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Sep5

Funny SQL Server Error Messages and What They Really Mean

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Deadlock, SQL Error Messages, SQL Humor, SQL Server
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Some real SQL Server error messages read like jokes. Here are my favorite funny SQL Server error messages and what each one is really telling you.

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Sep5

SQLAuthority News – Interesting Read – Using A SQL JOIN In A SQL UPDATE/Delete Statement – Ben Nadel

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure
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Ben Nadel, my favorite ColdFusion blogger, wrote two clear articles on using a SQL JOIN in UPDATE and DELETE statements. Both are worth a read.

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Sep4

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Tables With Primary Key Constraint in Database

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Scripts, SQL System Table
38 Comments

A script to find tables with primary key constraint in a SQL Server 2005 database, listing the index name, table name and column name from sys.indexes.

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Sep4

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Database

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table
48 Comments

Keys are critical to any database. This script finds every table with a foreign key constraint in SQL Server 2005, with its column and the referenced table.

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Sep3

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Search Stored Procedure Code – Search Stored Procedure Text

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Cursor, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL System Table
89 Comments

How to search stored procedure code in SQL Server 2005 for a table or column name, using sys.procedures and OBJECT_DEFINITION instead of sp_depends.

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Sep2

SQL SERVER – Fix : Error : Msg 3117, Level 16, State 4 The log or differential backup cannot be restored because no files are ready to rollforward

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts
9 Comments

Msg 3117 means the log or differential backup cannot be restored because no files are ready to rollforward. Restore the full backup WITH NORECOVERY first.

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Aug31

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Database Status Using sys.databases or DATABASEPROPERTYEX

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server DBCC, SQL System Table, SQL Utility
30 Comments

Find database status such as ONLINE, OFFLINE, RESTORING or SUSPECT using sys.databases or DATABASEPROPERTYEX, and learn what each status means.

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