I'm working on updating hundreds of calculation views on SAP HANA.
I should update (for every calculation view) the last aggregation/projection columns : Keep flag = True.
There's a way, by updating XML Code of every calculation view file Like below:
<attribute id="EQUNR" order="3" attributeHierarchyActive="false"
displayAttribute="false" keepFlag="true">
<descriptions defaultDescription="EQUNR"/>
But, my question is, is there a way to update this Keep Flag through a query on SQL Console ?
if not, is there any other method you suggest guys ?
Every idea matters, Thank you folks
There is no way to achieve this via SQL.
Although you may be able to author a regex expression that matches some of the target XML tags, there’s no way of correctly updating the repository tables storing the source XML (if you’re using the HANA classic repository).
For HANA 2 HDI files no DB command can change the source code as these are not stored in the database.
Beyond this technical issue, it’s probably not a good idea to apply a flag that changes query semantics as a batch update.
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I have been tasked with creating a method to copy the contents of an entire database to a central database. There are a number of source databases, all in Access. I've managed to copy the majority of the tables properly, 1:1. I'm using VBScript and ADO to copy the data. It actually works surprisingly well, considering that it's Access.
However
I have 3 tables that include subdatasheets (to those that don't know, a subdatasheet is a visual representation of a 1 to many relationship. You can see related records in another table inside the main table). When My script runs, I get an error. "No value given for one or more required parameters." When I open Access and try to run the same query that I've written in SQL, It pops up message boxes asking for parameters.
If I use the query wizard inside Access to build the select query, no parameters are required and I get no subdatasheet in the result set.
My question is this: how do I write a vanilla SQL query in my VBScript that does not require parameters and just gives me the data that I want?
I've tried copying the SQL from Access and running it through my VBScript and that doesn't seem to do the trick.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
As it turns out, you need to make sure that you've spelled all of the field names properly in your source query. If you've included additional fields that aren't actually in the source or destination table they'll need to be removed too.
I want to modify a column name to new name present in a table
but here problem i want to manually modify the column name present in Triggers or SP's.
Is there a any better way of doing it.
To rename a column am using this
sp_RENAME 'Tablename.old_Column', 'new_column' , 'COLUMN';
similarly how can i do it for triggers or SP's.? without opening each script?
Well, there are a bunch of 3rd party tools that are promising this type of "safe rename", some for free and some are not:
ApexSQL has a free tool for that, as MWillemse wrote in his answer,
RedGate have a commercial tool called SQLPrompt that also have a safe renaming feture, However it is far from being free.
Microsoft have a visual studio add-in called SQL Server Data Tools (or SSDT in the short version), as Dan Guzman wrote in his comment.
I have to say I've never tried any of these specific tools for that specific task, but I do have some experience with SSDT and some of RedGate's products and I consider them to be very good tools. I know nothing about ApexSQL.
Another option is to try and write the sql script yourself, However there are a couple of things to take into consideration before you start:
Can your table be accessed directly from outside the sql server? I mean, is it possible that some software is executing sql statement directly on that table? If so, you might break it when you rename that column, and no sql tool will help in this situation.
Are your sql scripting skills really that good? I consider myself to be fairly experienced with sql server, but I think writing a script like that is beyond my skills. Not that it's impossible for me, but it will probably take too much time and effort for something I can get for free.
Should you decide to write it yourself, there are a few articles that might help you in that task:
First, Microsoft official documentation of sys.sql_expression_dependencies.
Second, an article called Different Ways to Find SQL Server Object Dependencies that is written by a 13 years experience DBA,
and last but not least, a related question on StackExchange's Database Administrator's website.
You could, of course, go with the safe way Gordon Linoff suggested in his comment, or use synonyms like destination-data suggested in his answer, but then you will have to manually modify all of the columns dependencies manually, and from what I understand, that is what you want to avoid.
Renaming the Table column
Deleting the Table column
Alter Table Keys
Best way use Database Projects in Visual Studio.
Refer this links
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you can do what #GorDon suggested.
Apart from this,you can also play with this query,
select o.name, sc.* from sys.syscomments sc inner join sys.objects o
on sc.id=o.object_id where sc.text like '%oldcolumnname%'
this will return list of all proc and trigger.Also you can modify filter to get exact list.then it will be very easy for you to modify,manually.
But whatever you decide,don't simply drop old column.
To be safe,even keep back up.
This suggestion relates to Oracle DB, however there may be equivalent solutions in other DBMS's.
A temporary solution to your issue is to create a pseudocolumn. This solution looks a little hacky because the syntax for a pseudocolumn requires an expression. The simplest expression I can think of is the case statement below. Let me know if you can make it more simple.
