I have created a database on SQL Express using SQL Server Manager Express. However, when I try to connect to it in Visual Studio 2005, I cannot find the .mdf file so cannot create the project datasource. Can someone tell me where it is? Searching through the files does not find it. Knowing it cannot be obtained directly and needs to be rebuilt some other way would be helpful.
View 5 RepliesWhen you create data files and filegroups, you specify a size. Myquestion is -- how do you know how full they are? Is there a storedprocedure for that?
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I was trying this:
select f.name, *
from sysfiles f (nolock)
left join sys.filegroups fg (nolock)
on f.name = fg.name
left join sys.indexes i (nolock)
on i.data_space_id = fg.data_space_id
left join sys.all_objects o (nolock)
ON i.[object_id] = o.[object_id]
where i.name is NULL and o.name is NULL
Did not work.
My file names are the same as the filgroup names containing the file, this is why I was joining by name.
Dear All ,
when i try to go to run http://localhost/reportserver an error message appear tell me "The report server has encountered a configuration error. See the report server log files for more information. (rsServerConfigurationError) "
and i dont know where to find the report server log files , so i wonder where can i fin the report server log file (rsServerConfigurationError).
Best wishes to you all
Karim.Maylo
Got following query:
SELECT
event_data.value('(event/data/value)[4]', 'bigint') AS cpu_time,
--database name
event_data.value('(event/data/value)[5]', 'bigint') AS duration,
--estimated cost
--estimated rows
--nest level
[code]...
Basically, is a simple T-SQL query that reads the local file for my already setup extended event sessions. But I can't find the way to retrieve the following attributes as part as the T-SQL query:
--database name
--estimated cost
--estimated rows
--nest level
--object name
I am trying to find a BOL or some MS link with the full list of possible values for event_data.value but can't find one.
Script to find the details of creation date and modified date of all files located in a path?
I wanna write few custom messages before I delete some files from a path.
I tried all the INFORMATION_SCHEMA on SQL 2000 andI see that the system tables hold pretty much everything I aminterested in: Objects names (columns, functions, stored procedures, ...)stored procedure statements in syscomments table.My questions are:If you script your whole database everything you end up havingin the text sql scripts, are those also located in the system tables?That means i could simply read those system tables to get any informationI would normally look in the sql script files?Can i quickly generate a SQL statement of all the indexes on my database?I read many places that Microsoftsays not to modify anything in those tables and not query them since theirstructure might change in future SQL versions.Is it safe to use and rely the system tables?I basically want to do at least fetching of information i want from thesystem tables rather than the SQL script files.I also want to know if it's pretty safe for me to make changes in thesetables.Can i rename an object name for example an Index name, a Stored Procedurename?Can i add a new column in the syscolumns table for a user table?Thank you
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have 3 database say
db1
db2
db3
I need to setup a script to read all the table names in the database above and then query the database to find the list of Stored Procedure using each table.(SQL Server)
I proposed on a new server that we separate Data Files, Log Files, tempDB, Backups, etc. onto separate LUNS on a SAN with High Speed Solid State Drives.I was told that with the new technology with solid state SAN's that it would decrease performance and that it did not work the same way as it did when you had RAID 5's etc.I thought that if things were cared out correctly by a SAN Administrator they would know how to configure for optimal performance.
View 2 Replies View RelatedIn the For Loop, How to Iterate from Older flat files to Newer flat files based on File's Timestamp. If there are some older files in that folder, it should be processed first and then continue with the newer one.
Any Suggestions?
In the first step of my SSIS package I need to get files from FTP and dump it/them in a local directory, but it's more than that, the logic is like this:
1. If no file(s) found, stop executing and send email saying no file(s) found;
2. If file(s) found, then compare it/them with existing files in our archive folder; if file(s) already exist in archive folder, stop executing and send email saying file(s) already existed, if file(s) not in archive folder yet, then transfer it/them to the local directory for processing.
I know i have to use a script task to do this and i did some research and found examples for each of the above 2 steps and not both combined, so that's why I need some help here to get the logic incorporated right.
Thanks for the help in advance and i apologize for the long lines of code!
example for step 1:
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' Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Script Task
' Write scripts using Microsoft Visual Basic
' The ScriptMain class is the entry point of the Script Task.
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem
Imports System.IO.FileSystemInfo
Public Class ScriptMain
' The execution engine calls this method when the task executes.
' To access the object model, use the Dts object. Connections, variables, events,
' and logging features are available as static members of the Dts class.
' Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
'
' To open Code and Text Editor Help, press F1.
' To open Object Browser, press Ctrl+Alt+J.
