I'm trying to get into SQL using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. I've added a database and I want to make a query:
This works and I can execute the code, but after I saved my query and closed the program it doesn't work anymore when I open the program and try to execute the query again. It can't find the terms I'm relating to:
I don't know why this occurs or how I can solve it, it seems that the connection between the query and the database is gone... Can someone help me on this?
You're attempting to execute the query against the master database but that's not where your tables are. Three ways to handle this:
Use the drop-down in the toolbar to switch to the dbArtemis database
Fully-qualify your table names. dbArtemis.dbo.Klantnummer for example
Execute use dbArtemis; in your query window before the query itself.
Just add before your query the name of your database:
USE dbArtemi
GO
SELECT Naam
FROM tblklaten
WHERE klatenummer =
(SELECT DISTINCT klatnummer FROM tblorders where (orderID = 11013));
GO
I'd like first to know how to make a query over all the databases in my server instance with pymssql (in MSSQL management studio = right click --> new query on the server thumbnail then don't need to specify the name of the db in the query - it just gives you one more column in the output which is the segment from which the record is from). Then how do you do the same as registered servers on two or multiple hosts (I have 2 hosts and I want to pass the same query do I really need to make the two connections ?)
thanks
You could use sp_foreachdb, like this:
EXECUTE master.sys.sp_MSforeachdb 'USE [?]; EXEC update table set foo = bar'
Maybe this can help you (but - to be honest - I did not really understand what you want :-) )
SELECT * FROM sys.databases
Is there a setting in the management studio that would allow me, when I create a new query, to use just:
SELECT * FROM Foo
instead of
SELECT * FROM dbname.dbo.Foo
assuming of course there is no ambiguity?
Currently I get an error message. Thanks.
You can set a default schema for a User in SQL Server 2012.
Here is the MSDN page
Note: You can't change the schema after setting it once.
SELECT YOUR DATABASE NAME HERE FROM THE DROP DOWN LIST and then if there is any ambiguity in column names just use two part name i.e TABLENAME.ColumnName
WHere you open a new query window it opens it in Master database context, And people who has been working with sql server for years and years makes this mistake quite often of openning a query window and start executing a script in master db. so your not the only one :)
You can also use the USE statement i.e
USE DataBase_Name
GO
//your query.........
In SQL Server Management Studio (2005 and up), when I right-click a table and script out a SELECT or INSERT statement, all columns are listed underneath each other:
SELECT
[field1]
,[field2]
,[field3]
,[field4]
...
FROM dbo.[table1]
For tables with a lot of columns this causes me to lose track of the actual T-SQL flow, so I'd prefer the columns on a single line:
SELECT [field1], [field2], [fields3], [field4], ...
FROM [table1]
Is there any tool (can be an online tool) that takes this output and converts it? Or am I missing an option in the SQL scripting?
You can visit sqlformat, Change option List and Parameters Style to Not Stacked
Or
Even you can use Notepad++ plugin Poor Man T-SQL formatter and Changes it options
You can do it using Find and Replace.
Ctrl+F
Quick Replace
Check Use ->Regular Expressions
Find Wha`: ",\n\t" (comma, line feed and tabulation)
Replace with ", " (comma and space)
Replace All
From Management studio you go to a table or a view, expand it so that you can see the columns folder and then drag the folder onto your query and it will write all the columns of that table in a single row.
While in Management Studio, I am trying to run a query/do a join between two linked servers.
Is this a correct syntax using linked db servers:
select foo.id
from databaseserver1.db1.table1 foo,
databaseserver2.db1.table1 bar
where foo.name=bar.name
Basically, do you just preface the db server name to the db.table ?
The format should probably be:
<server>.<database>.<schema>.<table>
For example:
DatabaseServer1.db1.dbo.table1
Update: I know this is an old question and the answer I have is correct; however, I think any one else stumbling upon this should know a few things.
Namely, when querying against a linked server in a join situation the ENTIRE table from the linked server will likely be downloaded to the server the query is executing from in order to do the join operation. In the OP's case, both table1 from DB1 and table1 from DB2 will be transferred in their entirety to the server executing the query, presumably named DB3.
If you have large tables, this may result in an operation that takes a long time to execute. After all it is now constrained by network traffic speeds which is orders of magnitude slower than memory or even disk transfer speeds.
If possible, perform a single query against the remote server, without joining to a local table, to pull the data you need into a temp table. Then query off of that.
