hello sir
i have sql sever 2000 installed on my PC which i would like to share on network.
when i am trying to create ODBC connection from other pcs on network i am getting error -- specified sql server not found.
pls help me
gayatri
Ia have typed servername: svctag-dzjy3bjMSSQLSERVER
I am trying to connect the SQL Srver from a client computure but it's dosent work. I recive the ...........error: 25 - Connection string is not valid
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I wanted to thank everyone for posting a ton of valuable information in these forums. I also want to thank all the moderators that have been replying with really insightful help!
I am trying to programmatically create an SSIS package to take .CSV data and put it into a SQL Server 2005. I am assuming that this is pretty common scenario.
I have used many of the examples in this forum as well as heavily borrowing from this example http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Digging_SSIS_object_model.asp written by Moim Hossain.
I can get my package to create and execute properly but no data is being written to the SQL Server table. This has puzzled me for the last 2 days!
I know the issue isnt with the server itself because I tested it by graphically creating a test SSIS package and it transfers the .CSV data to the table perfectly.
Would anyone know why this would happen? The Execution results are returning success but no data is written to the table!
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Code Snippet
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
using PipeLineWrapper = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper;
using RuntimeWrapper = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper;
namespace SumCodeApp
{
class SumCodeApp
{
// Variables.
private Package package;
private ConnectionManager flatFileConnectionManager;
private ConnectionManager destinationDatabaseConnectionManager;
private Executable dataFlowTask;
private List<String> srcColumns;
int file_count;
SqlConnection connection;
String folder_path;
String username;
String password;
String DB_server;
String catalog;
// Default Constructor.
public SumCodeApp()
{
}
// Constructor taking in user info.
public SumCodeApp(String folder_path, String username, String password,
String DB_server, String catalog)
{
this.folder_path = folder_path;
this.username = username;
this.password = password;
this.DB_server = DB_server;
this.catalog = catalog;
}
private void CreatePackage()
{
package = new Package();
package.CreationDate = DateTime.Now;
package.ProtectionLevel = DTSProtectionLevel.DontSaveSensitive;
package.Name = "SumCode Package";
package.Description = "Upload the SumCode files to the database";
package.DelayValidation = true;
package.PackageType = DTSPackageType.DTSDesigner90;
}
private void CreateFlatFileConnection()
{
String flatFileName = ". 1105.csv";
String flatFileMoniker = "FLATFILE";
flatFileConnectionManager = package.Connections.Add(flatFileMoniker);
flatFileConnectionManager.Name = "SSIS Connection Manager for Files";
flatFileConnectionManager.Description = String.Concat("SSIS Connection Manager");
flatFileConnectionManager.ConnectionString = flatFileName;
// Set some common properties of the connection manager object.
//flatFileConnectionManager.Properties["ColumnNamesInFirstRow"].SetValue(flatFileConnectionManager, false);
flatFileConnectionManager.Properties["Format"].SetValue(flatFileConnectionManager, "Delimited");
flatFileConnectionManager.Properties["TextQualifier"].SetValue(flatFileConnectionManager, """);
flatFileConnectionManager.Properties["RowDelimiter"].SetValue(flatFileConnectionManager, "
");
flatFileConnectionManager.Properties["DataRowsToSkip"].SetValue(flatFileConnectionManager, 0);
// Create the source columns into the connection manager.
CreateSourceColumns();
}
private void CreateSourceColumns()
{
// Get the actual connection manager instance
RuntimeWrapper.IDTSConnectionManagerFlatFile90 flatFileConnection = flatFileConnectionManager.InnerObject as RuntimeWrapper.IDTSConnectionManagerFlatFile90;
RuntimeWrapper.IDTSConnectionManagerFlatFileColumn90 column;
RuntimeWrapper.IDTSName90 name;
// Fill the source column collection.
