We have a convoluted DTS package. The package is stored and scheduled to run on database server1. Within the package we:
• Make a connection to database server2
• Execute a ‘Process Task’ to execute EXCEL.EXE that is installed on server3
• Pass parameters through the ‘Process Task’ direct EXCEL.EXE to open a .xls file on server4
• When the Excel file opens, an auto_exec macro in the Excel file being opened imports a text file local to server4 AND directs Excel to save it with another name on server4.
The questions are:
1.Excel is not installed on server1 so how do we direct Excel to execute on server3 rather than server1 where the DTS package is being executed?
2.And how do we control the security context that executes Excel through this use of automation?
3.Other than potential CPU competition, are there any significant issues with having Excel installed on a dedicated database server?
I am running into an issue while executing a sproc from Excel VBA. Everything connects fine, and I am passing a parameter, however, after a few seconds, it seems like the connection receives a "completed" command and continues down it's code, but the sproc is still executing. The result is that I never receive the record set from the sproc.Here is the code snippet from VBA:
' Create Recordset objects. Dim cmd As New ADODB.Command Dim conn As ADODB.Connection Dim prm As ADODB.Parameter Dim sConnString As String Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset Dim strQry As String Dim rowCount As Long
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And here is the sproc that is being called. the first thing it performs after the "IF" block (there are multiple steps that would consecutively be called after this, but all of the data hinges on this first step working) is a TRUNCATE statement. After running a SQL profiler while executing the VBA code, I consistently see an "account log out" entry; almost as if the connection from the Excel workbook is sent a disconnect instruction. The sproc continues to run and perform the rest of the script in the "IF" block, but the returned recordset is never returned back to Excel.
SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET NOCOUNT ON GO
after moving off VS debugger and into management studio to exercise our SQLCLR sp, we notice that the 2nd execution gets an error suggesting that our static SqlCommand object is getting reused from the 1st execution (of the sp under mgt studio). If this is expected behavior, we have no problem limiting our statics to only completely reusable objects but would first like to know if this is expected? Is the fact that debugger doesnt show this behavior also expected?
Does anyone know if it's possible to grant a user the ability to manage jobs in server agent besides giving them SA rights? I none of the server roles beside SA seem to be able to work.
I am currently working on a large project that will be developed using MS SQL. I have been considering two options when it comes the creation of the database. The first option is to create a sepereate table for each of my clients. The tables would be labeled by their Id number then the tables reqular name. Fore example : 781_Users.
The other option is to create a different database for each of the clients.
I just need the data to be seperated between clients, it cant mix. Please just give me your opinion on which option you would consider if you were operating a large project.
Hello everyone. Have a little situation here. I am not normally the DBA at my work, but i've been poking around a little with a SQL Server 2005 implementation. I'm pretty new to this, so please pardon my lack of knowledge.
This particular server is running a lightly used SQL server, or so im told. As part of my Sys Admin duties, I logged into the box today for some routine checks, only to be notified that I was running out of disk space (which is another story). After poking around awhile, I see that my tempdb is almost 15gb in size.
I don't have a lot of experience with SQL Server 2005. I've worked mostly with 2000. I did read a few things where tempdb has changed a bit in 2005? I wasn't sure.
So I have about 10gigs of space free on my HD (I'm adding more space tomorrow) and I need to figure out what to do.
Hello,Has anyone ever come across a reason why someone would manually create auser table incl. permission flags and not use the inbuilt user/rolesprovided by that database? The only reason that stands out for me is tomake the database that bit more portable?Thanks,Craig.
Hi everyone,I'm looking into moving my desktop system at work to Linux from WindowsXP, and one tool I've yet to find a suitable replacement for is MS SQLEnterprise Manager. I mainly need to query MS SQL databases fromLinux, and management tasks (monitor backups, services, etc) can bedone on the MS SQL servers themselves. THere was an application I usedto use on OSX which would connect to a variety of databases, includingMS SQL, and they had a Linux version of the client .. but can'tremember the name. But really any Sybase client that can connect to MSSQL with some ease will work.Thanks for any suggestions or ideas ...Alex
I want to centralize my previous standalone application. Previous application was using VB.NET and Access XP. Now I want to keep a centralized database (SQL Server 2005) and VB.NET 2005. At this point of time thousands of concurrent users will connect to the database at the same time.
