OPENDATASOURCE Questions
Jun 13, 2008Is it possible to query another server using a sql statement and connecting though windows authentication?
Thanks
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Opendatasource
Oct 24, 2005What is the syntax for using parameters in an opendatasource query? I tried using the below:
SELECT top 10 *
FROM OPENDATASOURCE(
'SQLOLEDB',
'Data Source=10.22.10.78;User ID='+@user+';Password='+@pword
).Northwind.dbo.Categories
OpenDataSource Quandary
Aug 17, 2007I am trying to open and query a Microsoft Access "like" database from SQL Server 2000 using OpenDataSource. This will work for a little while, but if I am to update my ASP.NET code base I have to completely reboot the machine for these queries to work again. I also have two reboot the machine periodically because this functionality decides to crap out. I am doing this from a stored procedure. My code looks like this:DECLARE @SelectCode varchar(5000)SET @SelectCode ='SELECT CONVERT(varchar, Value) AS UnitName FROMOPENDATASOURCE(''Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'', ''Data Source = "' + @Path + @DataFile + '.fcd";User ID=Admin;Password=;'')...Properties WHERE Property LIKE ''UnitName'''EXEC(@SelectCode)Now, when I am developing on my local machine that uses Windows Authentication, I have absolutely no problems, unless the source file has a schema error.Any ideas?
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Jan 13, 2008Hi all, In a select sql statement, I have to query 2 databases from 2 different servers. The only way I found to do this, is to call OPENDATASOURCE like this :<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:bdConnectionString1 %>" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Table1] t1 left join OPENDATASOURCE('SQLOLEDB','Data Source=servername;Initial Catalog=xxx;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Password=xxx').dbname.dbo.table2 t2 on t1.id = t2.id"> </asp:SqlDataSource>My question is the following :Is there a way to connect to the second server without using the full server declaration into the sql statement ? For information, the server connection is already declare into my web.config like that :<add name="bdConnectionString2" connectionString="Data Source=servername;Initial Catalog=xxx;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Password=xxx" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />so is there a way to use 'bdConnectionString2' directly ?If not, is there a way to connect to the second server without entering informations like User ID and Password ? My problem being that I'm not sure it's safe to send this informations directly from the asp.net page. Thank you
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Jan 12, 2005hi to every one....
To delete records in tableA which is not found in tableB i am using the following :
DELETE tableA from tableA aa left join tableB bb on aa.fld = bb.fld where bb.fld is null
** This will work fine **
but if i Use similer but using OPENDATASOURCE , like this:
delete OPENDATASOURCE('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'Data Source="c: empdata2004.mdb";
User ID="Admin";Password="";Jet OLEDB:Database Password="lea"')...tableA
from OPENDATASOURCE('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'Data Source="c: empdata2004.mdb";
User ID="Admin";Password="";Jet OLEDB:Database Password="lea"')...tableA aa left join tableB bb on aa.lno=ba.lno where b.lno is null
the result is deleteing whole of TableA.....
any help is appriciated
Thanks.
OpenDataSource Problem
Jan 23, 2004begin
select @datasource = 'Data Source="c:/'
+@FOLDERNAME
+'/'
+@FILENAME
+'";User ID=;Password=;Extended properties=Excel 5.0'
select
*
into
#excel_table
from OpenDataSource( 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', @DATASOURCE)...sheet1$
end
need to do this ... but using variables in opendatasource not allowed.
so how do we go about it
What i need to do is allow upload of any excel file ... may contain errors and then perform some checks on the data before putting it into another table with a fixed structure.
Queries Using OPENDATASOURCE
Mar 12, 2008
Hello:
Is is possible to query Active Directory using OPENDATASOURCE? If so, what is the syntax? If not, what other alternatives are there?
Thanks in advance!
Tim
Openrowset Opendatasource
Feb 8, 2008
I need to read a tables in an acess database. The access database has no user/password. All the examples of openrowset show a userid and password. How do I read access table without them?
Should I use opendatasource?
thanks
OPENDATASOURCE Via NT Authentication Within SQL Agent Job
Dec 2, 2005Hi,
I have written a stored procedure which extracts job history from all our servers using the OPENDATASOURCE function using NT authentication.
