We're planning to migrate our db to new and more disk drives, faster
RAID levels and more dedicated disk usage(e.g. placing the translog on
dedicated disks). The db server runs on Win2003.
Right now we're thinking about what file system to use on the new
drives. We opt for performance, but expect reliability as well.(Goes
without saying, IMHO ;-))
Quote:
I want to change the (dateformat) columns in (syslanguages) tables from dmy to mdy in SQL Server 2005,
but the update query did not success, and error message (Ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not allowed) .
Although I used
sp_configure 'allow updates',1
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
before executing the update statement.
Can any body help me.
hi all,
i have a requirement that web service running in one system and sql server 2005 database running in another systems which is not working currently.
suppose i create end point in the system where sql server 2005 database is there,then its working fine.
Actually for creating end point we should have windows server 2003 or SP2.Configuration part i dont have any hindrance.
Can any one tell how to run webservice in one system with sql server 2005 in another system.
Thanks
venkat
hi guys,
i am having a truble in accesing the server 2005 express edition from my client systems in server 2003 domain network. i get server not accessible. whereas my domain is working perfectly. i really tried alot and i have enable tcpip and named pipes and i am still getting errors while accessing. i have also created user reights for the domain users to access sql server. still i couldn't able to access it.
please guide me to over come this issue. I'm dying.My project is similar to SAP concept project and i am doing it in a production industry.so each department as to access the data from the server to update their daily production and activity.
thnks in advance.
Viswa
Hi evrybody,
I MBA Systems (2005 passout) and doing OCA & OCP.
but currently doing job as HR (1.5 yrs exp).
I want to know How tough it will be for me to get job in Software?
Is it so easy guys?
In 2000 there was a server level setting you could change in EM, to allow direct modifications to systems catalogs.
in 2005 I would like to update some sids in sysusers tables, do I also need to find and set this option first
I currently run SQL Server 2005 64-bit Developer Edition (Service Pack 2 - it will be SP 3 as soon as I can get hold of it). I am running this on a stand-alone box with Windows Server 2003 as the OS.
Soon, I will be buying another computer for a colleague who will be running SQL Server as specified above. However, I am not happy with Windows Server and am wondering about changing to either XP 64-bit or Vista 64-bit. The machine will not be networked.
I would welcome advice on this since, in some ways, I would be happy enough to use XP or Vista, and think that 64-bit development is more likely on Vista than on other Windows OS's. However, I am not convinced that SQL Server 2005 works with Vista and, like everyone else, have heard plenty of complaints about Vista.
All advice gratefully received.
Thanks.
Chris
We have a win2003 cluster with sql 2000 with 16 gig of memory. Should you leave more memory for the OS versus if this was a stand-alone server
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm on the IS team of a medium-sized non-profit with internationalreach. We're trying to make some decisions regarding our Web serverand database server as we expand our web site to have more dynamiccontent. Currently the database server houses all data pertinent tothe organization (membership data, events, products, etc) in onedatabase (~2.2 GB) as well as the web site content in a separatedatabase (~40 MB). The web site pulls from both databases but hits thecontent database more often.In a nutshell, our database server appears to be struggling duringperformance testing of the new Web site. We are trying to determinewhether we simply need new hardware, or if there are things we can doto help MS SQL make better use of the resources we have. The hardwareis a COMPAQ ML370, 1266mhz Pentium III, 1gb RAM, RAID 5 with 3 HD(10,000rpm) and a COMPAQ Smart Array 5i SCSI controller. The OS isWindows 2000 (standard) running Microsoft SQL 2000, SP 3a. The Webserver is a 2.8ghz Pentium IV with 2.5gb RAM, RAID 5 with 3 HD (15,000rpm) running Windows 2000 standard and IIS 5.0. While stress testingour web site under a moderate load (simulating approximately 20simultaneous users), the database server processor tends to max outand stay that way for the duration of the test. Memory and disk accessappear to remain fairly stable -- there isn't a lot of paging goingon, and the disk queue doesn't escalate much if any. The Web servershows spikes in processor use, but appears to be coping well. However,under a heavy load, a sql-heavy page can take as long as 90 seconds toload! We've been assuming that the network is not the issue, as theservers are communicating over a gigibit backbone and while we'veidentified aspects of the ASP code that we can optimize, the databaseserver seems to be a large part of the problem.We've reviewed our SQL configuration settings, and they appear toalign with the best practices, which in our case are the defaultsettings for SQL 2000. We have rebuilt our indexes, and havedefragmented the hard disks on both the database and Web servers.This, along with changes to the structure of the Web pages themselves,has led to improvements, but the processor on the database serverseems to be groaning under the strain, and pages are still taking anunacceptable amount of time to load.What else should we be looking at? Are there steps we could take tominimize the load generated by client/server and Web-related traffic,or specific performance counters that would help us to identify theproblem? Do we just need to look at getting some new hardware? If newhardware is unavoidable, is there anyone running a similar environmentwho could suggest what minimum requirements we should be looking for?Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
View 5 Replies View RelatedWe're having issues with Microsoft's 64 bit Oracle OLE-DB driver... when we escalated to Microsoft PSS they recommended that we go with Oracle's OLE-DB driver since Microsoft's hasn't been modified in a few years.
