Is there a way inside a stored procedure to determine if a parameter defined with a default value was explicity passed the same value as the default vs. the parameter was omitted and you just got the default value.
E.g. create procedure mysp_stuff @parm1 varchar(20)=NULL, @parm1 bit=0 as
if (@parm1 is null)
begin
-- did we get the default or did the caller pass NULL
end
if (@parm2 = 0
begin
-- did we get the default or did the caller pass 0
end
GO
EXEC mysp_stuff
go
EXEC mysp_stuff @parm1=NULL, @parm2=0
go
Hi, I wanted to use a default for yearly instead of monthly for stored procedure, but couldn't figure out how. I usually used stored procedure @start and @end for date. i.e. this is monthly by default @start = jul 2007 and @end= aug 2007; i.e. i want yearly by default @start = jul 2007 and @end= jul 2008.
Hi,This works:CREATE PROCEDURE MyProc @Date smalldatetime = '2005-01-01'AS... But this does not CREATE PROCEDURE MyProc @Date smalldatetime = GETDATE()AS... I'm talking about sql2005. Can anyone help how to overcome this?
Hello, does anyone know how to determine (within the stored procedure)whether a parameter has been passed explicitly to a stored procedure asopposed to a parameter that has taken on the default value.Many thanksPhil
Can someone explain to me why the following doesn't work?declare @oname sysnameselect @oname=name from sysobjects where name like"df__mytable__mycol%"alter table mytable drop constraint @oname
When I call this function and the database field 'Login' is null, then I get an error message "Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid." I've supplied a default value in my stored procedure and I've also provided a default value in the result value in the function. How do I get around this? Thanks lblLastUserLogin.Text = GetLastUserLogin().ToString() Private Function GetLastUserLogin() As String Dim result As String = "" Dim con As New SqlConnection("server=x.x.x.x;database=database;uid=x;password=x") Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("GetLastUserLogin", con) cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure cmd.Parameters.Add("@UserID", SqlDbType.Int).Value = lblUserID.Text cmd.Parameters.Add("@ReturnVal", SqlDbType.SmallDateTime).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output Using con con.Open() cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() result = CType(cmd.Parameters("@ReturnVal").Value, String) End Using Return resultEnd Function CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetLastUserLogin] -- OUTPUT parameter to hold the count. @UserID int, @ReturnVal smalldatetime = ' ' OUTPUT AS -- This will return the last date returned by the SELECT query. Set @ReturnVal = (SELECT MAX(Login) FROM TUserLogs WHERE UserID=@UserID)
I'm generating a list of parameters needed by stored procedures, and I'd like to know which ones have default values assigned to them. To retrieve the parameter information I use:
sp_sproc_columns @Procedure_Name='InsertUser''
However, the column that is supposed to give the default value, 'COLUMN_DEF' always returns as NULL, even when that column has a default value assigned to it. i.e. CREATE PROCEDURE InsertUser@UserID INT = 10,.....
And then if I do a sp_sproc_columns @Procedure_Name='InsertUser'', the COLUMN_DEF value for the @UserID column is still NULL.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong and how I can retrieve the default value?
