To start off, can I just say that I know very little about SQL databases but I have a MS access database which we are outgrowing and I think we will need to make some changes. I was wondering if some one could offer some advice. There are many programs available for upsizing to SQL but I presume these are for the back end only, is this correct? Is upsizing a bad idea or a very difficult one?
I was also wondering about keeping my Access front end and connecting it to a SQL back end, is this a good idea?
I hope that some one can find the time to advise an uninitiate. I have built a fairly complex data base system using Access 97 that handles many of my company's day to day operations. I does most of what I want although lately I have found that it has become pretty slow. This could be due to the fact that this is really my first big project and perhaps I could be a bit sleeker with my coding. It could also be due to weaknesses in my network. Finally it could be due to weaknesses in Access. I was wondering if there was any one who might be able to shed a little light on what steps I would take that would be the most likely to speed things up. I realize this is a pretty general question but I would be eager to provide more detials. Any guidance in this matter would be apreciated since I have a bit of money and am planning a LAN upgrade anyway. Perhaps I should save a bit of money on the LAN and put it into a copy of SQL Server? Thanks Chris
I am currently converting over an Access database into SQL. I want to leave the existing Forms and Reports in Access. I have converted the tables but the problem I am having is with the Queries which have some sort of reference to a Form so I am after any tips on how to do this.
Hello, I'm trying to convert a Access DB to a SQL 7 DB, problem is that there are a LOT of of make table queries, and some of these tables use the aggregate function First() when doing the GROUP BY, I know SQL7 doesn't support first, but is there another way to "fake" this FIRST? (I would prefer not to use Min or MAX) Thank
I've been developing an application that will function as an online organization-specific contacts directory for my employer. The interface is coded with ASP and the data is stored using an MS SQL Server 2000 database.
I've completed the coding for the front side of the application and the design and testing of the database itself, so I'm now at the important state of migrating existing data into the new database.
My problem is this:
For the large part, our organization stores its contact data in MS Outlook 2002. This is easily exported to an Access 2002 database, which I have already done for a number of our employees.
I need a way to take the data found in each of these Access databases and insert it into my new MS SQL 2K database. I am aware that an upsizing wizard exists, but the only version I can find is for Access 97 to SQL Server 7 conversions. Beyond that, I don't want to create a whole new database: I simply want to migrate the data I need from the Access files into the schema developed around the new application.
I have this query: SELECT Trim(Left([Display Name],InStr([Display Name],",")-1))+Trim(Mid([Display Name],InStr([Display Name],",")+2,1)) AS UserName, dbo_Employee.[Display Name] FROM dbo_Employee; Works good in access, but when trying to put it un sql server, it comes up with errors. I know mid is substring, I just don't know what trim and instr are in mssql.
Hi there, apologies if i have entered this into the wrong forum.
I am currently building an application using microsoft access and coding in VBA (what i can!)
When i have got it working as i like after user testing i would like to create an MDE file to distribute to users and i would like to convert the access database held on a file server to a SQL server but have no experience of doing this.
In what order would i do this and would i suffer a loss of functionality in changing from access to SQL i.e. would some of the VBA code not work in SQL?
Hi there,I have written an application which uses MS Access for it's database engine.Due to the large size which the database has become I have decided that itwould be sensible to use SQL Server with the application instead.I am an extreme SQL Server newbie so I am not really sure what I'm doingyet! I have successfully downloaded and installed the MS SQLDE 2000 andservice pack 3.What do I need to do next? Ideally I would like to convert the existingAccess database to MS SQL Server format. Also I would like to know if it ispossible to create an SQL Server database from scratch using a guienvironment similar to Access and if so which software (preferably free) doI need to achieve this?Many thanks,Clive.
I'm in the process of converting over an Access database - The existing Forms, Reports, etc are staying within the Access front-end and the Tables are now linked to the SQL database. The only problem is, most of the Tables contain Autonumber fields, so although they converted over to Identity fields, existing records work fine. When I try to add a new record, it doesn't automatically enter the next available Autonumber/Identity until I select a record which already exists to force it to update itself. When I add a new record using the original Access database, as soon as you start entering information into the new record, the next available Autonumber automatically appears. Any suggestions on forcing it to automatically appear using the SQL database and an Access form????
Is it possible to convert an access 2003 database to SQL without data lost (and more generaly, without lost of information about the database) and then, connect the customer Microsoft ACCESS program to the new SQL database without change in ACCESS program ? Thanks a lot for your answer. P.S.: if there is changes to make, what kind of change for example.
