Hi all,
I have taken more than one database backups and i have an idea that we can verify single backup using "restore verifyonly from disk='<path>'" statement.
Now my question is Could we verify all(More than one backup) backups with single statement?
Any suggestion would be helpful to me:-)
Thanks in advance,
>Hi,
>
>Thanks you for quick answer but we still the same problem special with names like the following exmple:
DECLARE @L_SQLCOMM VARCHAR(8000)
SET @L_SQLCOMM = 'SELECT * FROM AMASTER where ACCTNAME = (ala'a)'
EXEC(@L_SQLCOMM
"ala'a " is Arabic name in English characters.
Regards
It is possible to alter multiple columns within a single alter table statement?
I have got the following URL that tells it is not possible to alter multiple columns within in signle alert table statement.
http://www.blogcoward.com/archive/2005/05/09/234.aspx[^]
Does anyone know about that?
Thanks,
Mushq
I am renovating an existing application and am converting the existing passwords into hashed values using SHA1. I know how to compute the hashed values as a byte array for each record. What I don't know how to do easily is update all of the records i a single call to the database. Normally, I would just do the following:UPDATE HashedPassword = someValue WHERE UserID = 101;
UPDATE HashedPassword = someOtherValue WHERE UserID = 102;
...
What I don't know is what someValue and someOtherValue should be. How do I convert my byte array into string representation that SQL will accept? I usually execute multiple statements using Dim oCmd as New SqlCommand(sSQL, MyConn) and then call oCmd.ExecuteNonQuery().
Alternatively, I found the following code that uses the byte array directly but only shows a single statement. How could I use it to execute multiple statements as shown above?'FROM http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/103002-1.2.aspx
'2. Create a command object for the query
Dim strSQL as String = _
"INSERT INTO UserAccount(Username,Password) " & _
"VALUES(@Username, @Password)"
Dim objCmd as New SqlCommand(strSQL, objConn)
'3. Create parameters
Dim paramUsername as SqlParameter
paramUsername = New SqlParameter("@Username", SqlDbType.VarChar, 25)
paramUsername.Value = txtUsername.Text
objCmd.Parameters.Add(paramUsername)
Dim paramPwd as SqlParameter
paramPwd = New SqlParameter("@Password", SqlDbType.Binary, 16)
paramPwd.Value = hashedBytes
objCmd.Parameters.Add(paramPwd)
'Insert the records into the database
objConn.Open()
objCmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
objConn.Close()
how we can replace the multiple values in a single select statement? I have to build the output based on values stored in a table. Please see below the sample input and expected output.
DECLARE @V1 NVARCHAR(100)
SELECT @V1 = 'FirstName: @FN, LastName: @LN, Add1: @A1, Add2: @A2 '
DECLARE @T1 TABLE
(FN VARCHAR(100), LN VARCHAR(100), A1 VARCHAR(100), A2 VARCHAR(100))
[code]....
I have created a trigger that is set off every time a new item has been added to TableA.The trigger then inserts 4 rows into TableB that contains two columns (item, task type).
Each row will have the same item, but with a different task type.ie.
TableA.item, 'Planning'
TableA.item, 'Design'
TableA.item, 'Program'
TableA.item, 'Production'
How can I do this with tSQL using a single select statement?
I've 2 tables QuestionAnswers and ConditionalQuestions and fetching data from them using CTE join and I'm seeing repetitive rows (not duplicate) like, If you have multiple answers for 1 question, the output is like
where london
where paris
where toronto
why us
why japan
why indonesia
I want to eliminate the repetitive question and group them as parent child items.
