I'm composing a comparison table of database capabilities of several
different products. I've read the Transact-SQL reference and have
gathered most of the information needed for SQL Server 2000 (MSSQL),
but there are some things that I'm not very sure of. Could someone
confirm or complete the points below?
* MSSQL can index binary data but only for BINARY & VARBINARY fields
and not IMAGE.
* ALTER TABLE can't rename column name/index name/constraint name.
* A functional index (index on expression/function) can be defined
using user-defined function, e.g. CREATE INDEX idx ON t (MY_FUNC(f))
* Maximum number of indexes per table?
* SEQUENCE (as in PostgreSQL) is not supported, but there is a data
type called TIMESTAMP/ROWVERSION that is 64-bit. SEQUENCE can also be
implemented using a 'counter table'.
* Regexp is not recognized, only standard SQL LIKE pattern.
* Maximum number of schemas per database?
* There is no BOOLEAN data type, but one can use BIT as an
alternative.
* Does MSSQL use a generational/MVCC/record-versioning architecture,
to allow writers to not block readers and vice versa?
* Can several user-defined functions be created with the same name but
with different signatures (argument type)? For example, REVERSE(text)
and REVERSE(varbinary).
I am starting on a project where we will be using SSIS. I am totally new to it and would like to ask for your input on whether SSIS can do what I want it to do.
What we are wanting to do is to take data that is loaded into a queue table, and then possibly transform it a bit and load it into a common db as a batch. After that, subsets of that data should then be replicated to other databases based on some criteria. So what we end up with is one database with all the data and two (for now) databases, each with a subset of that data.
Ideally we would want our backend apps to work with the data in the common database and our frontend apps to work with the data in the two other databases.
So I have a couple of questions.
Can SSIS do two-way replication? So if the frontend changed one of the subset databases, could it replicate the change to the common database? And likewise, if the backend changed the common database, could it replicate the change to one of the subset databases?
What is a good way to execute a package from code? For example, from code we would load some tables, and then we would like to execute the SSIS package after that to go through the tables and transform and send that to other tables in one big batch job.
Is it possible to look at the status of package execution from another computer other than the one running the package? I know one way is just for the package to write to a table what it is doing and that table can then be looked at. I was wondering if there was some more elegant way of doing this.
We are also looking at whether we can do our archiving process from SSIS. All it involves is taking the data in the common database and transforming it to xml and outputting it as a file. Is there a way to write out to an xml file? I saw that you can read in xml in SSIS, but I didn't see a way to output xml.
Those are all my questions for now. If you can help me out with even one of them, it would be much appreciated.
What are my limitations with search? Can I search on a phrase? If I search for "bookshelf" will I get everything with 'book' and 'shelf'? Can I search using "and"? Can I sort the results like yahoo does? Can I rank the results? For example, if I search for a product can I sort the results by price?
I have a winform application, where in we get the parameters from the reporting service and we display them in a panel for user's to input their criteria. So far everything worked good, but now we have a requirement wherein dynamic functionality is needed.
For Example:
Based on a selection of a combobox value, we want the other control to be enabled or disabled. Also we want default value of a control to be calculated based on another control's value like .. if user enters value "1" in textbox1 then texbox 2 should have default value of "6". (Textbox1 + 5).........and mix and match of such capabilities.
The Question is........IS IT POSSIBLE??? and if yes...HOW!!!
I've been given a brief to create a web based MI solution to enable users to gain information about their departments and drill down and analyse information presented to them.
I've been asked to look at Reporting services for this, we have been using Crystal Reports, but not to the extent of public facing MI delivery that this project demands.
Could I ask the forum some basic Questions?
1> Is it possible to produce live interactive reports for use on the internet with reporting services.
2> Can I produce reports that can drill down on data, and that can be tweaked so that they are extremly 'user freindly?
3> What are the chart options available, I have been asked to look into providing 'stickmen graphs'. In that a chart is produced to represent a population, and each item of the population is represented by a little man graphic.
4> Are there any good websites that have code snippets and the like to SSRS?
5> Can you recommend any good books.
Thanks in advance for any reponses to these queries.
My desire is to have my primary db in FL and an online hot standby in both my MI and CA offices. The hardware is in place, as well as T1 size pipes. The solution I'm looking for would have all databases online in case of hardware / environmental failure although the application would only be pointing at the primary (or designated) database server. We have another 3rd party solution available, but I'd like to stay native SQL if possible.
Is replication the way to go?
Does one-to-many work?
Can all the db's be online and available while replicating?
Can I catch up if switched to one of the other db's temporarily?
note:This is 100% SQL 2005.
Thanks -- sorry for the newbie-flavor of the question, but I'm sure a gazillion people have already been down this decision branch.
Simply put, I have a 'Date and Time', (06/03/2006 11:40:00), passed to the SelectCommand via the QueryString. I would like to gain data that is between the supplied time and 1 hour prior.Is there a simple way to take 1 hr off the 'Date and Time" value or is it necessary to build code that parses the string then adjusts it? The 'Time' and 'TimeStamp' entities below are both of type 'Date and Time' and all values are gained from the same sql database. I.e. the time used as the basis for selecting the hr period is from the same database as the one where the hour period will be selected from. Any help would be great.
