How to read the DBCC page through cleint application

Hi,
I am writing a application that require to read some DBCC Pages.
But when I execute dbcc page command through ADO, I get a page in terms of e
rror collection.
In that error collection each row of output is just a string.
I need to interpret that string value.
Is there some other way through which I can read DBCC Page.
I am interseted only in the memory dump portion of the page.
Is there some better way to read the data base page or I need to use this er
ror collection method only.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
PushkarHi
You may want to use DBCC BYTES but you will have to calculate the starting
address. Ken Henderson's "The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL" ISBN
0-201-61576-2 gives some information on all these undocumented calls and
using them in production code carries the usual health warnings.
John
"Pushkar" wrote:

> Hi,
> I am writing a application that require to read some DBCC Pages.
> But when I execute dbcc page command through ADO, I get a page in terms of
error collection.
> In that error collection each row of output is just a string.
> I need to interpret that string value.
> Is there some other way through which I can read DBCC Page.
> I am interseted only in the memory dump portion of the page.
> Is there some better way to read the data base page or I need to use this
error collection method only.
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks
> Pushkar|||I believe that you can add WITH TABLERESULTS to get back a resultset instead
a string (messages).
Note: It is not supported or documented (but nor is DBCC PAGE, so you are on
your own anyhow :-) ).
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Pushkar" <pushkartiwari@.gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23x6XXvsvFHA.1256
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Hi,
I am writing a application that require to read some DBCC Pages.
But when I execute dbcc page command through ADO, I get a page in terms of e
rror collection.
In that error collection each row of output is just a string.
I need to interpret that string value.
Is there some other way through which I can read DBCC Page.
I am interseted only in the memory dump portion of the page.
Is there some better way to read the data base page or I need to use this er
ror collection method
only.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Pushkar|||Thanks, I think this will solve my problem.
Pushkar
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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>I believe that you can add WITH TABLERESULTS to get back a resultset
>instead a string (messages). Note: It is not supported or documented (but
>nor is DBCC PAGE, so you are on your own anyhow :-) ).
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Pushkar" <pushkartiwari@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23x6XXvsvFHA.1256@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I am writing a application that require to read some DBCC Pages.
> But when I execute dbcc page command through ADO, I get a page in terms of
> error collection.
> In that error collection each row of output is just a string.
> I need to interpret that string value.
> Is there some other way through which I can read DBCC Page.
> I am interseted only in the memory dump portion of the page.
> Is there some better way to read the data base page or I need to use this
> error collection method only.
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks
> Pushkar
>

How to read in multiple SELECT statements of different return types in T-SQL

HI,
I understand how to use NextResultset() in ADO.NET to return multiple
readers from a stored proc. What if a SELECT returns a scalar and
another returns rows.
Thank you!> What if a SELECT returns a scalar and
> another returns rows.
Let me rephrase above:
"What is a SELECT returns a scalar and another returns a table"
Actually all SELECT statements returns tables (with some obscure exceptions like COMPUTE). So, a
scalar is just a table that happens to have only one column and one row. I.e., you treat is as a
table. The ExecuteScalar method is just something that ADO.NET designers cooked up to make it easier
for us to get the value from a select statement that returns a table with one column and one row.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/tibor_karaszi
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> HI,
> I understand how to use NextResultset() in ADO.NET to return multiple
> readers from a stored proc. What if a SELECT returns a scalar and
> another returns rows.
> Thank you!
>