In my application, when a ticket is being issued to a tourist, an SQL query finds the max(ticketno) for the current month from the main table and reserves this number for the current ticket. When the operator has finished entering information and clicks SAVE button, the record is saved to the main table with this ticket no. Previously there was no issue since the database was standalone.
I want to know how to block the new ticket no so that other concurrent users are not using the same number for saving a record. How to better tune the database for thousands of concurrent users at the same time? I also want that the other user must not get an error message when he attempts to save a record. It should be automatically handled by the database.
Hello,I have an ASP.NET website which uses SQLServer 2000 as database. I am into tracking the customers who visit to the website. We are getting around 10000 users per day. When each page gives request, request details will be inserted into SQL tables.Table's I am using is indexed. I am in confusion that when these index will be regenerated ? Will it regenerated automatically when new row's are inserted ? or do we need to regenerate it manually ? And what is the difference on Clustured Indexing and Full text indexing ? Which one I should use for better performance ?Thanking youNavaneeth
Hi everyone, When an error occured in a transaction and we can also create a message for this error ourself too by using @@error in order to print a message . However, I wonder that is it possible to really catch and handle the error ?? For example, when error occured it makes the transaction terminated. So how can we prevent transaction from terminating ?? Meanwhile, I also examine RAISERROR statement but it also does not prevent a transaction from terminating instead ÅŸt only provide an additional message for the error.
Hi I am slowly getting to grips with SQL Server. As a part of this, I have been attempting to work on producing more efficient queries. This post is regarding what appears to be a discrepancy between the SQL Server execution plan and the actual time taken by a query to run. My brief is to produce an attendance system for an education establishment (I presume you know I'm not an A-Level student completing a project :p ). Circa 1.5m rows per annum, testing with ~3m rows currently. College_Year could strictly be inferred from the AttDateTime however it is included as a field because it a part of just about every PK this table is ever likely to be linked to. Indexes are not fully optimised yet. Table:CREATE TABLE [dbo].[AttendanceDets] ([College_Year] [smallint] NOT NULL ,[Group_Code] [char] (12) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,[Student_ID] [char] (8) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,[Session_Date] [datetime] NOT NULL ,[Start_Time] [datetime] NOT NULL ,[Att_Code] [char] (1) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY]GO CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [IX_AltPK_Clust_AttendanceDets] ON [dbo].[AttendanceDets]([College_Year], [Group_Code], [Student_ID], [Session_Date], [Att_Code]) ON [PRIMARY]GO CREATE INDEX [All] ON [dbo].[AttendanceDets]([College_Year], [Group_Code], [Student_ID], [Session_Date], [Start_Time], [Att_Code]) ON [PRIMARY]GO CREATE INDEX [IX_AttendanceDets] ON [dbo].[AttendanceDets]([Att_Code]) ON [PRIMARY]GOALL inserts are via an overnight sproc - data comes from a third party system. Group_Code is 12 chars (no more no less), student_ID 8 chars (no more no less). I have created a simple sproc. I am using this as a benchmark against which I am testing my options. I appreciate that this sproc is an inefficient jack of all trades - it has been designed as such so I can compare its performance to more specific sprocs and possibly some dynamic SQL. Sproc:CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[CAMsp_Att] @College_Year AS SmallInt,@Student_ID AS VarChar(8) = '________', @Group_Code AS VarChar(12) = '____________', @Start_Date AS DateTime = '1950/01/01', @End_Date as DateTime = '2020/01/01', @Att_Code AS VarChar(1) = '_' AS IF @Start_Date = '1950/01/01'SET @Start_Date = CAST(CAST(@College_Year AS Char(4)) + '/08/31' AS DateTime) IF @End_Date = '2020/01/01'SET @End_Date = CAST(CAST(@College_Year +1 AS Char(4)) + '/07/31' AS DateTime) SELECT College_Year, Group_Code, Student_ID, Session_Date, Start_Time, Att_Code FROM dbo.AttendanceDets WHERE College_Year = @College_YearAND Group_Code LIKE @Group_CodeAND Student_ID LIKE @Student_IDAND Session_Date <= @End_DateAND Session_Date >=@Start_DateAND Att_Code LIKE @Att_CodeGOMy confusion lies with running the below script with Show Execution Plan:--SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT ON--Go DECLARE @Time as DateTime Set @Time = GetDate() select College_Year, group_code, Student_ID, Session_Date, Start_Time, Att_Code from attendanceDetswhere College_Year = 