We have a table created by an application, and a view that joins the table with other tables.
For some reason we are now unable to drop the table or the view. In Enterprise Manager the drop table dialog comes up, we click 'Drop All' and then the hour glass comes up and never goes away. No errors are returned, the process just never returns control to the client, the same when trying to remove the view. Using Query Analyzer is no different.
However stopping and starting the server resolves the problem for a while, but eventually the same problem starts happening. The table is created, populated and dropped using stored procedures called from a web page via asp script. This process may occur numerous times and hasn't been a problem until the last day or so when the developer added a couple of smallint columns to the table.
Is there any way around (or will there be) using the drop-down? It takes several minutes when running against an Oracle Apps database to populate that dropdown with the several hundreds of tables and views.
Hi,I found this SQL in the news group to drop indexs in a table. I need ascript that will drop all indexes in all user tables of a givendatabase:DECLARE @indexName NVARCHAR(128)DECLARE @dropIndexSql NVARCHAR(4000)DECLARE tableIndexes CURSOR FORSELECT name FROM sysindexesWHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'F_BI_Registration_Tracking_Summary')AND indid 0AND indid < 255AND INDEXPROPERTY(id, name, 'IsStatistics') = 0OPEN tableIndexesFETCH NEXT FROM tableIndexes INTO @indexNameWHILE @@fetch_status = 0BEGINSET @dropIndexSql = N' DROP INDEXF_BI_Registration_Tracking_Summary.' + @indexNameEXEC sp_executesql @dropIndexSqlFETCH NEXT FROM tableIndexes INTO @indexNameENDCLOSE tableIndexesDEALLOCATE tableIndexesTIARob
im creating a sp that creates a view from a query then bcp to csv file.
my problem is that when i start the sp, it complains the sp already exists....yes it does, however, i don't if im going about this the wrong way...but i tried the following to no avail
Hi, I increased one of my base tables column which is referenced in view
I noticed sql server didn't recognized this change and its still showing old field size in the view.
I can simply drop and create it again. But wanted to know if there is any way (command/sp) to recompile the view which will be easy to deploy in production as patch.
I have a VIEW which is dynamically generated through complex dynamic SQL. Unfortunately the dynamic SQL uses "Select * from table" to select the columns because the programmer did that to reduce the amount of code in the dynamic SQL string as the code can't be debugged if it's too long.
Therefore, I have a VIEW with columns in it I don't need, and want to remove them from the view - I need to remove all columns with column names matching the syntax '%1%_2' .
The view is called TEMP_EXPORT_1
I can either use the code below to return a list of columns that I want removed:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name like '%1%_2'
Or I can use the code below to return the list of columns that I want to keep:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name not like '%1%_2'
Now how would I go about altering TEMP_EXPORT_1 view so that it no longer has these columns? I know views don't have a drop statement...
Therefore I tried the following but I'm not sure of the syntax:
ALTER VIEW dbo.TEMP_EXPORT_1 AS SELECT (select column_name from information_schema.columns where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name not like '%1%_2') FROM dbo.TEMP_EXPORT_1
Am I on the right track? how can I ALTER this view to remove these columns? ... I want to keep this separate from the code that generated the view as I want it as an optional procedure that can be run if needed.
For reasons that are not relevant (though I explain them below *), Iwant, for all my users whatever privelige level, an SP which createsand inserts into a temporary table and then another SP which reads anddrops the same temporary table.My users are not able to create dbo tables (eg dbo.tblTest), but arepermitted to create tables under their own user (eg MyUser.tblTest). Ihave found that I can achieve my aim by using code like this . . .SET @SQL = 'CREATE TABLE ' + @MyUserName + '.' + 'tblTest(tstIDDATETIME)'EXEC (@SQL)SET @SQL = 'INSERT INTO ' + @MyUserName + '.' + 'tblTest(tstID) VALUES(GETDATE())'EXEC (@SQL)This becomes exceptionally cumbersome for the complex INSERT & SELECTcode. I'm looking for a simpler way.Simplified down, I am looking for something like this . . .CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestInsert ASCREATE TABLE tblTest(tstID DATETIME)INSERT INTO tblTest(tstID) VALUES(GETDATE())GOCREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestSelect ASSELECT * FROM tblTestDROP TABLE tblTestIn the above example, if the SPs are owned by dbo (as above), CREATETABLE & DROP TABLE use MyUser.tblTest while INSERT & SELECT usedbo.tblTest.If the SPs are owned by the user (eg MyUser.TestInsert), it workscorrectly (MyUser.tblTest is used throughout) but I would have to havea pair of SPs for each user.* I have MS Access ADP front end linked to a SQL Server database. Forreports with complex datasets, it times out. Therefore it suit mypurposes to create a temporary table first and then to open the reportbased on that temporary table.
which one is smarter, where there is no indexing on the table which is really simple table delete everything or recreate table. I got an argument with one of my coworker. He says it doesnt matter i say do delete. Any opinions.
