HELP: Sp_help And Object Browser Report View Column Sizes Differently
Jul 20, 2005
Hi,
I've run into a curious problem with MS SQL Server 8.0. Using sp_help and
SQL Query Analyzer's object browser to view the columns returned by a view,
I find that sp_help is reporting stale information.
In a recent schema change, for example, someone lengthened a varchar column
from 15 to 50 characters. If we use sp_help to find out about a view that
depends upon this column, it still shows up as VARCHAR(15), whereas the
object browser correctly reports it as VARCHAR(50).
Dropping and recreating the view fixes the problem, but we have quite a few
views, and dropping and re-creating all of them any time a schema change is
made is something we want to avoid. I tried using DBCC CHECKDB in hopes that
it would 'refresh' SQL Server's information, but no luck.
(if you're curious as to why I don't just use the object browser instead,
read boring technical details below)
Has anyone seen this before? Is there some other way (other than
re-creating every view) to tell SQL Server to "refresh" it's information?
The reason this is an issue for us (i.e., I can't just use the object
browser instead) is that our object model classes are built using standard
metadata query methods in Java that seem to be returning the same stale
information that sp_help is returning. These methods are a part of the
standard JDK, so we can't easily fiddle with them. Anyway, as a result, our
object model (at least with respect to views) may not match our current
schema!
I thought I saw this done once before. So today I hunted around inBooks OnLine and did a Google search. So far I have found nothingclose. So if you know how to do it, please tell me or if cannot bedone, I'd appreciate know that too.Thanks in advance,IanO
I created a custom assembly using C# to transform some binary data into text, and in this assembly I used one win32 dll developed by our customer to help me to do the tranformation. The code I used to call the win32 dll is like below: [DllImport("tdasuie.dll", EntryPoint = "AlrtLogConditionToText", ExactSpelling = false, CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)] private static extern UInt32 AlrtLogConditionToText(Byte[] pbCondition, StringBuilder pszText, UInt32 dwSize);
I defined a C# method to call the above win32 method and return a string. Then in the report, I called this C# method to get the correct string.
In the report designer, the C# method in the custom assembly can return the correct string in the preview window. But after I deployed the report into the report server, the textbox will only display "#error" in the report manager web page.
Most of the times I cant see my database tables from the query analyser in the object browser window... There are some times that appear normally...but in mosto of cases they just dont appear at all...I can only see the master database and msdb... I am connecting giving the proper password...
bear in mind that I can write and execute queries to my database although I cant see the tables
Why could this be happened??? Is a matter that i have discussed with my hosting provider or I am missing something here???
I just found an odd bug and was wondering if anyone else has seen this.Any templpate file in the directory 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQLServer80ToolsTemplatesSQL Query Analyzer' that has the NTFScompression turned on (that is, colored blue in Windows Explorer) doesnot display in the object browser's template tab of query analyzer.Control-Shift-Insert works fine to insert a template, however.What's up with that?
Same RDL, 2 different servers. I run the report on my computer and export to PDF, it prints properly. When the customer runs the report on their server (SSRS 2K5 SP1, same as mine), they get it displayed differently. The columns on the report extend to the next page and the lines are thicker.
Is this a formatting issue on the customer's PC? It uses standard fonts (Tahoma, Sans-serif).
I have several default constraints defined on a table. When I use theObject Browser and expand the constraints for this table andright-click and then select "Script Object to New Window As Create", acreate constraint statement for a different default constraint isdisplayed than the one I just right-clicked on. For example, I clickon constraint "DF_C" and it shows me "DF_B".The last time I encountered this, the solution was to dump contents ofthe table into another, drop, recreate it, and restore the contents.That's not a good option this time.Is there another way to fised this or at least navigate the catalog tofind out what is "off" about this?Thanks
I am able to get reports going with tables sized properly. They look fine on the ReportServer website and I adjust the column widths so that the headings and data look nice. When I set up a subscription to be delivered by "Report Server E-Mail," though, the table formattings get completely distorted.
