You can use the following scripts to find all affected objects that make any references to your search term. You can either use sql_modules or syscomments to accomplish this purpose. Generally, they should give you the same results, but from time to time, I found that they may give you slightly different results and I haven't had the chance to look closer how big the difference is. Just to keep … [Read more...]
Connect New SSRS Server to Old SQL Server with TLS
This was posted just to share an experience of tackling a problem we encountered when we needed to connect an SSRS Server 2016 to an older SQL Server database (Windows Server 2008 R2) and what steps we took to troubleshoot the issue. After all the reports were migrated to the new SSRS server, upon creating a new Data Source, I got an error message something along the line to enter the user id … [Read more...]
How to Use Python to Connect to SQL Server
Can Python work with SQL Server database? Some may argue that SQL Server is not the best SQL database for Python, but in most cases it actually does not matter. In my corporate experience, SQL Server may be the easiest database to use with Python. Besides, in the workplace often times we just have to use what's available to solve our business problems. One of the advantages of Python language … [Read more...]
How to Get Table Definition in SQL Server
Whenever you need to pull a quick definition of a table in SQL Server. Here's the SQL command (T-SQL) to get the table definition in a database: The result would be something similar to this: COLUMN_NAME DATA_TYPE IS_NULLABLE AccountNo int(10,0) YES AccountName varchar(50) YES Balance money(10,2) … [Read more...]
How to Use Custom Color in SSMS Using Redgate SQL Prompt
Continuing the two previous posts on employing custom color in SSMS using the built-in feature or SSMS Tools Pack to reduce error in connecting to a wrong environment, if you have access to Redgate SQL Prompt, this might be the easiest and best option to use. It's so easy to configure as demonstrated that many developers overlook this feature. You can certainly use the default but for the sake … [Read more...]
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