Create List of Calendar Dates

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Holidays_Weekends](
CalendarDate datetime NOT NULL,
descr [varchar](20) NULL,
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO


WITH sample AS (
 SELECT CAST('2015-04-01' AS DATETIME) AS dt
 UNION ALL
 SELECT DATEADD(dd, 1, dt)
FROM sample s
  WHERE DATEADD(dd, 1, dt) <= CAST('2015-06-30' AS DATETIME))

INSERT INTO [dbo].[Holidays_Weekends]
SELECT *, '' FROM sample

SQL function DataLength

SELECT CompanyName
, len(CompanyName) as 'length'
, datalength(CompanyName) as 'RealLength'
FROM TempfinanceCompanyList 

WHERE right(Companyname,1) = ' '
ORDER by CompanyName

You cannot count on LEN function to count trailing spaces, at least not in SQL 2012.

Compare two SQL Server tables

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2004/11/10/2737.aspx

The shortest, fastest, and easiest way to compare two tables in SQL Server: UNION !

When you have two tables (or resultsets from SELECT statements) that you wish to compare, and you want to see any changes in ANY columns, as well as to see which rows exist in 1 table but not the other (in either direction) I have found that the UNION operator works quite well.

UNION allows you to compare all columns very quickly, and also handles comparing NULL values to other NULLs successfully, which a join clause or a WHERE condition doesn't normally do.  It also allows you to very quickly see which rows are missing in either table, which only a FULL OUTER JOIN will do, but of course we all know to avoid those at all costs (right?) -- a full outer join is about as “unrelational” as you can get.  (every column returned is potentially Null and must be wrapped in a COALESCE function).  Best of all, the UNION is quick and easy and short.

The basic idea is: if we GROUP the union of two tables on all columns, then if the two tables are identical all groups will result in a COUNT(*) of 2.  But for any rows that are not completely matched on any column in the GROUP BY clause, the COUNT(*) will be 1 -- and those are the ones we want.  We also need to add a column to each part of the UNION to indicate which table each row comes from, otherwise there is no way to distinguish between which row comes from which table.

So, here's an example, assuming we are comparing tables A and B, and the primary key of both tables is ID:

SELECT MIN(TableName) as TableName, ID, COL1, COL2, COL3 ...
FROM
(
  SELECT 'Table A' as TableName, A.ID, A.COL1, A.COL2, A.COL3, ...
  FROM A
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 'Table B' as TableName, B.ID, B.COL1, B.COl2, B.COL3, ...
  FROM B
) tmp
GROUP BY ID, COL1, COL2, COL3 ...
HAVING COUNT(*) = 1
ORDER BY ID

CASE statement in UPDATE query

UPDATE a
SET a.Date_Added = (CASE 
                    WHEN a.Date_Requested > b.ADmodifyTimeStamp THEN getdate() 
                    ELSE b.ADmodifyTimeStamp END)
FROM [dbo].[tableA] a INNER JOIN [dbo].[tableA] b 
     ON a.[col1] = b.[col1] AND a.[col2] = b.[col2]
WHERE a.[col3] IS NULL

Configure SQL Agent Operator role

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187901.aspx

Using SQL Server Management Studio

To add a SQL login or msdb role to a SQL Server Agent fixed database role

1. In Object Explorer, expand a server.
2. Expand Security, and then expand Logins.
3. Right-click the login you wish to add to a SQL Server Agent fixed database role, and select Properties.
4. On the User Mapping page of the Login Properties dialog box, select the row containing msdb.
5. Under Database role membership for: msdb, check the appropriate SQL Server Agent fixed database role.

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To configure a proxy account to create and manage SQL Server Agent job steps

1. In Object Explorer, expand a server.
2. Expand SQL Server Agent.
3. Right-click Proxies and select New Proxy.
4. On the General page of the New Proxy Account dialog, specify the proxy name, credential name, and description for the new proxy. Note that you must create a credential first before creating a SQL Server Agent proxy. For more information about creating a credential, see Create a Credential and CREATE CREDENTIAL (Transact-SQL).
5. Check the appropriate subsystems for this proxy.
6. On the Principals page, add or remove logins or roles to grant or remove access to the proxy account.

