Hi all -
Quick question... I want to move all my non-clustered indexes to their own seperate drive array. How would I accomplish this?
Do I just add the filename at the end of the statement like you do in Oracle? (EXAMPLE: CREATE INDEX IDX_Cls_Code on dbo.Class(Code) on secondary.ndf)
If this isn't correct, can someone please post the correct syntax?
Thanks!
Rich
I have been asked to move the indexes on our membership database tables to seperate partitions on the server. This is a new concept to me and thought I could use some advice on how to go about doing it.
Thanks in advance.
Brad Keck
In the database properties screen, there are four tabs: General, Transaction Log, Options, Permissions. In the General Tab, it lists four columns: File name, Location, Space Allocated, File Group.
The string in the File name column has a value such as MY_DATABASE_DAT, whereas the Location column has a value like D:mssql7dataMY_DATABASE.MDF.
The Location value is clearly the Windows file name. The "File name" (which I have seen called the "logical file") is a mystery to me. What is it used for? How can it be changed? Is there a problem if two different databases have the same "logical file" name?
(For example, if you do sp_detach_db, copy the file to another place and then sp_attach_db the new file to another database name, you have two different databases with the same "logical file" name.)
Much thanks to anyone who can shed light on this.
Hi everyone,
I have a database (xyz) one Machine A. On the same machine I want to create a copy of the (xyz)database with different name(xyz_1). When I restore with move option it will restore but the thing is logical file names of xyz and xyz_1 are same. I know I can change these file names by manupulating the system table.
My question is If I didn't change the logical file names of database xyz_1(new). Is there any problems or issues may arise.
Thank you,
Dindu.
I cannot find the answer to this: how do you update the logical file name for a database? Restore database "Alpha" over "Beta" specifying WITH MOVE parms allows "Alpha"'s physical files to overlay "Beta"'s, but now "Beta"'s logical file names are "Alpha_Data" and "Alpha_Log".
Updating sysfiles directly gives back a 270; "Get outta here!"
Can this not be done?
Hi
Every one
One thing i found out that my 2 databases in server A
Has same logical file name .
I have try to change the name but it is not allowing me to change.
I had refer BOL it says that we should have unique logical file name in a server for each database.
Question i have is does it going harm me i don't know this
if any one u know please suggest me.
Problem I already started getting is I do backup 5 small databases of 10 to 20 mb in one tape only. The 2 database which has same logical file name out
of which one is getting copied & another is not ,All other database it backup
perfecly.
But at the same time in a hard disk if i take backup of this database in a same device it works perfecly so i don't understand where the problem is
If any has any idea please suggest me
Thanks
Nirmal.
I'm moving a database (XYZtest) from the test server to the production server via sp_detach/sp_attach. I want the logical file names to be XYZ_data, rather than XYZtest_data, etc. I can easily rename the disk files, but how do I rename the logical file names?
Thanks,
Al
Hi,
Does anyone know how to change the logical file name of a database?
Appreciate any help.
Steve
Hi,Is there an option (stored procedure) or whatever to change to logical nameof the databasefile and the database log file ?Arno de Jong, The Netherlands.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to rename the logical file for a database. For example, if I am moving a development database into production, I can use backup - but the backup takes the logical file names of the database and puts it into my production server. Now I have a production database with "dev_data1" for a logical file.....Can I change that name....?
Thanks!
Dean
Is there a way to rename the logical file names? I'm not talkingspecifically about the physical files, because those can be changedduring a restore, but the values immediately to the left of those inEnterprise Manager such as DBName_Data and DBName_log. EnterpriseManager lets me change them during a restore, but when I do it gives anerror. Any ideas?
View 1 Replies View RelatedA small database ABC with data only 5 mb but its log is growing everyday around 20 mb. I want to shrink its size like for other databases on daily bases.
1. backup log ABC with truncate_only
2. DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (ABC, 10)
got following error:
<<Cannot shrink log file 2 (ABC_Log) because all logical log files are in use.>>
with no_log also tried but have the same error when dbcc shrinkdatabase..
any idea?
thanks
-D
Hi,I am planning to automate a nighty restore of a DB on another servercan someone point me in the right direction with the SQL script tomodify the logical file names to the correct path and not the onescarried over with the DB??i.e the database is to be renamed on the new serverany help much appreciatedMany thanks in advance
View 14 Replies View RelatedIs there any danger with renaming the LOGICAL file names behind the database?