I've seen a lot of differing opinions on this topic (almost everyone says do not use Oracle's driver) and am wondering if there's a definitive answer here.
Larry
We have an NT 4.0 sp4 server with Sql 6.5, sp4 and its server name needs to be changed. This server will also be upgraded to Sql 7.0 sp1 too.
Is changing the server name easier/more efficient etc in 65 or 70?
Does anyone have any recommendations and or tips to follow in avoiding pitfalls, headaches etc?
Additional info: Replication is not involved here. If we upgrade to 70 first, it will be a "One-computer upgrade" process followed. BOL for 70 doesn't mention anything about a Server Name change. BOL for 65 does have "How to change to the current server name in the 6.x master database..." I was hoping to find specific details on the 'how to...' but was surprised that 70 doesn't cover this.
I have also seen a Jan 15 '99 posting by Sharon Dooley under "Machine Rename" which raises concerns that MS missed the boat on Server Name changes.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
TW
I am trying to build a query which will be used in an automated report to calculate failure rates of systems based on cases opened through support. Here is where I am stuck. Some systems may have multiple cases opened within the same span of another cases however we would consider this one failure:
System ACase12013-07-11 13:17:09.0002013-07-15 12:05:03.000
System ACase22013-07-12 16:27:50.0002013-07-12 16:29:12.000
System ACase32013-07-12 17:30:32.0002013-07-12 17:40:11.000
System ACase42013-07-12 19:00:24.0002013-07-12 19:04:14.000
System ACase52013-10-01 18:02:23.0002013-10-01 18:11:26.000
Lets say System A generated those 5 cases however Case 2,3 and 4 all happened within the same period as Case 1 so those 4 cases should count as one failure so my end result should be
System ACase12013-07-11 13:17:09.0002013-07-15 12:05:03.000
System ACase52013-10-01 18:02:23.0002013-10-01 18:11:26.000
And that system should show me 2 failures. I was thinking of using a temp table but not sure if that is possible as I am stumped on how to compare the dates to be able to validate if they fall within the range of an older case and whether or not to include them into the new Temp Table.
What up-to-date books on this topic can people here recommend? Thanks.- Bob
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've got a table adapter that connects using an oracle data connector. In the adapter, I'm using native oracle SQL such as:
select TO_DATE(SUBSTR(TO_CHAR(weird_oracle_field),0,12),'YYYYMMDDHH24MI') as dt_added from oracle_data_table
There's also a CASE statement in there with some other data transformations.
Anyway, I want to take the results of that Oracle query and put the dataset into a SQL Server Compact Edition database - within an application that I'm creating in Visual Studio 2005.
For whatever reason, I can't seem to do anything like that in 'bulk' and there aren't any data migration tools that work with anything other than "full" SQL Server versions. My client doesn't support SQL Server, but I can deploy my app with SQL CE. I need a 'local' copy of the database (for several reasons) and just can't seem to figure out how to make this work.
I'm really going nuts. I feel like I'm soooo close when I see the data I want in the table adapter - but I can't seem to actually *move* the data over!!
Can anyone help?
thanks,
Jon
I have created a VB 6.0 application that reads data from old db files into the SQL Server 2000 database using DTS stored structure files.
The application works fine with Windows NT but I keep getting an error in Windows 2000 environment.
"-2147220441(80040427) Execution Canceled By User"
Any ideas why?
