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The system procedure sp_help displays information about one or more database objects
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7> CREATE TABLE employee(
8> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
9> first_name VARCHAR(10),
10> last_name VARCHAR(10),
11> salary DECIMAL(10,2),
12> start_Date DATETIME,
13> region VARCHAR(10),
14> city VARCHAR(20),
15> managerid INTEGER
16> );
17> GO
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, 'Jason' , 'Martin', 5890,'2005-03-22','North','Vancouver',3);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, 'Alison', 'Mathews',4789,'2003-07-21','South','Utown',4);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, 'James' , 'Smith', 6678,'2001-12-01','North','Paris',5);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, 'Celia' , 'Rice', 5567,'2006-03-03','South','London',6);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, 'Robert', 'Black', 4467,'2004-07-02','East','Newton',7);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, 'Linda' , 'Green' , 6456,'2002-05-19','East','Calgary',8);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, 'David' , 'Larry', 5345,'2008-03-18','West','New York',9);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, 'James' , 'Cat', 4234,'2007-07-17','West','Regina',9);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, 'Joan' , 'Act', 6123,'2001-04-16','North','Toronto',10);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee;
3> GO
id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- -------------------- -----------
1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver 3
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown 4
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris 5
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London 6
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton 7
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary 8
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York 9
8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina 9
9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto 10
(9 rows affected)
1>
2> exec sp_help employee
3> GO
Name Owner
Type Created_datetime
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employee dbo
user table 2008-08-07 21:23:08.280
Column_name Type
Computed Length Prec Scale Nullable TrimTrailingBlanks FixedLenNu
llInSource Collation
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id int
no 4 10 0 no (n/a) (n/a)
NULL
first_name varchar
no 10 yes no yes
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
last_name varchar
no 10 yes no yes
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
salary decimal
no 9 10 2 yes (n/a) (n/a)
NULL
start_Date datetime
no 8 yes (n/a) (n/a)
NULL
region varchar
no 10 yes no yes
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
city varchar
no 20 yes no yes
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
managerid int
no 4 10 0 yes (n/a) (n/a)
NULL
Identity Seed Increment
Not For Replication
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No identity column defined. NULL
NULL NULL
RowGuidCol
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No rowguidcol column defined.
Data_located_on_filegroup
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PRIMARY
index_name index_description
index_keys
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PK__employee__5575A085 clustered, unique, primary key located on PRIMARY
id
constraint_type constraint_name
delete_action update_action status_enabled status_for_replication constraint_keys
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PRIMARY KEY (clustered) PK__employee__5575A085
(n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) id
No foreign keys reference table 'employee', or you do not have permissions on referencing tables.
No views with schema binding reference table 'employee'.
1>
2> drop table employee;
3> GO
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2>
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