I am trying to create a hard copy of all the table definitions in the database and have not found a way to do so. The report would have all the columns for a partcular table and each property assigned to the column.
For instance Customers table has CustomerId, FirstName, LastName, Phone, etc. The CustomerId is PK, Identity, Auto Increment, BIGINT, NOT NULL. FirstName is NVARCHAR(30), NULL. LastName is NVARCHAR(30), NULL. Phone is NVARCHAR(20), NULL.
Can anyone point me to the right system function or sp to get this info?
Another Newbie here...sorry if this is an easy question: How do I extract Table Properties (field names, type, length, PK/FK) from multiple tables and into an Excel spreadsheet?
I am using SqlServer 2005 and I have created small sample table with culumns that have Extended properties. FirstName have [First Name] extended propery called M_Caption. Then I created a view from the table to use in an access database. My problem is, I can't get the table column extended properties to show up in the view column extended properties.
Here is the table
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Person] Script Date: 04/07/2008 14:42:01 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Person]( [Id] [int] NULL, [FirstName] [nvarchar](50) NULL, [LastName] [nvarchar](50) NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GO EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name=N'MS_Caption', @value=N'First Name' , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'TABLE',@level1name=N'Person', @level2type=N'COLUMN',@level2name=N'FirstName' GO EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name=N'MS_Caption', @value=N'Last Name' , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'TABLE',@level1name=N'Person', @level2type=N'COLUMN',@level2name=N'LastName'
I created this view
/****** Object: View [dbo].[View_1] Script Date: 04/07/2008 14:50:32 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE VIEW [dbo].[View_1] AS SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM dbo.Person GO EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name=N'MS_DiagramPane1', @value=N'[0E232FF0-B466-11cf-A24F-00AA00A3EFFF, 1.00] Begin DesignProperties = Begin PaneConfigurations = Begin PaneConfiguration = 0 NumPanes = 4 Configuration = "(H (1[40] 4[20] 2[20] 3) )" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 1 NumPanes = 3 Configuration = "(H (1 [50] 4 [25] 3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 2 NumPanes = 3 Configuration = "(H (1 [50] 2 [25] 3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 3 NumPanes = 3 Configuration = "(H (4 [30] 2 [40] 3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 4 NumPanes = 2 Configuration = "(H (1 [56] 3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 5 NumPanes = 2 Configuration = "(H (2 [66] 3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 6 NumPanes = 2 Configuration = "(H (4 [50] 3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 7 NumPanes = 1 Configuration = "(V (3))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 8 NumPanes = 3 Configuration = "(H (1[56] 4[18] 2) )" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 9 NumPanes = 2 Configuration = "(H (1 [75] 4))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 10 NumPanes = 2 Configuration = "(H (1[66] 2) )" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 11 NumPanes = 2 Configuration = "(H (4 [60] 2))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 12 NumPanes = 1 Configuration = "(H (1) )" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 13 NumPanes = 1 Configuration = "(V (4))" End Begin PaneConfiguration = 14 NumPanes = 1 Configuration = "(V (2))" End ActivePaneConfig = 0 End Begin DiagramPane = Begin Origin = Top = 0 Left = 0 End Begin Tables = Begin Table = "Person" Begin Extent = Top = 6 Left = 38 Bottom = 99 Right = 189 End DisplayFlags = 280 TopColumn = 0 End End End Begin SQLPane = End Begin DataPane = Begin ParameterDefaults = "" End End Begin CriteriaPane = Begin ColumnWidths = 11 Column = 1440 Alias = 900 Table = 1170 Output = 720 Append = 1400 NewValue = 1170 SortType = 1350 SortOrder = 1410 GroupBy = 1350 Filter = 1350 Or = 1350 Or = 1350 Or = 1350 End End End ' , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'VIEW',@level1name=N'View_1' GO EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name=N'MS_DiagramPaneCount', @value=1 , @level0type=N'SCHEMA',@level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'VIEW',@level1name=N'View_1'
I store files in db in sql server 2008 by filestream. But when a column would be added to table which have filestream, properties of table would be changed. by every things change on table, retrieve files will faced to error. but store process work probably.
and filestream filegroup at following address will be empty. why?
Right click on table --> properties --> storage --> filestream filegroup
Hello there,I have about 30 sql servers runnign multiple databases amd i need toaudit them so what i want to do is to log onto each server and thenmaybe export the database properties into an excel sheet or text file.Anyone know how to do that i am quite new to sql any help will beawesome.Regards and thanx in advance
I am trying to generate a report from the database. I am using Visio 2010. I would like to include the table names, column names , column types and the comments that I entered in the NOTES field associated with the tables and columns. Basically, I would like to generate a data dictionary report.
I have a date column that has 1/1/1900 entries and I want to write a formula..(i think)...in the column formula section that when this date is encountered, the column should show NULL. I don't know the syntax to use in the formula section of the column properties. Can anyone give some syntax examples.
I'm building a custom component and UI and am a bit confused on where I need to create and/or set custom column properties?
My UI will have a datagrid with three columns: 1) a check box to select a column for use by the component, 2) the input column name, and 3) a "differentiator" checkbox that indicates an extra property about some of the columns that have the first column checkbox checked (For example, my component may be using five input columns, but three of those need to be used in a slightly different way.)
The problem is, I don't understand when or where I'm supposed to create the custom property for the input column. SetUsageType is where I've been thinking, but I don't know if I'm supposed to be creating it for an input column or a virtual input column. I'd appreciate any guidance.