srcColumns = new List<String>();
srcColumns.Add("CreateDate");
srcColumns.Add("CorpID");
srcColumns.Add("SumCodeID");
srcColumns.Add("Priority");
srcColumns.Add("SumCodeAbv");
srcColumns.Add("SumCodeDesc");
srcColumns.Add("SumCodeGroupID");
foreach (String colName in srcColumns)
{
column = flatFileConnection.Columns.Add();
if (srcColumns.IndexOf(colName) == (srcColumns.Count - 1))
//column.ColumnDelimiter = "
";
column.ColumnDelimiter = "{CR}{LF}";
else
//column.ColumnDelimiter = ",";
column.ColumnDelimiter = "Comma {,}";
name = (RuntimeWrapper.IDTSName90)column;
name.Name = colName;
column.TextQualified = true;
column.ColumnType = "Delimited";
column.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
column.ColumnWidth = 0;
column.MaximumWidth = 255;
column.DataPrecision = 0;
column.DataScale = 0;
}
}
private void CreateDestinationDatabaseConnection()
{
destinationDatabaseConnectionManager = package.Connections.Add("OLEDB");
destinationDatabaseConnectionManager.Name = "Destination Connection - SumCodeCorpGroup";
destinationDatabaseConnectionManager.Description = "Connection to the temporary table SumCodCorpGroup";
destinationDatabaseConnectionManager.ConnectionString = "Data Source=DIVWL-356KCB1;Initial Catalog=SumCode;Provider=SQLOLEDB;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sum;Password=code";
}
public class Column
{
private String name;
private Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType dataType;
private int length;
private int precision;
private int scale;
private int codePage = 0;
public String Name
{
get { return name; }
set { name = value; }
}
public Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType DataType
{
get { return dataType; }
set { dataType = value; }
}
public int Length
{
get { return length; }
set { length = value; }
}
public int Precision
{
get { return precision; }
set { precision = value; }
}
public int Scale
{
get { return scale; }
set { scale = value; }
}
public int CodePage
{
get { return codePage; }
set { codePage = value; }
}
}
private Column GetTargetColumnInfo(string sourceColumnName)
{
Column cl = new Column();
if (sourceColumnName.Contains("CreateDate"))
{
cl.Name = "CreateDate";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
else if (
sourceColumnName.Contains("CorpID"))
{
cl.Name = "CorpID";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
else if (sourceColumnName.Contains("SumCodeID"))
{
cl.Name = "SumCodeID";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
else if (sourceColumnName.Contains("Priority"))
{
cl.Name = "Priority";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
else if (sourceColumnName.Contains("SumCodeAbv"))
{
cl.Name = "SumCodeAbv";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
else if (sourceColumnName.Contains("SumCodeDesc"))
{
cl.Name = "SumCodeDesc";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
else if (sourceColumnName.Contains("SumCodeGroupID"))
{
cl.Name = "SumCodeGroupID";
cl.DataType = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.DataType.DT_STR;
cl.Precision = 0;
cl.Scale = 0;
cl.Length = 255;
cl.CodePage = 1252;
}
return cl;
}
private void CreateDataFlowTask()
{
String dataFlowTaskMoniker = "DTS.Pipeline";
dataFlowTask = package.Executables.Add(dataFlowTaskMoniker);
}
public void ImportFile(String directory_path)
{
// Create the package.
CreatePackage();
// Create Flat File Source Connection.
CreateFlatFileConnection();
// Create Database Destination Connection.
CreateDestinationDatabaseConnection();
// Create DataFlowTask.
CreateDataFlowTask();
// Create the DataFlowTask
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSComponentMetaData90 sourceComponent = ((dataFlowTask as TaskHost).InnerObject as PipeLineWrapper.MainPipe).ComponentMetaDataCollection.New();
sourceComponent.Name = "Source File Component";
sourceComponent.ComponentClassID = "DTSAdapter.FlatFileSource";
PipeLineWrapper.CManagedComponentWrapper managedFlatFileInstance = sourceComponent.Instantiate();
managedFlatFileInstance.ProvideComponentProperties();
sourceComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection[0].ConnectionManagerID = flatFileConnectionManager.ID;
sourceComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection[0].ConnectionManager = DtsConvert.ToConnectionManager90(flatFileConnectionManager);
managedFlatFileInstance.AcquireConnections(null);
managedFlatFileInstance.ReinitializeMetaData();
Dictionary<String, int> outputColumnLineageIDs = new Dictionary<String, int>();
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSExternalMetadataColumn90 exOutColumn = null;
foreach (PipeLineWrapper.IDTSOutputColumn90 outColumn in sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0].OutputColumnCollection)
{
exOutColumn = sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0].ExternalMetadataColumnCollection[outColumn.Name];
managedFlatFileInstance.MapOutputColumn(sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0].ID, outColumn.ID, exOutColumn.ID, true);
outputColumnLineageIDs.Add(outColumn.Name, outColumn.ID);
}
managedFlatFileInstance.ReleaseConnections();
String a = sourceComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection[0].Name.ToString();
String b = sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0].Name;
String c = sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0].Description;
String d = sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0].OutputColumnCollection.Count.ToString();
// Create DataFlowTask Destination Component.
