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Aren't firewalls enough for information security?
Posted by Scot at 9/30/2003 11:49:12 PM
Hi all, Some sources like www.techieindex.com saying "Firewalls are necessary tools, but they are not the core of information security. You need to concentrate on a holistic security architecture. Security shouldn't be added to an enterprise; it must be woven into the fabric of the ap...more >>


DB (tables) deployement
Posted by Oliver Young at 9/30/2003 10:57:33 PM
I need to deploy my DB to the other PC (end user). What do you recomend? To write a script to create (few) tables? Is there some tool for deployement? ...more >>

INNER JOIN
Posted by Oliver Young at 9/30/2003 10:55:18 PM
I have this situation: SELECT a.ID, b.Naziv, a.Naziv AS Expr2, a.Namen, c.Ime, a.Kreiran, a.Zaprt FROM ToDos a INNER JOIN Podjetja b ON a.PodjetjeID = b.ID Two tables are connected. How can I connect third one? I need c.Ime field from third ( c ) table. ...more >>

Syntax Help
Posted by Newman at 9/30/2003 10:42:20 PM
Dear All I have the follwoing command extracted out of access but does not work in SQL Server. I get an error in the "INNER" for some reason. Can anyone help UPDATE Budgets INNER JOIN TMP ON Budgets.Code=TMP.Code SET Invoices = TMP.sumOfGOODS, InvTax = TMP.sumOfTax WHERE TMP.ST_DTYPE=2;...more >>

Import Human-Readable text file into SQL Server 2000
Posted by sstorhaug NO[at]SPAM webuniverse.net at 9/30/2003 10:03:01 PM
Hello, I am receiving a text file that is produced from a mainframe that is out of my control. I am attempting to find a (hopefully clean) way to import it into a SQL Server database in an automated fashion. I am not really concerned about how many tables it requires or what the schema look...more >>

selecting records randomly from a database
Posted by IrishManInUsa at 9/30/2003 9:59:34 PM
Hi Everyone, I have a table and there is just over 24,000 records in the database......is there a way that I can write a sql statement that will pull back a record randomly. I was trying to use the rand statement and use the entryid field on the record, which is an autogenerated number, but...more >>

Protect my self from viruses here
Posted by Roy Goldhammer at 9/30/2003 9:27:49 PM
Hello there After several formats of my computer as a result of viruses i've installed firewall After that my email address got 70 emails from users registered in here on this newsgroup: mails that looks like microsoft messages. But all of them had viruseses inside them and it blocked other...more >>

Distributed Queries
Posted by Tom Antola at 9/30/2003 9:21:19 PM
All, I am trying to write a distributed query using two SQL Servers. The first server has the second server as a linked server. The stored procedure on the first server has the SET XACT_ABORT ON and it has BEGIN DISTRIBUTED TRAN. Inside the distributed transaction I execute a stored procedu...more >>



Connection pooling
Posted by Tom at 9/30/2003 8:53:22 PM
May I ask are there any sample code or online reference / tutorial for ADO.net / Data Access Block Connection Pooling? ...more >>

Selection and join differences
Posted by Bobby at 9/30/2003 6:21:41 PM
Is there any difference in the data returned in a multi-table select by the table used in the 'FROM'? ex: Select a.this, a.that, b.other, c.another From a versus From b Also, if I'm using lots of tables that can be joined a few different ways, will there be a difference in the d...more >>

SET problem with an Indexed View
Posted by cw3 at 9/30/2003 6:10:22 PM
I have an indexed view & need to insert some data into one of the base tables of the view. The inserts are performed inside a stored procedure call and runs fine with SQL Query analyzer. When the stored procedure is run from an asp page it fails with the following error: <font face="Arial"...more >>

using function in select statement and passing parameters to it
Posted by andy at 9/30/2003 5:56:40 PM
I have a function that returns a small 2 columned table. I need to pass parameters to this function via a select statement. I have tried the following: SELECT p.param1, p.param2, p.param3, fnCustom.var1, fnCustom.var2 FROM tblParams p CROSS JOIN fnCustom(p.param1,p.param2,p.param3) fnCustom ...more >>

