Safe For Image-Based Deployment
Apr 16, 2008
My understanding is that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (unlike SQL Server 2008) is NOT safe for image-based deployments or at least is not officially supported. Is anyone aware of what tasks need to be performed if an image-based deployment approach is taken?
I have Windows and SQL Server installed on HostA, and I want to create an image and install a copy of the image to HostB, HostC, and so on.
When the image has been restored to the target machine, I do the following:
1. Run NewSID.exe
2. Change Host Name
3. Change IP Address
4. Change the SQL Server sysservers table via sp_addserver.
I noticed that the SQL Server installation program has created sevral Windows groups and SQL Server has several logins, users, and schemas with names associated with the source machine, HostA.
My question are: What are these accounts used for? Can or should they be renamed (this shouldn't affect the SIDS, right)? Is there anything else that requires changing? Can this be automated? What "gotchas" should I look for? Or is this simply not "doable"?
Any help/guidance is appreciated!
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Dec 28, 2006
I deployed my application to my newly installed xp pro laptop
The prerequisites are installed
Now that I want to testdrive my database application I get this error:
An attempt to attach an auto-named database file c:/program files........................MyDB.mdf failed. A database with the same name exists, or specified file can not be opened, or it is located on UNC share.
This is what I read in my app.config file;
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MasterDetail.My.MySettings.MyDBConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDB.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
What could I be doing wrong? If there is need for additional information you have to tell me
Thanks, Richard
Richard
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Apr 23, 2008
I am creating a report that will act as statements for our companies, I am slightly stuck at the moment, I have two required parameters one is the company prefix and the other is the customer code.
I have a image at the top of the statement that I want to be dynamic i.e. when there is a company code of 1 I want one particular image and when there is a company code of 2 I want another.
Is this possible? If so are there any instructions on how one might set this up
Thanks
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Apr 21, 2008
I have a table object attached to a dataset,
One of the columns is based on a boolean value(bit field) from the database.
I have a check picture and an unchecked picture.
How can I show the selected image based on the result?
links or ideas welcome
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Aug 15, 2007
Hi,
Please can you let me know which of the following 2 is a better method to deploy SSIS packages
File System deplyment OR SQL Server deployment
What are the advantages of one over the other?
Thanks,
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Apr 20, 2007
I am using the 3-tiered architecture design (presentation, business laws, and data acess layers). I am stuck on how to send the image the user selects in the upload file control to the BLL and then to the DAL because the DAL does all the inserts into the database. I would like to be able to check the file type in the BLL to make sure the file being uploaded is indeed a picture. Is there a way I can send the location of the file to the BLL, check the filetype, then upload the file and have the DAL insert the image into the database? I have seen examples where people use streams to upload the file directly from their presentation layer, but I would like to keep everything seperated in the three classes if possible. I also wasn't sure what variable type the image would be in the function in the BLL that receive the image from the PL. If there are any examples or tips anyone can give me that would be appreciated.
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Jul 23, 2005
I have two servers: progress as transational server and mssql as warehouseserver.I did DTS that "pumps" data from progress to mssql (via ODBC). Copying thedata has to be done once a day, but sometimes there is a need to do it onuser's demand.I'd like to ensure that I properly understood the method of running DTS I'vejust found using Google.As I can see, there are at least two methods (except of scheduling):- using dtsrun - which requires user running the DTS to have adminprivileges to use xp_smdshell- using sp_start_job - which requires creating a job prior to running theDTS.I think of using the second one as it seems to be more secure - am I right?Are there any hidden traps? What else should I do?--PL(remove "nie.spamuj.bo.w.ryj" from my email address)
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Apr 8, 2008
I am trying to persuade our security people to allow access to RS from external facing web sites. The web sites will talk to the SOAP interface over SSL so the firewall will need to open port 443 between the web server in the DMZ and the RS server inside the firewall.
Any credentials passed will be encrypted, so the main questions is around parameters to reports and the possibility of SQL Injection attacks. I need a white paper or other document that will convince them that RS will not allow SQL Injection or scripting attacks and properly validates parameters.