It's works fine when the stored procedure is called from Query Analyser, however I want it to be called hourly so are calling it from a SQL agent job.
I have set the job to run as myself, and the owner is myself, but the procedure fails when trying to connect to the first server, giving the error :-
"Executed as user: NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM. about to query : aadmin01 [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 0) Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection. [SQLSTATE 28000] (Error 18452). The step failed."
It doesn't seem to be able to make the NT authenticated connection when the OPENDATASOURCE function is called from within the context of a SQL agent job.
I know a solution may be to use a regular SQL login for the OPENDATASOURCE calls, but this means hard-coding passwords into the stored procedure - I'd read this is bad practice.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks
OPENDATASOURCE / OPENROWSET Via NT Authentication
May 10, 2002Does anyone know if OPENDATASOURCE or OPENROWSET can be called via NT authentication, rather than with a SQL Login? If so, what would be the correct syntax to use?
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Jan 27, 2004Ok .. Gurus ... here's my problem
I am able to successfully run a opendatasource query against a flat file from SQL Server. However the problem I am facing is that the resultset that is returned has a line as one column and one row ... is there any way i can get the opendatasource query to recognize tabs as column seperators ????
OpenDataSource Trouble With Advantage SQL
Jun 17, 2006Hi folks.I'm trying to connect to a Medisoft Advantage SQL db through SQL Serverusing OpenDataSource or OpenRowSet. I have general connections to the dbworking fine, but not with OpenDataSource or OpenRowSet.I've tried variations on:select * fromOpenDataSource('Advantage OLE DB Provider','Data Source=C:MediDataTutormwddf.add;User ID=user;Password=password;Advantage Server Type=ADS_LOCAL_SERVER;Initial Catalog=mwddf.add;')...MWPATWhich gives:OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'Advantage OLE DB Provider'IColumnsInfo::MapColumnIDs returned 0x80040e21: [COLUMN_NAME=TABLE_CATALOGORDINAL=-1], [COLUMN_NAME=TABLE_SCHEMA ORDINAL=-1], [COLUMN_NAME=TABLE_NAMEORDINAL=-1], [COLUMN_NAME=TABLE_TYPE ORDINAL=-1], [COLUMN_NAME=TABLE_GUIDORDINAL=-1]].I've also tried:select * fromOpenrowset('Advantage OLE DB Provider','Data Source=C:MediDataTutormwddf.add;UserID=user;Password=password;Initial Catalog=mwddf.add;Advantage ServerType=ADS_REMOTE_SERVER',MWPAT)and 'Select * from MWPAT'.These last yield:[OLE/DB provider returned message: No Data Source specified]which seems closer.Can anyone help? I think this is all Advantage-specific. I've posted ontheir boards, but their not very active...Thanks.David
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May 4, 2006I would like to create a stored procedure that imports an Excel file toa sql server table. I need to be able to pass the path to thespreadsheet to the stored procedure like so:CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.ImportSpreadsheet(@Path nvarchar(120))ASSELECT * INTO AuditFROM OPENDATASOURCE( 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Data Source = ' + @Path + ';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0')...Audit$I will call the stored procedure from within my .NET application andpass it the path as @Path. The path will be chosen by the user at runtime and will be something similar toC:SpreadsheetsAudits.xls.I can make this run in the Query Analyzer:SELECT * INTO AuditFROM OPENDATASOURCE( 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Data Source = ''C:SpreadsheetsAudits.xlsAudit_TC.xls'';Extend edProperties=Excel 8.0')...Audit$I could run the SQL directly from my app, but I like to use storedprocs whenever I can for the speed and flexibility. I can change thestored proc and not have to recompile/reinstall the app.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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May 21, 2008Hi All
I'm trying to update feilds in a local table from a remote table using the following:
update schema.table1 set acc = r.acc, add = r.add
from OPENDATASOURCE('SQLOLEDB','Data Source=10.10.10.171;User ID=user;Password=mypw').db.schema.table1 as R, schema.table1 as L where R.acc = L.acc
When run from Query Analyser, it fails with:
Could not find server '"db"."schema"."table1" in sysservers. Execute sp_addlinkedserver to add the server to sysservers.
