Serious Trouble Getting Database Table Information
Feb 7, 2001
I would like to know how to (if it is at all possible) in SQL (or even ADO) to retrieve all the data concerning database X's
a) Tables
b) Tables column names
c) Tables column's data types
I don't want to use the doa.tabledefs object.. .i would prefer to do it in SQL, but using ADO objects (since I am developing stuff in VB) would be ok too.
Please Help.. i have been going crazy trying to find anything useful.. email me back please!
While cleaning up some code, I ran across the following statement in a stored proc - the purpose of which is to determine if a table exists in the local database: SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[XML_PRINTDATE]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1of course I removed it from the IF just for testing purposes, but my quandry is this... Why chose that select (converting table name to object ID) rather than just doing THIS:SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects where name = N'XML_PRINTDATE' and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1
I first thought it was to gain access to the "id" column value (and that may yet be the purpose of it), but the second code seems to work just peachy (I assume because the id column is present in the sysobjects table itself).
A follow-on question is this: When I try to do the same check from another server (i.e.SELECT * FROM APRECEIVE1.DailyProd.dbo.sysobjects where name = N'XML_PRINTDATE' and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) it of course fails because OBJECTPROPERTY only looks for the id on the local database.
So, do I CARE if it is a user table? (I am reasonably sure it is, of course) and if so, is there a way to check on the remote server for the object type?
Bottom line is I Think I can just simplify things and check for the object name on the remote server, but just don't want to take away any "warm fuzzy feeling" generated by the original stored proc, if such a warm fuzzy is of any benefit (though don't get me started on the relativity of warm fuzzies, I wrote my Thesis on that ;) )
I'm using Sql Server 2012 Enterprise and have a database with over 400 tables. I am looking at one diagram which contains about 20 (or so) tables and their relationships. When I right-click on a relationship line I only see information about which tables are connected on that line but not on which fields. Can I get that information from the Diagram or can I only get that from the sys tables?
Hi, I am working on inserting information into a DB and then retrieving the ID created for that Data to use elsewhere in my code. I have the code below but I do not know how to get toOutput parameter. Can anyone please help?
AS INSERT INTO PRODUCTION (DATEOUT,DATEREQUIRED, PREPAREDBY, COMMENTID, TOTALQUANTITY, VENDORID, WPO, TCAPONUMBER, APPROVEDBY) VALUES( @DATEOUT, @DATEREQUIRED, @PREPAREDBY, @COMMENTID, @TOTALQUANTITY, @VENDORID, @WPO, @TCAPONUMBER, @APPROVEDBY) SET @Identity = SCOPE_IDENTITY()
'collect all the information from the form and then apply all and then update 'Get a reference to the Production table. Dim dtProduction As DataTable = DS.Tables("Production") Dim dtLineItem As DataTable = DS.Tables("LineItems") ' Create the SqlCommand to execute the stored procedure. Production.InsertCommand = New SqlCommand("dbo.InsertProduction", connection) Production.InsertCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure ' Add the parameter for the CategoryName. Specifying the ' ParameterDirection for an input parameter is not required. 'Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@CategoryName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 15, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@DATEOUT", SqlDbType.DateTime, 8, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@DATEREQUIRED", SqlDbType.DateTime, 8, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@PREPAREDBY", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@COMMENTID", SqlDbType.Int, 4, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@TOTALQUANTITY", SqlDbType.Int, 4, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@VENDORID", SqlDbType.Int, 4, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@WPO", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@TCAPONUMBER", SqlDbType.Int, 4, "CategoryName") Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@APPROVEDBY", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50, "CategoryName") ' Add the SqlParameter to retrieve the new identity value. ' Specify the ParameterDirection as Output. Dim parameter As SqlParameter = Production.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@Identity", SqlDbType.Int, 0, "ProductionID") parameter.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output ' Create a new row with the same schema. Dim dr As DataRow = dtProduction.NewRow() 'you need the ID from this to insert into the Production DB ' Set the value of all the columns. dr("DateOut") = CDate(DateTimePicker1.Text) dr("DateRequired") = CDate(DateTimePicker2.Text) dr("VendorID") = CInt(vendorbox.SelectedValue) dr("HomeAddress") = txtApproved.Text.ToString dr("ApprovedBy") = txtPrepared.Text.ToString dr("TCAPO") = CInt(txtTCAPO.Text.Trim) dr("CommentID") = CommentID dr("TotalCost") = CDec(txtTotals.Text) dr("TotalQuantity") = CInt(txtQtyTotal.Text) ' Add to the Rows collection or table . dtProduction.Rows.Add(dr) 'Update the Production Table and then retrieve the ID created in this case Production.Update(dtProduction)
This program gets the values of A and B passed in. They are for table columns DXID and CODE. The textbox GET1 is initialized to B when the page is loaded. When I type another value in GET1 and try to save it, the original initialized value gets saved and not the new value I just typed in. A literal value, like "222" saves but the new GET1.TEXT doesn't.
