Good afternoon one and all,
I am trying to write a query that will use tables in more than one SQL database (on the same server). How do refer to the table? I have tried dbasename.tablename.fieldname but I don't think that's working.
TIA for any and all help
Gurmi
I have created a job which performs linked server inserts, the job is scheduled to run every 15min. The Job inserts to a local linked server, some data from one of our log tables. That linked server inturn gathers more data from other servers and exports that data to another application for further processing.
My problem is that I need to reference local machine (DNS Name) as a variable which can be passed along with the linked server insert. If I can get the Server name dynamically I can run this as a remote job on 2 or 20 or 200 servers and It will give the log data and the name of the source server.
QUESTION: How Do I reference the server name from within TSQL as a variable.
My question is simple, I'd like to do something I do in Jet ANSI-89 SQL. Mind you I'm just adding numbers here - they are not actual columns in 'SomeTable'
SELECT 1 AS A, 2 AS B, A+B AS C
FROM SomeTable
The Jet engine evaluates and does arithmetic on the Aliased column names - handy when they contain their own functions. The resultset would show:
A B C
1 2 3
However from what I can tell SQL Server 2005 is not picking this up. Is their an equivalent?
I have 2 databases in sql server. let us say database1 = db1 and database2 = db2
Now both the databases have a same table called table1 with the same fields.
IF data in db1.table1 is updated then data in db2.table2 should be updated automatically.
There are many ways we can do this. one way is to create a INSERT trigger on db1.table1.
But i would like to avoid trigger
Is there something in SQL server where I can just link table1 of db1 to db2 and delete the table1 in db2. That means db2 is using the same table that of db1.
Thanks
I am construvcting a number of databases, some of which containsensitive data and most of which do not. I am attempting to handle thesecurity issues involved in protecting sensitive data in part byputting it in its own database. If the sensitive data is in a databasecalled d_SensitiveData, and in that database there is a table called't_A' (I know, not very informative, but this is only a triviallysimple example :-), and I have a script running in a database'NotSensitiveData' (i.e. there is a statement at the beginning of thescript "USE NotSensitiveData"), how do I referenece the primary key intable 'A'?I tried a variety of things like:ALTER TABLE t_nsXADD CONSTRAINT FK_PersonID FOREIGN KEY (p_idPerson)REFERENCES SensitiveData.t_A (p_idPerson);The above is, in fact, my latest attempt. Everything I tried hasfailed precisely at the point where I specify a table in a differentdatabase. So what is the trick to refering to a table in one databasewhen using another database?This will be used in a ASP.NET v3 application where one of the things Iwant to do is have the authentication provider be a different databasefrom the one used for the main application data.Does anyone know of an example I can download from the web that doesthe same sort of thing I want to try, with some discussion of securityissues involved (i.e. what I can do to harden the application and dataserver)?NB: I am an application developer, not a DBA nor a systemadministrator.ThanksTed
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I have a requirement of table partitioning. we have 10 years of data on a table which is 30 billion up rows on 2005 server we are upgrading it to 2014. we have to keep 7 years of data. there is no keys on table or date column. since its a huge amount of data and many users its slow down the process speed. we are thinking to do partition on 7 years for Quarterly based. but as i said there is no date column on table we have to use reference table to get date. is there a way i can do the partitioning with out adding date column on table? also does partition will make query faster?
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2. 7 years partition on one server
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In the CreateNewOutputRows:
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[code]...
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Hello everyone !
Given a UDT, is there any way to get a reference to the table where the specific instance is running ?
IE: Let's suppose we have defined a UDT named UDTPoint; now we define two tables: ATable & BTable, wich both have one column that is defined as UDTPoint.
When an insert/update/delete operation on ATable or BTable occurs, the UDTPoint class needs to verify in which context it is running (ATable or BTable) before doing operations on data.
Is there any way to achieve that ?
Thanks
Giovanni
Hi guys,
If I use the script below, where can I find the table "myTable"?
