I'm trying to figure out how to create a copy of a table from one linked server to another inside Management Studio. I have both linked servers created, and I can query them. However, one is a SQL Server instance and the other is a ODBC connection to a QuickBooks QODBC connection.
When querying the SQL Server instance I run a query like this
SELECT *
FROM [MYSERVERNAME\SQLSERVICEINSTANCE].[DATABASENAME].[DBO].[TABLENAME]
When querying the QODBC QuickBooks database I run a query like this
SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY(QUICKBOOKS, 'SELECT * FROM Invoice')
How can I select * into SQLSERVER.Invoices FROM QUICKBOOKS.Invoices?
select * into SQLSERVER.Invoices FROM QUICKBOOKS.Invoices is actually pretty close to what you want.
insert into [DATABASENAME].[DBO].[TABLENAME]
(column1, columns2)
SELECT column1, columns2
FROM OPENQUERY(QUICKBOOKS, 'SELECT * FROM Invoice')
Now I guess you want to do this regularly? The most straightforward way is to to run this first to clear the target table:
TRUNCATE TABLE [DATABASENAME].[DBO].[TABLENAME]
If you want to make an exact copy use this:
USE [DATABASENAME]
IF EXISTS (
SELECT * FROM sys.objects
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[DBO].[TABLENAME] ')
AND type in (N'U')
)
DROP TABLE [DBO].[TABLENAME]
SELECT *
into [DBO].[TABLENAME]
FROM OPENQUERY(QUICKBOOKS, 'SELECT * FROM Invoice')
You can pop any of these scripts into a sql agent job to refresh on a regular basis
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I need to modify an MS SQL "job" and add a step. I am creating the step in SSMS to test what I am doing. I am on a DEV server.
I need to do a SELECT INTO to create or populate a table. The only complication is that the FROM clause references a "Linked Server" that is Oracle. The basic query is:
SELECT *
INTO MyDatabase.MySchema.MyTable
FROM LinkedServer..RemoteSchema.RemoteTable
I get two errors reported in SSMS:
No matter what I call the "new" local table SSMS reports that it is an invalid object.
I am told that there is a syntax error near FROM
In the existing DB job there are several examples of this sort of usage. I am just not sure why it is failing here.
What have I tried? I have tried the following in SSMS on my desktop and RDP'd into the DEV server as an 'admin' user to use SSMS there.
SELECT *
INTO MyDatabase.MySchema.MyTable
FROM LinkedServer..RemoteSchema.RemoteTable
--
USE MyDatabase;
SELECT *
INTO MySchema.MyTable
FROM LinkedServer..RemoteSchema.RemoteTable
--
SELECT *
INSERT INTO MyDatabase.MySchema.MyTable
FROM OPENQUERY(LinkedServer, '
select * from RemoteSchema.RemoteTable
');
--
SELECT *
INTO MyDatabase.MySchema.foo
FROM MyDatabase.MySchema.ExistingTable
In the last instance above I am making sure that the source table exists and that the target table does not. I think I am following the rules from HERE
What am I missing?
EDIT
What I was missing was a giant typo. I was actually using incorrect syntax like the third example above: select * INSERT into.... I was blind to the word "INSERT" in my SSMS query window and managed to edit it out of most of the examples above.
You should create an empty table and then insert rows from the linked server into the table.
Create table #MyTable (
col1
, col2 ...
);
INSERT INTO #MyTable (col1, col2 ...)
SELECT col1, col2
FROM LinkedServer..RemoteSchema.RemoteTable
I am trying to insert some data from my local table into linkedserver via sql server. this is what i am doing but it keeps on throwing syntax error.
TRY 1
EXEC(
'INSERT into test.testschema.testoperation
(viasatsubscriptionID, subscriptionrowdate, phonenumberday, viasatcustomerid)
SELECT * FROM rdata.dbo.testoperation'
)AT REDSHIFT64
TRY 2
EXEC(
'INSERT into test.testschema.testoperation
(viasatsubscriptionID, subscriptionrowdate, phonenumberday, viasatcustomerid)'
)AT REDSHIFT64
SELECT * FROM rdata.dbo.testoperation
Both fails.