Hi everyone, I have created a stored procedure in sql server with parameters for my c# application. Wanted to know is there anyway to set the default value for @searchpostcode to select all the records? Right now it brings the records based on the postcode specified .(I have dropdownlist in my c# application that passes the parameters for postcode) My stored procedure: CREATE PROCEDURE sp_accepting_practice (@searchpostcode as nvarchar(100)) AS SELECT dbo.tbdentists.Title, dbo.tbdentists.FirstName, dbo.tbdentists.Surname, dbo.tbpractices.PracticeName, dbo.tbpractices.PracticeAddress1, dbo.tbpractices.PracticeAddress2, dbo.tbpractices.Town, dbo.tbpractices.Postcode, dbo.tbpractices.Phone, dbo.tbdentistspractices.ListNo, dbo.tbtreatment.treatmentNatureFROM dbo.tbdentists INNER JOIN dbo.tbdentistspractices ON dbo.tbdentists.DentistId = dbo.tbdentistspractices.DentistId INNER JOIN dbo.tbpractices ON dbo.tbdentistspractices.PracticeId = dbo.tbpractices.PracticeId AND dbo.tbdentistspractices.PracticeId = dbo.tbpractices.PracticeId INNER JOIN dbo.tbtreatment ON dbo.tbdentistspractices.TreatmentId = dbo.tbtreatment.treatmentIdWHERE dbo.tbpractices.Postcode LIKE '%' + @searchpostcode + '%'ORDER BY dbo.tbpractices.PracticeId EXECUTE sp_accepting_practice G4GO I greatly appreciate your help. Thanks in Advance Regards Shini
If a sqldatasource is programed to send textbox1.text to a stored procedure, and the .text property is left empty, and there is no default value set for the parameter, what exactly is the stored procedure receiving?I would like to run a IF BEGIN statement on the value of the parameter in the stored procedure but the following does not work:IF @Parameter IS NULL BEGINor IF @Parameter = '' BEGINThe only way I've gotten it to work is if I set the default value of the parameter being sent to a specific alphanumeric value. Then do something like:IF @Parameter = '99' BEGIN<Code Here>END
Hi all - I'm trying to optimized my stored procedures to be a bit easier to maintain, and am sure this is possible, not am very unclear on the syntax to doing this correctly. For example, I have a simple stored procedure that takes a string as a parameter, and returns its resolved index that corresponds to a record in my database. ie exec dbo.DeriveStatusID 'Created' returns an int value as 1 (performed by "SELECT statusID FROM statusList WHERE statusName= 'Created') but I also have a second stored procedure that needs to make reference to this procedure first, in order to resolve an id - ie: exec dbo.AddProduct_Insert 'widget1' which currently performs:SET @statusID = (SELECT statusID FROM statusList WHERE statusName='Created')INSERT INTO Products (productname, statusID) VALUES (''widget1', @statusID) I want to simply the insert to perform (in one sproc): SET @statusID = EXEC deriveStatusID ('Created')INSERT INTO Products (productname, statusID) VALUES (''widget1', @statusID) This works fine if I call this stored procedure in code first, then pass it to the second stored procedure, but NOT if it is reference in the second stored procedure directly (I end up with an empty value for @statusID in this example). My actual "Insert" stored procedures are far more complicated, but I am working towards lightening the business logic in my application ( it shouldn't have to pre-vet the data prior to executing a valid insert). Hopefully this makes some sense - it doesn't seem right to me that this is impossible, and am fairly sure I'm just missing some simple syntax - can anyone assist?
I executed them and got the following results in SSMSE: TopSixAnalytes Unit AnalyteName 1 222.10 ug/Kg Acetone 2 220.30 ug/Kg Acetone 3 211.90 ug/Kg Acetone 4 140.30 ug/L Acetone 5 120.70 ug/L Acetone 6 90.70 ug/L Acetone ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Now, I try to use this Stored Procedure in my ADO.NET-VB 2005 Express programming: //////////////////--spTopSixAnalytes.vb--///////////
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim sqlConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("Data Source = .SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security = SSPI; Initial Catalog = ssmsExpressDB;")
Dim sqlDataAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdaptor("[spTopSixAnalytes]", sqlConnection)
'Pass the name of the DataSet through the overloaded contructor
'of the DataSet class.
Dim dataSet As DataSet ("ssmsExpressDB")
sqlConnection.Open()
sqlDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet)
sqlConnection.Close()
End Sub
End Class ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
I executed the above code and I got the following 4 errors: Error #1: Type 'SqlConnection' is not defined (in Form1.vb) Error #2: Type 'SqlDataAdapter' is not defined (in Form1.vb) Error #3: Array bounds cannot appear in type specifiers (in Form1.vb) Error #4: 'DataSet' is not a type and cannot be used as an expression (in Form1)
Please help and advise.
Thanks in advance, Scott Chang
More Information for you to know: I have the "ssmsExpressDB" database in the Database Expolorer of VB 2005 Express. But I do not know how to get the SqlConnection and the SqlDataAdapter into the Form1. I do not know how to get the Fill Method implemented properly. I try to learn "Working with SELECT Statement in a Stored Procedure" for printing the 6 rows that are selected - they are not parameterized.
