We have three separate disks for our sql server.
Disk c : system
Disk d : data
Disk e : logs
A couple of months ago our IT manager moved the tempdb database from the c drive to the d and e drives because it had grown to 9Gb and the c drive had run out of space. When I discovered this, I shrank tempdb back to it's specified size of 1.9Gb and now I want to move it back to the c drive because I believe we will see better performance with the system + tempdb together than with the data/logs + tempdb together. Am I correct?
A couple of notes. Server is used exclusively by SQL server. We have three large databases (40Gb, 20Gb, 15Gb), three databases around 4Gb databases and around 15 smaller databases. Most of them are accessed exclusively from a web application.
How do I move the tempdb to a different drive? It can't be dropped and it is automatically put on the same drive as the master during installation. I have moved a transaction log to a different drive, but I can't change the tempdb location. Please help.
When SQLserver2K was installed it placed master, model, msdb, tempdb data files in the installation location (i.e. C:Program Files....). This puts pressure on the C: drive, which also holds the page/swapfile. I want to move at least the tempdb location to the new 'Default data directory' and log directory we set after installation (i.e. E:MSSQLData).
How do I get tempdb to relocate to E: given that it gets recreated each time SQLserver starts?
"tempdb is skipped. You cannot run a query that requires tempdb"?
We're running a .Net web application with a SQL Server 2000 backend, and we get the error intermittently. Restarting the SQL Server service seems to fix it, as it causes tempdb to be rebuilt, but this isn't a long term solution. Any direction or hints would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Mike
It is very intersting to find out that when we are backuping a database we are not able to specify a shared folder .Why?Is it because security concern or it is idenfied as bug or is there any work around.Only thing we are able to specify is that it points to the local drive of the particular server. Help would be more appericated.
Does anyone know where a good article pertaining to where you should locate your Data and Log files (in SQL Server 2005)? I read an article several years ago stating that Log files should be on a seperate RAID 1 and Data on a seperate RAID 5. Anyway, any help is appreciated.
I am getting this error when i run my aspx project..Server Error in '/' Application.
Incorrect syntax near '.'.
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: Incorrect syntax near '.'.
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:
[SqlException (0x80131904): Incorrect syntax near '.'.] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +857354 System.Data.SqlClient.Sql is there anyway that i can get the line number ,file or any other information regarding location off error.. i got abt 3 aspx files..so i dont really know where to look for the error..
I'm actually a beginner in SQL Server and I got use to a database called "Cache" where the Data itself is stored separately from the tables (Table definition), and I'm wondering if its the same in SQL Server where the Data is stored in a deferent location then the Table definition, and if so, where it could be stored?
Can someone tell me what the default installation location is for SQL 2000? Is it different for the default instance compared to a named instance? What about the tools? It seems to me I read something about the tools defaulting to the program filesmicrosoft SQL Server directory.
I guess I'm more concerned about each instance and the location of those files. I don't necessarily like the idea of each instance installing to the program files directory, if that's the default.
Easy question, I hope We are setting up an active active sql cluster. The management have done everything the wrong way around and purchased the hardware already.
We are planning on having 2 databases 1 in each instance. We will place the transaction log files for each database on their own cluster "physical disk" resource. We only have 4 disks availalbe for the transaction log files. To make things a little more complicated I have been given no information on the expected transaction use other than they should be no larger than 50GB
Here are my options
1. 2 Mirrored raid arrays one for each sql instance 2. 1 Raid 10 array with 2 logical drives (so the transaction logs are sharing the same disk spindles)
What would you do? seperate the disk spindles or share them and go for fast disk performace.
I hope someone can give me some tips on how to implement a nice solution.
I need a table to store distances between 2 locations.
First thought was to make a table like this - id - fromid - toid - distance
However distances can be used in both directions. So a search to get distance between xx and yy would be: select distance where (fromid = xx and toid = yy) or (fromid=yy and toid=xx)
A unique index (fromid, toid) would make sure no double entries are made, but this still doesn't deny anyone from changing from and to and entering a distance in the other direction (from yy to xx)
Any suggestions for a cleaner db design ? Ideally one where searches don't need the or, or where the db design can restrict people from entering a distance in the other direction ? I could force something in business logic to sort locations alphabetically but that also seems like a dirty trick..
Hi again,I am able to schedule a backup and default it to the server. However, isthere an option or a way to locate the backup somewhere else on the network?regards,gilbert
I have an installation of SQL2005 SP1 configured as follows:
Dell Poweredge 2650 with 4 GB RAM c:, d: and e: are all on the local host and f: and g: drives are on a SAN. I have the system db's on the e: local disk and the Team Foundation Server databases and logfiles on the SAN disks. SQL2005 is installed to the E: disk.
We are migrating VSS to TFS and our times are very long for a simple 1 GB migration.
I need to know if I need the application databases and logfiles and system databases on the same disk because I see a lot of disk thrash and the tempdb is getting large, 3 GB today.
