The code is fine. there is something with the configuration of the linked server.

Check the Linked Server properties --> Options --> RPC = True

This will enable the Remote Procedure Calls...

How about this query...

Select Top 1 TrainingPlanID from

(Select Top 90 Percent TrainingPlanID from

(Select top 5 TrainingPlanID from tblTrainingPlan Order by TrainingPlanID DESC) Q1

order By TrainingPlanID ASC ) Q2

Atif...

I think you are looking for CHARINDEX,

Declare @YourVal as varchar(12)

Set @YourVal = 'V104 - Luis'

Select Left(@YourVal, Charindex('-',@YourVal)-1)

I hope it will help you...

Atif Sheikh

ALOT of stuff on the net. Check this out...

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/06/03/sql-server-2005-explanation-and-example-self-join/

Atif Sheikh

SET DATEFORMAT setting is used only in the interpretation of character strings as they are converted to date values. It does not affect the display of date values.

MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189491.aspx

To get...

Dear thomas ,

The logic described by dolly is right but I think that the syntax is incorrect...

Set CId =if EXISTS (select CompanyID From Company Where CompanyName Like @CompanyName...

Sorry...

didn't looked at the where clause...

Atif Sheikh

There is a way to get the query text of the executed query on the server. I think you can filter the information on UPDATE / INSERT basis.

This article was...

I think the following link can answer your question...

http://www.sqlserverandxml.com/2008/01/varcharnvarchar-n-vs-max.html

Atif Sheikh

back-up and restoring with different name is the solution. But do keep in mind that teh physical names are not changed when you specify the name of the database while...

use the following in the Order by clause instead of ct.date.

CONVERT(float, ct.Date, 105)

I hope it will help you.

Atif Sheikh

It will be better for you to create PKs and FKs. But, generally these kind of databases (without PKs and FKs) have alot of data problems. Alot of Duplications, wrong...

Glad you got it...:D

Select Distinct a.rows,b.Object_id,b.name from sys.partitions a inner join sys.objects b on b.Object_id = a.Object_id

where b.type = 'U'

The logic is same as of Abhijit. It contains all the tables, regardless of...

Is there any PK FK relationship between the two tables?

If yes, create a join between the tables using that column.

Atif Sheikh