I have a problem where Backup Exec crashed during a backup of a SQL database and now SQL show 3 extent lock that are now redundant. These cannot be removed from Enterprise manager Is it therefore possible to remove them directly from the master database ??
Thanks
I need to syncronize two separate databases. One is SQL Server the other is MySql. I don't have a lot of experience with MSSQL and need a little advice on how best (in terms of speed especially) to gather records that have been added since the last sync and any that have been modified. The table in question has datetime fields for both, the time each record was created (CreatedTime) and the time that the record was last modified (ModifiedTime). Sync will happen daily.
I have worked out a few ways I might do this with DATEADD or DATEDIFF, but my question is, what is the most effecient way? Currently I'm just looking for a way to get inserted and updated records from SQL Server to MySQL. I may have to do a two way sync of some sort later.
I don't wich choice should I made to avoid have to see the systems objects, for intance, when I open the tables of any Data Base I have like 50 that I haven´t create, so if any one can help me, I will be gratefull, it might sound like BOBO, but I jist don't know. Thanks
informatics
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a web-based help desk systemthat uses MS SQL server that also has a knowledge base and also allowssupport employees to log how much time they have spent on eachparticular ticket. I'm after an 'affordable' system that would be usedby about 35 people.Otherwise, if you can think of a better place to ask around, let meknow!Regards,Belinda
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a client that would like to archive all of the documents .word, .xls, .pdf, .jpg, email coorespondance, etc. into some sort of database so in the near future when the project starts up again all of the information is in a clear consise format. I was hoping that this forum could provide some guidance in selecting a software package and a discussion on how to proceed.
I have 6 gigs of documents in a folder on our server.
I was planning on delivering the organized data on a external hard drive after putting the data into some sort of database.
I would like to include metadata about each particular document.
like
who created the document,
Key words about the document's purpose,
time frame the document is revelant for,
and so on.
I would like to use a database structure and possibly hot link the document to the DB.
I would like to use xml (if possible) for the metadata.
any help is greatly appreciated on this
I can be reached at
khively at maximusa dot com
for any additional questions
Does anyone have a description of what is a System Analyst responsibility should involve. I was recently assigned the title and is no longer sure what my responsibility should entail. I asked mgmt for a description. Still waiting.
Thanks.
Hi everyone,
Im having a hard time deciding what approach should I take. The scenario is this: I have developed various systems (inventory, HR, accounting, etc.). All this systems are (and should be) tightly integrated with one another. At present, for all these systems, i've used a single DB prefixing the tables with the systems name (eg. Inventory.Items).
My question is: did I did the right (and practical) thing? Or should I create a DB for each system to organize them? The problem with multiple DBs is some system uses the other system's table(s). Example, if i created a separate DB for accounting, and a separated DB for inventory, and another for HR, how am I going to relate inventory and HR's accounts to the accounting DB's table? I want a single instance for each table; I don't want to create another account table for inventory or HR so I can enforce integrity. And if different DBs, is there a performance impact on this?
Or is there another way? My concern is performance and manageability. Please help. Thanks!
Hi
I've got a SQL database running on Windows NT 4 Server (P400, 256 Ram, 8Gb IDE & 18Gb SCSI HDD) and quite a few of the queries are taking a long time to run, and are also using a lot of the processor time. This affects other users who are also trying to query the db. Has anyone got any recommendations for upgrading the hardware spec to improve the overall performance? I presume just add more RAM, and get a dual processor system?
Thanks
Ben
I am a PHP programmer for a small startup. We are storing person records and our MS SQL Server 2000 database has grown to the point where we wish to paginate the data before returning it to my PHP scripts.
I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on an optimal way to manage this given the following requirements.
- Data must return only X number of rows at a time (user configurable).
- Must be able to search by several diffent criteria (name, date, birthday, location, ...)
Also, I was wondering if it is possible to return the total number of existant rows of data as the first row of a MSSQL procedure.
I have a SQL 2005 database containing the location of graphics files. I want to start learning how to write a C# application that will get a path from the DB and display the file. Any recommendations on sites where I can start learning how to do this?
Thanks
Ok, let me start by saying that I already checked the FAQ. There was one link, but it just seemed to go to a review page with 5 books, with pretty specific themes. So I'm surprised that such a basic topic as book recommendations for SQL newbies wasn't covered.