On both servers, the database, schema and table names are the same.
Running SQL2K SP4 on both servers. Don't want to set up linked servers, as they will only connect on a scheduled basis to perform updates.
Other queries such as insert work, as well as update OPENDATASOURCE( . . .) set x=L.x from schema.table where . . . so it's a prob with the From clause of the update.
Am I missing something, or is what I'm trying to do just not possible?
TIA
OPENROWSET And OPENDATASOURCE Truncation To 255 Characters
Dec 21, 2004I have the following T-SQL commands which run without errors:
select Description_Text
from OpenRowset('MSDASQL', 'Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};
DefaultDir=D:Import;','select * from company_finance.csv')
select Description_Text
from OPENDATASOURCE('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Data Source=D:Import;Extended Properties="Text;HDR=Yes;FMT=Delimited"')...company_finance#csv
When I run either command on our TEST server, all the text in the fields retrieved is returned, but when I run on our PRODUCTION server, all fields are truncated to 255 characters. The source file company_finance.csv is identical on both servers. Both servers have the same O/S (Win 2K Server), same version of SQL Server 2000 and MDAC (2.71). I cannot figure out if the problem is on the SQL Server side, or has something to do with some registry settings or something else, but both the Text Driver and the Jet drivers produce the similar results on each servers. Are there some config settings in SQL Server or in the registry I can look at to determine why the truncation is occurring? Help!
Thanks for your time.
Input Paramter As Part Of OPENDATASOURCE
Jan 26, 2007I want to use an input parameter as my filename, but I get a synataxerror message. Howerve, when I hard code the filename the proc compilessuccessfully.Thanks for any help. I'm using SQL Server 2005LTR_90,LTI_ELIG_pct,LTI_REC_pct,LOW_SALARY,HIGH_SALARY FROM OPENDATASOURCE("Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0","Data Source=C:inetpubwwwrootORC_Beta_Companies"' + @infilename +'"Extended Properties=Excel 8.0")...[summary_data$]Syntax message:Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, ProcedureimportExcelSpreadSheetIntoeNavigator_DataORC, Line 244Incorrect syntax near 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'.
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Jul 20, 2005Version 2000.How do I do something like the exampleSELECT *FROM OpenDataSource( 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Data Source="c:Financeaccount.xls";User ID=Admin;Password=;Extendedproperties=Excel 5.0')...xactionsbut use a .txt-file instead ?I tried building it using Access (that usually works :-) ) and that gives aconnectionstring of:Text;DSN=LinkSammenkædningsspecifikation;FMT=Delimited;HDR=NO;I MEX=2;CharacterSet=850;DATABASE=c: empSourcetablename=link.txtbut I can't seem to "massage" it into working on the sql-server.If I quick and dirty swap 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' with 'Text' it giveserror:Could not locate registry entry for OLE DB provider 'Text'.tia/jim
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Jan 8, 2008I'm trying to do an Ad Hoc connection to a Progress database from SQL query Analyzer. I have successfully created a DataDirect ODBC connection and I can access the progress database tables through Excel. However, I can't get it working in SQL.
My stetament is the following:
SELECT *
FROM OPENDATASOURCE(
'DATADIRECT 4.10 32-BIT Progress SQL92 v9.1E',
'DSN=datasourcename;host=servername;port=2501;db=rdatabasename;uid=SYSPROGRESS'
)..schema.tablename
Thanks, Susan
Updating Remote Table With OPENDATASOURCE
May 25, 2008Greetings all
Have another issue with OPENDATASOURCE
The following SQL appears to run successfully:
Update OPENDATASOURCE('SQLOLEDB','Data Source=10.10.10.171;User ID=*****;Password=******').TRANSFERSTN.TSADMIN.SALESDAY
set STARTDTTM = L.STARTDTTM,ENDDTTM = L.ENDDTTM,CLOSED = L.CLOSED,
CASHEDUP = L.CASHEDUP,CASHINTILL = L.CASHINTILL,CHEQUESINTILL = L.CHEQUESINTILL,
EPSALES = L.EPSALES,EPCUTORETURN = L.EPCUTORETURN,REPFLAG = R.REPFLAG
from OPENDATASOURCE('SQLOLEDB','Data Source=10.10.10.171;User ID=******;Password=*****').TRANSFERSTN.TSADMIN.SALESDAY AS R inner join
TSADMIN.SALESDAY as L on R.SALESDAYID = L.SALESDAYID where L.REPFLAG = 1
However, all records in the remote table get updated if there are any records satisfying the REPFLAG clause, if more than 1 then I guess the last record in the source set.
