Describe Table
Oct 18, 2004Hi Guys,
What is the equivalent of Describe table of Oracle in SQL server.
I want to see the table fields for a table in SQL server any command?????
TIA
Hi Guys,
What is the equivalent of Describe table of Oracle in SQL server.
I want to see the table fields for a table in SQL server any command?????
TIA
I am more familiar with writing SQL for Oracle than MS SQL Server. Within Oracle there is a simple command, 'Describe', which actually shows the data types, and whether or not an attribute accepts NULLS.
MS SQL Server does appear to support such a command, however I am looking for a way to describe the attributes of tables nonetheless.
Oracle has a similar function, DESC, to diplay the table structure. Can't figure it out in SQL Server.
ddave
hi @ll...
Plz Plz help me out.!!!!!!!!
my query is that in my database i've a table say Tb1 and another table called Tb2.
in TB1 there is a field called companyID (the data is for e.g "001")
similarly in TB2 there is a filed called productID (the data is for example "01")
now how can i create a field in another table say TB3 with a field called UserID and the data should be like the companyID from TB1 + productID from Tb2. The data should come like this for example " 001-01 ".
i m working on this query that....." Using Oracle command desc table_name to display the charecterstics of the collection table."
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TIA,
Joe
HELP
Dmitri
Hi to All,
I want to know a query by which i can get the whole structure of my DataBase -
eg. it should give me all table names and structure which exists in this particular database .....
Thanks
Hi,
I have been training in SQL on MySQL, and now that I am on TSQL, I can't seem to find an equivalent to the command:
Code Snippet
DESC table_name;--OR
DESCRIBE table_name;
In MySQL, either command returns a list of the columns of the table, as well specifications about these columns (whether or not they can accept NULL values, their default values, etc.)
In my SSIS package I am trying to connect to a database in Oracle 10.2.0.3 using an Oracle Provider for OLE DB.
I get the following error:
at System.DateTime.DateToTicks(Int32 year, Int32 month, Int32 day)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbBuffer.ReadDateTime(Int32 offset)
at System.Data.OleDb.ColumnBinding.Value_DBTIMESTAMP()
at System.Data.OleDb.ColumnBinding.Value()
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.GetValues(Object[] values)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DataReaderContainer.CommonLanguageSubsetDataReader.GetValues(Object[] values)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.SchemaMapping.LoadDataRow()
at System.Data.Common.DataAdapter.FillLoadDataRow(SchemaMapping mapping)
at System.Data.Common.DataAdapter.FillFromReader(DataSet dataset, DataTable datatable, String srcTable, DataReaderContainer dataReader, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, DataColumn parentChapterColumn, Object parentChapterValue)
at System.Data.Common.DataAdapter.Fill(DataTable[] dataTables, IDataReader dataReader, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal.GetSchemaRowset(Guid schema, Object[] restrictions)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.GetOleDbSchemaTable(Guid schema, Object[] restrictions)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbMetaDataFactory.PrepareCollection(String collectionName, String[] restrictions, DbConnection connection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbMetaDataFactory.GetSchema(DbConnection connection, String collectionName, String[] restrictions)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionInternal.GetSchema(DbConnectionFactory factory, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup, DbConnection outerConnection, String collectionName, String[] restrictions)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.GetSchema(String collectionName, String[] restrictionValues)
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Design.OleDbSchema.GetSchema(String collectionName, String[] restrictionValues)
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Design.DataSourceConnection.GetSchemaTable(DataTable& dataTable, String collectionName, String[] restrictions)
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Design.DataSourceConnection.ConvertGetSchema(DataTable& dataTable, Guid schemaEnum, Object[] restrictions)
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Design.DataSourceConnection.GetSchemaTable(DataTable& dataTable, Guid schemaEnum, Object[] restrictions)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.ComboBoxWithTables.GetTableInfos(DataSourceConnection dataSourceConnection, String connectionName)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.ComboBoxWithTables.FillTableOrViewComboBox()
Why this is not working for 10.2?
The same package works fine for Oracle 8.1.7
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
I am using SQL Server 2005 and trying to create a linked server on Oracle 10. I used the commands below:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'test1',
@srvproduct = 'Oracle',
@provider = 'MSDAORA',
@datasrc = 'testsource'
exec sp_addlinkedsrvlogin
@rmtsrvname = 'test1',
@useself = 'false',
@rmtuser='sp',
@rmtpassword='sp'
When I execute
select * from test1...COUNTRY
I get the error. "The OLE DB provider "MSDAORA" for linked server "...." does not contain the table "COUNTRY". The table either does not exist or the current user does not have permissions on that table."