SelectCommand="SELECT [Timestamp], [Volume] FROM [out8$] WHERE (([CustomerLvl1] = @CustomerLvl1) AND ([Timestamp] = @Timestamp))"> <SelectParameters> <asp:QueryStringParameter DefaultValue="TNT Express" Name="CustomerLvl1" QueryStringField="Cust" Type="String" /> <asp:QueryStringParameter DefaultValue="20/02/2006 22:20:00" Name="Timestamp" QueryStringField="Time" Type="DateTime" />
I've been looking into ways to accomplish a fuzzy search and SSIS makes that possible if I want to do a bulk import or something like it. But what it I just want to look stuff up at any given time not haveing to run the package?
Is it possible to expose the fuzzy lookup outside of SSIS to for example t-sql?
Here's an example: I want to lookup the music artist "Notorious BIG" but in the database it is "Notorious B.I.G." if I use the SSIS fuzzy lookup I basically get what I'm looking for. But how would I call this from a web application? So then I tried Full text search but this doesn't really work out as well.
Will I have to re-write the logic that the fuzzy lookup uses to enable it to work? i.e. using Full Text Indexes and FreeTextTable, ContainsTable, SoundEx and the like to somewhat even come close to what the Fuzzy Lookup has?
Hello, i have a question that the sql server 2000 is install in window 2000 server. If i want to update to window 2003. Is that any problem in sql server 2000. I am worry about whether we will have problem after update. What i need to do? Many thanks.
Hi All, I would like to know, how the datetime will be stored in the sqlserver datetime column. Because some time i am giving the date in dd/mm/yyyy and sometime mm/dd/yyyy. while give the date in mm/dd/yyyy works fine but not in the another case. and also while i execute a query on query analyser it shows the datetime in yyyy/mm/dd format. So anyone can please tell me how the dates will be stored in the datetime column of sqlserver database? Thanks in Advance. Regards, Dhanasekaran. G
I am currently running SQL Server 2000 Standard on my production system, and I am looking to upgrade the system to Windows 2000 Adv. Server. I would also like to upgrade SQL Server 2000 Standard to SQL Server 2000 Enterprise to utilize more than 2GB of memory. Can anyone tell me what is the best way to upgrade the system, and please provide some feedback on your experiences with the upgrade. Thanks in advance.
We are experiencing a problem with Sql Server 2000 linking to anAccess 97 file. We have two machines that link to this .mdb file, andwe recently upgraded one to newer hardware, SP3a, MDAC 2.8, etc. Thelink on this upgraded machine no longer works, giving this message:Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1OLE DB provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error.[OLE/DB provider returned message: Cannot open a database created witha previous version of your application.]OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'IDBInitialize::Initialize returned 0x80004005: ].The link on the older machine still works. We decided to tryconverting a copy of the file to Access 2000 to see if the newerpatches/drivers/whatever no longer supported 97. We set up a link onboth machines to this file, and they both work. However, on theupgraded machine, the following error is receievedServer: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1OLE DB provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error.[OLE/DB provider returned message: System resource exceeded.]OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'ICommandText::Execute returned 0x80004005: ].when making 1-3 connections to the the linked server, while the oldermachine supports at least 7 simultaneous queries connecting to thelinked server and still hasn't produced that error.Does anyone have any idea if there is a known issue with linking toAccess 97/2000 files under MDAC 2.8, Jet 4.0, etc? Any light anyonecan shine on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance. What is maximum SQL Server database (*.mdf) file size with SQL Server 2000 as part of Microsoft Small Business Server 2000? (Database files were limited to 10 GB in SBS 4.5 with SQLServer 7.0... has this changed?).
Am very new to MS SQL adminstration Can anybody help me out how to work on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) Release A just for the practice.
The activity which am going to workout on MSDE is below.
How to install SQL(on XP) How the layout will be(like if i insall MSDE what are all Application will be and how they depends on each other) How to create/delete tables if so, how can we do it either by GUI or CUI
Hi,Simple question: A customer has an application using Access 2000frontend and SQL Server 2000 backend. Data connection is over ODBC.There are almost 250 concurrent users and is growing. Have theysqueezed everything out of Access? Should the move to a VB.Net frontendtaken place ages ago?CheersMike
Hi, Just upgraded some development desktops to Vista Business. However we need to still connect to some older remote windows 2000/SQL 2000 servers.
Trying to setup an ODBC system DSN on our Vista Business local desktop we get the following errors -
-START ERROR WINDOW- Connection Failed: SQLState: '01000' SQL Server Error: 772 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]ConnectionOpen (SECDoClientHandshake()0. Connection failed: SQLState: '08001' SQL Server Error: 18 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]SSL Security Error -END ERROR WINDOW-
Any help greatly appreciated as this is stopping us from making database/table connections etc. We've checked the firewall setup and all is well there.