In particular, I have two tables, with some column headers being two short words (e.g. Max Height). When rendering on the site, I adjust the columns so the full column header is visible on one line. When I receive the email and read it in Outlook, the header row is now about twice as tall and everything is scrunched together. Both the headings and the data in the fields do not format the same as on the website.
The two tables tend to actually have the exact same width in the email version, although occasionally they are a little different (in the web version one is about half as wide as the other). I have tried just making the columns bigger and that has not worked. I've tried making the font sizes smaller, which didn't work. If I do that, leaving the columns the same width, the email version just gets scrunched into a smaller area with the same text-wrapping problems.
If I open the email in a browser (in a web mail interface) the report renders perfectly as on the site.
I have almost all the default settings, and haven't been messing around with page sizes and things like this (except after, to see if that would fix the problem).
Any ideas, similar experiences, or suggestions? If there is a book I should read or any reference you could point me to in order to figure this out would be helpful. I haven't been able to understand this either using web searches or the two SQL reporting services books I have.
In Report Builder 1.0 you could drag a column to a filter and see the data before select the values for the filter.I can't find a way to do that in report builder 3.0. is it possible to see the data of a column in Report builder or SSRS?
Does anyone has a script which gives all databases names and thereallocated, used sizes in SQLserver2k. I want to schedule this to create adaily report.Thanks,Nasir
The below query works perfectly fine, except that it produces many outputs instead of one continuous table that can be easaly converted to xml / csv by copying it from the "Results" window.
What I need is a query that will produce a single result for all the tables in all the databases on the server.
The results: The query:
DECLARE @begin INT = 1, @end INT, @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) DECLARE @CREATE_TEMPLATE VARCHAR(MAX); DECLARE @DBNAME VARCHAR(255); DECLARE @SQL_SCRIPT VARCHAR(MAX); SELECT @end = COUNT(name) FROM sys.databases SET @CREATE_TEMPLATE = '
I have a table in my database and the table has almost 45 columns and the rowsize is 10468 bytes.in that most of the colums have varchar datatypes and and i think coz of poor knowledge of the data most of the columns with varchar data were given more column length. Now i want to decrease the size of those columns and to see the row size would be around 8k Bytes.If i do this now, does it affect the table performance much....Infact can i do this as there is lot of data (almost 2 million rows) in the table.If it is possible is there anything to be taken care before changing the column lenghts.
When I try and run Report Builder Reports i get this error message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object. "
I can run reports locally but not from Report manager
here is the stack trace info
Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace:
[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.WebRequestHelper.GetExceptionForMoreInformationNode(XmlNode moreInfo, XmlNamespaceManager namespaces) +18 Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.WebRequestHelper.ExceptionFromWebResponse(Exception e) +358 Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ServerReport.ServerUrlRequest(Boolean isAbortable, String url, Stream outputStream, String& mimeType, String& fileNameExtension) +482 Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ServerReport.InternalRender(Boolean isAbortable, String format, String deviceInfo, NameValueCollection urlAccessParameters, Stream reportStream, String& mimeType, String& fileNameExtension) +958 Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ServerReportControlSource.RenderReport(String format, String deviceInfo, NameValueCollection additionalParams, String& mimeType, String& fileExtension) +84 Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ExportOperation.PerformOperation(NameValueCollection urlQuery, HttpResponse response) +143 Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.HttpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) +75 System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +154 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210
I'm getting this problem 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' whenever I try to review a report and I checked the log file and this is what it had
w3wp!ui!1!11/14/2006-10:54:20:: Unhandled exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.WebRequestHelper.GetExceptionForMoreInformationNode(XmlNode moreInfo, XmlNamespaceManager namespaces) at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.WebRequestHelper.ExceptionFromWebResponse(Exception e) at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ServerReport.ServerUrlRequest(Boolean isAbortable, String url, Stream outputStream, String& mimeType, String& fileNameExtension) at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ServerReport.GetStyleSheet(String styleSheetName) at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ReportServerStyleSheetOperation.PerformOperation(NameValueCollection urlQuery, HttpResponse response) at Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.HttpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)
Some previous forums stated checking the webconfig file but the web config file look okay. Is there another way to fix this.
