We are creating a company-wide table of ZipCodes, States, GPS info, etc. This table can be used by our development and production servers (many of them.) We could place the table on a given server and use linked servers to grant access to that table to the other servers. But is there a better way to handle this globally-useful table?
Barkingdog
P.S. Clearly, we don't want to have multiple copies of this table scattered around on various servers. That introduces synchronization issues.
I am having problems updating my zip code table that contains zip, city, state, long, lat, ect..
I have the latest CSV file, I tried to use the import wizard in SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager. I set the ID field as <ignore> and specified the appropriate columns for the rest of the data matching from CSV to already designed and working zip code table. Also I checked the box that said "Delete Rows in Destination Table" as well as "Enable Identity Insert" was checked
I ran the wizard, and now I have empty table and it will not insert any records because the error said that the identity column can not accept NULL.
What do I do? I am not updating the identify column so Is it telling me it can't insert NULL into ID?
I have a table with a column 'zipcode' that contains a 9 digit zipcode. I am am trying to figure out how I can create a query that returns the count of the most popular zipcodes based only on the first 5 digits.
This is what I have
Code:
SELECT Customers.Zipcode, Count(Customers.Zipcode) AS CountOfZipcode FROM Customers GROUP BY Customers.Zipcode ORDER BY Count(Customers.Zipcode) DESC;
which does what I want it to do except it uses the whole 9 digits.
I have the following code, which returns a list of nearby cities based on a city name as input. Most cities have multiple zipcodes per city name, thus it can list multiple rows with the same city name, but with different zipcodes like below:
Zip | Cityname 111 belmont 112 belmont 113 belmont 114 san francisco 115 san francisco
---------------- etc----------------
I do not really care about each group of zipcodes. I only need one pair of zipcode/city name like the following:
ZIP | City name 111 belmont 114 San Francisco
How do I change my select to only return a distinct city name. I do not care which if the city/zipcodes it returns from the similar city.
The select statement is below:
CREATE PROCEDURE ZipSearchByCity @city varchar(40), @State varchar(5), @distance int
AS
SELECT distinct o.City AS City, o.zip_code, o.State AS State, (3956 * (2 * ASIN(SQRT( POWER(SIN((z.RADlatitude-o.RADlatitude)/2),2) + COS(z.RADlatitude) * COS(o.RADlatitude) * POWER(SIN((z.RADlongitude-o.RADlongitude)/2),2) )))) dist
FROM zipcodes z, zipcodes o, zipcodes a
WHERE z.city = @city AND z.State = @State AND z.zip_code=a.zip_code AND (3956 * (2 * ASIN(SQRT( POWER(SIN((z.RADlatitude-o.RADlatitude)/2),2) + COS(z.RADlatitude) * COS(o.RADlatitude) * POWER(SIN((z.RADlongitude-o.RADlongitude)/2),2) )))) < @distance GO
Hi All, Does anyone have a Stored Procedure that works perfectly to retrieve all zipcodes within a specified zipcode and distance radius - a zipcode and radius is passed and the Store Procedure result shows all zipcodes that falls within that range.
Hello All,I am looking at the performance of our production database. It is40gb, and growing reasonably fast. It is placed in one file group on aRAID-5 array. The array is made up of 20 (or so) 9gb disks. The data,the indexes and the transaction log are all on the "one logical disk".My question then, is, would it be better to move the transaction logonto a separate device (with Raid-1), and then separate out theindexes and the data and to place them onto separate devices (ie.split the raid disks into 2 new drives). Or would it be better toplace the table into a larger number of smaller filegroups effectivelysplit across the raid device and to (strategically) place differenttables into the new logical disks. Does this make sense?Or, do I just leave everything as it is?CheersMike
Can anyone point me to any Microsoft articals giving reccomendations for file placement for SQL server? We are trying to convince our Hardware guys that we need separate disks for data/log/tempdb files and need some ammo.
I have a question about how I can change the database placement on our HP MSA1000 SAN. Basically I'm concerned about the performance of one particular server with 40+ databases. I'm familiar with the standard recommendations such as separating data and log files onto different physical drives, etc. But how is this going to be possible when there are only 14 physical drives available in the MSA1000? I also have to be concerned about the other server that's attached. Any suggestions, besides getting additional storage... :)
I need some help understanding the benefit of creating tempdb with one file per processor. I believe the benefit has something to do with the way SQL Server utilizes processor threads, but I'm a bit weak on the details.
I have someone telling me that you can improve performance in SP's by placing all the DDL at the beginning of the procedure. ie. Do all your CREATE TABLE #tbl and DECLARE's before the rest of your code.
