I need copy a table from a remote (hosted) SQL 2000 database server to my local machine. I don't have access to backups and am unable to correctly configure my local machine to add a linked server. So I plan to retrieve the data to a datatable, copy it in code and save it to my local server. But the table contains an identity column which I will need to insert the values manually so they match the original.
Can anyone tell me how I can set the datatable's save to use my manual values instead of the autonumber value?
Hi, I am having problem in bulk update of a sql server table haning identity column from a datatable( has no identity column) using sqlbulkcopy. I tried several approaches, but it does not show any error nor is the table getting updated. But the identity value seems to getting increased every time. thanks. varun
when i alter non identity column to identity column using this Query alter table testid alter column test int identity(1,1) then i got this error message Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'identity'.
Filling a DataTable from SqlQuery : If SqlQuery returns some null values problem ocurrs with DataTable. Is it possible using DataTable with some null values in it? Thanks
I have table of three column first column is an ID column. However at creation of the table i have not set this column to auto increment. Then i have copied 50 rows in another table to this table then set the ID column values to zero.
Now I have changed the ID column to auto increment seed=1 increment=1 but the problem is i couldn't figure out how to update this ID column with zero value set to each row with this auto increment values so the ID column would have values from 1-50. Is there a away to do this?
Ok,I just need to know how to get the last record inserted by the highestIDENTITY number. Even if the computer was rebooted and it was twoweeks ago. (Does not have to do with the session).Any help is appreciated.Thanks,Trint
I'm working with a third-party database (SQL Server 2005) and the problem here is the following:
- There are a bunch of ETL processes that needs to insert rows on a table (let's call this table T) and at the same time, an ERP (owner of T) is up and running (reading, updating and inserting on T).
- The PK of T is an Integer.
Today all ETL processes uses (select max(ID) + 1 from T) to insert new rows, so just picture the scenario. It is a mess! Everyday they get duplicate key error when 2 or more concurrent processes are trying to insert a row (with the max) at the same time.
Considering that I can't change the PK, what is the best approach to solve this problem?
To sum up:
* I need to have processes in parallel inserting on T
The requirement is to have a table say 'child_table', with an Identity column to refer another column from a table say 'Parent_table'..
i cannot implement this constraint, it throws the error when i execute the below Alter query,
ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
the error thrown is : Failed to execute alter table query: 'ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE '. Message: java.sql.SQLException: Cascading foreign key 'fk_1_ct' cannot be created where the referencing column 'child_table.child_id' is an identity column.
Hi guys, If I have a temporary table called #CTE With the columns [Account] [Name] [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] and I need to change the column type for the columns: [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] to integer, and set the column [RowID Table Level] as Identity (index) starting from 1, incrementing 1 each time. What will be the right syntax using SQL SERVER 2000?
I am trying to solve the question in the link below: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2093921&SiteID=1
Thanks in advance, Aldo.
I have tried the code below, but getting syntax error...
ALTER TABLE #CTE ALTER COLUMN [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
I have also tried:
ALTER TABLE #CTE MODIFY [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
Hello; My Memebership table has Guid column as Primary key. But I would like to add Auto numbering Identity column to this table. Is this idea OK or it will bring some problems? Thank you in advance for your help
Hi(SQL Server 2000)I have an existing table (t) with a column that is NOT an identity column(t.ID), but it has manually inserted "row numbers". I want to make thiscolumn become an identity column. This column is a key field to othertables, so I want to keep the row numbers that are allready inserted.From the Query Analyzer, how do I do this?Thanks in advance!Regards,Gunnar VøyenliEDB-konsulent asNORWAY
I have to change someones username in my database in a couple of tables. When I try to make any changes, I get an error that there is a constraint. Is there a way to make the changes without removing all the constraints then replacing them? Thanks
I have a update trigger on table a and table b to a staging table. I run a dts package which updates data in b based Based on the values in the staging table. At this stage I don't want the trigger on table b to be fired. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
I'm trying to search for all records that contain a quotation character in the database. These records were migrated from a mainframe system.
I use the following command: %'%
The results are: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Unclosed quotation mark before the character string ' order by cliLastName, cliFirstName, cliBirthName'.
/ladds/lib/getrecordset.asp, line 6
Is there a way to override the quotation character temporarily?
Hi,I have a select statment that correctly returns zero rows at times. Iwould like to be able to return the value 0 (a single row with thevalue 0) whenever the logic returns zero rows.something like thisIf no.of.rows.returned = 0 thenoutput 0elseoutput query resultsend ifCan anyone poing me in the right direction to do this?many thanks,yohan
A website that I'm working on has users sign in and keeps a log of the pages they go to. The log table has a foreign key in it that links to the username is the users table. I need to update the username for one of the users but the foreign key is preventing me from doing so. What is the benefit of having a foreign key like this? Can I delete it to update the username or is there a better way?
