Can someone try and explain to me how a sql query can run fine and return data, yet when I try to run it in dtswizard, while the "preview" view shows the data, actually running it returns zero rows?
This is on SQL2005 express and since I can't get dtsrun or dtexec to work, I'm using auto-it to simulate my actually stepping through the process. Very kludgy, but "when all you've got is a hammer...."
I've installed SQL Server Express and I need to import data into my new database. From searching around forums I read that DTSWizard is the way to go but it did not come with my install of SQL Server Express. One post said to install version with SP1 and it would be included. I tried this and it is still missing. What do I need to install to get the wizard? Do I need the toolkit? Kind of hard to use the database without the ability to import data.
View 27 Replies View RelatedHey, i'm trying to use the dtswizard.exe program in MS SQL Server Express 2005 to move a database from one computer on my home network to another.- Both SQL servers are using Windows Authentication. -I've turned off all firewalls-I've done all the Surface Area Config stuff and enabled both types of remote connections But i'm still getting a "Login Failed for user 'BASEMENT/Guest'. (Microsoft SQL Native Client)" error. Any ideas? Thanks!
View 9 Replies View RelatedHi Folks,
I've been looking through these pages at posts regarding the installation and use of the DTSWizard for importing/exporting files to/from SQL Server Express.
Lots of good, if sometimes contradictory, advice.
I had SSEE installed on my previous PC and (once I was told where to look for it!) also had the use of the dts wizard which made working with SSEE a breeze.
Unfortunately, that PC is no longer with us care of a lightning strike (yes, I have surge protection, no I forgot to unplug the modem...).
I've installed SQL Server Express with Advanced Features SP1 on the new PC and lo and behold - no DTS Wizard!
I've also tried installing the ToolKit and still no wizard.
I know it is supposed to be installed to the following folder:
"C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90DTSBinn"
However, despite repeated uninstalls/installs my folder structure is:
"C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Binn"
Note, no "DTS" folder and no DTSWizard!
Could someone from MS please confirm whether this item is still available (somewhere) in the downloads for SQL Server Express and if so, how the heck can I install it please?
If it isn't available this has to be a huge shoot-yourself-in-the-foot gotcha!
When importing data from an xls file, only first column of first row is returned??? Am I missing something???
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have installed SP2 of Sql Express, installed the tools, but I cannot find the Import/Export tool (called DTSWizard.exe) is located at "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90DTSBinnDTSWizard.exe".
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone out there know if you can take a user like this domain1Username and without dropping it and recreating change it to domain2username. I am using Sql 7.
Thanks in advance
Troy
So, I kinda taught myself sql on the net in a couple of weeks... I've been practicing commands and what not with a database with a company I work with. Here's what I need some help with:
I'm creating a batch file that will connect to the sql server, and input a .sql in the batch file which launches the sql script to check to see if a store's data has come in or not, and if it hasn't, to launch the job to process that store. Now, after it launches the job, the only step for the job is to process what it can before it fails or completes, and most of the time it fails after 1-10 minutes. A big a variance. So my question is, how do I make it so that the script being called, waits for the job to finish before proceeding to the next command which checks a different store and launches another script?
If you want the script, I'll mod out some of the actual names for security purposes and post it for you guys. Any help is appreciated, and I've searched and hacked Google to get an answer, but nothing, so I decided to post this. Thanks!
Hi everybody
I want to know in the real world, what RDBMS is used for keeping people's accounts in official Banks( institution for saving and borrowing money) ? do they use SQL-Server , ORACLE or some thing else?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
I've installed SQL Express SP1 on a Windows 2003 server and I'm trying to get a new MySQL datasource to be recognized in the DTSWizard. A MySQL database needs to be moved over to a MS SQL server due to software requirements (which weren't looked at before the site was created). I've installed the ODBC Connector/MySQL software and created the System DSN (named "MySQL DB Import) in the Administrative Tools/Data Sources (ODBC) tool. When I start up the DTS wizard for SQL Express however, I do not get my new data source in the selection options for data sources. I am following the instructions on this page: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/deploy/mysql.mspx#ERJAE What am I missing?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhilst digging about in the systables I noticed 2 curious things:
When creating an application that returned all tables, columns and fields I had to use sys.systables, and when returning the information from this view, I received two identical columns 1. myColumn of type sysname and 2. myColumn of type varchar. The point being, what is this column for, and why is it there, as it was quite annoying to note it when returning the dataset in my app.
My other point is, while checking out what I could do with sysname, I noted the xml type has a capacity of -1, whereas all other data types have a capacity between 2-8000. Could someone clarify this for me, as it seems a single xml document could be inserted upto 2gb.
