An acronym for "Structured Query Language", SQL can be used in relational database management systems (RDBMS) to query, update, delete, and insert data as well as modify the structure of the database. It can also be used to manage schemas and data access privileges.

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Cannot connect to SQL Server 2008 after updating the service pack

After updating, whenever I start the service of the server in configuration manager, it always stops then. And I found the error in the log 2013-04-13 19:08:19.63 spid7s Error: 15174, ...
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sql:space at the end of string

I have a sql code like shown below declare @str nvarchar(max),@i int set @i=0 set @str='abc ' declare @tbl Table(a nvarchar(max)) insert @tbl select @str while (select a from @tbl)<>'' begin ...
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Can I make sure two columns dont have the same value

If I have a table that looks like this CREATE TABLE foo ( id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, aa INT NOT NULL, bb INT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), UNIQUE KEY (aa, bb), CONSTRAINT aa_ref ...
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How can I improve this nested MySQL query to avoid redundant WHERE statement?

I am trying to improve on a nested MySQL query, using the following table structure (omitting a few dozen not relevant to my question): tbl_users: ID | email (all subscribers to our email list) ...
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How do I optimize large table so queries that target only recent data perform optimaly?

So I have this table that is ever growing. Most queries are targeting just recent data, say one month old. I suppose this is common problem but I have no idea how it can be solved. I am open to ...
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What is the best permissions to set for only creating and managing own databases?

I want to create a login for a new user who could only create and manage their own databases. Other databases on the server should be read-only to that user. What would be a good set of ...
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Use CASE to select columns in UPDATE query?

I can use CASE to choose which columns to display in a SELECT query (Postgres), like so: SELECT CASE WHEN val = 0 THEN column_x WHEN val = 1 THEN column_y ELSE 0 END AS ...
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Show all results for past N “insert batches”

Every once in a while I have several users check in with some value: +-------+-------------+------+---------------------+ | id | user | RT | time | ...
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One call to `decryptbypassphrase` for decrypting all columns

If I use ENCRYPTBYPASSPHRASE to encrypt the full table then how can I decrypt full table easily by using DECRYPTBYPASSPHRASE? Actually I have to use DECRYPTBYPASSPHRASE ('passphrase', column_name) ...
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Insert performance deterioration over network

i have a strange issue with a windows application (in delphi) running on a win7 client. The application has a loops and inserts rows on a SQL Server table. It's simply an insert statement, repeated on ...
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Individual queries run on 10ms, with UNION ALL they are taking 290ms+ (7.7M records MySQL DB). How to optimise?

I have a table that stores available appointments for teachers, allowing two kinds of insertions: Hourly based: with total freedom to add unlimited slots per day per teacher (as long as slots don't ...
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dead lock when updating

Update Operation.TrTable Set RecordId = RecordTABLE.newRecordId From Operation.TrTable tr Inner Join ( SELECT r.Id AS newRecordId, r.KeyM AS MappingKey From ...
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Get the list of all Tables, Views, Stored procedures that are not added in a publication for replication

How do i get the list of all Tables, Views, Stored procedures that are NOT added in a publication for replication?Can you help me to make the stored Proc for that?I am new to Replication....Thanks
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SQL Index order and performance based on cardinality and data

I've been working quite a bit on a query that's not operating very efficiently on a DB2 database. The thing will return up to 30k rows or so and take up to 10 seconds. I've been working on getting ...
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Multiple SQL Server data files on same SAN disk

I'm currently in the process of creating a new database, and have previously only ever used a single data file and a single log file. I've done some research online regarding the benefits of multiple ...
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how to show only changed rows

if want querying the following table : EventDateTime (DateTime), Host (guid), Flag ( bit) 2013-04-01 05:00, {id-x}, 0 2013-04-01 05:01, {id-x}, 0 2013-04-01 05:02, {id-x}, 0 2013-04-01 05:03, {id-x}, ...
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Database Timeout Error from VB Application

Recently we are receiving so many database timeout error from different servers we are using vb application -- which will use ODBC connection to connect database - here no problem when we run the ...
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How do I open local files using heidiSQL?

I'm using HeidiSQL to access my remote MySQL db. Recently I was sent an .sql file. Is there a way to open this file using HeidiSQL? Does anyone know of a better way to graphically view and ...
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Getting LCK_M_S On read committed Snapshot Isolation

I'm getting LCK_M_S on read_committed_snapshot isolation. From my understanding, this isn't supposed to happen since my selects are not placing shared locks anymore. From my logs, I can see that my ...
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How to Drop Tables using a variable in SQL Server?

DETAILS: I am trying to create a stored procedure where I can pass a variable table name through from MS-Access to tell SQL Server to Drop a table. WHY?: In my Access Database I am running a ...
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Why is this query creating 300+ temporary tables in Mysql?

SHOW global STATUS LIKE '%tmp%'; set @UID = 132; set @param2 = 'cde'; set @param3 = 20130331; set @param4 = 'C'; select p.id, p.column44, p.column42, ue.column35, u.id, p.column43, p.column45, ...
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Hash in SQL query

I saw few sql queries with ### appended before and after column name in where clause like `select a from emp where a.###id### = 1` What is significance of these hashes?
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SQL Application Role access-control

I have been researching the use of Application Roles within Microsoft SQL Server and was wondering if there is a way to limit a user to only be able to set specific application roles. As I understand, ...
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Huge sizes Replication Tables in Sql Server db, how to deal with?

