Questions tagged [scripting]
For questions about generating or using language scripts, for example scripting a database object definition.
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Overlap of group of scripts
I have a group of scripts set to run in a certain order, but sometimes I find the group running long and overlapping into the next group run. Is there a way to prevent that?
group.sh:
script1.sh &...
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How to minimize\plan ahead the effect of running sp_delete_backuphistory? Measure the gains too!
while running the following query:
-- DATEADD (datepart , number , date )
DECLARE @dt DATETIME
SELECT @dt = DATEADD(month,-6,getdate())
select @dt
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_delete_backuphistory @...
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Run shell script on Oracle 11g
I have an oracle database:
Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
"CORE 11.2.0.1.0 Production"
TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - ...
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powershell Write-Output format [closed]
I am finding what seems to be an inconsistency to the way a Write-Output line (which prints out a variable) should be formatted. I can't find any information on this, which makes me guess that I am ...
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How can I optimize this MYSQL Script For many Records?
I have This script by Helping @lukstorms ,
-- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_words;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_words (
id int unsigned NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
words text NOT NULL
);
-- DROP TABLE ...
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Can I ignore queries about extendedproperty?
I want to reuse the structure of a database in a new project. So using SSMS I use Generate Script and in settings I set to generate schema only.
In the result there are too many queries about ...
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Checking if schema name is included in every sentence
I got some oracle database scripts for creating the whole database of an application, including sentences for creating tables, sequences, synonyms, inserts and updates of data, etc
I need to ensure ...
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Capturing mongo replica set state from mongo shell
I am trying to capture mongo replica set state from mongo shell. E.g.
[root@server ~]$ mongo
MongoDB shell version v3.6.8
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
MongoDB server version: 3.6.8
rs0:...
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How to script all the service broker elements for each database it is on, in the current server?
I have service broker running on different servers.
Just recently I had to rebuild one of the test servers and it had a complete service broker solution running there.
For the next time I need to ...
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bind variable and shell scripting with sqlplus
I wish to execute DMLs using bind variable with shell scripts.
For example, something like:
#!/bin/bash
SH_NUM=10
sqlplus -S test_user/test_pass <<EOD
var a number;
a:=${SH_NUM}
insert into ...
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Extracting AD subgroups information [duplicate]
I need to extract AD groups and all of it's subgroup into an excel sheet.Basically the script should loop though each of the AD group and get their subgroup.
AD_Group Subgroup
---------- -----...
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How to format the output of this query into year…second?
I have this query that given @secs a number of seconds, it returns a table with year,months,weeks,days,hours,minutes and seconds.
take for example:
declare @secs int
select @secs = 19475298
...
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How to speed up rebuilding a database from scratch/scripts
Our Database exists in many different scripts within our source control. i.E. every table has it's own scripts for creating the table, the indexes and so on.
When needed, we can rebuild the entire ...
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Realtime Update MySQL on every Update occurred on PostgreSQL
I have a PostgreSQL for my accounting system and a MySQL database for my php website, i want to sync these two database for every update may occurred on PostgreSQL it also updates MySQL database, they ...
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Script to identify which AD accounts are no longer active [closed]
Trying to get a script that will identify which AD accounts/Windows authentication on a SQL Server are no longer active. Say perhaps an employee was released and the login would be removed from AD, ...
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how to add an extended events tracking session to SSAS?
I would prefer to have a script to achieve this, but as I am not so familiar with SSAS I am using the wizard to create an extended events session in SSAS.
The way I am doing it is right clicking on ...
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What are the rules for using COLLATE in a query?
I am putting a script together, that gives me the permissions on database objects.
SELECT permission_order=710
,permission_type = 'Object Level Permissions'
,db = db_name(),
login_=...
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is there a way to improve this query by not re calculating functions? cross apply?
when I set up replication I like to take a count of each table in the publisher, then I go to the subscriber I do the same thing in order to compare both pictures.
this is the picture from the ...
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How to script out the grant view on login permission?
I create the following login without any permissions.
USE [master]
GO
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.server_principals WHERE name = N'Radhe')
CREATE LOGIN [Radhe] WITH PASSWORD=N'...
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How do I get Postgres DO $$ to work from the bash prompt?
Postgres 9.6.9 on Linux RHEL 6.10
If I surround my DO command in double-quotes and the roles in single quotes, then bash interprets the $$, and that obviously makes the command fail. So I switched ...
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How to upgrade a MySQL database using numbered scripts based on a version field
I have a database that contains a version table with one value stored in it which is the database version number.
I would like to be able to update the database version automatically using numbered ...
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How to write a shell script to disable the database accounts from a list of user IDs
I am new to Unix scripting...I have a list of userids for terminated employees. I want to write a script that will check these userids against my databases and disable/remove the user accounts ...
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How to get a SQL value literal for arbitrary type in PostgreSQL?
I want to be able to get a valid SQL literal for any type and value.
If the type is text, varchar, etc... and the value is abc I want to get 'abc'.
If the type is timestamp I want quoted and ...
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SQL Server - Adding non-nullable column to existing table - SSDT Publishing
Due to business logic, we need a new column in a table that is critical to ensure is always populated. Updating existing references that insert/update is difficult but doable, but ensuring future code/...
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I want Powershell's invoke-sqlcmd to ignore SQL execution errors
I've written a Powershell script that scripts out the appropriate SQL scripts for all databases on a server as well as creating BCP files for the contents of each. This is to allow the restoration of ...
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How to back up an entire database to text files
If it’s stupid and it works, it’s still stupid.