Select on one column or the other...
Posted by Non Sequitur at 9/30/2003 5:55:15 PM
I have a problem that exceeds my T-SQL programming skills... How do I code a SPROC that returns the result of a select, and if the select would return an empty rowset, then the SPROC should execute a different select? Here is what I mean: CREATE TABLE Ticket( TicketID decimal(18, 0) IDENTI...more >>

HELP: Exporting for use in MySQL
Posted by Matrix at 9/30/2003 4:24:58 PM
Ok, anyone know anything about MySQL? The only way I see to use data within tables for use in MySQL is to export as text file but I dont see a way to import the data from the MySQL Console Manager. Then my next consideration would be a query to create the tables and insert it into te MySQL datab...more >>

Design/Modeling books and or advise wanted.
Posted by Charlie at 9/30/2003 4:17:56 PM
I posted this question long ago to several groups but it didn't generate a lot of interest so I thought I would try again. I have been looking for books on database design and or modeling but can't determine which method or approach would best suite my needs. I guess this comes from the fact...more >>

Exec in Stored Proc
Posted by Jason MacKenzie at 9/30/2003 4:10:52 PM
I apologize if this got double posted and for the terrible formatting I have a stored procedure that is going to have a lot of parameters added to it in the near future. I thought the easiest way to do this would be to declare an nvarchar variable to hold the query and then build the query in...more >>

timestamp
Posted by Jonas Knaus at 9/30/2003 4:01:50 PM
hi there in my database i have a column timestamp. now i read this entry with a reader: programming language: c#.net .... .... byte test ; while (reader.Read()) { test = Convert.ToByte(reader["AdrTimestamp"]); } .... .... i got the answer that this cast is not va...more >>

EXEC Inside Stored Proc Question
Posted by Jason MacKenzie at 9/30/2003 3:57:43 PM
I have a stored procedure that is going to have a lot of paramters added to it in the near future. I thought the easiest way to do this would be to declare an nvarchar variable to hold the query and then build the query inside the stored proc and exec it from there. My question has to do with t...more >>

resetting value of identity column
Posted by middletree at 9/30/2003 3:54:39 PM
I need to reset the value of a column which is an identity field. This field is also the PK. I posted this question a couple of days ago, and was told that this would work: SEDBCC CHECKIDENT(TKT_Ticket, RESEED, 1000) (where TKT_Ticket is the name of the table) I ran a delete query to e...more >>

create .txt file with a stored procedure
Posted by Sandra at 9/30/2003 3:34:35 PM
How can I generate a .txt file with a stored procedure. Something like this - select * from my_table into c:\temp\just_a_test.txt Thanks in advance for any help. Sandra:)...more >>

Check is a storedProc is already running
Posted by Craig at 9/30/2003 3:33:00 PM
I have a stored procedure that takes about 5 minutes to run. It could cause problems if it's kicked off while it's already running. Is there a way to check if it's already running? I guess I could do some dummy Update at the beginning of the sp to create a lock, so a 2nd instance is blocked, b...more >>

Bit field set to zero by update through stored proc
Posted by Tom Couvret at 9/30/2003 3:18:29 PM
I have a stored proc that is pretty simple... code at the end. The table def is also attached. Problem is that when I fire the stored proc from an app or via Query Analyzer, as well as doing my update it sets one of the bit fields to zero. I can watch it with profiler, looking for stored p...more >>

Query with Order by
Posted by Prashanth at 9/30/2003 3:10:17 PM
Hi, I have a table tblNames(nId, sName) nId sName 1 12 2 6 3 42 4 abc 5 pqr 6 lmn 7 efg 8 xyz 9 uvw I want the results to be ordered by sName. Also another condition is t...more >>

sql front-end applications?
Posted by JC at 9/30/2003 2:51:43 PM
I am new to SQL programming. Are there any front-end applications that can make creating and connecting to an SQL database easier? I know you can use Microsoft Access to connect to SQL but wasn't sure if there were any other options. Thanks! Any help would be greatly appreciated. jc ...more >>

