alter column in sql server

[Rafael Copquin]

I need to import a DBF table into SQL Server
However, all the fields in the DBF table begin with the suffix ST (a
previous programmer built the table in 1992, with the notion that all
fields should have a specific suffix related to the table's purpose)

But I just want the sql server table to have all its fields without that
suffix, ie: STACCT should become ACCT, STNAME should become NAME and so on,

The DBF table has 60 fields.

I would like to issue an ALTER TABLE statement directly in the SQL Server
Management Studio to remove the ST suffix from all its fields.

But I have no idea on how to build a stored procedure with something
similar to a DO WHILE loop in SQL Server, such that it would read a field
name, remove the ST suffix and alter the name as desired. And then pass to
the next field and do the same

In fact, I must do the same with all the DBF tables from the old DOS
system, because I am converting it to a VFP9 app with a SQL Server back end.

Please show me a code snippet that would do that

Thank you in advance

Rafael Copquin


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[Ted Roche]

Why not write the script in VFP and then cut-and-paste it into the SQL
Server? Use AFIELDS to get the fieldlist, TEXTMERGE to write the script.
Easy, peasy.

Post by Rafael Copquin
I need to import a DBF table into SQL Server
However, all the fields in the DBF table begin with the suffix ST (a
previous programmer built the table in 1992, with the notion that all
fields should have a specific suffix related to the table's purpose)
But I just want the sql server table to have all its fields without that
suffix, ie: STACCT should become ACCT, STNAME should become NAME and so on,
The DBF table has 60 fields.
I would like to issue an ALTER TABLE statement directly in the SQL Server
Management Studio to remove the ST suffix from all its fields.
But I have no idea on how to build a stored procedure with something
similar to a DO WHILE loop in SQL Server, such that it would read a field
name, remove the ST suffix and alter the name as desired. And then pass to
the next field and do the same
In fact, I must do the same with all the DBF tables from the old DOS
system, because I am converting it to a VFP9 app with a SQL Server back end.
Please show me a code snippet that would do that
Thank you in advance
Rafael Copquin
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[Kevin J Cully]

Take a look in the Downloads area for the Stru2PostgreSQL and Stru2MySQL_2 program. It should be pretty easy to modify those to get the structures generated.

http://leafe.com/download/stru2postgreSQL.PRG
http://leafe.com/download/stru2mysql_2.prg

-Kevin


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Subject: Re: alter column in sql server

Why not write the script in VFP and then cut-and-paste it into the SQL Server? Use AFIELDS to get the fieldlist, TEXTMERGE to write the script.
Easy, peasy.

I need to import a DBF table into SQL Server However, all the fields
in the DBF table begin with the suffix ST (a previous programmer built
the table in 1992, with the notion that all fields should have a
specific suffix related to the table's purpose)
But I just want the sql server table to have all its fields without
that suffix, ie: STACCT should become ACCT, STNAME should become NAME
and so on,
The DBF table has 60 fields.
I would like to issue an ALTER TABLE statement directly in the SQL
Server Management Studio to remove the ST suffix from all its fields.
But I have no idea on how to build a stored procedure with something
similar to a DO WHILE loop in SQL Server, such that it would read a
field name, remove the ST suffix and alter the name as desired. And
then pass to the next field and do the same
In fact, I must do the same with all the DBF tables from the old DOS
system, because I am converting it to a VFP9 app with a SQL Server back end.
Please show me a code snippet that would do that
Thank you in advance
Rafael Copquin
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[Rafael Copquin]

Thank you Kevin
Rafael

Post by Kevin J Cully
Take a look in the Downloads area for the Stru2PostgreSQL and Stru2MySQL_2
program. It should be pretty easy to modify those to get the structures
generated.
http://leafe.com/download/stru2postgreSQL.PRG
http://leafe.com/download/stru2mysql_2.prg
-Kevin
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Subject: Re: alter column in sql server
Why not write the script in VFP and then cut-and-paste it into the SQL
Server? Use AFIELDS to get the fieldlist, TEXTMERGE to write the script.
Easy, peasy.

