which return each code and associated description by ID in separate rows. Perhaps the next step is to aggregate from this?
please help newbieI need to create a lot of objects the same type (let's say: schemas)I wish to use paramerized block in loop to do so.- how to put names of my objects to such control-flow?belss you for help
passing serialised objects to a stored procedure for the purpose of data inserts. I see this as being a way to handle multiple row inserts efficiently.
However, in my limited use of XML data I am not so sure how to link the data when I have a dependency on another "object" within the serialised XML.
Below is a code snippet showing what I have so far.
The first insert statement works fine - but how to retrieve the identifier created by the DB - I want to use an SQL statement that finds the record in the table based on the XML representation (of the PluginInfo), allowing me to insert the ConfigurationInfo with the correct reference to the PluginInfo
DECLARE @Config NVARCHAR(MAX) DECLARE @Handle AS INT DECLARE @TransactionCount AS INT SELECT @Config = ' <ConfigurationDirectory > <ConfigurationInfo groupKey="Notifications" sectionKey="App.Customization.PluginInfo"
I would be grateful if you could mail/point me to a TSQL script that can show me the Data Definitions of my SQLserver database objects. In fact, I have found a Visual Basic script that may be of help but it demands the installation of the Visual Basic software, which I do not possess. Thanks,
I'd like to write a stored procedure to drop all objects in a SQL Server 2000 database owned by a particular uid. Originally I'd hoped to use these two stored proc built-ins for the task: sp_MScheck_uid_owns_anything (to get a list of all objects owned by a uid) and sp_MSdrop_object (to drop the objects). I've run into a few problems along the way:
1. If I run this command
EXEC sp_MScheck_uid_owns_anything 5
I get this weird error message:
"The user owns objects in the database and cannot be dropped."
Not sure why that is since I'm just trying to list the objects, not drop them.
2. I tried running a simple query to get the objects from the system table instead:
SELECT * from [dbo].[sysobjects] where uid = 5
This returns a resultSet as you'd expect. When I wrote a stored procedure to loop through these and use sp_MSdrop_object it seemed to fail whenever it encountered a foreign key object. Here is the error message:
The request for procedure 'name of foreign key' failed because 'name of foreign key' is a unknown type object.
Can anyone give advice as to the best way to go about doing this? I'd really prefer not to have to drop the entire database and recreate it. Thanks!
I have an ActiveX script which I need to convert to a T-SQL Stored Procedure. As a part of it, I need to loop through all the tables in a Database and check whether the particular Table/View exists? If doesn't exist, I need to create one with Primary Key, Foreign Keys, Indexes (Clustered & Non-Clustered), and Check Constraints.
Here is the ActiveX Script I have:
Code: Dim sNextMonthTable Dim oServerName Dim oTables Dim CheckDate sNextMonthTable = "Jan_2012"
There are 2 databases A and B.How can I create a procedure in database A so that the procedure works with contains tables in Database B. IS IT POSSIBLE
What is the best approach when transferring all database objects & data from a SQL Server 6.5 database to SQL Server 7.0 database running on different servers.
I am in the process of cleaning up the security on one of our production databases. SA is already the owner of the database.
On this SQL server, there is a login that has access to this database that needs to be removed. When I uncheck this users access to this database I receive the following error message: "Error 15183. The user owns objects in the database and cannot be dropped".
How can i find out what objects this logins has ownership of and how can I change the ownership of these objects to SA?
-- This stored procedure will let you search through your database -- to find various objects that contain a particular string. -- For example, you may want to see all tables and views that contain -- a particular column.
use master IF (object_id('sp_FindReferences') IS NOT NULL) BEGIN PRINT 'Dropping: sp_FindReferences' DROP procedure sp_FindReferences END PRINT 'Creating: sp_FindReferences' GO CREATE PROCEDURE sp_FindReferences ( @string varchar(1000) = '', @ShowReferences char(1) = 'N' ) AS /****************************************************************************/ /* */ /* TITLE: sp_FindReferences */ /* */ /* DATE: 18 February, 2004 */ /* */ /* AUTHOR: WILLIAM MCEVOY */ /* */ /****************************************************************************/ /* */ /* DESCRIPTION: SEARCH SYSCOMMENTS FOR INPUT STRING, OUTPUT NAME OF OBJECT */ /* */ /****************************************************************************/ set nocount on
declare @errnum int , @errors char(1) , @rowcnt int , @output varchar(255)
/****************************************************************************/ /* INPUT DATA VALIDATION */ /****************************************************************************/
/****************************************************************************/ /* M A I N P R O C E S S I N G */ /****************************************************************************/
-- Create temp table to hold results create table #Results ( Name varchar(55), Type varchar(12), DateCreated datetime, ProcLine varchar(4000) )
IF (@ShowReferences = 'N') BEGIN insert into #Results select distinct 'Name' = convert(varchar(55),SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, '' from sysobjects SO join syscomments SC on SC.id = SO.id where SC.text like '%' + @string + '%' union select distinct 'Name' = convert(varchar(55),SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, '' from sysobjects SO where SO.name like '%' + @string + '%' union select distinct 'Name' = convert(varchar(55),SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, '' from sysobjects SO join syscolumns SC on SC.id = SO.ID where SC.name like '%' + @string + '%' order by 2,1 END ELSE BEGIN insert into #Results select 'Name' = convert(varchar(55),SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, 'Proc Line' = text from sysobjects SO join syscomments SC on SC.id = SO.id where SC.text like '%' + @string + '%' union select 'Name' = convert(varchar(55),SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, 'Proc Line' = '' from sysobjects SO where SO.name like '%' + @string + '%' union select 'Name' = convert(varchar(55),SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, 'Proc Line' = '' from sysobjects SO join syscolumns SC on SC.id = SO.ID where SC.name like '%' + @string + '%' order by 2,1 END
IF (@ShowReferences = 'N') BEGIN select Name, 'Type' = Case (Type) when 'P' then 'Procedure' when 'TR' then 'Trigger' when 'X' then 'Xtended Proc' when 'U' then 'Table' when 'C' then 'Check Constraint' when 'D' then 'Default' when 'F' then 'Foreign Key' when 'K' then 'Primary Key' when 'V' then 'View' else Type end, DateCreated from #Results order by 2,1 END ELSE BEGIN select Name, 'Type' = Case (Type) when 'P' then 'Procedure' when 'TR' then 'Trigger' when 'X' then 'Xtended Proc' when 'U' then 'Table' when 'C' then 'Check Constraint' when 'D' then 'Default' when 'F' then 'Foreign Key' when 'K' then 'Primary Key' when 'V' then 'View' else Type end, DateCreated, ProcLine from #Results order by 2,1 END
drop table #Results
GO IF (object_id('sp_FindReferences') IS NOT NULL) PRINT 'Procedure created.' ELSE PRINT 'Procedure NOT created.' GO
We having the SQL SERVER 2000 Production server. We need to cofigure the alert on the production server that if any objects schema or SP got changed then server should fire the alert to all of DBA mailid.