SQL architecture - should the system db's be on the same disk as the application db's?
When the battery dies the SQL Ce installation vanishes. Especially the following dlls which were copied into the Windows directory during installation are getting vanished when the battery dies.
I guess this is because of the fact that RAM content vanishes when the power goes off.
Is there a way i could install the SQL CE in the Storage Card?
I can install the Compact Framework in the Storage Card but not the SQL CE.
I have installed the CF, My application in the Storage Card. Just because of this SQL CE does not allow me to choose the installation directory, i have to install the SQL CE everytime the battery dies out.
How do you know what exactly to use as the database name?
In school the prof says he is not exactly a database programmer but gave us some code he had from an old one. That code worked fine if you want to actually connect to the database at school but I want to send everything right through sqlexpress on my own machine so I can work on the programs at home.
The following is the code to connect to the school database, how would I change it to connect through sqlexpress instead?
Code Snippet
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Database
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Class1.
/// </summary>
public class Class1
{
SqlConnection connection;
public Class1()
{
}//closes constructor
public void connect(string computerID)
{
connection = new SqlConnection("Data Source = " + computerID +
1. If you are managing databases in SQL Express with SQL Server Managment Express CTP, why doesnt VBE place the database there where you can see them? I can create a database inside SQL Server Managment Express CTP and view its tables, relations,etc. from within SQL Server Managment Express CTP, but when I make a database with VBE it does not show up in SQL Server Managment Express CTP. Also the database that was made inside SQL Server Managment Express CTP cannot be seen from VBE. Why? what did I do wrong, or is it supposed to be like that? Is that where you would want to place a database for multiple pc to share?
2.Login Question ;-----shouldnt post this here but,
Is there a reason why you dont want to use SQL Authetication over Windows? The are a few pcs here that doesnt have user accounts installed(I know that not a good practice, but when you have multiple people needing different data quickly- switching users is not preferred, its a time thing for what I would call dummy terminals).
How do you take an instance of SQL and change to SQL Authetication over windows?
hi frends I am working on project in which we have to show advertisements as per users country. how i can know about the location of user that just type the url and press enter. any body have any solution or tips most welcome Thanks Sarbjit
All €œsystem databases€? + €œreportserver & reportservertempdb€? are on €œ D drive€? --- Raid 1 ( Mirrored) and their location is : D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData
Free Space left on "D" Drive is # 18 Gb.
€œUser Databases€? are on ---- €œE Drive€? --- Raid 5 and their location is E:Datadb
Now , we got new storage device with much larger capacity. So, we are planning to transfer our databases on this new drive which is €œRAID 5€?.
My question is:
(1) Should I transfer all the databases ( (i.e.) €œsystem databases€?+ €œreportserver & ReportServerTempdb€? + €œUser databases€?) on that new drive ( RAID 5). (OR)
(2) Keep the €œsystem databases€? + €œReportServer& ReportServerTempdb€? on the old drive (i.e.) RAID 1 and Transfer only the €œUSER Databases€? on that new drive (i.e.) RAID 5. (OR)
(3) Transter only Tempdb to the new drive (i.e.) on Raid 5, so as to avoid any I/O congestion. and keep all other system & ReportServer & ReportServerTempdb on the old "D"drive. (OR)
(4) Is there anything I should be careful when doing this & Is there any better way of doing this€¦.
hey i am going to be writing a query to search for stock in a certian location, but what i wnat to do is allow the user to search in all locations as well, how could i do this? or would it be more asp based? Jez
I need your precious expertise in resolving one problem . I have transaction log file devices created on on two drives i.e c and d drives .
I want to move the the log device from d drive to c drive or vice versa . How can i do it . Can somebody help with detailed steps pl .
What are the things necessary to check after the device has been moved to either of the locations , to ensure that everythingh works well . I have SQL Server 7.0 with SP 3 .
Will the database be marked suspect ? I that case what should i do ?
Any kind of help on the issue will help me a lot .
Hi, I wanted to find the location in database objects(table/stored proc/view/function) for particular text. For example a text 'BU1032' is located in tiles and titleathor table at PUBS databse.
We have one development server and another production server. I am trying to restore a production dat file to the development server. I can get as far as adding the path name of the remote file (e.g. serverd$directoryfilename), but I can`t seem to enable the "Restore Now" button. The file actually displays in the Devices and Files section, but when I click it, nothing happens.
There happens to be another pre-existing device that does respond to my click - the device is added to the "Backup Information" section of the screen, and the Restore Now button is enabled - but that isn`t really the one I want to restore from.
Is the name of the most recent backup file for each database stored anywhere in SQL2K? I want execute a SQA job periodically that takes the BAK from database A and restores it over database B (using the T-SQL RESTORE DATABASE procedure), but I need to know the exact name of the .BAK file; i.e. I need to know the yyyymmddhhmm value at the end of that file.