Regards.
How can I write a query to return non distinct results?
View 3 Replies View RelatedSo I have a person who is adamant in tell me that SQL Server does not run on windows XP.
Now, I have already done all the research on this (i.e. sql server 2000 product page / requirements) and know the answer, but they insist on asking the question, so here it is .....
'Will SQL Server run on Windows XP'
A simple YES or NO will suffice; however, if you want to explain the answer (if it requires one ;) ), please feel free.
I am using dtswizard to export my db but it doesn't export triggers and all stored procedures. Am I doing anything wrong or is there a better way to do an exact copy of my DB? I am not able to use backup/restore because my db is on a server to which I don't have admin-right, and I have to pay my hoster to create a backup and email me. TIAThomas
View 8 Replies View RelatedDear GroupSomething that I ever found quite difficult was finding a bug in ascript e.g. in a stp#ored procedure as often it would indicate theerror in a completely different line in which the error is actuallylocated. Take the following scriptALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[fra_UpdateCompany]@CompanyID int, @CompanyName varchar(50), @Status int, @TelNovarchar(50), @FaxNo varchar(50), @Email varchar(50), @Web varchar(50),@OfficeType int, @Comment varchar(512)ASDECLARE@CommentOrg varchar(512)IF (LEN(@CompanyName) < 1) BEGIN SET @CompanyName = NULL ENDIF (LEN(@TelNo) < 1) BEGIN SET @TelNo = NULL ENDIF (LEN(@FaxNo) < 1) BEGIN SET @FaxNo = NULL ENDIF (LEN(@Email) < 1) BEGIN SET @Email = NULL ENDIF (LEN(@Web) < 1) BEGIN SET @Web = NULL ENDIF (LEN(@Comment) < 1) BEGIN SET @Comment = NULL ENDSET @CommentOrg = (SELECT Comment from fra_company WHERE CompanyID =@CompanyID)SET @Comment = (@Comment + '' + @CommentOrg)-- UPDATE COMPANYUPDATE fra_company SET CompanyName = @CompanyName, Status = @Status,TelNo = @TelNo, FaxNo = @FaxNo, Email = @Email, Web=@Web, OfficeType =@OfficeType, Comment = LTRIM(@Comment) WHERE CompanyID = @CompanyIDIt throws an error in Line 17 IF (LEN(@TelNo) < 1) BEGIN SET @TelNo =NULL END when the error is actually in line 23: SET @CommentOrg =(SELECT Comment from fra_company WHERE CompanyID = @CompanyID)ErrorMsg:Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Procedure fra_UpdateCompany, Line 17Must declare the scalar variable "@ContactID".Why is that? I had hoped that it had improved from SQL 7.0 to 2005 butit's still the same vague thing.Thanks for sharing your expertise and wisdom on this,Martin
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi all
I have a Float Field in my table with following values:
1.63
7.42
35.71
0.58
every thing is ok BUT when i Select Data from this table in
QUERY ANALIZER environment with (Select * from mytable) , Query Analizer shows me the following values:
1.6299999999999999
7.4199999999999999
35.710000000000001
0.57999999999999996
Why? while i don't have this problem in Enterprise manager !!!
Thanks in advance.
Kind Regards.
Dear group,if someone could give me an idea what is going on in one of ourdatabases, this would really really be helpful.We have two tables with around 2 / 3 million rows. These tables have nokey and no ID. (This major design flaw will be overcome in some laterversion of the application-software working on this DB but right now ihave to live with this).Now for the funny bit1) I open one window in the Query-Analyzer and write some code likeBegin transaction INSERT INTO TABLE COMMIT2) in another window i write "SELECT COUNT(*) from TABLE"If I perform the insert then afterwards select count(*) the row-countis incremented by two whereas the Insert-Statement said "1 row(s)modified.DBCC gives no errors.DBCC gives amount of rows 2 million rowsSelect count(*) on the same table gives 3 million rowsExporting the data, truncating the table re-importing data gives noresult, right now the DTS-status is 203 and the machine is "thinking".Is there any possibility to check the "integrity" of the table?This problem is on the production machine, but right now i am workingon a copy so it was propagated with backup / restore-mechanism.Any hint would be very helpfulThanks and GreetingsUli
View 5 Replies View RelatedI found a code snippet that use the curious following sintax on the creation of View:
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[vw_EvenValues]
AS
SELECT [TestColumn]
FROM [dbo].[TestTable]
WHERE [TestColumn] % 2 = 1
[code]....
