Hi All
Am new to sql server to sobear with me, have checked around but cant
find an answer to this.
I want to change fieldname from nvarchar(50) to nvarchar(255) as part
of a script
Am running this command :
ALTER TABLE MYTABLE MODIFY fieldname nvarchar(255) null
i test this out in the sql window but cant get it to run error is:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near 'MODIFY'.
Can anyone help ?
hi,
i have installed a new sql server 2005 instance.
as usual the data and log devices went to standard location.
as per my company policy i have to put data and log in different drives..
for eg. k:data
j:log
i have move master and other db's device files to new location and i can modify it using configuration manager
but i ahve to do it on many servers so thought if i can do it from command line could save me lot of time ( i can eventually automae whole procedure)
what commands are available to change such paramter..
i need to change startup parameters options -d -l -e
please help
thx
AK
I created am inventory table with few columns say, Servername, version, patching details, etc
I want a tracking of the table.
Let's say people are asked to modify the base table and I want a complete capture of the details modified and the session of the user ( ) who (system_user) is actually modifying the details.
Hello!I have an MS SQL-server with an database, that runs replication. In thisdatabase there is an table with an columni want to extend; varchar(50)->varchar(60).But I get this error (using design window of Enterprise Manager): Cannotdrop the table 'MytableName' because it is being used for replication.Thanks for helpBjoern
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I need that query for alter table
in it
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Hello
I have replicated 1 database.Now i need to change the datatype length of one feild from varchar 12 to varchar 20.But when i try to do that it shows error ODBC error !Cannot modify database because it is in replication mode.
Can any body help me to sort out this problem.
Thx
Bilal
I have a 3rd party program that creates some tables in my sql server2005 database, then it does inserts on the tables. Is there a way Icould create a system level trigger that would immediately andautomatically modfiy the table structure after the table is created(hopefully before the inserts occur)? I need to change a field fromnumeric(5, 0) to numeric(15, 0).Thanks,Roger
View 3 Replies View Relatedhi!
i encountered problems when running this code in SQL Query
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[amsSchedule]
MODIFY(CutOff1 datetime NULL,
[FileName] varchar(100) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL)
my aim is to modify the two fields to change its data type. BUt when im trying to run this command in the query analyzer, itsays "incorrect syntax error '(' "
What do i have to do? please help me...thanks
I've a table with an ID column, it is an auto increment id column that increases by 1.
ID
--
9724
9725
When my webhost restarts SQL, or some other random act of God, this ID jumps by 1000. Today it leapt from 9725 to 10725, which just doesn't work for me. It results in my having to upload the last known good copy of the database.
My host says they can't change the 1000 row buffer, MS apparently doesn't deem this an issue, and I'm quite frustrated. I used to be able to modify certain settings in SQL since I was using an SQL 2008 database under SQL Management Console but since my host upgraded to 2012, and I'm running XP, there is no forward compatibility and many options are no longer possible (eg. modifying a column, now it has to be done via clicking query and entering a SQL command rather than just right clicking on the column)
So long story made short... is there a way to modify my table (named "places") to turn OFF the autoincrement Id and perform a simple means to figure out the next possible value?
example:
id, place, locstion, gps, v2, v3, v4, comment
================================================
9720, Bill's House, Toronto, 43.4453, y, n, c, This was a good place to eat
9721, Dime a Dozen, Cambridge, 42.4453, n, e, d, A good place to take photos
I'd have to pull the highest value of ID (+1 to it) and then do a standard INSERT into places (id, place, location, gps, v2, v3, v4, comment) values (9722, etc...)I guess my concern is if the autoidentity is turned off, will SQL allow a new value to be entered via INSERT? I'm also using the @@identity to find the last known ID when I want to direct the user to the entry that they've just created and I don't know what that # is just yet. Would the @@identity still work?
Hi all I was wondering how to do an ALTER command on a Table but without specifying Column Names but rather attempting to overwrite the Table itself with the new fields specified? For instance if I have Table_1 consisting of the following fields:
IDFirstNameSurname
Then use the following ALTER command:
Code Snippet
ALTER Table Table_1
(
ID Int,
FirstName VarChar(50)
)
This would then drop Surname from the Table and leave only ID and FirstName inside it. Is this possible? I have been searching google but can't seem to find what I am looking for.
Thank for comments + suggestions. Regards, Onam.
Dear all
I have a problem about replication, so I want to modify some columns in a table, but my database using replicate. How to do it?