PS - we can still connect fine using XP or windows 2000 desktops and their local DSNs.
Hi, I am trying to edit some data from a SQL2000-datasource in ASP.NET 2.0 and have a problem with a column that has bit-data and is used for selection. SQL2005 works fine when declaring <SelectParameters> <asp:Parameter DefaultValue="TRUE" Name="APL" Type="boolean" /> </SelectParameters>When running this code with SQL2000, there are no error-msgs, but after editing a record the "APL"-column looses its value of 1 and is set to 0. Looks like an issue with type-conversion, we've hit incompatibilities between SQL200 and 2005 with bit/boolean several times before. So, how is this done correctly with SQL2000? (I've tried setting the Type to "int16" -> err. Also setting Defval="1" gave an err) ThanksMichael
I've created a small company database where the tables reside in a SQLServer database. I'm using Access 2000 forms for a front end.I've got a System DSN set-up to SQL Server and am using links withinAccess 2000 to get to the SQL Server tables.My forms worked fine until I made a few minor changes to the databaseschema on SQL Server (e.g. added a foreign key, or added a column).After that, all the links break - I click on a table link and get anerror msg like "invalid object name."Deleting the links after a schema change and re-adding the links seemedto fix the problem. The forms I'd already created seemed to work fineafter re-creating the links.But then I got more advanced with my forms. I have it set up so thatfor certain entry fields, the combobox gets populated with values froma table (the description appears in the drop-down and the correspondingprimary key value gets populated in the table). I created a number offorms using this technique, entered data, and everything worked fine.Made a small schema change and it broke everything -- not the actualtable links, but the functionality for the drop-downs. My values nolonger appeared, and this was true for forms that accessed tables whoseschemas did not change.This is driving me nuts. Is there any way to keep my forms frombreaking each time I make a small schema change?Thanks.- Dana
Hello,I received the error message below when i'm trying to install SQLServer 2000 standard edition into a Windows 2000 Professionaleworkstation.Error :Microsoft SQL server 2000 Standard Edition server components is notsupported on this operating system. Only client components will beavailable for installation.Any request modification ?Best regards,Thanks
I've just started getting this EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) on machines using Windows 2000 sp4 connecting to SQLServer. This is crashing JVMs (multiple Sun versions and BEA also) in the Java VM frame (outside our code). This has just started recently - perhaps with the last set of patches? Has anyone else seen this or know what I could do to get more information? Could this be related to updates to named pipes?
Hi, I worked on a project in ASP.NET using SQL server 2000 as the back end. Its a conversion application that I rewrote in ASP.NET using C#. I need to import the old data in Access db into SQL server 2000 and I have very little knowledge about doing it. The data in not a direct one -one transformation. There are considerable changes to the Database design and data types. Any help and suggestions wud be really helpful. Also, any article links wud be great.
We have a SQL Server 7.0 system in NT 4.0 environment. We upgraded our users to Access 2000 and started to work with this. Now we installed a new server which is Windows 2000 based and the domain is different from the SQL servers domain. We then installed Access 2000 on Windows 2000 to use with terminal server. But I noticed that there was a problem with the program. I then looked at the program which was written on Access 2000 and saw that the tables and views can't be seen. The program runs but I can't see the views and tables. Another thing is access disconects from SQL Server when I want to see the tables. So what can be the problem.
In one part there is an Access 2000 on Windows 2000 server. On the other part SQL Server 7.0 on Windows NT 4.0. And Access can't see the tables in SQL server.
I am trying to install microsoft sql server 2000 enterprise edition on a windows 2000 advance server. I keep getting error message
A previous program installation created pending file operations on the installation machine. You must restart the computer before running . I have restarted machine and no change.
What does error message mean and what is solution?
I have installed the SQL Server 2000 developer that came with Office XP Developer. I now have a copy of SQL Server 2000 Standard. What will happen if I try to install the standard version? Will I loss any of my current database logins or settings, etc...?
I've tried to install sql 2000 server but it fails everytime at the end of the installation, here's the log...
What am I doing wrong here?
I have several databases running on my laptop oracle(8i,9i), mysql, postgres. But the database which i expected to install with it's easy gui setup fails everytime...
The error part I'm posting here, you can check the attachment for full sqlstp.log.
22:24:40 Process Exit Code: (-1) 22:25:08 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and C:WINNTsqlstp.log for more information. 22:25:08 Action CleanUpInstall: 22:25:08 C:WINNTTEMPSqlSetupBinscm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service SQLAgent$NICK2K 22:25:08 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
I am a freelance programmer and just picked up a client that has an instance of SQL Server. I just need to know if the Developer edition (I've seen it as low as $49) will function adequately for me to test the application I'm writing.
The test environment will be 2 PC's, 'A' running the server and 'B' the one I'm writing the software on. I need to configure comp 'A' to mirror the client's WAN and how various client's comps will access the database with the application I'm writing on comp 'B'. I don't need a full-blown liscense for the database, as I won't be keeping it after production is finished. I just need one I can connect to and configure for development testing without having to develope the software on-site.