I have a couple questions. I'm very new to SQL and I have this problem: I need to be able to drop the contents of Existingtable_B into Newtable_A - I found this command (below) that will make a 'copy' but I don't want to keep the contents of Existingtable_B. Is it possible to drop them into Newtable_A instead of copy? Also, I want to do this for 5 tables on Sundays at midnight.. how could I schedule that? Finally, what happens if there is not enough space or some other critical error happens during this procedure? I don't want to lose the data.
Hi,When I drop a table in Sqlserver 2000 database, The following error occurs:Server: Msg 1204, Level 19, State 1, Line 1The SQL Server cannot obtain a LOCK resource at this time. Rerun yourstatement when there are fewer active users or ask the system administratorto check the SQL Server lock and memory configuration.What's wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
Hi everybody,I need some help in SQL Server. I am looking for a command that will "Dropall user table" in auser database.Can anyone help me?Thank you very muchSabrina
I am unable to get the table in the following VB code to actually DROP. A straight SQL version with literals (no variables) runs "successfully" as a query but the table also fails to DROP. Can anybody explain what I'm doing wrong?
i am using vb.net and ms sql server 2005 express.....what is the syntax for dropping a table if existsi have used this but it says incorrect syntax near if Dim cmda As New SqlCommand("drop table " + test + " if exists", New SqlConnection(strdb)) cmda.Connection.Open() cmda.ExecuteNonQuery() cmda.Connection.Close()any solutions???? plz only answer in vb.net and sql server express
I'm trying to drop a temporary table. I keep getting this error: Cannot drop the table '#temp_table', because it does not exist in the system catalog. I tried the following but it did not work, so help would be appreciated. if object_id('tempdb..#temp_table') is not nulldrop table #temp_table
I need some help with Merge Replication. After successfully defining a publisher, distributor and subscriber to perform merge replication, we decided to test Merge Replication to see what we can and can't do.
What we found is that you can't add new fields or change the nullable/null attributes of tables whilst the replication settings are still defined to the databases. ie you get the following error
'tblProducts' table - Unable to modify table. ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot drop the table 'dbo.tblProducts' because it is published for replication.
So we thought, fair enough. We decided to uninstall replication using the wizards provided to see whether we can make schema changes. What we found is that we can make schema changes to the publisher database(on Server1), BUT not to the subscriber (Server2).
Does anyone know why? We are running SQL7 SP2. Email me on ftowicz@icontact.com.au
We have a publication from database a to database b. Database a containts table1 to be published to databasae b. Database b contains a publication of table1 to database c. When we go to rerun the publication from database a it errors saying cannot drop table1 since it is part of database b's publication. how do you do this.
I had a question and did not obtain an answer. So I am trying to rephrase and ask again, in case I was not clear the first time.
When we drop and recreate a table, do we always have to recompile the stored procedures that reference the table? Or is only under certain scenarios that we need to do so- like if an index on the table is changed Please let me know Thanks in advance Kiran
I created the #Temporary table in MS SQL. Now i want to drop this #Temporary table, but i want to check first before i drop the this table. How to check the Temporary table exist or not in MS SQL?
I have 2 questions: 1. How can I drop /remove a complete db from MSDE desktop engine? 2. After exporting my db onto MSDE server and get connected those db tables in FE (adp), how can I create a new table in the same back end db?
I know these are basic questions but since I am new to MSDE I hope the forum would bear me.