2005 AND group_code LIKE '____________' AND Student_ID LIKE '________'AND Session_Date <= '2005-11-16' AND Session_Date >= '2005-11-16' AND Att_Code LIKE '_' Print 'First query took: ' + CAST(DATEDIFF(ms, @Time, GETDATE()) AS VarCHar(5)) + ' milli-Seconds' Set @Time = GetDate() EXEC CAMsp_Att @College_Year = 2005, @Start_Date = '2005-11-16', @End_Date = '2005-11-16' Print 'Second query took: ' + CAST(DATEDIFF(ms, @Time, GETDATE()) AS VarCHar(5)) + ' milli-Seconds'GO --SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT OFF--GOThe execution plan for the first query appears miles more costly than the sproc yet it is effectively the same query with no parameters. However, my understanding is the cached plan substitutes literals for parameters anyway. In any case - the first query cost is listed as 99.52% of the batch, the sproc 0.48% (comparing the IO, cpu costs etc support this). BUT the text output is:(10639 row(s) affected) First query took: 596 milli-Seconds (10639 row(s) affected) Second query took: 2856 milli-SecondsI appreciate that logical and physical performance are not one and the same but can why is there such a huge discrepancy between the two? They are tested on a dedicated test server, and repeated running and switching the order of the queries elicits the same results. Sample data can be provided if requested but I assumed it would not shed much light. BTW - I know that additional indexes can bring the plans and execution time closer together - my question is more about the concept. If you've made it this far - many thanks.If you can enlighten me - infinite thanks.
I've combed through SQL Help to find the answer to my question but I think it's telling me it can't be done. I work both from an office with my servers and from home. When I'm at home I would like to access my SQL server remotely using a tool such as MS SQL Server Management Studio. But it appears there is no way to access my SQL Server for management purposes using Management Studio over a remote internet connection. I can access the server using Management Studio while I'm on the internal office network but not from home. Has anyone been able to do this or might recommend a third party tool as robust as Management Studio? Thanks
HiI'm trying to access the properties of my datasource programatically so I can change the stored procedure it connects to depending on the value of a querystringIn my page load I have Dim myMode = Request.Params("mode")Select Case myMode Case "Category" sqldatasource1.SelectCommand = "productsbycategory" sqldatasource1.SelectCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.StoredProcedure ******'Need to add querystring parameter Case "Wishlist" sqldatasource1.SelectCommand = "productsbywishlist" sqldatasource1.SelectCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.StoredProcedure ******'Need to add Session variable parameter Case Else sqldatasource1.SelectCommand = "allProducts" sqldatasource1.SelectCommandType = SqlDataSourceCommandType.StoredProcedureEnd SelectThe problem that I have is that I need to pass a parameter to the first 2 procedures above, a querystring to the first and a session variable to the second.How do I add parameters programaticallyMany thanks
Hi, I just start using MSSQL server 2005, I already install vss studio 2005 so SQL server 2005 is already installed by default (express edition).
But unlike SQL server 2000, I coultn't find any tools similiar to "sql entreprise manager". I was able to create a new database only from server explorer tools in VSS. But pretty strange that this database act like a microsoft access database (creating a database file on my app_data folder). (I am sorry I am new in SQL server 2005 ExpressEdition ).
My question : 1. is that (above) really how mssql server 2005 works? 2. how to create a new user for this database? (example user: sa password: "admin")
Does any one know abt the web interface for managing SQL SERVER I would like to create database,create tables create users, modify, insert data etc.. over the web
i belive there are interfaces are available on the net
I'm fairly new to SQL server, and I'm helping someone who has a fairly high employee turnover rate.
I would like to create an interface that would allow her to add/edit/delete users and their permissions without having to get into management studio. I'll build a form in the front end application that will presumably pass parameters to a SProc that will do the work.
Her users fall into two categories - full and read only. The tasks she'll need to perform are very simple.
1) Add new user with full access to all tables 2) Add new user with read only access to all tables 3) Change user access from read only to full 4) Change user access from full to read only 3) Delete user
Can someone point me in the right direction on this? Some sample code would be nice, but at the very least I'd like a better term to search by..
