How do i join 2 databases on seperate servers?

Trying to extract data from two databases on different servers... I know how
to write Select statements to get data from them seperately but have not
managed to join the two together.
Can anyone help with this issue?
Thank you
ck
use the four-part-notation
SELECT Somecolumns
>From SomelocalTable T1
INNER JOIN LinkedServername.Databasename.Ownername.SomeTableN ame T1
ON T1.SomejoinColumn = T2.SomejoinColumn
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

How do i join 2 databases on seperate servers?

Trying to extract data from two databases on different servers... I know how
to write Select statements to get data from them seperately but have not
managed to join the two together.
Can anyone help with this issue?
Thank you
ckuse the four-part-notation
SELECT Somecolumns
>From SomelocalTable T1
INNER JOIN LinkedServername.Databasename.Ownername.SomeTableName T1
ON T1.SomejoinColumn = T2.SomejoinColumn
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

How do i implement If Then Else Conditions

Hi All,

I'm very new to Integration Services. Self Learned this ETL tool based on my prior ETL tool knowledge.

Can you tell me how do write IF Then Else conditions for every column in my source and redirect to a single output?

Hey correction here ... i'm using flat file as my source

Thanks in Advance,

Suresh N

It would help if you could provide a more explicit example of the type of logic you're hoping to implement, but here is a response based on my best guess at what you're trying to accomplish.

FIrst, start with the Derived Column transformation in your data flow: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141069.aspx. This transform is the tool of choice for adding new columns - including new columns based on conditional logic and the values in existing columns - to your data flow.

Next, build an expression using the SSIS conditional operator to implement the If Then Else logic you need: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141680.aspx.

You can also use the Script Transformation to perform more complex If Then Else logic in the data flow, but I personally try to avoid this if I can, as it makes your packages more difficult to maintain.

Please let us know if this gives you what you need.

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Thanks for reply Matthew.

I'm not able to do. Still needed help.

I have a flat file as a source, for each column i need to detect for NULL values. If it is NULL then i need to populate "99" Else Value.

I'm trying the same in Derived column transformation, not succeeded.

Do SSIS have something where i could write If Then Else ?

thanks..

Suresh N

|||

Suresh,

You can use a derived column transformation in the data flow with an conditional expression like

ISNULL(column1) ? 99 : column1

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms137538.aspx

|||

Suresh N wrote:

Thanks for reply Matthew.

I'm not able to do. Still needed help.

I have a flat file as a source, for each column i need to detect for NULL values. If it is NULL then i need to populate "99" Else Value.

I'm trying the same in Derived column transformation, not succeeded.

Do SSIS have something where i could write If Then Else ?

thanks..

Suresh N

This is exactly what the Derived Column transform is designed to do. Can you please post some specific information about what you are doing and what results you're seeing. There's not a lot of helpful information in your post to assist in troubleshooting.

|||

Hi Rafael,

Thanks much for your answer.

This has made my job done.

Regards,

Suresh N

|||

If you have to do this for several files accross a couple of packages then this when I think you should consider a custom transform. Faster development and maintenance as well as the ability to control custom business rules in a single (external to packages) assembly. The use of 99 in a local business rule I believe.

How do I hide zeros w/o a conditional stmt

I need a way to format fields without having to write a conditional statement
based on each textbox's value. I'm dealing with hundreds of fields.
Something like a HideZeros setting on the field. Any help would be
appreciatedWhat I do is change the Format property of each textbox to a custom value:
#,##0.0;(#,##0.0);-
the 1st group is how to display positive values;
the 2nd is for negatives;
and the 3rd is for zeroes (I am just displaying a dash here).
good luck,
Greg
"Blake Gremillion" <BlakeGremillion@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:64AAF2A7-F92B-4E91-8F96-3A9AAB2088FC@.microsoft.com...
>I need a way to format fields without having to write a conditional
>statement
> based on each textbox's value. I'm dealing with hundreds of fields.
> Something like a HideZeros setting on the field. Any help would be
> appreciated|||Thanks!
Worked great. Any idea on how to use that with a Percentage field.
"Blake Gremillion" wrote:
> I need a way to format fields without having to write a conditional statement
> based on each textbox's value. I'm dealing with hundreds of fields.
> Something like a HideZeros setting on the field. Any help would be
> appreciated|||I would try custom again and this time use:
0.0%;(0.0%);-
I pesonally use custom with percentages anyways and use
P1
to get just one decimal place. I think the standard "percentage" option,
gives you two. Of course neither hides zeroes. ;(
Greg
"Blake Gremillion" <BlakeGremillion@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0B62BEDB-123A-4B5A-B363-ACAF9759425C@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks!
> Worked great. Any idea on how to use that with a Percentage field.
>
>
> "Blake Gremillion" wrote:
>> I need a way to format fields without having to write a conditional
>> statement
>> based on each textbox's value. I'm dealing with hundreds of fields.
>> Something like a HideZeros setting on the field. Any help would be
>> appreciated|||Yeah, I think that's what I'll have to do instead of using the Px format.
Thanks Again!
"Greg Burns" wrote:
> I would try custom again and this time use:
> 0.0%;(0.0%);-
> I pesonally use custom with percentages anyways and use
> P1
> to get just one decimal place. I think the standard "percentage" option,
> gives you two. Of course neither hides zeroes. ;(
> Greg
>
> "Blake Gremillion" <BlakeGremillion@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:0B62BEDB-123A-4B5A-B363-ACAF9759425C@.microsoft.com...
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Worked great. Any idea on how to use that with a Percentage field.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Blake Gremillion" wrote:
> >
> >> I need a way to format fields without having to write a conditional
> >> statement
> >> based on each textbox's value. I'm dealing with hundreds of fields.
> >> Something like a HideZeros setting on the field. Any help would be
> >> appreciated
>
>