Any thoughts where i am going wrong?
testoperation is your local table, and since your query runs on the remote server, the table does not exist.
Why don't you try inserting directly to the remote table:
INSERT into REDSHIFT64.test.testschema.testoperation
(viasatsubscriptionID, subscriptionrowdate, phonenumberday, viasatcustomerid)
SELECT * FROM rdata.dbo.testoperation
This might be a very basic question but I can't find the correct command for it.
I can list the datafields in a table using the command
select * from cat where table_name='mytable';
How do I check the data that has been inserted in this table using sqlplus?
You can get all the data from a table by using the simple statement:
select * from <table name>;
so if you want to get all the data from the table cat, try:
select * from cat;
if you'd like to get all the data from mytable, try:
select * from mytable;
any where clause that you define in the statement is used to filter the results that this simple 'select everything from' statement would return.
connect to the desired user in which you want to see tables
SQL QUERY: select table_name from user_tables;
I need the behaviour of SQL Server 2005 where function OBJECT_NAME takes two arguments, obj id and db id, while SQL Server 2000 takes only obj id so the execution must be in the context of the database to which inspected object belongs to.
Solution must be possible to implement in a function, so it can be used in a select query.
In SQL 2005 and up it is of course trivial to do this. The problem is SQL 2000. I used 2000 a lot back when, but no longer have access to any installations of it; the rest of this is largely from memory, and may be inaccurate.
The key thing is how to retrieve data from a database other than the "current" database, when you cannot know what that other database (or databases) will be at the time the code is written. (Yes, the db_id parameter is very convenient!) For this problem and for similar problems, the general work-around is to create dynamic code, something like:
SET #Command = 'select name from ' + #dbname + '.dbo.sysobjects where object_id = ' + #ObjectId
EXECUTE (#Command)
The problem is, I'm pretty sure you can't run dynamic code within functions (or perhaps just within SQL 2000 functions).
You might have to resort to creating a temp table, populating it via dynamic query, and then using it within the "main" query you are trying to write. Psuedo code would be like:
CREATE #TempTable
IF SQL2000 or earlier
INSERT #TempTable EXECUTE (select data from TargetDb.dbo.sysobjects)
-- Note that the entire insert may need to be in the dynamic statement
ELSE
INSERT #TempTable SELECT [from query based on object_id]
SELECT [the data you need]
from YourTable
join #TempTable
In SQL 2008 and up, use:
OBJECT_NAME ( object_id [, database_id ] )
for example:
SELECT TOP 10
object_schema_name(objectid, dbid) as [SchemaName],
object_name(objectid, dbid) as [ObjectName],
e.*
from sys.dm_exec_cached_plans P
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(P.plan_handle) E
I've created an ADO.NET connection manager, and a DataReader source with the following SQL Command:
select
'test' as testcol
INTO
#tmp
select * from #tmp
If I click the refresh button in the DataReader component, I get SqlException "Invalid object name #tmp". The SQL statment itself is clearly valid and executes properly in sql server management studio. I've also tried setting DelayValidation on the connection manager, to no avail.
is the error on the INSERT or the SELECT?
if you are issuing only one command that contains both the INSERT and SELECT, try putting a semicolon before the SELECT.
EDIT after OP comment
encapsulate all the logic within a stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE YourProcedureName
AS
select
'test' as testcol
INTO
#tmp
select * from #tmp
GO
the have your application run this single SQL command:
exec YourProcedureName
EDIT after next OP comment
OP doesn't say which SQL Server version they are using, if 2005 or up, try a CTE:
;with CTEtemp as
(
select
'test' as testcol
)
select * from CTEtemp
Why couldn't this be replaced with a "SELECT 'test' as testcol"? The SSIS query parser may be having trouble with it because there's a temp table involved and it expects a single statement, not an actual SQL script. Or, if what you're sharing above is only an example for illustration, maybe something like this:
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT 'test' AS testcol)
Can you elaborate on what you're trying to accomplish here and, if it is, why the temp table is required?
Use sp_executesql
Your command would become
exec sp_executesql #statement=N'
select
''test'' as testcol
INTO
#tmp
select * from #tmp'
You must use nvarchar string (hence the N), and escape single quotes by doubling them.
I had the same problem as you and this is how I just fixed it.