Hello All,
We have to setup a SQL 2000 box (it's what the app requires) and I would like to know what is considered the best practice for setting up the drive fault tolerance.
We are looking at allocating about 500GB for both system and data drives.
Thank you in advance for your input.
Sincerly,
Larry
We are setting up a new SMS (SP3) primary server with local SQL 7.0 (SP3) and are mandated to use the following configuration for hard drives:
C:&D: are on mirrored 18GB drives (2 channel RAID controller)
C: OS (8GB) partition
D: pagefile & temp (10GB)
E:&F: are on RAID 5 (3x36GB) 72GB useable (2 channel RAID controller)
E: temp data for field techs (10GB)
F: SMS & SQL (62GB)
We would like to have the SQL logs on a different physical drive than the data (for improved performance), so we are planning on putting it on drive D:
We realize this will affect redundancy, but should this be a big concern?
Has anyone used this type of configuration?
Pros, cons?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Brent
Hi,
I'm using SqlServer 2000 at a web host, and share this db with about 200 others (it's an inexpensive web host so I guess there is not very much traffic on most of them, but I can only see their db IDs so I don't know what organisations they are or the urls they have).
Usually, my web site runs fine, but lately it's really really slow (as in non-functioning in reality). I'm in the middle of coding my seach functionality, so I fear that I'm causing this myself. ;-)
However, there are only ten posts in my test db, so it should be a piece of cake for SqlServer. The other .aspx pages runs rather slow too now, but when I start a programming session they have worked fine (this has happened three times now so I don't know what to conclude). When the server slows down, it can stay down for hours. I've also tried to access my site from other computers but get the same result, so I guess it has nothing to do with caching (I also tried emptying my browser's - IE7 - cache). I have several asp web sites with Access dbs at the same web host, and they all work fine. In addition, I have no problem viewing and editing my db at the web host via SqlServer Management Studio Express.
What do you think of this problem? Should I go for a more expensive web host? Should I give them the "It's not you, it's me" speech? ;-) Or is it really me?
Below's my search code, and as you can see, there are some integers there to make sure the loops don't run ad infinitum. I don't really think the problem actually lies with my search code, as everything worked well a week ago, but I don't know...
BTW, if you think my code can run much faster without getting too tricky, please let me know.
Please help!
Pettrer
If Page.IsPostBack Then
Dim soktext As String = Trim(SokTextBox.Text) + " "
Dim tillagg As String = ""
Dim varv As Integer = 1
Dim loopvarv As Integer = 0
soktext = Replace(soktext, vbCrLf, " ") 'vbCrLf = mellanslag i VB-terminologi
Do While InStr(soktext, " ") And varv < 100
soktext = Replace(soktext, " ", " ")
loopvarv += 1
Loop
While Trim(soktext).Length > 0 And varv <= 20 'Loop för att identifiera ord och lägga till dem i sqlsatsen, ett i taget
Dim icke As String = " "
Dim ordet As String = soktext.Substring(0, soktext.IndexOf(" ")) 'Det godkända ordet läggs till i tmp-strängen
soktext = soktext.Remove(0, soktext.IndexOf(" ") + 1) 'Tar bort det som just använts (eller varit för kort)
If ordet.Length > 1 Then 'Blanksteg och ensamma bokstäver förhindras att komma med i sql-satsen
If ordet.StartsWith("-") Then 'Det är ett minusord
icke = " NOT " 'I sqlsatsen blir det alltså AND NOT (...)
ordet = ordet.Remove(0, 1) 'Tar bort minusttecknet från söksträngen
End If
tillagg += " AND " & icke & " (artistnamn LIKE '%" & ordet & "%' OR " & _
"beskrivning LIKE '%" & ordet & "%' OR " & _
"kulturhemvist LIKE '%" & ordet & "%' OR " & _
"kontaktnamn LIKE '%" & ordet & "%') "
End If
varv += 1
End While
Dim kat As String = ""
If KategoriDropDownList.SelectedValue <> 0 Then
kat = " AND (kategori1 = " & KategoriDropDownList.SelectedValue & _
" OR kategori2 = " & KategoriDropDownList.SelectedValue & _
" OR kategori3 = " & KategoriDropDownList.SelectedValue & _
" OR kategori4 = " & KategoriDropDownList.SelectedValue & ") "
End If
Dim lan As String = ""
If LanDropDownList.SelectedValue <> "alla" Then
lan = " AND lan = '" & LanDropDownList.SelectedValue & "' "
End If
ResultatDataSource.SelectCommand = "SELECT DISTINCT TOP 200 folknuID, kategori1, kategori2, kategori3, kategori4, initial, artistnamn, lan, kontakthemsida, kategori1, (COALESCE(audio1,'') + COALESCE(audio2,'') + COALESCE(audio3,'')) As audio, (COALESCE(video1,'') + COALESCE(video2,'') + COALESCE(video3,'')) As video, (COALESCE(pressbild1,'') + COALESCE(pressbild2,'') + COALESCE(pressbild3,'')) As pressbild " & _
"FROM Mytable " & _
"WHERE shown = 1 AND shownadm = 1 " & _
tillagg & _
kat & _
lan & _
"ORDER BY initial"
ResultatLabel.Text = "SelectCmd: " & ResultatDataSource.SelectCommand
ResultatGridView.DataBind()
End If '*** på sökkoden
When I open my Computer Management Console and look at Event Viewer/Application, I see an error:
Fault bucket 277816039.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 32 37 37 38 31 36 30 33 27781603
0010: 39 0d 0a 9..
