Is there a way to tell SQL Server to run a function (e.g. deleting datasets which were created half a year ago) after a certain time (every day, every week...) without any third-party apps?
Ty, guys.
Create a stored procedure that will done all the things you want, and then schedule this store procedure to run after some specific time.
To do this you can use the "SQL Server Agent" . To know how SQL server Agent configured and run
please go through the following way
Expand the SQL Server Agent node and right click the Jobs node in SQL Server Agent and select 'New Job'
In the 'New Job' window enter the name of the job and a description on the 'General' tab.
Select 'Steps' on the left hand side of the window and click 'New' at the bottom.
In the 'Steps' window enter a step name and select the database you want the query to run against.
Paste in the T-SQL command you want to run into the Command window and click 'OK'.
Click on the 'Schedule' menu on the left of the New Job window and enter the schedule information (e.g. daily and a time).
Click 'OK' - and that should be it.
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I'm working on a project which is based on daily activity.So i need to provide multiple reports at the end of the day by using export/Import Wizard it will take around 30-40 min of time.
In this case am thinking that i can write a query to generate these reports are done by a single query.It saves my time.
There is any chance to do this?
You have many options. Two good options to save your time, and generate the results of many queries in file format, are:
SSRS
SSRS Scheduled Reports, if you have that available to you.
To configure a subscription to deliver a report to a file share
In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System CenterConfiguration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management /
Reporting / Reporting Services / , and expand the
node.
In the results pane, right-click a report and then click New Subscription.
On the Subscription Delivery page of the Create Subscription Wizard, specify the delivery properties for this report subscription.
From the Report delivered by drop-down list, select Windows File
Share. For more details about the options on this page, see Report
Subscription Dialog Box: Subscription Delivery Tab.
Click Next to continue.
On the Subscription Schedule page of the Create Subscription Wizard, configure the schedule by which the report will be generated
and delivered to the file share. For more details about the options on
this page, see Report Subscription Dialog Box: Subscription Schedule
Tab.
Click Next to continue.
On the Subscription Parameters page of the Create Subscription Wizard, specify any parameters that this report needs to run. For more
details about the options on this page, see Report Subscription Dialog
Box: Subscription Parameters Tab.
Click Next to continue.
On the Summary page of the Create Subscription Wizard, review the subscription that will be created and then click Next.
On the Confirmation page of the Create Subscription Wizard, review the actions taken and then click Close to exit the wizard.
SQLCMD
And using the Windows scheduler or a batch file run by hand to have sqlcmd run one or more queries and/or stored procedures on a schedule, outputting to one or more files.
Both Excel and Libreoffice will read tab delimited files; to do so with sqlcmd see this stackoverflow answer.
I'm trying to migrate one of my database in my local environment to Azure from SQL server management studio, but i'm facing with the following exception.
Please let me know how to resolve this issue. Thanks
Steps I have followed:
From SQL Server Management Studio, Database -> Tasks --> Deploy database to Windows Azure SQL Database
I'm able to connect to the Azure SQL instance
During the process i'm getting the following error, as in the snapshot.
PFB the snapshot of my local and azure SQL server instances,
Right click on the DB you are trying to copy, select "Generate scripts..." to open the "generate and Publish Scripts" wizard.
Click Next or "Choose Objects" from the navigation pane to the left. On the "Choose Objects" step you may want to select the specific tables/sprocs you want to copy, or you can just choose "Script entire database"
On the next page, I recommend selecting the "Save to a New Query Window" option. Then click "Advanced" in the top right corner and scroll to the bottom of the "General" section. The last item in this section is "Type of data to script". You will probably want to change this to "Schema and data" if you want to include the data in your script.
Click Next until it starts to generate the script. When the script is done, it will open a new query window with CREATE / INSERT statements and when you Execute, it will create a copy of your DB. HOWEVER, you will need to update the USE [MyDatabase] statement and you will need to change the "Available Databases" dropdown to the desired Database (i'm talking about the dropdown box above the Object Explorer)
You can use the following methods:
-dacpac
-In Visual Studio -> Tools - SQL Server - SQL Schema comparison & data comparison
Check in the settings windows - use incompatible platforms
You received that error because the version of SSMS you're using is old. Installing the latest version of SSMS will get things working better.
I needed some guidance with a task I have never worked with SQL Server 2012. Your help would be very much appreciated. I have inherited a data model in SQL Server.
