Hello there. I'm trying to populate a drop down box with a list of all available instances of SQL server (express or not) available on a network. To list all instances I'm using EnumAvailableServers() in SmoApplication.
The issue is that the Instance column in the returned data table is always empty, and both the Name and the Server columns contain the same string -- the name of the computer the SQL server is installed. Locally I have SSE installed, the instance name is <computer_name>SQLEXPRESS, however, using Smo I can't seem to get to the either full instance name or just the instance name. I can't assume SQLEXPRESS, since there may be more than one installed.
Alternately I used EnumRegisteredServers() in SmoApplication.SqlServerRegistrations and that, while returning instance information (can be retrieved from the RegisteredServer in the returned collection), doesn't always return the remote SQL servers in the list.
Any idea how can this be done? Maybe I'm going at it the wrong way, maybe there's another class / method I need to use to retrieve all instances?
I'm going to be setting up DB mirroring between two SQL Server 2005 boxes. Since these are on two different servers, can the instance names be the same? Is there any reason NOT to do so if the mirror server is going to be used exclusively for DB mirroring?
For example: if the my primary DB is located on SERVER1INSTANCE1, can the mirror be SERVER2INSTANCE1 or do the instance names have to be different even though they're on different boxes.
I want to get all databases with it's owner Name ,I think I need to join following script result with sys.databases or sys.sysdatabases.I want a result set  like this:
DatabaseName   db_Owner
master          sa pubs           valia pubs           eli pubs           maryam AdentureWork    eli
this script get all owners of the database that is in use:
Use DatabaseName GO
SELECT  members.name MemberName, roles.name RoleName,roles.type_desc,members.type_desc
I am designing a package to export staging tables into a flat file.The names of the tables will be: TableAStaging_YYYYMM and TableBStaging_YYYYMM. As you can see the names of the tables will be changing each month.
The flat files will have similar naming: C:MyPathFlatFileTableAStaging__YYYYMM and C:MyPathFlatFileTableAStaging__YYYYMM.I want to run the package as an sql job in two steps, one for each table.I need to dynamically pass the table names and file names (together with the path) to the IS package.
As part if a recent requirement I have to export Chinese/Singaporean names in a CSV file. The data in the tables is a NVARCHAR(256).
I am using a FlatFile Connection manager where all the present columns from the table are exported as NVARCHARs. My understanding was that the Chinese/Singaporean names would blend seamlessly with NVARCHARs in place. But, they get garbled when pushed to the CSV.
Here is the connection manager setup
There are a lot of suggestions of fixing this by copying/pasting to a notepad file and changing the formatting... But I cant do that since the file is generated using a schedules SSIS package. How can I tweak the process to fix the issue?
I was wondering if anyone has an idea of how we could find the table names and column names of the tables in our Sql server database at runtime/dynamically given our connection string? Please let me know.
I am connecting to several SQL 2000 servers on another LAN from my workstation and I have to go through a firewall.
I got the firewall people to open port 1433 and was then able to connect any server with a default instance using Query Anlyzer and the IP address of the Server.
When I try to connect from my workstation to a server with a named instance I am being blocked by the firewall before it gets to the server.
I went into Client Network Utility on my workstation and removed named pipes which only left Tcpip using port 1433.
Fire wall is now blocking “nbname UDP 137”.
Is there a setting somewhere on my workstation that I can force the traffic to the named instance to use Tcpip through port 1433.
Are there any problems w/ installing SQL Server 7.0 on a computer with a name such as 05005sql? I know that SQL will take the computer name as the SQL Server name, however, I am concerned about the numeric beginning of the computer name. Any suggestions?
I am using ADO controls for MSSQL Database. The server name on my machine is different from the server name on the machine where i am running my application. When i make changes to my application, i have to rebuild the connection on my ADO Control. Is there a way to create a server name on my developement machine to match the server name where i run my application?
hi... can someone pls tell me the sql statement to 1)Select all the tables in SQL server(only the ones created by me) 2)Select all the column names from a given table
2 node active/passive Microsoft cluster running SQL 2005 Enterprise Ed w/ SP2. The SQL setup is configured as a named instance, servernameinstancename. When I tried to install SCOM 2007, I'm getting this error, "Could not get SQL server instances names." What could be the cause of this error? Any help would be appreciated!!
