Methods To Generate ER Diagrams Programmatically
Sep 4, 2007Hi All,
Can anyone tell me if its possible to generate ER diagrams programmatically using SQL Server.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
-Akash
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T-SQL (SS2K8) :: Programmatically Generate A Number Sequence?
Sep 3, 2014I'm trying to do a simple insert into a table, something like this:
insert into sometable (ID, somecolumn)
select 'Task-ID', somevalue from SomeOtherTable
where something = 'someothervalue'
(or something to that effect)
So, the SELECT would generate something that looks like this:
ID somecolumn
-- ----------
Task-ID somevalue1
Task-ID somevalue2
Task-ID somevalue3
(etc.)
Here's where my problem comes in: ID is a PK, and needs to be unique. What I need it to do is this:
ID somecolumn
-- ----------
Task-ID.1 somevalue1
Task-ID.2 somevalue2
Task-ID.3 somevalue3
(etc.)
What I don't know is, how do I programatically generate the number sequence? Note: I do not have admin rights to the table, i.e. I cannot just change a column to IDENTITY.
Also the 'Task-ID' must remain part of the ID; in other words, I can't just generate a GUID, and it needs to be easily identifiable.
What I'm hoping to do is rewrite my SQL like this:
insert into sometable (ID, somecolumn)
select 'Task-ID.' + (generated seq #), somevalue from SomeOtherTable
where something = 'someothervalue'
Is there an easy way to do this?
Programmatically Generate Rdl Files With Image File
Oct 1, 2007Hello,
I would like programmatically generate rdl files with image.
I am using this XML Text Writer to create the rdl file.
But i have no idea how can i carryon on this task.
Can anyone help me in this topic?
Thanks.
Generate Thousands Of SSRS PDFs Programmatically With SP Or SSIS
Jul 18, 2007I have a report that I'd like to involve in delivering tons of PDFs for each of our customers for a billing cycle. There is a table that the report reads from that gives it all its data necessary for the report (which is a customer bill) and the table also has a column that has the file name for the PDF for that particular customers bill for the report. Basically each table row represents one output report (bill) and each table row has its name nicely formated for me. Writing the report is not a problem. Figuring out how to run through thousands of rows generating a PDF for each with the file name from the table is my challenge.
I would like to create either a SP or a SSIS package (that is scheduled) that can run a report for each line of data in my table and spit out a PDF file to a UNC path. It might have to generate thousands of PDFs to a UNC path that has plenty of space. There will be another SSIS package that moves the PDFs later to their proper directory.
So, is there someone who has done this before? Any suggestions? Is there a quick path to doing this, would it take a ton of time? Any tutorials out there?
Thanks,
Keith
p.s. My preference is to do this in SP's or SSIS and if I need a .NET language to do that in VB.NET, but I'd rather avoid that if I can.
SQL Connection Methods
Jun 5, 2007Set myConn1 = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set myRs1 = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
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Sep 4, 2007Hi,
I plan to implement UDT for division methods.
The following fragment TSQL with zero check:
DECLARE @a int, @b int
SELECT
CASE WHEN @b = 0 THEN NULL
ELSE @a / @b
END
Clr UDT may look like this and script will be shorter.
DECLARE @a int, @b int
SELECT @a Type :: divide(@b)
Is that better to use UDT ?
Anyone have try this before?
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Apr 4, 2007Is there a way to retrieve the methods within an assembly that are attributed with SqlTrigger or SqlProcedure using T-SQL?
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Aug 31, 2007Hi,
I'm a newbee to replication and wanted to know about the whole mechanism of replication and how is two way replication implemnted on 2 diffrent servers located at 2 different remote locations????
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Jun 26, 2000I'm fiddling around with my sql server in my home computer. I would like to store a different image in each row of the product table (for example). All the pics are now in my hard disk. I gather from various discussion boards that there are several ways of saving images -
1. INTERNALLY
a)Use VB. Run in ISQL/w
b) Use insert statement. INSERT INTO EMP(empno,empname ,Picture_Id)
VALUES('E1235','Anthony','c:PhotosAnthony.jpg')
c) Use isql/w & TSQL statement
d) Use sqlgetdata and sqlputdatn
e) Use textcopy in binn directory.
f) Use VB & ADO
2. EXTERNALLY
a)store the image externally and simply store the path to it in a plain
varchar variable.
My questions are :-
(i) Can I save images simply using 1b)?