with cte as (
select cq.ConditionalQuestionID from ConditionalQuestions cq
inner join QuestionAnswers qa on cq.QuestionID=qa.QuestionID where cq.QuestionID=5 and qa.IsConditional='Y')
select distinct q.Question, a.Answer from QuestionAnswers qa
inner join Answers a on a.AnswerID = qa.AnswerID
inner join Questions q on q.QuestionID = qa.QuestionID
inner join cte c on c.ConditionalQuestionID = qa.QuestionID;
New to MSSQL
Management is getting frustrated with the increase in number of NT servers for MSSQL and Vendor packages. Currently we purchase a box for each app. We would like to go to one or two MSSQL servers running multiple application database's (based on size etc) . How are you handling this? Do you do this for test only or both test and production? Any gotcha's. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
john
Hello:
My client has a db with the following structure:
Online US Searchable Map of the 50 US States. Users search criteria is the following: Query records by selecting state, county, then record. Each County table has 10-20 tables. All databases combined = 500MB and TLogs = 100MB.
How would you re-design a relational DB where users could query data by state-county-record. Currenty the DB's are created by the County of each state which creates hundreds of DB's in SQLServer with no realtionship to each US state. What would be the best design to ensure good performance, data integrity and maintenance? Would you create 1 DB with all 50 states, create 4 DB's and divide by region(N,S,E,W), 50 DB's of each state or leave it as is with each county it's on DB? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thx
rob
Hello,
we are thinking about consolidating our Vendor Sqlserver needs into single big Sqlserver box.
We currently have dedicated boxs for each vendor who requires a Sqlserver Dbs, for example Siemen Sqlserver Dbs are on one box, Clintrac Dbs are on one bx, etc.
It looks like we can save some money on HW/SW and maintenance cost by the consolidation. That's assuming that the Dbs can get along fine.
I was wondering if folks on this group can share their experience or thoughts about above setting.
Thanks,
yi
First of all i do not know whether this is the right form to ask the question Let me describe the scenario iam using Iam generating xml files at a particular place and sending them to a server xml1|--------------------->dataset1------------------------------>adapter1.update(dataset1)xml2|----------------------->dataset2----------------------------->adapter2.update(dataset2)xml3|----------------------->dataset3------------------------------>adapter3.update(dataset3) all the three updates should happen in only one transaction if any one of the update fails then the transaction should rollbackcan anyone tell me a way to do iti am desperately in search of any ways to do it can anybody help please
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View 3 Replies View RelatedLet's say you had a User table and one of the fields was called Deceased. It's a simple closed-ended question, so a bit value could be used to satisfy the field, if the person is dead or alive. Let's say another field is called EyeColor. A person can have only one eye color and thus one answer should be stored in this value, so this is easy as well.
Now, let's say I want to store all the languages that a specific user can speak. This isn't as easy as the previous examples since it's not a yes or no or a single-value answer. I haven't had much experience with working with databases so I've come up with two possible ways with my crude knowledge hehe.
In terms of inputting the multi-answer values, I suppose I could use a multiple-selection listbox, cascading dropdowns, etc. Now, here are the 2 solutions that came to mind.....
1) Make a field called LanguagesSpoken in the User table. When I process the selections the user makes on the languages he knows, I can then insert into the LanguagesSpoken field a string "English, Spanish, Czech" or IDs corresponding to the languages like "1, 5, 12" (these IDs would be referenced from a separate table I guess). I would use commas so that later on, when I need to display a user's profile and show the user's languages, I can retrieve that long string from the LanguagesSpoken field, and parse the languages with the commas I've used. Using commas would just be a convention I use so I would know how to parse (I could have used "." or "|" or anything else I guess) the data.
2) Forget about the LanguagesSpoken field in the User table altogether, and just make a LanguagesSpoken table. A simple implementation would have 3 fields (primary key, userId, languageId). A row would associate a user with a language. So I would issue a query like "SELECT * FROM LanguagesSpoken WHERE userId=5" (where userId=5 is some user). Using this method would free me from having to store a string with delimited values into the User table and then to parse data when I need them. However, I'm not sure how efficient this method would be if the LanguagesSpoken table grows really large since the userIds would NOT be contiguous, the search might take a long time. I guess I would index the userId field in the LanguagesSpoken table for quicker access?