Please solution.
Thank.
PC Kaveesin.
Our ERP vendor is helping us migrate from one version of their product to another. In the new version, they have added some columns and changed a few data types in several existing tables.
They sent us a list of the modifications that were necessary, which we did (painstakingly) by hand. But, for other reasons the update failed and we have to start anew.
This got me thinking: is there any way to do this kind of update via a script/stored procedure? I don't have their exact changes handy, but it was stuff like the table "inmast" needs a column of varchar(50) called "lotc" added to it, and the "intime" table needs the datatype of columns "Mon" "Tue" "Wed" changed from text to varchar(50), stuff like that.
Is it possible to do stuff like that in a SP?
I am quite new to MS SQL, and I want to read rows from a todo table, andwhen a row has been processed, I want to delete that row.Ages ago in MySQL I would probably have locked the table, select, processa row, delete a row, unlock the table.I have been reading through the documentation from MS SQL, but it's notclear what exactly I should do.Since I want to lock only one table in the select (the others just providedata, and are not modified), what's a good solution?--John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/personal page: http://johnbokma.com/Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html
View 2 Replies View RelatedIn Enterprise Manager, I would right click on the table, choose Open Table and Query where I could select specific records and (most importantly) could alter data in a record by deleting the text, adding or over-typing.
In 2005 Server Management Studio I just cannot figure how to do this. I'm guessing that I need the 'Script Table as' option but then what?
I have managed to open selected data using the New Query and then Design Query in Editor, but the results only appear in a kind of view form and I cannot seem to alter any of the data entries, I get dotted lines around the selected field.
Please help, it seemed so much easier in 2000!
What's the answer for this and how ? If it is yes then How ?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedHi All,
Is there a way by which we can modify the width of a column of a table which is being replicated without touching the ongoing transactional replication? This is for MSSQL2000 Transactional Replication.
I know (and successfully tried) that we can add a column to a table and that gets propaged to the replicate database and indeed the added column gets reflected there. How to add a column? sp_repaddcolumn or Right Click on the Publication-Properties and it shows a button to Add a Column.
This is what I have tried for modifying the width of a column of a table participating in Transactional Replication from varchar(10) to varchar(100)
MH (source) -> MH1 (Replicate)
The column €ścol1€? had width of varchar(10) and this was altered to varchar(100).
insert into MH..test_mh values(4,'abcdeabcdefff')
select * from MH1..test_mh
exec sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2', @destination_db = N'MH1'
go
exec sp_droparticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh'
go
alter table test_mh alter column col2 varchar(100) null OR
MH1..sp_help test_mh
exec sp_addarticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @source_table = N'test_mh'
go
exec sp_addsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2' , @destination_db = N'MH1'
go
Needless to say, help would be apreciated -
~Mihir
Need a script to capture current date modify table list(12 AM to 11:59 PM PST) in a database.
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Could anyone help? Thanks.
i have a question if anyone can help please..
i have need to create a database table as a go-between, where users will upload info. then on a backend page admin will make some data settings, then transfer it to the proper, permanent tables.(all this to avoid expecting users themselves to upload files to proper places).
can i use a basic SQL INSERT statement to move from one table directly to another without the use of parameters? for example,
INSERT INTO tblOne (fieldOne,fieldTwo,fieldThree) VALUES (tblTwo(fieldOne,fieldTwo,fieldThree)
if so, what is the syntax? and if not, then what would i have to do, just use some go between variables or objects? perhaps a DataSet to pull the values, then use same DataSet to load the values into new table, then a simple DELETE statement on the intermediate table?
i mean, i can work my way through this, but if anybody has gone through a similar situation i sure could use any pointers or tips to keep it as clean and simple as possible.
thanks all!
In query analyzer, what is the command to tell me the attributes of the entities in a table? In oracle I can use the describe command. I know their is a way to do it in Query analyzer but I can't remember how. Also I can look visually by expanding the node of the table. But if I can do this through the command line in query analayzer, it is sometimes quicker.
Example. I want to find out about a table named "Employee"
What command would I type that would tell me all of the columns/attributes in that table, and the data types which they are?
Bill
Hi all,
I am new to this site and I hope anyone out there can help me. I was tasked to change the constraints of my existing table. Lets call it table1. This table has an attribute that needs to take the value of another attribute of another table ( let's call it tables2) and that attribute must satisfy a certain expression ( I suppose I can isolate it by using the select statement ).