There are a bunch of databases that were restored copies and all of them have the same logical database file name. I'm trying to get some growth data so I want the logical files to be different (prefer them to match the actual database name) so I can more easily identify them.
For instance:
database_id name type_desc name physical_name
1 DLMdb1 ROWS DLMDB1 D:dlmdb1.mdf
1 DLMdb1 LOG DLMDB1_log E:dlmdb1.ldf
2 DLMdb2 ROWS DLMDB1 D:dlmdb2.mdf
2 DLMdb2 LOG DLMDB1_log E:dlmdb2.ldf
3 DLMdb3 ROWS DLMDB1 D:dlmdb3.mdf
3 DLMdb3 LOG DLMDB1_log E:dlmdb3.ldf
Am I safe to rename the logical names? I can't think of anything that references those logical file names that I would be breaking [backups, applications].
What's is the between backing up a database to a file and a logical backup device?
If I point the logical backup device to a file on the filesystem, it's same as backing up to a file? isn't?
Thanks
Is there a query or sp that I can pull all databases on the server along with their logical file names and physical file names?
View 5 Replies View RelatedSomething strange.I have a database(SQL2000) with two file group(on seperate physicaldrives).One is meant for table data[PRIMARY] and one for indexes [INDEX].So i create a table on the [PRIMARY] file group, and fill indata.Next I build a clustered index on the table, on the [INDEX] filegroup.Once the index is built, the database now indicates that the filegroupfor the table [INDEX]! and not [PRIMARY] as i originally set it up for!My question it then: Has the table been moved or is this somehow anerror in SQL server?I would really appreciate any thought anyone might have on this?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWith help of others on this group, I've been learning and researchingabout indexes; an area I neglected.I see I can specify which filegroup I wish to create an index, whichthe default is Primary.I have more than one drive in my SQL server where I put data and logson their own logical raid groups.My databases are SIMPLE, so they dont use much, if any logs (none as Iunderstand).I was thinking of adding an additional file to my database and use itsolely for the indexes.Any thoughts?SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64 SP28 disk SAS Raid 1+0 w/ 512mb ram w/ battery backup.Thanks,Rob
View 2 Replies View RelatedIs there any utility to migrate the existing indexes on default filegroup to a new user defined file group? The only way that I know is to delete the index and recreate with new filegroup.
How about for table? Is there any utility for migrating the existing tables to a different filegroup? The only way that I know is to create a clustered index on the new filegroup which will move the table to the new filegroup. If a clustered index exists then drop the clustered index and recreate it with the new filegroup
I am looking for an existing utility which would do the above?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanx in advance.
We are in the process of replacing our primary production server. In the process of determining how SQL server is going to be structured, it has been suggested that I place all current and new indexes on a separate file group. These filegroups would then reside on a separate shelf on the server. What are the pros and cons of doing this?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a database around 500 GB. right now the database have only one data file and one log, it has only one filegroup also.all the indexes and table are placed in Primary Filegroup . we are going to separate them. the planing is to move all the indexes to Secondary filegroup and all the table will be in Primary filegroup.But there will be a problem while implementing it because there are around 600 tables and each table have at least 2 non-clustered index , so is there any way to move all the index to Secondary Filegroup.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm working to improve performance on a database I've inherited, and there are several thousand indexes. I've got a list of ones which should definitely exist within the database, and I'm looking to strip out all the others and start fresh, though this list is still quite large (1000 or so).
Is there a way I can remove all the indexes that are not in my list without too much trouble? I.e. without having to manually go through them all individually. The list is currently in a csv file.
I'm looking to either automate the removal of indexes not in the list, or possibly to generate the Create statements for the indexes on the list and simply remove all indexes and then run these statements.
As an aside, when trying to list all indexes in the database, I've found various scripts to do this, but found they all seem to produce differing results. What is the best script to list all indexes?
Hi All,
I have got MSSQL 2000 set up on a machine in my rack at my local telehouse, and a web server set up at home on an ADSL line.
Both servers can see (ping) eachother fine , so you can rule out any kind of connectivity issues straight away, but when i try to get my forum to connect to the mssql database using the correct credentials it just fails saying that the credentials are incorrect ot the server does not exist.
I also installed an SQL database tool on my web server (Shusheng SQL Tool) and attempted to connect to my SQL server using that tool, and got the following message: '[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.'
