I have read a few books on SQL Server and on access. I recently got my 1st programming job (vb.net)
I want to move my database from Access to SQL server. But I would like to Use access as the front end for simple data entry, queries and reports. I dont know how to do this,, (using Access as a front end for SQL Server)
Can anyone recomend topics of interest or a good book?
Thanks
~M
My current website is based on access and running fine but a bit slow, the size of the file have always increase rapidly (i don't know why) and I have to download the mdb file every week, using access to compact it and send it back to the hosting company's server. Therefore I concern to upgrade it to SQL server or MSDE. I never used any of them and I have no idea how they work. Here are a few questions:
1, Should I use SQL server or MSDE? I know the differences among access, SQL server and MSDE, but I am curious why is MSDE free? are there any limitation or anywhere worse then access? (considering access does cost money but less powerful then MSDE)
2, Is there a file size problem like what I got with mdb files? it is very important to me because I have limited space for the hosting company.
3, I downloaded MSDE and installed into my WindowsXP, and what I see is only an icon in the task bar any nothing else. I have no clue how it work at all. What else do I need for the upgrade? What are the steps?
4, It seems SQL server and MSDE are tightly integrated into the system. Can I still have a database file and upload it to the hosting company just simply replace the mdb file? Please if someone could provide any tutorial how to run and manage MSDE.
Thankyou
Hello
I have a problem regarding the importing the access database in the SQL server 7.0.
We have a matrimonial portal named www.viwahmandap.com which is using an access database.We are using the dsn to access this .mdb file. Now we will be upgrading to SQL 7.0.The server administrator won't
do anything like importing the access database .So i will have to download the access database on our domain ,import this access file into an SQL database using the DTS wizard which is available in SQL 7.0(This i can do). This will create the respective .mdf & .ldf files.Now What are the next steps to be followed at my end? What should i ask for from the the server administrator?Are there any changes required in my ASP application.What else should be done?Please help.
Ashish
Hi,
I have just tried to upgrade an Access database for the first time. All the tables & data have been moved into SQL Server, but all the Primary Keys & Foreign Keys have disappeared. The Primary Key columns are marked as allowing NULL values in SQL Server, and I can't change them to be NOT NULL.
I used the ACCESS export facility to upgrade the database.
Can anyone help me put the constraints into the SQL Server database???
Thanks
Steve
We are entertaining the idea of moving our data to a cloud and I need to know how to convert my Access backend DB to SQL. which version of SQL will I need to use to do the conversion and will also work in a cloud environment.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOke here is the problem. I hope sombody can help me with it.
After a lot of discussion, I finaly got the people that control the MS SQL server with my appertment as far to allow me to upgrade my access database to the MS SQL server.
After this I've created an access project. Devellopping in access I concluded I made a mistake in the rowsource property of one of the tablefields. The people that control the MS SQL server don'n allow me to make changes to the database structure from within access. So I've to write a SQL statement to change this.
example:
fields table1: id_document, id_document_type, document_name
fields tabel2: id_document_type, document_type_description.
the field id_document_type from table 1 is defined as a combo/list box tha contains the values from the field document_type_description from table 2.
I hope somebody can tell me if it is possible to write an SQL statement for this problem and how it shoud look like ?
thank you
Hi,
I have to upgrade the sql server from 6.5 to 7.0 for the first time. I have decided to go with two machine upgrade using named pipes.
The question is: Can we still use 6.5 machine and database as production version until we test out the application on 7.0?
We are planning to relpeat the upgrade once the testing is done on 7.0 server once the testing is done.
We're going to be upgrading our Server from 6.5 to 7.0. In addition we're getting a new SQL Server Box.
Which of the following is better: a) Install SQL 6.5 on the new box, restore the DB from old box to the new box, then install 7.0 on the new box and use the upgrade wizard to upsize the DB. (We'll have room to leave the 6.5 devices on the box after upgrading.) or b) Install SQL 7.0 on the new box and upsize the db across the network (100megabit network cards).
Thanks,
Kevin M. Tupper
EZLinks Golf, Inc.
http://www.ezlinksgolf.com
I'm following a white paper and have run chkupg65 and am stuck at resolving keyword conflicts. I see many TechNet references about fixing them...but none about how. A little help? Below are the conflicts:
Keyword conflicts
Column name: SyncModification.ACTION[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: Jobs.EXPIREDATE[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: SqlStoreTable.SIZE[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: JobDetails.TIME[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: SchedulerSafeDelete.TIME[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: SMSEvent.TIME[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: SyncModification.TIME[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: vJobDetails.TIME[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: vSMSEvent.TIME[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: Sites.TIMESTAMP[SQL-92 keyword]
Column name: QueryExpressions.VALUE[SQL-92 keyword]
Does anyone know of a good book or resource on what's the best way to upgrade 6.5 to 2k? Or generally how would you do that considering you need to do on more then 50 servers?