(I need to see the results of the query)
Thanks in advance,
Aldo.
Code Snippet
SELECT MyTable.MyField
INTO MyTable
FROM MyTable
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Anyone know how to get this done.
Please advice.
Thanks and appreciated.
Hello everyone,
this would be my first posting.
I would like to know if it's possible in MS SQL to redirect a table into another DB instance? I have no access into the source code and I have been wondering if it is possible to make a redirection/hard link in MS SQL side.
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Thank you very much.
Hi
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Hi All,
I have a table [Vendor] in first database SAMPLEDB. And i have another table [Contract] in another database TESTDB. I need a foreign key in the [Contract] table (which is in TESTDB database) is reference to the other table [Vendor] which is present in the SAMPLEDB.
When i try to creating them through SQL, i received the following error message :
Msg 1763, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Cross-database foreign key references are not supported. Foreign key 'SAMPLEDB..VENDOR'.
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Thanks in Advance
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I need to update a column(X) in database A.tableA with a column(Y) from database B.tableB where the value in
another column(Z) in A.tableA = the value in a column(W) in B.tableB
Both databases A & B are on the same SQL server.
Any help with the syntax will be appreciated
Thanks
Hi All,
The problem is about cross reference.
1. I have a third party cross reference store procedure SimpleXTab
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SimpleXTab2] @XField varChar(50), @XTable varChar(100),@XWhereString varChar(250), @XFunction varChar(10), @XFunctionField varChar(50), @XRow varchar(300),@ResultTable varchar(100) ASDeclare @SqlStr nvarchar(4000)Declare @tempsql nvarchar(4000)Declare @SqlStrCur nvarchar(4000)Declare @col nvarchar(100)
set @SqlStrCur = N'Select [' + @XField + '] into ##temptbl_Cursor from [' + @XTable + '] ' + @XWhereString + ' Group By [' + @XField + ']'
/* select @sqlstrcur */exec sp_executesql @sqlstrcur
declare xcursor Cursor for Select * from ##temptbl_Cursor
open xcursor
Fetch next from xcursor into @Col
While @@Fetch_Status = 0Begin set @Sqlstr = @Sqlstr + ", " set @tempsql = isnull(@sqlstr,'') + isnull(@XFunction + '( Case When ' + @XField + " = '" +@Col + "' then [" + @XFunctionField + "] Else 0 End) As [" + @Col + "]" ,'') set @Sqlstr = @tempsql Fetch next from xcursor into @Col End
/* Select @Sqlstr as [mk], len(@sqlstr) as [leng] */
set @tempsql = 'Select ' + @XRow + ', ' + @Sqlstr + 'into ' +@ResultTable+' From ' + @XTable + @XWhereString + ' Group by ' + @XRowprint @tempsql set @Sqlstr = @tempsql
Close xcursor Deallocate xcursor
set @tempsql = N'Drop Table ##temptbl_Cursor' exec sp_executesql @tempsqlprint @tempsql /* Select @Sqlstr as [mk], len(@sqlstr) as [leng] */print @sqlstr exec sp_executesql @Sqlstr
if @@rowcount = 0 select 'No Records found'GO
2. I've use this store procedure for many cross reference successfully. But this time my cross reference value (resultcode) is a varchar which cannot be convert to int or decimal in sql, Probably, you've noticed that the fourth parameter is a function. how can i modify SimpleXtab to avoid using math function but still can generate cross reference.
exec simplextab2 'Sequence','##tbltempreport',' ','sum','resultcode','Parameter' ,'dbo.resultcodetable'
Many Thanks!
I need to write a query that requires respective fields referencing from multiple tables.
For example, here are the tables:
Main Table:
InfoID Team1 Player1 Team1
Table: Player_ref
Player Team_Player_ref Player1 John doh
Table: Team_ref
Team Team_Player_ref Team1 My Team
Ideal result Table from query:
InfoID Count John Doh 1 My Team 2
Any suggestion to creat the Ideal Results table from query?
