sql-server-2000

I have two tables Table A: ID 1 2 3 4 Table B: ID 1 2 3 I have two requests: I want to select all rows in table A that table B doesn't have, which in this case is row 4. I want to delete all rows that table B doesn't have. I am using SQL Server 2000. You could use NOT IN : SELECT A.* FROM A WHERE ID NOT IN(SELECT ID FROM B) However, meanwhile i prefer NOT EXISTS : SELECT A.* FROM A WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM B WHERE B.ID=A.ID) There are other options as well, this article explains all advantages and disadvantages very well: Should I use NOT IN, OUTER APPLY, LEFT OUTER JOIN, EXCEPT, or NOT

I've got a table of invoices and a child table of related data related by key. In particular, for each invoice, I'm interested in only the first related row from the child table. Given that I want the one related row for every invoice key - how do I accomplish this? Select i.[Invoice Number], c.[Carrier Name] From Invoice i Left Join Carriers c on i.[InvoiceKey] = c.[InvoiceKey] Where -- what? I guess semantically speaking, what I'm looking for something akin to the concept of Top 1 c.CarrierName Group by InvoiceKey (or what would be the concept of that if that were possible in T-SQL.) I've

We have a stored procedure that runs nightly that in turn kicks off a number of other procedures. Some of those procedures could logically be run in parallel with some of the others. How can I indicate to SQL Server whether a procedure should be run in parallel or serial — ie: kicked off of asynchronously or blocking? What would be the implications of running them in parallel, keeping in mind that I've already determined that the processes won't be competing for table access or locks- just total disk io and memory. For the most part they don't even use the same tables. Does it matter if some

In T-SQL (SQL Server 2000). How can I list all tables and columns in a database? Also, in a separate query is there a way to list all columns along with data type and constraints (NULLS, etc). Thanks. Please check out the information schema . select * from MyDatabaseName.information_schema.columns order by table_name, ordinal_position Many ways to do it. Below are couple of ways that you can list : Option 1: SELECT db_name() as DATABASE_NAME, TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION, COLUMN_DEFAULT, DATA_TYPE, CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH, NUMERIC_PRECISION, NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX,

How can I get the records from a db where created date is today's date? SELECT [Title], [Firstname], [Surname], [Company_name], [Interest] FROM [dbo].[EXTRANET_users] WHERE DATE(Submission_date) = DATE(NOW()) This doesn't work im using sql server 2000 and submission date is a date time field Looks like you're using SQL Server, in which case GETDATE() or current_timestamp may help you. But you will have to ensure that the format of the date with which you are comparing the system dates matches (timezone, granularity etc.) e.g. where convert(varchar(10), submission_date, 102) = convert(varchar

I'm in a situation where I would to generate a script for a database that I could run on another server and get a database identical to the original one, but without any of the data. In essence, I want to end up with a big create script that captures the database schema. I am working in an environment that has SQL Server 2000 installed, and I am unable to install the 2005 client tools (in the event that they would help). I can't afford RedGate, but I really would like to have a database with identical schema on another server. Any suggestions? Any simple .exe (no installation required) tools,