Question - if you had to completely strip all permissions from all databases in an instance and reset them, assuming you have metadata to support rebuilding the permissions, what steps would you follow? I can handle the iterating through each database, but at the database level, what steps would you take?
The reason I inquire on this is I currently have a job that I inherited that does just this. But it's buggy and was also written in for SQL Server 2000. With some of the changes in 2005, a few bugs have crept in, etc. And I would like to confirm my thoughts this. Or, if your opinion is why are you wasting your time on this? Then that's fine to and I'll review any constructive comments you may have.
I want to strip off the last three characters from an item number. The only thing is tht every item number is not the same lenght. The last three characters of this number are packing codes that I do not need. Fore example I can have all these numbers:
Does anyone know how to get rid of rtf tags that are stored in the table? I need to filter out the data and wondering if there is a utility on the SQL Server that can do it.
Has anyone had to deal with removing punctuation (commas, apostrophes,etc.) from a column? What is the most efficient way to have thesecharacters automatically removed from the column?
Hi everyone, I have a sql quey that selectes phoneNumbers from the database. Problem is some phone numbers have hypens in it and some doesn't. Is there any way in sql so that I can remove hyphens from the phone numbers
some numbers are like this 213-456-9999 and some are 2136789999
I am trying to Strip off the Numbers witha Delimited List and just retain the Name of the Persons. but unable to do it. is there any function or code to do that in SQL
932908` James Fleser,935992` Prakash Sinha
Stripping off Numbers for the Above and Just retain the Names..
I'm having trouble coming up with a function that will allow me to display only the date and time from a string in the following format:
JSMITH 1/1/2006 1:00:00AM
I've tried using substr with a negative position value, but since the date and time for each instance can be different, with it being anywhere from 18-21 characters, if the length is anything less than 20-21 characters, it will return part of the end of the username. What function can I use to only retrieve the date and time?
I'm trying to strip out the First & Last Name from an Email Address. The email address is formatted as "FirstName.LastName@emailaddress.com" but sometimes a middle initial is used (ex: "First.M.Last@emailaddress.com").
I can locate the '@' sign and the first '.' period(from left to right) but need to find the first '.' from the left of the '@' sign.
I'm doing this in a view.
Here's some sample data and what I've tried:
CREATE TABLE dbo.Table1 (EmailAddr VARCHAR(255)) INSERT INTO dbo.Table1 (EmailAddr) SELECT 'Andy.Smith@gmaddr.com' UNION ALL SELECT 'Betty.Lee-Jones@gmaddr.com'
if a decimal point exists. But if one does not the CharIndex comes back 0 and my equation does not work correctly.
I need to pull the data from the table, along with many other fields. How do I do this without using a cursor? I have millions of rows so need a solution that will be quick.
As part of a data search project I need to be able to strip all non numeric characters from a text field. The field contains various forms of phone number in various formats. In order to search on it I am going to remove all non numeric characters from the input criteria and from the data being searched.
In order to do this I decided on using a SQL Server custom function: Pass in field. Loop through all chars, test against asci values for number range. return only numernic data concatenated into a string.
Are there any other more efficient ways of going about this?
Hello, I have this Access 2K query that I need to re-create in MS SQLServer 2000, so I'm using the Query Analyzer to test it.One of the Access fields stores the home phone number. In the Accessquery, if the phone number is null, it fills it up with zeroes"000000000." If the phone has an input mask, it only gets the 9 numbers(area code included) and if the phone number's good (all numbers) thenit leaves it alone. That Access query is using immediate ifs toaccomplish that task.Does anyone have any idea how to copy this behavior into SQL Server2000? I've using the CASE statement but so far my code is not correct.I get stuck in the input mask. This is the Access code:HomePhone:IIf(IsNull([HomePhone]),"0000000000",IIf(Left([HomePhone],1)="(",Right(Left([Homephone],4),3)& Right(Left([Homephone],9),3) & Right([HomePhone],4),[HomePhone]))Thanks for all your help.JR.
