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Apr 14, 2006
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The SQL Server Design and Usability team invites you to spend a few hours with us and our products (SSMS, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, BIDS and etc) and tell us what you think. We are interested in how you interact with the products. The information we gather is directly translated into product design improvements, so your feedback makes a difference.
We periodically conduct lab research on campus as well as site visits on various aspects of SQL Server. Your involvement is extremely valuable to us. If you are working with
administering SQL Server databases, building database applications, performing BI
related tasks - we'd like to hear from you.
Please take a couple of minutes to fill out the SQL Server Usability Enrollment form. Your contact information is extremely confidential and will only be used by our team for usability and research purposes. Thanks for your help to make the SQL Server even better!
The SQL Server Design and Usability team invites you to spend a few hours with us and our products (SSMS, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, BIDS and etc) and tell us what you think. We are interested in how you interact with the products. The information we gather is directly translated into product design improvements, so your feedback makes a difference.
We periodically conduct lab research on campus as well as site visits on various aspects of SQL Server. Your involvement is extremely valuable to us. If you are working with administering SQL Server databases, building database applications, performing BI related tasks - we'd like to hear from you.
Please take a couple of minutes to fill out the SQL Server Usability Enrollment form. Your contact information is extremely confidential and will only be used by our team for usability and research purposes. Thanks for your help to make the SQL Server even better!
I'm developing a client-server application using Visual Basic and SQL Server 6.5 for 700 users. The application currently requires users to login to the database using their network account (via trusted connections). Each of the users takes up a maximum of 6 connections. Unfortunately, other considerations will force us to discard use of trusted connections. So it only leaves us either to create 700 user accounts on SQL Server separately from their network logins or to create one SQL Server account and everybody uses that same account to login to the database. For political reasons, the customer would prefer not to ask their support group to maintain 700 user accounts on SQL Server if it can be avoided.
My question: is there any technical limitation or other negative consequence of having 700 users login to the same account to SQL Server if SQL Server can handle that many connections (it would be 6*700 = 4200 connections) simultaneously? Are we supposed to do things like this? It seems that we don’t have better choice than this.
Client ID Client Name Date Score 1 Smith 12/31/2014 25 1 Smith 10/15/2014 45 2 John 08/11/2014 55 2 John 06/18/2014 15 3 Rose 04/15/2014 12 4 Mike 07/23/2014 28 5 Mary 01/5/2014 56 6 Lisa 08/1/2014 54 6 Lisa 05/10/2014 34
Now I want to use Row Number function or any way where I can get the result as below
Client ID Client Name Date Score RowNo 1 Smith 12/31/2014 25 1 1 Smith 10/15/2014 45 2 2 John 08/11/2014 55 1 2 John 06/18/2014 15 2 3 Rose 04/15/2014 12 1 4 Mike 07/23/2014 28 1 5 Mary 01/5/2014 56 1 6 Lisa 08/1/2014 54 1 6 Lisa 05/10/2014 34 2
I'm trying to quantify the number of times folks use SQL Server Management Studio to change client data in one of our production databases. Does SQL Server keep this statistic? How do I get to this data?
Ok guys I have read everything in my previous post but unfortunately can not seem to get it to work properly. Would anyone like to do this 10 minutes work (I am sure). Obviously I dont expect it to be free but if I continue I am going to get a sledge hammer to this now.
Hi, does somebody recognize the problem with my code? -Thanks! Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. Parser Error Message: This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'NAME'. Line 58, position 52.Source Error: <sessionState mode="SQLServer"stateConnectionString="Jensen"sqlConnectionString= "datasource=Database;userid=username;password=pass"cookieless="false"timeout="60"/>
Always looking for people who are strong with microsoft technology for new oppurtunities in the Seattle area. If you are good, we can help you find your ideal next position.
I am looking for strong SQL developers and/or DBA's for some really sweet companies here in Seattle. Anyone interested that is good and wants to hear about new oppurtunities? I would love to help you out.
In the First DELETE and bcp I was getting the thread being launched by xp_cmdshell was being blocked by the parent thread...
put in WAITFOR...sometime it worked...started with an empty table..it worked....left the 28k rows, blocked...
Now, put SELECT COUNT(*)...works each and every g-d damn time...
HUH?
Now I get to the bcp out..
added the same code WAITFOR/SELECT *...
blocks each and ever g-d damn time....
I'm very reticent to COMMIT and start another tranny block...
