Target String Size Is Too Small To Represent The XML Instance
Feb 7, 2006
This is a tough error....
The situation: we are trying to manage Stored Procedures (ALTER, CREATE, DROP statements) on one of our SQL2005 servers and this error spews out:
"Target string size is too small to represent the XML instance"
Now this script i wrote (simple alter statement adding a column) works on 4 other versions of SQL 2005, but when i try a certain server, i get that error
Searching Google, Yahoo, and MSN, all three point to one single instance of this error, right here on Don Keily's blog
I am trying to understand creating SQL Server projects and managed code. So I created a C# SQL Server Database project and named it "CSharpSqlServerProject1" and followed the steps in the following "How to: " from the Help files:
"How to: Create and Run a CLR SQL Server Stored Procedure "
I used the exact code in this "How to: " for creating a SQL Server managed code stored procedure (see below) in C#. However it didn't even compile! When I went to build the code I got the following error message:
"Error 1 Target string size is too small to represent the XML instance CSharpSqlServerProject1"
It does not give a line number or any further information! Since this is a Microsoft example I'm following I figure others must have run into this too. I can't figure out how to fix it!
Here's the code as copied directly from the howto:
using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Data.SqlTypes; using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;
public partial class StoredProcedures { [SqlProcedure()] public static void InsertCurrency_CS( SqlString currencyCode, SqlString name) { using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("context connection=true")) { SqlCommand InsertCurrencyCommand = new SqlCommand();
I've got some data in a table called Dim.Sources that I generated by a program to generate data, so the characters are wierd, but it is in the database.
When I process the dimension, I get an error like: the size specified for the link is too small, and it will truncate one or more values of the column...
It is only for the name column, but not for the id column (I guess because in this column there are only numbers).
I'm getting nuts! please, any help will be much appreciated! No way to find any information on the internet about it!
I don't remember defining any link size!! Where can I change it?? What is it??? : )
Please could you tell me how big sql tables are when people refer to them as small, medium and large? Preferably in terms of disk space or rows (each row in my table will contain a standard length job advert and 20 additional columns with an average of 8 characters)
Hi folks,Can anyone enlighten me here? I'm trying to use a SPROC which, when supplied with an int, looks up the table and returns certain columns from it. I'm using a SqlCommand, here's my codebehind: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SqlCommand dataSource = new SqlCommand("retrieveData", new SqlConnection(dbConnString)); dataSource .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; dataSource .Parameters.AddWithValue("id", poid); dataSource .Parameters.AddWithValue("title", title).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; dataSource .Parameters.AddWithValue("creator", creator).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; dataSource .Parameters.AddWithValue("assignee", assignee).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; etc, etc... And the SPROC:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------set ANSI_NULLS ONset QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONGOALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[retrieveData] @id int, @title varchar(50) OUTPUT, @creator varchar(50) OUTPUT, @assignee varchar(50) OUTPUT, @contact varchar(50) OUTPUT, @deliveryCost numeric(18,2) OUTPUT, @totalCost numeric(18,2) OUTPUT, @status tinyint OUTPUT, @project smallint OUTPUT, @supplier smallint OUTPUT, @creationDateTime datetime OUTPUT, @amendedDateTime datetime OUTPUT, @locked bit OUTPUT AS /**SET NOCOUNT ON; **/ SELECT [title] AS [@title], [datetime] AS [@creationDateTime], [creator] AS [@creator], [assignee] as [@assignee], [supplier] as [@supplier], [contact] AS [@contact], [delivery_cost] AS [@deliveryCost], [total_cost] AS [@totalCost], [amended_timestamp] AS [@amendedDateTime], [locked] AS [@locked] FROM purchase_orders WHERE [id] = @id; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The id being passed in is definately not null, and is set to a value of an item I know exists. The resulting error is:
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: String[1]: the Size property has an invalid size of 0.Line 63: retrievePODetails.Connection.Open();Line 64: retrievePODetails.ExecuteNonQuery();[InvalidOperationException: String[1]: the Size property has an invalid size of 0.] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter.Validate(Int32 index) +717091... ... Can anyone see anything I'm missing? Thanks,Ally
I have a table that holds a large amount of text in a field that is the body of the email. For example, it might say something like:
Quote: Email tech support at thisemail@email.com if you have any questions about the results of this test.
