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trigger to skip double entries?
Posted by Daves at 2/7/2006 8:07:16 PM
hi I'm using a INSERT ... SELECT statement to insert UserID values into a table. I need some function to make sure that no double entries are created with the UserID but a trigger I guess would create an error and halt the procedure - is there some way to have a trigger simply skip/delete row...more >>


UDF Help
Posted by Nat Johnson at 2/7/2006 5:49:31 PM
Totally new to writing UDF's and not sure how to go about it. Just need pointing in the right direction. Senario: User enters into a field on webpage either a Premise No or a Person Id. Then clicks on a search. System does a check to see whether the number entered has any alpha charac...more >>

SPRoc question
Posted by Gary Wardell at 2/6/2006 10:10:29 AM
Hi, I'm sort of new to SQL and SQL Server. In Query Analyzer; Is there a way to call a stored procedure from a select statement so that I can filter and sort the output with where and ordered by clauses to see what the stored procedure is returning for troubleshooting purposes? The store...more >>

Change authentication mode SQL server 2005 Standard
Posted by Christian Ista at 2/5/2006 6:56:12 PM
Hello, Could you tell me how to change the authentification mode for SQL Serv 2005 Std ? I found (no tried yet) via the registry but no other way (via GUI) ? Thanks, ...more >>

import .sql dump file into Access or MSSQL?
Posted by Nathon Jones at 2/4/2006 5:12:03 PM
Hi, I have a .sql txt file, provided as a back up of a MySQL database from our ISP. When I open this in Notepad, the first line begins: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS store_category;CREATE TABLE store_category... Which, to me, appears to be SQL code for creating new tables, and populating them. ...more >>

Last inserted ID in MSSQL
Posted by Tom at 2/4/2006 2:41:28 PM
Is there any solution? Do you know some and would like to share? Please Tom ...more >>

Database Mirroring
Posted by Randy at 2/3/2006 6:44:54 PM
Has anyone in this group been able to get database mirroring to work yet in SQL 2005? Having been working on it off and on for a couple of days now using the AdventureWorks database. Got my two endpoints established without any issues but after I configure security for this mirroring session...more >>

Help with merging 2 queries
Posted by Denise at 2/3/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello I'm using SQL Server 2000, and am trying to produce a report using data from 2 queries. I haven't had any success with this, and am wondering if I can instead merge the 2 queries into 1. The queries are as follows:- Query1 SELECT tblanswers.questionid, subtopicid, description, ans...more >>



calculating 2nd highest
Posted by Amit Mohod at 2/3/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi All, Can anybody tell me what will be the SQL Query for finding the employee with second highest salaray in the company. There may be several employees. ur help will be of gr8 help Regards ...more >>

indexing
Posted by Troy at 2/2/2006 8:35:41 AM
hello, If i reindex a db in simple mode will the log file grow the same size as the database? thx ...more >>

sql query question
Posted by mattmerc NO[at]SPAM bellsouth.net at 2/2/2006 6:12:53 AM
Hi all, I'm looking for some sql code to query a database, and what I want returned is a description of a specific table or all tables in the database. I'd like to run a query that returns: table name fields field data types etc... Like a summary of the table(s). How can I do this...more >>

SQL 2000: Extra padding (whitespace) in char column...
Posted by Andrew Wilcox at 2/1/2006 7:53:21 PM
Hello, I have a suppliers table in my database, with the 'name' column defined as char(35). My problem is that SQL seems to add padding to make it 35 chars, for example, "Office Depot ". I have tried Googling and looking on the SQL newsgroups to no avail. This also hap...more >>

SQL 2005: Row-Level Versioning
Posted by Jane at 2/1/2006 1:00:51 PM
Is there a way to see if a database has row-level versioning on/off from the Management Studio window, or do in need to run a T-SQL statement?...more >>

Calculate percentage based on another field
Posted by Denise at 2/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello I am using SQL Server 2000. I need to calculate percentages in one field, based on the grouping of another field. To explain, I have a table that lists questionid, answer1, answer2, & answer3. For each questionid, I need to calculate the percentages of each value in the answer1 fi...more >>

How to lock a table?
Posted by Xmas at 2/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
I have a table that I need to do a whole lot of manipulations to in a stored procedure, including copying a whole bunch of it elsewhere, dropping the original table and then recreating it. The process takes about three minutes. During this time, I want to stop any other users attempting to...more >>

convert date to string
Posted by Senthilkumar at 2/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I am designing a query in MS Sql in which i want to transform the Date value to Mar' 06. How can i do this. Based on an earlier question, i tried using the convert() function w/o any luck. Help will be very much appreciated Senthilkumar ...more >>


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