Hi there - I would like to share this strip of code with our SQL 2000DBA community. The code below strips all non-numeric characters from agiven string field and rebuilds the string. Very simple, but I had tobuild it from scratch due the lack of info on this specific matter. Iam sure there are better solutions out there, although I will be gladif this script can help anyone. Feel free to modify and comment itback.Regards,Rubem Linn JuniorMCSE, .NET developerWeb Apps Specialist------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN---------------------------------------------------DECLARE @String_Length AS INTEGER -- Length of the given stringDECLARE @Original_String as NVARCHAR(50) -- The field to stripnon-numeric charsDECLARE @counter as integer -- simple counter variableDECLARE @Stripped_String as nvarchar(50) -- The field after beenstripped-- Get the length of the field (string) to be parsedSELECT @String_Length = len(someStringField) FROM SomeTable WHEREFilterID = 001-- Get the field (string) to be parsedSELECT @Original_String = someStringField FROM SomeTable WHEREFilterID = 001-- Set counter variable to 1SELECT @counter = 1-- Reset this variableSELECT @Stripped_String = ''-- Initiate loop from 1 to the Length of the given stringWHILE (@counter) <= @String_LengthBEGIN-- Check if the char in the lap is numericif substring(@Original_String,@counter,1) LIKE '[0-9]'BEGIN-- Load this variable with the non-numeric-- data stripped from the original stringselect @Stripped_String = @Stripped_String +substring(@Original_String,@counter,1)END-- Increment the counter by oneselect @counter = @counter + 1END-- Print the original string with all charactersPRINT @Original_String-- Print the numeric data that was stripped outPRINT RTRIM(LTRIM(@Stripped_String))
I am exporting from a SQL money field to a flat file. The datatype is set to DT_CY in SSIS. I need two decimal places in the flat file but instead I am getting 1.1 instead of 1.10.
Should I be using a different datatype or is there a way to set the number of decimals on the DT_CY datatype?
hi guys i was wondering if anyone could help me, i have a table with a field called id that did have numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and so on! but after some tinkering i have removed a few value and added more so i now have 1, 4,8,19,20 and so on!i was wondering if i can run a query to update those value and return them to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and so on?CheersTupps
Hi,I have a table OutMailDetails with the following fields : OutMailID --- Foriegn Key Name Description My problem is that i have datas already in this table and the table is related to another table called OutMail through OutMailID field. Please how can i make it (OutMailID field) a primary key now.
i am using autonumber as a primary key in one table. in my app., row from that table will be moved to another table after some time but that autonumber is important. when there are no any data in first table, and new row is inserted, autonumber starts from 1 which i don't want as there will be data redundancy when it will be moved to another table. so is there any way i can force the autonumber to start from previous value rathe than 1?
hi!i'm new to sql server and enterprise manager and i accidentally deleted all data in a table. how do i recover them? the table (CaptureManager) is still there but empty. i have the following information:if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[CaptureManager]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)drop table [dbo].[CaptureManager]GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CaptureManager] ( [ID] [tinyint] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , [Name] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [Email] [varchar] (75) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [Ext] [varchar] (15) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [Status] [char] (1) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY]GO
Hey! I downloaded the sql engine and made a bunch of tables in visual basic. They were called new1, new2, new3, and new4. So I deleted new1.mdf, new1.ldf, new2.mdf, etc... but I notice I still can't recreate them. So I'm thinking there's remnants in master.mdf or something?? How would I go about getting rid of all the old tables, even ones whose names I've forgotten, so I can have a clean slate again? (btw I don't have sql server, just the desktop engine)
I am trying to reset an IDENTITY RowNumber back to 1 in a query when the Person's Name is the same. The following query can be used agains the pubs database in SQL Server.
I am trying to figure out where to place the section for the DBCC CHECKIDENT item in order to reset the RowNumber back to 1 when ever the lname column is the same. For example if the pub database had duplicate records for a given employee the RowNumber would reset back to 1.