Would anyone be able to tell me how to save a database and all its objects e.g. Procedures and views etc. onto a CD and then open it on another SQL Server? For SQL Server 7.0 and 2000.
Could not allocate space for objects in database 'abc' And I have added 1 GB(1024 MB) of free space to primary file system of 'abc'. However now the primary file system of 'abc' database is 120 GB and the file properties are : Automatically grow file is checked, By percent 1 and restrict file growth: 121024 MB Still the database is showing as space avialable is 0.00, the total size is : 132186 MB
As of now I have't got any other alert, Please let me know if I get in the near future how to proceed??
One DTS package is running contunuously on this DB
I have a little trouble with sql server 2005 express database:
customer need install new web application to hosting, but at hosting is currently exist other web application and it's using DB what I must use. DB contains a big number of tables, views, functions, etc.
I need delete all user objects from this DB, it must be as new created one.
Is any query whitch can do this?
PS: I know, best way for this is delete DB and create new one, but i haven't permissions for these.
Could not allocate space for objects in database 'abc' And I have added 1 GB(1024 MB) of free space to primary file system of 'abc'. However now the primary file system of 'abc' database is 120 GB and the file properties are : Automatically grow file is checked, By percent 1 and restrict file growth: 121024 MB Still the database is showing as space avialable is 0.00, the total size is : 132186 MB
As of now I have't got any other alert, Please let me know if I get in the near future how to proceed??
One DTS package is running contunuously on this DB
Does anyone have a script that will iterate through a database and drop all objects in order of dependencies? I need a way recreate all objects in database through SQL script in a development environment without having to recreate the actual database. Therefore I need a way to clear out the current database objects first without running into a problem with dependencies. This needs to be dynamic so that if a object is added, it is automatically included in the drop scripts.
I am trying to register our CLR assembly as an unsafe assembly without having to make the database trustworthy. Since making the database is_trustworthy_on = 1 is not a best practice, and would cause some of our customers (and our development process) a little bit of grief..
The reason the assembly is 'Unsafe' is because it is calling the TimeZoneInfo class to convert between timezones, since we are not yet on UTC dates. We plan to in the future but that's a big project.
We are also not using the 'SQLCLR' but rather have written our own class library and just have a project reference to it, which works just the same, but we have found to be better for the C# programmers.
I am playing with signing the assembly using an SNK file and have figured out what I need to do, including 1) creating a master key, 2) creating an asymmetric key using the same SNK file that signed the assembly, 3) creating a login for the asymmetric key, and 4) granting unsafe assembly to the login.
When I do all that with straight SQL, it actually works! But I am having trouble fitting this into our SSDT world. Should I create a separate SSDT project for items #1 through #4 above, and reference it, and check 'Include composite objects' in our publishing options? As stated in this blog post though, I'm terrified of messing up the master database, and I'm not excited about the overhead of another project, a 2nd dacpac, etc.
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Since we do use a common set of deployment options in a deployment tool we wrote, which does set the 'block on data loss' to false, and the 'drop objects not in source' to true, b/c we drop tables all the time during the course of refactoring, etc.
I don't want to drop anything in master though, and I don't want to have to publish it separately if we didn't have to.
I suppose I could just have some dynamic SQL in a pre-deployment script that takes care of the master database, but I was trying to do it the 'right' way, in a declarative style, but struggling.
So, in short, what's the recommended approach for getting an 'unsafe' CLR assembly into an SSDT project?
The error that started all this was:
CREATE ASSEMBLY for assembly *** failed because assembly *** is not authorized for PERMISSION_SET = UNSAFE.
The assembly is authorized when either of the following is true:
the database owner (DBO) has UNSAFE ASSEMBLY permission and the database has the TRUSTWORTHY database property on; or the assembly is signed with a certificate or an asymmetric key that has a corresponding login with UNSAFE ASSEMBLY permission.
I have a database called sky and its tables, views, procs and functions owned by sky. I need to replicate the sky database to another server. I had problem because those objects have ownership sky not dbo. I can not change ownership when replicate the database. How do I replicate database objects that are not owned by dbo? Is this possible or I have to change ownership from sky to dbo before replicate the database?
Thank you very much for your input and suggestions.