I need to change the email address in this field. Using this example I need to change thisemail@email.com to thatemail@email.com; however I do not want to change the other text in that field.
It is also important to note that the rest of the body of the emails stored here is different depending on the email.
So basically what I need is a statement that would look at a particular field, search for an email address, and replace that email address with another one without disturbing the rest of the text in that field. I already checked the w3 update tutorial and the update there is for the entire field.
I am getting error to run stored procedure using executenonquery method. The Stored Procedure is having OUTPUT parameter. ExecuteNonQuery statement is called using SqlHelper. Error : String[18]: the Size property has an invalid size of 0
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The box I am trying to connect to is running two instances of SQL Server. There is a SQL Server 2005 instance which is the default. There is a SQL Server 2000 instance which is named 'SQLSERVER'. I can connect to the SQL Server 2000 instance no problem:<add key="ConnectionString" value="server=MYPCSQLSERVER;database=mydatabase;user id=****;password=****" /> However, I am having trouble connecting to the Default SQL Server 2005 instance. I have tried: <add key="ConnectionString" value="server=MYPC;database=mydatabase;user id=****;password=****" /> but it doesn't work. I have tried explicitly setting SQL Server 2005 to use port 1434 (as SQL Server 2000 is running on port 1433), and then used: <add key="ConnectionString" value="server=MYPC,1434;database=mydatabase;user id=****;password=****" /> but this doesn't work either.
Am I mssing something here? Any help much appreciated Thanks...
All source and target date fields are defined as data type "smalldatetime". The "select" executes without error though when used with "insert into" it fails with the error:
Msg 295, Level 16, State 3, Line 25: Conversion failed when converting character string to small date-time data type..I am converting from a character string to smalldatetime since the source and target date columns are "smalldatetime". All other columns for the source and target are nvarchar(255). I assume there is an implicit conversion that I don't understand. In a test, I validated that all dates selected evaluate ISDATE() to 1.
USE [SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014] GO IF OBJECT_ID ('[SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014].[dbo].[IdentifierLookup]', 'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE [SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014].[dbo].[IdentifierLookup]
One of our production databases was setup mirroring, log shipping and replication on it, the log file was setup unrestricted growth. This morning one index rebuilding process generated lots of logs, and the log file disk ran out of space, the database was in recovery mode. so we had to disable log shipping, pause mirroring and replication, expand log file disk, restarted SQL instance to fix the issue. Now we want to setup the log file to maximum size 80G, the whole log file disk is 120G.
So if the log file reached 80G next time, we can change the max size to 90G or 100G and it's easier to fix the space issue. My question is, if the database  log file reached max size,
1. is the database still available? 2. Will the active session causing the issue be rollback to release space back?
Bit of a funny one. I have two tables, lets call them PetOwner and Pets
PetOwner
OwnerID OwnerName 1 Tim 2 Paul 3 Andy
Pets OwnerID PetName 1 Tricia 1 Louise 2 Bill 2 Ben 2 David 2 Topsy 3 Flopsy 3 Mopsy
And I need to write a query that returns a resultset like this
OwnerID OwnerName PetName1 PetName2 PetName3 PetName4 PetName5 1 Tim Tricia Louise NULL NULL NULL 2 Paul Bill Ben David Topsy Flopsy 3 Andy Flopsy Mopsy NULL NULL NULL
Can anyone help?
N.B. A pet owner can only have a maximum of 5 pets, but even if no-one in the database has 5 pets, the PetName5 column must still appear (but have a value of NULL).
I have multiple instances of SQL 2012 Std Edition on a 40 physical core server.What I have done is the use the Process - SQLServr -% Processor time Stat and divided by 16 ( the max number of Cores Std ed. can use) as a instance level measure. I also use processor object stats to show how busy the server is. How to represent the servers CPU utilization?
Hello I currently am using the nvarchar type which has a maximum size of 4000 char's. Is there any other type that I can use which can store a greater amount of char's ?