The 'sp' user I am connecting is the owner of the table. What could be the problem ?
Thanks a lot.
I have created a table Table with name as Varchar and id as int. Now i have started inserting the rows like, insert into Table values ('arun',20).Yes i have inserted a row in the table. Now i have got the values " arun's ", 50. insert into Table values('arun's',20) My sqlserver is giving me an error instead of inserting the row. How will you solve this problem?
Hi
I am having a table called as status ,in that table one field is there i.e. currentstatus.
the rows which are having currentstatus as "ticket closed",i want to move those rows into other table called repository which is having same table structure as status table.
I can do programatically.
but is there any way for every 3 months system has to check and do this action means moving to repository table automatically?
Please help me.
Thanks.
I'm inserting from TempAccrual to VacationAccrual . It works nicely, however if I run this script again it will insert the same values again in VacationAccrual. How do I block that? IF there is a small change in one of the column in TempAccrual then allow insert. Here is my query
INSERT INTO vacationaccrual
(empno,
accrued_vacation,
accrued_sick_effective_date,
accrued_sick,
import_date)
[Code] ....
For reasons that are not relevant (though I explain them below *), Iwant, for all my users whatever privelige level, an SP which createsand inserts into a temporary table and then another SP which reads anddrops the same temporary table.My users are not able to create dbo tables (eg dbo.tblTest), but arepermitted to create tables under their own user (eg MyUser.tblTest). Ihave found that I can achieve my aim by using code like this . . .SET @SQL = 'CREATE TABLE ' + @MyUserName + '.' + 'tblTest(tstIDDATETIME)'EXEC (@SQL)SET @SQL = 'INSERT INTO ' + @MyUserName + '.' + 'tblTest(tstID) VALUES(GETDATE())'EXEC (@SQL)This becomes exceptionally cumbersome for the complex INSERT & SELECTcode. I'm looking for a simpler way.Simplified down, I am looking for something like this . . .CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestInsert ASCREATE TABLE tblTest(tstID DATETIME)INSERT INTO tblTest(tstID) VALUES(GETDATE())GOCREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestSelect ASSELECT * FROM tblTestDROP TABLE tblTestIn the above example, if the SPs are owned by dbo (as above), CREATETABLE & DROP TABLE use MyUser.tblTest while INSERT & SELECT usedbo.tblTest.If the SPs are owned by the user (eg MyUser.TestInsert), it workscorrectly (MyUser.tblTest is used throughout) but I would have to havea pair of SPs for each user.* I have MS Access ADP front end linked to a SQL Server database. Forreports with complex datasets, it times out. Therefore it suit mypurposes to create a temporary table first and then to open the reportbased on that temporary table.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHi all,
The following dbo.Tables of Northwind.mdf in my .SQLEXPRESS (SQL Server Management Studio Express) are missing:
dbo.Categories
dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo
dbo.CustomerDemographics
dbo.Customers
dbo.Employees
dbo.EmployeeTerritories
dbo.Order Details
dbo.Orders
dbo.Products
dbo.Regions
dbo.Shippers
dbo.Suppliers
dbo.Territories.
But, I have these dbo.Tables in a different Database "xyzDatabase". How can I copy each of these dbo.Tables to the another blank dbo.Table of Northwind Database?
I right clicked on the dbo.Categories and I saw the following thing:
dbo.Categories
New Table...
Modify
Open Table
Script Table as |> CREATYE To |>
DROP To |>
SELECT To |>
INSERT To |> New Query Editor Window
File....
Clipboard
UPDATE To |>
DELETE to |>
From the above observation,I think it is possible to copy the dbo.Table from the one Database to the Northwind Database that needs to be repaired. Please help and advise me how to do this task or tell me where I can find the Microsoft document that gives the details of this X-copy thing.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang
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which is more efficient...which takes less memory...how is the memory allocation done for both the types.
View 1 Replies View Related'****************************************************************************
Cmd.CommandText = "Drop Table Raj"
Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Cmd.CommandText = "Select * Into Raj From XXX"
Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
'**************************************************************************
This generates error that Table already exist.
If Wait 1 sec then execute statement then it works fine.
Thanks in Advance
Piyush Verma
I have one control table to store all related table name
Table ID TableName
1 TableA
2 TableB
In Table A:
RecordID Value
1 1
2 2
3 3
In Table B:
RecordID Value
1 1
2 2
3 3
How can I get the result by select the Table list first and then combine the data in table A and table B?