I got through the installation hoops for SQLEXPRESS Reporting Services in Vista and set up the default configurations in Report Services Configuration. I can explore the default directory for "Reports" in IIS7, but I can't browse in IE. I get the "The report server is not responding. verify that the report server..." message in the browser. This is after I migrated the app per the initial http 500 error using the preferred method - %systemroot%system32inetservAPPCMD.exe migrate config "Default Web Site/Reports".
I'm running Vista Ultimate, VS2005, SQLEXPRESS SP2. I've tried running IE as admin and also I've disabled UAC from gpedit.msc - ...Windows SettingsSecurity SettingsLocal PolicySecurity Options and unchecking UAC.
Hi, I have created a sample report called Report1 in SSRS 2005. This currently is running locally on my workstation. I can even browse to it using the http address i.e. http://localhost/Reports The question is: How can someone else access this report on my machine. They can not browse to my machine by typing http://12.32.2.344/Reports
Do I need to do any configuration in my local IIS? Thanks
Hi, I have deployed my report to the report server and send a link to the users to view the report on the browser. But when the report is viewed, it shows up as "restore down" instead of "full screen". For example, the report shows up in the browser with all the information below.
SQL Server Reporting Services
Home > school > hwal> test > Proficient By Ethnic within School and Grade Rdg and Math
How do I set up the report to make it show up as full screen report without all the details above?
Hi All, i have a table in MS Access with CandidateId and Image column. Image column is in OLE object format. i need to move this to SQL server 2005 with CandidateId column with integer and candidate Image column to Image datatype. its very udgent, i need any tool to move this to SQL server 2005 or i need a code to move this table from MS Access to SQL server 2005 in C#. please do the needfull ASAP. waiting for your reply with regards
I have a very simple test report created in Visual Studio 2005 as an rdlc file in my dll. The rdlc file is in the dll because it is built off of the business objects. I need to be able to stream this file (i.e. not use a report viewer) to the browser.
I found code that I included below, but get an error:
The report definition for report 'Monkey.Report1' has not been specified
Yes my test namespace in my dll is named "Monkey" )
//Render the report renderedBytes = localReport.Render(reportType, deviceInfo, out mimeType, out encoding, out fileNameExtension, out streams, out warnings);
//Clear the response stream and write the bytes to the outputstream Response.Clear(); Response.ContentType = mimeType; Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=foo." + fileNameExtension); Response.BinaryWrite(renderedBytes); Response.End(); }
hye everyone, i have Problem for the prompts will display at the top of the report in the browser :
1)go to the report manager on computer and set the set the Prompt User check boxes to checked. --> auto check
2)select the report viewer control, if you are using it, and set the Parameters property to false. --> the eror mesage will be display " The ' field " parameter is missing value. "
what should i do...any idea thanks in advance thank you very much
Hello, I printed Browser Report,but it is getting Blank pages in middle, that is header part only visible for 2 pages and then data getting printed, any ideas??
I am planning to use SQL Reporting services in a new remote hosting centre and must provide ad-hoc reporting to a small number of users plus the access to running of previously prepared reports to a wider user base. User access must be thin client, browser based.
The client workstations are locked down to a particular security configuration and there is no possibility of installing .Net Framework on them. Normally, only browser-based applications can be used at the desktop client.
Apart from using Reporting Services (Citrix), what options do I have to provide users with the Report Builder in this scenario please? Are there any COTS packages that would provide this functionality?
I've made a report in which there are always one tablix under each textbox. I tried to produce a document map by giving document map labels for each textbox.
Everything works fine in Report Builder (3.0), but when run in the browser (IE, Firefox) the document map doesn't seem to work: when trying to navigate with document map by clicking the labels the report runs to the end of the report - not to the textbox where it should go...