What is this error and how can I fix it?
Also, When I click on the link to get more information all I get is a page that says there is no information on this error. This happens with ALL my errors! I have never seen any usefull information from this link.
I am running on a Windows 2004 Standard Server with SQL Server 2005.
Charles
I just installed SQL7.0 on a windows 98 machine. When I go to register a new database, I get the following message.
MMC caused a general protection fault
I have rebooted the machine, removed & reinstalled the application.
Help - what else
Goodday all
I,m having a problem with something that worked well just recently. maybe I changed a setting by mistake.
I have a Database grid view on my page. When I configure my data sourse and get to "configure the select statment " on the wizard and press advanced to open the wizard with two check boxes " generate INSERT, UPDATE etc and the other check box "Use optimistic concurrency " this input box of the wizard is greyed out (non responsive)
Does anyone know how to rectify this?
Regards
Rob
Hi,
My raid-5 server failed because one disc, some folders and files are lost, but I have recoverd whit some software for the propuse.
I have reinstaled the SQL server and attached the database, but when I try to open the tables I recieve a error message saying : internal consisty error... somethihg like this.
How can a restore the databases?
Dear All,
I’m wondering if it’s the design that needs to be changed or I simply can’t put this together.
I have 3 tables.
1. people (peopId, peopFName, peopSName etc.)
2. codes (codeId, codeName)
3. codedPeople(codePeopleId, peopId, codeId)
Codes represent different skills of people, example the sort of job functions they’ve held in their employment. Like:
t-CEO,
t-CFO
t-Founder
etc.
people, clearly holds data about people.
CodedPeople holds data about which people are coded. So person1 can be coded as t-CEO as well t-Founder, and person2 coded as t-CFO
What I need is a query that returns all distinct people records and takes a number of codeNames as input. So if I throw in t-CEO OR t-Founder I get person1, again if I define t-CEO AND t-Founder I get person1.
However when I add t-CEO OR t-CFO I get person1 and person2 but when the query takes t-CEO AND t-CFO I get no result.
I can’t seem to come up with anything that would give me a good starting point. Is there a design fault here? All opinions are much appreciated, thanks in advance!
I am getting a general protection fault when pressing the print icon in Reporting Services website.
Hi I found this article:
http://database.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sql-server-l/reporting-services-2005-print-icon-causes-machine-to-reboot-1592477
but I can't figure ou how to "remove" the RSClientPrint Class add-on in IE 6.
P.S.
Why does something as simple as printing need to be an ActiveX control? There are all kinds of issues revolving around pushing this out using SMS for users without local admin permission.
Hi
I have been trying to use openrowset with a shared drive, and even though the share has "full control" permissions granted to "everyone" and the accout that SQL runs under has been granted explicit full control permissions I am unable to open the file which itself has no security on it.
Can I not use a \ path and only use mapped drives?
Thanks
below works...
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=C:5People.xls', [Sheet1$])
below doesn't work...
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=\cluster02FileManager5People.xls', [Sheet1$])
I am trying to move a log file from one drive to another.
What I have done is add another file to my file group. So now my log has a file on the 'e' drive and one on the 'f' drive. I now want to remove the file on the 'e' drive. I have emptied the file on the 'e' drive. When doing the command:
ALTER DATABASE Uniprodruntime
REMOVE FILE m_rk_runtime_log
I get the following error message..
Server: Msg 5020, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The primary data or log file cannot be removed from a database.
I have also gone into enterprise manager and tried to delete the file and it does nothing.
Has anyone run into this?
How do you compare SAN drive vs local drive on a 32 bit server?
Is it good idea to move my DB files to a SAN instead of local?