Thank you!
Just wondering if there is an easy transact statement to copy table 1 to table 2, appending the data in table 2.with SQL2000, thanks.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi thanks for looking at my question
Using sqlServer management studio 2005
My Tables are something like this:
--Table 1 "Employee"
CREATE TABLE [MyCompany].[Employee](
[EmployeeGID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[BranchFID] [int] NOT NULL,
[FirstName] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
[MiddleName] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
[LastName] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Employee] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[EmployeeGID]
)
GO
ALTER TABLE [MyCompany].[Employee]
WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Employee_BranchFID]
FOREIGN KEY([BranchFID])
REFERENCES [myCompany].[Branch] ([BranchGID])
GO
ALTER TABLE [MyCompany].[Employee] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_Employee_BranchFID]
-- Table 2 "Branch"
CREATE TABLE [Mycompany].[Branch](
[BranchGID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[BranchName] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
[City] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
[ManagerFID] [int] NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Branch] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[BranchGID]
)
GO
ALTER TABLE [MyCompany].[Branch]
WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Branch_ManagerFID]
FOREIGN KEY([ManagerFID])
REFERENCES [MyCompany].[Employee] ([EmployeeGID])
GO
ALTER TABLE [MyCompany].[Branch]
CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_Branch_ManagerFID]
--Foreign IDs = FID
--generated IDs = GID
Then I try a simple single row DELETE
DELETE FROM MyCompany.Employee
WHERE EmployeeGID= 39
Well this might look like a very basic error:
I get this Error after trying to delete something from Table €œEmployee€?
The DELETE statement conflicted with the
REFERENCE constraint "FK_Branch_ManagerFID".
The conflict occurred in database "MyDatabase",
table "myCompany.Branch", column 'ManagerFID'.
Yes what I€™ve been doing is to deactivate the foreign key constraint, in both tables when performing these kinds of operations, same thing if I try to delete a €œBranch€? entry, basically each entry in €œbranch€? and €œEmployee€? is child of each other which makes things more complicated.
My question is, is there a simple way to overcome this obstacle without having to deactivate the foreign key constraints every time or a good way to prevent this from happening in the first place? Is this when I have to use €œON DELETE CASCADE€? or something?
Thanks
In a table-valued UDF, does the UDF use a table variable or a temp table to form the resultset returned?
Banti writes "IF i create temporary table by using #table and ##table then what is the difference. i found no difference.
pls reply.
first:
create table ##temp
(
name varchar(25),
roll int
)
insert into ##temp values('banti',1)
select * from ##temp
second:
create table #temp
(
name varchar(25),
roll int
)
insert into #temp values('banti',1)
select * from #temp
both works fine , then what is the difference
waiting for ur reply
Banti"
I am having a problem in creating query for this exciting scenario.
Table A
ID ItemQtyCreatedDatetime
W001 CB112014-06-03 20:30:48.000
W002 CB112014-06-04 01:30:48.000
Table B
IDItemQtyCreatedDatetime
A001 CB112014-06-03 19:05:48.000
A002 CB112014-06-03 20:05:48.000
A003 CB112014-06-03 21:05:48.000
A004 CB112014-06-04 01:05:48.000
A005 CB112014-06-04 02:05:48.000
I would like to return the nearest date of Table B in my table like for
ID W001 in table B should return ID A002 CreatedDatetime: 2014-06-03 20:05:48.000
ID W002 in table B should return ID A004 CreatedDatetime: 2014-06-04 01:05:48.000
Is there any Posibility to change a User Table to System Table.
How to create one system table.
I am in Big mess that One of the Table I am using is in System Type.
I cant Index the same. Is there any Mistake we can change a user table to system table.....
I have a column defined as smalldatetime. Default length (4), and "allow NULLS" is checked.In the Enterprise Manager UI, when i enter data into that table row, if i just tab past that column, all is well, and the value is represented in the UI as <NULL>.The problem comes once i ever enter a date into that column. Say i have entered a date (all is well), and now i want to remove that entry and go back to NULL (after the date value has been committed, different entry session, say).How is that done?It seems to me, once a date has ever been entered into that column, now, if i try to remove it, i get the error "The value you entered is not consistant with the data type or length of the column, or over grid buffer limit". I have tried deleting the value, entering spaces, entering the string NULL or the string <NULL>; maybe some other tries as well, but none works, i always get that error message and am not allowed to proceed past that cell until i restore a date value to it. I want to get back to <NULL>.Anybody know?Thank you.Tom
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Source Data Table:
Table Name: Source
SrcID AGE City Date
01 32 London 01-01-2013
02 35 Lagos 02-01-2013
03 36 NY 03-01-2013
Metadata Table:
Table Name:Metadata
MetaID Column_Name Column_type
11 AGE col_integer
22 City col_character
33 Date col_date
Destination table:
The source data to be loaded into the destination table(as shown below):
Table Name: Destination
SrcID MetaID col_int col_char col_date
01 11 32 - -
01 22 - London -
01 33 - - 01-01-2013
02 11 35 - -
02 22 - Lagos -
02 33 - - 02-01-2013
03 11 36 - -
03 22 - NY -
03 33 - - 03-01-2013
I want Compare two Table data and insert changed field to the third table ...