IF [TestColumn] on the Select is varchar, then error occurs and say:"Conversion failed when converting for the varchar value 'A001' to data type int"
Hi,I have been running some queries against a table in a my database andhave noted an odd (at least it seems odd to me) performance issue.The table has approximately 5 million rows and includes the followingcolumns:DocID (INTEGER, PRIMARY KEY, CLUSTERED)IsRecord (INTEGER, NONCLUSTERED)Title (VARCHAR(255), NONCLUSTERED)If I issue the following query:SELECT DocID, IsRecord FROM DocTable WHERE Title LIKE '%process%'it takes about 23 seconds to return the 481 hits.The execution plan shows a non-clustered index scan being performed onthe Title index (returning 481 rows) and a non-clustered index scan onthe IsRecord index (returning 4.9 million rows). These are then mergedin a hash match/inner join operation.The Title index scan has an estimated row size of 41 and an I/O costof 9.82 (cost is 27%). The IsRecord index scan has an estimated rowsize of 33 and an I/O cost of 6.32 (cost is 21%). The Hash Matchaccounts for a further 52% of the cose with the SELECT at the head ofthe plan listed as 0% cost.If I issue the following query:SELECT DocID, Title FROM DocTable WHERE Title LIKE '%process%'it takes about 12 seconds to return the 481 hits and consists solelyof a non-clustered index scan of the Title Index.Again the Title index scan has an estimated row size of 41 and an I/Ocost of 9.82 ans it's cost is listed as 78%. The SELECT at the head ofthe plan is attributed the other 22% of the cost.All this is fine, however when I issue the following query:SELECT DocID, Title, IsRecord FROM DocTable WHERE Title LIKE'%process%'it takes 1 minute 50 seconds to run the query. The execution plansshows that a clustered index scan is occurring and this accounts for96% of the cost. The estimated row size is 463 and the I/O cost is111.What on earth is going on here. I can understand the need to scan theTitle index because of the wildcards, but why on earth would the queryperform a scan of the clustered (primary key) index? And what is goingon with the row size and I/O cost?All the indexes and statistics are up to date, so I am at a completeloss to explain what is going on here. Can anyone explain why the 3rdquery is so much slower (and possibly suggest a way to improve theperformance)/ThanksPaul MateerMeridio LimtedI am at a complete loss to explain what is happening here,
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi all,
Looking at BOL for temp tables help, I discover that a local temp table (I want to only have life within my stored proc) SHOULD be visible to all (child) stored procs called by the papa stored proc.
However, the following code works just peachy when I use a GLOBAL temp table (i.e., ##MyTempTbl) but fails when I use a local temp table (i.e., #MyTempTable). Through trial and error, and careful weeding efforts, I know that the error I get on the local version is coming from the xp_sendmail call. The error I get is: ODBC error 208 (42S02) Invalid object name '#MyTempTbl'.
Here is the code that works:SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE ##MyTempTbl (SeqNo int identity, MyWords varchar(1000))
INSERT ##MyTempTbl values ('Put your long message here.')
INSERT ##MyTempTbl values ('Put your second long message here.')
INSERT ##MyTempTbl values ('put your really, really LONG message (yeah, every guy says his message is the longest...whatever!')
DECLARE @cmd varchar(256)
DECLARE @LargestEventSize int
DECLARE @Width int, @Msg varchar(128)
SELECT @LargestEventSize = Max(Len(MyWords))
FROM ##MyTempTbl
SET @cmd = 'SELECT Cast(MyWords AS varchar(' +
CONVERT(varchar(5), @LargestEventSize) +
')) FROM ##MyTempTbl order by SeqNo'
SET @Width = @LargestEventSize + 1
SET @Msg = 'Here is the junk you asked about' + CHAR(13) + '----------------------------'
EXECUTE Master.dbo.xp_sendmail
'YoMama@WhoKnows.com',
@query = @cmd,
@no_header= 'TRUE',
@width = @Width,
@dbuse = 'MyDB',
@subject='none of your darn business',
@message= @Msg
DROP TABLE ##MyTempTbl
The only thing I change to make it fail is the table name, change it from ##MyTempTbl to #MyTempTbl, and it dashes the email hopes of the stored procedure upon the jagged rocks of electronic despair.
Any insight anyone? Or is BOL just full of...well..."stuff"?
This was originally posted on DBForums.com, so here is the link:
http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=1614086
Since some of the Microsoft staff come around here occasionally, I figured I should at least link to it here. This is the gist of the problem, though. I was asked to come up with a script to create all required data directories in case an emergency was declared, and someone had to rebuild one of our database servers. Most of you are probably thinking of hitting up the sysaltfiles table about now, but this will turn into a cautionary tale. Try it if you dare. The one requirement is that you install the data for SQL Server in a non-standard directory that has a short path (such as C:MSSQL8, instead of the whole C:Program files...).
