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Professor
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5 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-28 : 15:32:36

Hi every body

Q/ How I can write documentation as note in SQL SERVER 2000?

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-28 : 15:34:51

I don't understand your question.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-28 : 16:48:17

well... first you need a music notes sheet. then apply notes to each line. try not to go beyond next and previous octaves

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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-28 : 16:53:53

You don't have the datatype NOTE in Microsoft SQL Server. Only in Microsoft Access.
You have

1) VARCHAR(MAX) for SQL Server 2005
2) VARCHAR(8000) for both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005
3) TEXT for both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005

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m_k_s@hotmail.com
Insecure what ??

38 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-28 : 23:08:16

quote:
Originally posted by Professor

Hi every body

Q/ How I can write documentation as note in SQL SERVER 2000?

If you are asking how to comment in tsql, the prefix is --

Van
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

462 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-29 : 12:14:42

If it's a long comment (multiple lines), you can enclose the whole block of text with:

/*
text here
and here
*/

eilert
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-29 : 20:42:22

Also, if you're talking about comments in the code, there is an icon in SQL Server Management Studio that will comment out any selected lines.

If you're not talking about commenting code, then you might be looking for extended properties...

You can add an extended property by using the sp_addextendedproperty procedure:
EXEC sp_addextendedproperty
@name = N'TableDescription', @value = 'This is a test table.',
@level0type = N'Schema', @level0name = 'dbo',
@level1type = N'Table', @level1name = 'tblTest';

(find out more about this proc: [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180047.aspx[/url] )

You can then retrieve it using fn_listextendedproperty
SELECT objtype, objname, name, value
FROM fn_listextendedproperty (NULL, 'schema', 'dbo', 'table', 'tblTest', default, default);

(find out more about this fn: [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180047.aspx[/url] )

Also, if you'd like to SELECT these extended properties from system tables, check out sys.extended_properties:

SELECT
A.type_desc,
A.name object,
B.name ExtendedProperty,
B.value
FROM sys.objects A
INNER JOIN sys.extended_properties B
ON A.object_id = B.major_id

Professor
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 04:12:54

I mean (if I want to descripe tables or parameter for other developer by using sql server tools how I can do thet?)

thanks.

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 04:23:28

You mean a documentation tool?

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Professor
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 04:29:03

It is like documentation tool but manul (writting by developer)

LoztInSpace
Aged Yak Warrior

940 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 04:39:52

MS Word?

Professor
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 04:45:20

Mnual documentation like text document to write any thing I want.

Professor
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 04:51:38

Can I integrate MS word with SQL server 2000?

m_k_s@hotmail.com
Insecure what ??

38 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-30 : 06:58:25

quote:
Originally posted by Professor

Can I integrate MS word with SQL server 2000?

If your document were just text, the first set of suggestions regarding nvarchar(max) as your data type might be ok.

If your document is a word document, there is encoding in the document that would require you to save it as a blob data type.

While you can store the document directly in the database, it is a bit of work to marshall it to and from being a blob and document. But if this is what you really need...

A cheap and easy work around is to maintain the documents in a well thought out directory structure and simply maintain the filename and directory location in your db.

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