I want to make a query, stored procedure, or whatever which will only display the primary key where there does no exist a foreign key in linked table.For example. If I had two tables with a one to many relationship.A [Computer] has one or more [Hard Drives]. I want to select only those computers which do not have a Hard Drive(s) associated with them. That is, show all computers where the Computer_ID field in the [Hard Drives] table does not exist. This seems simple but I'm drawing a blank here.
I'am doing functionality test on DTS packages and saving my DTS packages to meta data services instead of saving them as local packages. We would like to see what information would be provided by saving them this way, but when we try to open the meta data browser (the 3rd icon under DTS) we get the following error:
An error occurred while trying to access the database information. The msdb database could not be opened.
I actually work in an organisation and we have to find a solution about the data consistancy in the database. our partners use to send details to the organisation and inserted directly in the database, so we want to create a new database as a buffer database to insert informations from the partners then make an update to the main database. is there a better solution instead of that?
A123456789 THOMAS, CHARLES B. 009/11/01 M05/04/511G
I want to run that data through some substrings etc. and dump it into another table like this:
//THIS TABLE WILL BE WHERE WE PUT THE RESULTING DATA FROM //EXECUTING THE SUBSTRs AND OTHER FUNCTIONS TO PREP THE DATA FOR BASIS. CREATE TABLE ISIS_DATA_PREP (ISIS_STATUS_ID VARCHAR(15), STATUS VARCHAR(5), STUDENT_ID NUMERIC(15) CONSTRAINT ISIS_DATA_PREP_STUDENT_ID_PK PRIMARY KEY, LAST_NAME VARCHAR(25), FIRST_NAME VARCHAR(20), MID_INIT CHAR(1), CLASS NUMERIC(2), EXPIR_DATE VARCHAR(10), SEX CHAR(1), BIRTHDAY VARCHAR(10), CAT NUMERIC(3), SCHOOL VARCHAR(5))
Server: Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1 Error converting data type varchar to numeric.
QUESTION #1 - Is there an equivalent in MS SQL 2000 to Oracle's TONUM function?
So, to get around this I change all the fields in the receiving table (ISIS_DATA_PREP) to a varchar so there is no conversion necessary at this time.
Now I get this message:
Server: Msg 8152, Level 16, State 9, Line 1 String or binary data would be truncated. The statement has been terminated.
I look up this error on MS's knowledge base and get something along these lines:
...Because the truncated string is shorter than the maximum length, the char column that does not allow a null value and the char variable is padded with trailing blanks while the varchar column will not store trailing blanks....
QUESTION #2 -
What am I doing wrong on the field structure on the receiving table of the input command? I experimented by setting all fields to VARCHAR(25) so it would accept more data and not truncate, but still get the same message.
QUESTION #3 - My main question was for the syntax for INSERTing into a table from another table the rows in MS SQL. Basically copying the data. I have it for Oracle, but MS SQL doesn't seem to take it in that format.
Sorry for the absolutely massive post. : ) And thanks for any feedback.
I am trying to add a new field to a table using enterprise manager by right clicking on the table, choosing design table and adding the new field/column. But when I choose save changes, I receive an error message:
------------------------------------------------------------ Errors were encountered during the save process. Some of the database objects were not saved. 'Comments' Table -Unable to modify table ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL SERVER] ... ... Cannot drop the table 'dbo.Comments' because it is being used for replication -----------------------------------------------------------
If it helps I am trying to add a binary (bit) field and a text field of 50 characters. I think the replication it refers to is a merge replication (not sure though is there a way i can find out in EM?)
