Creating a table programatically!

Hi SQ Gurus,
Please help me with this issue that I am facing. I want to create a table programatically but want to pass its name as a variable. I would like to do something as follows:
CREATE PROCEDURE BS_Create
(@.Name nvarchar(25))
AS
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[@.Name](
[ID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
[Prod_Name] [nvarchar] (75) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
The table name is passed in as a parameter. No matter what I pass as a parameter, the table name is '@.Name', which is not what I want. Instead, if the variable contains the value 'Product', I would like to see a table with the name 'Product' to be created.

How can I solve this problem.

Any help is appreciated!
Krish ChandraYou can use dynamic SQL to accomplish this. We wrote an article on ithere.

Creating a Page Index and table of contents

This is the problem I am facing with the SQL server reporting services,
I am trying to create a report where in we have to
display Page index and the table of contents Along with the Page
Number. This report contains the list of products under a subcategory
which in turn are under particular Categories. The Page Index should
display the products names in the alphabetical order with the page
number where It falls, this is similar to the appendix at the end of
any textbook and the table of contents display the category and
its subcategories with page numbers Now, the problem is reading the
report dynamically to find out the page numbers where this product
falls and the categories falls . I want a solution for displaying the
Page index and the table of contents in SQL server reporting services
2005 version.
Waiting for quick sujjestions or help in this regardAre you using web service approach?
If so,you can always get page content before displaying it and by analyzing
the underlying HTML get all information you need -
page number, total number of pages, any internal error occurred, etc. Based
on that information you can build your own page header with a custom page
index.
"Aparna" <aparna.cirigiri@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135255357.206805.159890@.g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> This is the problem I am facing with the SQL server reporting services,
>
> I am trying to create a report where in we have to
> display Page index and the table of contents Along with the Page
> Number. This report contains the list of products under a subcategory
> which in turn are under particular Categories. The Page Index should
> display the products names in the alphabetical order with the page
> number where It falls, this is similar to the appendix at the end of
> any textbook and the table of contents display the category and
> its subcategories with page numbers Now, the problem is reading the
> report dynamically to find out the page numbers where this product
> falls and the categories falls . I want a solution for displaying the
> Page index and the table of contents in SQL server reporting services
> 2005 version.
> Waiting for quick sujjestions or help in this regard
>

Create view using SMO

Hi All

i m building an application in which i have to create database view using SMO.

The problem i m facing is that when i use the View.Columns.Add function to add a particular column to the view i am getting an error .

"Parent property of object [Name] does not match the collection's parent to which it is added."

The following is the piece of code i have written

Server server = new Server(Environment.MachineName);

Database db = server.Databases["AdventureWorks"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab1 = db.Tables["ProductModel", "Production"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab2 = db.Tables["Product", "Production"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab3 = db.Tables["ProductModelProductDescriptionCulture", "Production"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab4 = db.Tables["ProductDescription", "Production"];

Column c1=tab1.Columns["Name"];

Column c2 = tab2.Columns["ProductID"];

Column c3 = tab2.Columns["Name"];

Column c4 = tab3.Columns["CultureID"];

Column c5 = tab4.Columns["Description"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.View dataview = new Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.View(db, "Trial", "Production");

dataview.TextMode = false;

dataview.Columns.Add(c1);

dataview.Columns.Add(c2);

dataview.Columns.Add(c3);

dataview.Columns.Add(c4);

dataview.Columns.Add(c5);

dataview.Create();

The other way to create view i.e using the Textheader and the TextBody properties is working fine but this one giving some error

Can anyone help me with this

Thanls in advance.

MItesh

Mitesh, the error you're getting is because those columns belong to the parent tables, and you can't just assign them to the view. The TextHeader and TextBody properties are the correct way to build a view, just as they're the correct properties to use to build a stored procedure in SMO.|||

Hey Allen

thanks for the reply

the problems is that i m building an administrative application in which i have to provide a GUI to the user, through which the user can select some columns of a table (using checkboxes) just as they do it in Management Studio.

Now the point here is that it becomes dificult for a naive user to write the create view query for View creation

so the GUI is a must

Can u suggest some other way i can use the View class

Also if i cant use the View.Columns.Add method wats the point in providing such methods

Do help me out with this

Thanks again

Keep posting

|||

Mitesh,

The View object inherits from the TableViewBase object, so the view has the same objects and methods as the table has. That doesn't mean they are always appropriate given the context. You can evaluate the columns in an existing view using the Columns objects but I haven't found a way to define the source table or tables, or the where clause containing your limiting conditions, using SMO objects.

You should be able to build a SQL string, however, from the selected columns and limiting conditions presented in your GUI, and send that string to the TextBody property to build the view, as you require.

Create view using SMO

Hi All

i m building an application in which i have to create database view using SMO.

The problem i m facing is that when i use the View.Columns.Add function to add a particular column to the view i am getting an error .

"Parent property of object [Name] does not match the collection's parent to which it is added."

The following is the piece of code i have written

Server server = new Server(Environment.MachineName);

Database db = server.Databases["AdventureWorks"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab1 = db.Tables["ProductModel", "Production"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab2 = db.Tables["Product", "Production"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab3 = db.Tables["ProductModelProductDescriptionCulture", "Production"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Table tab4 = db.Tables["ProductDescription", "Production"];

Column c1=tab1.Columns["Name"];

Column c2 = tab2.Columns["ProductID"];

Column c3 = tab2.Columns["Name"];

Column c4 = tab3.Columns["CultureID"];

Column c5 = tab4.Columns["Description"];

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.View dataview = new Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.View(db, "Trial", "Production");

dataview.TextMode = false;

dataview.Columns.Add(c1);

dataview.Columns.Add(c2);

dataview.Columns.Add(c3);

dataview.Columns.Add(c4);

dataview.Columns.Add(c5);

dataview.Create();

The other way to create view i.e using the Textheader and the TextBody properties is working fine but this one giving some error

Can anyone help me with this

Thanls in advance.

MItesh

Mitesh, the error you're getting is because those columns belong to the parent tables, and you can't just assign them to the view. The TextHeader and TextBody properties are the correct way to build a view, just as they're the correct properties to use to build a stored procedure in SMO.|||

Hey Allen

thanks for the reply

the problems is that i m building an administrative application in which i have to provide a GUI to the user, through which the user can select some columns of a table (using checkboxes) just as they do it in Management Studio.

Now the point here is that it becomes dificult for a naive user to write the create view query for View creation

so the GUI is a must

Can u suggest some other way i can use the View class

Also if i cant use the View.Columns.Add method wats the point in providing such methods

Do help me out with this

Thanks again

Keep posting

|||

Mitesh,

The View object inherits from the TableViewBase object, so the view has the same objects and methods as the table has. That doesn't mean they are always appropriate given the context. You can evaluate the columns in an existing view using the Columns objects but I haven't found a way to define the source table or tables, or the where clause containing your limiting conditions, using SMO objects.

You should be able to build a SQL string, however, from the selected columns and limiting conditions presented in your GUI, and send that string to the TextBody property to build the view, as you require.