I have some code that I need to run every quarter. I have many that are similar to this one so I wanted to input two parameters rather than searching and replacing the values. I have another stored procedure that's executed from this one that I will also parameter-ize. The problem I'm having is in embedding a parameter in the name of the called procedure (exec statement at the end of the code). I tried it as I'm showing and it errored. I tried googling but I couldn't find anything related to this. Maybe I just don't have the right keywords. what is the syntax?
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[runDMQ3_2014LDLComplete] @QQ_YYYY char(7), @YYYYQQ char(8) AS begin SET NOCOUNT ON; select [provider group],provider, NPI, [01-Total Patients with DM], [02-Total DM Patients with LDL],
I have a sub that passes values from my form to my stored procedure. The stored procedure passes back an @@IDENTITY but I'm not sure how to grab that in my asp page and then pass that to my next called procedure from my aspx page. Here's where I'm stuck: Public Sub InsertOrder() Conn.Open() cmd = New SqlCommand("Add_NewOrder", Conn) cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure ' pass customer info to stored proc cmd.Parameters.Add("@FirstName", txtFName.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@LastName", txtLName.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@AddressLine1", txtStreet.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@CityID", dropdown_city.SelectedValue) cmd.Parameters.Add("@Zip", intZip.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@EmailPrefix", txtEmailPre.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@EmailSuffix", txtEmailSuf.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@PhoneAreaCode", txtPhoneArea.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@PhonePrefix", txtPhonePre.Text) cmd.Parameters.Add("@PhoneSuffix", txtPhoneSuf.Text) ' pass order info to stored proc cmd.Parameters.Add("@NumberOfPeopleID", dropdown_people.SelectedValue) cmd.Parameters.Add("@BeanOptionID", dropdown_beans.SelectedValue) cmd.Parameters.Add("@TortillaOptionID", dropdown_tortilla.SelectedValue) 'Session.Add("FirstName", txtFName.Text) cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() cmd = New SqlCommand("Add_EntreeItems", Conn) cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure cmd.Parameters.Add("@CateringOrderID", get identity from previous stored proc) <------------------------- Dim li As ListItem Dim p As SqlParameter = cmd.Parameters.Add("@EntreeID", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar) For Each li In chbxl_entrees.Items If li.Selected Then p.Value = li.Value cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End If Next Conn.Close()I want to somehow grab the @CateringOrderID that was created as an end product of my first called stored procedure (Add_NewOrder) and pass that to my second stored procedure (Add_EntreeItems)
I have a stored procedure and in that I will be calling a stored procedure. Now, based on the parameter value I will get stored procedure name to be executed. how to execute dynamic sp in a stored rocedure
at present it is like EXECUTE usp_print_list_full @ID, @TNumber, @ErrMsg OUTPUT
I want to do like EXECUTE @SpName @ID, @TNumber, @ErrMsg OUTPUT
I have a stored procedure that calls a msdb stored procedure internally. I granted the login execute rights on the outer sproc but it still vomits when it tries to execute the inner. Says I don't have the privileges, which makes sense.
How can I grant permissions to a login to execute msdb.dbo.sp_update_schedule()? Or is there a way I can impersonate the sysadmin user for the call by using Execute As sysadmin some how?
Has anyone encountered cases in which a proc executed by DTS has the following behavior: 1) underperforms the same proc when executed in DTS as opposed to SQL Server Managemet Studio 2) underperforms an ad-hoc version of the same query (UPDATE) executed in SQL Server Managemet Studio
What could explain this?
Obviously,
All three scenarios are executed against the same database and hit the exact same tables and indices.
Query plans show that one step, a Clustered Index Seek, consumes most of the resources (57%) and for that the estimated rows = 1 and actual rows is 10 of 1000's time higher. (~ 23000).
The DTS execution effectively never finishes even after many hours (10+) The Stored procedure execution will finish in 6 minutes (executed after the update ad-hoc query) The Update ad-hoc query will finish in 2 minutes
Is it possible to use a stored procedure to fill the default value of a column when i'm building the db? i mean if i can use a stored procedure for the "colum property": "default value or bnding" if yes how can i do it?
I'm migrating a dotnetnuke website from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 and have run into a problem with one of the stored procedures.