OR, I may be going about this the wrong way and I'm way out on left field with these 2 solutions. Is there a better way other than those 2 methods?
I haven't work extensively with databases and I'm just familiar with the basics. I'm just trying to find out the best-practice implementation for this type of situation. I'm sure in the real world, situations like this is very common and I wonder how the professionals code this.
Thanks in advance.
Hi,Is there a simple way to verify if a database exists?I'm writing a stored procedure that will accept a database name as an inputparameter,and create the database if it does't already exist.--Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
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Does any baby offer command to verify if database backup is completed? In backup wazard, there is an option "Verify backup upon completion" . Is there the SQL command? Thanks.
ZYT
UPDATE STATISTICS '
SP_RECOMPILE
i want to verify these 2 statements on the tables in a particular database..
how can i do this..
I have a compact pc program that uses a sql server database (sdf file).
I want to check the database integrity when program starts so I added a call to veriy method of SqlCeEngine
string dbFullName = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase) + "NessDB.sdf";
SqlCeEngine engine = new SqlCeEngine("Data Source = " + dbFullName);
engine.Verify();
The call to verify always returning false and when I call repair
string dbFullName = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase) + "NessDB.sdf";
SqlCeEngine engine = new SqlCeEngine("Data Source = " + dbFullName);
engine.Repair(null, RepairOption.RecoverCorruptedRows);
the program crashes and I get an exception "The specified module could not be found"
Why this happen and how can I check database corruption.
Please can anyone help me for the following?
I want to merge multiple rows (eg. 3rows) into a single row with multip columns.
for eg:
data
Date Shift Reading
01-MAR-08 1 879.880
01-MAR-08 2 854.858
01-MAR-08 3 833.836
02-MAR-08 1 809.810
02-MAR-08 2 785.784
02-MAR-08 3 761.760
i want output for the above as:
Date Shift1 Shift2 Shift3
01-MAR-08 879.880 854.858 833.836
02-MAR-08 809.810 785.784 761.760
Please help me.
I have a table with single row like below
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column0 | Column1 | Column2 | Column3 | Column4|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Value0 | Value1 | Value2 | Value3 | Value4 |
Am looking for a query to convert above table data to multiple rows having column name and its value in each row as shown below
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column0 | Value0
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column1 | Value1
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column2 | Value2
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column3 | Value3
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Column4 | Value4
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hi,
I have multiple columns in a Single Table and i want to search values in different columns. My table structure is
col1 (identity PK)
col2 (varchar(max))
col3 (varchar(max))
I have created a single FULLTEXT on col2 & col3.
suppose i want to search col2='engine' and col3='toyota' i write query as
SELECT
TBL.col2,TBL.col3
FROM
TBL
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col2,'engine') TBL1
ON
TBL.col1=TBL1.[key]
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col3,'toyota') TBL2
ON
TBL.col1=TBL2.[key]
Every thing works well if database is small. But now i have 20 million records in my database. Taking an exmaple there are 5million record with col2='engine' and only 1 record with col3='toyota', it take substantial time to find 1 record.
I was thinking this i can address this issue if i merge both columns in a Single column, but i cannot figure out what format i save it in single column that i can use query to extract correct information.
for e.g.;
i was thinking to concatinate both fields like
col4= ABengineBA + ABBToyotaBBA
and in search i use
SELECT
TBL.col4
FROM
TBL
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col4,' "ABengineBA" AND "ABBToyotaBBA"') TBL1
ON
TBL.col1=TBL1.[key]
Result = 1 row
But it don't work in following scenario
col4= ABengineBA + ABBCorola ToyotaBBA
SELECT
TBL.col4
FROM
TBL
INNER JOIN
CONTAINSTABLE(TBL,col4,' "ABengineBA" AND "ABB*ToyotaBBA"') TBL1
ON
TBL.col1=TBL1.[key]
Result=0 Row
Any idea how i can write second query to get result?
