what's the easiest way to script all table,views and stored procedures?
I would like to script them like from ssms i right click on each one and choose script table as --- but how can I do it for all of them at once?
I have set up SQL Server 2005 Express and related tools. Through the Management Studio Express, sometimes i can successfuly create stored procedures, sometimes i cannot. When i run the below stored procedure script the stored procedure is never created. Am i missing something here or is there something flaky regarding SQL Server 2005 Express and/or the Management Studio Express?
The below stored procedure will script the data in a table. It compiles fine.
SET NOCOUNT ON -- prevents row count from being returned
GO -- signals end of batch of T-SQL statements; not a T-SQL command
PRINT 'Using TEST database'
USE TEST
GO
PRINT 'Checking for the existence of this procedure'
-- if procedure exists then drop it
IF (SELECT OBJECT_ID('sp_generate_inserts','P')) IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
PRINT 'Procedure already exists. So, dropping it'
DROP PROC sp_generate_inserts
END
GO
CREATE PROC sp_generate_inserts
(
@table_name varchar(776), -- The table/view for which the INSERT statements will be generated using the existing data
@target_table varchar(776) = NULL, -- Use this parameter to specify a different table name into which the data will be inserted
@include_column_list bit = 1, -- Use this parameter to include/ommit column list in the generated INSERT statement
@from varchar(800) = NULL, -- Use this parameter to filter the rows based on a filter condition (using WHERE)
@include_timestamp bit = 0, -- Specify 1 for this parameter, if you want to include the TIMESTAMP/ROWVERSION column's data in the INSERT statement
@debug_mode bit = 0, -- If @debug_mode is set to 1, the SQL statements constructed by this procedure will be printed for later examination
@owner varchar(64) = NULL, -- Use this parameter if you are not the owner of the table
@ommit_images bit = 0, -- Use this parameter to generate INSERT statements by omitting the 'image' columns
@ommit_identity bit = 0, -- Use this parameter to ommit the identity columns
@top int = NULL, -- Use this parameter to generate INSERT statements only for the TOP n rows
@cols_to_include varchar(8000) = NULL, -- List of columns to be included in the INSERT statement
@cols_to_exclude varchar(8000) = NULL, -- List of columns to be excluded from the INSERT statement
@disable_constraints bit = 0, -- When 1, disables foreign key constraints and enables them after the INSERT statements
@ommit_computed_cols bit = 0 -- When 1, computed columns will not be included in the INSERT statement
)
AS
BEGIN
/***********************************************************************************************************
Procedure: sp_generate_inserts (Build 22)
(Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.)
Purpose: To generate INSERT statements from existing data.
These INSERTS can be executed to regenerate the data at some other location.
This procedure is also useful to create a database setup, where in you can
script your data along with your table definitions.
Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
http://vyaskn.tripod.com
Acknowledgements:
Divya Kalra -- For beta testing
Mark Charsley -- For reporting a problem with scripting uniqueidentifier columns with NULL values
Artur Zeygman -- For helping me simplify a bit of code for handling non-dbo owned tables
Joris Laperre -- For reporting a regression bug in handling text/ntext columns
Tested on: SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005
Date created: January 17th 2001 21:52 GMT
Date modified: May 1st 2002 19:50 GMT
Email: vyaskn@hotmail.com
NOTE: This procedure may not work with tables with too many columns.
Results can be unpredictable with huge text columns or SQL Server 2000's sql_variant data types
Whenever possible, Use @include_column_list parameter to ommit column list in the INSERT statement, for better results
IMPORTANT: This procedure is not tested with internation data (Extended characters or Unicode). If needed
you might want to convert the datatypes of character variables in this procedure to their respective unicode counterparts
like nchar and nvarchar
ALSO NOTE THAT THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT UPDATED TO WORK WITH NEW DATA TYPES INTRODUCED IN SQL SERVER 2005 / YUKON
Example 1: To generate INSERT statements for table 'titles':
EXEC sp_generate_inserts 'titles'
Example 2: To ommit the column list in the INSERT statement: (Column list is included by default)
IMPORTANT: If you have too many columns, you are advised to ommit column list, as shown below,
to avoid erroneous results
EXEC sp_generate_inserts 'titles', @include_column_list = 0
Example 3: To generate INSERT statements for 'titlesCopy' table from 'titles' table:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts 'titles', 'titlesCopy'
Example 4: To generate INSERT statements for 'titles' table for only those titles
which contain the word 'Computer' in them:
NOTE: Do not complicate the FROM or WHERE clause here. It's assumed that you are good with T-SQL if you are using this parameter
EXEC sp_generate_inserts 'titles', @from = "from titles where title like '%Computer%'"
Example 5: To specify that you want to include TIMESTAMP column's data as well in the INSERT statement:
(By default TIMESTAMP column's data is not scripted)
EXEC sp_generate_inserts 'titles', @include_timestamp = 1
Example 6: To print the debug information:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts 'titles', @debug_mode = 1
Example 7: If you are not the owner of the table, use @owner parameter to specify the owner name
To use this option, you must have SELECT permissions on that table
EXEC sp_generate_inserts Nickstable, @owner = 'Nick'
Example 8: To generate INSERT statements for the rest of the columns excluding images
When using this otion, DO NOT set @include_column_list parameter to 0.