The server is currently using mixed mode authentication (SQL/Windows) and has both TCP/IP and Named pipes enabled.
Is there some kind of 'Enable remote connections' option in SQL? I need to be able to allow connections to my SQL server from any system, anywhere...
Any ideas?
Hi,
Why we allocate .mdf and .ldf on seperate drives?
Please tell me a proper logical reason behind it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE :)
I need to update a table on our Test Server which is GCSQLTEST, with another table thats on our live server GCSQL. How would I go about doing that in a stored procedure??
CREATE PROCEDURE [InsertRevised_MainTable]
AS
INSERT INTO dbo.RevisedMainTable
([IR Number], [Date], [I/RDocument], [Violation Type])
SELECT [Incident Report No], [Date], [I/RDocument], TypeOfIncident
FROM dbo.RevisedMainTable
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.RevisedMainTable
WHERE [IR Number] = [IR Number])
Hi. I have been talking with some developers who have built a hosted application supporting multiple customers. Their database approach is to create a new, dedicated database (same schema each time) for every customer that signs-up.
This approach is contrary to typical hosted DB designs that I have delt with -- that is, a single database holding multiple customer information rather than a unique database for each customer.
Does the improved security of a dedicated database out-weigh the additional maintenance requirements?
If anyone has some objective thoughts on this topic, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks,
Bill
My boss has asked me to look into this and I haven't been able to find any information on the web. I hope someone can answer this for me. We currently have a single database that is storing all the user information and transactions. Within the same database we are also logging different types of user activity. If both these tables are heavily used, would it make sense to separate it into different database, one for data and one for logging? Is there any pro or cons of having more than one database? Any opinion or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. I'm the closest thing they have to DBA and I'm really new to this. Thanks.
View 5 Replies View RelatedDear All,
i've a string to pass as a parametre to a procedure.
like
create preocedure myproc(@EMPID VARCHAR(50),'abc,def,ghi,jkl')
...
end
i need the output like this
1 abc
2 def
3 ghi
4 jkl
.....
how can i do that?
Vinod
Even you learn 1%, Learn it with 100% confidence.
Hello ALL,
I want to seperate a FULNAME into First name, last name and middle name using SSIS. Provided "," Seperator
u can take example
John first name,mathew middle name,
smith last name
Please give me the command how to do it.
Thank YOu
I have twon names in one row and in the same column.
Column Name
John Baker, Sarah Lynn
I want to seperate them using Derived Column like. First part before COMMA,
SECOND PART after Comma. into two diffrent directions. and later Union.
What is the command to extract the first name and second name.
Please le t me know
I have a field that contains values such as 8ft , 7ft, 18ft
I have a report in reporting services that shows this:
Before Restock After Restock
Date 1/12/2008 8ft 9ft
1/13/2008 10ft 7ft
1/14/2008 5ft 4ft
I want to create a subquery that grabs the before restock and figures out if it sheds the "ft" part of the value, and then put in a where before restock > (greater than) After Restock.
Is there a an easy way to do this?
I have 4 tables with the respective amount of records
1) 6755
2) 2021
3) 2021
4) 355
They all have the same columns. However, they need to be seperate, or at least when I query them. I'll be accessing this database via the web. i was first afraid that a large database would cause major slow down when accessing the db. So I broke it up into 4 tables. If I combined all 4 tables into one large table and just had a column that differentiated the 4, how significant would be the change in speed when accessing the table? It's not a big deal to keep them seperate, its just that when I have to add or remove a column from one table I have to remove it from all the tables. Furthermore, I'm using a module from DEVEXPRESS, don't know if anyone has heard of it, but when you use a gridview, it loads up the entire table even though your paging (which I think is retarded), so for that reason I was afraid it would slow up my access to the db. Any thoughts?
Hi,
I'm struggling with this. I'd like to perform a joined query
from two or more tables and take the same field from several
rows of one table into seperate fields of a single row in a new table.
Like this:
table 1
uidunameuloc
1mehere
1methere
2youhere
2 youthere
table 2
uidulocuparam#uparamval
1here1a
1here2b
1here3c
1there1d
1there2e
1there3f
2here1g
2here2h
2here3i
2there1j
2there2k
2there3l
result in table 3
uidunameuloc uparval1 uparval2 uparval3
1mehere a b c
1methere d e f
2youhere g h i
2 youthere j k l
uparam# field in table 2 always the same sequence
Any ideas????
Thanks...