(ii)Is 2a) correct ? Do I just type the name of the image file in my harddisk as the value in the table ?
(iii) If I have the database linked to the internet and have it hosted by a commercial server in the future, will I have a nightmare reentering all the path names when I upload the database into the commercial server?
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Mar 16, 2004Hello everyone:
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Dec 15, 2006Hello All,
I am looking to get some guidance and feed back from the community as to the prevalence and usage of the following technologies:
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OLE DB support
External Linked Server support
Data Link support for Data Transformation Services
Specifically I am hoping to find out when each technology should be used and the types of applications that use them. Additionally, I am wondering if there are alternatives to these technologies and why they may have been used instead.
Any guidance/feed back is appreciated.
Thanks,
.rss Methods No Longer Supported
Feb 9, 2006I am having a problem running a sql2k report service script on my new sql2005 server. It seems that the methods SessionHeader() and rs.render are no longer suport. can someone help me figure out what I need to do to continue automating my report running?
rss file contents: (the parts that should matter)
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Report Parameters
Dim branch as string = nothing
Dim skipreport as string = nothing
dim skip as integer = 0
dim allbranchreport as string = nothing
dim allbranch as integer = 0
dim report as CatalogItem
dim repname as string = nothing
dim specificreport as string = nothing
dim filepath as string = nothing
dim errorpath as string = nothing
dim basefilepath as string = nothing
dim baseerrorpath as string = nothing
dim errorlog as integer = 0
Dim parameters() As ParameterValue = nothing
Dim paramcount as integer = 0
' Render arguments
Dim result As Byte() = Nothing
Dim reportPath As String = nothing
'Dim format As String = "PDF"
Dim format as string = "EXCEL"
Dim historyID As String = Nothing
Dim devInfo as string = Nothing
Dim credentials As DataSourceCredentials() = Nothing
Dim showHideToggle As String = Nothing
Dim encoding As String
Dim mimeType As String
Dim warnings As Warning() = Nothing
Dim reportHistoryParameters As ParameterValue() = Nothing
Dim streamIDs As String() = Nothing
Dim sh As New SessionHeader()
rs.SessionHeaderValue = sh
Dim omitdocmap as string = "True"
'**************************************
'**************************************
'Repset run
Dim repset as string = ""
for each repset in repsetlist
specificreports = specificreportsstart
if specificreports = 0 then
select case repset.tolower
case "all"
specificreports = 0
case "brkctr"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_brkctr.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_brkctr(reportloop)
next
case "cashmgmt"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_cashmgmt.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_cashmgmt(reportloop)
next
case "com"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_com.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_com(reportloop)
next
case "com_vw"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_com_vw.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_com_vw(reportloop)
next
repset = "com"
case "comcons"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_comcons.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_comcons(reportloop)
next
case "cons"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_cons.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_cons(reportloop)
next
case "cons_vw"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_cons_vw.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_cons_vw(reportloop)
next
repset = "cons"
case "dep"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_dep.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_dep(reportloop)
next
case "staff"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_staff.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_staff(reportloop)
next
omitdocmapbranch = "False"
case "staff2"
specificreports = 1
reportcount = reportset_staff2.getupperbound(0)
redim specificreportslist(reportcount)
for reportloop = 0 to reportcount
specificreportslist(reportloop) = reportset_staff2(reportloop)
next
omitdocmapbranch = "False"
case else
specificreports = 1
redim specificreportslist(0)
specificreportslist(0) = "Undefined"
end select
if repset.tolower = "staff2" then repset = "staff"