Does any such thing exist?
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Jun 27, 2007
Hay Friend's
Can u plese send me the way how to save image in sql server and display that images in datagrid or other control also like Image control or Image control Button?? Plese send the coding in C#.
Thank's
Amit
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Jul 12, 2007
hi all,
i have created a table with image field in it. Now i just want to store a jpeg file in it but not finding any way to do so.
how can i store any image ? what are the steps???????
thanx in advance
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Jul 6, 2006
Ok, the problem is that , i have a field called "Attach" in sql of type image, when selecting it , the field is getting data of type BYTE(). which am being unable to display them on an Image on the panel.
using the following vb.net code:
'Dim sel2 As String
'Dim myCom As SqlCommand
'Dim conn As New SqlConnection
'Dim drr As SqlDataReader
'Dim image As System.Drawing.Image
'sel2 = "select * from attach where att_desc = '" & DropDownList1.SelectedItem().Text & "' and doc_code = " & w_doc_code & " and subcode = " & w_doc_subcode & " and doc_num= " & w_doc_num & " "
'conn.ConnectionString = ("server=developer01;uid=sa;password=aims;database=DVPSOC;timeout=45")
'myCom = New SqlCommand(sel2, conn)
'conn.Open()
'drr = myCom.ExecuteReader()
'If drr.Read Then
' Me.ImageMap1.ImageUrl = drr.Item("attach")
'End If
'conn.Close()
Am getting an exeption on the following line Me.ImageMap1.ImageUrl = drr.Item("attach")
saying: Conversion from type 'Byte()' to type 'String' is not valid.
knowing that i tried converting using ToString but it's not getting any output then.
thanks for your help.
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May 3, 2001
Can anyone tell me how I can copy store procedures from SQL Server 2000 to Source Safe 6.0? I right-click the store procedure and cop
y it but when I got to the visual source safe it will not work. I therefore went through the soruce code control on Tool menu which I cannot see such commands. I do really need your help.
Regards,
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Oct 27, 2007
I've recently planned to make a program that uses remote MSSQL connection. I'm not such an expert in security.
Please can someone tell me if it safe? and how can I improve my security. I know how to block SQL injection, but me fear is that some will hack my software for personal use.
Thanks, RedEyez.
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Nov 29, 2007
I have a table that stores a value called "LocationNumber" as a varchar. I didn't create the database, I just use it. Anyway I usually sort the list by Casting the LocationNumber to an Integer. If I don't cast it, it trys to sort it lexiographically i.e. 0, 1, 21, 3, 345, 9 instead of 0, 1, 2, 3, 9, 21, 345.
It works 99.9% of the time, but the other 0.1% of the time it runs into some text that somehow made its way into the database field, and it causes an error.
Is there a way to safely cast a number in SQL? So that it just returns 0 when the value is not a number.
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May 28, 2004
Hey,
I'm creating registration form.
To show fields names I thought to read columns names.
It's ok if columns is named like "Name", "Age" etc.
But if the columns is named [Country, Address, PostCode] then, I think, it can course some problems. Am I right?
First problem I thought about - changing database in the future (Now MS SQL 2k to MySQL etc.)
Is this the only problem?
To solve this I think using table which store syscolumn names as user defined columns names.
My system is speed critical and using this I would get less performance.
Which way should I go?
Case saving columns names in table, how to generate safe column name from user specified name, which can have special charters.
Thanks
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Oct 11, 2000
I'm in the process of locking down our SQL Server development environment and wanted to implement some type of version control, not just for stored procedures but for all database objects (tables, triggers, etc.)
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If anyone can provide alittle more insight into how to accomplish this, or at least point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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May 13, 2008
We have a VB.Net 2005 application that uses SQL CE 3.1 as its embedded database.
Frequently in the application, we must store strings with apostrophes, quotes, and all kinds of other stuff. It's totally unwieldy to try and manually escape every nonstandard character in every string... this is why we need to know how to handle this issue for all possible input.
