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create custom id's
Posted by Jason at 5/7/2006 9:06:46 PM
Hi, Can someone tell me how to create custom id's in sql server by using user-defined functions. I was thinking about creating a id with a length of 6. The first character should by a alphanumeric. Then i would like to have some sort of checkid function, if someone insert a fictious i...more >>


Can I access SQL Server from client Linux?
Posted by Bpk. Adi Wira Kusuma at 5/7/2006 6:57:12 PM
Can I access SQL Server from client Linux? And Any functions in Postgre are in SqlServer? ...more >>

Constraint: Table xGUID and Deleted
Posted by Pete Smith at 5/7/2006 6:14:18 PM
Hi, I have a database table which contains a column with a GUID. In addition I have column that contains a Deleted flag. I now would like to create a contraint that makes sure that there is only one undeleted GUID. What is the expression for this? Thanks for any advice Pete -- Pet...more >>

SQL Aggregation Query
Posted by Liddle Feesh at 5/7/2006 6:06:25 PM
Dear Group, I appreciate that you are all busy; however I have a SQL programming task that I can't seem to get my head around at the moment. Any assistance will be very warmly appreciated. I have the following SQL view, which returns a Data Table, STOCK_TRADE, with the following data.. ...more >>

Aggregating groups of rows using SQL
Posted by Liddle Feesh at 5/7/2006 5:58:36 PM
Dear Group, I have a SQL coding problem, which I hope that you can help me with! I have the following SQL view, which returns a Data Table, STOCK_TRADE, with the following data.. CUSTOMER STOCK_CODE QUANTITY PRICE DATE J. BLOGGS MSFT 1000 535.50 10/05/2006 J. BLOGGS MSFT 2000 536....more >>

Best way to create SQL2005 DB from VB.Net
Posted by David at 5/7/2006 5:52:01 PM
I have written a VB.Net (2005) program to load an empty SQL Server 2005 database from another data source. At the moment I create the empty SQL database by manually running a DDL script in SQL Server Management Studio. However, I need to modify the VB.Net program so that the database is create...more >>

Field type for email address?
Posted by Noozer at 5/7/2006 4:43:06 PM
Technically, and email can be 128 or more characters long. In reality they rarely are. Is a VARCHAR field the best way to store an email address? 128 a good limit? I know that it's not a lot of wasted bytes, but it is a large percentage of each of my records. ...more >>

Problems with Dynamic Query from Newbie
Posted by Stephen K. Miyasato at 5/7/2006 3:25:43 PM
Thanks for the help thus far. I'm still having problems Below are the error message. I can run the print statement noted below and it works. I can also just do the select statement but placing the insert into breaks the procedure. Questions. 1. What am I doing wrong. 2. I need to out...more >>



sql suggestions / giudance
Posted by Jon Paal at 5/7/2006 2:17:49 PM
I have a table which needs to have duplicates removed. duplicates are defined as records with same field values except for one which is a date value. The records with matching values and oldest date are to be removed. any suggestions ? ...more >>

Can you fix this query: Getting PrimaryKey and ForeignKey Information
Posted by Russell Mangel at 5/7/2006 12:48:03 PM
/* I am using SQL 2005. I have a database that contains 97 tables. I have created a new table (MyColumnInfo) that will contain information about each column, and this is working okay. I would like to join the columns in MyColumnInfo table back to the real columns and return primary key, ...more >>

Linked Server to dBASE
Posted by scott at 5/7/2006 12:23:45 PM
I'm trying to create a "Linked Server" in QA to a dBASE file. Below are some examples I've tried. They seem to create the "Linked Server" in Ent. Manager, but give errors when i run a SELECT .. OPENQUERY statement. They also give errors with Ent. Manager when trying to expand the linked server...more >>

Help with Dynamic SQL
Posted by Stephen K. Miyasato at 5/7/2006 8:49:23 AM
I'm a newbie and need help with this Dynamic SQL probably with the sp_ExecuteSQL parameters as well as the order by not working. error Must pass parameter number 4 and subsequent parameters as '@name = value'. After the form '@name = value' has been used, all subsequent parameters must ...more >>

,_ô_for_e.g.)_in_SQL_Server
Posted by Rakesh at 5/7/2006 3:22:01 AM
Need to Bulk Insert from a txt file: *************************************** Problem Description - There are special characters present in the file. For e.g., Montréal, Côte-de-Liesse… through Bulk Insert, they are getting saved in SQL Server as Montr+¬al, C+¦te-de-Liesse… --------...more >>

Replication problem (please help if you can)
Posted by Kev at 5/7/2006 3:01:05 AM
Since our outsourced database team made some changes to the database we are getting the following from the Distribution Agent Error Details: {call sp_MSget_repl_commands(5, ?, 0, 7500000)} Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__@snapshot_seqnos__7AB9340C'. Cannot insert duplicate key in ...more >>

cast ( host_name() as int )
Posted by rmanchu NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/7/2006 1:39:17 AM
hi. i'm new to sql server administration. i need to migrate a table that has field (from memory) uid INT DEFAULT CAST(HOST_NAME() AS INT) the current table has field values that r integers new table of same structure is blank trying to export the data to new table i get error sayi...more >>

db file folder
Posted by rmanchu NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/7/2006 1:32:46 AM
hi. i'm new to sql server administration. i've a instance whose default store folder is C:\SQLDB. i would like to move the 3 databases that run on it to another harddrive. what's the way to do this? 1) create backups of the 3 databases. 2) uninstall sqlserver 3) instal sqlserver with the...more >>


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