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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Drive Details using TSQL

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @res INT, 
@objdets INT,
@drive INT, 
@getdrive VARCHAR(13), 
@totalsize VARCHAR(50), 
@freespace VARCHAR(50), 
@DriveLetter char(1)

CREATE TABLE ##Drivespacedetails
(
DriveLetter CHAR(1),
TotalSpace bigint,
FreeSpace bigint,
)

INSERT INTO ##Drivespacedetails(DriveLetter,FreeSpace) EXEC master.dbo.xp_fixeddrives

DECLARE  drivedetails CURSOR FOR SELECT DriveLetter FROM ##Drivespacedetails

OPEN drivedetails

FETCH NEXT FROM drivedetails INTO @DriveLetter
WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)
BEGIN
SET @getdrive = 'GetDrive("' + @DriveLetter + '")' 
         EXEC @res = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject', @objdets OUTPUT 
         IF @res = 0  
         EXEC @res = sp_OAMethod @objdets, @getdrive, @drive OUTPUT 
         IF @res = 0  
         EXEC @res = sp_OAGetProperty @drive,'TotalSize', @totalsize OUTPUT 
    IF @res = 0  
         EXEC @res = sp_OAGetProperty @drive,'FreeSpace', @freespace OUTPUT 
         IF @res <> 0  
         EXEC sp_OADestroy @drive 
EXEC sp_OADestroy @objdets 
SET @totalsize = (CONVERT(BIGINT,@totalsize) / 1048576 )
SET @freespace = (CONVERT(BIGINT,@freespace) / 1048576 )

     update ##Drivespacedetails set TotalSpace=@totalsize,FreeSpace=@freespace where DriveLetter=@DriveLetter
FETCH NEXT FROM drivedetails INTO @DriveLetter
END

CLOSE drivedetails
DEALLOCATE drivedetails

SELECT @@servername as ServerName,DriveLetter,FreeSpace AS [FreeSpace MB], (TotalSpace - FreeSpace) AS [UsedSpace MB], TotalSpace AS [TotalSpace MB], ((CONVERT(NUMERIC(9,0),FreeSpace) / CONVERT(NUMERIC(9,0),TotalSpace)) * 100) AS [Percentage Free]
FROM ##Drivespacedetails ORDER BY [DriveLetter] ASC

DROP TABLE ##Drivespacedetails

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Determine which objects exist in a particular filegroup

SELECT o.[name], o.[type], i.[name], i.[index_id], f.[name]
FROM sys.indexes i
INNER JOIN sys.filegroups f
ON i.data_space_id = f.data_space_id
INNER JOIN sys.all_objects o
ON i.[object_id] = o.[object_id]
WHERE i.data_space_id = f.data_space_id --* New FileGroup*
GO

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

How to find startup procedures in sql

SELECT ROUTINE_NAMEFROM MASTER.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINESWHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(ROUTINE_NAME),'ExecIsStartup') = 1

USE MASTER
GO
SELECT VALUE, VALUE_IN_USE, DESCRIPTION FROM SYS.CONFIGURATIONS WHERE NAME = 'scan for startup procs'GO

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

SQL Server 2008 SP1 released

SQL Server 2008 SP1 has been released to user community. Please find the download details given below.

Drop Indexes in a Database

set nocount on
go
DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(2000),@DB VARCHAR(100),@count int,@TableName varchar(200),
@Index_Name varchar(200),@ConstraintName varchar(200)
SET @DB = db_name()
if exists(select * from msdb..sysobjects where name =
'DropIndexes_AllTables')
drop table msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables
CREATE TABLE msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables(tablename
varchar(200),ConstraintName varchar(200),Index_Name varchar(200),type
varchar(10))
SELECT @SQL = 'USE '+@db+char(13)+'SELECT object_name(parent_object_id)
TableName,sobj.Name ConstraintName,sidx.name Index_Name,type FROM sys.objects
sobj
join '+@db+'.dbo.sysindexes sidx on sobj.parent_object_id = sidx.id
where indid > 0 and type in
(''u'',''PK'',''UQ'') and
sidx.name not like ''_WA_sys_%'''
print @sql
insert into msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables
exec(@sql)
create table #temp_baby(ConstraintName varchar(200),TableName varchar(150))
select ConstraintName,TableName, Index_Name,Type from
msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables

insert into #temp_baby(ConstraintName,TableName)
select distinct ConstraintName,TableName from msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables
select @count = count(*) from #temp_baby
while(@count > 0)
begin
select top 1 @ConstraintName = ConstraintName,@tablename = tablename from
#temp_baby
select @sql = 'USE '+@db+char(13)+'alter table '+@tablename+' drop
constraint '+@ConstraintName+''
print @sql
delete from #temp_baby where ConstraintName = @ConstraintName and tablename =
@tablename
select @count = count(*) from #temp_baby
end
insert into #temp_baby(ConstraintName,TableName)
select distinct ConstraintName,TableName from msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables
print '------'
delete from msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables where Index_Name in (select
ConstraintName from #temp_baby)
select @count = count(*) from msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables
while(@count > 0)
Begin
select top 1 @tablename = TableName,@Index_name = Index_Name from
msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables order by tablename
select @sql = 'USE '+@DB+';drop index
'+@tablename+'.'+@Index_name+''
print @sql
--print @tablename, @Index_name
delete from msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables where TableName = @tablename and
Index_Name = @Index_name
select @count = count(*) from msdb.dbo.DropIndexes_AllTables
end
drop table #temp_baby

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Change Data Capture

This article introduces to a new feature in SQL Server 2008, Change Data Capture. Change Data Capture records insert, update and delete activity in your table and the details of these changes are available in a format that can be easily consumed. The database must be enabled to Capture Changes to it. A member of sysadmin fixed role can enable the change. Once that is done, members of db_owner can enable tables for which change needs to be monitored. When the first table in the database is enabled, a capture process gathers changed data from the transaction log and inserts the change information in the associated change table. Additional metadata about each transaction is inserted in a metadata table that allows the captured changes to be placed on a conventional timeline.

Step to Enable and Configure Change Data Capture:
1. Create a database SQL Server 2008
create database CDC_TEST
go
2. Enable CDC in the database created.
USE SQL2008CDC
GO
EXEC sp_cdc_enable_db
GO
You can verify if CDC is enabled using the query below for the database.
select [name] as DBName,is_cdc_enabled from sys.databases where db_name(database_id)=DB_NAME()
3. You will be a new schema CDC and few system tables created under the database. Change Data Capture requires exclusive use of cdc user and schema.
4. Create a table to enable CDC
USE CDC_TEST
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.CDC_TEST(
ID int Primary Key NOT NULL,
Name nvarchar(100) NOT NULL,
Email nvarchar(100) NOT NULL)
5. SQL Server agent must be started for CDC.
6. Enable CD for the table where you need to capture the change.
EXEC sp_cdc_enable_table 'dbo', 'cdc_test',
@role_name = NULL, @supports_net_changes =1
You can verify if CDC is enabled using the query below for the table.
use SQL2008CDC
go
select [name], is_tracked_by_cdc from sys.tables
7. Once CDC is enabled for a table, you will find a _CT table created by itself.
8. Now we will verify how CDC works by running a insert into the table CDC_TEST.
use SQL2008CDC
go
INSERT INTO dbo.cdc_test
values (1, N'sugeshkumar', N'sugeshkr@gmail.com')
9. Now update the row that we have inserted in the previous step.
use SQL2008CDC
go
update dbo.cdc_test set name='sugesh' where id = 1
10. The before image and after image of the row can be found on the table that was created with the name _CT.
The column _$operation has the value for the DML operation done, 1 is for delete, 2 for insert, 3 for before image, 4 for after image

You have seen how to enable and configure CDC for a database and table. The list below gives you all available Stored Procedures, DMVs, Functions and table list that is used by Change Data Capture.

Stored Procedures
sys.sp_cdc_add_job (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_generate_wrapper_function (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_change_job (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_get_captured_columns (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_cleanup_change_table (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_get_ddl_history (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_disable_db (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_help_change_data_capture (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_disable_table (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_help_jobs (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_drop_job (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_scan (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_enable_db (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_start_job (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_enable_table (Transact-SQL)
sys.sp_cdc_stop_job (Transact-SQL)

Dynamic Management Views
sys.dm_cdc_log_scan_sessions (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_cdc_errors (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_repl_traninfo (Transact-SQL)

Tables
cdc._CT
Returns one row for each change made to a captured column in the associated source table.

cdc.captured_columns
Returns one row for each column tracked in a capture instance.

cdc.change_tables
Returns one row for each change table in the database.

cdc.ddl_history
Returns one row for each data definition language (DDL) change made to tables that are enabled for change data capture.

cdc.lsn_time_mapping
Returns one row for each transaction having rows in a change table. This table is used to map between log sequence number (LSN) commit values and the time the transaction committed.

cdc.index_columns
Returns one row for each index column associated with a change table.

dbo.cdc_jobs (Transact-SQL)
Returns the configuration parameters for change data capture agent jobs

Functions
cdc.fn_cdc_get_all_changes_ (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_has_column_changed (Transact-SQL)
cdc.fn_cdc_get_net_changes_ (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_increment_lsn (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_decrement_lsn (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_is_bit_set (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_get_column_ordinal (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_map_lsn_to_time (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_get_max_lsn (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_map_time_to_lsn (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_cdc_get_min_lsn (Transact-SQL)