Searching for "stored procedure user permissions" brings up tons of hits that mostly deal with who can and can't run a sproc..
I currently use Enterprise Manager 8.0 with several SQL 2000 servers. I'm ready to work with my first SQL Server v 2005. Can I use EM 8.0 along side the new Management Console until I'm through the learning curve? I understand you cannot register a 2005 server with EM 8.0, but I assume you can register a 2000 server from the new Management Console without any problem.
I have a solution with a lot of packages, and each of them has configurations set on an SQL Server table. Right now the information in the table is outdated and I'd like to overwrite it with the new values on the properties of each package (and its elements). Is there another (faster) way to do this without having to disable/enable or recreate all configurations manually?
I would like to know what are the possibilities to mange the Sql server Agent in the Sql Server 2005 express edition whit the Sql server mangement studio express, because I can't see it .
I am developing an office automation software for a government department. To start with, I have decided to first automate the salary section of the department. Because of some issues like, TCO, easy support and maintenance, scalability etc., I have decided to use SQL Server 2005 database with VB 2005 front-end.
I have planned the layout for this first part and found that in only employee salary table, 40,000 records per month will be stored. That comes out to be around 480,000 records annually. This is for one table alone, excluding data in other tables.
Since each section of the department will be integrated into this later, this application will become the backbone the department. The employee service, leave, salary, allowance, deduction and other records shall be maintained.
For this type of mission-critical application, I want to get some queries cleared:
(1) What backup strategy should be followed? I want to have schedule and maual backups both. Is there any way to have a mirror image on another server?
(2) What considerations to keep in mind in the inital stage of database design?
(3) How to keep the design scalable and configurable to meet future needs?
I wish to manage the process of transactional replication between two SQL databases using a c# (or any other possible language, does not differ) written tool. More accurately, I have a database in my server, and I want to have the program to be run from any other computer and does the replication between the local pc(where the program is run) and my server. More to say is that the connection between the server and pc(s) is over the internet.
I would be so thankful if anyone would help me to solve the issue,
Ah, why doesn't SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or Visual Studio's Server Explorer permit me to set PK/FK constraints on the tables? They're supported in SQL Everywhere (SQL Ev), but I don't see a way to set them up.
Why don't these tools support scripting the database tables to SQL? Is this planned?
I'm writing an application where I have a class which for example represents a User and I have a UserDAO class which holds all the calls to the database. When I'm trying to create a user, I call my User class pass in the username and password from the login box. Then in my UserDAO I pass these details to a stored procedure to query the database. In this method in the UserDAO I open a SqlConnection call the stored proc and set the results to a SqlDataReader. Then I return this SqlDataReader object which I've created.In my User class the method I populate the user class properties with create a SqlDataReader based on the method on the UserDAO method.My problem is first how can I close the connection I originally created in my UserDAO, as I'm returning a SqlDataReader object I can't close my SqlConnection object before returning in the method. And I can't close the SqlConnection in my User class.Is there another way to separate all my DAO methods in a separate (UserDAO, SecurityDAO etc), but call them in my main classes (User, Security etc).ThanksStephen
Hi. I have a website and database using membership which is running successfully on my remote hosting server. When I go online, I can add a new member because my login page contains a login .NET component. Question: Is there anyway I can, as the adminstrator, manage the security settings for the members (delete members, define/assign roles etc.) on line? Or do I have to do it locally on my PC, and then update the remote database? (hopefully not...) Thanks in advance, Garrett
I have a question about how to efficiently develop on a development version of a database and get those changes over to the production database without loosing live data, etc.?
Here is how we are trying it:
1 Export production database to temp database(exact copy) 2 Delete production database 3 Export development database (definition only, no data) to new database with production database's name 4 Export production (temp) database (data only) over to new production shell
We are having truncate errors due to FK constraints.
Does anyone know how to multiple select stored procedures and deal with the permission sin one go? I know you can do this easily in SQL 6.5 but not in SQL 7. I have to select each stored procedure individually to manage permissions.
Scenario: 1. Access to database objects is based on database roles. 2. Application administrators handle the assignment of users to database roles. Application administrators are first line managers, typically; they are not DBA's and not Help Desk staff.
Question: What products are available to simplify the management of user access to databases in the aforementioned scenario?