How do I get SSIS to do this...?

I feel like I'm losing my mind. I can write code in 7 different languages, but I can't figure out how to create an SSIS package to do the following:

Table A, 6 columns: EmpID, Code1, Code2, Code3, LocationCode, ScriptPath

Table B, 5 columns: Code1, Code2, Code3, LocationCode, ScriptPath

Using the values in the Code columns for lookup, I need to pull the most specific value from Table B and store it in Table A. So the task is to fill in the LocationCode and ScriptPath columns in Table A from Table B using the following logic:

If

Table B has a row where Code1,

Code2 and Code3 all match the

appropriate values in the Table A

row then copy the LocationCode

from Table B to that row in Table A.

Else If

Table B has a row where Code1

and Code2 both match the appropriate

values in the Table A row then copy

the LocationCode from Table B to

that row in Table A.

Else If

Table B has a row where Code1

matches the appropriate value

Table A row then copy the

LocationCode from Table B to

that row in Table A.

Else

Place a default value in that row

in Table A.

Same logic for the ScriptPath.

The logic is pretty straight forward, but I can't wrap my brain around how to turn this into an SSIS package.

Can someone give me a quick sketch of what components to use to create something like this?

Thanks.

J

Roughly,

Lookup on 1, 2, 3

->Successful lookup -> Union All

->Failed lookup -> Lookup on 1, 2

->Successful lookup -> Union All

->Failed lookup -> Lookup on 1

->Successful lookup -> Union All

->Failed lookup -> Derived Column (for default) -> Union All

It's the same Union All for all branches.

Honestly, I think I'd do this in a Exec SQL, and not a data flow. If I am understanding your question properly, you will be updating Table A, so you'd either have to use an OLE DB Command in the data flow to issue the update, or write it to a temp table and issue an Exec SQL after the data flow.

|||

I'm writing it as a stored procedure now, but I just wanted to get my hands dirty with the SSIS stuff - so I gave it a shot.

I can't even figure out how to get the lookups to work properly in SSIS. When I play with it some more, I'll post the error that I'm getting. Maybe you can tell me what I'm doing wrong at that point...

Thanks for the response.

J

How do I find Total Disk Size from SQLServer

I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks on
the sql server box.
I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for each
disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate. Is
there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
Thanks.
This was given by David Portas
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Sep 9 2003, 12:48 am show options
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This function will give you total space for any given drive:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetDriveSize
(@.driveletter CHAR(1))
RETURNS NUMERIC(20)
BEGIN
DECLARE @.rs INTEGER, @.fso INTEGER, @.getdrive VARCHAR(13), @.drv
INTEGER,
@.drivesize VARCHAR(20)
SET @.getdrive = 'GetDrive("' + @.driveletter + '")'
EXEC @.rs = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject', @.fso OUTPUT
IF @.rs = 0
EXEC @.rs = sp_OAMethod @.fso, @.getdrive, @.drv OUTPUT
IF @.rs = 0
EXEC @.rs = sp_OAGetProperty @.drv,'TotalSize', @.drivesize OUTPUT
IF @.rs<> 0
SET @.drivesize = NULL
EXEC sp_OADestroy @.drv
EXEC sp_OADestroy @.fso
RETURN @.drivesize
END
GO
SELECT dbo.GetDriveSize('C')
|||sp_diskspace
http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
I support PASS - the definitive, global
community for SQL Server professionals -
http://www.sqlpass.org
"yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
>I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks
>on
> the sql server box.
> I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for
> each
> disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
> hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
> procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate.
> Is
> there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
> Thanks.
|||Thanks guys,
Since the user who needs to use these procedures is noy sysadmin, I'm
explicitly granting execute permissions in the 4 SP's being used. Hoep
that;s not a big issue.
"Jasper Smith" wrote:

> sp_diskspace
> http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
> --
> HTH
> Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> http://www.sqldbatips.com
> I support PASS - the definitive, global
> community for SQL Server professionals -
> http://www.sqlpass.org
> "yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
>
>

How do I find Total Disk Size from SQLServer

I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks on
the sql server box.
I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for each
disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate. Is
there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
Thanks.This was given by David Portas
David Portas
Sep 9 2003, 12:48 am show options
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From: "David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dpor...@.acm.org> - Find
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:48:54 +0100
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This function will give you total space for any given drive:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetDriveSize
(@.driveletter CHAR(1))
RETURNS NUMERIC(20)
BEGIN
DECLARE @.rs INTEGER, @.fso INTEGER, @.getdrive VARCHAR(13), @.drv
INTEGER,
@.drivesize VARCHAR(20)
SET @.getdrive = 'GetDrive("' + @.driveletter + '")'
EXEC @.rs = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject', @.fso OUTPUT
IF @.rs = 0
EXEC @.rs = sp_OAMethod @.fso, @.getdrive, @.drv OUTPUT
IF @.rs = 0
EXEC @.rs = sp_OAGetProperty @.drv,'TotalSize', @.drivesize OUTPUT
IF @.rs<> 0
SET @.drivesize = NULL
EXEC sp_OADestroy @.drv
EXEC sp_OADestroy @.fso
RETURN @.drivesize
END
GO
SELECT dbo.GetDriveSize('C')|||sp_diskspace
http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
--
HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
I support PASS - the definitive, global
community for SQL Server professionals -
http://www.sqlpass.org
"yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
>I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks
>on
> the sql server box.
> I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for
> each
> disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
> hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
> procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate.
> Is
> there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
> Thanks.|||Thanks guys,
Since the user who needs to use these procedures is noy sysadmin, I'm
explicitly granting execute permissions in the 4 SP's being used. Hoep
that;s not a big issue.
"Jasper Smith" wrote:
> sp_diskspace
> http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
> --
> HTH
> Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> http://www.sqldbatips.com
> I support PASS - the definitive, global
> community for SQL Server professionals -
> http://www.sqlpass.org
> "yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
> >I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks
> >on
> > the sql server box.
> >
> > I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for
> > each
> > disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
> > hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
> > procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate.
> > Is
> > there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
> > Thanks.
>
>|||My team had the same problem, except that in SQL 2005 we didn't want to allow
OLE automation at all. We ended up instead creating a stored procedure that
used VB (System.IO.DriveInfo) to get the total free space and total size to
help determine total disk space. Then we merely call the stored procedure on
a regular basis.
"yodarules" wrote:
> Thanks guys,
> Since the user who needs to use these procedures is noy sysadmin, I'm
> explicitly granting execute permissions in the 4 SP's being used. Hoep
> that;s not a big issue.
>
> "Jasper Smith" wrote:
> > sp_diskspace
> > http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
> >
> > --
> > HTH
> >
> > Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> > http://www.sqldbatips.com
> > I support PASS - the definitive, global
> > community for SQL Server professionals -
> > http://www.sqlpass.org
> >
> > "yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
> > >I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks
> > >on
> > > the sql server box.
> > >
> > > I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for
> > > each
> > > disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
> > > hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
> > > procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate.
> > > Is
> > > there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
> > > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >

How do I find Total Disk Size from SQLServer

I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks o
n
the sql server box.
I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for each
disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate. I
s
there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
Thanks.This was given by David Portas
David Portas
Sep 9 2003, 12:48 am show options
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sqlserver.server
From: "David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dpor...@.acm.org> - Find
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:48:54 +0100
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This function will give you total space for any given drive:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetDriveSize
(@.driveletter CHAR(1))
RETURNS NUMERIC(20)
BEGIN
DECLARE @.rs INTEGER, @.fso INTEGER, @.getdrive VARCHAR(13), @.drv
INTEGER,
@.drivesize VARCHAR(20)
SET @.getdrive = 'GetDrive("' + @.driveletter + '")'
EXEC @.rs = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject', @.fso OUTPUT
IF @.rs = 0
EXEC @.rs = sp_OAMethod @.fso, @.getdrive, @.drv OUTPUT
IF @.rs = 0
EXEC @.rs = sp_OAGetProperty @.drv,'TotalSize', @.drivesize OUTPUT
IF @.rs<> 0
SET @.drivesize = NULL
EXEC sp_OADestroy @.drv
EXEC sp_OADestroy @.fso
RETURN @.drivesize
END
GO
SELECT dbo.GetDriveSize('C')|||sp_diskspace
http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
I support PASS - the definitive, global
community for SQL Server professionals -
http://www.sqlpass.org
"yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
>I know you can use xp_fixeddrives to find the free space left in the disks
>on
> the sql server box.
> I trying to write a procedure where I can set a threshold in the DB for
> each
> disks and once we reach it send me an email. Now I have the Disk Size as
> hard coded, the problem with this is that if we changes disks or use this
> procedure on another box running SQL Server, it not going to be accurate.
> Is
> there anyway to find total disk size using some XP's like xp_fixeddrives.
> Thanks.|||Thanks guys,
Since the user who needs to use these procedures is noy sysadmin, I'm
explicitly granting execute permissions in the 4 SP's being used. Hoep
that;s not a big issue.
"Jasper Smith" wrote:

> sp_diskspace
> http://www.sqldbatips.com/displaycode.asp?ID=4
> --
> HTH
> Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> http://www.sqldbatips.com
> I support PASS - the definitive, global
> community for SQL Server professionals -
> http://www.sqlpass.org
> "yodarules" <yodarules@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:472C3AFD-B322-426C-A7CF-0E2B0A4A75EB@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||My team had the same problem, except that in SQL 2005 we didn't want to allo
w
OLE automation at all. We ended up instead creating a stored procedure that
used VB (System.IO.DriveInfo) to get the total free space and total size to
help determine total disk space. Then we merely call the stored procedure o
n
a regular basis.
"yodarules" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Thanks guys,
> Since the user who needs to use these procedures is noy sysadmin, I'm
> explicitly granting execute permissions in the 4 SP's being used. Hoep
> that;s not a big issue.
>
> "Jasper Smith" wrote:
>|||My team had the same problem, except that in SQL 2005 we didn't want to allo
w
OLE automation at all. We ended up instead creating a stored procedure that
used VB (System.IO.DriveInfo) to get the total free space and total size to
help determine total disk space. Then we merely call the stored procedure o
n
a regular basis.
"yodarules" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Thanks guys,
> Since the user who needs to use these procedures is noy sysadmin, I'm
> explicitly granting execute permissions in the 4 SP's being used. Hoep
> that;s not a big issue.
>
> "Jasper Smith" wrote:
>

How do I find IDENTITY columns on Table using T-SQL

Is there a query I can write against an INFORMATION_SCHEMA or against the system tables to determine if a column is an identity column?

Found it, a little obscure:

SELECT obj.[name], col.[name], col.[colstat], col.*
FROM [syscolumns] col
JOIN [sysobjects] obj
ON obj.[id] = col.[id]
WHERE obj.type = 'U'
AND col.[status] = 0x80
ORDER BY obj.[name]

Does anyone know a way of doing this using an INFORMATIO_SCHEMA view?

|||I posted that sometime ago:

SELECT IsIdentity=COLUMNPROPERTY(id, name, 'IsIdentity')
FROM syscolumns WHERE OBJECT_NAME(id) = sometable_test'

Mit Information_schema views from
http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele/archive/2003/12/03/41051.aspx

select TABLE_NAME + '.' + COLUMN_NAME, TABLE_NAME
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where TABLE_SCHEMA = 'dbo'
and COLUMNPROPERTY(object_id(TABLE_NAME), COLUMN_NAME, 'IsIdentity') =
1
order by TABLE_NAME

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.,de

|||

Here is some more ( in technicolor ;-) )

USE northwind
GO

DECLARE @.tableName VARCHAR(50)
SELECT @.tableName = 'orders'

--Use COLUMNPROPERTY and the syscolumns system table
SELECT COUNT(name) AS HasIdentity
FROM syscolumns
WHERE OBJECT_NAME(id) = @.tableName
AND COLUMNPROPERTY(id, name, 'IsIdentity') = 1
GO

DECLARE @.intObjectID INT
SELECT @.intObjectID =OBJECT_ID('orders')

--Use OBJECTPROPERTY and the TableHasIdentity property name
SELECT COALESCE(OBJECTPROPERTY(@.intObjectID, 'TableHasIdentity'),0) AS HasIdentity

Denis the SQL Menace

http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/

How do I exclude null fields?

Is there a way to write a select statement that will pull only fields that are not null?

SELECT col1, col2 FROM yourtable WHERE yourcol IS NOT NULL

col1, col2, and yourcol are columns in your table.

If you have specific question, please post it here.

|||Thanks!