I am converting the contents of 64 lookup tables from individual tables (each called lookup_xxxxx) into a single LookupReference table. The individual lookup tables are my OLE DB Source objects. I want to derive the variable part of the lookup_xxxxx table name from the OLE DB Source 'OpenRowset' property as a variable and make it into a derived column (which will be the lookup Type column in the output table). For example, extract "SpeciesType" from the input source called 'lookup_SpeciesType' and put it into the derived column.
I cannot find a System variable that refers to the input data source. Does anyone know how I can do this?
I put togehter a package that opens a flat file, parses the data based on the semi-colon delimeter, and imports the rows into a database table. Thats the fun easy part.
What I cant figure out is how to add a variable that will hold a constant ID value that will be persisted with the same value to all rows inserted to the DB. Making the problem harder, I would like that this value be defined in a properties file or database table of some sort so that I can do a lookup based on the file name / location to find out what value should be used.
Any suggestions? I hope my explanation makes at least some sense - but basically I want to do a look up in a configuration of some sort, pull out a single value, and add it to a data import.
Hi. I am not sure why, but i can't change any of the values in my Table Designer. I want to change my primary key's "IsIdentity" value to "yes" and the Identity Increment to "1" but everything is greyed out and nothing is editable. Please help! I am not in debug/run mode when i am editing these values. I have a feeling that I am going to feel stupid when somebody points out what i am (not) doing. So, any takers?
Can anyone help me with displaying several table properites at once. I know I can use sp_help 'tablename' to get one at time. What is the best method to get several databases at a time?
Hello. I just started using SQL Server Management Studio Express. I am creating a new table by right-clicking the "Tables" folder and selecting "New Table". Then i hit F4 to bring up the "Properties" (because I want to associate a Schema to the table, but when the "Properties" section appears, it's blank. I can't figure out a way to get anything to appear there. Any ideas? Thanks!...
Query #1:select <list of fields>from Cjoin B on C.b_key = B.b_keyjoin A on B.a_key = A.a_keywhere A.o_key = <some value>Query #2:select <list of fields>from Cwhere b_key in (select b_keyfrom Bwhere a_key in (select a_keyfrom Awhere o_key = <some value>))#1 (and other things with the same general pattern) are used inliterally thousands of places in this one client's system, and ismuch nicer to write, but seems to be rather slower than #2. Isthere any way to tweak the tables to tell the system somethinglike "hey, B, whenever you're joined to A, you should seriouslyconsider waiting for A to be filtered down to a manageable levelfirst"? And similarly for C/B.MS SQL 2000, SP3, 6.5 compat mode. These are set in stone untilwe upgrade the accounting software (highly non-trivial).
I renamed a database table, and then try to create a view with that table. However, the renamed table does not appear in view designer. I have to close and re-open SQL Server Management studio 2014.
I have a MS SQL Server Express database wich I upsized once from MS Access. I can connect to it and get/insert data but I can't update the field properties.
I've used Access 2003, Visual Studio .Net and SQL Server Web Data Administrator, but I can't change the properties of existing tables. I cán add new tables and add their properties afterwards. Since I have a lot of tables it would be too much work too recreate them all. So how can I edit my existing tables?
I have looked on google and haven't found a query (as of yet) to perform this function.
Essentially I am using VB.NET with Excel and have a mapping between a worksheet and a table in my database. I wrote an import function to pull the data out of excel and put it into SQL Server but I want to try catching errors before i do that.
What is the SQL query to get column sizes from a table. Meaning in a table I have column1 that is allowed a size of int(5). How do i retrieve that information from a query opposed to just looking at it in SQL Server EM??
I'm kinda new to SQL. I'm trying to get a print out of a specific table and its columns and column types. Is there a specific command or code that I can use to accomplish this?.
Here's a table function that returns a table variable containing various file properties (creation date, size, etc.). The one limitation to remember is that it won't work with files on mapped drives; you have to use the full \<Server><Share><Folder1..Folder n><Filename> syntax. Still, it's a pretty useful thing to have around. :)
/****************************************************************************/ CREATE FUNCTION fnc_GetFileProps
AS BEGIN DECLARE @OLEResult INT DECLARE @FS INT DECLARE @FileID INT DECLARE @Message VARCHAR (8000) DECLARE @ErrorSource VARCHAR (255) DECLARE @ErrorDesc VARCHAR (255) DECLARE @INT INT DECLARE @VARCHAR VARCHAR (1024) DECLARE @DATETIME DATETIME DECLARE @BIGINT BIGINT
-- Create an instance of the file system object EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject', @FS OUT IF @OLEResult <> 0 BEGIN EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @FS, @ErrorSource OUT, @ErrorDesc OUT
I'm wondering if there is some sql I can run to check properties on a table. This would be used to verify things like data types, allow nulls and default values have been set to avoid mistakes. This could be done manually one table and one column at a time, but it would be a lot easier to look at it in the results window.
Hi, I got a table with a column datatype BIT. I export it into RAW file destination.
When I try to import into another server the column is like DT_I4... Error 26 Validation error. Attributi: SQL Server Destination [2646]: The column "conIntervallo" can't be inserted because the conversion between types DT_I4 and DT_BOOL is not supported. IMP_Sito_Raw.dtsx 0 0
OK, this message is clean but why appends? Two table are same in all column...seems my PKG cast the column like an DT_I4?
There is some action for correct this error on import, without put on the plane an data conversion task? I do from RAW to RAW for better performance....