The database objects seem to have upgraded successfully to use the db schema identifer from the dbowner identifier. However I am having a problem with a particular stored procedure trying to execute another stored procedure.
When the following procedure is called, it seems that the db engine has forgotten the schema context and therefore can't find the called procedure. Has anyone come across this before and is there a workaround other than modifing every SP that uses EXEC?
ALTER PROCEDURE [myschema].[dnn_Forum_StatisticsGet]
I am trying to debug stored procedure using visual studio. I right click on connection and checked 'Allow SQL/CLR debugging' .. the store procedure is not local and is on sql server.
Whenever I tried to right click stored procedure and select step into store procedure> i get following error
"User 'Unknown user' could not execute stored procedure 'master.dbo.sp_enable_sql_debug' on SQL server XXXXX. Click Help for more information"
I am not sure what needs to be done on sql server side
We tried to search for sp_enable_sql_debug but I could not find this stored procedure under master.
Some web page I came accross says that "I must have an administratorial rights to debug" but I am not sure what does that mean?
I have a stored procedure 'ChangeUser' in which there is a call to another stored procedure 'LogChange'. The transaction is started in 'ChangeUser'. and the last statement in the transaction is 'EXEC LogChange @p1, @p2'. My questions is if it would be correct to check in 'LogChange' the following about this transaction: 'IF @@trancount >0 BEGIN Rollback tran' END Else BEGIN Commit END. Any help on this would be appreciated.
Hi,I am getting error when I try to call a stored procedure from another. I would appreciate if someone could give some example.My first Stored Procedure has the following input output parameters:ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.FixedCharges @InvoiceNo int,@InvoiceDate smalldatetime,@TotalOut decimal(8,2) outputAS .... I have tried using the following statement to call it from another stored procedure within the same SQLExpress database. It is giving me error near CALL.CALL FixedCharges (@InvoiceNo,@InvoiceDate,@TotalOut )Many thanks in advanceJames
I have a store procedure (e.g. sp_FetchOpenItems) in which I would like to call an existing stored procedure (e.g. sp_FetchAnalysts). The stored proc, sp_FetchAnalysts returns a resultset of all analysts in the system. I would like to call sp_FetchAnalysts from within sp_FetchOpenItems and insert the resultset from sp_FetchAnalysts into a local temporary table. Is this possible? Thanks, Kevin
IF (@i_WildCardFlag=0)BEGIN SET @SQLString='SELECT Batch.BatchID, Batch.Created_By, Batch.RequestSuccessfulRecord_Count, Batch.ResponseFailedRecord_Count, Batch.RequestTotalRecord_Count, Batch.Request_Filename, Batch.Response_Filename, Batch.LastUpdated_By, Batch.LastUpdated, Batch.Submitted_By, Batch.Submitted_On, Batch.CheckedOut_By, Batch.Checked_Out_Status, Batch.Batch_Description, Batch.Status_Code, Batch.Created_On, Batch.Source, Batch.Archived_Status, Batch.Archived_By, Batch.Archived_On, Batch.Processing_Mode, Batch.Batch_TemplateID, Batch.WindowID,Batch.WindowDetails, BatchTemplate.Batch_Type, BatchTemplate.Batch_SubType FROM Batch INNER JOIN BatchTemplate ON Batch.Batch_TemplateID = BatchTemplate.Batch_TemplateID WHERE ((@V_BatchID IS NULL) OR (Batch.BatchID = @V_BatchID )) AND ((@V_UserID IS NULL) OR (Batch.Created_By = @V_UserID )) AND ((Batch.Created_On >= @V_FromDateTime ) AND (Batch.Created_On <= @V_ToDateTime )) AND Batch.Archived_Status = 1 ' if (@V_BatchStatus IS not null) begin set @SQLString=@SQLString + ' AND (Batch.Status_Code in ('+@V_BatchStatus+'))' end if (@V_BatchType IS not null) begin set @SQLString=@SQLString + ' AND (BatchTemplate.Batch_Type in ('+@V_BatchType+'))' end END ELSEBEGIN SET @SQLString='SELECT