EXEC sp_generate_inserts imgtable, @ommit_images = 1
Example 9: To generate INSERT statements excluding (ommiting) IDENTITY columns:
(By default IDENTITY columns are included in the INSERT statement)
EXEC sp_generate_inserts mytable, @ommit_identity = 1
Example 10: To generate INSERT statements for the TOP 10 rows in the table:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts mytable, @top = 10
Example 11: To generate INSERT statements with only those columns you want:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts titles, @cols_to_include = "'title','title_id','au_id'"
Example 12: To generate INSERT statements by omitting certain columns:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts titles, @cols_to_exclude = "'title','title_id','au_id'"
Example 13: To avoid checking the foreign key constraints while loading data with INSERT statements:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts titles, @disable_constraints = 1
Example 14: To exclude computed columns from the INSERT statement:
EXEC sp_generate_inserts MyTable, @ommit_computed_cols = 1
***********************************************************************************************************/
SET NOCOUNT ON
--Making sure user only uses either @cols_to_include or @cols_to_exclude
IF ((@cols_to_include IS NOT NULL) AND (@cols_to_exclude IS NOT NULL))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Use either @cols_to_include or @cols_to_exclude. Do not use both the parameters at once',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Both @cols_to_include and @cols_to_exclude parameters are specified
END
--Making sure the @cols_to_include and @cols_to_exclude parameters are receiving values in proper format
IF ((@cols_to_include IS NOT NULL) AND (PATINDEX('''%''',@cols_to_include) = 0))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @cols_to_include property',16,1)
PRINT 'Specify column names surrounded by single quotes and separated by commas'
PRINT 'Eg: EXEC sp_generate_inserts titles, @cols_to_include = "''title_id'',''title''"'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @cols_to_include property
END
IF ((@cols_to_exclude IS NOT NULL) AND (PATINDEX('''%''',@cols_to_exclude) = 0))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @cols_to_exclude property',16,1)
PRINT 'Specify column names surrounded by single quotes and separated by commas'
PRINT 'Eg: EXEC sp_generate_inserts titles, @cols_to_exclude = "''title_id'',''title''"'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @cols_to_exclude property
END
--Checking to see if the database name is specified along wih the table name
--Your database context should be local to the table for which you want to generate INSERT statements
--specifying the database name is not allowed
IF (PARSENAME(@table_name,3)) IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Do not specify the database name. Be in the required database and just specify the table name.',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Database name is specified along with the table name, which is not allowed
END
--Checking for the existence of 'user table' or 'view'
--This procedure is not written to work on system tables
--To script the data in system tables, just create a view on the system tables and script the view instead
IF @owner IS NULL
BEGIN
IF ((OBJECT_ID(@table_name,'U') IS NULL) AND (OBJECT_ID(@table_name,'V') IS NULL))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('User table or view not found.',16,1)
PRINT 'You may see this error, if you are not the owner of this table or view. In that case use @owner parameter to specify the owner name.'
PRINT 'Make sure you have SELECT permission on that table or view.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is no user table or view with this name
END
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table_name AND (TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' OR TABLE_TYPE = 'VIEW') AND TABLE_SCHEMA = @owner)
BEGIN
RAISERROR('User table or view not found.',16,1)
PRINT 'You may see this error, if you are not the owner of this table. In that case use @owner parameter to specify the owner name.'