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSComponentMetaData90 destinationComponent = ((dataFlowTask as TaskHost).InnerObject as PipeLineWrapper.MainPipe).ComponentMetaDataCollection.New();
destinationComponent.Name = "OLEDB SQL Connection";
destinationComponent.ComponentClassID = "DTSAdapter.OLEDBDestination";
PipeLineWrapper.CManagedComponentWrapper managedOleInstance = destinationComponent.Instantiate();
managedOleInstance.ProvideComponentProperties();
// Create a path and attach the output of the source to the input of the destination.
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSPath90 path = ((dataFlowTask as TaskHost).InnerObject as PipeLineWrapper.MainPipe).PathCollection.New();
path.AttachPathAndPropagateNotifications(sourceComponent.OutputCollection[0], destinationComponent.InputCollection[0]);
destinationComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection[0].ConnectionManagerID = destinationDatabaseConnectionManager.ID;
destinationComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection[0].ConnectionManager = DtsConvert.ToConnectionManager90(destinationDatabaseConnectionManager);
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("AccessMode", 0);
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("OpenRowset", "[SumCode].[dbo].[SumCodeCorpGroup]");
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("AlwaysUseDefaultCodePage", false);
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("DefaultCodePage", 1252);
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("FastLoadKeepIdentity", false); // Fast load
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("FastLoadKeepNulls", false);
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("FastLoadMaxInsertCommitSize", 0);
managedOleInstance.SetComponentProperty("FastLoadOptions","TABLOCK,CHECK_CONSTRAINTS");
managedOleInstance.AcquireConnections(null);
managedOleInstance.ReinitializeMetaData();
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSInput90 input = destinationComponent.InputCollection[0];
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSVirtualInput90 vInput = input.GetVirtualInput();
foreach (PipeLineWrapper.IDTSVirtualInputColumn90 vColumn in vInput.VirtualInputColumnCollection)
{
//if (outputColumnLineageIDs.ContainsKey(vColumn.LineageID.ToString()))
//{
managedOleInstance.SetUsageType(input.ID, vInput, vColumn.LineageID, Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.DTSUsageType.UT_READONLY);
//}
}
List<String> tmp = new List<String>();
foreach(PipeLineWrapper.IDTSInputColumn90 inc in destinationComponent.InputCollection[0].InputColumnCollection)
{
tmp.Add(inc.Name);
}
PipeLineWrapper.IDTSExternalMetadataColumn90 exColumn;
foreach (PipeLineWrapper.IDTSInputColumn90 inColumn in destinationComponent.InputCollection[0].InputColumnCollection)
{
exColumn = destinationComponent.InputCollection[0].ExternalMetadataColumnCollection[inColumn.Name];
Column mappedColumn = GetTargetColumnInfo(exColumn.Name);
String destName = mappedColumn.Name;
exColumn.Name = destName;
managedOleInstance.MapInputColumn(destinationComponent.InputCollection[0].ID, inColumn.ID, exColumn.ID);
}
managedOleInstance.ReleaseConnections();
DTSExecResult result = package.Execute();
a = "0";
}
}
}
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in all packages in all solutions to share these 6 settings in all
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managers and which must be configured separately. I don't see how to
share settings, which is really where the power of SSIS configurations
would be.
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configured folder root, and for the package connection manager to store
only the name of the file, which never changes.