I have read some articles which refer to this problem and suggest using stored procedures but I really dont know how to do that, having never used them before. I need an idiots guide please!
Let me know if I need to provide more info. Thanks.
Hi, In my Sql Sever i have added one Database "Devtools", by restoring it from .bak file. Now In my asp page I want to Display a Datagrid with data from a table "Devices". I want to Generate the Gridview dynamically. The columns in the table are dynamic they are not constant so I want to generate my Gridview dynamically. So I want to get the columns info of the table and based on that I want to dynamically add the columns to the table. So how to get the info of the table first. Is there any query where i can get the table info
I have an app that needs to retrieve the list of tables in an SQL database. I see that there is a way to do this with the OLEdb provider (GetOleDbSchemaTable() ), but I can't find a sibling method in SQL. IS there one/ Any Ideas?
In oracle there is a describe command: describe table_name This command will tell you the columns names, datatypes, and length of the columns for that particular table. Does anyone know if there is a simliar command in SQL server that would do that? The only way that I have found so far is to do a join of the syscolumns with sysobject by table name.
Okay, I'll admit it: I am not a Guru. Far from it. So here is one of the zillion tasks I cannot do - unfortunately it is one that I need to have done... :
I need a recordset containing the Name, Datatype, Size, Precision, and Name_of_parent_table of all columns in all non-system tables in a given database.
Most likely this can be accomplished with one or two SPs, but which ones? And how?
i need help printing only certain rows from within a table.. for instance, if my table looks like this : +-------------------+----------------+----------------------+ | Description | Heading | Link | +-------------------+----------------+----------------------+ | Google | Heading 4 | www.google.com | | Toms Hardware | Heading 3 | www.tomshardware.com | | Anandtech | Heading 2 | www.anandtech.com | | check this out | Heading 1 | www.henryadams.com | | another heading 4 | Heading 4 | www.heading4.com | | test | Heading 3 | www.test3.com | | heading 4 agagin | Heading 4 | laksjdf;alkf | | new heading test | newHeadingTest | www.newheadingtest | +-------------------+----------------+----------------------+
and i want to only print out the results for "Heading 4" under the "Heading" column, and only have the results print out once, using php.. how would i do this?
The Headings are inputed by the user through a web interface i created where the user may either select an exisiting heading or type in a completely new one that has nothing to do with any of the others.
Is it possible to retrieve column information alone in the sp_columns command? I saw that it has an additional option "@column_name". But when I include it in my sql, it doesn't work the way I had expected it to..
I had tried sp_columns @table_name='mytable', @column_name='COLUMN_NAME'
I expect just the column names alone in the resultset. What am I doing wrong here?
I have two tables - a stock table and a transaction table. The stock table is called stock and the transaction table is called trans. The table make a point of sale database. Both table have a joining field called prod_no.
I want to extract the stock line by querying stock.prod_no that are not present in the trans table for a period of time specified.
Basically, I want to find dead stock lines that have not been sold and, therefore, are not in the transaction table but that have a stock figure. I have to enter in a start and end date paramater using the ddate field in the trans table. I have looked at left, right and outer joins but with no luck and don't even know if this is the correct query type to use.
I am new to using sqlserver and have been given the task to get the columnname, data type and the description from a given table and put this intoanother table. Can this be done?Thanks in advance.Jeff Magouirk
I have a problem I am trying to ascertain the quality of the data in the table of a system we are migrating from one database to another.
We have already taken the step of converting it into SQL server to make sense of it now I wnat to query the data itself
To do this I set up a query that went through sysobjects and syclumns and listed the tables and their columns
What I want to do now is use this information to query the data elements themselves to determine where we should concentrate our data mapping on.