Normally, I could do it if it only referenced from 1 table, I would do an inner join, however, since there are 2 referenece table, doing inner join wouldn't work. A proposed suggestion would certainly be nice. Thanks in advance.
--daydreamstuck at the current problem
Does anyone know if MS SQL can't process a "select * from deleted" from within a cursor that's embedded in a trigger? I'm getting an error when I run this...
DECLARE check_contact_fields CURSOR
FOR SELECT field_id, column_name FROM contacts_fields
OPEN check_contact_fields
FETCH NEXT FROM check_contact_fields INTO @field_id, @column_name
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
set @SQL = 'select ' + @column_name + ' into ##DeletedData from deleted'
exec sp_executesql @SQL
set @SQL = 'select ' + @column_name + ' into ##InsertedData from inserted'
exec sp_executesql @SQL
if (select * from ##DeletedData) <> (select * from ##InsertedData)
select * from ##InsertedData
FETCH NEXT FROM check_contact_fields INTO @field_id, @column_name
END
CLOSE check_contact_fields
DEALLOCATE check_contact_fields
drop table ##DeletedData
drop table ##InsertedData
Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'deleted'.
TIA
The script below can be used to determine the reference levels of all tables in a database in order to be able to create a script to load tables in the correct order to prevent Foreign Key violations.
This script returns 3 result sets. The first shows the tables in order by level and table name. The second shows tables and tables that reference it in order by table and referencing table. The third shows tables and tables it references in order by table and referenced table.
Tables at level 0 have no related tables, except self-references. Tables at level 1 reference no other table, but are referenced by other tables. Tables at levels 2 and above are tables which reference lower level tables and may be referenced by higher levels. Tables with a level of NULL may indicate a circular reference (example: TableA references TableB and TableB references TableA).
Tables at levels 0 and 1 can be loaded first without FK violations, and then the tables at higher levels can be loaded in order by level from lower to higher to prevent FK violations. All tables at the same level can be loaded at the same time without FK violations.
Tested on SQL 2000 only. Please post any errors found.
Edit 2006/10/10:
Fixed bug with tables that have multiple references, and moved tables that have only self-references to level 1 from level 0.
-- Start of Script - Find_Table_Reference_Levels.sql
/*
Find Table Reference Levels
This script finds table references and ranks them by level in order
to be able to load tables with FK references in the correct order.
Tables can then be loaded one level at a time from lower to higher.
This script also shows all the relationships for each table
by tables it references and by tables that reference it.
Level 0 is tables which have no FK relationships.
Level 1 is tables which reference no other tables, except
themselves, and are only referenced by higher level tables
or themselves.
Levels 2 and above are tables which reference lower levels
and may be referenced by higher levels or themselves.