In my case, I'm not a total newbie. I learned to write SQL queries for work on both Oracle and SQL Server, and I've gotten pretty good at all the basics. So I've got "SQL for Dummies" down cold, so to speak. Now I'm looking to take my query writing ability to the next level, which I guess would be the intermediate level. I'm also looking for books that are specific to just SQL Server, rather than the books about general querying on any DBMS. Speaking of which, just so you all know, "SAMS Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days" is an Oracle book, no matter what it says on the cover.
It looks like the book "Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying" comes highly recommended, but I flipped through it on the shelf at a bookstore the other day, and I think it's over my head. It might be a good reference to have around, but I think I'd be totally lost trying to read it from cover to cover.
So does anyone have recommendations for books that go beyond "This is how to do a SELECT, and here's how to do a JOIN", but won't make my head explode?
Thanks in advance,
--Fromper
I do software support for software that works with both Oracle and SQLServer, so I mostly just write queries to look at the data related tothe software. When I first started, I bought a couple of books to learnthe basics, intentionally going with generic books that would help withboth types of databases. I've got the basics down, and now I'm lookingfor a really detailed reference book that goes really indepth intoquerying for SQL Server specifically. Currently, we only work with the2000 version, but we'll be going to 2005 soon, so I think I'd rather gowith a book on 2005, although if you know one that covers thedifferences between them, that would be great. Any recommendations?Besides just writing queries, I'd also like to learn more about SQLServer in general. DBA software support, so I'd like to head mycareer in that direction. I was looking at Microsoft's newcertification path for SQL 2005. Given that my company won't pay tosend me for training, and I really don't want to have to put down$2200+ to pay for a class, I was thinking that I might be able to learnenough on my own to pass the first test and get the MCTS title. Iordered the Training Kit from Microsoft Press for that, which comeswith a 180 day trial of SQL Server 2005 to play with, along with a hugebook. Does anyone have any other recommendations for resources to helplearn this stuff?--Richard
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm working on an income deferral problem and we are using IRR to end up calculating periodic income.
As an example, I have the following inputs:
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Initial Loan = 21.46
Instalment amount =15.30
Future value=0
Guess=0.1 (10%)
Using a compiled function from Visual Studio in SQL Server 2008 we get a result of 70.71656373
Using a Microsoft Access function we get NaN
Using Microsoft Excel we get NaN
Using a web calculator we get 70 (ish, the calculator rounds the numbers)
I know that the numbers are odd, some of our data is dirty so we do expect that. I was expecting the SQL process to kick out an error (therefore converting the result into 0), but it doesn't.
Hi all,
I've recently been tasked with doing some SQL 7.0 administration and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book to get started. The bulk of my IT experience is in SMS, IIS and messaging so my database fundamentals are pretty weak.
As I see it, it's probably a three-step process to get me at least halfway comfortable - a first book to get some solid general database / SQL-language exposure, a second book that takes the knowledge to a more advanced level and finally a MS-specific book that covers the Microsoft implementation of a SQL server.
Any comments / suggestions would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
RM
I've searched quite a bit, and have found several leads on schema, stored procedure, and database contents comparison scripts and tools.
I'm now looking for recommendations on which ones are best, easiest:
ObjCompare.exe
sb_ABCompareDb.sql
sp_db_comp.sql
There's a mythical script from Andrew Z <mumble> that Mike Hotek talks about...
There's a DBCompare on the Back Office Resource Kit 2 CD, which of course is not in the umpteen MSDN CDs :-(
There's some *other* command line dbcompare, or maybe db_compare.
There's a DBA Compare.
I need to be able to compare divergent schemas from two developers to integrate their changes, so need schema and stored procedures compared only, and would also like to have something to compare staging servers and production servers.
Leads on other choices also welcome. I'd be happy to summarize and post, if warranted.
Hi,
I've been using Sybase for some years but by employer is moving (you guessed it) to MSSQL.
Can anyone recommend a TSQL and performance tuning training course for MSSQL in the London area?
Thanks,
Rob.
I'm a solid SQL developer/dba and have some funds earmarked for training this year. I'd like to expand my dba skills...more specifically, I'd like to become a rock-solid enterprise level dba that has not only a solid foundation of skills but some innovative techniques for managing our corporate SQL servers.
I'm curious if anybody has recommendations on training or conferences that might help me dig into those skillsets for a couple of days.
Thanks for your insight.
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