I've a sql server database that is configured to work with old software, i've no details about the software, but i know that DB uses replication. the DB size dramatically increases. When i ...
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SQL Server 2000 trace file extension

Are SQL Server 2000 trace files generated in a .tdf format, the same way as SQL Server 2008 R2? Thanks
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Can we see the implementation of oracle built in function through query? [closed]

For example: I want to see defintion of UPPER function in oracle. What will be query for same?
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Why is CDC capture failing due to a missing dbo principal

I am having a problem running the CDC change capture job against some of my test databases. The error message I'm getting is the following: Executed as user: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE. Cannot ...
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Moving model database

I have moved the model database by using following method For each file to be moved, run the following statement. ALTER DATABASE model MODIFY FILE ( NAME = modeldev , FILENAME = ...
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Oracle Undo tablespace users

Can anybody help me on "what all users are using the undo tablespace and how much" in oracle database 11g r2. any pointers would be much appreciated.
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Get most recent 100 records from the database

I am using SQL Server 2008, we have one database which contains 150 tables. We have introduced systimestamp DATETIME column in every tables. We do update this column with current timestamp whenever ...
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what kind of owner to defined when creating Sql server DB for web site? [closed]

what kind of owner to defined when creating Sql server DB for web site ? I am trying to create db and i need to select owner. my db will serve aspnet web site and I wonder witch owner will be safe to ...
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Get Hierarchial Data in Self-Referencing Table (Parents , Childs) [closed]

In the following Fiddle, sqlfiddle I will pass a sno and I need all the parents of that sno in a table. And all the children of that sno in another table Please refer to this question. Since ...
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Moving MSDB database

When I am trying to move msdb database from it's default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA) to another drive(E:). After moving the database I am getting ...
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Transform XPath map into XML document using relational data

Background Most modern databases have XML functions that can be used to extract data in an XML format. I want to avoid the task of manually calling XML functions to extract the data. This problem ...
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Oracle Alternative to EXISTS EXCEPT

I wonder if there is an equally elegant solution for Oracle for the problem posted and answered here: Comparing Columns that can contain NULLS - is there a more elegant way? I can't get this ...
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How to JOIN two table to get missing rows in the second table

In a simple voting system as CREATE TABLE elections ( election_id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, title varchar(255), CREATE TABLE votes ( election_id int(11), user_id int(11), FOREIGN KEYs for ...
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Multiple Aliases in an SQL Query

Would it be possible to give a table in MySQL query multiple aliases? If so how would I do this?
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Combine two SQL statements to a single statement [closed]

My question is related to SQL. I need to pull values from two different tables. I am not successful in doing that. I am able to join the two tables with only a single condition but not many values ...
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merge replication too big

I have multiple handhelds which sync their data via merge replication. from time to time, new core data is imported on the server-database. for some reasons I keep the old data in the databse and set ...
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Sybase SQL - Truncation error occurred. Command has been aborted

Need help with below code, as it fails with truncation error Truncation error occurred. Command has been aborted. create table monCacheQuality ( ServerName sysname ...
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Convert SQL Server UPDATE Statement for Use in Oracle

I can not get this UPDATE statement to work in an Oracle environment. It was written for SQL server. I am looking for some guidance on how to convert it. UPDATE SOB SET COA = CASE ...
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Exploring and optimizing SQL performance of your system (PostgreSQL and Hibernate)?

Imagine you have inherited some project with extensive usage of SQL queries. Let us assume that Hibernate is used as ORM and PostgreSQL as database, but thats not the point. A question is: could ...
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Find all the SP's where a particular column is not updated

I want to find stored procedures where a particular column is not updated. As an example SP1: BEGIN UPDATE YourTable SET Foo = @Foo, Bar = @Bar WHERE Id = @Id ...
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Ghost replication jobs in replication monitor

Has anyone ever seen and know the cause of this issue? We have transactional replication with pull subscriptions. At 2am this morning it appeared that the job (that runs every 15 minutes) stalled out. ...
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SSIS Data Flow Task Excel to SQL table NULL value will not work for small INT datatype

I have a package that imports excel data into a SQL table. One of the columns in the table is of "smallint" data type and it allows for nulls. The excel file column that has the data that is suppose ...
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Comparing two tables for a UUID change and fix it

I have two tables which I'm trying to reconcile the differences of in postgresql. Table A is old and needs updating. Table B is an updated, schema identical version of Table A which I have the data ...
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Select query having count and variable

I have a table like the one below. I need to form a select query. I'm going to pass a RefID like SELECT SNo FROM Register WHERE RefID = 1 And beside the SNo in the Statement, I need to have ...
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Why should an application not use the sa account

My first question ever, please be gentle. I understand that the sa account enables complete control over a SQL Server and all the databases, users, permissions etc. I have an absolute belief that ...
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SQL Server database backup on Remote site

We have 4 different sites and each site has a SQL Server. our requirement is to have a SQL Server backup or database(Mdf files) of site 1,2,3 in site 4. In case of disaster on any of the site we ...
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Prices for database administration tools [closed]

What should be the optimum price of an SQL database administration tool with 16 features including backup status review, server and data configurations, server statistics, disk space review, ...

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