I will be entering a job as a Junior Sql Server DBA with no senior above me. I would like to know what a DBA does everyday and all day.
If anyone can give me a thorough answer I would very much apreciate it, what are the day to day tasks.
Receiving projects is one thing, that is understood, but sometimes there are no projects and u r just supposed to do ur job.
What do you do as soon as you start your shift, then half an hour later at 9am what do you do then?
then at 10am what do you do, then 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, etc.....
Do do you do all day and everyday? Someone please give me a thourough answer.
I am using SQL 6.5 task scheduler and all of the sudden, ANY task I schedule and/or manually run, I never see the history recorded or its status. They may or may not run, but as far as the Task Scheduler shows it did not. When I run a particular task, it gives the normal msgs, i.e. 'Do you wish to run it', and 'Task started successfully, check HISTORY upon completion' (paraphrase). Does anyone know why this is happening? It works on all my other SQL Servers. Please help. Thank you
How many result-rows does mssql return should be used asynchronous method to use mssql cursor, can get the best performance in any time in any result offset?
i want to make the cursor fast in any time whatever how many results returned
i was planning to create a database migration tool .. its a certain database of a DMS (document management system) to another DMS (two different DMS)... from DMS using msde 2000 server .. and tranfer to a DMS using a postgre sql or mssql .. depends ..
they have different table structures and names . . :D
i was thing of what language shall i use.. or what language is the best to work on this kind of project :)
Does enabling/disabling Data Execution Prevention have a performanceimpact on SQL 2000 or SQL 2005?For SQL best performance - how should I configure for:Processor Scheduling:Programs or Background servicesMemory Usage:Programs or System Cache
I am a bit new to the MSSQL server. In our application, we use so many SQL queries. To imporve the performance, we used the Database enigine Tuning tool to create the indexes. The older version of the application supports MSSQL 2000 also. To re-create these new indexes, I have an issue in running these "CREATE INDEX" commands as the statements generated for index creation are done in MSSQL 2005. The statements include "INCLUDES" keyword which is supported in MSSQL 2005 but not in MSSQL 2000.
Ex:-
CREATE INDEX IND_001_PPM_PA ON PPM_PROCESS_ACTIVITY
I am currently work on mssql 6.5. On my workstation, I have mssql 6.5 cient software.
However, I would like to install mssql 7.0 server on my nt workstation and work with it to become familiar with 7.0. Can I install mssql 7.0 server on my nt workstation? Can mssql 6.5 client coexist with mssql 7.0 on the same machine if they are in different directories?
Ben writes "I have a sql script that doesn't function very well when it's executed on a SQL 2000 server.
The scrpt looks like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USE [master] GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM master.dbo.syslogins WHERE loginname = N'SSDBUSERNAME') EXEC sp_addlogin N'SSDBUSERNAME', N'SSDBPASSWORD' GO GRANT ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT AUTHENTICATE SERVER TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT CONNECT SQL TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT CONTROL SERVER TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO USE [master] GO If EXISTS (Select * FROM master.dbo.syslogins WHERE loginname = N'SSDBUSERNAME') ALTER LOGIN [SSDBUSERNAME] WITH PASSWORD=N'SSDBPASSWORD' GO GRANT ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT AUTHENTICATE SERVER TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT CONNECT SQL TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT CONTROL SERVER TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE TO [SSDBUSERNAME] GO USE [master] GO IF EXISTS (select * from dbo.sysdatabases where name = 'ISIZ') DROP DATABASE [ISIZ] GO USE [SurveyData] GO exec sp_adduser 'SSDBUSERNAME' GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, SELECT, DELETE TO SSDBUSERNAME GO USE [SurveyManagement] GO exec sp_adduser 'SSDBUSERNAME' GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, SELECT, DELETE TO SSDBUSERNAME ---------------------------------------------------------------
I need to be converted to a script that can be executed on both MSSQL 2000 and MSSQL 2005.
I was wondering if somebody there could help me with this problem?!
I've been tasked to move our production databases on MSSQL 2000 to 2005. I've supported MSSQL since version 6.5 and performed migrations to successor versions.
Current Environment is MSSQL 2000 32-bit with current Service Packs.
I've performed mock migrations on Test servers upgrading all Production instances simultaneously from MSSQL 2000 to 2005 32-bit. The Test environment is identical to Production minus server name, IP etc. Also I have a separate server with MSSQL 2005 installed where I use the DETACH / ATTACH and BACKUP / RESTORE method for migration / acceptance testing. There are approximately 30 databases totaling 70 GB. This has gone as expected and fairly successful. Vendors have been coordinated with to update code and staff for acceptance testing.