PRINT 'Make sure you have SELECT permission on that table or view.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is no user table or view with this name
END
END
--Variable declarations
DECLARE @Column_ID int,
@Column_List varchar(8000),
@Column_Name varchar(128),
@Start_Insert varchar(786),
@Data_Type varchar(128),
@Actual_Values varchar(8000), --This is the string that will be finally executed to generate INSERT statements
@IDN varchar(128) --Will contain the IDENTITY column's name in the table
--Variable Initialization
SET @IDN = ''
SET @Column_ID = 0
SET @Column_Name = ''
SET @Column_List = ''
SET @Actual_Values = ''
IF @owner IS NULL
BEGIN
SET @Start_Insert = 'INSERT INTO ' + '[' + RTRIM(COALESCE(@target_table,@table_name)) + ']'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @Start_Insert = 'INSERT ' + '[' + LTRIM(RTRIM(@owner)) + '].' + '[' + RTRIM(COALESCE(@target_table,@table_name)) + ']'
END
--To get the first column's ID
SELECT @Column_ID = MIN(ORDINAL_POSITION)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table_name AND
(@owner IS NULL OR TABLE_SCHEMA = @owner)
--Loop through all the columns of the table, to get the column names and their data types
WHILE @Column_ID IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SELECT @Column_Name = QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME),
@Data_Type = DATA_TYPE
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE ORDINAL_POSITION = @Column_ID AND
TABLE_NAME = @table_name AND
(@owner IS NULL OR TABLE_SCHEMA = @owner)
IF @cols_to_include IS NOT NULL --Selecting only user specified columns
BEGIN
IF CHARINDEX( '''' + SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name)-2) + '''',@cols_to_include) = 0
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
IF @cols_to_exclude IS NOT NULL --Selecting only user specified columns
BEGIN
IF CHARINDEX( '''' + SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name)-2) + '''',@cols_to_exclude) <> 0
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
--Making sure to output SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON/OFF in case the table has an IDENTITY column
IF (SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY( OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@owner,USER_NAME())) + '.' + @table_name),SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name) - 2),'IsIdentity')) = 1
BEGIN
IF @ommit_identity = 0 --Determing whether to include or exclude the IDENTITY column
SET @IDN = @Column_Name
ELSE
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
--Making sure whether to output computed columns or not
IF @ommit_computed_cols = 1
BEGIN
IF (SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY( OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@owner,USER_NAME())) + '.' + @table_name),SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name) - 2),'IsComputed')) = 1
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
--Tables with columns of IMAGE data type are not supported for obvious reasons
IF(@Data_Type in ('image'))
BEGIN
IF (@ommit_images = 0)
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Tables with image columns are not supported.',16,1)
PRINT 'Use @ommit_images = 1 parameter to generate INSERTs for the rest of the columns.'
PRINT 'DO NOT ommit Column List in the INSERT statements. If you ommit column list using @include_column_list=0, the generated INSERTs will fail.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is a column with image data type
END
ELSE
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
--Determining the data type of the column and depending on the data type, the VALUES part of
--the INSERT statement is generated. Care is taken to handle columns with NULL values. Also
--making sure, not to lose any data from flot, real, money, smallmomey, datetime columns
SET @Actual_Values = @Actual_Values +
CASE
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('char','varchar','nchar','nvarchar')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + REPLACE(RTRIM(' + @Column_Name + '),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('datetime','smalldatetime')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + RTRIM(CONVERT(char,' + @Column_Name + ',109))+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('uniqueidentifier')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + REPLACE(CONVERT(char(255),RTRIM(' + @Column_Name + ')),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('text','ntext')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + REPLACE(CONVERT(char(8000),' + @Column_Name + '),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('binary','varbinary')
THEN
'COALESCE(RTRIM(CONVERT(char,' + 'CONVERT(int,' + @Column_Name + '))),''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('timestamp','rowversion')
THEN
CASE
WHEN @include_timestamp = 0
THEN
'''DEFAULT'''
ELSE
'COALESCE(RTRIM(CONVERT(char,' + 'CONVERT(int,' + @Column_Name + '))),''NULL'')'
END
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('float','real','money','smallmoney')
THEN
'COALESCE(LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(char, ' + @Column_Name + ',2)' + ')),''NULL'')'
ELSE
'COALESCE(LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(char, ' + @Column_Name + ')' + ')),''NULL'')'
END + '+' + ''',''' + ' + '
--Generating the column list for the INSERT statement
SET @Column_List = @Column_List + @Column_Name + ','
SKIP_LOOP: --The label used in GOTO
SELECT @Column_ID = MIN(ORDINAL_POSITION)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table_name AND
ORDINAL_POSITION > @Column_ID AND
(@owner IS NULL OR TABLE_SCHEMA = @owner)
--Loop ends here!
