Two Options.

1. Create a procedure and execute that procedure in the job.
USE [EPO_USLAX-EPO01]
Create Proc [USp_ShrinkDB]
AS
DBCC SHRINKFILE ( ‘ePO_USLAX-EPO01′, 20)
DBCC SHRINKFILE (‘ePO_USLAX-EPO01_log’, 10)
go

put this script in the job.
Exec [EPO_USLAX-EPO01]..[USp_ShrinkDB]

2. What if you do this in two different steps of the same job, Something like this,

Create a job,
First Step in that job is to only shrink one file
USE [EPO_USLAX-EPO01]
DBCC SHRINKFILE ( ‘ePO_USLAX-EPO01′, 20)

Second step in that job will be to shrink second file.
USE [EPO_USLAX-EPO01]
DBCC SHRINKFILE (‘ePO_USLAX-EPO01_log’, 10)

~IM.

Please help…..

Use “EPO_USLAX-EPO01″
go
DBCC SHRINKFILE (“ePO_USLAX-EPO01″, 20)
GO
DBCC SHRINKFILE (“ePO_USLAX-EPO01_log”, 10)
go

After testing these queries, we found that if the ` char was removed and replaced by [ ] brackets, then all the queries would work in both db’s.

When the designer creates insert, update and delete queries it encloses the table name and field names with a ` (ASCII char 96).
For example:

INSERT INTO `table` (`col1`, `col2`, `col3`) values (….)

Is there a reason for this character? Assuming it’s for escape purposes, is there a setting to make Visual Studio use another character, eg “[" or "]“?

I made a mistake. Brackets are for objects, not literals.

So, escape it with a single-quote. REPLACE(col, ””, ”””)

SET @sql_query = ‘SELECT COUNT(loc_name + ctv_name + xyz_code )’
+ ‘ FROM [dbo].[' + @country + '_Listings]‘
+ ‘ WHERE loc_name = ‘ + REPLACE(@province, ””, ”””)
+ ‘ AND ctv_name = ‘ + REPLACE(@city, ””, ”””)
+ ‘ AND sic_code = ‘ + REPLACE(@xyz_code, ””, ”””);

The confusion here is that you are using dynamic SQL. If you use parameters instead, all these problems go away.

Obviously, you want dynamic SQL because of the TABLE which is dynamic. But is that really what you want? Why not have one Listing TABLE with country as a COLUMN inside it?

Sorry about that. The double-quote should be a single-quote. It needs to end off the ])

In your last example too, make the double-quote a single-quote.

Double-quote are used to quote names, such as a TABLE or COLUMN. Single-quotes are used for values.

SET @sql_query = “SELECT COUNT( loc_name + ctv_name + xyz_code ) FROM [dbo].[' + @country + '_Listings] WHERE ( loc_name = [' + @province + '] ) AND ( ctv_name = [' + @city + '] ) AND ( sic_code = [' + @xyz_code + '] )”;

Msg 103, Level 15, State 4, Procedure set_RECORDS, Line 54
The identifier that starts with ‘

SELECT COUNT( loc_name + ctv_name + xyz_code ) FROM [dbo].[' + @country + '_Listings]‘

is too long. Maximum length is 128.

SET @sql_query = ‘INSERT INTO ‘ + @TRG__db_table + ‘ ( ‘ + @TRG__tb_fields + ‘ ) VALUES ( ‘ + @user_name + ‘, ‘ + @TRG__address + ‘, ‘ + @TRG__user_name + ‘ , ‘ + @TRG__city_town + ‘, ‘ + @TRG__state_province + ‘ )’;

PRINT ‘SQL-Query: ‘ + @sql_query;

Should I make it like:

SET @sql_query = ‘INSERT INTO [' + @TRG__db_table + '] ( [' + @TRG__tb_fields + '] ) VALUES ( [' + @user_name + '], [' + @TRG__address + '], [' + @TRG__user_name + '], [' + @TRG__city_town + '], [' + @TRG__state_province + '] )’;

If this is ok, where does the double quote should be placed?

Either escape the single-quote with another, or encase it in brackets.

VALUES ([ ' + @COLUMN_ABC + '])’’;

e.g.: [Mark's House]
Whenever I try to do this:

SET @sql_query = ‘INSERT INTO ‘ + @TABLE_XYZ + ‘ ( ‘ + @TRG_FIELDS + ‘ ) VALUES ( ‘ + @COLUMN_ABC ‘ + ‘)’ ;
EXEC ( @sql_query );

The query works as long as the columns do not contain the single quote element.

Can anyone give me hand on this?
I am no longer sure of what could be the solution to this.

I am sure it’s simple. :(

For pointing this out. I have edited abusive response.

Kind Regards,
Pinal

Please do not use abusive language. It is not helpful to anyone.

set quoted_identifier off
select “Hello ‘you’ if that’s your real name”
set quoted identifier on

Learn how to learn!

AWA/Central/_catalogs/masterpage

Thanks in advance

This is hideous functionality. Completely unintuitive. One more reason for me to hate SQL Server…

select Name
from employee
where Name = ‘Ma”ry’

word by word -> Single quote+Ma+Single quote+Single quote+ry+Single quote