Public Sub Main()
Dim cDataFileName As String
Dim cFileType As String
Dim cFileFlgVar As String
WriteVariable("SCFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("OOFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("INFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("IAFileFlg", False)
WriteVariable("RCFileFlg", False)
cDataFileName = ReadVariable("DataFileName").ToString
cFileType = Left(Right(cDataFileName, 4), 2)
cFileFlgVar = cFileType.ToUpper + "FileFlg"
WriteVariable(cFileFlgVar, True)
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
Private Sub WriteVariable(ByVal varName As String, ByVal varValue As Object)
Try
Dim vars As Variables
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite(varName)
Dts.VariableDispenser.GetVariables(vars)
Try
vars(varName).Value = varValue
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
Finally
vars.Unlock()
End Try
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
End Try
End Sub
Private Function ReadVariable(ByVal varName As String) As Object
Dim result As Object
Try
Dim vars As Variables
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForRead(varName)
Dts.VariableDispenser.GetVariables(vars)
Try
result = vars(varName).Value
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
Finally
vars.Unlock()
End Try
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
End Try
Return result
End Function
End Class
example for step 2:
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' Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Script Task
' Write scripts using Microsoft Visual Basic
' The ScriptMain class is the entry point of the Script Task.
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Public Class ScriptMain
' The execution engine calls this method when the task executes.
' To access the object model, use the Dts object. Connections, variables, events,
' and logging features are available as static members of the Dts class.
' Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
'
' To open Code and Text Editor Help, press F1.
' To open Object Browser, press Ctrl+Alt+J.
Public Sub Main()
Try
'Create the connection to the ftp server
Dim cm As ConnectionManager = Dts.Connections.Add("FTP")
'Set the properties like username & password
cm.Properties("ServerName").SetValue(cm, "ftp.name.com")
cm.Properties("ServerUserName").SetValue(cm, "username")
cm.Properties("ServerPassword").SetValue(cm, "password")
cm.Properties("ServerPort").SetValue(cm, "21")
cm.Properties("Timeout").SetValue(cm, "0") 'The 0 setting will make it not timeout
cm.Properties("ChunkSize").SetValue(cm, "1000") '1000 kb
cm.Properties("Retries").SetValue(cm, "1")
'create the FTP object that sends the files and pass it the connection created above.
Dim ftp As FtpClientConnection = New FtpClientConnection(cm.AcquireConnection(Nothing))
'Connects to the ftp server
ftp.Connect()
'ftp.SetWorkingDirectory("..")
ftp.SetWorkingDirectory("directoryname")
Dim folderNames() As String
Dim fileNames() As String
ftp.GetListing(folderNames, fileNames)
Dim maxname As String = ""
For Each filename As String In fileNames
' whatever operation you need to do to find the correct file...
Next
Dim files(0) As String
files(0) = maxname
ftp.ReceiveFiles(files, "C: emp", True, True)
' Close the ftp connection
ftp.Close()
'Set the filename you retreive for use in data flow
Dts.Variables.Item("FILENAME").Value = maxname
Catch ex As Exception
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Failure
End Try
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
End Class
I have the need to delete old backup files via TSQL job. Found this solution online:
PushD "
emoteservershareDIFF" &&(
forfiles -m *DIFF*.sqb -d -1 -c "cmd /c del /q @path"
) & PopD
It works remotely if I run it via command prompt. But when I add this to a TSQL job on my remote SQL instance, it runs without deleting anything. What I'm missing?
Brief overview...Running SQL Server 2003 Server Enterprise 64 bit - All Service Packs and patches current
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 64 bit Build Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3054.00 (X64) Mar 23 2007 18:41:50 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Enterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
I cannot import any SSIS packages nor crete any new folders under stored packages. I hve googled the news groups and looked at BOL to no avail. HELP!!!!
I am thinking about replacing the INSERT data scriptfiles that I have with XML files. This way I can open the XMLfile using an XML Editor and see the values in a GRID andmake changes easier.Do you see any problem with this approach?I managed to put together some code that is exportinga SQL table with its data to an XML file and also a codethat reads the XML file's data and inserts it into a table.Now I am researching on XSD, td:datatype, DTD...(I am new to XML) in order to figure out how I canuse a single xml file that will hold both the sql serverfields, the datatypes and their values.If you have links to some sample code that has anythingto do with the datatype export and import I am workingon, can you please share them with me?Most importantly what do you think about the idea of usingXML files vs sql scripts?Thank you
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a scenario where I need to convert RDF files to PDF files? may I know is this achievable in SSIS - writing C# code?
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Can I just change the directory the log files are being written to in the DB properties without having any adverse problems occurring?
Hi!