END
--To get rid of the extra characters that got concatenated during the last run through the loop
SET @Column_List = LEFT(@Column_List,len(@Column_List) - 1)
SET @Actual_Values = LEFT(@Actual_Values,len(@Actual_Values) - 6)
IF LTRIM(@Column_List) = ''
BEGIN
RAISERROR('No columns to select. There should at least be one column to generate the output',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Looks like all the columns are ommitted using the @cols_to_exclude parameter
END
--Forming the final string that will be executed, to output the INSERT statements
IF (@include_column_list <> 0)
BEGIN
SET @Actual_Values =
'SELECT ' +
CASE WHEN @top IS NULL OR @top < 0 THEN '' ELSE ' TOP ' + LTRIM(STR(@top)) + ' ' END +
'''' + RTRIM(@Start_Insert) +
' ''+' + '''(' + RTRIM(@Column_List) + '''+' + ''')''' +
' +''VALUES(''+ ' + @Actual_Values + '+'')''' + ' ' +
COALESCE(@from,' FROM ' + CASE WHEN @owner IS NULL THEN '' ELSE '[' + LTRIM(RTRIM(@owner)) + '].' END + '[' + rtrim(@table_name) + ']' + '(NOLOCK)')
END
ELSE IF (@include_column_list = 0)
BEGIN
SET @Actual_Values =
'SELECT ' +
CASE WHEN @top IS NULL OR @top < 0 THEN '' ELSE ' TOP ' + LTRIM(STR(@top)) + ' ' END +
'''' + RTRIM(@Start_Insert) +
' '' +''VALUES(''+ ' + @Actual_Values + '+'')''' + ' ' +
COALESCE(@from,' FROM ' + CASE WHEN @owner IS NULL THEN '' ELSE '[' + LTRIM(RTRIM(@owner)) + '].' END + '[' + rtrim(@table_name) + ']' + '(NOLOCK)')
END
--Determining whether to ouput any debug information
IF @debug_mode =1
BEGIN
PRINT '/*****START OF DEBUG INFORMATION*****'
PRINT 'Beginning of the INSERT statement:'
PRINT @Start_Insert
PRINT ''
PRINT 'The column list:'
PRINT @Column_List
PRINT ''
PRINT 'The SELECT statement executed to generate the INSERTs'
PRINT @Actual_Values
PRINT ''
PRINT '*****END OF DEBUG INFORMATION*****/'
PRINT ''
END
PRINT '--INSERTs generated by ''sp_generate_inserts'' stored procedure written by Vyas'
PRINT '--Build number: 22'
PRINT '--Problems/Suggestions? Contact Vyas @ vyaskn@hotmail.com'
PRINT '--http://vyaskn.tripod.com'
PRINT ''
PRINT 'SET NOCOUNT ON'
PRINT ''
--Determining whether to print IDENTITY_INSERT or not
IF (@IDN <> '')
BEGIN
PRINT 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@owner,USER_NAME())) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@table_name) + ' ON'
PRINT 'GO'
PRINT ''
END
IF @disable_constraints = 1 AND (OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@owner,USER_NAME())) + '.' + @table_name, 'U') IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
IF @owner IS NULL
BEGIN
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@target_table, @table_name)) + ' NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' AS '--Code to disable constraints temporarily'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(@owner) + '.' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@target_table, @table_name)) + ' NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' AS '--Code to disable constraints temporarily'
END
PRINT 'GO'
END
PRINT ''
PRINT 'PRINT ''Inserting values into ' + '[' + RTRIM(COALESCE(@target_table,@table_name)) + ']' + ''''
--All the hard work pays off here!!! You'll get your INSERT statements, when the next line executes!
EXEC (@Actual_Values)
PRINT 'PRINT ''Done'''
PRINT ''
IF @disable_constraints = 1 AND (OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@owner,USER_NAME())) + '.' + @table_name, 'U') IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
IF @owner IS NULL
BEGIN
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@target_table, @table_name)) + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' AS '--Code to enable the previously disabled constraints'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(@owner) + '.' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@target_table, @table_name)) + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' AS '--Code to enable the previously disabled constraints'
END
PRINT 'GO'
END
PRINT ''
IF (@IDN <> '')
BEGIN
PRINT 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@owner,USER_NAME())) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@table_name) + ' OFF'
PRINT 'GO'
END
PRINT 'SET NOCOUNT OFF'
SET NOCOUNT OFF
RETURN 0 --Success. We are done!
