I am looking to get some guidance and feed back from the community as to the prevalence and usage of the following technologies:
ODBC Descriptor support OLE DB support External Linked Server support Data Link support for Data Transformation Services
Specifically I am hoping to find out when each technology should be used and the types of applications that use them. Additionally, I am wondering if there are alternatives to these technologies and why they may have been used instead.
Environment: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Service Pack 1 ASP 3.0 SQL Server 2005 Express (Was running SQL Server 2000)
I am having problems with the connection string.
After installing SQl Server 2005 Express, the old connection string failed. Conn="DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=servername;UID=userid;PWD=pass;DATABASE=dbname"
I created the following DSN in ODBC... Conn="DSN=dsnname;UID=userid;PWD=pass;DATABASE=dbname;APP=ASP SCRIPT" ...it works but I am seeing error messages...
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
Question One: Why is the first connection string failing? Question Two: Is the above error message related to using ODBC or is it related to Win Server SP 1?
I'm trying to create a custom connection manager and I have ConnectionType in the DtsConnection attribute set to "MSMDM". When I tried to create one in a package I got:
The connection type "MSMDM" specified for connection manager "{A8543B4B-41D9-4E69-9580-3D1A491AD719}" is not recognized as a valid connection manager type. This error is returned when an attempt is made to create a connection manager for an unknown connection type. Check the spelling in the connection type name. (TestHarness1)
So, a few questions:
What are the valid connection manager types?
Why can I not create a new connection manager type of my own?
If I cant create new connection manager types then the purpose of being able to build custom connecton managers is defeated. Hence, what's the point in giving us the ability to create custom connection managers? -Jamie
All: I am writing an Internet/Extranet based (ASP.Net 2.0) web application that uses SQL server 2005 as the database. I am using forms authentication on my web application. I am also storing the connection string to SQL server in my web config file. The conn string is encrypted using DPAPI with entropy. I currently have created a SQL login account on my SQL server for use by the web application. This is the user ID I am using in my conn string. The reason for this is because all persons using the application will NOT have a windows login. Here is my question: The login I created currently has defaulted to the "dbo" role and therefore has "dbo" rights to the database. I want to setup up this login account so that all it can do is execute stored procedures. I dont want this SQL login to be able to do anything else. In my application I am using stored procedures for ALL data access functions, via a data access layer in my application. Can someone guide me step by step as to how to setup this type of access for this SQL login. Thanks, Blue.
Hi all, i have standard edition of sql server, on a server hat doesnt have sql server standard would i be able to connect to it using my connection string. Or does the server has to have standard edition too. Is this same for express edition, and if possible to do this whats the difference between express connection string from standard edition thanks
I have a SQL Server 2005 database (called BDHSE) in a PC which i call PC1. I have a second PC (PC2) and both are within a network (a WLAN).
What i want is to have access to BDHSE from an application in VB6 (APP1) running in PC2. All the INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE records process is done through APP1.
APP1 ia currently running in PC1 and is to be installed on PC2.
I have these questions:
1. What do i need to install in PC2 since all the INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE is done using APP1? I guess i only have to install the Microsoft SQL Native Client (with all the prerequisites of course) but i am not sure.
2. In the APP1 made in VB6, do i have to change the connectionstring since i am accesing the database which physically is at PC1 and the APP1 will be used in PC2?
3. Any advice you can give me on doing this will be well received.
1. 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 ??
I added a connection (ADO.NET) object by name testCon in the connection manager - I wanted to programmatically supply the connection string. So I used the "Expressions" property of the connection object and set the connectionstring to one DTS variable. The idea is to supply the connection string value to the variable - so that the connection object uses my connection string.
Then I added a "Backup Database Task" to my package with the name BkpTask. Now whenever I try to set the connection property of BkpTask to the testCon connection object, by typing testCon, it automatically gets cleared. I am not able to set the connection value.
Then after spending several hours I found that this is because I have customized the connection string in testCon. If I don't customize the connection string, I am able to enter the "testCon" value in the connection property of the BkpTask.
I have a package that uses a for loop to iterate through an unknown amount of excel files and pull their data into a table. However, there will be cases when the file is corrupted or has some sort of problem so that either the transformation will fail or the excel data source will fail with an oledb connection error. Could anyone suggest a clean way to trap these errors? Specifically, the "Cannot Aquire Connection from Connection Manager", which is the excel connection.
I 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..
I 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
I 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..
I 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
1. 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.
I 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.
I 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?
Hi 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?
Could 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.
I am putting together a proposal for my church, the current DB software (Access) has been outgrown. One proponent of a no name brand software insists that to implement SQL could take a year and a team of programmers, is this true??
Hi Could any one tell me the answers for these questions.
