I tried to explore some basic TSQL
functions and VIEWS in SQL Server 2005.
I believe this would be useful
when we write DDL-DML Statements.
declare @schemaName varchar(100)
declare @tblName varchar(100)
declare @colName varchar(100)
declare @objectID int
set @schemaName = 'College'
set @tblName = 'Student'
set @colName = 'iStatusID'
set @objectID = OBJECT_ID(@schemaName + '.' + @tblName)
-- 1. How to
check the Column is nullable?
SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY(@objectID,@colName,'AllowsNull') AS 'Allows Null?';
-- 2. How to
check the Column is an identity?
SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY(@objectID,@colName,'IsIdentity') AS 'Identity?';
-- 3. How to
check the Column is an FullTextEnabled?
SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY(@objectID,@colName,'IsFulltextIndexed') AS 'FullTextEnabled?';
-- 4. How to
check the Column's datatype?
select b.name as 'Datatype', a.max_length, a.precision, a.scale
from sys.columns a
join sys.types b on a.system_type_id = b.system_type_id and a.user_type_id = b.user_type_id
where OBJECT_NAME(a.object_id) = @tblName and a.name = @colName
-- 5. How to
identify that the default constraints have been created for the Column?
select a.name as 'Default Constraint Name'
from sys.default_constraints
a
join sys.all_columns b on a.parent_object_id = b.object_id and a.parent_column_id = b.column_id
where object_name(parent_object_id) = @tblName and b.name = @colName
-- 6. How to
identify that the foreignkey constraints for the
table?
select name as 'ForeignKeyConstraint Name' from sys.objects
where type = 'F' and parent_object_id = @objectID
-- 7. Select
all Constraints associated with this table and
Column.
SELECT Constraint_Name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE Table_Name = @tblName and Column_Name =
@colName
-- 8. Find all
the Objects from sys.objects table by specifying the
"type".
select name from sys.objects WHERE parent_object_id = @objectID and type = 'D'
Note:
By changing the
object type, the following objects can be seen.
·
PK = PRIMARY
KEY constraint
·
C = CHECK
constraint
·
D = DEFAULT
(constraint or stand-alone)
·
F = FOREIGN
KEY constraint
·
UQ = UNIQUE
constraint
·
AF =
Aggregate function (CLR)
·
FS = Assembly
(CLR) scalar function
·
FT = Assembly
(CLR) table-valued function
·
PC = Assembly
(CLR) stored procedure
·
FN = SQL
scalar function
·
IF = SQL
inlined table-valued function
·
TF = SQL
table-valued-function
·
R = Rule
(old-style, stand-alone)
·
SN =
Synonym
·
TR = SQL DML
trigger
·
U = Table
(user-defined)
·
P = SQL
stored procedure
·
V =
View
·
X = Extended
stored procedure
·
IT = Internal
table