I started out with a cursor doing this declare @table varchar(50) declare @col varchar(50) declare @result int declare count_cursor cursor scroll for select tname,cname from infotemp open count_cursor fetch from count_cursor into @table,@col while @@fetch_status=0 BEGIN exec ('select count('+@col+') from '+@table) Fetch next from count_cursor into @table,@col END close count_cursor deallocate count_cursor
But I am having problems getting the counted value into the result value from the exec statement
Hi I am new at this. I have a little program written in C# in asp.net. The program basically accesses a database and stores new records. The database is supposedly already attached to MSDE so I am able to see the tables of the database inside asp.net. I can click on the individual slots of the table and modify the datas manually. However, I want to connect to the database from my C# program and be able to input data into the database via the website that the C# program produces. After I type in the data into the website and click the submit button on the website, I get an error page that says this: Login failed for user 'sa' the line of code thats causing this error is: con = new SqlConnection("data source=(local)\NetSdk; initial catalog=Friends; user id=sa"); Why is it not able to connect to the database?
I used VWD 2005 Express to create my web application (that uses a sql 2005 database), and now I'm trying to deploy it. I was to understand that all I had to do was to upload all my files to the root folder and the web host's server (webhost4life.com). However, they require me to upload the sql 2005 db to a seperate sql server using a control panel that is very clunky. Does anyone know how to upload the sql 2005 db to the host server or an online tutorial where I could go to learn? Thanks for the help!
I am doing one of the Microsoft virtual labs "Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with C# - Part 2" using Visual Web Developer Express. I am trying to fill a gridview with database information, but it gives me the error "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)".This is on the local machine that I am executing the code. public void BindGrid(string sortfield) { //Create DataAdapter to fetch data from Prodcuts table SqlDataAdapter myCommand = new SqlDataAdapter("select * from Products", myConnection); //Create dataset and fill it with Product data DataSet ds = new DataSet(); myCommand.Fill(ds, "Products"); //Bind Product data to Datagrid DataView Source = ds.Tables["Products"].DefaultView; Source.Sort = sortfield; dgProducts.DataSource = Source; dgProducts.DataBind(); } It stops on the line "myCommand.Fill(ds, "Products"); and points out the error mentioned earlier. I am not sure what to do...any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, and I apologize as well if I have not pointed out enough information.
Hi all, this has been bothering me for a few days now so i thought id better get some good advice! I am going through the process of exporting a SQL Server 2005 DB to my hosting company for the first time. Initially I tried using SQL Server Management Studio to "Export" the DB, which has all of the membership functionality (by runnung aspnet_regsql.exe) and a few extra tables - nothing too complicated. Exporting with SQL SMS did not seem to copy my stored procedures accross and this gave me problems. I then tried SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard - as recommended by this post: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/01/11/tip-trick-how-to-upload-a-sql-file-to-a-hoster-and-execute-it-to-deploy-a-sql-database.aspx So this is my process: 1. set up empty DB on hosting server2. get admin to allow dbo permissions on this DB3. open SQL SDPW and create a script which will create an exact copy of my local DB4. run the script on my new empty Db on server... when i do this i get the following errors: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure vw_aspnet_Users, Line 3Invalid object name 'dbo.aspnet_Users'.Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure vw_aspnet_MembershipUsers, Line 3Invalid object name 'dbo.aspnet_Membership'.Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure vw_aspnet_Profiles, Line 3Invalid object name 'dbo.aspnet_Profile'.Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure vw_aspnet_UsersInRoles, Line 3Invalid object name 'dbo.aspnet_UsersInRoles'.Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure vw_aspnet_WebPartState_User, Line 3Invalid object name 'dbo.aspnet_PersonalizationPerUser'.
When i look at the DB hosted on the server, it seems that all of my stored procedures are there. One thing I noticed was that some of my "Views" were in the "Tables" folder (i dont know if this matters)The result that this is having is that I do not get any errors, but the queries on my page where i reference one of my views (like vw_aspnet_MembershipUsers), the latest records are not appearing.I think that somehow my stored procedures are not referencing the correct views and tables maybe?Anyway - if anyone has come across this, please help me out (even if its just to say ive done something stupid )
I am new to thsi and I have installed the SQL server 2005 Dev (not express). I am useing Visual Web Express - When I create an application and attempt to launch it - the web config tell me that I am unable to connect to the Database - in the properties page (sidebar) the database status says closed - an I cannot seem to connect if though I go into the connections and test it says connected!