I'm using replication with two database on SQL 2000,when begin, the log files size is 50mb and the data files size is 150mb. But now the log files size is 2Gb and the data files size is 4Gb. I would like to decrease the log files and the data files ??? How do i do this???
(I using Truncate and shrink doesn't change )
Thanks!!!
I need to write codes to access many image files and wave files and display them on the webpage. Both of these files are stored on the server (as many experts in this forum adviced) and their locations are in the SQL server database. About the wav files, I think I will have to convert them to MP3 first for fast delivery on internet. Since I am a newbie, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
I have a problem with bcp and format files.We changed our databases from varchar to nvarchar to support unicode. Noproblems so fare with that. It is working fine.But now I need a format file for the customer table and and it is notworking. It is working fine with the old DB with varchar, but withnvarchar I'm not able to copy the data. The biggest problem is, that Igot no error message. BCP starts copying to table and finished withouterror message.This is my table:CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Customer] ([ID] [int] NOT NULL ,[CreationTime] [datetime] NULL ,[ModificationTime] [datetime] NULL ,[DiscoveryTime] [datetime] NULL ,[Name_] [nvarchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI NULL ,[Class] [int] NULL ,[Subclass] [int] NULL ,[Capabilities] [int] NULL ,[SnapshotID] [int] NOT NULL ,[CompanyName] [nvarchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI NOTNULL ,[TargetRCCountry] [nvarchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AINOT NULL ,[LocationID] [int] NULL ,[MirrorID] [binary] (16) NULL ,[DeleteFlag] [bit] NULL ,[AdminStatus] [bit] NULL) ON [PRIMARY]GOand this is the format file:8.0131 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 1 ID ""2 SQLDATETIME 1 24 "#~@~#" 2 CreationTime ""3 SQLDATETIME 1 24 "#~@~#" 3 ModificationTime ""4 SQLDATETIME 1 24 "#~@~#" 4 DiscoveryTime ""5 SQLNCHAR 2 510 "#~@~#" 5 Name_SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS6 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 6 Class ""7 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 7 Subclass ""8 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 8 Capabilities ""9 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 9 SnapshotID ""10 SQLNCHAR 2 510 "#~@~#" 10 CompanyNameSQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS11 SQLNCHAR 2 510 "#~@~#" 11 TargetRCCountrySQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS12 SQLINT 1 12 "#~@~#" 12 LocationID ""13 SQLBINARY 1 33 "#~@~#
"13 MirrorID """#~@~#" is the field terminator. We have a lot of text files with allkind of charachers in it. So we think this is a set that will neveroccur in our files.Thanks for your help!*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
Hi All,
Are there any MDS Descriptor Files associated with Databases Files? Are these associated with transaction logs? As per my information there are .mdf , .ndf and .ldf files.Could anyone please guide me ASAP,as there is an urgent requirement from one of the clients?
Thanks in Advance
Gaurav Matkar
Is there a way to do this with some sort of task ?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm using script task to rename files inside foreach loop files,code like shown below
Dim file As New System.IO.FileInfo(CStr(Dts.Variables("User::FileName").Value))
dim newname as string = Split(file.Name, "_")(0) & ".jpg"
Dts.Variables("User::outputname").Value = file.DirectoryName & "" & newname
Then,i use ftp task to send files,but prompt "the variables User::outputname doesn't contains file path(s)"
I tried to use file system task to perform that,but failed either
Rename file operation in file system only can rename a file in a specified location,who can help me?
TIA
Hi gurus,
I've created a linked server (and set up the corresponding schema.ini file) in order to perform bulk-inserts from some CSV text files into SQL tables (from my standpoint the text files are just for reading purposes). The linked server works fine (I can select the data in the files without a problem).
Now the question: is possible to automatically detect when one or more of those files change in order to start the import process automatically? Something like having a trigger created on the CSV files Or there's no easy way to do that so I have, to say something, to create a Job that periodically checks if the files have changed programatically (say, recording each file's timestamp everytime is imported and comparing the recorded value with the current one, or whatever)?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Hello,
I might have a rather strange question but I was wondering if there is a way/tool that can be used to convert/import Word documents (.doc) into Reporting Services report files (.rdl). The problem is that I have lots of Word documents containing e.g. survey question. The reports are very extensive with many pages and many "graphical" objects e.g. rectangles etc.. Now I want to have all these reports imported into Reporting Services, i.e. I want the .doc-files to be converted to .rdl-files. I do not want to use e.g. OfficeWriter but I want the .doc-files to be migrated to the rdl-format. Is that possible, is there a tool for this? Both file formats are Microsoft formats, so there should be a conversation tool right?
Best Regards
Lars
Hi!