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The problem I'm having is that instead of just updating the current SQL Express engine installed, it creates a new instance of the SQL Express engine when installing SQL Express SP2.
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Hey,
I have a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition installed, and I want to upgrade to SP2.
Is there a way to configure (using the setup ini file maybe?) the installer to install only the SP2?
Thanks ahead
--sternr
When I run SP3 & SP4 for SQL Server it runs okay. I get no errors after the installation & both installations call for a reboot which I do with no problems.
But yet when I get back into my machine, go to the Query Analyzer & run "Select @@version" and execute it, it's still showing v8.00.194 (Original release). It should be showing 8.00.2039.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!
We are upgrading our servers from 6.5 to 7.0 SQL servers. I used the same configurations on both 6.5 server and 7.0 server like ANSI and the others. But SQL7.0 server turns out to have different data on some tables. Here is the example on one table. Why?
6.5 database
WT_PAY_PERIOD_DATE WT_RDC_HOURS WT_RDC_EXPENSE WT_MS_SUB_HOURS
------------------ ------------ -------------- ---------------
Apr 20 2002 12:00AM 0.00 0.00 0.00
WT_MS_APPR_IND WT_NEW_EMPL_FLAG WT_ASSOC_OTH_EXPENSE WT_ASSOC_TOT_EXP
-------------- ---------------- -------------------- ----------------
N 3.76 135.21
WT_MS_TOT_EXP WT_MS_MILE_LIM
------------- --------------
135.21 0
7.0 database
WT_PAY_PERIOD_DATE WT_RDC_HOURS WT_RDC_EXPENSE WT_MS_SUB_HOURS
----------------------- ------------ -------------- ---------------
2002-04-20 00:00:00.000 23.50 135.2050 23.50
WT_MS_APPR_IND WT_NEW_EMPL_FLAG WT_ASSOC_OTH_EXPENSE WT_ASSOC_TOT_EXP
-------------- ---------------- -------------------- ----------------
Y X 3.7600 135.2050
WT_MS_TOT_EXP WT_MS_MILE_LIM
------------- --------------
135.2050 373
------------ 135.21 135.21 0
7.0 databases
WT_PAY_PERIOD_DATE WT_RDC_HOURS WT_RDC_EXPENSE WT_MS_SUB_HOURS WT_MS_APPR_IND WT_NEW_EMPL_FLAG
------------------------------------- -------------------------- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------- --------------------------------
2002-04-20 00:00:00.000 23.50 135.2050 23.50 Y X
WT_ASSOC_OTH_EXPENSE WT_ASSOC_TOT_EXP WT_MS_TOT_EXP WT_MS_MILE_LIM
------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------------
3.7600 135.2050 135.2050 373
************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** **********************
I have checked the datatypes that are transferred from SQL6.5. They are the same types as SQL6.5. Plus the configurations are the same on both 6.5 and 7.0. The question is that why the values are different? What the way is to fix it?
Hi,
Well there's always a first for everything!! I have a SQL 7.0 server on sP1
and ran upgrade to sp3 and recieved error 'error in upgrade script' retry or cancel. When I retried the upgrade ended. I tried to run the upgrade again and it tries continue where it ended before, but the upgrade ends unsucessfully. I even tried extracted the sp3 exe to a diffrent folder and ran the sp3 upgrade with same results.
I started the MSSQL service ok but not able to use Query Analyzer, DTS, EM.
Get the following message:ISQL.EXE - Entry Point not found. The procedure entry point?DeleteRow@CDataCTLStorage@@UAEJJPAPAG@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library SQLGUI.dll
I get similar msgs when trying to open DTS, Enterprise manager from the server. The user databases and appear to be ok. I am able to get to Query Analyzer, etc. from my worksation fine.
Has anyone encountered this before? Is there a fix for it or do I need to rebuild the server from SP1 and restore the databases, etc.??
Thanks Much,
Steve Bajada
Senior DBA
Has anyone attempted an upgrade from sql7 to 2000? is it a difficult process? what happens to the users. Is there a good site i can go to to get this info ?
Thanks in advance
Does anyone know how to upgrade a sql driver. Or where to get the driver dll from. The client machine is running 3.70.06.23 and needs 3.70.08.20 to connect to the sql server!
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and everything converts fine except one veiw. Does anyone know what
would cause this to happen? If they run the script in SQL 7.0 it works
fine. Any thoughts?