Here is some data that will explain what I want to do:
Input Data:
Part ColorCode
A100 123
A100 456
A100 789
B100 456
C100 123
C100 456
Output Data:
Part ColorCode
A100 123;456;789
B100 456
C100 123;456
How to insert single row/multiple rows into multiple tables by using single insert statement.
View 1 Replies View RelatedPerhaps this maybe a silly simple questions SCENERIO: Say i want to make a nightly backup of the Masterdb and the same for a user database. One that kicks off at 8 and the other at 9. For soem reason I am having difficult time with this..
Some help please??
I run two different types of backups on the same database.
A monthly full and nightly diffs appending to the same full file - file 'A'
A weekly full with 10 min trans log backups appending to same file - file 'B'- during working hours.
2 strategies, 2 backup files.
These are new strats that have gone live this week - tuesday in fact. The monthly and weekly both ran fine on tuesday as did the nightly diff and all the TS backups througout the day. last night - Weds - the nightly diff failed with the following error:
"
Executed as user: <USERNAME>. Cannot perform a differential backup for database "objectstore", because a current database backup does not exist. Perform a full database backup by reissuing BACKUP DATABASE, omitting the WITH DIFFERENTIAL option. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3035) BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3013). The step failed.
"
Whilst the error is perfectly legible I dont understand what its implying - cant I add multiple Diff backups to the same full backup OR is my weekly / 10 mins on the same database (but to a diff backup file) ballsing things up for me somehow? If this is the case how come everything ran fine on tuesday night?
Any help gets beers.
THanks
Alastair Jones.
"A computer once beat me at chess - but it was no match for me at kick boxing" - Emo Phillips.
I am currently having this problem with gridview and detailview. When I drag either onto the page and set my select statement to pick from one table and then update that data through the gridview (lets say), the update works perfectly. My problem is that the table I am pulling data from is mainly foreign keys. So in order to hide the number values of the foreign keys, I select the string value columns from the tables that contain the primary keys. I then use INNER JOIN in my SELECT so that I only get the data that pertains to the user I am looking to list and edit. I run the "test query" and everything I need shows up as I want it. I then go back to the gridview and change the fields which are foreign keys to templates. When I edit the templates I bind the field that contains the string value of the given foreign key to the template. This works great, because now the user will see string representation instead of the ID numbers that coinside with the string value. So I run my webpage and everything show up as I want it to, all the data is correct and I get no errors. I then click edit (as I have checked the "enable editing" box) and the gridview changes to edit mode. I make my changes and then select "update." When the page refreshes, and the gridview returns, the data is not updated and the original data is shown. I am sorry for so much typing, but I want to be as clear as possible with what I am doing. The only thing I can see being the issue is that when I setup my SELECT and FROM to contain fields from multiple tables, the UPDATE then does not work. When I remove all of my JOIN's and go back to foreign keys and one table the update works again. Below is what I have for my SQL statements:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT:SELECT People.FirstName, People.LastName, People.FullName, People.PropertyID, People.InviteTypeID, People.RSVP, People.Wheelchair, Property.[House/Day Hab], InviteType.InviteTypeName FROM (InviteType INNER JOIN (Property INNER JOIN People ON Property.PropertyID = People.PropertyID) ON InviteType.InviteTypeID = People.InviteTypeID) WHERE (People.PersonID = ?)UPDATE:UPDATE [People] SET [FirstName] = ?, [LastName] = ?, [FullName] = ?, [PropertyID] = ?, [InviteTypeID] = ?, [RSVP] = ?, [Wheelchair] = ? WHERE [PersonID] = ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The only fields I want to update are in [People]. My WHERE is based on a control that I use to select a person from a drop down list. If I run the test query for the update while setting up my data source the query will update the record in the database. It is when I try to make the update from the gridview that the data is not changed. If anything is not clear please let me know and I will clarify as much as I can. This is my first project using ASP and working with databases so I am completely learning as I go. I took some database courses in college but I have never interacted with them with a web based front end. Any help will be greatly appreciated.Thank you in advance for any time, help, and/or advice you can give.Brian
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How can I do it by using two subqueries the second of them to be aggregate and have two left joins from the first to the second??
e.g. How can I left join these two queries with the joinfield1,joinfield2 fields??