I'm using SQL Server 2000!
How to know then Data files size and Log files size by Store Procedures or Sql query?
Thanks!
Hello!
Please help me to find web page where guys who passed MS exams share their experience. I remember it should be like BenyenVine or very close...
Thank you,
Elena
Everytime I search for this text, it seems to pick up stuff beginning with 5, not dash 5. Does something need to be escaped and how would this be done?
View 8 Replies View RelatedSometimes the simplest things are the most difficult... I'm creating a
UDF as below, then executing it but all I get is that the object does not exist. I must be missing something very basic here...
CREATE function dbo.GetColumnLength(@vcTableName varchar(50), @vcColumnName varchar(50)) returns smallint
as
begin
declare @intLength as smallint
select @intLength=sysC.prec from syscolumns sysC, sysobjects sysO
where sysC.Id = sysO.Id AND sysO.xtype ='U' And
sysO.Name = @vcTableName AND
sysC.Name = @vcColumnName
return @intLength
End
GO
select top 2 * from player, dbo.GetColumnLength('playerdetails','email')
Some pre-written scripts that contain things such as automobile make or other generic common data like that?
I'm trying to avoid populating my db by hand. Any insight would be appreciated.
cheers
Can someone help on this:I am just learning, and I'm connecting to the the northwindcs.mdf tables /open file is northwindcs.adp.This is the sample installed using msde, which is supposed to be mini sqlserver to learn.Please don't refer me elsewhere, here is what I'm trying to learn:If I want to hit a command button and do the following:1. Find a customerid2. if found, edit the record, if not found, add a new record.How would the below code need to look for this, I'm not even sure theconnection string is correct.I'm getting following error:run-time error 3219operation not allowed in this context.I get the y messagebox, but rst!ContactTitle = "The Owner" doesn't work.When I hit the debug, rst.close is highlighted.Also, how do you handle a no find situation here, I noticed a nomatchdoesn't work.I am real good at programming, but new to the server thing.And finally, is there a way to hit this command button, and do all from astored procedure instead of code? But in background, no user inteventiononce button is hit. Which is better, this code approach or a possiblestored procedure.Please help, if I get this down, I think I'll have the rest wipped. Theconnect string is one big thing confusing me along with handling record oncefound / not found. I'm used of DAO. If some one is willing to help, I canemail detailed real code from a database I'm really working on. I need tolearn this first to convert code.HERE IS SAMPLE CODEPrivate Sub Command16_Click()Dim cnn As New ADODB.ConnectionDim rst As New ADODB.RecordsetDim mark As VariantDim count As Integercount = 0cnn.Open "DSN=NorthwindCS; Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=OEMCOMPUTER;InitialCatalog=NorthwindCS; uid=sa; pwd=;"rst.Open "SELECT * FROM Customers", cnn, _adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic, adCmdText'rst.Open "SELECT CustomerID FROM Customers", cnn, _' adOpenDynamic, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText' The default parameters are sufficient to search forward' through a Recordset.rst.Find "CustomerID = 'CHOPS'"If rst!CustomerID = "CHOPS" ThenMsgBox "y"rst!ContactTitle = "The Owner"ElseMsgBox "n"End If' Skip the current record to avoid finding the same row repeatedly.' The bookmark is redundant because Find searches from the current' position.'Do While rst.EOF <> True 'Continue if last find succeeded.' Debug.Print "Title ID: "; rst!CustomerIDcount = count + 1 'Count the last title found.'mark = rst.Bookmark 'Note current position.'rst.Find "CustomerID = 'CHOPS'", 1, adSearchForward, mark'Exit Do'Looprst.Closecnn.CloseDebug.Print "The number of business titles is " & countEnd Sub
View 8 Replies View RelatedTo ensure I don't leave orphans floating around in tables when records get deleted (values from one record might link to values in another) how do I find and possibly replace values in tables?For example, if I have a unit of measure table and want to delete the value "inches", how do I look in other tables to find this value and give the user the option to cancel or clear it out. If I don't it will cause controls bound to that value like the dropdownlist to throw an error.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a visual studio 2005 app that has to match strings to something in a database.
It works wonderfully until a string shows up with an & in it (so "this & that")
The app wont find anything even though it should, the same query that is made in VS works just fine in enterprise manager
I tried a replace on the & with the chr(), hex, and html reference for & and none of those work.
We tried using different methods in VS to do the sql statement and commands.
The statement surrounds the string with single quotes.
If we take the & out, everything works fine.
Turned off request valadation just in case.
Any ideas?????
I am a novice....
Where would I start, if I wanted to search my SQL database for a record and have SQL return a true/false. I want this to be done with ASP.net.