If that's not possible then you need to look at the various things that would cause SQL server to have to load the entire table locally. For example using GETDATE() or even certain joins. Others performance killers include not giving appropriate rights.
See http://thomaslarock.com/2013/05/top-3-performance-killers-for-linked-server-queries/ for some more info.
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([SERVER_NAME], 'SELECT * FROM DATABASE_NAME..TABLENAME')
This may help you.
For those having trouble with these other answers , try OPENQUERY
Example:
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LinkedServer], 'select * from [DBName].[schema].[tablename]')
If you still find issue with <server>.<database>.<schema>.<table>
Enclose server name in []
You need to specify the schema/owner (dbo by default) as part of the reference. Also, it would be preferable to use the newer (ANSI-92) join style.
select foo.id
from databaseserver1.db1.dbo.table1 foo
inner join databaseserver2.db1.dbo.table1 bar
on foo.name = bar.name
select * from [Server].[database].[schema].[tablename]
This is the correct way to call.
Be sure to verify that the servers are linked before executing the query!
To check for linked servers call:
EXEC sys.sp_linkedservers
right click on a table and click script table as select
select name from drsql01.test.dbo.employee
drslq01 is servernmae --linked serer
test is database name
dbo is schema -default schema
employee is table name
I hope it helps to understand, how to execute query for linked server
Usually direct queries should not be used in case of linked server because it heavily use temp database of SQL server. At first step data is retrieved into temp DB then filtering occur. There are many threads about this. It is better to use open OPENQUERY because it passes SQL to the source linked server and then it return filtered results e.g.
SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY(Linked_Server_Name , 'select * from TableName where ID = 500')
For what it's worth, I found the following syntax to work the best:
SELECT * FROM [LINKED_SERVER]...[TABLE]
I couldn't get the recommendations of others to work, using the database name. Additionally, this data source has no schema.
In sql-server(local) there are two ways to query data from a linked server(remote).
Distributed query (four part notation):
Might not work with all remote servers. If your remote server is MySQL then distributed query will not work.
Filters and joins might not work efficiently. If you have a simple query with WHERE clause, sql-server(local) might first fetch entire table from the remote server and then apply the WHERE clause locally. In case of large tables this is very inefficient since a lot of data will be moved from remote to local. However this is not always the case. If the local server has access to remote server's table statistics then it might be as efficient as using openquery More details
On the positive side T-SQL syntax will work.
SELECT * FROM [SERVER_NAME].[DATABASE_NAME].[SCHEMA_NAME].[TABLE_NAME]
OPENQUERY
This is basically a pass-through. The query is fully processed on the remote server thus will make use of index or any optimization on the remote server. Effectively reducing the amount of data transferred from the remote to local sql-server.
Minor drawback of this approach is that T-SQL syntax will not work if the remote server is anything other than sql-server.
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([SERVER_NAME], 'SELECT * FROM DATABASE_NAME.SCHEMA_NAME.TABLENAME')
Overall OPENQUERY seems like a much better option to use in majority of the cases.
I have done to find out the data type in the table at link_server using openquery and the results were successful.
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY (LINKSERVERNAME, '
SELECT DATA_TYPE, COLUMN_NAME
FROM [DATABASENAME].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE
TABLE_NAME =''TABLENAME''
')
Its work for me
Following Query is work best.
Try this Query:
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LINKED_SERVER_NAME], 'SELECT * FROM [DATABASE_NAME].[SCHEMA].[TABLE_NAME]')
It Very helps to link MySQL to MS SQL
PostgreSQL:
You must provide a database name in the Data Source DSN.
Run Management Studio as Administrator
You must omit the DBName from the query:
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LinkedServer], 'select * from schema."tablename"')
For MariaDB (and so probably MySQL), attempting to specify the schema using the three-dot syntax did not work, resulting in the error "invalid use of schema or catalog". The following solution worked:
In SSMS, go to Server Objects > Linked Servers > Providers > MSDASQL
Ensure that "Dynamic parameter", "Level zero only", and "Allow inprocess" are all checked
You can then query any schema and table using the following syntax:
SELECT TOP 10 *
FROM LinkedServerName...[SchemaName.TableName]
Source: SELECT * FROM MySQL Linked Server using SQL Server without OpenQuery
Have you tried adding " around the first name?
like:
select foo.id
from "databaseserver1".db1.table1 foo,
"databaseserver2".db1.table1 bar
where foo.name=bar.name