Archive for the ‘SQL’ Category

SQL Server Query Analyzer Results to Excel (TSV)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

I tried to run a query today and have the results go to a file. The output was a ton of rows with only one column. If you need to output query analyzer results to a format compatible with Excel just do the following: Go to "Tools" Click "Options" Click the ...

Retrieving Text Data from SQL Server 2000 Using PHP

Monday, August 13th, 2007

The default values limit all text retrieved from text and image fields to 4096 characters (bytes). The workaround for this is as follows. ini_set("mssql.textsize", 536870912); ini_set("mssql.textlimit", 536870912); mssql_connect(...); mssql_select_db(...); mssql_query("SET TEXTSIZE 536870912"); Please note that you must call the ini_sets before you connect to the database. Related posts:Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server with PHPInstall SSH Server ...

Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server with PHP

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I decided to be secure and came up with a 33 character password for a MS SQL Server account. After writing a settings file for my new PHP blog application and a DB class I tried to connect. No go. The permissions were checked and everything looked ...