What I am unclear on is whether this is a problem in the reverse function, the r(l)trim function, or the fixed-width datatype. I have confirmed that transferring the data to a temp table did not eliminate the...oddity.
select filename
from master..sysaltfiles
where dbid = 2
go
select reverse(rtrim(filename)), filename
from sysaltfiles
where dbid = 2
go
select reverse(rtrim(filename))
from sysaltfiles
where dbid = 2
I have also had two independent DBAs confirm this oddity exists, so this should be relatively easy to replicate.
I have three tables I am using, aspnet_Users, Stories,
CustomizedStory. Stories and
CustomizedStory are related via a foreign key StoryID. I’ve setup the tables so that when I delete a
Story row it cascade deletes the corresponding row from CustomizedStory.
Each CustomizedStory row has a reference to UserID from aspnet_Users.
Since, I didn’t want to mess with the table definition by adding a cascade
delete option on aspnet_Users, I decide to use a trigger, essentially delete all customized stories and associated stories if a user is deleted:ALTER
TRIGGER [dbo].[DeleteCustomizedStories] ON [dbo].[aspnet_Users] FOR DELETEAS
BEGIN DELETE FROM dbo.Story
WHERE StoryID
= (SELECT StoryID FROM dbo.CustomizedStory WHERE
UserID = (SELECT UserID FROM deleted))END
The problem I am having is that it deletes all of the
CustomizedStory rows as specified by the cascading option, but doesn’t delete
the Story rows. I can’t seem to understand
why this is happening, especially when I
explicitly told it to delete story rows.
I've done a new tabel that insert the UserId that in a uniqueidentifier get from Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKeySo if I want to make a select statement threw storedprocedure in codebehind it runs as it shouldCode behindDim GetCustomersCars As CustomerCarByUserId = New CustomerCarByUserId MyCars.DataSource = GetCustomersCars.CarByUserId(Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey)MyCars.DataBind() But in when I use ObjectDataSource it fails<asp:ObjectDataSource id="ObjectDataSource1" runat="server" selectmethod="CarByUserId" typename="CustomerCarByUserId"> <SelectParameters> <asp:Parameter defaultvalue="Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey" name="UserId" type="Object" /> </SelectParameters> </asp:ObjectDataSource>I've tried with Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey.ToString(), but that doesnt work. Error message:InvalidCastExceptionI connect to the same source in both cases.Any one with an Idee ?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI get the error " 'commandBehavior' not declared". What does this mean? What is CommandBehavior exactly?
'
Sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
' Obtain categoryId from QueryString
Dim connectionString As String = "server=(local); trusted_connection=true; database=SalesSide"
Dim sqlConnection As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection = New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(connectionString)
Dim queryString As String = "Select tblIdent.fldStockNo, tblIdent.fldProgram, tblIdent.fldGenus" & _
"tblIdent.fldVariety, tblIdent.fldSize, tblAvailability.fldQuantity" & _
"FROM tblIdent INNER JOIN tblIdent On tblAvailability.fldStockNo = tblIdent.fldStockNo"
Dim sqlCommand As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand = New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(queryString, sqlConnection)
sqlConnection.Open
dgAvailability.DataSource = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)
dgAvailability.DataBind()
sqlConnection.Close
End Sub
I'd like to understant the Percent Log Used behavior...
I monitored the Percent Log Used. For a specific database, it was 50 % used. I backup up the transaction log and the Percent Log Used was still 50 % used. For another database, the log was 60 % used. After the backup, it was 80 % used!!!!
Would you help me to understant this situation?
Thank you,
Fabio
Hi all,
I have a question regarding some very odd NT/SQL behavior that is exhibited when running a shell command through xp_cmdshell. If I do a 'net use z: servernamesharename' from the xp_cmdshell, it shows up in Explorer with the icon for a local drive! This would not be more than an ordinary M$ bug, except for the fact if go to a command line, I can't do a 'net use z: /delete' because it says that the network drive isn't there! Can someone shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Ed Molinari
Emerald Solutions
Hi
I'm using MSSQL 2000 (with SP3) on Win2000.
Now, before installing the service pack I encountered with several strange bugs in the MSSQL mostly in queries that used TOP, gladly they were all fixed when installing the service pack... or so I thought...
So yesterday while trying to optimize a heavy query (7 joins - 2 of them are left joins from different tables crossed to the same table) I encountered yet again and with the latest service pack with an even stranger bug.