I'd prefer going directly to MSSQL 2005 64-bit instead if possible due to memory benefits etc. This is where I'd like some feedback prior to borrowing a 64-bit server for testing.
Upgrade options:
1. Is it better to migrate from MSSQL 2000 32-bit to 2005 64-bit via: a. DETACH / ATTACH b. BACKUP / RESTORE c. Is one method more advantageous relating to the end result? 2. Regarding XP clients, have issues been experienced with the default SQL Server driver or is an alternate recommended for XP clients to connect to a MSSQL 64-bit server databases? 3. If you have performed this migration and have relevant experience please pass them along.
DB is developed on local computer with MSSQL 2005 Express. My host is on MSSQL 2005 workgroup. Are they compatible, because I am getting errors? Is my approach wrong?
I have tried several approaches.
A) I created a backup of database on my local, then placed a copy on the server. Then I tried to restore through Server Management Studio. I get this error.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The backed-up database has on-disk structure version 611. The server supports version 539 and cannot restore or upgrade this database.
RESTORE FILELIST is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3169)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=08.00.2039&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=3169&LinkId=20476
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BUTTONS:
OK
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B: I also have tried copying the database. I put it in the same path as the other databases that can be read with server management studio on the server. Then, tried to get to it through server managements studio and it did not appear. So I tried to attach it. Then I received this error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Attach database failed for Server 'MROACH1'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Attach+database+Server&LinkId=20476
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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Could not find row in sysindexes for database ID 10, object ID 1, index ID 1. Run DBCC CHECKTABLE on sysindexes.
Could not open new database 'LodgingDB'. CREATE DATABASE is aborted. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 602)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=602&LinkId=20476
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BUTTONS:
OK
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C: I have also tried opening the Database, and back up file through Server Management Studio. without success.
D: I also tried Windows and Software update at microsoft update, but no updates were recommended for Version on Server.
I'm surprised this is so hard. My original data base was created in same family of software. 2005 MS SQL Express. I could use some direct help from someone experienced with this. Am I doing it wrong or are the DB versions incompatible.
are there restrictions on what a DBA can do on a developer's edition?
i'm asking coz i get really bad connection problems when changing service accounts, client aliases, port numbers, connecting to different components like ssis, reporting services, database engine, etc...
in sql2000, changing these things are a breeze, is there some guidelines when making these changes in 2005?
Just want to know whether you guys do the following as a dba:
1. Setup a logging for tracking database as well as table size that containing size, indexing size. You can measure the growth. 2. Record for indexing for each database. I think this is over kill task. 3. Record database setup such as create statistic, update statistic etc.
These tasks can be automate to record every month for example and record this into Administration database for instance.
If I'm in the Data Flow tab in VS 2005, how can I select only certain components to run to test? I tried highlighting the ones that I want to run but it's running all of them in the tab...some of the components I want to take out for testing then maybe put back in later. If I delete the tasks I don't want to run, then I end up having to recreate them
Where to look for the web assitant created jobs on the server?I created a web page using the web assistant which is suppossed to get updated each time a value changes in a particular table,but I can't find the task which I created ,where do i look for that?I didn't use this wizard previously.thanks for any help! Sheila.
Would anyone be aware of anyplace I could find some good information on creating DTS custom tasks? I've come across a couple of articles from SQL Server Magazine, but nothing too substantive... Better yet, if anyone has any success (great or small), I'd like to hear from you and hear some of the things you did, what your custom task does, difficulty. I'm just trying to get an idea of how much work I have ahead of me....
If I have 2 scheduled tasks set for the same time (perhaps accidentally), will the SQL Executive start 1 and queue the other one until the first is complete and then run the 2nd task? Or will they both be started simultaneously?
I have been running the following production job successfully for a long time. It now fails, and the Task History Last Error Message displays 'No Message'. The log file ( C:MSSQLLOGMaint_TombV50.txt) shows it ran successfully, with a Return Code 0.
To all, If I have a scheduled tasks that is owned by 'sa', how can I assign permissions to allow another user, even the database dbo, to register the SQL server and view the scheduled tasks?
Hello , I need create tasks, which will be wake up daily to backup 4 databases. My questions are: 1. Can I create 1 task to backup all databases using TSQL command? Ex: DUMP DATABASE test1 to test1_backup DUMP TRANSACTIONS test1 to test1_backup with truncate_only DUMP DATABASE test2 to test2_backup DUMP TRANSACTIONS test2 to test2_backup with truncate_only Etc. If it’s possible can I just print this command to ‘Command:’ text box in the ‘New task’ window without writing the TSQL command into a text file and execute it with the ISQL program through CmdExec?????? 2.If first doesn’t work: can I do the same job, but create for every backup own task and run the same TSQL command for particular database. And if I can is it possible to schedule run all 4 tasks the same time or I should put time’s interval? 3. If 1. And 2. Are false. Give me your smart advice.
