sql-drop

I have a client application that creates a temp table, the performs a bulk insert into the temp table, then executes some SQL using the table before deleting it. Pseudo-code: open connection begin transaction CREATE TABLE #Temp ([Id] int NOT NULL) bulk insert 500 rows into #Temp UPDATE [OtherTable] SET [Status]=0 WHERE [Id] IN (SELECT [Id] FROM #Temp) AND [Group]=1 DELETE FROM #Temp WHERE [Id] IN (SELECT [Id] FROM [OtherTable] WHERE [Group]=1) INSERT INTO [OtherTable] ([Group], [Id]) SELECT 1 as [Group], [DocIden] FROM #Temp DROP TABLE #Temp COMMIT TRANSACTION CLOSE CONNECTION This is failing

I am trying to drop a table in a database with the following query statement: mysql_query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "dbName.tableName"') or die(mysql_error()); But I keep getting an error. Does anyone know if specifying the dbName.tableName is invalid? mysql_query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `dbName`.`tableName`') or die(mysql_error()); You should use backticks instead of double quotes like this: mysql_query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `dbName`.`tableName`'); You can't use double quotes to quote db/table names, instead you either leave them unquoted or use backticks. But to answer your question, yes it is

I have a list of half a dozen MSSQL 2008 tables that I would like to remove at once from my database. The data has been entirely migrated to new tables. There is no reference in the new tables to the old tables. The problem being that old tables comes with loads of inner FK constraints that have been autogenerated by a tool (aspnet_regsql actually). Hence dropping manually all constraints is a real pain. How can I can drop the old tables ignoring all inner constraints? Naveed Parvez It depends on how you want to drop the tables. If list of tables need to drop covers almost above 20 % of tables

I am attempting to clean out a table but not get rid of the actual structure of the table. I have an id column that is auto-incrementing; I don't need to keep the ID number, but I do need it to keep its auto-incrementing characteristic. I've found delete and truncate but I'm worried one of these will completely drop the entire table rendering future insert commands useless. How do I remove all of the records from the table so that I can insert new data? TRUNCATE will reset your auto-increment seed (on InnoDB tables, at least), although you could note its value before truncating and re-set

I am new to PostgreSQL and I try to get my head around it. I am familiar to db's and MySQL. I am trying to delete database, which I created since psql seems to ignore the changes I try to push through Django. When I execute \l I get the following response: List of databases Name | Owner | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges ------------------+--------+----------+-------------+-------------+------------------- postgres | neurix | UTF8 | en_AU.UTF-8 | en_AU.UTF-8 | test_db | neurix | UTF8 | en_AU.UTF-8 | en_AU.UTF-8 | template0 | neurix | UTF8 | en_AU.UTF-8 | en_AU.UTF-8 | =c/neurix +