This might not be possible, but on the chance that it can - is there away to do the following:Given a arbitray one dimesional value list:('AALGX','12345','XXXXX','AAINX','AMMXX')Is there a way that I could do a select statement, or similiar, in thevalue list, to get the following resultfield_name-----------AALGX12345XXXXXAAINXAMMXXBecause, what I want to be able to do in the long run is essentiallyperform an outer join on the value list.Something along the lines ofselect value_list.field_name, dbtable.otherfield FROM value_list leftouter join dbtable on value_list.field_name = dbtable.field_nameSo I want all the values in the field list to show up, and anymatching data in the database table that exists, otherwise null.Maybe there is another approach to this???Thanks!KT
I have a issue with the drill down. In the report there is drill down in the Amount column. I am trying to pass the customer names in this drill down but there are more than 100 customers for that specific case and drill down is not able to pass all the customers.
Is there any other way to pass the large string in the drill down?
I have to send an email using a variable as message body... the variable gets its value from database varchar(8000). Due to limited size of string variable in SSIS the value gets truncated.
I have a simple table as shown:  I want to have values on the last column to represent the time interval between the 2 date columns (visits); i.e for event-ID 2 for example, I will have
entry(EventID = 2) Â - exit(EventID = 1), and so on
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Whenever I use "User Instance=True" as in the connection string below, I get an invalid connection string error. If I take it out, the connection string generates other errors.
I have to build a database model, create tables and use triggers or/and procedures on it. It's about a library. Books are borrowed by students. They can make a reservation of a book.
I built the database model so far. My problem is how to represent following tasks:
- Students can borrow a maximum of 5 books at the same time. - bookings/book reservations should be later processed in the order they occurred. That is, who first flagged the book also gets the book/books first
I have following entities:
- Book - Book exemplar - Borrowed by (a table between the entities Book exemplar and Student) - Reserved for (a table between the entities Book exemplar and Student) - Student
How would you represent the tasks I mentioned above in terms of triggers or procedures?...
I am trying to create a table that would represent a workload for each shop. In order to do that I need to have WorkLoad table and ShopWorkLoad table which is actually just aggregation of WorkLoad.
WorkLoad contains a list of following items:
current orders that are in the process (one select statement) scheduled orders (another select statement) expected orders (third select statement) that come through a third-party system
All of this needs to be live. So, for example, as soon as order is added to Order table it should be included in WorkLoad if certain conditions are met. Same goes for scheduled orders (which come from another table). Expected orders will be loaded on a daily bases (based on historical data).
ShopWorkLoad table is aggregation of WorkLoad table.
Currently I did it this way:
Added after insert/update trigger on Order table: when order is created/updated, if it meets certain conditions, it should be inserted in WorkLoad, otherwise remove it from workload if it's in there and doesn't meet conditions
Added after insert/update trigger on Schedule table: when order is scheduled, if it meets certain conditions, it should be inserted in WorkLoad, otherwise remove it from workload if it's in there and doesn't meet conditions
Running daily job that populates WorkLoad table with expected orders based on historical values
Final step is to create an indexed view vShopWorkLoad
My biggest concern is usage of triggers which call pretty complex logic to determine whether item should be added to workload or not.
One other option was to create vWorkLoad view and somehow make it an indexed view but currently I don't see a way of doing that because the query consists of 4 union select statements, below is pseudo example. But even if doing it that way, how to build aggregated indexed view on top of vWorkLoad indexed view?
Third option is to use sql agent job which would run every x seconds (maybe 20) and it would execute all of these queries to populate WorkLoad table with delay of 10-20 seconds, but I am still not sure if this is acceptable to the client.
Fourth option is to create 3 or 4 indexed view where sum of them makes a workload. Then, ShopWorkLoad view would be built on top of these 3 or 4 indexed views, but in this case I don't know how this would affect performance since ShopWorkLoad query would be often queried.
Example of workload pseudo query:
select WorkLoadType = 'Order in process', OrderId, ShopId, ... from Order
data source=RemoteHostName;initial catalog=myDb;password=sa;user id=sa; Max pool size = 200;
And now strange thing is happening ,, I am receiving error :
Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and max pool size was reached
The SqlServer Activity Manager is telling that only 100 connections are pooled, and I guess that the Max pool size is 100, It is not being changed by my Connection string. As I am trying to change the default 100 pool size value to 200.
