Sqlserver notes : Issue – The row value(s) updated or deleted either do not make the row unique or they alter multiple rows(2 rows).

http://allenbuckley.com/blog/the-row-values-updated-or-deleted-either-do-not-make-the-row-unique-or-they-alter-multiple-rows/

SET ROWCOUNT 1
DELETE FROM Table1
WHERE col1 = ‘0001’

Sqlserver notes

Before deleting data from production server follow these steps. Its a good practice

select * from WriteOff_ReworkUsers
where Ref_ID in (189538,201177,201185,203533,203534,203563,203567)

begin tran
delete from WriteOff_ReworkUsers
where Ref_ID in (189538,201177,201185,203533,203534,203563,203567)
rollback tran

begin tran
delete from WriteOff_ReworkUsers
where Ref_ID in (189538,201177,201185,203533,203534,203563,203567)
commit tran

SqlServer notes : sqlserver script to find a string in entire database

http://www.sqlmatters.com/Articles/Searching%20all%20columns%20in%20all%20tables%20in%20a%20database.aspx

DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @SearchString VARCHAR(100)
SET @SQL=”

— ——————————————
— Enter the string to be searched for here :
—
SET @SearchString=’bracket’
— ——————————————

SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ‘SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX),COUNT(*)) + ” matches in column ”+”’
+ C.name + ”’+” on table ” + ”’ + SC.name + ‘.’ + T.name +
”’ [Matches for ”’+@SearchString+”’:] FROM ‘ +
QUOTENAME(SC.name) + ‘.’ + QUOTENAME(T.name) + ‘ WHERE ‘ + QUOTENAME(C.name) +
‘ LIKE ”%’ + @SearchString +
‘%” HAVING COUNT(*)>0 UNION ALL ‘ +CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
FROM sys.columns C
JOIN sys.tables T
ON C.object_id=T.object_id
JOIN sys.schemas SC
ON SC.schema_id=T.schema_id
JOIN sys.types ST
ON C.user_type_id=ST.user_type_id
JOIN sys.types SYST
ON ST.system_type_id=SYST.user_type_id
AND ST.system_type_id=SYST.system_type_id
WHERE SYST.name IN (‘varchar’,’nvarchar’,’text’,’ntext’,’char’,’nchar’)
ORDER BY T.name, C.name

— Strip off the last UNION ALL
IF LEN(@SQL)>12
SELECT @SQL=LEFT(@SQL,LEN(@SQL)- 12)

EXEC(@SQL)

–PRINT @SQL

Sqlserver : Saving changes is not permitted. The changes that you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created.

Saving changes is not permitted. The changes that you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created.
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2009/saving-changes-not-permitted/
ERROR:

“Saving changes is not permitted. The changes that you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can’t be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.”

This error happens because “Saving Changes is not permitted” when using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio to modify the structure of a table especially when SQL Server needs to drop and recreate a table to save the structural changes. It is always advised to make a structural change for a table using TSQL. However, it is a convenient option for database developers to use SQL Server Management Studio make such changes as the Prevent Saving Changes That Require Table Re-creation option is enabled by default in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio.

Disable “Prevent saving changes that require the table re-creation”

1. Open SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS). Click Tools menu and then click on Options… as shown in the snippet below.

2. In the navigation pane of the Options window, expand Designers node and select Table and Database Designers option as shown in the below snippet. Under Table Options you need to uncheck “Prevent saving changes that require the table re-creation” option and click OK to save changes.

This option when enabled prevents users from making structural changes to table using SQL Server Management Studio especially when SQL Server needs to recreate the table to save changes. By default, this option is checked and you need to uncheck this option to allow users to make any structural change through SSMS that require table recreation.

SqlServer notes : Inbuilt reports provided by Sqlserver itself

In Object Explorer

 

right click on server name and select Reports->Standard Reports->

Performance -Top Queries by Average CPU Time

SQL SERVER – Comma Separated Values (CSV) from Table Column

Is there a way to convert a single column record set such as

1
2
3

into ‘1,2,3’ string in SQL Server?

1st way :

 

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_MyFunction]
(
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN

    DECLARE @str NVARCHAR(MAX)

    DECLARE @Delimiter CHAR(2) 
    SET @Delimiter = ', '

    SELECT @str = COALESCE(@str + @Delimiter,'') + AColumn
    FROM dbo.myTable

    RETURN RTRIM(LTRIM(@str))

END

2nd Way :

select stuff( (select ',' + YourColumn
               from YourTable
               for xml path('')), 1, 1, '')
3rd Way :

DECLARE @Out VARCHAR(2048)
Select @Out = COALESCE(@Out + ', ', '') + [YourColumn] from YourTable

print @Out

4th way Best one :

SELECT SUBSTRING(
(SELECT ',' + s.Name
FROM HumanResources.Shift s
ORDER BY s.Name
FOR XML PATH('')),2,200000) AS CSV

 

Sqlserver notes : How to convert a recordset to a delimited string in SQL Server

 DECLARE @str NVARCHAR(MAX)

    DECLARE @Delimiter CHAR(2) 
    SET @Delimiter = ', '

    SELECT @str = COALESCE(@str + @Delimiter,'') + AColumn
    FROM dbo.myTable

    RETURN RTRIM(LTRIM(@str))