1. how do we troubleshoot a datbase if it is in suspect mode.What is the reason for a database to be in suspect mode. 2. how can we move a file from C drive to D drive, so that the file location in C drive is completely moved . 3.In a particular primary file group there are many objects. How can we move some of the objects from this primary file group in to another file group. 4. can we install a sql server on a remote server so that it will not ask any inputs like domain name, authentication modes. . 5.If we want to implement clustering , can we use the virtual ip address on clustering as the ip address of our system or we have to use another ip address for clustering 6. In 2000 we have DTs package.can we run the same DTS package in 2005.
Hi Im relatively new to ASP/SQL and have been thrown into the deep end by work. Ive got courses to go on, but not for another 3-6months.
Ive got an ASP file calling a database using SQL. Once you hit the "go" button, it puts this data into an Excel file, under a new window (still showing the asp file in the address bar).
It currently shows:
1) Item numbers that end in "0" i.e. 3.10, 12.20 appear as 3.1 and 12.2 respectively in the Bill of Materials … i.e. being treated as decimals … I need them to show-up as text. ************************************************** ******************* 2) When saving the spreadsheet … it would be good to get "X" to set the default file name to: <Quote ID>_<Customer>_<Platform>_<version>.[xls|pdf] ************************************************** ******************* 3) When a spreadsheet is displayed, it is in an editable Excel format. Is it possible to lock the file automatically when its opened or password protect it? ************************************************** ******************* 4) If a spreadsheet window is open and you try and open a new one, the old one pops-up/is still there. Need to be able to close the old one and re-open a new one automatically.
If necessary i will post the code. Any takers? Thanks
I need help with a few sql questions, but you need to look at picture containing the tables and the relationships between them. How do I post or upload the picture first?
Hi all,I'd like to know if it's possible to sort twice in a same SQL query.I use SQL for retrieving Data into an Excel Spreadsheet.(Excel 2000 or XP) and to paste the queries results into an Excelspreadsheet.1. I tried to sort by date and the only way was to use the serail numberinstead of the litteral nameI tried SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$] Where [Date] <= 07/20/2003"but this does not work.I then tried SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$] Where [Date] <= 37822" and itworks.Do you know a way to use 07/20/2003?2. I need to sort my data twice, first by name and second by date. Is itpossible to sort twice in one query?Something like:"SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$] Where [Date] <= 07/20/2003 ORDER BY [NAME] ASC,ORDER BY [DATE] DESC"3. Even if the first row of my Excel sheet includes the headers, I cannot perform a query other than SELECT * FROM, for exemple, SELECT [NAME]FROM, does not work. do you know how to do that?Thanks in advance for sharing your experience,Phil*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
1. If the TempDB Database is deleted from MS-SQL Server what willhappen..?2. How to insert a not null column in an existing table withrecords..?3. If a table is deleted, what will happen for the Stored proceduresand Views, which that table reffered..?
Hi All, I was asked couple of questions yesterday and I thought I had to still learn a lot. Questions sound very normal but as for as I am concerned, don't know the answers hence this forum. Please advise. Here the questions asked to me 1) A simple insert into the table (could be from .net application or query analyzer) takes 10 minutes and times out, does not do any thing. What could be the reason and how would you identify and resolve the problem.
2) A simple select from table taking 10 minutes( assuming there are only there columns in the table,those are, id, name, description) id being identity column and has got index as well. What could be the reason and how would you identify and resolve the problem?
3) How would you change the identity column value or can we change the identity value and how?
4) How would you use the shared, update, exclusive locks in the sql statement.?
i have started developing on DTS recently. and i have a few question about "How-To" issues.
Hope you guys can help
1) I noticed, whenever i want to "redirect row" whenever an error happen, i need to set my AccessMode to OpenRowSet... This mode as i noticed, cant be used when i am tranferring data into a sql table which has primary key set
e.g. Ms Access which has identity -> SQL table with PK set
Is there anyway, to capture the row error in my situation?
2) Another question is, in a data flow... can i have a source which has multiple output arrow.
The <Protect Sensitive Data Using Encryption in SQL Server 2005> said : If regenerate service master key with "FORCE" option, the keys protected by old service master key are lost forever along with the data encrypted by them.
I create a master key in database and create a certificate protected by it.Then i use the certificate to encrypt some data.
The master key also exists and the encrypted data can by decrypt after i regenertate the SMK with force option. So i'm puzzled,I want to know what are the keys which protected by SMK , are they database master key?
All of a sudden MS-VSA window does not come up after hitting the Design Script... button. Work around: Get out and get back.
What is the work around? Regarding SQLDMO:
Trying to add a reference to SQLDMO using the References node of a Script Task brings up a dialog with just one tab for the .NET. Is there a way to reference COM?