Is there any thought going into moving these two tables to a file group that we can control? Putting this in Primary with the rest of my system tables is quite problematic, and hinders my ability to manage space usage on my files. Traditionally, we didn't have to consider a primary file group that could grow to large proportions, but now with these two tables it can. If a large volume of messages gets sent through and the system can't keep up, then these tables and my primary file group will grow sometimes enormously.
I have a server with 2 instances of SQL installed. There are 6 physical disks in the server which have been made into 3 mirrors.
The first mirror has the OS on it. Currently, the 2nd disk has all the database and transaction log files from both instances of SQL.
I plan to make use of the 3rd disk. My question is: is it better to move the database and transaction log files from the second instance to the new disk so that all the files for the first instance are on disk 2 and all the files for the 2nd instance are on disk 3 OR is it better to keep all the database files from both instances on disk 2 and move all the log files for both instances to disk 3?
I'm sure I have read somehwere that in this situation, the disks should be separated by instance rather than seperating by file type.
I've got a feeling that the answer is, "can't be done," but I'll go ahead and ask the august members of this forum, anyway. Is it possible to alter the placement of the Parameter fields when previewing a report?
At the moment, it seems that they form in a column of twos, reading from left to right. I see how the ORDER is affected, by changing the order of the parameters in the Report Data window, but can I change the number of columns?
I like writing concise and compact sql code without cursors if possible. My current dilemma has me stuck though.I have 3 tables, but one of them is optionally used and contains a key element of TimeOut to determine which Anesthesia CrnaID to use. It is the optionally used part that has me stumped.
Surgery table CaseID Patient (Sample data: 101,SallyDoe 102,JohnDoe)
AnesthesiaTime table (this table is optionally used, only if the crna's take a break on long cases) CaseID CrnaID TimeIn TimeOut (Sample data: 102,Jack,0800,1030 102,Bart,1030,1130 102,Jack,1130,1215)
Select Patient INNER JOIN Anesthesia produced too many case results. So, I figured out there is an AnesthesiaTime table that only gets used if the anesthesia guys take time-outs. That doesn't happen all the time. I could use TOP 1 on the Anesthesia table, but technically I need to read the AnesthesiaTime table and locate the last time and pull that crna, Jack. I'm not sure how to deal with an optional table. I believe the IF Exists will be pertinent, but not sure of how to build this query. I've tried subquery without success.
I can't seem to place the "option (recompile)" in any valid position so that the following procedure executes without a syntax error .
USE [PO] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[npSSUserLoad] Script Date: 4/18/2015 3:57:38 PM ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
[Code] ...
-- Generated code - DO NOT MODIFY
-- From Object Schema: 'C:XXXXXX.NetPOPOModel\_ObjectSchema
-- To regenerate this procedure use the 'Open With' option on file _ObjectSchema and select POCodeGen.exe
Declare @SqlCmd nvarchar(max) Declare @ParamDefinitions nvarchar(1024) Set @ParamDefinitions = N'@UserId int,NTUser varchar(30), @XmlResult XML OUTPUT' Set @SqlCmd = N'Set @XmlResult = ( Select [UserId] [a], [UserName] [b],
I've got a SQL database running on Windows NT 4 Server (P400, 256 Ram, 8Gb IDE & 18Gb SCSI HDD) and quite a few of the queries are taking a long time to run, and are also using a lot of the processor time. This affects other users who are also trying to query the db. Has anyone got any recommendations for upgrading the hardware spec to improve the overall performance? I presume just add more RAM, and get a dual processor system?
I am a PHP programmer for a small startup. We are storing person records and our MS SQL Server 2000 database has grown to the point where we wish to paginate the data before returning it to my PHP scripts.
I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on an optimal way to manage this given the following requirements.
- Data must return only X number of rows at a time (user configurable). - Must be able to search by several diffent criteria (name, date, birthday, location, ...)
Also, I was wondering if it is possible to return the total number of existant rows of data as the first row of a MSSQL procedure.
I have a SQL 2005 database containing the location of graphics files. I want to start learning how to write a C# application that will get a path from the DB and display the file. Any recommendations on sites where I can start learning how to do this?
Ok, let me start by saying that I already checked the FAQ. There was one link, but it just seemed to go to a review page with 5 books, with pretty specific themes. So I'm surprised that such a basic topic as book recommendations for SQL newbies wasn't covered.
In my case, I'm not a total newbie. I learned to write SQL queries for work on both Oracle and SQL Server, and I've gotten pretty good at all the basics. So I've got "SQL for Dummies" down cold, so to speak. Now I'm looking to take my query writing ability to the next level, which I guess would be the intermediate level. I'm also looking for books that are specific to just SQL Server, rather than the books about general querying on any DBMS. Speaking of which, just so you all know, "SAMS Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days" is an Oracle book, no matter what it says on the cover.
