Category Archives: SQL Server

Setting the PowerShell Execution Policy

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Problem
Recently I moved PowerShell script files to a production environment and when executing it from the command prompt, I got this error: “File cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please see “get-help about_signing” for more details”. In this tip we cover what needs to be done to resolve this issue.

Solution
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2702/setting-the-powershell-execution-policy/

How to make SQL Server View Read Only?

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In SQL Server a view represents a virtual table. Just like a real table, a view consists of rows with columns, and you can retrieve data from a view (even you can INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE data in a view). The fields in the view’s virtual table are the fields of one or more real tables in the database. You can use views to join two tables in your database and present the underlying data as if the data were coming from a single table, thus simplifying the schema of your database for users performing ad-hoc reporting. You can also use views as a security mechanism to restrict the data available to end users

See the below example how we can make the view read only.


--creating a sample table
Create table tbl1
(
	myID int,
	name varchar(10)
)

--inserting data
insert into tbl1 values(1,'Jugal'),(2,'SQL'),(3,'DBPool')

--creating sample view
create view vwtbl1
as
select * from tbl1

--inserting data using view
insert into vwtbl1 values(1,'Jugal'),(2,'SQL'),(3,'DBPool')

--altering view to make it readOnly
alter view vwtbl1
as
select myid,name from tbl1
union all
select 0,0 where 1 =0

INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE will fail with the below errors.

Msg 4406, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Update or insert of view or function 'vwtbl1' failed because it contains a derived or constant field.

Msg 4426, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
View 'vwtbl1' is not updatable because the definition contains a UNION operator.

Script to Create Foreign Key on the Compound Primary Key

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Compound Primary key is a primary key which is created on more than one column. Now the questions is how to create the foreign key for the compound primary key where it references more than one column.

Check the below example.

create table employee
(
	empID int not null,
	SSN int not null,
	name varchar(20)
)


ALTER TABLE [employee]
ADD CONSTRAINT pk_employee PRIMARY KEY (empID, SSN)


create table EmpDetail
(
		empID int,
		SSN int,
		address varchar(20),
		city varchar(20),
		pin varchar(20)
)

ALTER TABLE dbo.empDetail
   ADD CONSTRAINT FK_Employee
   FOREIGN KEY(empID, SSN)
   REFERENCES dbo.employee(empID, SSN)


SELECT
    tc.TABLE_NAME,
    tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME, 
    ccu.COLUMN_NAME
FROM 
    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
INNER JOIN 
    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE ccu 
      ON ccu.TABLE_NAME = tc.TABLE_NAME AND ccu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE
    tc.TABLE_NAME IN ('employee','employeeDetail')