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July 16, 1999

Other tools besides BCP

Question: I’m looking for other tools for importing ASCII files to SQL server 7.0 without problems. At this moment I’m missing data and the tools can’t take care of it

Setup for e-mail in SQL Server 7.0

Question: Currently, I use SQL Mail in SQL Server 7.0 with Outlook and Exchange Server. I am sure there were no errors during set up, but when I went to

History of SQL

Question: Where can I find miscellaneous information about SQL on the web? If you know of anyuseful websites with history, general structure, etc…, of SQL, please let me know. Answer:

Deleting Tables

Question: Is there a SQL statement for deleting tables like there is for deleting data from tables? Something like:DELETE TABLE NAME or DROP TABLE NAME Answer: Yes indeed, Drop table

How to read data file into SQL tables

Question: I’m curious to know, if I have a file full of data separated by commas, how do I read stuff from that file into SQL tables? Answer: The fastest

Condensing rows

Question: I’ve got a table structure that looks like the following:Customer TableCUST_IDNAMECODE_LISTCode TableCUST_IDCODE The code table can have any number of codes for each customer. I’m trying to find a

SQL stored procedures from VB6

Question: We are always getting “stored procedure not found” error messages. We know it is on the server and we can access the db. Any clues? Answer: Well, if you

SQL Adding Records

Question: What is the syntax for inserting multiple records into a single query. I have some files with thousands of records to insert and it’s too slow using Insert into

Stored Procedures: Cursor variables

Question: When I run a stored procedure which uses cursors to do a selection of counts based on a view, it returns the correct (expected) numbers. However, when I rerun