Tricky Logic
Posted by Paul at 9/30/2003 2:50:25 PM
Hi All I have a table of actions for users in a company. I now want to open a recordset showing how many actions there on each separate day of a particular month. e.g. Day Of Month, No of Actions 1 2 2 4 3 ...more >>

@@rowcount
Posted by jt at 9/30/2003 2:26:17 PM
how can i check to make sure that an update did in fact update a row - i'm using the following error handling: update tContract set status_id = 3 where contract_id = @contract_id set @err_code = @@error if @err_code<>0 begin set @err_desc = 'updating tc...more >>

Primary key
Posted by fabriZio at 9/30/2003 2:19:40 PM
I have a primary key on 2 columns. (c and c2) for example I have c = 2 I have a sp that does the following ************* select * from t where c = '2' if @@rowcount > 1 begin update t set c = '2' end else ...more >>

Help! Cannot Select the table from Linked Server in stored procedure
Posted by Rayman at 9/30/2003 2:08:05 PM
Hello All, I have two SQL server, which I have created a linked server of Server B in Server A. When I tried to create the following stored proceudre: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - CREATE procedure spLinkedServer as Select * From ...more >>

Re: how to get the list of table...
Posted by Lloyd Dupont at 9/30/2003 2:03:39 PM
no worries, I found it: SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE (xtype = 'U') "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message news:... > I just installed SQL Server and plan to use it with an application which > automaticaly explore database. > I wonder, (I have an SqlConnection object working),...more >>

update Trigger help
Posted by Orestes at 9/30/2003 1:55:47 PM
Hi; I'am need to make a trigger that when i update any field in the table tells me which field is beeng updated and the old and new values to later place them in a log table. regards; Orestes...more >>

BCP Switch question
Posted by Rog at 9/30/2003 1:54:36 PM
I am using BCP to import some csv files. The -t switch is for the field terminator. How do I specify a comma? THanks...more >>

Calling a stored procedure from a trigger
Posted by David Clausen at 9/30/2003 1:52:27 PM
Hello, I need to audit a slew of tables. I'd like to create a tiny trigger on each table that will call a single stored proc to do all of the auditing work. The question is: Is there any way to "pass" the INSERTED and DELETED special tables to the stored proc? Thanks!...more >>

Strange Operator ::
Posted by Craig at 9/30/2003 1:49:15 PM
I've run across some sample code online demonstrating execution of a user-defined function. the example statment was: "select * from ::fn_someFunction()" I've never seen this "::" operator used anywhere else, and I can't seem to find a reference to it in the docs. Can anyone explain wh...more >>

Changing table owners
Posted by borr at 9/30/2003 1:41:11 PM
Is there a way to change ownership of a table from a user to dbo?...more >>

how to get the list of table...
Posted by Lloyd Dupont at 9/30/2003 1:07:56 PM
I just installed SQL Server and plan to use it with an application which automaticaly explore database. I wonder, (I have an SqlConnection object working), whic query should I pass to get the list of tables ? ...more >>

Check for @ in email address
Posted by Fox at 9/30/2003 12:39:56 PM
This is one statement. SELECT email,FirstName,MiddleName,LastName FROM Competitors WHERE Affiliation = 'FBBA' ORDER BY LastName, FirstName;" I need another statement that will select only those records whose field "email" do not have the "@" within them. How can I request if @ is in the ema...more >>

finding count
Posted by Paul B at 9/30/2003 12:20:10 PM
I'm trying to find the following E.g. for REF_SITE=2 show me the number of USERs. But, if must be the earlier created record for that user. Some sample data is below and the answer would be 1, user 5204. For the other users, the '2' REF_SITE was the 2nd (older) record for the USER. If it helps, ...more >>