MAX updated row per User record

use AssessmentApp

declare @LatestDateTime as datetime

SET @LatestDateTime = '09/12/2014 04:03:15.000'

-- this will capture EVERY record.

/*

SELECT ASSESSMENT_ID, AUDIT_DATE_TIME, AUDIT_BY_PPID, AUDIT_BY_NAME, NEW_ASSESSMENT_STATUS, ASSESSMENT_STATUS, USER_AGENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT_VERSION

FROM [dbo].[table]

WHERE AUDIT_DATE_TIME <= @LatestDateTime

ORDER BY AUDIT_DATE_TIME DESC

*/

-- this will capture the LATEST record for each Assessment_ID.

SELECT a.ASSESSMENT_ID, a.AUDIT_DATE_TIME, AUDIT_BY_PPID, AUDIT_BY_NAME, NEW_ASSESSMENT_STATUS, ASSESSMENT_STATUS, USER_AGENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT_VERSION

FROM [dbo].[table] a

WHERE AUDIT_DATE_TIME IN (

                          SELECT MAX(aa.AUDIT_DATE_TIME)

                          FROM [dbo].[ASSESSMENT_AUDIT] aa

                          WHERE aa.AUDIT_DATE_TIME <= @LatestDateTime

                             and aa.Assessment_ID = a.ASSESSMENT_ID                                                    

                            GROUP BY aa.ASSESSMENT_ID

                                         )

       AND AUDIT_DATE_TIME <= @LatestDateTime

--     AND assessment_id = 88205

ORDER BY a.Audit_Date_Time

ALTER SCHEMA Ownership

Syntax ::

USE [dbname]
GO
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::[schema_name] TO [login]

USE [sandbox]
GO
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::[db_datareader] TO [dbo]



SELECT s.name, u.name AS owner
   FROM sys.schemas s, sys.database_principals u
   WHERE s.principal_id = u.principal_id
and u.name like '%chao%';

All objects in a schema

SELECT b.name as 'schema_name', a.name, a.object_id, a.schema_id, a.parent_object_id, a.type, a.type_desc, a.create_date, a.modify_date
FROM sys.objects a INNER JOIN sys.schemas b ON a.schema_id = b.schema_id
WHERE object_id IN (select object_ID from sys.columns where name like 'snapshot%')
ORDER BY a.[type], b.name, a.name


--1760985600
SELECT b.name as 'schema_name', a.name, a.object_id, a.schema_id, a.parent_object_id, a.type, a.type_desc, a.create_date, a.modify_date
FROM sys.objects a INNER JOIN sys.schemas b ON a.schema_id = b.schema_id
WHERE object_id IN (select object_ID from sys.columns where name like 'snapshot%')
and b.name = 'snapshot'
and a.name = 'T2_Flatfile_snapshot_level'
ORDER BY a.[type], b.name, a.name

--823934257
SELECT b.name as 'schema_name', a.name, a.object_id, a.schema_id, a.parent_object_id, a.type, a.type_desc, a.create_date, a.modify_date
FROM sys.objects a INNER JOIN sys.schemas b ON a.schema_id = b.schema_id
WHERE object_id IN (select object_ID from sys.columns where name like 'snapshot%')
and b.name = 'dbo'
and a.name = 'Flatfile_snapshot'
ORDER BY a.[type], b.name, a.name


SELECT name, column_id FROM sys.columns where object_ID = 109503719
order by 2
union all
SELECT object_id, name, column_id FROM sys.columns where object_ID = 823934257
order by 2

ORA-00907 Missing Paranthesis error

PROBLEM:  SSIS package fails  with ORA-00907 error even though the query can be successfully parsed in the data flow task.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION:  Remove all of the comments from the query.

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Sound stupid, I know, but try it anyway.

Transaction Count

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21930156/transaction-count-after-execute-indicates-a-mismatching-number-of-begin-and-comm