Anyone have any ideas?
SET NOCOUNT ON
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[wrk_DataHold]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) drop table [dbo].[wrk_DataHold] GO
CREATE TABLE wrk_DataHold(Col1 varchar(8000)) GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[wrk_OldNew]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) drop table [dbo].[wrk_OldNew] GO
CREATE TABLE wrk_OldNew(Old varchar(255),New varchar(255)) GO
INSERT INTO wrk_OldNew(Old,New) SELECT 'SEVERAL EE~S', '' GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[usp_ModifyRows]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsProcedure') = 1) drop procedure [dbo].[usp_ModifyRows] GO CREATE PROC usp_ModifyRows @Path sysname , @FName sysname AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
BEGIN TRAN
DECLARE @cmd varchar(8000), @Servername sysname, @rc int, @error int, @rowcount int , @Old varchar(255), @New varchar(255), @x int
CREATE TABLE #bcpLog(Col1 varchar(8000))
SET @rc = 0
DELETE FROM wrk_DataHold
SELECT @error = @@error, @rowcount = @@ROWCOUNT IF @error <> 0 BEGIN SET @rc = -1 GOTO usp_ModifyRows_Error END
SELECT @x=COUNT(*) FROM wrk_DataHold WAITFOR DELAY '000:00:10'
SET @cmd = 'bcp wrk_DataHold in ' + @Path + @FName + ' -S ' + @@SERVERNAME + ' -U -P -c' INSERT INTO #bcpLog(Col1) EXEC master..xp_cmdShell @cmd
DECLARE OldNew CURSOR FOR SELECT Old, New FROM wrk_OldNew
OPEN OldNew
FETCH NEXT FROM OldNew INTO @Old, @New
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN
UPDATE wrk_DataHold SET Col1 = REPLACE(Col1,@Old,@New) WHERE Col1 LIKE '%'+@Old+'%'
SELECT @error = @@error, @rowcount = @@ROWCOUNT IF @error <> 0 BEGIN SET @rc = -1 GOTO usp_ModifyRows_Error END
INSERT INTO #bcpLog(Col1) SELECT 'REPLACE "'+ RTRIM(@Old) + '" With "' + RTRIM(@New)+ '"' UNION ALL SELECT '('+CONVERT(varchar(25),@rowcount)+' row(s) affected)'
FETCH NEXT FROM OldNew INTO @Old, @New END
CLOSE OldNew DEALLOCATE OldNew
SELECT @x=COUNT(*) FROM wrk_DataHold WAITFOR DELAY '000:00:10'
I have a SQL Server (Express) database that I use in a Visual Studio (Visual Basic) 2005 application.
The application is of the Decision Support type, that routine deletes the contents of some of the database tables and then re-populates them with new data. There is no reason for keeping the "old" contents and no reason to restore the old content.
(It does this using "BULK INSERT" statements, as in:
"BULK INSERT SharePrices FROM "C:SharePrice.txt")
Because of all the data replacing, the log file gets huge quickly. I don't need the log file at all.
(I suspect that the logging is also taking up time unncessarily.)
Is there any way I can set the database not to have a log file at all, or to have a small log file?
(I've tried deleting the log file from SQL Server Management SQL Express, but get a message that there has to be a log file.)
When I restrict the log file size, my application returns error messages that the log file is too small, and the application can't do what it needs to do.
I have already made sure that in the database that the recovery mode is set to "Simple" and that "AutoShrink" is set to true.
I've tried manual "Shrinks". These work. However, as soon as the application accesses the database, the log file gets huge again.
I realise I may have to do (unnecessary) backups before/after my bulk insert statements. If so, I'd appreciate some help on how to do this from within a Visual Basic 2005 application. (I'm actually using the Data Access block from the Enterprise Library for my data access.)
Can anybody provide sample t-sql procedures coding to do the following tasks?
I want to call a sql stored procedures with parameter passing. I write down the pseudo codes as follows:
In the SQL server side, write a stored procedure which performs the following:
With input parameter "ABCDE"; execute SQL statement "select * from table A where tableA.field B = "ABCDE"; For each record from the result of the above SQL statement, "select * from tableB where tableB.field C=tableA.fieldX" if the record can be found in tableB, "update tableB set tableB.fieldD=something"; if the record cannot be found in tableB, "insert a new record in tableB"
My actual application requirement is that I have an input file of over hundred thousand records which acts as a primary file to update or to add records to another file. My client side application, which is VB.NET, call a sql procedures once to perform this task. I don't want the VB.NET program to loop through all the input records and call a sql procedure a hundred thousand times!