Is anybody knows how to transfer all the tasks in one server to another? Our development database will be transferred/copied to a new production box and that includes all tasks that we've created. We have almost a hundred tasks defined and we don't want it create manually. If someone had done this before, please give me a hint, i appreciate it very much!
I've got a DTS job which has lots of tasks in it. I've also got quite a few flows of workflow and i've noticed that a task won't execute if it has both Failure and Success workflow pointing to it... It can have multiple failures pointing to it and it will execute but it can't have multiple successes or a combination of workflows...
Does anyone know a way to get around this or to change the 'AND' ing that seems to be on the workflow going into a task..
I just volunteered to be the database administrator of our new sql server. I am normally the programmer so I have little experience with database administration. There are some basics that I need some assistance with mainly when to perform various maintanence checks. For example, how often do I need to perform some of the dbcc commands that I have read about? How often do I check for data integrity, index fragmentation, rebuilding indexes, or defrag indexes?
I have to come up with a plan by tomorrow and I don't know if I have anything solid enough since I don't exactly know when to perform some of these tasks. :confused:
insert into trial_sales values(111,'11/01/2005',10000,'GAS') insert into trial_sales values(111,'11/02/2005',1000,'GAS') insert into trial_sales values(111,'11/02/2005',20000,'DSL') insert into trial_sales values(222,'11/01/2005',10000,'GAS') insert into trial_sales values(222,'11/02/2005',10000,'DSL') insert into trial_sales values(111,'11/15/2005',1000,'GAS') insert into trial_sales values(222,'11/15/2005',10000,'DSL') insert into trial_sales values(111,'11/25/2005',1000,'GAS') insert into trial_sales values(222,'11/25/2005',10000,'DSL')
Task 3 Display unique values
Display unique values in
create table t (colA varchar(25))
insert into t values('apple') insert into t values('bat') insert into t values('car')
ouput required:
a b c e l p r t
Task : 4
I have a table in the database I am working with with the following columns: (I have simplified this down for the sake of clarity) int p1 int p2 int p3 int s1 date d1 string s1
There is no primary key and the table more resembles a log than anything. e.g.
What I want to do is exttract the rows from the table where the combination of p1 p2 and p3 is distinct/unique and the date is the most recent one for all combinations of p1, p2, p3. So from the table above I would end up with the resultset:
say i have the following data... uId(int PK), productcode(int), quantity(int) 1,12,5 2,12,3 3,12,5 4,11,9
....and i have an order for productcode 12 with quantity of 6 products. i need to select only enough rows to reach a quantity of 6. in this case, i would want the first two rows which would give me a sum of 8. how can i do this without looping through each record, getting the quantity and exiting the loop when i have a sum >= 6?
The ID of TALBE1 is the primary key and the ID of TABLE2 is the foreign key. What's the right T-SQL JOIN statement when I pass the date of 2005/8/7, it will return the result as below:
create table sample_judge( judge_namevarchar(50)) go
insert into sample_judge values ('J Smith') insert into sample_judge values ('M Samuel') insert into sample_judge values ('S Shan') insert into sample_judge values ('K Anand') insert into sample_judge values ('K K K K Anand') insert into sample_judge values ('K R Shanth Anand') insert into sample_judge values ('K R Shanth Anand Kumara Velu')
go
Expected Output :
Smith J Samuel M Shan S Anand K Anand K K K K Shanth Anand K R Shanth Anand Kumara Velu K R
I would like to run several checklists against each sql server 2005 instance.
I can get a list of the sql server 2005 machines (Which are on the network) from a sql server table.
There is a another table which holds the list of the checks that need to be carried out against each sql server 2005 machine called tblCheckList.
The list of tasks in the table is briefly as follows:
1) get the path where the .mdf file is placed. 2) get the path where the .ldf file is placed 3) get the path where .BAK or .TRN are placed 4) get the path where the sql 2005 is installed 5) get the servicepack version 6) get the authentication 7) remove sample databases i.e. northwind or pubs, etc... 8) get the recovery model on UserDB 9) get the size of each database
Hi, I am using Windows 2000 and created around 15 scheduled tasks. My scheduled tasks supposed to run every morning. I have to set password to first scheduled tasks every morning; otherwise none of the scheduled tasks works. As soon as i put password in the scheduled tasks, other tasks work fine.