What is the best method we can use to store any string, no matter what characters occur in it? The reason we must now improve our string handling is that we are now being required to store MD5 hashes of files for security and duplicate file avoidance, and these hashes usually break our import functions.
We normally enclose strings in single quotes ('). But, with the hashes as mentioned above, none of our current code works. Again: how can we be certain that the exact string we pass in will be stored in its current form, no matter what the characters?
THANKS
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Feb 13, 2007
I have learned lots of informative thing from your forums. I have little problem regarding “Display image from SQL Server on ASP.NET� I have done it and image display on my page from SQL Server. I have cleared you here I have adopt two different methods which are following for displaying picture.
1.Response.BinaryWrite(rd("picture"))
2.image.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
but in both above methods I have faced little problem when image display on my page all other information can not display and I also want to display picture on my specific location on the page. My second question is can use any web control like “Image1� to display image from SQL Server where my pictures are stored.
Hope you will help me.
Thanks and regards
Aftab Abbasi
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Jan 30, 2007
In my asp.net application I have a local report with an image control in thedetail row of the table and the Value attribute set as="File://" & Fields!FQPhotoFileName.ValueThe first row in the table always shows the wrong image and it's always thesame wrong image. The problem is there even when I change the sort order orthe criteria for the underlying dataset. For example, I ran a small testthat populated the dataset with 2 rows and 2 images. When I sort by anycolumn (e.g. ID) in ascending ascending order the ID=1 row (the 1st row)shows the wrong image and the ID=2 row shows the correct image. When I rerunthe report sorting in descending order the ID=2 row (which is now the 1strow) shows the wrong image and the ID=1 shows the correct image.Any suggestions?
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Aug 17, 2007
Hi,
I have a website and i am uploading the gif image to the database. i have used varchar(500) as the datatype and i am saving the file in the webserver so the path to it c:intepub....a.gif
my upload table has the folliwing feilds
UploadId Int Identity, Description, FileName, DiskPath varchar(500), weblocation varchar(500). I have a main sproc for the report where i am doing a inner join with other table to get the path of the gif..
So my question is how can i get a picture to show up on the report. .
What kinda datatype the gif file should be stored in the database? If it is stored as a varchar how can i access it and what is best way to reference that particular.
any help will appreciated....
Regards
Karen
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Sep 20, 2006
I have inherited a VS 2005 database with a table that has a column of type IMAGE. I need to change the image for one of the rows in the table. I have the new image in a *.PNG file on my C: drive. What is the correct method for inserting this file into the IMAGE column.
Many thanks!
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Feb 6, 2002
Hi everybody.
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Company does not want set up another server , so we want to create another
Instance and place database on it.
1. Is safe to keep 2 instances on same server ?
2. How remove access to this instance from members of local and domain admin role(If we deny acces to BuildInAdministrators how it is going to affect security?)
Thank you
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Aug 23, 2007
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In my procedure to insert a child for example, I begin a transaction, do a select statement see how many children for the given parentID, if is more than 10 then don't insert , otherwise insert the new child in. Then commit the transaction.
I wonder how thread safe such code would be... Quite worry about data corruption.
If 2 threads both updating this table, and the select statement both return 9 children, so both of them think they can do the insert, so the parent will end up with 11 children. Is such scenario possible to occur? If so, how to solve it and make sure the code is thread safe?
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Jan 3, 2007
Hi - I am wondering if anyone can give me good advice on the following situation:
I'm a new employee at a place where the SQL Server/Visual Source Safe admin has left. Only his co-worker has a VSS account and the VSS admin never gave her the admin p/w and he cannot be contacted. We need to have an account set up for me.
My question is: How can this be done with the knowledge of the admin p/w? Would we have to backup the files, un-install VSS, re-install it and set up the admin account again, or have I answered my own question? Or are we screwed? I don't have enough experience with VSS to make a decision.
At this point we're considering calling "Geek Sqaud" or "Geeks on Call", etc.
Thanks for any suggestions?
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