Canada DBA
Server: SQL 2008 R2
 1: TempDB keeps getting filled.  Restart of the server has not fixed it. I shrink it, but the space gets filled again. Now I can't even shrink it anymore
2: TempDB is at the wrong location. Its current location is this :C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLPROD6MSSQLDATA empdb
How do I change its location?Â
C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLPROD6MSSQLDATA empdb
Correct location of TempDB should be: TempDB(T:) But its not there
Hello there,
I've some really big problems with SQL Server 2005 Express. I Recently, I had 2 instances on my machine, one was a SQL Server 2000 Developer and the other a 2005 Express Version. The 2000 version was not necessary anymore, so I unstalled it, since then, the Express version keeps having probems.
Under the Server Properties -> Database settings -> Database Locations I've changed the path to D:sqldatamssql, but now, the programm always takes the "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData" to store and load the databases, no matter what I do.
And there are more problems see here:
Restoring does not work=======================
I wanted to restore a database called "fw40_admin" from a backup file (.bak), but that didn't work at all, it always says this as an error:
"System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error '5(error not found)' while attempting 'RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation' on 'D:sqldatamssqlfw40_admin.mdf'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)"
But as soon as I type in the installation path "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData" inside the "Restore As" under "Options", it works.
Why does the backup only work in "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData", BUT the database locations under the server properties is indicated with "D:sqldatamssql"????
Attaching does not work=======================
Attaching an existing database does not work either. Most databases (mdf) are located on the path D:sqldatamssql, but as soon as I press
Attach Databases -> Add
The dialog window appears with the "D:sqldatamssql" path, but it is unable to find any *.mdfs altough THERE ARE .mdfs in this directory. But Express can find databases in the selected installation: "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData".
Why can't Express see the directory on the D: partition???
What is wrong? Here? Can anybody help me?
Being a very novice SQL Server administrator, I need to ask the experts a question.
How do I go about moving a database from 1 drive to another? The source drive (C is local to the server, but the target drive (E is on a Storage Area Network (SAN), although it is still a local drive for the server. I want to move the database from C: to E:. Can someone provide me with instructions?
Thanks,
Rick
How to backup half of dbs from a server on C drive and the other half on D drive and vice versa, first half on D drive and other half On C drive using only one job and one stored procedure??
Using scheduling from job add 2 schedules to the job so first schedule backup first half to C and second half to D , the second schedule backup first half to D and second half to D.
Hi everyone:We received a error message "Log File to Database is Full. Backup thetransaction log to free up space."I have a Access 2000 application that calls a Stored Procedure thatinserts about 5000 records into a worktable on a SQL server 8.0database table. After the user is finished with the work table astored procedure deletes just the records that he was using in thework file (so I can't use Truncate Table). I have the work tablelinked to an Access database so I can't use a temporary table on theserver.This action of 5000 records being added and deleted to this workfilecan occur 7 or 8 times an hour. And for the last week I've beentesting the application so I have probably been doing this action 10to 20 times an hours.I do not currently use a COMMIT with the INSERT Stored Procedure orthe DELETE Stored Procedure.Although I didn't think this was a lot of records, could it be that myapplication caused this error. Is there a way to find out for sure ifmy application caused this error and if there something I can do in myapplication to keep the Transaction Log from filling up.Thank you for taking the time to read my post and any help would beappreciated.
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Thanks
Hi I use data presentation controls like gridview, formsview in my application. In many of the webforms i also use multiple datasources mainly for the purpose of 2 way data binding for controls within data presentation controls.I am concerned about the performance issues this might cause as users using these pages increase.What is the likely performance impact ?Once the databind is done and values are populated in the respective controls, does the database connection of datasource control get closed, or is it open?What are the best practices while implementing datasource controls?
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I'm looking for some documentation on SQL 2K Installation tips on a Windows 2000 Member Server platform as well as best practices for ongoing maintenance .
Real world experience as well as Microsoft propaganda are all welcome.
Thanks again.
Could some one give best SQL 2000 install practices such as -
1) SQL app, should this be in OS drive or not ( pros, cons )
2) Should OS be on Raid 1
etc
Thanks,
What are the best pactices to optimize performance accsiing an SQLServer DB ?
commands, mantenance plan...
