And for us who working with SQL Server 2008 R2 and not Denali, it's still fastest way to get running total, it's about 10 times faster than cursor on my work computer for 100000 rows, and it's also inline query.
To quote from user madhivanan, Apart from using DTS and Export wizard, we can also use this query to export data from SQL Server2000 to Excel Create an Excel file named testing having the headers same as that of table columns and use these queries 1 Export data to existing EXCEL file from SQL Server table
To copy the result set from a Transact-SQL statement to a data file, use the queryout option. The following example copies the result of a query into the Contacts.txt data file. The example assumes that you are using Windows Authentication and have a trusted connection to the server instance on which you are running the bcp command.
I have a view in SQL Server 2008 and would like to view it in Management Studio. Example: --is the underlying query for the view Example_1 select * from table_aView View name: Example_1 How to g...
126 use SELECT...INTO The SELECT INTO statement creates a new table and populates it with the result set of the SELECT statement. SELECT INTO can be used to combine data from several tables or views into one table. It can also be used to create a new table that contains data selected from a linked server. Example,
I'm looking for exactly what Management Studio shows with the "View Dependencies" menu. Management Studio connected to SQL Server 2008 Right click on an object and choose "View Dependencies" Now y...
The SQL Server database engine service account must have permissions to read/write in the new folder. Check out the blog post Attaching Database – Unable to Open Physical File (Access is Denied) To fix, I did the following: Added the Administrators Group to the file security permissions with full control for the Data file (S:) and the Log ...
Getting running totals in T-SQL is not hard, there are many correct answers, most of them pretty easy. What is not easy (or even possible at this time) is to write a true query in T-SQL for running totals that is efficient. They are all O (n^2), though they could easily be O (n), except that T-SQL does not optimize for this case.
Thx Russell... for trying to understand the situation. The scenario is like -- there are various systems that send us this 1000+ characters string. Now this string is passed on as a sql-parameter and my sql update-query needs to insert string this into a particular column.
I am writing a Stored procedure in SQL Server 2008. I need to check if a table exists in the database. If it doesn't then I need to create it. How do I do this?