I changed the name of a server that runs SQL Server 2005 and Reporting Services web site. I can't connect back to reporting services now using the new server name. I had to do some things to get SQL Server and Analysis Services to work, but I can't find any information on getting Reporting Services to run, I found something about changing config files, but no direction on what those files are.
how to retrieve names of the users between start time and end time using stored procedure in sql server??
i have a table which stores user names along with other details. can anybody tell me how to get the names of the users between start time and end time??
ho w do i get all the database names from my local machine which are present in the sql sevrer 2005 i also need how do i get the names of all the tables,views,stored procedure names in the particular database
I want to get the names of the databases of the server using OleDbConnection in c# which i have to add in to a combobox.....the same task i achieved using SqlConnection where in there is a Class SqlClientCollectionNames...the code is as followsusing (SqlConnection connection =new SqlConnection("Data Source=server;User ID=username;Password=passwd")) { connection.Open(); DataTable myData = connection.GetSchema(SqlClientMetaDataCollectionNames.Databases); foreach (DataRow row in myData.Rows) comboBox1.Items.Add(row[0]); connection.Close();} but the same i did for OleDbConnection it is not working using (OleDbConnection connection =new OleDbConnection("Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=server;User ID=username;Password=passwd")) { connection.Open(); DataTable myData = connection.GetSchema(SqlClientMetaDataCollectionNames.Databases);//no such method Databases present in OleDb namespace foreach (DataRow row in myData.Rows) comboBox1.Items.Add(row[0]); connection.Close(); } is there any other way to do this using OleDbConnection........??Please help
Why is it that when you change a field name is SQL Server it sometimes completely messes things up. I renamed a field in one of my tables from Emp# to EmpNumber. I had a view based on this table and naturally I knew I would have to change a view I had based on the table. I opened the view and changed the field from Emp# to EmpNumber but when I tried to open the view I got an error “Invalid column Name EMP#”. I have not been able to fix this. I have dropped and recreated the view, refreshed all the objects using enterprise manager, refreshed all the objects using Query Analyzer, shut down and restarted my computer, taken my database offline and put it back on line. The field name EMP# is not in any tables in my database and not referenced any views or procs . I am just starting on this database so I could verify this very easily because I only have a few views and procs.
Has anyone had this problem or more importantly does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it?
Sorry 'bout my bad english. Is there any possibility, to change the current server name from the stuctureview in the Enterprise Manger. I'm registering a lot of online-servers from my customers. The remote servername is fixed of course, but I want to change it local, to explain it a little bit better (e.g. "W2KSQLSRV" -> "CustomerXY")
select 1 as ID, 'Kenneth' as Name, '1963-02-26 00:00:00.000' as DOB, 'M' as Sex,'C' as Race, 516 as Height, 160 as Weight union select 2, 'Kenneth', '1963-02-26 00:00:00.000', 'M','C', 516, 160 union select 3, 'William', '1962-06-28 00:00:00.000', 'M','C', 600, 223 union
Is there a way in SQL server to alias column names for a particular table and store the aliases somewhere such that you can access the aliases while querying? I have a table where I cannot change column names and I am trying to figure out if there is a way to alias them to make them more user friendly.
DECLARE @search VARCHAR(10); SET @search = 'dog,COW'; WITH T(C) AS ( SELECT 'Cat,Dog,Sparrow,Trout,Cow,Seahorse' UNION ALL SELECT 'Cat,Dog,Sparrow,Trout,Cow,Seahorse' ) SELECT * FROM T WHERE C LIKE '%' + @search + '%'
I have a string in a cell 'Cat,Dog,Sparrow,Trout,Cow,Seahorse'
I want to search any of the two names from the string.
Search string:'cat,cow' Result:no result (not working),[size="7"][/size] Search string:'cat,dog' result :given string(working fine )
If I have stored procedures that reference linked servers, is there any way to avoid changing the procedures when moving between environments (dev, qa, prod)?
Do i resort to dynamic sql? Use case statements to switch between environments?
In Management Studio, under Registered Servers, I double-click a server name (could be sql 2000 or sql 2005 server) and it apperars in "Object Explorer" where I can work with it. I click the "Save All" button in Management Studio, exit Studio, and re-start Studio. When I do, I find that all the servers I placed under "Object Explorer" are now missing and I need to go through the "double-click the registered server" ritual again. And again, and again.
What am I doing wrong here? Why don't the servers "stick" in Object Explorer?
I need to ensure some naming standards to users while creating tables.
All table name should be in same pattern
(ie., ) TeamName_EmpId_tablename
I need a way to restrict user to follow the naming standard. If any user tries to create table without the above naming standard system should not allow.
how to find the names of the tables owned by the particular user in sql server and how to display the distinct object types owned by the particular user.
I have query which is used to dynamically insert value but not working. We are trying to get all table names and insert dynamically to all tables by looping through table names.
declare @a varchar(max),@i int; declare @table table(rno int, name varchar(max)) declare @b varchar(max) insert into @table select row_number() over( order by table_name) rno, table_name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables declare @tblname varchar(max)
I was given a 2 GB XML file without an XSD. I need to find the element names. I know how to do that using openxml but it takes forever on a file this large. Is there a faster way to do it using xquery?
Is there any danger with renaming the LOGICAL file names behind the database?
There are a bunch of databases that were restored copies and all of them have the same logical database file name. I'm trying to get some growth data so I want the logical files to be different (prefer them to match the actual database name) so I can more easily identify them.
Am I safe to rename the logical names? I can't think of anything that references those logical file names that I would be breaking [backups, applications].