CREATE VIEW dbo.vewRptWooActiveList
AS
SELECT vewRptWooActiveListSub1.wotUserValue1,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.wooNum,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.wooCreatedWhen,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.wooDispatchedWhen,
vewRptWooActiveListSub2.MaxOfwslInsertedWhen AS wooLastStatusWhen,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.wosUserValue1,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.sitName,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.empFullName_Cp,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.Company,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.Region,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.ServiceCenter,
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.Zone
FROM vewRptWooActiveListSub1 INNER JOIN
vewRptWooActiveListSub2 ON
vewRptWooActiveListSub1.wooID = vewRptWooActiveListSub2.wsl_WooIDFk
Thanks
Dawn Gill
I have a couple of 6.5 installations with different codepages/sort orders, when I come to upgrade these databases, is it possible to change the code pages/sort order during the upgrade of my existing databases so that I have the same sort order/codepages across all my sites?
The databases don't actually have any extended characters in.
Thanks
Dan
All the documentation I have read talks about upgrading from SQL Server 6.x. I presume I can use the upgrade wizard to upgrade my 6.0 system directly to 7.0 without having to upgrade to 6.5 first.
Any thoughts, comments or help would be much appreciated.
Hi all :
Does the upgrade wizard in 7.0 help me upgrade ALL the database objects in SQL 6.5 (including stored procedures, triggers) to 7.0? Has anyone encountered any problems?
Rnathan
Anyone know of any issues I should be aware of when upgrading from sql 7.0 to 2000? Is it a problematic proccess?
liz
Have you ever faced a problem like this. I am running MS SQL Server 6.5 on Windows NT 4.0 computer whose name is with dashes (hou-is). Now, I try to update to version 7.0 and it gives me error message: @@nameserver from export 6.5 is not valid. Use sp_addserver and sp_netname.
How you can change a sql server name to non-dash name in order to complete the upgrade sql server?
I know this is a challenging tech question.
I appreciate your tech expertise.
Vinh Nguyen from Houston, TX.
We are currently still running SQL6.0 on NT4 server, and we want to upgrade to SQL2000. My question: how easy is it to upgrade from SQL6.0 to SQL2000?
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We are trying to upgrade from SQL Server v7.0 to SQL Server 2000. Here's our set up,
Current Server: Win NT, SQL Server v7.0
New Server : Win 2000, SQL Server 2000
Client (my PC): Win XP, SQL Server 2000
The New Server is designated SQL Server machine -- company-wide. That is, all the apps/projects uses this machine as the SQL Server. It only has one instance of SQL Server running.
Different project are assigned a dedicated 'Drive' (logical only) and allocated certain disk size as the work space. We (my team) will be the new entry for this server.
Q: When doing the Copy Wizard (from my PC) to upgrade/copy the existing v7.0 db (from Current Server) to New SQL Server 2000, do I need to specify the physicall 'Data' folder? Or, can I copy the database to the selected path -- which is my dedicated drive?
Thanks in Advance.
_msd_
Hey,
Does anyone know how I would go about upgrading a database version to 'C.0.6.43'? I am getting an error and it is telling me to upgrade my database to this version.
Thanks
Hi All,
We're about to upgrade/re-build our SQL server box.
We have 2 apps which use the server (both fairly small), one uses NT security - the other uses SQL security.
My question is, apart from our 2 databases, what else should we backup (and restore onto the new clean machine) so as to preserve the user logins for the app that uses SQL security (the other one's dead simple)? The app itself maintains the user details and creates the SQL logins (with passwords etc.) but I can't find a way to 're-create' them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm totally new to SQL server.
I wanted to upgrade this one server that was running SQL 8.0. I did an install of SQL2005 (9.0 right?) and it appeared to go well. But once it was completed I found out that the original installation of SQL was on a different drive. So instead of upgrading, I actually installed another instance of SQL? (Is that term correct?) So now when I open SQL2005, it shows the server name but with (SQL Server 8.0.2039) next to it.
How can I now upgrade the databases themselves?
Please help!
thanks!
-tim
Hi
Im new to this forum so go easy!
Ive been asked to do a few things:
1. copy an existing 2005 express db to another machine
2. on the new machine install 2005 express and get the db working
3. upgrade 2005 express to 2005 standard (have disks etc)
So far i've physically copied the .mdf and the .ldf to the new local machine and I think ive installed sql 2005 express ok, but what do I do when I start it up, eg asks for a server name etc. Is that my local machine name, ive tried browsing and cant seem to do so locally to pick up the copied db. Once ive got this sorted, is the upgrade to standard a straight forward microsoft install, or do i have to do anything to the db (unmount is it called?)
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks
Does anyone know how much it costs to upgrade from SQL 2000 to SQL2005? All I can find is the "Software assurance" package which alsomentions buying SQL 2000. What options are there if you already haveSQL 2000 installed and just want to upgrade?
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