sqlserver :delete duplicate records

WITH CTE (COl1,Col2, DuplicateCount) AS ( SELECT COl1,Col2, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY COl1,Col2 ORDER BY Col1) AS DuplicateCount FROM DuplicateRcordTable ) DELETE FROM CTE WHERE DuplicateCount > 1 GO

Foreigh key dependency

SELECT K_Table = FK.TABLE_NAME, FK_Column = CU.COLUMN_NAME, PK_Table = PK.TABLE_NAME, PK_Column = PT.COLUMN_NAME, Constraint_Name = C.CONSTRAINT_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS C INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS FK ON C.CONSTRAINT_NAME = FK.CONSTRAINT_NAME INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS PK ON C.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME = PK.CONSTRAINT_NAME INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE CU ON C.CONSTRAINT_NAME = CU.CONSTRAINT_NAME INNER JOIN ( SELECT i1.TABLE_NAME, i2.COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS i1 INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE i2 ON i1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = i2.CONSTRAINT_NAME WHERE i1.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' ) PT ON PT.TABLE_NAME = PK.TABLE_NAME

MVC:Entity Framework Exception “The underlying provider failed on Open”

http://stack247.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/entity-framework-exception-the-underlying-provider-failed-on-open/ When trying to query data from Entity Framework, my code always return the following error: The underlying provider failed on Open. Turn out the problem was on the Connection String for the entity. In the config file, we have to include “Password” parameter in “connectionString” attribute. it works now!