BULK Insert from VB Script ? Part 2
Posted by rog at 9/30/2003 12:09:12 PM
Is there a way to do this from within Query analyzer. So I don't have to use a script. Basically I have a directory with csv files based on the date. I was going to create a VB Script to parse the date so that I could use it to recreate the name of the csv file For example if the date was ...more >>

Bulk Insert from VB SCRIPT? Part 1
Posted by Rog at 9/30/2003 12:04:01 PM
Can I use the Bulk Insert command from a VB SCRIPT or ASP page the same way I would use say the SELECT Statement. I want to basically use the BULK insert to go through an entire directory of csv files and BULK INSERT them to a table. The only way I know how is to use VB Script. ...more >>

SQL Server Access using ADO.Net through Internet
Posted by Cybertof at 9/30/2003 11:52:54 AM
Hello, Is there a way to access a SQLServer from the internet and not just the LAN ? (server_adress, port) I would like to access my Sql Server located in my office behind an ADSL Gateway/firewall from a .NET application running on my own PC at home through a modem. I would like somet...more >>

SQL Trigger
Posted by Sanny Shaikh at 9/30/2003 11:30:23 AM
Hi, I am creating an order (inserting row into Order table) through a Power Builder application. I have setup a trigger on this table that updates a field in the Order table every time an order is inserted. After I create the order and hit done. I don't see that specific field update...more >>

linked server
Posted by rob at 9/30/2003 11:24:26 AM
Hello all, The '\' in the below linked server query causes a syntax error. Anything I can do to get this working? SELECT * FROM SQL2\MSSA.DB3.dbo.tblA ...more >>

Scheduled Restore in SQL 6.5?
Posted by Josh at 9/30/2003 10:39:59 AM
Our company's database is maintained offsite, and every night a backup is posted to an FTP server. I download the backup file and restore it to our local server each morning. I'd like to be able to set up the restore as a scheduled task. I've tried doing it with a LOAD DATABASE command,...more >>

string manipulation
Posted by sandy at 9/30/2003 10:30:48 AM
what is the easiest way to hit first alpha position in a string e.g. '123567SRING789ENDSTRING' should return 8. Thanks. ...more >>

registration new SQL server
Posted by LamP at 9/30/2003 10:10:10 AM
Hi, I tried to stransfer data to our new SQL server. Unfortunately I can not find it in the list of servers available. When I tried to registered the new SQL Server to the group, I could find it. Or when I tried to register from the new SQL server, I cannot find my old server in the li...more >>

Does someone have a "Data can opener"
Posted by AJACODE at 9/30/2003 9:53:27 AM
Does someone have a "can opener" to unlock this data? I have a tblConsumer Table with a Consumer ID I also have a tblDisablility table with ConsumerID, DisablilityType, Cause They join on ConsumerID. DisabilityType data is a 1,2 or 3 to rate the primary, seconday and third type d...more >>

SQL Server And Access
Posted by ThunderMusic at 9/30/2003 9:50:56 AM
Hi, I'm using SQL Server 7 and I need to make a view using 2 sources for my data: One source is my actual SQL Server Database and the other source is an Access Database. Is it possible to make connections between those two? Thanks ThunderMusic ...more >>

Kill Users in an automated Custom Script--Help!!!
Posted by Sparky at 9/30/2003 9:38:26 AM
I am new at this...and just need to fix a problem in a third party program. There is a user loging in to the SQL server via third party program that is not clearing when it logs out. This uses up the licenses...to the point that the other users can't use the program. So, to find the user I ...more >>

Connection information
Posted by Nice Chap at 9/30/2003 9:23:57 AM
How can I get Connection information like User Id, Workstation Id etc from within a stored procedure ? Please... ...more >>

syntax error
Posted by Derek Ruesch at 9/30/2003 9:19:27 AM
I have a DTS package that imports data from a third party ODBC datasource. The query in this DTS package has double quotation marks around the "tablename"."columnname". The DTS package runs fine on a computer running WIN2000. However, when you run this package on a WINNT 4.0 machine, the ...more >>


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