Batch.BatchID, Batch.Created_By, Batch.RequestSuccessfulRecord_Count, Batch.ResponseFailedRecord_Count, Batch.RequestTotalRecord_Count, Batch.Request_Filename, Batch.Response_Filename, Batch.LastUpdated_By, Batch.LastUpdated, Batch.Submitted_By, Batch.Submitted_On, Batch.CheckedOut_By, Batch.Checked_Out_Status, Batch.Batch_Description, Batch.Status_Code, Batch.Created_On, Batch.Source, Batch.Archived_Status, Batch.Archived_By, Batch.Archived_On, Batch.Processing_Mode, Batch.Batch_TemplateID, Batch.WindowID,Batch.WindowDetails, BatchTemplate.Batch_Type, BatchTemplate.Batch_SubType FROM Batch INNER JOIN BatchTemplate ON Batch.Batch_TemplateID = BatchTemplate.Batch_TemplateID WHERE ((@V_BatchID IS NULL) OR (isnull (Batch.BatchID, '''') LIKE @SSS )) AND ((@V_UserID IS NULL) OR (isnull (Batch.Created_By , '''') LIKE @V_UserID )) AND ((Batch.Created_On >= @V_FromDateTime ) AND (Batch.Created_On <= @V_ToDateTime )) AND Batch.Archived_Status = 1 ' if (@V_BatchStatus IS not null) begin set @SQLString=@SQLString + ' AND (Batch.Status_Code in ('+@V_BatchStatus+'))' end if (@V_BatchType IS not null) begin set @SQLString=@SQLString + ' AND (BatchTemplate.Batch_Type in ('+@V_BatchType+'))' end END PRINT @SQLString SET @ParmDefinition = N' @V_BatchStatus Varchar(30), @V_BatchType VARCHAR(50), @V_BatchID NUMERIC(9), @V_UserID CHAR(8), @V_FromDateTime DATETIME , @V_ToDateTime DATETIME, @SSS varchar(500)' EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLString, @ParmDefinition, @V_BatchStatus , @V_BatchType , @V_BatchID, @V_UserID , @V_FromDateTime , @V_ToDateTime , @SSS GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GOSET ANSI_NULLS ON GO
The above stored procedure is related to a search screen where in User is able to search from a variety of fields that include userID (corresponding column Batch.Created_By) and batchID (corresponding column Batch.BatchID). The column UserID is a varchar whereas batchID is a numeric. REQUIREMENT: The stored procedure should cater to a typical search where any of the fields can be entered. meanwhile it also should be able to do a partial search on BatchID and UserID.
I have a stored procedure that among other things needs to get a total of hours worked. These hours are totaled by another stored procedure already. I would like to call the totaling stored procedure once for each user which required a loop sort of thing for each user name in a temporary table (already done) total = result from execute totaling stored procedure Can you help with this Thanks
IF @@ERROR = 0 BEGIN -- Success. Commit the transaction. Commit Tran END ELSE Rollback Tran
return GO
now the problem is, when i execute the stored procedure's inside the main stored procedure, and these sub sp's has an error on it, the main stored procedure doesnt rollback the transation.
now i can put the "begin transation" in the two sub stored procedure's. The problem is
what if the first "SP_Sub_One" executed successfully, and there was error in "SP_Sub_Two"
now the "SP_Sub_One" has been executed and i cant rollback it... the error occured in the "SP_Sub_Two" stored procedure ... so it wont run ... so there will be error in the data
how can i make a mian "BEGIN TRANSACTION" , that even it include the execution of stored procedure in it.
When I am trying to call a function I made from a stored procedure of my creation as well I am getting:
Running [dbo].[DeleteSetByTime].
Cannot find either column "dbo" or the user-defined function or aggregate "dbo.TTLValue", or the name is ambiguous.
No rows affected.
(0 row(s) returned)
@RETURN_VALUE =
Finished running [dbo].[DeleteSetByTime].
This is my function:
ALTER FUNCTION dbo.TTLValue
(
)
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN SELECT Settings.TTL FROM Settings WHERE Enabled='true'
This is my stored procedure:
ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.DeleteSetByTime
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @TTL int
SET @TTL = dbo.TTLValue()
DELETE FROM SetValues WHERE CreatedTime > dateadd(minute, @TTL, CreatedTime)
END
CreatedTime is a datetime column and TTL is an integer column.
