I know this thread is "dead," but ...

Update for those who stumble across this thread like I just did, if you have a 64-bit box, follow the instructions here or...

TheSQLGuru (2/11/2016)

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Whenever I am building out dynamic SQL I always use SET QUOTED_IDENFITIER OFF first and then use double quotes in the outer sections of text. Then I never have...

Thank you backup, Sean. I'm still shaking my head over the OPs initial "you're wrong, that can't be done after all" and then "Well, prove it" responses.

EDIT: I found it...

webrunner (2/12/2016)

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I eventually found out what was happening.

I was using @[User::Variable] = 0 instead of the operator to check for equality @[User::Variable] == 0. Once I fixed that the branching...

The reason I haven't shared the code is because this is a great time...

Well, I'm sorry to disagree with...

Nevermind. Found my answer here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh500335(v=vs.103).aspx

What type of ODBC DSN did you actually create? File, System or User?

EDIT: And what type of OS do you have on your server? It seems to me that this...

There's no way to cause a Foreach loop to stop in the middle unless you deliberately fail it out. If you want to do that, stick a script task in...

You may have to format the Excel worksheet before loading it. If the column in question is formatted as General, you'll need to change the entire column's data type to...

A great way to impress your boss is to create a daily or weekly "Entitlement" report that documents these permissions in all environments. Have the report dumped to a secure...

Part of your problem may be the distance between data centers / server locations. Especially if they're in different domains.

Sometimes doing batches can help speed things up, but I don't...

mw112009 (2/12/2016)

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In SSMS you can get the def of a table by:

Right Click on table, Script Table as, CREATE to, New Query Editor Window

Question1:

Is there any way I could do...

So apparently I didn't go far enough on my quotes. I was doing 4 / 5 instead of 6. At least it works now.

Thanks, everyone.

Jacob Wilkins (2/11/2016)

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So, the trick is that in the innermost quoted command, the EXEC sp_helptext, you want single quotes around schema.object. Since it's inside a string, each of those single...