I am trying to write to a database through C++ with the ODBC stuff. I can connect to and close the database as well as write certain things to it. I am having trouble writing strings or chars to it though. I'm not really a DB programmer and probably won't have to do it in C++ for a long time, so I'm just looking for some quick help so I can move on to other stuff. I know this code probably won't look right either since I;ve only seen this stuff for about 2 days now. Basically I have a string that I want to bind using SQLBindParameter so that I can use it in an ExecDirect statement. Basically when I run the little code snippet below, it writes some crazy character set out. Any help would be appreciated because I really have no clue what I'm doing.
I've created an sql database in VB express, created some tables, and entered some data in those tables. My problem now lies with actually using that data. What i'd like to do is have a Sub use the database's data and fill in a series of variables. Right now i have the Sub using an Excel file to assign the information, looks like this:
Public Sub CharStatDefault() 'loads each character's default stats
CharSheet = xlBook.Worksheets(2)
P.initialize()
For excelInt = 1 To 22
P.C(excelInt).Initialize()
With P.C(excelInt)
.Vit = CharSheet.Range("AC" & excelInt).Value
.Phy = CharSheet.Range("AD" & excelInt).Value
.Mag = CharSheet.Range("AE" & excelInt).Value
.Off = CharSheet.Range("AF" & excelInt).Value
.Def = CharSheet.Range("AG" & excelInt).Value
.Agl = CharSheet.Range("AH" & excelInt).Value
End Sub
So basically i want to change the CharSheet.Range("XX" & excelInt).Value to something that utilizes the data from my database.
I created a package using the Import Data wizard and everything works fine when I re-execute it. I needed to change the name of the destination table so I went into SQL Server and renamed the table. I then went in and edited the DTSX file via a text editor and changed the OpenRowset setting from [CMBS].[dbo].[raw_Note] -> [CMBS].[dbo].[T_Raw_Note]
<property id="104" name="OpenRowset" dataType="System.String" state="default" isArray="false" description="Specifies the name of the database object used to open a rowset." typeConverter="" UITypeEditor="" containsID="false" expressionType="None">[CMBS].[dbo].[T_Raw_Note]</property>
There are no other references to the table in the DTSX, i saved the file and then re-ran.
When I run, I get invalid object name dbo.raw_Note (old table name). Is there some data being cached somewhere or hidden elsewhere that it would reference the old table? When I go back into the DTSX file, the correct name is in there so I don't know where it is getting the old name from? Any help would be appreciated.
I'm having a weird problem with an easy process. I have a section that allows people to enter their name and email address if they wish to be contacted. I have it set up so that when they enter that information into the text boxes, the info is then sent to my SQL database. The code looks right to me, but it never comes up. Here is the code I have for the button_click.
Dim NTAdatasource As New SqlDataSource() NTAdatasource.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("DatabaseConnectionString1").ToString() NTAdatasource.InsertCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.Text NTAdatasource.InsertCommand = "INSERT into ContactUs (YourName, EmailAddress, DateTimeStamp) VALUES (@YourName, @EmailAddress, @DateTimeStamp)" NTAdatasource.InsertParameters.Add("YourName", txtYourName.Text) NTAdatasource.InsertParameters.Add("EmailAddress", txtEmailAddress.Text) NTAdatasource.InsertParameters.Add("DateTimeStamp", DateTime.Now) Dim RowsAdded As Integer = 0 Try RowsAdded = NTAdatabase.Insert() Catch ex As Exception Server.Transfer("problem.aspx") End Try
If RowsAdded <> 1 Then Server.Transfer("problem.aspx") Else Server.Transfer("success.aspx") End If End Sub
The strange thing is that when I debug, the "rowsadded" value comes up to 1. The process runs through debugging just fine and redirects me to my "success.aspx" page. What am I doing wrong?
I work with multiple servers and I have system administrator rights on all server. My question is, why on some server when I click on a database it shows the General, Table & Index, Space Allocated tool bar, than if I go to a different server, click a database it does not show? I would like to see this toolbar on all my servers when I click a database. Thanks Reggie
Pardon the possibly senseless question - I have been an NT Administrator for some years, and have just gotten thrown into picking up some SQL DBA work and I'm still feeling my way around.
Is it possible to query the Master database for the setup information (etc) on the other databases? Several have been marked suspect due to a hard drive failure and I am trying to figure out what the original setup of the databases was.