I have a table called tblsample, where i have information stored row wise. Ther four quarter information is stored for many years. I want those information column wise for a given year.
say
select col1, col2 from tblsample where rqtr=1 and ryear = 2000 select col1, col2 from tblsample where rqtr=2 and ryear = 2000 select col1, col2 from tblsample where rqtr=3 and ryear = 2000 select col1, col2 from tblsample where rqtr=4 and ryear = 2000
hi! I'm still fairly wet behind the ears when it comes to databases, especially sql server 2000. But I just got a copy from my University and I really want to spend some time messing with it. The first thing I want to try is making a shopping cart that stores the items in the database rather than in the session. I'm using asp.net (VB) and I had previously made a simple shopping cart for a SMALL site that stored all the information in a dataset stored in the session... but I've been told that isn't a good idea and reccomended I store the data in the sql database. so that's what I want to do!
I'm looking for resources that can help me get this started. These are the first questions I have about this approach, and any advice from you experts would be most appreciated!
1) do I store the data in a temporary table or do I use the regular table and make temporary rows? if the former how do I transfer the rows from the temp table to the order table? if the latter how do I change it from temporary to peromanent? in either case, how do I eliminate rows if the user abandons their cart?
2) how do I first initialize an order and keep track of the orderID for each user and ensure that no one is assigned a duplicate orderID?
those are my biggest confusions about this approach. I've looked for books on this but most are either too much about sql syntax and big-time server management, or they are too general and not specific to sql server. I've tried looking online, but I can't find much information on doing this using asp.net 2.0. thanks again for your help!
In the ErrorLog of my Sql Server , i found this line :
2007-06-26 05:35:18.37 Serveur The SQL Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Error: 0x54b, state: 3. Failure to register an SPN may cause integrated authentication to fall back to NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies.
Operating System XP Home SP2
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced SP1 )
( idem for another workstation with XP Pro SP2 and same version of SQL Server 2005 Express
My problem is :
i want use the windows authentification but my computers are on Worhkgroup linked by a router ( no window server )
i have read that's possible to connect from a remote computer to a computer having a SQL Server 2005 Express through SPN
How can i do it ? ( activating NTLM ? but how ?)
I'm writing a C# program which must be executing on several computers with a SQL Server 2005 Express installed on a particular computer. These computers will belong to a domain of Windows Server 2003.
As i can't connect to this "normal" network, i am trying to simulate this network at home because i want to test this program and especially the possible locks problems.
I don't know whether i'm querying with the "correct" forum.
I'm new to SSIS (and quite new to SQL Server). I have a process which I'd like to automize via SSIS - just don't know how and couldn't figure it out yet by playing around with the program. Shouldn't be too difficult though.
First of all, that's the process as I do it now:
1) Load several flatfile sources (dumps of SQL tables) into an SQL database. 2) Add identifier rows (to some tables), set the primary and foreign keys so the database is "recreated" and I can work on it. 3) Do several simple transformations, aggregations and selects across tables and finally write a new table containing information for reporting stuff.
I succeded in loading flatfiles within the data flow view, doing some transformations and saving the output to a flatfile. What I didn't find out: how can I "recreate" the database enabling me to perform "SELECT/FROM/WHERE" statements across tables? Will I have to write the imported files to tables within a db (how?) or can I avoid this step?
A little guide (newbie friendly) would be great help!
I created a report which has duplicates on one field. I want the report to display the duplicates, but cannot figure out how. Anywhere I have found where there is a "Hide Duplicates" option I have it turned off (in matrix properties), but the report matrix still hides the duplicates. I don't understand why this would happen since the other fields on the same record are not duplicates. I tried grouping but that was no help.
The query in the dataset DOES return the duplicates as expected.
