SQL Server Studio Management Question

Hello,
I am creating a DB using SQL Server 2005 ( Studio Management ) and I ran a few sql queries. I ran a query and got the following error message:
Here they are with Code #s:
Msg 5074, Level 16, State 1, Line 906
The object 'CK__SavedSear__Remov__5614BF03' is dependent on column 'RemoveFromSyncTime'.
Msg 4922, Level 16, State 9, Line 906
ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN RemoveFromSyncTime failed because one or more objects access this column.
Executing Release 2.0 Script - Part 4
Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 37
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'Script cannot be run out of order. Last ID cannot be less than ' to data type int.
Can anyone help in letting me how to resolve this issue ?
Thanks

I've got a similar issue on SQL 2000 DB, see below;
Server: Msg 5074, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The object 'DF__CISDetail__Ccs_O__7917DB30' is dependent on column 'CCS_OP_714_VALID_TO'.
Server: Msg 4922, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN CCS_OP_714_VALID_TO failed because one or more objects access this column.
As I've only created the table as a temporary measure to import some external data, I'm going to try removing the constriants applied and then alter the columns I need, I can then re-apply my constraints afterwards.

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Hi all,
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In the future, I would recommend you to post your questions one by one, and to the appropriate forum. Of your questions it is really only #3 that fits into this forum. (And that is the one I will not answer, because I have worked very little with XSD.)
1) Not sure what you mean with "print" or "export", but when you right-click a database, you can select Tasks from the context menu and in this submenu you find "Export data".
2) I don't know why you get that error, but any particular reason you want to run PowerShell?
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SELECT ...
FROM   a LEFT JOIN b ON a.col = b.col
SELECT ...
FROM   b RIGHT JOIN a ON a.col = b.col
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There is nothing that says that you should use any of the other. In fact, if you are returning rows from parent and child, I would expect an inner join, unless you want to cater for parents without children.
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FROM   apple
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FROM   apple
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SELECT a, b, c, d
FROM   apple
LEFT   OUTER JOIN orange ON apple.a = orange.c
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FROM   apple
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FROM   apple
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Hi all,
In the Notepad, I created an xml file (ZenQroducts.xml) :
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<Desc>Book</Desc>
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Hi Manish, Thanks for your response.
Yes, it is a duplicate with Qroducts/Qroduct instead of Products/Product. I did it, because I don't know how to remove the existing "Products" database.
Again, I got the existing "Qroducts" database in this second trial!!?? I am comletely lost in doing "Importing XML file to SQL Table" now!! I think that I have not touched T-SQL and XML programming, since 2008. I
did not catch the new features of T-SQL 2008, XML, SQL/XML, XQuery, etc. for long time. Recently, I did not know what DECLARE, @x, SET,...were, and dived into the SQL/XML and XQuery programming. I knew the SQL Basics (SELECT, FROM, WHERE,..), creating
the names of databases and tables in SQL Server 2008/2012 Management Studio (Express) before. This morning, I found an old T-SQL 2008 Prgrammer's Guide that has the new features of SQL Server 2008 for T-SQL, XML, XQuery, etc. I just starting reading
it to know what DECLARE, @x, SET,... are. But, I still don't know where the existing databases "Products" and "Qroducts" (created by me) are - they are not in the Databases of SQL Server 2012 Management Studio I am using!!?? Could
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P. S.
The reason I tried to create the Database, dbo Table, and then to insert the VALUES is to learn the following thing:
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</marvel>';
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Hi all,
In my SQL Server 2012 Management Studio, I executed the following code:
CREATE TABLE Products(
sku INT Primary KEY,
product_desc VARCHAR(30));
INSERT INTO Products (sku, product_desc)
SELECT X.product.query('SKU').value('.', 'INT'),
X.product.query('Desc').value('.', 'VARCHAR(30)')
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SINGLE_BLOB) AS T(x)
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Hi Manish, Thanks for your response.
Here is a copy of my ZenProducts.xml:
<Products>
<Product>
<SKU>1<</SKU>
<Desc>Book</Desc>
</Product>
<Product>
<SKU>2<</SKU>
<Desc>DVD</Desc>
</Product>
<Product>
<SKU>3<</SKU>
<Desc>Video</Desc>
</Product>
I found the wrong "<<" in my xml file and changed it to the right "<" for the statement<SKU>1</sku>. I executed the corrected code and I got the following new message:
Msg 2714, Level 16, State 6, Line 1
There is already an object named 'Products' in the database.
I don't know how to remove the old, existing the 'Products' object in the database and execute the corrected code again. Please kindly help, advise and tell me how to resolve this new problem.
Many Thanks,
Scott Chang
P. S. I played with another project to get the 'Products' object in my database before. Frankly, I don't know where the old 'Products' object and the database are. Please enlighten me in resolving this matter more clearly.
You welcome Scott, As Olaf mentioned in this post, there was already a table exists , so need to drop your Products table.
Apart from this, I guess either you did not pasted the full XML file or what, I needed to have the ( </Products>)closing tag in your XML file as follows.
<Products>
<Product>
<SKU>1</SKU>
<Desc>Book</Desc>
</Product>
<Product>
<SKU>2</SKU>
<Desc>DVD</Desc>
</Product>
<Product>
<SKU>3</SKU>
<Desc>Video</Desc>
</Product>
</Products>
You can use following script to drop if your
Products table is already existing.
if exists(select 1 from sys.tables where name ='Products')
drop table Products
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product_desc VARCHAR(30));
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SELECT X.product.query('SKU').value('.', 'INT'),
X.product.query('Desc').value('.', 'VARCHAR(30)')
FROM (
SELECT CAST(x AS XML)
FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'H:\ZenProducts.xml',
SINGLE_BLOB) AS T(x)
) AS T(x)
CROSS APPLY x.nodes('Products/Product') AS X(product);
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Thanks
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Hi Olaf Helper, Thanks for your response.
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Hi Prashanth,
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====================================================
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