I tried calling it by dbo.TTLValue(), dbo.MyDatabase.TTLValue(), [dbo].[MyDatabase].[TTLValue]() and TTLValue(). The last returned an error when saving it "'TTLValue' is not a recognized built-in function name". Can anybody tell me how to call this function from my stored procedure? Also, if anybody knows of a good book or site with tutorials on how to become a pro in T-SQL I will appreciate it.
Hello, I am hoping there is a solution within SQL that work for this instead of making round trips from the front end. I have a stored procedure that is called from the front-end(USP_DistinctBalancePoolByCompanyCurrency) that accepts two parameters and returns one column of data possibly several rows. I have a second stored procedure(USP_BalanceDateByAccountPool) that accepts the previous stored procedures return values. What I would like to do is call the first stored procedure from the front end and return the results from the second stored procedure. Since it's likely I will have more than row of data, can I loop the second passing each value returned from the first? The Stored Procs are: CREATE PROCEDURE USP_DistinctBalancePoolByCompanyCurrency @CID int, @CY char(3) AS SELECT Distinct S.BalancePoolName FROM SiteRef S INNER JOIN Account A ON A.PoolId=S.ID Inner JOIN AccountBalance AB ON A.Id = AB.AccountId Inner JOIN AccountPool AP On AP.Id=A.PoolId Where A.CompanyId=@CID And AB.Currency=@CY
CREATE PROCEDURE USP_BalanceDateByAccountPool @PoolName varchar(50) AS Declare @DT datetime Select @DT= (Select MAX(AccountBalance.DateX) From Company Company INNER JOIN Account Account ON Company.Id = Account.CompanyId INNER JOIN SiteRef SiteRef ON Account.PoolId = SiteRef.ID Inner JOIN AccountBalance AccountBalance ON Account.Id = AccountBalance.AccountId WHERE SiteRef.BalancePoolName = @PoolName) SELECT SiteRef.BalancePoolName, AccountBalance.DateX, AccountBalance.Balance FROM Company Company INNER JOIN Account Account ON Company.Id = Account.CompanyId INNER JOIN SiteRef SiteRef ON Account.PoolId = SiteRef.ID Inner JOIN AccountBalance AccountBalance ON Account.Id = AccountBalance.AccountId WHERE SiteRef.BalancePoolName = @PoolName And AccountBalance.DateX = @DT Order By AccountBalance.DateX DESC
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Dave
i found that some stored procedure get created automatically in sqlserver 2000 (system stored procedures) ,while doing my work i accidentally deleted those stored procedures can any body answer following questions1: why these stored procedures are there and automatically created2: what happen en if i deleted those stored procedures3: how to recreate those stored procedures with limited user permission thanks in advance
I want to change the default directory for my stored procedures. It is extremely inconvenient for me that they are placed in documents and settings... I cannot find a place in the Tools where I can change it.
I want to be able to have an authorized person set or change the default values of a table column in a SQL Database. I have a stored procedure that sets the default which works fine: ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[addMyConst]ASBEGINALTER TABLE [dbo].[tbl1]ADD DEFAULT 70 FOR [Auto_ourlim]END(I still need to put parameters in so that I can run the stored procedure from a form, but for now....) To change it I know that I have to drop the constraint first like this: ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[dropmyValue]ASALTER TABLE [dbo].[tbl1] DROP CONSTRAINT [Auto_ourlim] The problem is that when I execute the procedure I get the error that "Auto_ourlim" is not a constraint so it does not drop the Default Value. When I go over to SQL Server Management Studio Express I can see why: If I open up the table and open up the Constraints the constraint is "DF__tbl1__Auto_ourli__5FB337D6". I could change the DROP CONSTRAINT to this, and that works, but it changes every time I add the new DEFAULT VALUE. I don't know how to get around it. Is there a way to put wildcards around "Auto_our" in DROP CONSTRAINT [Auto_ourlim}? Any suggestions would be welcome...even if there's a totally different way to do it. What I'm trying to ultimately accomplish is this: Column1 (AutoLimits) would be user insert to the database and then in the database it would MINUS Column2 (Auto_ourlim - set with the default value) = Column3 (Difference - a computed field in the database) Steve