Solutions And Projects: What Are They And How Do They Help The DBA
Mar 10, 2006
I guess the Subject line sums it all up, but I need some experienced explanation of what do a solution and a project represent, and how do I use them to my advantage.
Is a solution an entire database? If so, how can I create a solution from my existing databases?
Are either of them a way to collect together scripts etc which will be run against a production database when the solution is rolled out?
What is a project? Is it a single set of scripts related to an upgrade to a database? If so, can it be executed as a single entity? How is the sequence of execution controlled?
And so on and so on....
2005 is such a step backwards for DBA's with all the features we used to have and now don't. If it wasn't for the fact that MS will eventually stop supporting 2000, I frankly see no incentive to upgrade myself.
Ok, OK, flame off.
Can anybody suggest some resources which might give me some insight into these questions?
Thanks,
-Rob
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Feb 20, 2007
Hello Reporting Services Gurus!
I'm about to start on my first reporting services project, but before I mess it up, I'm looking for some guidance on how best to achieve my mission. Here's what I'm looking to achieve:
I have a datacentric application (SQL Server 2005 Express w/ Advanced Services backend) in which I want to build about 50 "canned" reports for the end users. I want to build the reports utilizing server mode so I can take advantage of some of Reporting Services advanced features. I'm not sure what the best practice would be to build the reporting services project. Is it better to include the report project as another project within the application solution? Or, should I build the report project independent of the application solution? What are the pros and cons of doing it either way? How does including the report project build if it's included in the application solution? How would a ClickOnce deployment deploy the report project to the report server?
My ultimate goal would be to have an "off-the-shelf" software solution that includes an installation package consisting of the application project and report project. Is it even possible due to the Reporting Services architecture to achieve an install in this manner with ClickOnce, Windows Installer, or Installshield? Or, is building the report project indepedent of the application project and deploying the reports to the report server "manually" (i.e. deploy within the report server project) the only solution?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Tony
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When I open BIDS it displays a list of "Recent Projects". How can I edit (or delete) items from this list? (Over time the list has acquired a lot of junk est projects that I no longer need).
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2)a. Can named pipes be used for communication between these two servers
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not, whatever the answer may be?
b. If I use TCP/IP, it the connection set up using the client
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c. Suppose the publishing server was not using Net-Beui. Could this pose
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3) I have set up a (remote) SQL Server to be a Publisher/ Distributor.
Both SQL servers have been configured to be remote servers relative to
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______On the Publication Server (a remote server)
I went to Server --> Replication Configuration ---> Install Publishing
Next, I chose a local distribution server. I think that the
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_____________When I went the subscription server to subscribe to the
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PS
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and converting to SQL ?
and converting to Analysis Server ?
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http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=497273&SiteID=1
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or
Add existing item
choose existing sql database
results in:
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Hi All,
I have a SSIS package.
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3.[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0202009. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited.
4.[OLE DB Source [1]] Error: Setting the end of rowset for the buffer failed with error code 0xC0047020.
5.[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED. The PrimeOutput method on component "OLE DB Source" (1) returned error code 0xC0209017. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.
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Package 'DataWarehouse VSIntegration layer' has failed t load peoperly (guid = etc..). Please contact package vendor for assistance. Application restart is recommended, due to possible enfvironment corruption. Would you like to disable loadinug for this package in the future? you may use 'devenv /resetskippkgs' to re-enable package loading.
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A developer here has offered the approach of One Report - One Project. I don't want to do this because the reports have so much in common, like datasources, that I don't want to be flipping back an forth from one project to the next.
I did also look to see if there was a way to assign a dircetory to each report, rather than the project level, but I didn't see way to do that. I also, tried to add folder through the Windows Explorer and see if I could get around this restriction, but no luck there either.
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Possible?
Trying to avoid this, I made a copy of the parent folder, and manually tried to copy and paste all objects .. but am getting errors with connection manager entries.
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Hi all,
I just installed Visual Studio 2008 in my machine and removed VS 2005 as I thought it wasnt needed anymore. However, my Business Inteligence studio for SQL Server stopped working now...I understand that I can reinstall VS 2005 to get everything back up and running, but whats the whole point of upgrading to a newer version if its not backward compatible?
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Thanks
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