Howdy all,
I am looking for a good global find and replace utility for SQL Svr. I have tried the Speed Ferret demo which seemed to work well but did not address code outside of the databases such as DTS. Does anybody know of a utility that can go beyond databases?
Thanks
Hello all,
Being a relative newbie to large scale MSSQL development, I'd like to try and find out if there is some sort of utility, command or stored proc that I can use to globally change all text within my database's stored procedures.
For example... I would like to change a table name from dbo.xtable... to dbo.ytable... Is this possible?
Actually, I'd be happy with some way to search through all my stored procs to find a specific string (i.e. xtable in the example above).
Any help provided will be greatly appreciated!
Jordan Stradtman
Hello peopleI have an issue with the Bulk Copy Program-utility.When I execute the BCP in the commandline, it will create a CSV-file.Code in commandline:
Code Block
bcp.exe PCVO.dbo.tblOpleidingen out "C:planning.csv" -c -t";", -eE:Rakoerror.log -Uxx -Pxx -Sservername
Code in stored procedure:
Code Block
USE [PCVO]
GO
/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[sp_ExportAccessToCSV] Script Date: 01/19/2008 16:36:20 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_ExportAccessToCSV]
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @sql varchar(8000)
SET @sql = 'bcp.exe PCVO.dbo.tblOpleidingen
out "C:planning.csv" -c -t";", -eE:Rakoerror.log -Uxx -Pxx -S' + @@servername
EXEC xp_cmdshell @sql
END
Code in C#-application:
Code Block
String connectionString = "Data Source=THUIS-LENNY\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=PCVO; Integrated Security=True";
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection con = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(connectionString);
con.Open();
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand da = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("sp_ExportAccessToCSV", con);
da.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
da.ExecuteNonQuery();
When I use the BCP-utility inside a stored procedure (called in a C#-application),using the xp-cmdshell, I can't find the created file. I even don't get an error or warning message.Can somebody help me?Thanks in advance,G VossiusNB: I'm using SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2008 C# EE
Hello people
I have an issue with the Bulk Copy Program-utility.
When I execute the BCP in the commandline, it will create a CSV-file.
Code in commandline:
Code Blockbcp.exe PCVO.dbo.tblOpleidingen out "C:planning.csv" -c -t";", -eE:Rakoerror.log -Uxx -Pxx -Sservername
Code in stored procedure:
Code Block
USE [PCVO]
GO
/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[sp_ExportAccessToCSV] Script Date: 01/19/2008 16:36:20 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_ExportAccessToCSV]
AS
BEGIN
-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @sql varchar(8000)
SET @sql = 'bcp.exe PCVO.dbo.tblOpleidingen
out "C:planning.csv" -c -t";", -eE:Rakoerror.log -Uxx -Pxx -S' + @@servername
EXEC xp_cmdshell @sql
END
Code in C#-application:
Code Block
String connectionString = "Data Source=THUIS-LENNY\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=PCVO; Integrated Security=True";
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection con = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(connectionString);
con.Open();
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand da = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("sp_ExportAccessToCSV", con);
da.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
da.ExecuteNonQuery();
When I use the BCP-utility inside a stored procedure (called in a C#-application),
using the xp-cmdshell, I can't find the created file. I even don't get an error or warning message.
Can somebody help me?
Thanks in advance,
G Vossius
NB: I'm using SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2008 C# EE
In 2000 you could look at templates and find templates for global or system functions where are they in 05?
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Wondering if anyone may have any advice on how to do this?
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I have a master file with
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to do the following:
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with this --> 12345
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thanks
I was wondering how to do a find and replace with SQL? Would I use a SET statement?
I need to find a specific value and replace all of the results with a different value.
Thanks for all responses.
Hi
acutally due to certain reason i have changed the few tables name in my database, but now i m facing problem in my software, i have alot of procedures and function as well in my database and these are using old table name,
Is there any script that i can use to replace the name of the tables.
i have checked few procedure/function in which i use table name with different style like [dbo].[tablename] and in some places i just use only [tablename].
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks and looking forward.
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Best Regareds
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Hello,
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Thanks in Advance