Huh , So stucked up , how to increase the Max pool size.. Is there any way .
I have a SSIS package that opens an xml file, puts the contents into a string, then runs a stored procedure that dumps it into an xml column in a table. One of the xml files is huge. Putting the data into a ssis string causes an error. The length of the string variable is 58,231,886. The file will only get bigger.
How else can I get this data into a SQL Server XML field.
I am trying to resize a database initial log file from 500M to 2M. I€™m using€?
ALTER DATABASE <DBNAME> MODIFY FILE ( NAME = <DBLOGFILENAME, SIZE = 2 ) "
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I am working on a C# stored procedure for SQL 2005, and i've uncovered a couple questions.
First a description of the procedure:
I have a series of equations taking place to calculate a score based on activities in which the user participated in, that will give them an over all grade or rating. The calculations currently take place in the database, and I am moving this from T-SQL to C# CRL.
1. In order to connect the stored procedure to the database I use a SqlConnection and a SqlCommand to execute either dynamic sql or a stored procedure to return data to a data reader. Is there an easier way to connect to the database? In SSMS if i open up the query it knows what database i am connected to. Do I have to make a sql connection in C# stored Procedures?
2. I have multiple functions within the main C# Stored Procedure that I'm working on. This ends up requiring Multiple Active Recordsets. I must set this withing the connection string. Seeing as I'm using a named instance of SQL 2005, I now must put the userid, password, and server name into the code. Is there a more secure way to connect to SQL Server in a C# Stored procedure that allows MARS?
3. I encryped the connection string, and put it into the assembly, I wrote a decryption class, and in the procedure itself everytime I need to refrence the connection string, I call it, decrypt it, and pass it along. But my code to decrypt the connection string is in the compiled DLL, if the server was ever compromised the encrypted connection string and the key to decrypt it are sitting in the DLL. Is there a config file that I can use for C# Stored Procedures?
4. If I have to keep the connection string in the file, then I need to change that per environment. Example I have 3 test environments before production. So I would need to change the connection string for each file. That may be fine for one procedure, but what if I have 20, that will quickly get of hand?
5. Along the security lines, can the assembly for a C# Stored Procedure be called from outside the assembly? From a command prompt, or by a maliceous program? Or could it be called directly by a .NET application instead of going through a T-SQL Stored Procedure that is using WITH EXECUTE AS CALLER AS EXTERNAL NAME [PROJECTNAME].[CLASSNAME].[METHODNAME]
An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace:
I am working on to create a data warehouse. I have made a database which will be the data warehouse and will consist of dimension and fact tables. I know that other than dimension and fact table a data warehouse should also consist of a meta data, now my question is what should be the structure of metadata and all the information it should have?
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Line 30: static ArtHouseConfiguration() Line 31: { Line 32: dbConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ArtHouseConnection"].ConnectionString; Line 33: dbProviderName = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ArtHouseConnection"].ProviderName; Line 34: Source File: d:inetpubvhostsartehouse.orghttpdocsApp_CodeArtHouseConfiguration.cs Line: 32 Stack Trace:
[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] ArtHouseConfiguration..cctor() in d:inetpubvhostsartehouse.orghttpdocsApp_CodeArtHouseConfiguration.cs:32
[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'ArtHouseConfiguration' threw an exception.] ArtHouseConfiguration.get_EnableErrorLogEmail() in d:inetpubvhostsartehouse.orghttpdocsApp_CodeArtHouseConfiguration.cs:74 Utilities.LogError(Exception ex) in d:inetpubvhostsartehouse.orghttpdocsApp_CodeUtilities.cs:100 ASP.global_asax.Application_Error(Object sender, EventArgs e) in d:inetpubvhostsartehouse.orghttpdocsGlobal.asax:20 System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) +0 System.Web.HttpApplication.RaiseOnError() +182
I've two instances(Default, Named[dynamicsFINANCE]) running on SQL server 2014. However, when I try to connect to named instance say (dynamicsFINANCE) using SQL authentication from local SSMS, I get below error message:
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I assigned a static port number to the named instance [dynamicsFINANCE] 1450. I also setup the firewall rule to allow access to Port 1450.
