Find Database Creation Date | Quickie

Order BY Not Working in SQL Server Functions | Quickie

Ever created a function and needed to include the Order By clause. It would result in the following error being loaded:

The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and common table expressions, unless TOP or FOR XML is also specified.

The problem is that to use, it requires a TOP clause or FOR XML. By if you specify TOP 100, you’ll only get the first 100 rows. You can specify a big number that you might think will never exceed. But what if you do? The best bet is to use TOP 100 PERCENT.

This will get you all the rows and works in Functions.

ASP.Net | Read Values from Javascript

Today I started checking out some videos about Windows CardSpace and ASP.Net for logging in and I saw how he used javascript to get client side input and use it in ASP.Net in the C# code.

First you need to create a HiddenField on your webForm and name it TokenField (any name would actually do)

<asp:HiddenField ID=”TokenField” runat=”server” />

To set the Hidden Field value in JavaScript use the following code: Continue reading »

SQL Server 2005 | Add days, months and years to GetDate()

To get the current date in Sql Server queries and stored procedures, you use the GetDate() method. But what about to add a day or two to the current date, or add a month or years? To do it, you use the following query:

Add One Day

SELECT DateAdd(dd, 1, GetDate())

Add One Month Continue reading »

SQL Server | Convert Varchar to UniqueIdentifier

There are 2 ways to Convert a string to a UniqueIdentifier (GUID) in SQL Server:

SELECT CAST(’449141d9-86c9-449d-be2c-1f171b4f4567′ as UNIQUEIDENTIFIER)

SELECT CONVERT(UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, ’449141d9-86c9-449d-be2c-1f171b4f4567′)

SQL Server | Remove Special Characters

I needed to remove all the special characters from a field in a particular table in SQL Server to be used for searching purposes. After searching (binging )… I found the next SQL Server Function which did the trick.

This Function Removes any special character from the string value passed. All characters except 0-9, a-z and A-Z are all removed, whilst the remaining characters are returned back.

ALTER FUNCTION dbo.RemoveSpecialCharacters
(
@s VARCHAR(256)
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(256) WITH SCHEMABINDING

BEGIN
IF (@s is null)
RETURN null Continue reading »

Error 29506 | SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express

When i binged (yes I’m using bing ), i found the following fix:

• Search for Command Prompt in the Start Window (don’t press enter)
• Right click on the shortcut found and select ‘Run as Administrator’
• In the command prompt change the current directory to the folder where the SSMSEE installer is stored
• Enter the following command .SQLServer2005_SSMSEE_x64.msi if you are running Windows 7/Vista 64 bit
• Enter the following command .SQLServer2005_SSMSEE.msi if you are running Windows 7/Vista 32 bit
• Press enter to start the installation

Happy Sql Server Managementing

Resources: here

SQL Server 2005 | Database won’t go Offline

I needed to copy a database from SQL Server 2005. To copy it, you need to put the database offline but sometimes it takes too long to go offline and even fails.

The problem might be that the database would still have active connections. Thus to solve this problem you need to: Continue reading »

SQL Server 2005 | “Product level is insufficient”

The following error kept popping up when trying to import data from a flat file source of type CSV to be imported in a table in SQL Server:

The product level is insufficient for component source “filename.csv”

To solve this problem, you need to install the Service Pack 2 of SQL Server 2005 from this link.

If you find other solutions… please let me know

Visual Studio | No source code available for the current location

Whilst trying to debug a Stored Procedure, the following error prompted:

There is no source code available for the current location

First you have to make sure that the current user is part of the ‘sysadmin’ Server role (click here for how to).

• Next go to Visual Studio Continue reading »