I have imported some tables from msaccess but as the datetime field from access is different from SQL Server I had to change all columns type from datetime to varchar...
Now in SQL Server i'm trying to convert this data into datetime, and I'm using cast(field as datetime) and sql give me this message..."The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value."
how can I select these rows that are giving me errors ??? OR is there a way to convert this data ??
I don't know if in this data it will give the error... but as the table is too big...I can't post everything here...
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I got the problem...
I have data like 4/11/2006 9:23:19 AM and others like 11/21/2005 6:02:13 PM
So the first one 4/11/2006 9:23:19 AM it converts without problem, but wrongly...cause the month is "4" and not "11" the other one 11/21/2005 6:02:13 PM it tries to convert the month as 21 and not as 11....
I'm trying to pass a character (D) to an integer data type!i'm getting this error:Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '17D' to data type int.
I have an application that uses Acces as a backend and VBA as front end. Application is secured and is supplied on a CD with setup.exe.
Can I use VB 2005 and MS SQL to achieve the same?
Would I be able to package my application with all the neccessery files (assuming that client does not have any e.g. SQL server) so that multiple front ends can access data from common source?
Would I be able to secure such an application using only VS 2005?
What would I need to quickly learn how to achieve the above ( any books you can suggest maybe)?
I am converting an Access 2003 database into SQL 2005 Express for purposes of evaluating the SQL server environment as a future home for my data. One of the motivating factors in the conversion is the integration of LINQ with VB 2008.
Assuming that there was no conversion tool to migrate Access forms for use with SQL and VB 2008, I converted the Access data table and used the VB 2008 form designer to databind textbox controls to fields in the converted SQL database. Here are some basic questions:
The conversion from Access to SQL apparently did not include the default numeric formatting (currency, percentage, etc.) which was part of the Access data table. Is there a place in the SQL server environment to supply a default data format so that forms and reports referencing the field do not need to be manually formatted for each reference?
After converting the data table and spending 2 hours designing the dataform for the 80+ fields, I inadvertantly changed the table structure and found that the dataform was not happy (oops). I corrected the databindings manually for the few errant field references, but wonder if there is some wizard to do this automatically?
Is there a way to print out the dataform itself? I used the following code snippet in my Access form code-behind and I wonder if there is an equivalent VB 2008 function:
Finally, Access can instantly change from dataform to datasheet presentation screens. Can this be done in VB 2008 with two views simultaneously presenting the same SQL data?
Please excuse my naivete, but in contrast to Access 2003 where program functionality is encapsulated into readily apparent controls, menus, and dialogs, the SQL server environment seems foreign, spartan, and all the words are different. Thanks, -BGood
I am extracting data from SQL Server 2005 to flat file destination. I am using SQL Command to specify the data selection query. One of my query uses Replicate function to derive a column value. When I execute this package it fails with the error "Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "value" returned status value 4 and status text "Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page".
The reason for the problem is that, it is taking the InputColumnWidth of the flat file destination as 8000 and I specified the OutputColumnWidth as 4.
If I change the OutputColumnWidth to 8000, it is working without any error but resulting in the column width of 8000.
I tried using DerivedColumn Transformation's Type cast and DataConversion Transformation but still I am getting the same error in the respective Transformation components.
create a new Connection Manager by right-clicking in the Connection Managers section of the design area of the screen. Select New OLE DB Connection to bring up the Configure OLE DB Connection Manager dialog box. Click New to open the Connection Manager. In the Provider drop-down list, choose the Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider and click OK. Browse to the Access database file and connection set up---all good!!!
Dataflow task Add an OLE DB Source component Double-click the icon to open the OLE DB Source Editor. Set the OLE DB Connection Manager property to the Connection Manager that I created . Select Table from the Data Access Mode drop-down list. I cannot see the tables set up as set up as pass-through table types to a Oracle 9i db
I have recently upgraded to SQL2014 on Win2012. The Access front end program works fine.
But, previously created Excel reports with built in MS Queries now fail with the above error for users with MS 2013. The queries still work for users still using MS 2007.
I also cannot create any new queries and get the same error message. If I log on as myself on the domain to another PC with 2007 installed it works fine, so I don't think it is anything to do with AD groups or permissions.
