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I know this is a newbie question, but can anyone tell me how to reset the auto increment field of my table to 1 or it's original value. I've been using these tables for testing and the auto...
I need an SQL (SQL Server 2005) script that can drop one or more columns in a table if they exist.  Below is the script I have in place that is not working. if exists ( select * from INFORM...
Dear Experts, I'm trying to create a stored procedure to update a datetime field from 2 input parameters. (The reason it's like this is that I want to enter the start date/time simular to s...
I realise this question has no doubt been asked and answered many times, however I'm asking it anyway. I need to convert a varbinary data type to Varchar so the results are viewable to cert...
Hi All, I have a database which has every table prefixed with 'tbl_' and I would like to remove this.  The problem is that there are stored procedures and triggers linked to these tables.  ...
I have 1 datagridview read data from database with 3 columns like this: Id      Name     DOB 1          A         02/12/2009 2          B         03/12/2009   3          C         04/12/...
Will running a defragging tool on a SQL Server adversly affect the data on it?/What is the proper way of defragging a sql Server?
dear experts, i created a job schedule using Database Maintenance Plan. now i want to change the schedule but encountered this error message: Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQL State : 42000) ...
If I run this query on my database: DELETE from products WHERE id='30'   I get this error: Delete statement conflicted with COLUMN REFERENCE constraint 'FK_product_g_prudu_OF582957'. The ...
how do i do "OR" inside the case statement? please look at the below sql query: SELECT     id,stat, (CASE (flag_cd) WHEN '1' THEN 'asdf' WHEN '2' THEN '23423' END)  AS mystatus, (C...
New to SQL Server 2005.  I'm wanting to batch upload data from a remote system (VMS) into a SQL Server 2005 database.  I've scripted out into files, the commands I need to create the table(s),...
=IIf(Fields!New_Old_CC.Value = 1, SUM(Fields!PDC.Value),0) How can I check to make sure New_Old_CC is not null or maybe better yet IsNumber or both before evaluating if it is 1 or 0?  I kno...
I am trying to create a SQL Server database. In one database I have a table named "book" with columns ISBN, Title, Author, Condition and Book_ID. Book ID should basically be a composite of ISB...
OK, DECLARE @ident      int DECLARE @docpart     varchar(60) set @ident = @@Identity set @docpart = @Ident+'_'+@DocName print @docpart I'm trying to create a string, set to docpart for u...
Hi,      I know Oracle uses a MOD function like Basic's to determine the remainder after a division.  So 20 MOD 9 = 2 (9 goes into 20 twice for a total of 18, 20 - 18 = 2).  I need to deter...
I'm just curious if someone can give me some info about sp_execute and what it's used for.
Select OrderID, 'Sell--' + Convert(varchar(24), sum(CAST(Price AS DECIMAL(13,2))) ) From OrderDetail GroupBy OrderID I want to display price as varchar but somehow above code send an f...
Can somebody help me with this error : //===STORED PROCEDURE CODE START CREATE PROCEDURE web_ApplyCallCharges_Intl @Month_Table varchar(50), @Call_Zone varchar(5), @Call_Type varchar(...
I am looping through a list of tables in a cursor, and for each table name I fetch, I need to check whether a particular column exists and do something if it does NOT... here is the basic synt...
I have a file located at c:\mydb.7.7.2006.bak.  I need to restore it to a location on my local computer running win xp with sql express.   Here is what I have done: restore filelistonly ...
hi,  how do i convert a varchar hhmm into a datetime 1:30:00 PM if my hhmm = 1330? thanks
I am trying to install MS SQL 2005 Server on Vista Home Premium-32 Bit. It keeps giving this error. Microsoft SQL Server Native Client -- Error 1706. An installation package for the product...
I have two Columns that I need to take the Max value of and limit on the higher of the two. I was trying to do this: SELECT MAX (COLUMN1, COLUMN2) AS EXPR1 FROM TABLE WHERE EXPR1 > 100 ...
I have a SQL server Database that shows "<Database name>(Loading)...but I cannot be able to stop it. I tried to detach it but I got a message cannot be able to detach a Database that is in a r...
I have been working on a local copy of a db (localDB) and have made a lot of changes to some tables and added some as well. The live db (liveDB) is on a shared host and is still active. So the...