It looks like the book "Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying" comes highly recommended, but I flipped through it on the shelf at a bookstore the other day, and I think it's over my head. It might be a good reference to have around, but I think I'd be totally lost trying to read it from cover to cover.
So does anyone have recommendations for books that go beyond "This is how to do a SELECT, and here's how to do a JOIN", but won't make my head explode?
I do software support for software that works with both Oracle and SQLServer, so I mostly just write queries to look at the data related tothe software. When I first started, I bought a couple of books to learnthe basics, intentionally going with generic books that would help withboth types of databases. I've got the basics down, and now I'm lookingfor a really detailed reference book that goes really indepth intoquerying for SQL Server specifically. Currently, we only work with the2000 version, but we'll be going to 2005 soon, so I think I'd rather gowith a book on 2005, although if you know one that covers thedifferences between them, that would be great. Any recommendations?Besides just writing queries, I'd also like to learn more about SQLServer in general. DBA software support, so I'd like to head mycareer in that direction. I was looking at Microsoft's newcertification path for SQL 2005. Given that my company won't pay tosend me for training, and I really don't want to have to put down$2200+ to pay for a class, I was thinking that I might be able to learnenough on my own to pass the first test and get the MCTS title. Iordered the Training Kit from Microsoft Press for that, which comeswith a 180 day trial of SQL Server 2005 to play with, along with a hugebook. Does anyone have any other recommendations for resources to helplearn this stuff?--Richard
Hello -Anyone have any thoughts on which API to use - ADO or ODBC?I have a fat client written in C++ using MFC ODBC classes to access a Jetdatabase.The app is going to be modified to write to a SQL Server central databasewith multiple users accessing their local copies of the database ( usingreplication technology on the clients side).Most of the performance benchmarks give an edge to ODBC over ADO whenwriting to an Access database. Anyone know of any benchmarks for a c/senvironment?I've seen references that ADO has some client side cursor features forfilters and sorting which are a benefit over ODBC. I'd also like to usethe asynchronous fetch that OLE DB provides and am not sure if this isimplemented in ODBC.Thanks for the help.Bruce
Database File Placement Layout? We are planning to implement a new SQL Server 2014 OLTP Database with a 1 TB Data file and 1 TB Log File. I am looking at the possible layout of the database files and trying to determine the best possible configuration. My knowledge/research tells me that items which need separate storage due to constant simultaneous access are:
Data files – should go on the fastest reading storage. Log files – should go on the fastest writing storage. TempDb – involves a lot of writing at the same time the data files are being read. Indexes - (including full text indexes) - involves a lot of writing at the same time the data files are being read.
Also, are there any benefit to having multiple OLTP Database Log files? Because SQL Server writes to the log file sequentially, I do not see any advantages to having multiple database log files. In a SQL Server 2012 Class I took last summer, under “Determining File Placement and Number of Files”, it states “Use a single log file in most situations as log files are written sequentially.”
I've recently been tasked with doing some SQL 7.0 administration and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book to get started. The bulk of my IT experience is in SMS, IIS and messaging so my database fundamentals are pretty weak.
As I see it, it's probably a three-step process to get me at least halfway comfortable - a first book to get some solid general database / SQL-language exposure, a second book that takes the knowledge to a more advanced level and finally a MS-specific book that covers the Microsoft implementation of a SQL server.
Any comments / suggestions would be much appreciated!
I've searched quite a bit, and have found several leads on schema, stored procedure, and database contents comparison scripts and tools.
I'm now looking for recommendations on which ones are best, easiest:
ObjCompare.exe sb_ABCompareDb.sql sp_db_comp.sql
There's a mythical script from Andrew Z <mumble> that Mike Hotek talks about...
There's a DBCompare on the Back Office Resource Kit 2 CD, which of course is not in the umpteen MSDN CDs :-(
There's some *other* command line dbcompare, or maybe db_compare.
There's a DBA Compare.
I need to be able to compare divergent schemas from two developers to integrate their changes, so need schema and stored procedures compared only, and would also like to have something to compare staging servers and production servers.
Leads on other choices also welcome. I'd be happy to summarize and post, if warranted.
I'm a solid SQL developer/dba and have some funds earmarked for training this year. I'd like to expand my dba skills...more specifically, I'd like to become a rock-solid enterprise level dba that has not only a solid foundation of skills but some innovative techniques for managing our corporate SQL servers.
I'm curious if anybody has recommendations on training or conferences that might help me dig into those skillsets for a couple of days.
I am looking for a book that discusses query tuning, index tuning, executionplans, etc. Can anyone recommend something?--BV.WebPorgmaster - www.IHeartMyPond.comWork at Home, Save the Environment - www.amothersdream.com
