how can i query my sql server to only get the size of database? I used this : use “MY_DB” exec sp_spaceused I got this : database_name database_size unallocated space My_DB 17899.13 MB 5309.39 MB It returns me several column that i don’t need, maybe there is a trick to select database_size column from this … Read more
I installed Microsoft SQL Server 2008. When I start SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), I get the Connect to Server login window with a blank textbox for Server name. I have tried a lot of names, but I couldn’t solve it. How can I find / get the server name? 18 Answers 18
I have a user-defined table type. I want to check it’s existence before editing in a patch using OBJECT_ID(name, type) function. What type from the enumeration should be passed for user-defined table types? N’U’ like for user defined table doesn’t work, i.e. IF OBJECT_ID(N’MyType’, N’U’) IS NOT NULL 5 Answers 5
How to copy/append data from one table into another table with same schema in SQL Server? Edit: let’s say there is a query select * into table1 from table2 where 1=1 which creates table1 with the same schema as well as data as in table2. Is there any short query like this to only copy … Read more
I need to run a select statement that returns all rows where the value of a column is not distinct (e.g. EmailAddress). For example, if the table looks like below: CustomerName EmailAddress Aaron [email protected] Christy [email protected] Jason [email protected] Eric [email protected] John [email protected] I need the query to return: Aaron [email protected] Christy [email protected] John [email protected] I … Read more
I want to create tables in SQL Server 2008, but I don’t know how to create composite primary key. How can I achieve this? 8 Answers 8
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the nvarchar(max) vs. NText data types in SQL Server? I don’t need backward compatibility, so it is fine that nvarchar(max) isn’t supported in older SQL Server releases. Edit: Apparently the question also applies to TEXT and IMAGE vs. varchar(max) and varbinary(max), for those searching for those data-types … Read more
I have a table and one of the columns is “Date” of type datetime. We decided to add a default constraint to that column Alter table TableName alter column dbo.TableName.Date default getutcdate() but this gives me error: Incorrect syntax near ‘.’ Does anyone see anything obviously wrong here, which I am missing (other than having … Read more
I am using SQL Server Management Studio. I wish to save the results of a query to an excel file. I choose “save as” and then save to CSV file which I can open in excel. All good except I am missing column headers, any ideas how I get them exported? 10 Answers 10
A few examples to show, just incase: Inline Table Valued CREATE FUNCTION MyNS.GetUnshippedOrders() RETURNS TABLE AS RETURN SELECT a.SaleId, a.CustomerID, b.Qty FROM Sales.Sales a INNER JOIN Sales.SaleDetail b ON a.SaleId = b.SaleId INNER JOIN Production.Product c ON b.ProductID = c.ProductID WHERE a.ShipDate IS NULL GO Multi Statement Table Valued CREATE FUNCTION MyNS.GetLastShipped(@CustomerID INT) RETURNS @CustomerOrder … Read more