End if
'Base values
basefilepath = basepath & client & "" & repset & ""
baseerrorpath = basepath & client & "" & "error_" & repset & "_"
'Reports List
Dim reports() as CatalogItem
reports = rs.ListChildren(basereportpath, False)
'Execution
if datasourceok = 1 then
for each report in reports
skip = 0
allbranch = allbranchrun
for each skipreport in skipreports
if report.name.tolower = skipreport.tolower then skip = 1
next
if skip = 0 then
if specificreports = 1 then
skip = 1
for each specificreport in specificreportslist
if report.name.tolower = specificreport.tolower then skip = 0
next
end if
end if
if skip = 0 then
for each allbranchreport in allbranchreports
if report.name.tolower = allbranchreport.tolower then allbranch = 1
next
Redim parameters(1)
parameters(0) = New ParameterValue()
parameters(0).name = "branchall"
parameters(1) = New ParameterValue()
parameters(1).Name = "branch"
'5 parameters reports
repname = report.name
if (repname.substring(0,5).tolower = "loans" or repname.substring(0,4).tolower = "locs") then paramcount = 4
if (repname.length >= 13) then
if repname.substring(0,13).tolower = "loans_beacons" then paramcount = 1
end if
if paramcount = 4 then
paramcount = 0
redim preserve parameters(4)
parameters(2) = New ParameterValue()
parameters(2).name = "comconsall"
if repset.tolower = "cons" or repset.tolower = "com" then parameters(2).value = 0 else parameters(2).value = 1
parameters(3) = New ParameterValue()
parameters(3).Name = "comcons"
if repset.tolower = "com" then parameters(3).value = "commercial" else parameters(3).value = "consumer"
parameters(4) = New ParameterValue()
parameters(4).Name = "brokered"
parameters(4).value = 0
if repset.substring(0,3).tolower = "brk" then parameters(4).value = 1
end if
'All Branches Reports
if allbranch = 1 then
parameters(0).value = "1"
parameters(1).value = "admin"
if client = "CSCU" then parameters(1).value = "newwst"
if clienttype = "vw" then parameters(1).value = "1"
errorlog = 0
filepath = basefilepath & report.name & ".xls"
errorpath = baseerrorpath & report.name & ".txt"
reportpath = basereportpath & "/" & report.name
omitdocmap = omitdocmapall
devinfo = "<DeviceInfo><OmitDocumentMap>" & omitdocmap & "</OmitDocumentMap></DeviceInfo>"
Console.WriteLine (repset.toupper & " " & report.name & " All branches")
Try
result = rs.Render(reportPath, format, historyID, devInfo, parameters, _
credentials, showHideToggle, encoding, mimeType, reportHistoryParameters, warnings, streamIDs)
sh.SessionId = rs.SessionHeaderValue.SessionId
Catch e As SoapException
errorlog = 1
Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.OuterXml)
Catch f as Exception
errorlog = 1
Console.writeline(f.message)
End Try
' Create an error log
If errorlog <> 0 then
Try
Dim stream As FileStream = File.Create(errorpath, 1024)
Console.WriteLine("Errorlog created: " & errorpath)
stream.Close()
Catch g As Exception
Console.WriteLine(g.Message)
End Try
End if
' Write the contents of the report to a file.
If errorlog <> 1 then
Try
Dim stream As FileStream = File.Create(filepath, result.Length)
stream.Write(result, 0, result.Length)
Console.WriteLine("Result written to file: " & filepath)
stream.Close()
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
end if
'Other Reports
else
parameters(0).value = "0"
for each branch in branches
parameters(1).value = branch
errorlog = 0
if branch <> "h/o" then
filepath = basefilepath & branch & "" & report.name & ".xls"
else
filepath = basefilepath & "ho" & report.name & ".xls"
end if
if branch <> "h/o" then
errorpath = baseerrorpath & branch & "_" & report.name & ".txt"
else
errorpath = baseerrorpath & "ho_" & report.name & ".txt"
end if
reportpath = basereportpath & "/" & report.name
omitdocmap = omitdocmapbranch
devinfo = "<DeviceInfo><OmitDocumentMap>" & omitdocmap & "</OmitDocumentMap></DeviceInfo>"
Console.WriteLine (repset.toupper & " " & report.name & " " & "Branch: " & branch)
Try
result = rs.Render(reportPath, format, historyID, devInfo, parameters, _
credentials, showHideToggle, encoding, mimeType, reportHistoryParameters, warnings, streamIDs)
sh.SessionId = rs.SessionHeaderValue.SessionId
Catch e As SoapException
errorlog = 1
Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.OuterXml)
Catch f as Exception
errorlog = 1
Console.writeline(f.message)
End Try
' Create an error log
If errorlog <> 0 then
Try
Dim stream As FileStream = File.Create(errorpath, 1024)
Console.WriteLine("Errorlog created: " & errorpath)
stream.Close()
Catch g As Exception
Console.WriteLine(g.Message)
End Try
End if
' Write the contents of the report to a file.