Basically, I have 5 SQL scripts:
Script A
Script B
Script C
Script D
Script E
For running successfully script B,it needs access to tables generated by script A to perform calculation. Basically, the scripts are feeding each other. I need to run the scripts in a specific order.
My first idea was "stored procedure". So far, I have in the past only written a stored procedure to execute code from the same script that do not require executing other scripts.
My question is, what are some ideas you propose for automatically executing the above 5 scripts in a specific order? how can I do this? What would you recommend me to think when doing this?
Running the complete list of scripts takes around 10 hours.
You could easily create a new SQL Server Agent Job task like this:
Expand the SQL Server Agent node and right click the Jobs node in
SQL Server Agent and select 'New Job'
In the 'New Job' window enter the name of the job and a description
on the 'General' tab.
Select 'Steps' on the left hand side of the window and click 'New'
at the bottom.
In the 'Steps' window enter a step name and select the database you
want the query to run against.
Paste in the T-SQL command you want to run into the Command window
and click 'OK'.
Click on the 'Schedule' menu on the left of the New Job window and
enter the schedule information (e.g. daily and a time).
Click 'OK' - and that should be it.
Repeat these steps for each scripts in the order you want them to run. And, there you go!
Say I already created my database but forgot to save the sql commands do create it.
How could I reverse engineer the code from an already existing database?
I'm using Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008.
You can do this pretty easily by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - it's available for free if you don't already have it installed.
Connect to the database
Expand out Databases > YourDataBaseName.
Right-click on the database and select the option "Script database as" then "Create To" then finally "File".
That will create the necessary scripts to recreate your database.
To script out all the tables in your database:
Right-click on the database node
Select "Tasks" then "Generate Scripts".
When the wizard appears, click Next.
Select the database. At this point you can check the "Script all objects in the selected database" which does exactly what it says, or if you leave it unchecked you will get the option later in the process to pick which items are scripted.
Click next. Now you're given some scripting options.
I'd suggest scrolling down the list and checking the option to Script Indexes/Script Triggers. You can also script the data if necessary (though I wouldn't do this if you've got a lot of data in your database).
Modify any options you'd like and click Next.
Select the database types you'd like to script (Users/Tables/Views). Click Next.
Now you've got the opportunity to select more specific items. Hit Next and repeat the process of any of your other database types.
Hit next one more time, then select where you'd like the script written to. You get the chance to review your selections.
Click Finish.
Here's a link for the 2008 version SSMS Express 2008
Your RDBMS comes with some sort of "dump" tool that will give you the structure and content of your database, in the form of SQL statements.
As others have mentioned, if you have SQL Management Studio (you should, it's free as part of SQL Server Express). Fire it up, connect to your instance then expand the Database tree.
Right click on your database and select Tasks->Generate Scripts..
Click next, then Next again (which selects all objects in the database by default), pick an output option (defaults as "Save to File"), click next and voila!
If you also want to script the data as well as the schema, in the "Set Scripting Options" window, click on the Advanced button, scroll down to "Types of data to script" (just above the Table/View Options header) and select "schema and data".
[Edit] Tested - The Generate Scripts option exists and works in the (free) 2008 R2 edition of SSMS. See the link in my comment below for the URI for the R2 version.
I have a SSIS package I am trying to schedule. I create a new job under SQL Server Agent. On the Command line tab of the jobstep, I choose "Edit the command-line manually".
The changes are retained as I switch from tab to tab within the job step but whenever I exit and save the job, the changes are lost.
Any ideas what's going on?
I'm on SQL Server 2008.
This is a confirmed bug, but here's a workaround that my team uses:
1) Script the create job statement (without your edits)
2) Delete the job from SQL Agent
3) Perform your edits in the create script
4) Execute the create job
This will allow you to keep your manually modified command line options.
There is a bug with the Set Values properties in SQL Server Agent for SSIS packages. You need to save the job step while still on the tab I think(?). I'll see if I can remember and reproduce the steps, but you're not going crazy. ;)
You may need to click "OK" for the job step, and "OK" for the job before moving on to any other changes in the job.
try a copy save as on the package and save change the protection level to encrypt sensitive data with password
I had the same issue when trying to append /DumpOnError to the command line tab of the only step in a job. What I realized was that the change was really performed. And I found it out by generating the "create job" script. What was happening then? Well, it seems as if in the edit box of the command line tab you always got the "default" configuration, however the real one is. I checked it on three installations. 2008 standard, 2012 enterprise and 2017 enterprise.