I wrote a report in Visual Studio with some parameters that I gave default values to in the report definition. I deployed it out to the report server and when I look at the report Properties, Parameters section to see the default values. Instead of seeing all of the default values, I see a bunch of "Override Default" buttons. When you click the buttons, you get a blank text box in which to enter a new value.
Someone before me created a report with default values and the parameters section of that report has text boxes with the default values in them.
Does anyone know how to have the default values show up rather than those "Override Default" buttons?
If a column is set to allow nulls I know that a constraint can be used to supply a default (i.e. GetDate() ) when no value is provided but what about when an explicit NULL is provided in an INSERT or UPDATE statement?Is there any way other then an AFTER trigger to substitute a value for an explicitly provided NULL? In other words, assuming that dtAsof is a NULL enabled column, is there any way to over ride what the following will do to MYTABLE:
If there's no way to do this in SQL Server 2008R2 then what about later versions of SQL Server? Do any more recent versions have a way to deal with this? We have a third party app that uses a SQL Server back end and many of the tables have columns for storing audit like data such as date/time but many are left to NULL values and I'd really like to fix that in as passive a way as possible so as to not break the app that uses the database. I know a constraint with a default can be sued to over ride a null but not when a null is explicitly provided.
I have been trying to get the new sol_id that is added so I can use it in other code, but it is only returning 0. The new record is getting added to the table, but my varaiable myNewSolID is 0 in my response.write(myNewSolID) I appeaciate any help! Here is my steored procedure and my code: ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[AddTrackings]
@DropDate datetime, @Comment nvarchar(100), @DateEntered datetime, @EnteredBy nvarchar(50), @Sol_ID Int OUTPUT AS INSERT INTO tblTrackings (DropDate, Comment, DateEntered, EnteredBy)
Dim ConnectStr As String = _ ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("2ConnectionString").ConnectionString
Dim MySQL As String = ""
If Me.chkDropSave.Checked Then MySQL = "AddTrackings" Dim MyConn As New SqlConnection(ConnectStr) Dim Cmd As New SqlCommand(MySQL, MyConn) Cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure Dim InsertedInteger As New SqlParameter("@Sol_ID", SqlDbType.Int) InsertedInteger.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output Cmd.Parameters.Add(InsertedInteger)
Dim MySqlParamStart As New SqlParameter("@DropDate", SqlDbType.DateTime) Cmd.Parameters.Add(MySqlParamStart) MySqlParamStart.Value = Me.BasicDatePickerDropDate.SelectedValue
Dim MySqlParamAmtTo As New SqlParameter("@Comment", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 100) Cmd.Parameters.Add(MySqlParamAmtTo) MySqlParamAmtTo.Value = Me.txtComment.Text
Having an identity column in target table, how do I use SQL 7 DTS ?
In Import wizard, I chose 'ignore' in source, checked Enable Indenity Insert - DTS failed with a msg like - a column cannot have NULL...
In DTS package, had Fast load and Enable Indenity checked - no luck !
Unchecked Enable identity, do luck.
What would be the standard procs for this since this sounds like a very common senario. What I am expecting is to insert from source and SQL would take care identity column automatically. Appreciate your help very much !
I want to know how to reset the identiy column when i delete a row from the existing table.
Example:
I have a table a with id (identity incr value 1) and name
I have 10 records inserted into it.,which would be from 1...thru...10 i delete a record say 5 then i have 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10, now i want them to be rearranged to systamatic order like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 how can i do this.
I have a table that has a field that will not accept null values. I was trying to create a new table with a new field that would accept null values. I would then drop the original table and rename the new table. The problem is my key field has the Identity column (Autonumber) turned on. This allows the recordID to be automatically generated. Is there anyway to bypass the Identity Column feature and still keep it there future records? I already tried the "with Nocheck Clause" but does not work.
How does one bcp data INTO a MS SQL Server table that includes an IDENTITY column from a text file that does NOT include a value for the IDENTITY column? Surely, this must be a common process?
Kudos to y'all! On most of my tables, I'm using a column of data type numeric and properties set as Identity with no replication. Now I know that it can handle only a length of 9 and obviously not nullable. Now by length of 9, does it mean in bytes or literal digits. If it is, then that would mean that it would reach only up to 999,999,999. What happens then if it reaches that digit?
How do you insert into a table that has an identity column aset of rows with predefined values for the identity column. I have tried to Set Identity_insert off and then insert but it didnt work. any ideas?