Running the same SQL against 2 tables in the local DB works perfectly.
These are both MSDE V8.00.2039 SP4 connecting via RAS dial up.
Any ideas where to focus my attention will be gratefully received
Thanks
<EDIT>
Haven't solved the issue, but staggered around it. I have simply reversed the tables in the SQL and executed at the remote server instead, so it is updating a local table while getting data from a remote table. This functions as it should. Any clues to the above would still be good tho' - cheers
<END EDIT>
Strange Problem With Using OpenDataSource() To Get Data From Excel.
Apr 7, 2005:(
Hey guys. I got some problem here.
I have an Excel spreadsheet. the data is something like :
COL1 COL2 COL3
DATA1 1 DETAIL1
DATA2 2 DETAIL2
DATA3 3 DETAIL3
DATA4 4 DETAIL4
DATA5 5 DETAIL5
DATA6 6 DETAIL6
DATA7 7 DETAIL7
etc
there are 1877 * 3 cells in total in the spreadsheet.
but when I execute a query like:
select * from OpenDataSource('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Data Source=Test.xls;User ID=Admin;Password=;Extended properties=Excel 8.0')...[Sheet1$]
It returns 2132 * 5 units of data!!! And the "F4" and "F5" column just have NULL. so do row 1878 to 2132. I'm confused with that.
I need your help~ 3X in advance. :)
Transact SQL :: Insert Data Into Excel Using OPENDATASOURCE
May 14, 2015While trying to insert data into existing XLS file, using below command, i am getting following error.
Insert into OPENDATASOURCE( 'Microsoft. ACE.OLEDB.12.0','Data Source=e:ediuploadhello1.xlsx;Extended Properties=Excel 12.0')...[Sheet1$]
Select top 50 product_no From product_mst
Msg 7343, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)" could not INSERT INTO table "[Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0]". Unknown provider error.
OpenRowSet And OpenDataSource Fail On Production To Open Excel Data
Jun 26, 2006The following statement fails when using SQL Analyzer under sa but works on all of our development and staging server. All are SQL Server 2005 SP1. We upgraded production over the weekend from SQL Server 2000, creating a new instance machinenameSQL2005.
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Excel 8.0;Database=d:data est.xls',
'SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]')
The error we are getting only in prodcution is:
OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "(null)" returned message "Unspecified error".
Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "(null)".
Any help seriously appreciated,
Tronn
SQL License Questions And Other Questions &&>&&>&&>&&>
Mar 3, 20061. Is it legal and OK to use a MSDN SQL copy on a production environment or is it strickly for test environments ??
2. If I own a legal copy of SQL 7 with 5 cals, can I legally use SQL MSDE and have more than 5 people access my SQL server or am I also limited to 5 users as my original ??
Sorry I am a newbie at this SQL thing.
T-SQL Questions
Aug 27, 1999I have some tasks that I need to accomplish within T-SQL but cannot find
a means to accomplish them.
They are..
1. Check for the existance of an external text file.
2. Count the number of rows in an external text file.
3. Be able to run the BCP command from within T-SQL. I am currently using
the BULK INSERT command which works fine but it does not allow the following..
a. Error log for failed inserts.
b. A command output file.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Jim
BCP Questions ???
Sep 2, 1999I am tying to call BCP to output the contents of a table to a text file from with in a stored procedure.
The procedure will be called from an ASP page ...
My question is were does the file get created ??? I want to create the text file on server ONE and SQL server is running on server TWO and IIS is running on server THREE... do i have to have a drive letter mapped to server ONE and if so is it mapped on the SQl server or the IIS server ....
ie:
exec master..xp_cmdshell bcp db..table out h:est.out -Uxx -Pxx -Sx
thanks for any help on this subject ...