I tried to solve problem using bookmarks instead of Document map, but there similar problem occurred. Bookmarks seem to work with Google Chrome, but I need a solution that would work better in most of the browsers.
So the problem seems to be that document map label navigates to bottom of the page. Added pagebreak after each tablix worked but since the tablixes are longer than screen there's still problem - document map should be set to navigate to the top of the page.
I was using Windows 7 and had SSRS 2014 installed.Having set up the inbound rule on Windows Firewall (port 80), to allow SSRS through, I was able to browse to the Report Manager URL, by opening up Internet Explorer as 'Administrator'..
However, now that I have upgraded to Windows 10, I am unable to open the URL.In fact there is now way for me to open Edge as administrator and open my Report Manager URL.
I am facing an issue when report with graph deployed to BI, I can see the misalignment issue in the browser however, when report is run in the Report Builder/SQL Server Data tool or export into PDF then there is no issue.
How to fix the misalignment issue of the graph in the browser. See the both graph below -
Graph Misalignment Issues Screengrab in Browser
Graph without misalignment issue in PDF or Report development tool
I have designed plenty of reports in VS 2005 and have been deployed on the reporting server. I have been designed one web page which shows UI through which user can access which ever reports he/she wants. I have kept some buttons on UI. When button is clicked appropriate report accessed and displayed on the browser.
Problem is that, report width is about 40 - 50 % of the screen and report viewer shows the report on the left align of the screen. I just want to show the report at the center of the screen. Also, any property I can use to set the report size in the proportion of screen in Percentage(%).
I am having an issue with report printing. I have used a specific font (Garamond) for all the report elements when creating the report in Bus Int. Dev. Studio. While printing from the preview pane, the report prints with the Garamond font (as intended).
But the issue is that after deployment, printing the report (with browser print control) does not print it with the Garamond font (looks like it is using the Arial or a similar font). This changes the whole look and feel of the report. I have tried printing the report from the reportserver, report manager and through URL access. All the 3 methods are giving similar results that the print output is not using the on-screen font.
Anybody else face similar issues? Is there any workaround for this? TIA.
I am trying to print a report in landscape mode from VS 2003 from designer preview or at run time. The users don't want to change a mode manually. I tried to make width 11 or 11.5 in and height 8.5in with zero margins and 0.5in (tried a lot of combinations) - doesn't work! still printing in portrait. Please help! Thank you
I need to write dynamic SQL statment that will delete a code from a table but before you can delete that code...I need to find all the foreign key constraints (all the tables that references this table to either update or delete from them and then delete from this table last) I know how to get this information from SP_Help but i dont know how I can do this dynamically. Please help. Emadkb
I know how to size my report to export successfully to A4 portrait PDF and I can position the report in the centre of the browser window BUT I can't do both! I would really like to be able to position it in the centre of my browser window AND be able to print to A4 portrait PDF. If I have the report in the centre (by adjusting the body to take up the whole screen and positioning the report in the centre), it is cut in half when exported to PDF. I can only get it to export to PDF correctly, if the report is aligned to the left of my screen in the browser. Is there a way to move the body to the centre or any other tricks?
after installing SQL Server 2008 R2 and the Reporting Services, I've managed to access the Report Manager URL....Reports through the web browser on the machine itself. But if i am trying to connect to on my client browser it does not find the Report Server.Do I need to configure the server in any way? Do I need to configure the firewall?
I'm trying to use sp_help to get information on my tables. I can usesp_help alone to get a list of objects (including user tables), butwhen I pass a table name as an argument I get the following errormessage:exec sp_helpexec sp_help parcelServer: Msg 15009, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help, Line 71The object 'DGM_HILLSHADE2' does not exist in database 'raster'.The table clearly exists, but sp_help fails to find it and returninfo. This is the case in a couple of my databases. I'm connected as'sa' so it seems to me it shouldn't be a permissions problem, right?D Bull