If errorlog <> 1 then
Try
Dim stream As FileStream = File.Create(filepath, result.Length)
stream.Write(result, 0, result.Length)
Console.WriteLine("Result written to file: " & filepath)
stream.Close()
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
end if
next
end if
end if
next
end if
next
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I get this error message from cmd when I try and run my batch:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J:PRA Publisher>rs -i pra_publisher.rss -s http://localhost/reportserver -l 0
The specified script failed to compile with the following errors:
J:PRA Publisher> "C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727vbc.exe" /t:exe
/main:MainModule /utf8output /R:"System.dll" /R:"System.Xml.dll" /R:"System.Web
.Services.dll" /R:"C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Toolsinn
s.exe" /
out:"C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.exe" /debug-
"C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.0.vb" "C:Docu
ments and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb"
Microsoft (R) Visual Basic Compiler version 8.0.50727.42
for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework version 2.0.50727.42
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb(253) : error
BC30002: Type 'SessionHeader' is not defined.
Dim sh As New SessionHeader()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb(254) : error
BC30456: 'SessionHeaderValue' is not a member of 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Reporting
Services2005.ReportingService2005'.
rs.SessionHeaderValue = sh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb(434) : error
BC30456: 'Render' is not a member of 'Microsoft.SqlServer.ReportingServices2005
.ReportingService2005'.
result = rs.Render(reportPath, format, historyID, de
vInfo, parameters, _
~~~~~~~~~
C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb(436) : error
BC30456: 'SessionHeaderValue' is not a member of 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Reporting
Services2005.ReportingService2005'.
sh.SessionId = rs.SessionHeaderValue.SessionId
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb(496) : error
BC30456: 'Render' is not a member of 'Microsoft.SqlServer.ReportingServices2005
.ReportingService2005'.
result = rs.Render(reportPath, format, historyID
, devInfo, parameters, _
~~~~~~~~~
C:Documents and SettingsetopLocal SettingsTemp1fw7qn9k.1.vb(498) : error
BC30456: 'SessionHeaderValue' is not a member of 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Reporting
Services2005.ReportingService2005'.
sh.SessionId = rs.SessionHeaderValue.SessionId
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Any advice on how to fix this would be graetly appreciated. Thanks!
Sql Compact Edition And Methods
Feb 7, 2007i had read information about sce and i had not unsderstood a little thing:
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thkx and by the way i think that it's a great product!
Calling Non-static Methods In Dll
May 31, 2007Hello,
I have a dll which is developed in C#. I have made a reference to it from Reporting Services under Report Properties.
My problem is, that the methods in this dll are not static. Therefore under the Classes in Report Properties I have written the class-name and the instance-names of the instances that I need to use from this class (as I understand it, this is what you have to do if using non-static methods). In a text-box, I call one of the instances in the class, but I get this error:
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What exactly have I done wrong here?
Thanks
/Peter
Diagrams
Nov 6, 2000I am trying to create a new db diagram.
I selected my db -->right-click on Diagrams--> New database diagram -->Select some of the existing tables in the wizard-->finish and....
I don't see anything else but an empty screen
When I tried to edit an existing database diagram, by right-clicking on it -->Add existing table and selecting a new table from the list, I got an error message: "Co Initialize has not been called."
Could you help me on this one, please?
;-)
Thank you,
Anastasia
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Mar 28, 2008I am not able to see SQL diagrams of SQL Server 2000 IN SQL2K5 SSMS, is there a work around for this?
------------------------
I think, therefore I am - Rene Descartes
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Apr 7, 2008Lets say you want to offer users access to a table that has over 1,000,000 records in it. You dont want to fetch the entire table into a dataset. Even with paging, it will still cause a performance lag, will it not ?Lets say there was a column that held last names. You could then divide up all the data in to alphabetical groups by letter. That will at least let you split up the data 26 different ways (letters in teh alphabet). Thats still roughly 38,000 possible records in the dataset at any given time. I suppose since the database and web server are very close to each other, physically, the latency shouldnt be too bad. However, Im worried about having several dozen or more users, each requesting datasets with tens of thousands of records. That would cause the memory use on the web server to spike most likely. Right now, its just one user do this sort of processing, but that might grow to include several dozens.ideas ?
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Method 2
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Method 3:
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Data Importing And Updating Methods
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I've got data that comes from a couple of different sources that I'm updating and compiling nightly. On each file there can be different fields of data (some memo fields, some numbers, some text, etc. but all a subset of a master list of fields in my table). I then need to take that data and basically update my existing records (or insert new records if they don't exist based on an id which is in the incoming files). The current program does this all by looping through the data and creating sql statements for the inserts and updates. I think using SSIS or bulk inserts after writing my data to a file, i should be able to speed this up.