The hullabaloo about GDPR got me thinking - if you had to go into your backups and modify/delete data, how would you do it? Cracking open a .bak file ...
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Breaking up insert statements with GO [closed]
I'm trying to build off of this answer How do I run a large script with many inserts without running out of memory?
and break up a query into smaller ones with BEGIN TRANSACTION and then GO's
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Can scripting be done on DB2 Connect instance?
I need to get the number of connections passing through connect server for 1 week.
Can we write a script to get the details?
Can we only pull the data manually?
Is there any way to script it?
I am ...
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how to get output in different columns for a sql select statment running through a shell script?
Currently getting all my data in one column. Formatting used in the script:
set lines 500
set pagesize 100
set serveroutput on size 1000000;
set verify off;
set wrap on;
set pagesize 1000;
set ...
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SQL Server Reporting Services: Generate Scripts Programmatically
I'm looking to export SSRS reports from SSRS 2005 into SSRS 2017. I have around 100 reports to move but in total there are around 500 subscriptions across all of these reports.
The Script to file ...
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script all triggers in a database
I have a few databases involved in replication as subscribers and they have triggers and are used by a different set of applications.
Every time I need to reinitialise those database I need to script ...
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Sqlcmd: Invalid argument - when trying to pass a variable to sqlcmd
I'm trying to use a DOS command prompt on Server 2012R2 to run a batch with the following in it. I want to run a SQL command (sqlcmd) and return the results to the command window.
This is what I'm ...
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How to make performance tests for DML
I created two multi-column indexes on a big table (~2,5 millions rows 370Mb and 621Mb with indexes).
SELECT queries are very fast.
Know I want to check if we have a regression for INSERT/UPDATE ...
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MySQL - Why is my BASH Script insert/update query not working correctly? [closed]
Background: I have a MySQL table that stores ip addresses for a very large amount of hosts. It's a simple table (host xyz -> ip1, ip2, ip3). These hosts will write a flat file with it's ip addresses ...
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ERROR: “sql ” is not a known variable
This must one of the dumbest questions I've ever asked here, but there must something really sick hiding in my SQL script that is blocking it from running.
I'm invoking the cobertura.sql file using ...
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postgres create limited user that can select tables and columns of those tables
I have an app that automates the making of a PostgreSQL database, and also automates the creation of a database user. This database user is given limited access for security purposes, as it will be ...
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Parsing a manifest.xml of a table schema to script?
I have a manifest.xml sent to me by a vendor that accompanies some extracts they are also sending. I assume there should be a way to parse this into an actual table structure (or a script to create a ...
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Restoring multiple files to multiple database with pg_restore
I have multiple dump files and want to restore them with single command. something like this
pg_restore -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres
-d gl_election gl_world gl_tourism
-c "gl_election" ...
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How do I format the output from OBJECT_DEFINITION so that it looks the same as sp_helptext?
object_definition and sp_helptext both return the source code of a stored procedure - but how can I use object_definition and get the source code including the line breaks as the sp_helptext currently ...
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Scripting out database user level permissions [duplicate]
I have tried to search this and was able to find few but could not find exactly the way to script out the database level permissions for a database.
I am migrating this database whose logins I can ...
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Does SQL Server / T-SQL support line-continuation to break up long strings?
I sometimes have a SQL script that has one or more super-long (sometimes even stupid-long) strings. Typically these are VARBINARY literals / constants that represent files / Assemblies, but ...
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How to save SSMS 2012 Object Explorer Scripting Settings?
I'm generating a bunch of object creation scripts in SSMS 2012, using the Object Explorer context menu. The default options for these generated scripts are not to my liking (for example, I want the ...
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How to order databases by size? (For use in full backups)
Recently, I've been trying to make our company's full backup process more efficient. In order to do this, my team has decided that instructing the backup job to tackle the full backups starting with ...
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Generating script in SQL server taking too long [closed]
I am making backup for my tables in the database and I am generating scripts (from task) in SQL Server Management Studio.
There's about 30-40 tables that I am interested to backup including ...
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Create a table with the same constraints,triggers,indexes, and statistics for house-keeping table
I have a current database with few hundred tables, say, tables A,B,C... and I want to create the same tables with the same constraints,triggers,indexes, and stats as the original tables.
I know I ...
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How to Repair “Orphaned” Database in SQL Server 2016
So, in my haste, I ran a script to create a database but I did not select the
full script before running it. I ended up with a bunch of tables without a "parent" database. Then I created a database ...
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MongoDB scripts triggered by cron - how to achieve reasonable password security
We would like to do nightly purging of old data out of our mongo cluster. First thought is to write shell script which connects to one of the mongos and issues a remove instruction.
evalString='db.fs....
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Passwordless mysqldump via shell script in /etc/cron.daily
I'm aware that there are dozens of questions similar to this, but it seems none has a definitive answer to my problem, so that's why I'm posting this... I hope in the right place.
The problem:
I ...
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SSMS constraint script: Purpose of second alter table statement?
SSMS scripts Foreign Key constraints as two statements:
ALTER TABLE {table}
WITH CHECK
ADD CONSTRAINT {constraintname} {constraint spec}
GO
ALTER TABLE {table}
CHECK CONSTRAINT {constraintname}
GO
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Using X at the end of a SELECT in SQL Server Script?
I'm relatively new to T-SQL and looking through my predecessors scripts, I found a line I can't quite parse. It's a hard thing to look up on my own. Hoping for advice.
This line occurs inside a ...