END
GO
PRINT 'Created the procedure'
GO
--Mark procedure as system object
EXEC sys.sp_MS_marksystemobject sp_generate_inserts
GO
PRINT 'Granting EXECUTE permission on sp_generate_inserts to all users'
GRANT EXEC ON sp_generate_inserts TO public
SET NOCOUNT OFF
GO
PRINT 'Done'
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We have generested lots of views tables and stored procedures like
sp_ins_C435D35DDEC04FE2517CCD52A9024EC4
ctsv_07BA7383A12B4654B4D3A69B3053B227
aonflict_DH_tblReplicationRegion
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go
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Msg 15346, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Cannot change owner for an object that is owned by a parent object. Change the owner of the parent object instead.
Msg 15347, Level 16, State 1, Line 4
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I am writing a program that transforms a generic MS SQL database to make it compatible with our application. In order to make the transformation, I have to access all the elements of the generic database programmatically.
I know that the Master database contains all this information. Is there a query that allows me to access the "non-system" tables, sps, views, and functions?
For Tables, I need to know the Name(s) of the tables, the column names, the column type, ALLOW Nulls, Primary Key, Identity Seed settings, and Triggers.
For SPs, I need to know the Name(s) and access the SP source code (assuming it's unencrypted).
For Views, I need to know the Name(s) and access the Views Source
For functions, I need to know the Name(s) and access the function source.
I can see various tables in the Master database from management studio, like sys.objects, sys.tables - which look like they have the info I need. However, when I run a query against master like:
select * from sys.objects .. I get an error:
Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'sys.objects'.
Thank you in advance.
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SELECT SubID, SubMenuDesc, ItemID, ItemDesc, 0 AS ModID, 'n/a' AS ModDesc, round(ItemPrice/100,2) as ItemPrice
FROM vwSubMenuNorm
WHERE (ItemPrice <> 0)
UNION
SELECT vwSubMenuNorm.SubID, vwSubMenuNorm.SubMenuDesc, vwSubMenuNorm.ItemID, vwSubMenuNorm.ItemDesc, vwModifiersNorm.ItemID AS ModID,
vwModifiersNorm.ItemDesc AS ModDesc, round(vwModifiersNorm.ItemPrice/100,2) as ItemPrice
FROM vwSubMenuNorm INNER JOIN
vwItemNorm ON vwSubMenuNorm.ItemID = vwItemNorm.ID INNER JOIN
vwModifiersNorm ON vwItemNorm.MOD1 = vwModifiersNorm.ModID
WHERE (vwSubMenuNorm.ItemPrice = 0) AND (vwModifiersNorm.ItemPrice <> 0)
UNION
SELECT vwSubMenuNorm.SubID, vwSubMenuNorm.SubMenuDesc, vwSubMenuNorm.ItemID, vwSubMenuNorm.ItemDesc, vwModifiersNorm.ItemID AS ModID,
vwModifiersNorm.ItemDesc AS ModDesc, ROUND((vwSubMenuNorm.ItemPrice + vwModifiersNorm.ItemPrice)/100, 2) AS ItemPrice
FROM vwSubMenuNorm INNER JOIN
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View 6 Replies View RelatedI am using a Microsoft Access ADP to get to data on SQL Server 2000. I would like to protect the base tables from being edited directly, but allow the views and SPs to handle all the work of getting data in and out. From what I have read in numerous articles and boods, I should be able to grant permissions just on the Views and NOT on the tables. However, the ONLY way I can make my views 'updatable' is by graniting UPDATE permissions on the TABLE! Worse yet, if I DENY permissions to UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE in the view, but allow them in the table, the view allows the updates anyway, apparently not looking at the fact that it should be DENIED.
:confused:
I want to allow a group of users to create views but not be able to create new tables or stored procedures... how can I do this ??
Thanks, John :eek:
Is there an easy way to find all instances of a table/view name in packages?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedWe are attempting to implement security on top of a shrink-wrapped softwarepackage and are trying to get row-level security. Here's the scenario:1. Table dbo.BOOK contains all the information about books in everydepartment.2. There are a large number of developed reports that run queries like"select * from BOOK..."3. We wish to have each Department only be able to see their books - withoutchanging the existing reports.Our thought was to create a series of views:create view Dept1.BOOK asselect * from BOOK where Dept=1....and then create Roles for each Dept. We'd then remove rights to dbo.BOOKand grant rights to DeptN.BOOK as appropriate for each role. We startedtesting this and seemed to get it working, but are now having problems. Isthis possible? Is there another, better solution?Thanks!