To me the "gotchas" are that each file may have different columns of data and I can't write different imports for each one. So I either have to have it be able to determine the columns for each piece of data and match when loading or updating or I could recode my program to basically insert the missing columns (should be doable).
Any thoughts on the best way to do it? Writing out to a file for SSIS to use but having it only write out new records and then doing updates through another method or ? I know SQL Server 2005 fairly well for basics on SQL but haven't used SSIS so will have to learn or outsource so any good starter points or tips would help. Seems the updates are where I'm a bit more confused on the very best way to do it.
I'm also stripping out html in one of the fields and creating a secondary field that doesn't have the html so I'm assuming the best is probably to do that while writing out the file I may use for whatever system but if there is a way to do it inside SQL or SSIS and make it happen quickly (so it doesn't lock the database) that would be great.
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Mar 19, 2008I need to move total of 50 DTS packages from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005.Could someone give me the best way to do this ?
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Jan 15, 2007Is this somehow possible?
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Hi,
I have created a report in reporting service 2005 and i have succesfully integrated the report in asp.net webpage.
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What Methods Can Be Used To Improve The Reliability Of SSIS?
Sep 11, 2006Hi ,all here,
I am having a question about what other methods are avaliable in SSIS besides error outputs and checkpoints to improve the reliability of SSIS?
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With best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Grouping Methods In A DLL, Where Is The Break Point?
May 19, 2006We have roughly 5000 methods generated into C# that need to get assembled into DLLs and then put out as assmeblies in a SQL Server database. We then intend on creating user-defined functions to call many of these directly.
We can break these 5000 down into bundles and make about 10 DLLs, OR we can make 5000 DLLs. What are the concerns from a run-time perspective ??
If we go with 5000 DLLs, will an end user performing a few ad-hoc queries that use these user-defined functions experience poorer performance than if we had 10 large DLLs ?
Any input is appreciated. We'll be trying to assess the performance ourselves, but I'm looking for any stories about using large numbers of DLLs.
Thanks
Scott
Simple Methods To Optimise SQL Queries
Sep 18, 2006Hi, please excuse me if this seems like a daft or badly formed question.
A colleage mentioned that when constructing the where clause in a query that it was important what order the criteria were entered. They weren't sure themsleves but the idea was that starting from the bottom of the query you should add the criteria that will have the effect of reducing the data the most and then work 'up' the query back to the from clause.
As a dodgy example, if you have a staff table and you want to run a specific query on all staff over 75 that are male, then:
where gender = "male"
and age >- 75
The reasoning being that the age criteria would reduce the size of the data being worked on more than the gender criteria.
It's been a while since I've had to look at intermediate tables etc but i'm pretty sure this suggestion will not make any difference to the performance of a query.
Thanks,
Matt
Cannot Use Anonymous Methods Inside SQLCLR...
Sep 15, 2006Hi all,
The problem is: when you're trying to call in method MyMethod anonymous method that doesn't use local variables, deployment of the assembly will fail referring that MyMethod tries to store smth. in the static variable. Indeed, looking at the compiled CLR code, you can see that anonymous delegate is cached in the private static delegate and the call looks like:
If(ClassName.privateStaticDelegate == null)
ClassName.privateStaticDelegate = new MyDelegate(HiddenMethodName);
CallAnonymousMethod(ClassName.privateStaticDelegate);
Is there any workaround to fix this problem.
P.S. I googled about this problem and found only one article on it:
http://www.ayende.com/Blog/default,date,2005-12-26.aspx
Database Diagrams
Mar 9, 1999Is there a way to use an Oracle linked server to create a database diagram? Or do I have to bring the whole Oracle db into SQL7 and then create the diagram?
Peter Cwik
Copying SQL Diagrams
Feb 26, 2002Is there a way to export a database diagram? No preference as to the format of the exported file.
Thanks!
How To Copy Diagrams
Aug 6, 2002Subject says it all; how do I copy diagrams from one SQL2K database to another? (This is coming up because I'm converting collation sequences by DTSing data from DB1 to DB2, where DB1 was copied from SQL7 and DB2 was created with the collation I want. It gets tables and views, but not Diagrams and Stored Procedures. )
Thanks,
AL