CREATE TABLE #RowNumber ( RowNumber int IDENTITY (1, 1), emp_id char(9) ) --DECLARE @seed int --SET @seed = 1 --DBCC CHECKIDENT ('#RowNumber', RESEED , @seed) WITH NO_INFOMSGS
INSERT #RowNumber (emp_id) SELECT emp_id FROM employee ORDER BY lname SELECT RowNumber, e.emp_id, lname, fname, job_id FROM #RowNumber r JOIN employee e ON r.emp_id = e.emp_id
Hello all- Is it possible to reset the values of DMV stats/counters without restarting the SQL service? I'm looking for something more than dbcc freeproccache...more along the lines of index_usage and some of the OS DMVs.
This is the best suited forum I found for my problem, if there's a better suited one please direct me.
I am running SQL Server 7.0 on Windows 2000 Server, and the SA's password has been forgotten and no other employee knows it. I searched the net for a solution, and I found various pages describing how to reset the SA's password by logging in an administrator, connecting to the server and using a sp_password command.
For some reason, I cannot connect to the server even when I'm logged on as administrator. Here are the steps I took:
1) I logged in as DOMAINAdministrator at my domain controller. 2) I opened Enterprise Manager and clicked on the server labeled "(LOCAL)". The server is registered to use "Windows NT authentication". 3) Received the following error:"A connection could not be established to (LOCAL) - Login failed for user 'DOMAINAdministrator'.. Please verify that SQL Server is running and check your SQL Server registration properties ... and try again". If there was an option to attach a screenshot, I would, but... 4) I have verified that SQL Server is running.
As I am new to SQL Server, I'm not sure about this, but the SQL Server is called SERVERNET, and the domain I'm logged into is called DOMAIN. Should I login as an administrator to SERVERNET and not to DOMAIN? Is that possible? "SERVERNET" does not show on the login screen, only "DOMAIN" is listed there.
What is the easiest way in T-SQL to reset the identity values of the PK columns in a DB. Here's the scenario.
I'm going to be backing up a HUGE DB and then restoring it to a new server. Once there I will run an SP to remove all the existing data. The tables are now row-free. However my customer doesn't like that the first record they add gets PK value of 5,321, or whatever.
After I remove all the data how can I reset the ids? It would be nice to add some code to my sp_cleardb that would go back and reset the identity columns FYI All of my tables use auto-incrementing identity fields with a seed of 1
1) I know how to do it in enterprise manager, but I need it in scripting since I'll have to do it on hundreds of tables 2) I tried using alter table to drop the PK constraint, but that requires knowing the pk constraint name, which is SQL generated and I won't know.
I think I got very close, but the code was just getting too big. I thought, there must be an easier function to use, or a built in SP, or something?
Anyone know how to script this? THanks in advance. Josh
I've run into an issue that's been driving me up a wall.
Running SQL Server 2005, two instances production and development, report server on each. I have a multiple scheduled reports on each instance, and I've over wrote the report server subscription with a SQLAgent schedule. For whatever reason the reports on the production instance keep having their schedule reset to the subscription when the report was first created. The logs give me a warning that the schedule is changing or deleted but it's happening when no one is around.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me? or am I missing something really obvious here?
I used a lot of fictitious data in order to test the code of my web site. But I noticed that when I deleted all fictitious data from the tables, the primary key columns keep creating automatically numbers that are above the last one before all data was erased instead of starting again from number 1. How do I reset this automatic numeration in order to restart from 1 again ?
Can anyone tell me of a way to reset the value of an Identity field back to its seed value after all the rows in a given table have been deleted and I try to re-populate it? There are foreign key relationships so I cannot just drop and recreate the table, and I really need to address this issue from within sql, rather than from the application.
I used a lot of fictitious data in order to test the code of my web site. But I noticed that when I deleted all fictitious data from the tables, the primary key columns keep creating automatically numbers that are above the last one before all data was erased instead of starting again from number 1. How do I reset this automatic numeration in order to restart from 1 again ?
I have installed the reports for the performance dashboard and really like it!
However, I'd like to be able to clear the stats in order to run specific procedures etc and see the most inefficient parts in the specific procedure. The documentation says like this about it:
The lifetime of the DMV data depends on the lifetime of the plan in cache. You can determine how long the plan has been cached, and thus the time frame over which these resources have been consumed, by looking at the Plan Cached column
What Plan Cashed column? Can someone explain to me how to clear the stats?