Thanks
I am looking for some examples of how to manage DDL scripts amongvarious versions of a production db and development and testing. Ihave tried a few things in the past, and it always gets very muddledand cumbersome.I need to be able to build any version of the database from scratch,BUT I also need to maintain an upgrade path from any version to anylater version. So it is not enough to just maintain a master buildscript, but I don't want to maintain 2 different things (modify themaster build scripts AND create a new "ALTER" script for each versionchange).I thought I had seen an article somewhere that layed out a process formanaging this, but I can't find it now (I thought it was in SQL ServerMag). Does anybody know of this article or have a resource they couldpoint me to that outlines best practices in this area?Thanks,Jason Wood, DBA in training.
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I would really appreciate a guide of sorts that would tell me the correct steps to take to properly secure a column in my database. I don't need specifics on how to do each step, I either have those already or can find them myself. In fact, I have already successfully encrypted and decrypted some data. I just want to make sure that I create the right keys and certificates and that I follow best-practices as far as backups and stuff is concerned.
Thanks,
Todd Sparks
Environment is SQL Server 2005 x64 Enterprise running under Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise with four processors and 16GB of ram.
I have 28 data copy routines I would like to add to a SSIS package. They use the Data Reader Source to an ODBC database (InterSystems Cache) and copy the table contents to a SQL2005 database for reporting needs. The data rows in these 28 routines range from only 100 rows to over 6 million rows depending on the table. I have tested these individually and they work fine. My question is, is it a good practice to have all of these routines in a single package or can I expect performance degragation?
I've got a table that has frequent updates to it. I want 100% change tracking on this table though, so we can rollback to any previous version, or just see any changes people make.
Is there a best practice for things like this? Currently, I'm using a trigger on UPDATE to take the previous values and store them in a history table. This keeps track of who changes what, and when. Plus the most recent data is seperate and more performant to access.
I've also heard about putting an 'IsActive' flag on the main table and any changes that are made just get marked as In-Active and a new record gets added.
Any input?
Thanks!
I am new to SSIS, but done alot of DTS 2000 development.
What is the concensus for developing SSIS packages? Do you just place objects and change the properties of each object, having multiple objects basically doing the same thing, with different properties? Or do you set object's properties and then change properties by code in scripts? Ie Execute SQL, setting connections and SQL Statement by code in a script? Is this even possible? With Microsoft OOP I assume this is possible.
Script> Set properties of ExecuteSQL > set flow to ExecuteSQL.
Thanks!
Is this this only way to do it in SSIS?
http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/ashvinis/archive/2005/06/15/15829.aspx
For some reason I figured that SSIS would have this kind of stuff built into it, it seems a function that many would use.
Hi,
I wonder if anyone knows what would be the best case scenario for the property 'maxinsertcommitsize' for the sql destination task if I want to load 6m records into a target. Is the best setting 0 (try loading all in one batch) or should I choose a different value for example 1000000 per batch?
Thanks,
Marc
Hi,
i am newbie in ASP.net world. i am using 3 tier application architechture for my web based application. data base is sql server 2000. i have looked at object and sql datasource objects but i think they are not suitable for my requirements. so i am planning to directly use ado.net to access data from database.( i.e. creating connection, then creating commands n executing them)
now what i am looking for is the best known practices for the above task. i have following solutions in my mind please let me know if i am missing some or which could be the best aproach.
careate one class which will handle all the database requests so that all the pages and business objects request that class to to do all the db related stuff. (creating connection, command n execution)
Hey guys,
Little bit of a newbie question here...I have a database with about 20
or so tables in a relational model. I am now working on an output
scheme and had a quick question regarding best practices for
outputting. Would it be best to
1) Set up a view that basically joins all of these tables together, then bind a DataSet/DataTable to it and output as needed?
2) Setup individual views for each table and run through them?
Thanks for the help!
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I was writing a simple sign up class the other day and coded
a Register method with a SqlCommand and Parameters like this:
SqlCommand sqlCmd =
new SqlCommand("Regester", sqlConn);
sqlCmd.CommandType =
CommandType.StoredProcedure;
sqlCmd.Parameters.Add("@UserName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 55);
sqlCmd.Parameters["@UserName"].Value = userName;
sqlCmd.Parameters.Add("@Firstname", SqlDbType.VarChar, 55);
sqlCmd.Parameters["@Firstname"].Value = fName;
etc...
Seems pretty straight forward right? A senior coder writes his params like this
SqlParameter pUserName
= new SqlParameter("@UserName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 55);
pUserName .Value =
address2;
sqlCmd.Parameters.Add(pUserName );
SqlParameter pFName =
new SqlParameter("@FName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 55);
pFName .Value = city;
sqlCmd.Parameters.Add(pFName );
etc...
What is the benefit, if any, of creating a new instance of SqlParameter for
each value passed to the sp?
How could I easily test the code for speed and resource use besides tracing?