Anyone know how to get this done.
Please advice.
Thanks and appreciated.
hi
Can We Use Truncate Command on a table which is Refernced by Foreign Key?
Hi,I'm trying to run the ALTER TABLE command using a dynamic string for thetable, like so:DECLARE @TableName CHARSET @TableName = 'Customers'ALTER TABLE @TableNameADD ...blahIs this possible? We know this works:ALTER TABLE Customers ADD ...blahIt looks like I need a way to convert the CHAR value to a literal or perhapseven a table ID?Thanks in advance,Paul
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I have a little application that I have designed where I need to be able to execute create table and create function comands against the database.
It seems that it does not like my sql file. Does anyone know of a different method of doing this?
Error message
Line 2: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'.
Line 4: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'.
Line 8: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'.
'CREATE FUNCTION' must be the first statement in a query batch.
Must declare the variable '@usb'.
Must declare the variable '@usb'.
Must declare the variable '@i'.
A RETURN statement with a return value cannot be used in this context.
Line 89: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'.
Line 91: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'.
Line 94: Incorrect syntax near 'GO'.
Protected Sub Install()
Dim err As String = ""
While err.Length < 1
' Dim your StreamReader
Dim TextFileStream As System.IO.TextReader
'Load the textfile into the stream
TextFileStream = System.IO.File.OpenText(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath & "Scripts .sql")
'Read to the end of the file into a String variable.
executesql(TextFileStream.ReadToEnd, err)
err = "Susscessful"
End While
If err = "Susscessful" Then
Response.Redirect("Default.aspx")
Else
Me.lblError.Text = err
End If
End Sub
Private Function executesql(ByVal s As String, ByRef err As String) As Boolean
Try
Dim conn As New Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(GenConString())
Dim cmd As New Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(s, conn)
conn.Open()
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
conn.Close()
Return True
Catch ex As Exception
err = ex.Message.ToString
Return False
End Try
End Function
Example sql file
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[MyFunc]') and xtype in (N'FN', N'IF', N'TF'))
drop function [dbo].[MyFunc]
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[MyFunc]
(
-- Add the parameters for the function here
)
RETURNS varchar(1000)
AS
BEGIN
-- Declare the return variable here
DECLARE @Result varchar(1000)
-- Add the T-SQL statements to compute the return value here
-- Do something here
-- Return the result of the function
RETURN @Result
END
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
I have several databases that are used to collect data for differentclient-projects. My intention was to collect the data, and administermySQL so each client could see only their data. Each of thesedatabases used to collect data have the same tables. There are otherdatabases which are available to all the users which contain commoninformation.The command "show databases" lists all of the databases (visible tothe particular user) and not the one's I would like to display (thedatabases used to collect data). Is there a way to nest a singlemySQL command to show only the databases that have the same particulartable?
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can someone please explain the following please
why does this fail with specified owner testdb does not exist or you do not have permissions
create testdb.testtable (
testval int
)
yet if i create testdb and then run the following against this new db
create testtable (
testval int
)
command command completes successfully......what am i not understanding or doing wrong?
thank you
Hi,
I have a data flow task that performs an "upsert" by directing successful rows from a Lookup to an OLE DB Command that updates rows and unsuccessful rows (Lookup error output) to an OLE DB Destination for insertion.
The problem is that execution hangs when both tasks update/insert into the same table (execution is still hung after 20 minutes). Modifying the OLE DB Destination to insert into a different table succeeds (execution completese within 2 minutes). Replacing the OLE DB Destination with a Row Count transformation also works.
Could this be due to a table-locking issue? Any suggestions?
Thanks
ray
I want to ask something because i need.
Any SQL/T-SQL command inside MsSQL Server 2000 can show the description of {all table columns or specified table columns} of specified table inside specified database?
can you teach me how to do and any example(s)?
Hi
Does anyone know how i can grant select permission on more than one table in the same database using a single grant commmand....its painful to use grant statement seperately on each table
thanks and regards,
reshma
is there a command in ms sql server 2000 equivalent to this oracle table copy command?
create table myTable_bak as select * from myTable;
I am debugging a DB maintance script which creates a table of index maintainance commands which are created separately for each index according to the level of fragmentation and other factors.
For the debugging process, I'm looking for a way to parse each command in the table without actually running them to locate any syntax errors. In other words, as if you clicked the blue check on each one.
Does such a function exist in SQL 2008 (the version I'm doing this on) or other versions?