1st query
Select field1, field2, joinfield1,joinfield2 FROM Table1 INNER JOIN Table2 ON Table1.field3 = Table2.field4 where field5=Value
2nd query
Select sum(agfield1) As f1, sum(agfield2) As f2, joinfield1,joinfield2 FROM Table3 INNER JOIN Table4 ON Table3.agfield3 = Table2.agfield4
where agfield5=Value
Group By joinfield1,joinfield2
Does anyone know how should I write the sql for getting the following result?
Original Table like below.
-------------------------------
[WorkDay][AgentCode]
06/12/01 3
06/12/02 2
06/12/02 3
06/12/03 2
06/12/03 3
-------------------------------
Curernt SQL:
When I put an "agentcode=2" in 'WHERE' clause, the result does not have '06/12/01' row.
Example,
SELECT DISTINCT WorkDay, AgentCode FROM MasterScheduleTransaction WHERE AgentCode=2
-------------------------------
[WorkDay][AgentCode]
06/12/02 2
06/12/03 2
-------------------------------
I would like to know the agent is in the specified date.
The expected result like below.
-------------------------------
[WorkDay][AgentCode]
06/12/01 NULL
06/12/02 2
06/12/03 2
-------------------------------
Please help its urgent
Hi! I have a general SQL CE v3.5 design question related to table/file layout. I have an system that has multiple tables that fall into categories of data access. The 3 categories of data access are:
1 is for configuration-related data. There is one application that will read/write to the data, and a second application that will read the data on startup.
1 is for high-performance temporal storage of data. The data objects are all the same type, but they are our own custom object and not just simple types.
1 is for logging where the data will be permanent - unless the configured size/recycling settings cause a resize or cleanup. There will be one application writing alot [potentially] of data depending on log settings, and another application searching/reading sections of data.
When working with data and designing the layout, I like to approach things from a data-centric mindset, because this seems to result in a better performing system. That said, I am thinking about using 3 individual SDF files for the above data access scenarios - as opposed to a single SDF with multiple tables. I'm thinking this would provide better performance in SQL CE because the query engine will not have alot of different types of queries going against the same database file. For instance, the temporal storage is basically reading/writing/deleting various amounts of data. And, this is different from the logging, where the log can grow pretty large - definitely bigger than the default 128 MB. So, it seems logical to manage them separately.
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions from the SQL CE experts with regard to my approach. If there are any tips/tricks with respect to different data access scenarios - taking into account performance, type of data access, etc. - I would love to take a look at that.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions,
Bob
Hi,
i have an input parameter @PageloadYN Bit Null
if @PageloadYN = 1 then Select top 500 Records from the Table
if @PageloadYN = 0 then Select * from the Table
i tried like this
Select top 500.* From Table where @PageloadYN = 1
Select * From Table where @PageloadYN = 0
Is there any way to get details in Single select statement only.
What is the single SQL statement to truncate the blank space on either side of data.
Ex.
Table1 has Name as column.
I have records filled with blank space on both side for Name field.
With one query I want to correct (truncate the leading and trailing space) the data.
How?
SQL Server 2005 SP2.
Thank you,
Smith
greetings,i was wondering is it better to have multiple small stored procedures or one large store procedure ???? example : 100 parameters that needs to be inserted or delete ..into/from a table.............is it better to break it up into multiple small store proc or have 1 large store proc....thanks...............
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Is there something obvious that a single CPU box would run this much faster?