ALTER TABLE <<tablename>> ADD (
<<new_column_name>> AS (
CASE
WHEN 1=1 THEN <<tablename>>.<<old_column_name>>
END)
);
This strategy basically creates a new column on the fly by evaluating the case statement and copying the value of <<old_column_value>> to <<new_column_value>>. Because you are dynamically interpolating this column there is a performance penalty vs just selecting the original column.
The one gotcha is that this will only work if you are duplicating a column once. Multiple pseudocolumns cannot contain duplicate expressions in Oracle.
The other strategy you can consider is to create a view and you can name the columns whatever you want. You can even INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE (execute DML) against views, but this would give you a whole new table_name, not just a new column. You could however rename the old table, and name your view the same as your old table. This also has a performance penalty vs just accessing the underlying table.
You might want to replace that text in definition. However, you will be needing a dedicated administrator connection in sql server. Versions also vary in setting up a dedicated administrator connection. Setting up the startup parameter by adding ;-T7806 under advanced. And by adding Admin: before the servername upon logging in. By then, you may be able to modify the value of the definition.
I am developing one automation tool for data migration from one table to other table, here I am looking for one function or SP for which I will pass source column and destination column as input parameter. I want output parameter to return true when source column data is compatible to copy to destination column. If not then it should return false.
For example, if a source column is varchar and a destination column is integer, the script should check all the data in a source column in good enough to move to an integer column or not and return the output flag. I want a script to work like this for all types of data types. Any suggestions will be helpful.
If you're on SQL Server 2012 you have TRY_CAST(), TRY_CONVERT() and TRY_PARSE() at your disposal (see this post by Biz Nigatu of blog.dbandbi for comparison).
That said, you still need to check for truncation errors, e.g. by converting to target datatype and back, then comparing the original value with the one after conversions.
I've seen similar tools in the past, might be a good idea to see if one isn't already available online for free. Even a purchase might be less expensive than the time you put into developing and troubleshooting your own tool.
I have an SSIS solution for this that I put together using EzAPI. I've got it posted to GitHub, so feel free to look:
https://github.com/thevinnie/SyncDatabases
Now, the part of that which is relevant to you would be where I use the information schema to make sure that the source and destination are schema matches. If not, C# script task will generate the statement to create, alter or drop the necessary column(s).
The EzAPI part is cool with SSIS because it will allow you to programatically generate an SSIS package. For the project requirements, I needed to be able to load data every time and not let schema changes in the source break the process.
Comments and recommendations are welcome. Hopefully it'll help, but I think you'll be looking at the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS either way.
I have used mysql for some projects and recently I moved to postgresql. In mysql when I alter a table or a field the corresponding query will be displayed in the page. But such a feature was not found in postgresql(kindly excuse me if I'm wrong). Since the query was readily available it was very helpful for me to test something in the local database(without explicitly typing the query), copy the printed query and run it in the server. Now it seems like I've to manually do all the trick. Even though I'm familiar with the query operations,at times it can be pretty time consuming process. Can anybody help me? How can I get the corresponding query to get displayed in postgresql(like in mysql) whenever a change is made to the table?
If you use SELECT * FROM ... there should not be any reason for your output to not include newly added columns, no matter how you get your results - would that be psql in command line, PgAdmin3 or any other IDE.
After you add new columns, it is possible that these changes are still in open transaction in other window or SQL command - be sure to COMMIT such transaction. Note that your changes to data or schema will not be visible to any other database clients until transaction commits.
If your IDE still does not show changes, maybe you need to refresh list of tables or if that option is not available, restart your IDE. If that does not work still, maybe you should use better IDE.
If you have used SELECT field1, field2, ... FROM ... then you must add new fields into your SELECT statement(s) - but this would be true for any other SQL implementation, MySQL included.
You could use the LISTEN / NOTIFY mechanism in PostgreSQL to notify your client on altering the database schema.
I converted a 2.8 MB XML file into a ClientDataSet in Delphi XE. The XML file changes quite frequently and I am basically building a new CDS file programmatically every time the XML changes. It's not only the content the changes, but also the actual structure.
The question is: Is it possible to use simple SQL on ClientDataSet1 to create a second ClientDataSet with a result table in memory? If the answer is yes, what are the basic mechanics? Currently I am only using TClientDataSet and TDataSource to make the database available to data-aware components.
No, you can't run a SQL sentence over a TClientDataSet when is used as a memory dataset, because doesn't have associated a SQL provider. You best option is use the filtering capabilities included in the TClientDataSet. For that you can use Ranges or Filters and then clone the result in a secondary TClientDataSet. for more details about filtering try this article Filtering ClientDataSets
TxQuery may do what you want. It is a TDataSet descendant component that can be used to query one or more TDataSet descendant components using SQL statements. It is available at http://code.google.com/p/txquery/