We need to insert data/rows from a SQL Server 2014 database into MS Access database. The problem is, there are so many columns (100+) in the table and there are so many insert transactions of this kind (from different tables) that it is not very easy to write the code in VB.NET that lists all column names.
Both the Access and SQL Server tables have the same number of columns and the equivalent data types, so inserting is not really the problem. It's just that is there a way to do an insert statement in T-SQL that does not name all the columns?
I've been developing desktop client-server and web apps and have used Access and SQL Server Standard most of the time. I'm looking into using SQL CE, and had a few questions that I can't seem to get a clear picture on:
- The documentation for CE says that it supports 256 simultaneous connections and offers the Isolation levels, Transactions, Locking, etc with a 4GB DB. But most people say that CE is strictly a single-user DB and should not be used as a DB Server. Could CE be extended for use as a multi-user DB Server by creating a custom server such as a .NET Remoting Server hosted through a Windows Service (or any other custom host) on a machine whereby the CE DB would run in-process with this server on the machine which would then be accessed by multiple users from multiple machines?? Clients PCs -> Server PC hosting Remoting Service -> ADO.NET -> SQL CE
- and further more can we use Enterprise Services (Serviced Components) to connect to SQL CE and further extend this model to offer a pure high-quality DB Server? Clients PCs -> Server PC hosting Remoting Service -> Enterprise Services -> ADO.NET -> SQL CE
Seems quite doable to me, but I may be wrong..please let me know either ways
The SQL Server is installed on SERVER-A. SERVER-A and SERVER-B are Windows 2003 servers on the same Windows 2003 domain. The SQL Server and SQL Server Agent services are running under the domain account SQLSERVICE. SQLSERVICE is a member of the Domain Admins group. The Domain Admins group is part of the local Administrators group on SERVER-B. The SQLSERVICE account has also explicitly been given Full Control to the folder referenced by \SERVER-BSHARE xp_cmdshell use has been enabled on the SQL Server.
If I run the following command in SQL:
exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'whoami'the following is returned: DOMAINSQLSERVICE If I change the command to access the c: drive instead of a network drive, it executes successfully.
Can anyone shed some light on why I still cannot access any of the files in this folder using xp_cmdshell?
We have an application that requires write settings to reportserver virtual directory for the IUSR account when anonymous is turned on during the install. Once the install is complete, we lock down the IUSR account so that it only has browse access to the virtual directory when enabling anonymous access.
We automate the uninstall and install of our daily builds and I'm trying to figure out if I can automated this process somehow either through command line utility or in vbs.
i am currently working on designing a database for a bank as a school project for my database class. We have to draw up an entity relationship diagram, Sql tables, database size estimate etc. I am currently working on the security portion of the project. I need to list the groups that have access to my application and use a grid format to show access to specific tables.
I am currently working on designing a database for a bank as a school project for my database class. We have to draw up an entity relationship diagram, Sql tables, database size estimate etc. I am currently working on the security portion of the project. I need to list the groups that have access to my application and use a grid format to show access to specific tables.
Role Loans Payments Transactions Accounts Customer Emplo Database Admin SUID SUID SUID SUID SUID SUID Branch Manager SUI SUI SUI SUI SUI SUI Internal Auditor S S S S S S Loan Officer SUID SUI SUI S S Tellers S S S S SU Customers U
Is there any way to get more information for when IAuthorizationExtension::CheckAccess fails to grant access to a report item for the current user? Specifically, it would be useful to know:
1. URL of attempted report 2. IP address of user agent 3. Identity of current user 4. Date/Time of the failed attempt
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Data; using System.Data.OleDb; using System.Collections;
namespace TimeTracking.DB { public class sql { OleDbConnection conn;
// //the constructor for this class, set the connectionstring // public sql() { DBConnectionstring ConnectToDB = new DBConnectionstring(); conn = ConnectToDB.MyConnection(); }
// // // public void UpdateEntry(int ID, string Week, string Year, string Date, string Project, string Action, string Time, string Comment) { int m_ID = ID; int m_Week = (Convert.ToInt32(Week)); int m_Year = (Convert.ToInt32(Year)); string m_Date = Date; string m_Project = Project; int m_ProjectID = new int(); string m_Action = Action; int m_ActionID = new int(); Single m_Time = (Convert.ToSingle(Time)); string m_Comment = Comment;
// //get the project ID from the database and store it in m_ProjectID // OleDbCommand SelectProjectID = new OleDbCommand("SELECT tblProject.ProjectID FROM tblProject" + " WHERE (((tblProject.Project) LIKE @Project))", conn);
// //get the action ID from the database and store it in m_ActionID // OleDbCommand SelectActionID = new OleDbCommand("SELECT tblAction.ActionID FROM tblAction" + " WHERE (((tblAction.Action) LIKE @Action))", conn);
finally { //close the connection if (conn != null) { conn.Close(); } } } } }
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The update statement is not working in my application, no error in C# and no error in ms-access. When I paste the update query into the ms-access query tool and replace the parameter values (@....) with real values, is will update the record.