*/
declare @r table (
PK_TABLE nvarchar(200),
FK_TABLE nvarchar(200),
primary key clustered (PK_TABLE,FK_TABLE))
declare @rs table (
PK_TABLE nvarchar(200),
FK_TABLE nvarchar(200),
primary key clustered (PK_TABLE,FK_TABLE))
declare @t table (
REF_LEVEL int,
TABLE_NAME nvarchar(200) not null primary key clustered )
declare @table table (
TABLE_NAME nvarchar(200) not null primary key clustered )
set nocount off
print 'Load tables for database '+db_name()
insert into @table
select
TABLE_NAME = a.TABLE_SCHEMA+'.'+a.TABLE_NAME
from
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES a
where
a.TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'and
a.TABLE_SCHEMA+'.'+a.TABLE_NAME <> 'dbo.dtproperties'
order by
1
print 'Load PK/FK references'
insert into @r
selectdistinct
PK_TABLE =
b.TABLE_SCHEMA+'.'+b.TABLE_NAME,
FK_TABLE =
c.TABLE_SCHEMA+'.'+c.TABLE_NAME
from
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS a
join
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS b
on
a.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = b.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA and
a.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME = b.CONSTRAINT_NAME
join
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS c
on
a.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = c.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA and
a.CONSTRAINT_NAME = c.CONSTRAINT_NAME
order by
1,2
print 'Make copy of PK/FK references'
insert into @rs
select
*
from
@r
order by
1,2
print 'Load un-referenced tables as level 0'
insert into @t
select
REF_LEVEL = 0,
a.TABLE_NAME
from
@table a
where
a.TABLE_NAME not in
(
select PK_TABLE from @r union all
select FK_TABLE from @r
)
order by
1
-- select * from @r
print 'Remove self references'
delete from @r
where
PK_TABLE = FK_TABLE
declare @level int
set @level = 0
while @level < 100
begin
set @level = @level + 1
print 'Delete lower level references'
delete from @r
where
PK_TABLE in
( select TABLE_NAME from @t )
or
FK_TABLE in
( select TABLE_NAME from @t )
print 'Load level '+convert(varchar(20),@level)+' tables'
insert into @t
select
REF_LEVEL =@level,
a.TABLE_NAME
from
@table a
where
a.TABLE_NAME not in
( select FK_TABLE from @r )
and
a.TABLE_NAME not in
( select TABLE_NAME from @t )
order by
1
if not exists (select * from @r )
begin
print 'Done loading table levels'
print ''
break
end
end
print 'Count of Tables by level'
print ''
select
REF_LEVEL,
TABLE_COUNT = count(*)
from
@t
group by
REF_LEVEL
order by
REF_LEVEL
print 'Tables in order by level and table name'
print 'Note: Null REF_LEVEL nay indicate possible circular reference'
print ''
select
b.REF_LEVEL,
TABLE_NAME = convert(varchar(40),a.TABLE_NAME)
from
@table a
left join
@t b
on a.TABLE_NAME = b.TABLE_NAME
order by
b.REF_LEVEL,
a.TABLE_NAME
print 'Tables and Referencing Tables'
print ''
select
b.REF_LEVEL,
TABLE_NAME = convert(varchar(40),a.TABLE_NAME),
REFERENCING_TABLE =convert(varchar(40),c.FK_TABLE)
from
@table a
left join
@t b
on a.TABLE_NAME = b.TABLE_NAME
left join
@rs c
on a.TABLE_NAME = c.PK_TABLE
order by
a.TABLE_NAME,
c.FK_TABLE
print 'Tables and Tables Referenced'
print ''
select
b.REF_LEVEL,
TABLE_NAME = convert(varchar(40),a.TABLE_NAME),
TABLE_REFERENCED =convert(varchar(40),c.PK_TABLE)
from
@table a
left join
@t b
on a.TABLE_NAME = b.TABLE_NAME
left join
@rs c
on a.TABLE_NAME = c.FK_TABLE
order by
a.TABLE_NAME,
c.PK_TABLE
-- End of Script
Results from Northwind database:
Load tables for database Northwind
(13 row(s) affected)
Load PK/FK references
(13 row(s) affected)
Make copy of PK/FK references
(13 row(s) affected)
Load un-referenced tables as level 0
(0 row(s) affected)
Remove self references
(1 row(s) affected)
Delete lower level references
(0 row(s) affected)
Load level 1 tables
(7 row(s) affected)
Delete lower level references
(9 row(s) affected)
Load level 2 tables
(4 row(s) affected)
Delete lower level references
(3 row(s) affected)
Load level 3 tables
(2 row(s) affected)
Done loading table levels
Count of Tables by level
REF_LEVEL TABLE_COUNT
----------- -----------
1 7
2 4
3 2
(3 row(s) affected)
Tables in order by level and table name