Monday, April 6, 2009

Generate Create Index Scripts for a Database

-- Get all existing indexes, but NOT the primary keys
DECLARE cIX CURSOR FOR
SELECT OBJECT_NAME(SI.Object_ID), SI.Object_ID, SI.Name, SI.Index_ID
FROM Sys.Indexes SI
LEFT JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TC ON SI.Name = TC.CONSTRAINT_NAME AND OBJECT_NAME(SI.Object_ID) = TC.TABLE_NAME
WHERE TC.CONSTRAINT_NAME IS NULL
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(SI.Object_ID, 'IsUserTable') = 1
ORDER BY OBJECT_NAME(SI.Object_ID), SI.Index_ID

DECLARE @IxTable SYSNAME
DECLARE @IxTableID INT
DECLARE @IxName SYSNAME
DECLARE @IxID INT

-- Loop through all indexes
OPEN cIX
FETCH NEXT FROM cIX INTO @IxTable, @IxTableID, @IxName, @IxID
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
DECLARE @IXSQL NVARCHAR(4000) SET @IXSQL = ''
SET @IXSQL = 'CREATE '

-- Check if the index is unique
IF (INDEXPROPERTY(@IxTableID, @IxName, 'IsUnique') = 1)
SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + 'UNIQUE '
-- Check if the index is clustered
IF (INDEXPROPERTY(@IxTableID, @IxName, 'IsClustered') = 1)
SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + 'CLUSTERED '

SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + 'INDEX ' + @IxName + ' ON ' + @IxTable + '('

-- Get all columns of the index
DECLARE cIxColumn CURSOR FOR
SELECT SC.Name
FROM Sys.Index_Columns IC
JOIN Sys.Columns SC ON IC.Object_ID = SC.Object_ID AND IC.Column_ID = SC.Column_ID
WHERE IC.Object_ID = @IxTableID AND Index_ID = @IxID
ORDER BY IC.Index_Column_ID

DECLARE @IxColumn SYSNAME
DECLARE @IxFirstColumn BIT SET @IxFirstColumn = 1

-- Loop throug all columns of the index and append them to the CREATE statement
OPEN cIxColumn
FETCH NEXT FROM cIxColumn INTO @IxColumn
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
IF (@IxFirstColumn = 1)
SET @IxFirstColumn = 0
ELSE
SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ', '

SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + @IxColumn

FETCH NEXT FROM cIxColumn INTO @IxColumn
END
CLOSE cIxColumn
DEALLOCATE cIxColumn

SET @IXSQL = @IXSQL + ')'
-- Print out the CREATE statement for the index
PRINT @IXSQL

FETCH NEXT FROM cIX INTO @IxTable, @IxTableID, @IxName, @IxID
END

CLOSE cIX
DEALLOCATE cIX


-- Get all existing primary keys
DECLARE cPK CURSOR FOR
SELECT TABLE_NAME, CONSTRAINT_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
ORDER BY TABLE_NAME

DECLARE @PkTable SYSNAME
DECLARE @PkName SYSNAME

-- Loop through all the primary keys
OPEN cPK
FETCH NEXT FROM cPK INTO @PkTable, @PkName
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
DECLARE @PKSQL NVARCHAR(4000) SET @PKSQL = ''
SET @PKSQL = 'ALTER TABLE ' + @PkTable + ' ADD CONSTRAINT ' + @PkName + ' PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ('

-- Get all columns for the current primary key
DECLARE cPKColumn CURSOR FOR
SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @PkTable AND CONSTRAINT_NAME = @PkName
ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION
OPEN cPKColumn

DECLARE @PkColumn SYSNAME
DECLARE @PkFirstColumn BIT SET @PkFirstColumn = 1
-- Loop through all columns and append the sql statement
FETCH NEXT FROM cPKColumn INTO @PkColumn
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
IF (@PkFirstColumn = 1)
SET @PkFirstColumn = 0
ELSE
SET @PKSQL = @PKSQL + ', '

SET @PKSQL = @PKSQL + @PkColumn

FETCH NEXT FROM cPKColumn INTO @PkColumn
END
CLOSE cPKColumn
DEALLOCATE cPKColumn

SET @PKSQL = @PKSQL + ')'
-- Print the primary key statement
PRINT @PKSQL

FETCH NEXT FROM cPK INTO @PkTable, @PkName
END
CLOSE cPK
DEALLOCATE cPK

Friday, April 3, 2009

Common SQL Server Security Issues and Solutions

This article is from Paul S Randal on securing SQL Server. This is a nice article on how to secure SQL Server. 