Rob
T-SQL Questions
Aug 27, 1999I have some tasks that I need to accomplish within T-SQL but cannot find
a means to accomplish them.
They are..
1. Check for the existance of an external text file.
2. Count the number of rows in an external text file.
3. Be able to run the BCP command from within T-SQL. I am currently using
the BULK INSERT command which works fine but it does not allow the following..
a. Error log for failed inserts.
b. A command output file.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Jim
Two Questions!
Aug 4, 1999I have two questions,
1) Could anyone please point me in the right direction concerning information pertaining to NT Server Enterprise Edition verses NT Server Workstations. We are having problems running SQL Server 7.0 and the Enterprise Edition together on the same machine and was wanting to find information about compatability issues, if there are any,
2) I, on a SQL Server 6.5 database shrunk it by 2 Gb. When I looked to see if SQL Server released those 2 Gb back to the hard drive, I was amazed that it didn't! Did I miss something or will SQL Server 6.5 not release the space because of the initial set-up. And why did SQL Server 6.5 automatically take the space from the Transaction logs when neither of the devices were specified? Is the Transaction Log the default area for shrinkage?
Thanks in Advance!
Daimon Russell
daimon_r@hotmail.com
SQL- TDS - TCP/IP Questions.
Nov 5, 2007Hi, does anyone know how to explain how SQL transactions get mapped into TDS and TDS gets mapped into TCP/IP packets?
Or can you please point me in the right direction? I need to figure out how TDS and TCP/IP relate?
We're using replication and are having some latency issues and I'm trying to find out how SQL handles TDS and TCP/IP etc...
Thanks for your time.
DTS Questions
Feb 7, 20021. When we create DTS in SQL Server through DTS designer, where are they stored physically?
2. What would be the best way to modify a DTS without using DTS designer?
3. Is there any other way to create DTS apart from DTS designer and Visual Basic?
4. Is there any website which has detailed information for DTS? (which has more FAQs like above?)
In our production environment, we keep changing the servers frequently, and everytime that happens, I have to change the connection properties in all the DTS going to them one by one.
thanks,
sanjay.
SQL Questions
May 4, 2001I am not too familiar with SQL Server, but my supervisor gave me the task of finding out the difference between SQL Enterprise and SQL Standard. He also asked me to research the difference between processor licences and client access licences. I will use the Internet as a resource, but I would also like to hear the opinions of someone who uses these programs or is knowledgable about them. So please any suggestions or any useful links would be very helpful.
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Jun 17, 2004I have two questions.
1) If a database is suspect we can have that trace from sysdatabases.There is a column named status.My question is in case of suspect datatbase what will be value in the field status of sysdatabases?
2) The password of an user login(created by using sp_addlogin stored procedure or any other way) is stored in the table sysxlogins of master database.The password is stored in a varbinary format.How can I get the actual password(means in a char format)?I mean how can I convert the varbinary value to a readable format?
Few Questions
Jun 21, 2004Hi All,
I am new in SQL SERVER 2000.I have few questions -
1) WHAT WILL I DO TO TRUNCATE THE SIZE OF A TRANSACTION LOG?
2) WHAT WILL BE THE STEPS OF BUILDING THE MASTER DATABASE?
3) WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN OF ACTION WHEN SQL DOES NOT STARTS UP?
4) WHAT WOULD BE MY PLAN OF ACTION WHEN SQL DB GETS CORUPTED OR STARTS IN A SUSPECT MODE?
VDI Questions!
Aug 31, 2004Could I do periodicity backups to another computer(mediaserver) using VDI??
I mean , Could I config a Virtual Device so that I can do backups like disk or tape, I can use
'backup database ...to virtual_device='...' ' to do backup to another computer(mediaserver)?
suppose that I have finished the interface of mediaserver.
If this is impossible,how can I do periodicity backups to another computer??
I have finished a program using VDI that can do backup to another computer,and I know how to do periodicity backups to disk or tape. but I am puzzled about the periodicity backup using VDI.
How should I do?
Thanks,All.