First the returned records are just not always the same, meaning, for example when I use TOP 465 in the SELECT statement, the last record which is 465 contains some value, when using TOP 466 the record before the last which is record 465 contains different value!... of course both with the same ORDER BY clause.
Also when I view the execution plan it's also not same in both cases, with TOP 465 it's one way (and much much faster) and with TOP 466 the plan is completely different and much slower...
Does anyone encountered with this phenomenon? Any suggestions?
BTW, don't pay too much attention to the number 465, in my case this is the border of the problem, after trying this query on different tables I found that each has it's own border that after it the TOP starts to freak out.
Thanks for the help!
Inon.
I've scheduled a job to run on a certain schedule, but the Last Run Status date comes back very oddly, a couple years out of synch, the other jobs scheduled report back just fine.
Anyone seen this behavior?
Edward R Hunter, Data Application Designer
comScore Networks, Inc.
I have a SP that usually works fine (0-16 CPU time, 40 ms Duration), but from time to time the server hangs with apparently no reason. The SP has a lock timeout set to 500, so it should abort if a lock timeout error (1222) occurs but it doesn't. The Profiler reports very long execution time (over 30 sec), and because of that all other SP calls are blocked, 'cause the transaction opened by the first sp execution is not finished yet.
Any other attempts to identify other blocking queries did not show me anything suspect (sp_lock, dbcc opentran) other then the usual blocked chain. I'm starting to think about an IO bottleneck, or IO failure, that could block the disk access and cause the delay. The status of RAID 5 is healthy.
The server is used as storage system for a website (approx. 2000 concurrent users), and occasionally I noticed an ASP queue, but this strange behavior occurs even during the peak-off hours.
Any thoughts ?
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HP Server - 2 CPU @ 3,4 ; 4 GB RAM; SCSI - RAID 5
Windows 2000 Advanced Server - SQL Server 2000 SP4
I would like to ask for help. We had no problems with dynamic queries in SQL 2000, which were very fast. But when we ran the same queries in SQL 2005, it was many times slower lasting several seconds. I guess it has something to do with creating execution plan, because when I run it second time, it is suddenly extremely fast. But after just a little change (like adding space character), the speed is very slow again. If it is caused by execution plan in SQL 2005, is it somehow possible to change its settings so that it will behave like in sql 2000?
Thank you for answers!
Hi folksI have an C# app. connecting to a MS-ACCESS database with several tables.In a specific situations I have problems with a DateTime type in a table.The problemis when I want to select records from a table in a specific period the dayand monthseems to be swapped in the query, but it only happens when the swappinggives avalid date eg.12/10/2005 (12. Oct. 2005) returns records on 10/12/2005 (10. Dec. 2005)23/05/2005 (23. May 2005) returns records correctly since 05/23/2005 is nota valid date with danish regional settings.The query is:"SELECT [ID], [Activity], [BeginDate] FROM TimeReg WHERE [BeginDate] >= #" +_start + "# " AND [BeginDate] <= #" + _end + "#"_start and _end are of type DateTimeMy PC in running with danish regional settings and if I shift to en-USsettings in the control panel, thisfixes the problem, but that is not a solution for me.Any suggestions to solve this problemThanks in advance.Kim W.
View 4 Replies View RelatedSQL Server 2000 SP4.Running the script below prints 'Unexpected':-----------------------------DECLARE @String AS varchar(1)SELECT @String = 'z'IF @String LIKE '[' + CHAR(32) + '-' + CHAR(255) + ']'PRINT 'Expected'ELSEPRINT 'Unexpected'-----------------------------If the @String variable is set to 'y' (or in fact any ANSI character otherthan 'z'), the result is 'Expected'. The comparison also evaluates asexpected if CHAR(255) is replaced with CHAR(254). The server collation, ifthat matters, is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS.It would be helpful to find the explanatin of this behavior. Thanks.--(remove a 9 to reply by email)
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am have the following code below on a standalone computer and it worked perfectly. Suddenly, without any significant changes to the code there were no Servers instances found on my local computer. I know there are several server instance on the computer. Why is it acting so unpredictable? The same thing happened when I tried SQLDMO.
// Get a list of SQL servers available on the networks
DataTable dtSQLServers = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false);
foreach (DataRow drServer in dtSQLServers.Rows)
{
String ServerName;
ServerName = drServer["Server"].ToString();
if (drServer["Instance;] != null && drServer["Instance"].ToString().Length > 0)
ServerName += " + drServer["Instance"].ToString();
if (cmbServer.Items.IndexOf(ServerName) < 0)
cmbServer.Items.Add(ServerName);
}