Hi, Here is what I have done: 1. I created two tables using: CREATE TABLE CursorTest ( RowID INT, RowText CHAR(4) ) GO CREATE TABLE CursorTestOdd ( RowID INT, RowText CHAR(4) ) GO
I then populate the tables using: SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @intCounter INT DECLARE @chrTextOdd CHAR(4) DECLARE @chrTextEven CHAR(4) SELECT @intCounter = 1 SELECT @chrTextOdd = 'Odd' SELECT @chrTextEven = 'Even' WHILE (@intCounter <= 200000) BEGIN IF (@intCounter % 2) = 0 BEGIN INSERT INTO CursorTest VALUES (@intCounter, @chrTextEven) END ELSE BEGIN INSERT INTO CursorTest VALUES (@intCounter, @chrTextOdd) END SELECT @intCounter = @intCounter + 1 END GO
3. I then tried to use cursor to insert and delete rows from the tables DECLARE @intRowID INT DECLARE curOddRows CURSOR FOR SELECT RowID FROM CursorTest WHERE RowID % 2 = 1 OPEN curOddRows FETCH NEXT FROM curOddRows INTO @intRowID WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS <> -1) BEGIN BEGIN TRANSACTION INSERT INTO CursorTestOdd SELECT * FROM CursorTest WHERE RowID = @intRowID DELETE CursorTest WHERE RowID = @intRowID COMMIT FETCH NEXT FROM curOddRows INTO @intRowID END CLOSE curOddRows DEALLOCATE curOddRows GO
Here comes the mess: I have no problem with codes in step 1&2,but when I tried to execute the codes in step3, I got no error, however, when I checked the two tables, nothing has been changed which means that my insert and delete are not working on the two tables. SO I tried to debug the script and found out that the code: WHERE RowID % 2 = 1 is not working correctly, it seems that the code returns nothing, if I changed it to WHERE RowID % 2 = 0 it returns the correct answer. I then tried to execute the modified codes in step3, I got a message saying that "A cursor with the name 'curOddRows' already exists." If I changed the name to 'curOddRows1' and execute, it will say: "The cursor is already open." But I execute the code again whatever, and it takes a long time for it to finish such that I cannot wait. So I clicked the 'stop' button to cancel the execution. Now I want to drop the tables and got following error:
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Drop failed for Table 'dbo.CursorTest'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Exceptio nTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Drop+Table&LinkId=20476
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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Lock request time out period exceeded. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1222)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.1399&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=1222&LinkId=20476
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OK ------------------------------
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Drop failed for Table 'dbo.CursorTest'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
------------------------------ For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Exceptio nTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Drop+Table&LinkId=20476
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at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject.Dr opImpl() at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table.Drop() at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.DropOb jects.DoDropObject(Int32 objectRowIndex) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.DropOb jects.DropAllObjects(Boolean stopOnError)
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An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnec tion.ExecuteNonQuery(String sqlCommand, ExecutionTypes executionType) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnec tion.ExecuteNonQuery(StringCollection sqlCommands, ExecutionTypes executionType) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExecutionManage r.ExecuteNonQuery(StringCollection queries) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject.Ex ecuteNonQuery(StringCollection queries, Boolean includeDbContext) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject.Dr opImplWorker(Urn& urn) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject.Dr opImpl()
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Lock request time out period exceeded. (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)
------------------------------ For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.1399&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=1222&LinkId=20476
------------------------------ Server Name: Error Number: 1222 Severity: 16 State: 56 Line Number: 2
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at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlExc eption exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnErro r(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndW arning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQuer yTds(String methodName, Boolean async) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNo nQuery(DbAsyncResult result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnec tion.ExecuteNonQuery(String sqlCommand, ExecutionTypes executionType)
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So how can I drop the table, right now I can not even view the tables' contents, cannot use 'SELECT' etc.. commands, whenever I tried to access the two tables, the program will be keeping doing the execution without stop.
Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Using SQL Server 2005. I have a stored prod that uses a temp table. I need to test at the start of the prod to see if the temp table is there. Using the following code at the start of my prod, but does not run.
IF exists(select * from ##TO_STATUS_TBL) DROP TABLE ##TO_STATUS_TBL
What is the best way to check and/or drop the temp table. Thank you, David
Hi, How can i create and drop table in MS SQL Server 2000 via VB6? I think I should use ADOX object, but I don't know exactly how.... The following code uses ADO connection object and returns with runtime error "incorrect syntax near AS":
Dim db as ADODB.Connection '... open connection to database
Dim strCmd As String
strCmd = "CREATE TABLE tmp_tbl AS SELECT * FROM tbl"