I can not see how to set something like this up with connection
managers and configurations. Perhaps I still need a highly customized
solution to achieve this, as we did for DTS, where we would only
execute packages using our own executor, which would load the package,
search out all environment specific settings and modify them on the fly
prior to executing the package.
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imply I might be able to do what I need here, but I can't seem to find
the mechanics of making it happen.
I am in the process of designing a web application for our application that will be available to the general public.Basically will be used to collect information for a case report. I need to know if there is a way from our internal database driven application to push certain data up to the website that the database may be behind a firewall so I cannot make a direct connection to the external database. I thought I heard about some sort of data sharing protocol. I then will be storing the users entered data in the website database and pulling it from the internal application. So basically I need a secure way of sending and receiving data between a server/client app on a LAN system to the Web site database that could be hosted outside the LAN.
I hope this made sense.
Hi
I’m looking for an efficient way of using a singe set of stored procedures to access a number of different databases (Sql Server).
The most feasible option I’ve come up with so far is to send the specific database name through as a parameter. Unfortunately the function “use” isn’t available to stored procs, so it seems I must move the query into a varchar, to then exec it.
There’s been another suggestion of using a web service to store the procedures, but I imagine that this would be very slow and cumbersome.
There must be a better way – any ideas?
Thanks,
indra
I work in a medical facility and and client confidentiality prevents loading my pivot tables to sharepoint at this time.
I am creating several reports that combine data from SQL Server, Cerner medical report DB and some lookup tables in Excel.
Everything works great on my desktop but I'm having trouble sharing my work.
Our normal routine is to drop a copy of our excel files in a Pass through file on the server that has strict access controls.
I think my main problem is my supervisor doesn't have powerpivot on his machine. that will be corrected tomorrow.
My question is: When close your powerpivot workbook, do all the connections go with it. Â If I just drop myproject.xlsx into the pass through will all the links to the varying data sources still be available?
To date I have found no way of defining styles that can be shared either between objects or between reports.
I am looking for the concept of the rdl making a reference to an external css (or equivalent) file. This would allow for me to define a font or image external to the rdl and shared among all my reports. Currently if I want to change my header image, I need to edit 50 rdl files across the reporting suite.
What work arounds are available for this? Is this a coming feature enhancement? If so when? Does the reporting team publish a list of future enhancments?
I know crystal and few other reporting packages have the concept of css or style external to the report.
Cheers
Hello,
I was hoping that someone may be able to help me with an issue that I am having while trying to deploy my projects using MSI. Here is what I am trying to do.
I have two programs that are using MS SQL CE to share information. The first program is a windows service. The second program is a windows application that I am using mainly as a UI for the service. Each program has a seperate MSI setup program. I am using windows vista and VS 2005 on my developement machine.
The issue that I am having is when I deploy the programs. The windows service is working fine. It reads and writes to the database as expected. I know this because when I debug the UI program through VS 2005, I can read and write from the common SQL CE database with no issues. I am also pretty confident in the MSI program for the UI program because if I install the UI program on the developement computer and run the UI program as administrator it runs fine.
The issue arises when I simply open the UI program or when I try to run the UI program on a windows xp sp2 machine. I am no longer able to access the database file. I have tried many diffent things, but so far with no luck. Most of the attempts to fix this so far have been concerning the location of the database file these have had little or no effect. Again if I open the UI program using the right click option of 'Run as Administrator' in windows vista, the problem disappears.
Thanks in advance for any help. Even a push in the right direction would be helpful at this point. I will keep working on this issue, if I find a solution myself I will repost it here.
Hi
I'm developing a scientific appliation - to forecast the spread of disease. The algorithm has been designed such that different subpopulations reside on separate computers.
The model uses the same set of data repeatedly, and only returns a small signature that reflects the appropriateness of a particular set of parameters.
The model does however change, and I'm looking for a way to roll out this model (which only contains T-SQL, CLR assemblies and service broker code).
I have considered setting up a database on each computer which has the 'data' files which are static, and a separate database which contains the algorithm which can be amended.
Could one then detach the algorithm database making the new version that can then be rolled out (by attaching it to each computer used)?
Is this the best practice? Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to do this?
Go well
Greg