I need to import a DBF table into SQL Server However, all the fields
in the DBF table begin with the suffix ST (a previous programmer built
the table in 1992, with the notion that all fields should have a
specific suffix related to the table's purpose)
But I just want the sql server table to have all its fields without
that suffix, ie: STACCT should become ACCT, STNAME should become NAME
and so on,
The DBF table has 60 fields.
I would like to issue an ALTER TABLE statement directly in the SQL
Server Management Studio to remove the ST suffix from all its fields.
But I have no idea on how to build a stored procedure with something
similar to a DO WHILE loop in SQL Server, such that it would read a
field name, remove the ST suffix and alter the name as desired. And
then pass to the next field and do the same
In fact, I must do the same with all the DBF tables from the old DOS
system, because I am converting it to a VFP9 app with a SQL Server back end.
Please show me a code snippet that would do that
Thank you in advance
Rafael Copquin
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[Stephen Russell]

I made a simple table,st_ex, with ST.... columns and then here is the
change script to strip the ST off:
/* To prevent any potential data loss issues, you should review this script
in detail before running it outside the context of the database designer.*/
BEGIN TRANSACTION
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
SET ARITHABORT ON
SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF
SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ON
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON
COMMIT
BEGIN TRANSACTION
GO
EXECUTE sp_rename N'dbo.st_ex.STID', N'Tmp_ID', 'COLUMN'
GO
EXECUTE sp_rename N'dbo.st_ex.STNAME', N'Tmp_Name_1', 'COLUMN'
GO
EXECUTE sp_rename N'dbo.st_ex.STAddress1', N'Tmp_ADDRESS1_2', 'COLUMN'
GO
EXECUTE sp_rename N'dbo.st_ex.Tmp_ID', N'ID', 'COLUMN'
GO
EXECUTE sp_rename N'dbo.st_ex.Tmp_Name_1', N'Name', 'COLUMN'
GO
EXECUTE sp_rename N'dbo.st_ex.Tmp_ADDRESS1_2', N'ADDRESS1', 'COLUMN'
GO
ALTER TABLE dbo.st_ex SET (LOCK_ESCALATION = TABLE)
GO
COMMIT

Post by Rafael Copquin
I need to import a DBF table into SQL Server
However, all the fields in the DBF table begin with the suffix ST (a
previous programmer built the table in 1992, with the notion that all
fields should have a specific suffix related to the table's purpose)
But I just want the sql server table to have all its fields without that
suffix, ie: STACCT should become ACCT, STNAME should become NAME and so on,
The DBF table has 60 fields.
I would like to issue an ALTER TABLE statement directly in the SQL Server
Management Studio to remove the ST suffix from all its fields.
But I have no idea on how to build a stored procedure with something
similar to a DO WHILE loop in SQL Server, such that it would read a field
name, remove the ST suffix and alter the name as desired. And then pass to
the next field and do the same
In fact, I must do the same with all the DBF tables from the old DOS
system, because I am converting it to a VFP9 app with a SQL Server back end.
Please show me a code snippet that would do that
Thank you in advance
Rafael Copquin
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[Vince Teachout]

I wrote a little function that reads in a vfp table, and outputs a SQL
Create table script.  Would be super simple to either alter it to output
Substr(coriginalname,3) or to edit/replace the field names in the text
output file.  Do you want it?

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[Vince Teachout]

I wrote a little function that reads in a vfp table, and outputs a SQL
Create table script.  Would be super simple to either alter it to output
Substr(coriginalname,3) or to edit/replace the field names in the text
output file.  Do you want it?

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I wrote a little function that reads in a vfp table, and outputs a SQL Create table script.  Would be super simple to either alter it to output
Substr(coriginalname,3) or to edit/replace the field names in the text output file.  Do you want it?

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