Re: Possible Vista-only security issue opening a TCP connection to SQL2005
Please help. I have a problem that appears to be rare. I'm testing the culmination of a year's work and the error I'm getting is at the most basic level (the SQL connection) while everything else so far is working as coded.
My client is Windows Vista, apparently no firewall (I say apparently as in recent years MS have put more and more facades over the actuality of the operating systems), my server is Windows 2003 Server b3790 SP2 with SQL 2005 Standard 1399.06, again no firewall.
PortQuery 2.0 reckons that the server is listening on port 1433, too, so it doesn't seem like a firewall issue.
Nothing reported in either Event Viewers.
Here's the stack dump:
Unhandled Exception: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Connect(ServerInfo serverInfo, SqlInternalConnectionTds connHandler, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, Boolean encrypt, Boolean trustServerCert, Boolean integratedSecurity, SqlConnection owningObject) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.AttemptOneLogin(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, SqlConnection owningObject) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.LoginNoFailover(String host, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Int64 timerStart) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCreateRequest(DbConnection owningObject) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConnection(DbConnection owningObject) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() at Robot.Data.Support.ExecuteStoredProcReader(String connectionString, String procName, IDictionary`2 parameters) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotRobot.DataSupport.cs:line 44 at Robot.Data.Analytics.FetchableCollection.ExecuteByIYLT(String criterion) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotRobot.Data.AnalyticsFetchableCollection.cs:line 78 at Robot.Data.Analytics.FetchableCollection.Robot.Core.Interfaces.IFetchable.Fetch(String criterion) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotRobot.Data.AnalyticsFetchableCollection.cs:line 49 at Robot.Data.Analytics.FetchableCollection.Fetch(String criterion) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotRobot.Data.AnalyticsFetchableCollection.cs:line 41 at Robot.Data.Analytics.AnalyticsDalc.Prefetch(String criterion, AnalysisTypeEnum analysisType) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotRobot.Data.AnalyticsAnalyticsDalc.cs:line 167 at Robot.Data.Analytics.AnalyticsDalc.FillRankedCollection(RankedCollection& emptyRc) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotRobot.Data.AnalyticsAnalyticsDalc.cs:line 115 at TestHarness.Program.Main(String[] args) in P:Visual Studio 2005ProjectsRobotTestHarnessProgram.cs:line 35
And here's the connection string, which is built using the SqlConnectionStringBuilder:
I have tried an old project which used to connect to the same server using a more basic connection string (it was a project which populated my Research db with fake data) and it also fails. When I ran this project successfully I'm pretty sure it was on an XP client.
I have also ran my TestHarness .exe on another client (WinXP) and it appears to pass this point and raises an exception that I believe is caused at a later point - so it looks like a Vista client issue.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Luke
P.S. Some losely related thoughts; the MSDN forum system still logs me out on Vista when I try to submit a thread, please sort this out! You can't expect your customers to run around deleting cookies. Also, when will you finally deprecate the default Named Pipes!? And finally, having that "does not allow remote connections" error spewed out with all connection errors is a really bad design choice, in my opinion.
I am developing an application that uses Access database (mdb file) to store the user data. The user of this application is not interested in the database file (to view in MS Access Environment). Does the user machine requires MS Access installation to run my application or just some couple of dlls (OleDB driver, Access DB Engine,..) should be enough to run my application?
I have trying to execute the Sendmail task in my development envinorment i face this error..I have given the clear details error message below,Please have a look.
[Send Mail Task] Error: An error occurred with the following error message: "Failure sending mail. System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions ".Alternatively i use the SMTP connection to create the subscription as well,its working properly.
Here we are accessing SMTP connection manager as Virtually.Here in my client network we are using Macafee Anti virus ,We have excluded the Rsconfigration file in the excluded list.I dont know why this problem occures again using Sendmailtask in ssis?
