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Release Bulletin Adaptive Server® Enterprise Version 12.5.2 for IBM AIX

sp_helpdb

The sp_helpdb stored procedure now includes the order parameter. Add the following to the reference page for sp_helpdb in Reference Manual: Procedures. The full syntax of sp_helpdb is:

sp_helpdb [dbname, order]

The default order of the output is by lstart, which is the order in which the databases were created or altered. Use device_name along with dbname to display the output of sp_helpdb ordered by device_name.

Example Specifies device_name for the order parameter to display the device fragments for mydb in alphabetical order, overriding the default sort order of sp_helpdb.

sp_helpdb mydb, device_name
name             db_size  owner  dbid  created      status
---------------  -------  -----  ----  -----------  -----------
mydb             4.5 MB    sa      5     Feb 27, 2003   no options set 

(1 row affected)
device_fragments  size     usage       created                 free kbytes
----------------  -----    ------      --------  ------------------ 
A                 1.5 MB   data only   Feb 27 2003   7:50AM    1530
B                 1.0 MB   log only    Feb 27 2003   7:50AM not applicable
C                 2.0 MB   data only   Feb 27 2003   7:50AM    846





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