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have an applicaton in which I collect data for different parametersfor a set of devices. The data are entered into a single table, eachset of name, value pairs time-stamped and associated with a device.The definition of the table is as follows:CREATE TABLE devicedata(device_idintNOT NULL REFERENCES devices(id),-- id in the devicetabledatetimedatetimePRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,-- date creatednamenvarchar(256)NOT NULL,-- name of the attributevaluesql_variantNOT NULL-- value)For example, I have 3 devices, and each is monitored for two attributes-- temperature and pressure. Data for these are gathered at say every20 minute and every 15 minute intervals.The table is filled with records over a period of time, and I canperform a variety of SQL queries.I have another requirement which requires me to retrieve the *latest*values of temperature and pressure for each device.Ideally, I'd like to use the data I have collected to get thisinformation, and I suppose I can.What I need is the SELECT statement to do this.I'd appreciate it very much, if someone can help provide that.Conceivably, I could use a SQL server View for making this easier forsome of my users.One alternate technique I thought was to create another table which I*update* with the latest value, each time I *insert* into the abovetable. But it seems like a waste to do so, and introduces needlessreferential integrity issues (minor). Maybe for fast access, that isthe best thing to do.I have requirements to maintain this data for several months/year ortwo, so I am dealing with a large number of samples.Any help would be appreciated.(I apologize if this post appears twice)
View 9 Replies View RelatedHi,
I've got a table T1 and a view V1 based on T1's rows (but not all rows).
I've granted users to do update and select on my View V1.
But i don't want users directly update my table T1.
then, i log as a standard user in Enterprise mgr, and open my view V1. I modify a value in a field, and when i validate, an error occurs saying i'm not allowed to make Select neither Update on table T1.
Is there a way of doing this ? (sql 2000).
Hi all,
I have a few stored procedures which all perfom SELECT queries on a table in the database. Do these kind of stored procedures affect any other processes or procedures working on that table. I am talking about locks, blocks etc.
For example, the database has a table which gets updated periodically by some process which I don't know. Now I wrote some stored procedures just to do the SQL SELECT with some conditions in WHERE clause. Is there any possibility that my stored procedure failed and the because of this, the process that runs on the table was not executed?
hiiii all,
plz , I need help:
i want to know relations between tables stored in sql server database :
1-parent column.
2-parent table.
3-child coulmn.
4-child table.
using c# ado.
thanks.
Hi,
I want to list the table names in a database "mydev_db".What would be the query ?.
I want to run a similar query to find out the indexes,views,stored_procs etc.
Regards,
Copernicus
This is a SQL2000 sp4 Ent. machine.
I was heard that loading certain tables/views (the most frequently used ones) could help in performance.
How could i do that?
thanks
david
I am looking for an efficient mechanism to compare data between 2 tables/views.
Rationale:
I use a proprietary tool to data transfer between 2 databases. The tool itself uses Microsoft SSIS (integration service) to transfer data. I want to make sure that the data is transfered properly. Both the source and target database are not live database. The source and target database are in seperate servers.
Based on the discussion at:
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23038
and BSmith's idea (no relation), I came up with this silly stored proc to compare any two tables or views. Supply the table names and the columns you wish to compare and have fun!
The key to the GROUP BY approach is that it handles NULLS quite well which JOINS have trouble with.
CREATE PROCEDURE CompareTables(@table1 varchar(100),
@table2 Varchar(100), @T1ColumnList varchar(1000),
@T2ColumnList varchar(1000) = '')
AS
-- Table1, Table2 are the tables or views to compare.
-- T1ColumnList is the list of columns to compare, from table1.
-- Just list them comma-separated, like in a GROUP BY clause.
-- If T2ColumnList is not specified, it is assumed to be the same
-- as T1ColumnList. Otherwise, list the columns of Table2 in
-- the same order as the columns in table1 that you wish to compare.
--
-- The result is all records from either table that do NOT match
-- the other table, along with which table the record is from.
declare @SQL varchar(8000);
IF @t2ColumnList = '' SET @T2ColumnList = @T1ColumnList
set @SQL = 'SELECT ''' + @table1 + ''' AS TableName, ' + @t1ColumnList +
' FROM ' + @Table1 + ' UNION ALL SELECT ''' + @table2 + ''' As TableName, ' +
@t2ColumnList + ' FROM ' + @Table2
set @SQL = 'SELECT Max(TableName) as TableName, ' + @t1ColumnList +
' FROM (' + @SQL + ') A GROUP BY ' + @t1ColumnList +
' HAVING COUNT(*) = 1'
exec ( @SQL)
- Jeff