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Show/Hide divs and swap images with SkinID using Javascript

The following example shows 2 ways of using javascript to show/hide divs (or any elements) on the click event of an image and also to swap the image that uses a skin id. Since skins are applied on the server side, you cannot change SkinID on client side using javascript. Though this is a crude way of doing it, it worked for developing my website since this functionality is used on only one page. I am sure there are more better and easier ways to do it, but these examples can be used in a simple website that uses asp.net or HTML.

Example 1: To Show only one div at a time.

ASP.Net Code
<div id="divContent">

<h2><a href="#" id="lnk1" onclick="return toggle('div1')">What is Test?</a></h2>
<div id="div1" style="display:none">
<p>Test Test Test Test Test Test Test
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</div>

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<div id="div8" style="display:none">
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</div>
</div>

JavaScript Code:

function toggle(divID)
{
var divToShow = document.getElementById(divID);
var divUL = document.getElementById('dvfaq');
var divs = divUL.getElementsByTagName('DIV');
for(var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++)
{
divs[i].style.display = 'none';
if(divToShow.style.display == 'none')
{
divToShow.style.display = 'block';
}
}
return false;
}

Example 2: To Show multiple divs at a time and click to open and close.

ASP.Net Code

<a id="lnk0" href="#" onclick="return toggle('div0', 'lnk0')">
Q: What is Test? <asp:Image ID="imgToggle" SkinID="ArrowClose"
style="display: inline" runat="server" /><asp:Image ID="Image27"
SkinID="ArrowOpen" style="display: none" runat="server" /></a>
<br />

<div id="div0" style="display:none">
<p>A: Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test
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Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test
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</div>

<a id="lnk1" href="#" onclick="return toggle('div1', 'lnk1')">
Q: What is Sample? <asp:Image ID="Image1" SkinID="ArrowClose"
style="display: inline" runat="server" /><asp:Image ID="Image28"
SkinID="ArrowOpen" style="display: none" runat="server" /></a>
<br />

<div id="div1" style="display:none">
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</div>

JavaScript Code:

function toggle(divID, imgID)
{
var divToShow = document.getElementById(divID);
if(divToShow.style.display == 'none')
{
divToShow.style.display = 'block';
}
else if(divToShow.style.display == 'block')
{
divToShow.style.display = 'none';
}

var imgToShow = document.getElementById(imgID).getElementsByTagName('img')[0];
var imgToHide = document.getElementById(imgID).getElementsByTagName('img')[1];

if(imgToShow.style.display == 'none')
{
imgToShow.style.display = 'inline';
imgToHide.style.display = 'none';
}
else if(imgToShow.style.display == 'inline')
{
imgToShow.style.display = 'none';
imgToHide.style.display = 'inline';
}
return false;
}

Skin Code:

<asp:Image runat="server" SkinID="ArrowClose" ImageUrl="images/arrowClose.gif"
width="9" height="9" />

<asp:Image runat="server" SkinID="ArrowOpen" ImageUrl="images/arrowOpen.gif"
width="9" height="9" />

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Migrating Access Database to SQL Server

I recently received a call from one of my friend asking me, what is the easiest way to migrate a database from ACCESS to SQL Server? I was curious on answering his question and just went for a search in internet to find it was much simple than what I expected. This article describes the steps to migrate a Access database to SQL Server.

To Migrate Access to SQL Server database, download the tool SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access

Install SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access on local computer

You need to have the access database closed while migrating to SQL Server.

Goto Start->;Programs->;Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant 2008 for Access->;Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant 2008 for Access from the computer where it's installed. You will see the welcome screen.

Click Next, Create a new project by entering the Name of the project and it's location. Click Next, You will be taken to a screen to add the Access database. Click on Add Databases button to specify the folder where your access database resides.
Click Next, Here you will have option to migrate only data and/or the queries too. Here, we are migrating both data and the queries.

Click Next, You will see the SQL Server connection Screen. Here specify the SQL Server instance where you want to move your Access database along with the destination Database name and credentials.

Click Next to Link tables. If you want to use your existing Access applications with SQL Server, you can link your original Access tables to the migrated SQL Server tables. Linking modifies your Access database so that your queries, forms, reports, and data access pages use the data in the SQL Server database instead of the data in your Access database.

Click Next to start Migration.

You will see the objects and queries to be migrated. Here If there are any errors or discrepencies will also notified.
Click Ok to complete migration.

Now, you can open your SQL Server database to see that the Access tables and Queries are migrated. The Queries will be migrated as Views and you can use them as you did in the Access tables. The migration task is simple than expected. Now the next task that you will learn from me on this is HOW TO MIGRATE ACCESS REPORTS TO SQL SERVER?