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--create the procedure and insert into the temp table without creating it.
--no compilation error.
CREATE PROC testTemp
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #tmp(dt)
SELECT GETDATE()
END
only on calling the proc does this give an execution error
I created am inventory table with few columns say, Servername, version, patching details, etc
I want a tracking of the table.
Let's say people are asked to modify the base table and I want a complete capture of the details modified and the session of the user ( ) who (system_user) is actually modifying the details.
I have 2 tables: Order(ID, Quantity) and Product(ID,Name, Price) and I want to add a calculated field in Order table based on the price column in the Product table. How do i do that?
this query returns the values i want in the table.
select a.quantity * b.price
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SQL Server 2005 SP2 Error: Script failed for Table 'dbo.TableName'
I keep getting this error when trying to generate a snapshot for transact replication.
Here is the publishing table schema:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[viMediaPlaylist](
[MemberID] [bigint] NOT NULL,
[xmlPlaylist] [xml](CONTENT [dbo].[viMediaPlaylistCollectionSchema]) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[MemberID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, FILLFACTOR = 90) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
I tried the following:
#1)Create table schema at the subscriber manually, and change package to Keep object as is. Got the same error during snapshot.
#2Filtered replication to NOT include XML column. This worked, and no error was generated, replication was up and running.
So my question is, what is the problem with XML column being replicated?
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Here is a log dump from the distributor:
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 SQL Command dump
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 ================
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 Server: SQL02
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 Database: Video
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 Command Text: sys.sp_releaseapplock
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 Parameters:
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 @Resource = SQL02-Video_viMediaPlaylis-71
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 @LockOwner = Session
2007-09-11 16:40:14.56 @DbPrincipal = db_owner
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 [0%] The replication agent had encountered an exception.
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 Source: Unknown
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 Exception Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FailedOperationException
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 Exception Message: Script failed for Table 'dbo.viMediaPlaylist'.
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 Message Code: Not Applicable
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 Call Stack:
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FailedOperationException: Script failed for Table 'dbo.viMediaPlaylist'. ---> Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.UnsupportedVersionException: Either the object or one of its properties is not supported on the target server version.
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.UserDefinedDataType.GetTypeDefinitionScript(ScriptingOptions so, SqlSmoObject oObj, String sTypeNameProperty, Boolean bSquareBraketsForNative)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.UserDefinedDataType.AppendScriptTypeDefinition(StringBuilder sb, ScriptingOptions so, SqlSmoObject oObj, SqlDataType sqlDataType)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Column.ScriptDdlCreateImpl(StringBuilder sb, ScriptingOptions so)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Column.ScriptDdl(StringCollection queries, ScriptingOptions so)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table.ScriptTableInternal(ScriptingOptions so, StringBuilder sb, ColumnCollection columns, IndexCollection indexes)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table.GetTableCreationScript(ScriptingOptions so, StringBuilder sb)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table.ScriptCreate(StringCollection queries, ScriptingOptions so)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter.ScriptWithListWorker(DependencyCollection depList, SqlSmoObject[] objects)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter.ScriptWithList(DependencyCollection depList, SqlSmoObject[] objects)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter.ScriptWithList(DependencyCollection depList, SqlSmoObject[] objects)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter.ScriptWithList(SqlSmoObject[] objects)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.TransSmoScriptingManager.GenerateLogBasedArticleSchScript(Scripter scripter, BaseArticleWrapper articleWrapper, Table smoTable)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.TransSmoScriptingManager.GenerateLogBasedArticleScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.TransSmoScriptingManager.GenerateArticleScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateObjectScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.DoScripting()
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SqlServerSnapshotProvider.DoScripting()
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SqlServerSnapshotProvider.GenerateSnapshot()
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.SnapshotGenerationAgent.InternalRun()
2007-09-11 16:40:15.17 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.Run()