sql-server-2008-r2

I have a self-linking table that records one record for every "Step" in a process (Step.ParentStepId is a foreign key to Step.StepId): CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Step]( [StepId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [Name] [varchar](50) NOT NULL, [Description] [text] NULL, [Sequence] [int] NULL, [ParentStepId] [int] NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Step] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [StepId] ASC ) ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY] ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Step] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Step_Step] FOREIGN KEY([ParentStepId]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Step] ([StepId]) I'd like to write a query to return all of the Steps where a

When using EF 4.1 Code First, is it possible to create User-Defined Data Types for your schema? Simple answer is no. Longer answer: Current EF implementation leads to multiple issues when trying to use user defined types: The type must be defined prior to its usage in table's DDL definition. Because of that the type cannot be defined in Seed method of database initializer (as often used for other database constructs like triggers or indexes). To make this work you must create whole new initializer by implementing IDatabaseInitializer and separate database creation and table creation because

I'm trying to make a customized view that gets me the row count for all the views and tables of a database. Getting the count of table is damn in SQL Server SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME = TABLES.TABLE_NAME, RECORD_COUNT = MAX(SYSINDEXES.ROWS) FROM SYS.SYSINDEXES "SYSINDEXES", INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES "TABLES" WHERE TABLES.TABLE_NAME = OBJECT_NAME(SYSINDEXES.ID) AND TABLES.TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' GROUP BY TABLES.TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLES.TABLE_NAME Now, I need to get the rowcount for VIEWS I feel the only way is to count the number of rows from the views i.e. count(*) from view_name But, I

I'm trying to make a report in BIDS (2008) that will include external images. We want to use the report to proof the images & other info before we approve our flyer for printing. I've done a bit of searching, but haven't gotten the help I need yet. The path to the images will be image specific, like "\\NETWORKSERVER\ServerD\Docs\Flyer's Images\Quarterly Flyer\ImageName.png" The URL works fine when I paste it in the search bar of my local pc or the server that has BIDS installed on it, but the report will not display the image. When I add an image to the textbox, how do I set it up so that it