I have three tables, Employer, Customer and CustomerEmployer. The employer table contains all employers and the customeremployer table contains customer records for an employer. For example
Employer Table EmployerID Name Address 1 ABC Company 123 Main Street 2 CDE Company 1 South Street 3 JJJ Company 3 Timothy Street 4 ZZZ Company 2 Rust Street
Customer Table ID Name 1 Joe Smith 2 Jane Thomas 3 Tim James
I would like to run a select statement which lists all the employers and whether the employer has already been assigned to a customer. For example, for Joe Smith I would like to see all the employers listed AND some marker indicating that Joe is already assigned to EmployerID 3, JJJ Company. Results EmployerID Name Address CustomerID 1 ABC Company 123 Main Street 2 CDE Company 1 South Street 3 JJJ Company 3 Timothy Street 3 4 ZZZ Company 2 Rust Street
I have tried unions and many types of joins but none seem to work correctly. I was using the following select statement however only employers that are contained in the customeremployer table appear.
SELECT Employer.EmployerID, Employer.Name, Address, Employer.City, CustomerEmployer.CustomerID FROM CustomerEmployer RIGHT OUTER JOIN Employer ON CustomerEmployer.EmployerID = Employer.EmployerID WHERE (CustomerEmployer.CustomerID = @customerid) OR (CustomerEmployer.CustomerID IS NULL) ORDER BY Name
Can someone help me parsing this ms-access PIVOT sql-statement to ams-sql-server sql-statement?Many thanks in advanceTRANSFORM Count(KlantenStops.id) AS AantalVanidSELECT KlantenStops.Uitvoerder, KlantenStops.KlantFROM KlantenStopsGROUP BY KlantenStops.Uitvoerder, KlantenStops.KlantPIVOT DatePart("m",leverdatum,1,0) In("1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12");
I have created an order form for my business. I placed a submit button at the bottom. I wanted all the clients information to go into my emailbox. Someone told me about MS SQL Server. I got excited and downloaded the 2005 Express version with all the trimmings. Now I am more confused than I was before. Someone please explain to me what I should do first. Redo the form with the studio then work with the server? I think I may have deleted something important from the server trying to figure it out. Help!!!!!!!!!!
In my SQL Server 2005, we stored multiple application tables in a single database. All of them is using the dbo schema in the past.
Now, we would like to change this practice and adopt a better one. However, we got some problems in the configuration.
If I want to create such a database, should I first create multiple logins and multiple users for all the application. The mulitple logins are used in the connectionstring of my web. While each login can only have 1 user in a database, I need to create a user for each login as well. (Am I correct in doing so? It seems a bit messy.)
The other problem is what should the database role of all that users? If I don't grant them the db_owner. They can't create the required tables. If I grant it, it voliate the intension of separating different application...
Currently, I have set up a SQL 7.0 database backup job and have one person notified if the job succeeds, but HOW do I choose an option to notify a different person if the job fails ?
hello,My friend and I are working on a project involving oracle 9i and an oldUnify database. We got the oracle to see the unify (oracle running onwindows) by using the heterogenous services on oracle.However, that was a test environment. The production environment hasoracle running on linux. The problem is that the odbc drivers for theold unify database are only available on windows!So, I was wondering about something.In the production environment, they also have a MS-SQL 2000 database.Does that database have a function similar to oracle's heterogenousservices that will let us connect to the old unify database and passthat data to oracle?We're building custom apps. on oracle 10g application server. Runningoracle on windows in the production environment is not going to happen.Thanks,Dave
I have a report that need to be delivered to two different persons.
It has 10 columns. But one of them is not supposed to be seen by one person. Can I do this without creating another report and delivering two different reports although they are almost the same?
After I setup the merge replication in SQL SERVER 7.0, there is a rowguid column (datatype uniqueidentifier) inserted into each table in the both the source and destination database.
I need to get rid of the rowguid column in all tables. I deleted the replication, but the column still existed.
Is there an easy way to get rid of all the rowguid column in the database? Thanks for your reponse in advanced.
Until there's an Integration Services 2.0, what custom components would you most like to see examples of? The documentation team is starting work on the 2nd Web refresh of Books Online and SQL Server samples, anticipated for release around April, and may be able to incorporate some requests as samples or BOL topics.
Hi,I have a gridview on a page, which should select data from a database. I want it to select the data row if it finds its UserName in the UserName column, but there will be many usernames in the username column, seperated by commas.Here is the select statement that I have at the moment, which doesnt return any data atall:SELECT [message], [senddate], [subject], [messageid], [sendername], [recievername] FROM [Messages] WHERE ([recievername] LIKE '% ' + @recievername + ' %')@recievername = Profile("UserName") which is the vwd wizards way of saying the current user. A Username column has data like this:bezzer , bezlan , beezer , beezler with a space between commas and a space at the start and the end.Thanks if someone can help!Jon