Note: Null REF_LEVEL nay indicate possible circular reference
REF_LEVEL TABLE_NAME
----------- ----------------------------------------
1 dbo.Categories
1 dbo.CustomerDemographics
1 dbo.Customers
1 dbo.Employees
1 dbo.Region
1 dbo.Shippers
1 dbo.Suppliers
2 dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo
2 dbo.Orders
2 dbo.Products
2 dbo.Territories
3 dbo.EmployeeTerritories
3 dbo.Order Details
(13 row(s) affected)
Tables and Referencing Tables
REF_LEVEL TABLE_NAME REFERENCING_TABLE
----------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
1 dbo.Categories dbo.Products
2 dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo NULL
1 dbo.CustomerDemographics dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo
1 dbo.Customers dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo
1 dbo.Customers dbo.Orders
1 dbo.Employees dbo.Employees
1 dbo.Employees dbo.EmployeeTerritories
1 dbo.Employees dbo.Orders
3 dbo.EmployeeTerritories NULL
3 dbo.Order Details NULL
2 dbo.Orders dbo.Order Details
2 dbo.Products dbo.Order Details
1 dbo.Region dbo.Territories
1 dbo.Shippers dbo.Orders
1 dbo.Suppliers dbo.Products
2 dbo.Territories dbo.EmployeeTerritories
(16 row(s) affected)
Tables and Tables Referenced
REF_LEVEL TABLE_NAME TABLE_REFERENCED
----------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
1 dbo.Categories NULL
2 dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo dbo.CustomerDemographics
2 dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo dbo.Customers
1 dbo.CustomerDemographics NULL
1 dbo.Customers NULL
1 dbo.Employees dbo.Employees
3 dbo.EmployeeTerritories dbo.Employees
3 dbo.EmployeeTerritories dbo.Territories
3 dbo.Order Details dbo.Orders
3 dbo.Order Details dbo.Products
2 dbo.Orders dbo.Customers
2 dbo.Orders dbo.Employees
2 dbo.Orders dbo.Shippers
2 dbo.Products dbo.Categories
2 dbo.Products dbo.Suppliers
1 dbo.Region NULL
1 dbo.Shippers NULL
1 dbo.Suppliers NULL
2 dbo.Territories dbo.Region
(19 row(s) affected)
CODO ERGO SUM
Hello all,I have two tables - Projects and ProjectStructTable Projects contains master records of the projects, ProjectStructallows to define a project herarchie and contains the fieldsPrjStructId, ProjectId, PrjStructName, ..., ParentIdPrjStructParent contains a reference to the parent or to itselves ifrecord is top-level-record for a project.I try to create a trigger on table Projects (INSERT) whichautomatically creates the top-level-entry in ProjectStruct but Ididn't succed.Tried to use (several variations similar to)INSERT INTO ProjectStruct (ProjectId, PrjStructName, ParentId)SELECT prjProjectId, 'top-level',IDENT_CURRENT('ProjectStruct'))FROM INSERTEDbut this inserts a reference to the last inserted record. Why thishappens is pretty clear to me, but I found no way to get the referenceto the identity column of the record currently inserted.Is there a way to do this?
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Hi,
I have a common requirement (when I'm processing data rows from an input file) to perform some data manipulation in script then look up a value from a reference table and perform some further data manipulation depending on whether a matching value was found in the lookup table or not.
For example, say I'm processing Customer data rows and the first "word" (/token) of the FullName column might be a title or the title could be missing and it might be a forename or initial instead. I want to check the first word of this FullName column to see if it matches any valid title values in a ReferenceTitles lookup table. If I find a match I want to set my Title column to the value from the ReferenceTitles lookup table, otherwise I want to set it to, say, an empty string. Then I want to process the rest of the FullName column tokens differently depending on whether or not a match was found.
It seems very messy to start coding a script transformation and then
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Is it possible to do something like this in SQL:
DECLARE @TABLE table
if @GOOD = 1 BEGIN
Set @Table = Table1
END ELSE BEGIN
Set @Table = OtherTable
END
SELECT * FROM @TABLE