Hi ALL
I have a server with 50 databases all the same with different data but the same structure, is there a way to update a table in multiple databases using the sysdatabases to get the relevant database names from?
I imagine it would have to be a cursor to do this? I checked thru the Search feature but could not find any info on this topic is it possible?
Cheers
Phil
Hi folks,
In SQL 7 when you query
select name, crdate from sysdatabases where name like 'xxx3%'
You get a reply with the rows of matching databases in sysdatabases. But in SQL 2000 the same command throws an error saying that the object sysdatabases is wrong. Here is the modified command
select name, crdate from master.dbo.sysdatabases where name like 'xxx3%'
Now my problem is I can include the latest piece of code and go further. But my older version of product will have this problem and will fail. Is there anyway that I can dothis on SQL 2000 to be compatible with my old product.
regards,
mahesh,
I need to know the meaning of the status bit in sysdatabases because BOL only reports some of them.
For SQL 7.0 SP1 I have some database with a status bit equal to 0 (zero) and equal to 12.
For SQL 2000 SP2 I have some database with a status bit equal to 0 (zero),24,20 and 1073741840.
So I would really appreciate if someone can explain the meaning of these status bits.
Thank you very much.
Franco
Hi evrybody,
For some reason unbeknownst to me the column 'suid' in the sysdatabases table has a value of <NULL>. I need to change that, however that can't be done directly (column can't be updated) and using stored proc to change the dbowner has no effect on that value, although it is related to the dbowner.
Any ideas will be welcomed, because I am at a dead end now.
Thanx
I have a strange question and hope someone can shed some light on theproblem.First let me give you my scenario. We are using doubletake to replicate ourdatabase server files between the local site and off site. I will namethese servers srv1a (local) and srv1b (remote). It now time to move to newservers. These servers will be srv2a (local) and 2b (remote).Currently srv1a replicates to srv1b. The sqlserver service is off on srv1b.It is only replicating the database files. Works great.Now the problem. srv1a and srv1b have all the logs and data files on thed: drive. On the new servers (2a and 2b) we will place the log files one: and the data files on f:. This is the case for all databases exceptthe system databases, which will reside all ldf and mdf on f:.In order to move to the new servers, as a test we began replicating to srv1ato svr2a. It placed all the system dbs on srv2a d: drive and all otherfiles in the new structure (e: and f:). There is some work that you mustdo to move the master, msdb, model, and temp to the new location (change thestartup parameters and detaching and reattaching some other databases). Allthis works great and we have everything up and running.As part of a sanity check, I ran the following statementsselect name, filename from master..sysdatabases where name = 'master'GOexec sp_helpdb master.GOresults arename filenamemaster d:Microsoft SQLServerMSSQLdatamaster.mdf(1 row(s) affected)name db_size owner dbid createdmaster 22.00 MB sa 1 Aug 6 2000 Status=ONLINE,name fileid filenamefilegroup size maxsize growth usagemaster 1 F:Microsoft SQL Server DataMSSQLDatamaster.mdfPrimary 19072 KB Unlimited 10% data onlymastlog 2 F:Microsoft SQL Server DataMSSQLDatamastlog.ldfNULL 3456 KB Unlimited 10% log onlyIf you notice that sysdatabases table is showing the master files on D: butsp_help is showing on F: F: is the correct location. Also my startparameters is-dF:Microsoft SQL Server DataMSSQLDatamaster.mdf-lF:Microsoft SQL Server DataMSSQLDatamastlog.ldf-eF:Microsoft SQL Server DataMSSQLDataERRORLOGAny ideas why the two are not showing the same thing? Everything is workingfine and all other databases (sp_helpdb) is correct and sp_helpfile masteris showing the same thing as sp_helpdb master. Since I though sp_helpdb wasquerying sysdatabases, I am confused as to why this is happening.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHey there, could someone please help me!!
I had created a database in sql server but since then installed windows xp pro and now when i go through the microsoft sql server dsn configuration the database is not valid and therefore i cannot change the default database as it says it doesn't exist.
So then when i type in command prompt use 'db' it says it doesn't exist but when i try to create 'db' it says that the database already exists.
I get the error message, could not locate entry in sysdatabases for 'cti' (database name).
When i look in mysql - data - along with master etc there is my cti.mdf and log files??
I'm stuck???
Is it that the files just aren't registering through sql server???
Please help!
This is kind of a long story. I needed to copy a db from server "a" to server "b". I copied across our network, so SQL Server didn't know about the files. Then I wanted to use the device file(s) for the "new" db. So I created another directory with the same name and overlaid the empty device file with the one I copied from server a. Of course, when I opened EM it showed the db as "suspect". So I wanted to flip the status flag in sysdatabases to '0' so SQL server would think it was OK, and would make it available. But you also have to 'allow ad-hoc updates', which I did, but each time I stop and start sql server it stil shows the db as "suspect".
Here's the code :
update sysdatabases
set status = 0
where name = 'RAS'
Does anyone out there know what I can do to fix this db?
TIA! Bob S.
Any idea what this error is?
error 911: could not locate entry in sysdatabases for database 'msdb'. No entry found with that name
Thanks.
Sa
Hi all,
Have every night the following error in eventlog:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SQLWRITER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 24581
Date: 05.04.2007
Time: 03:01:35
User: N/A
Computer: H0xxxx
Description:
Sqllib error: sysdatabases in SQL server instance C0xxxx is empty.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 51 4c 53 4e 41 50 43 SQLSNAPC
0008: 32 34 35 35 00 00 00 00 2455....
0010: 53 51 4c 53 4e 41 50 43 SQLSNAPC
0018: 32 34 31 39 00 00 00 00 2419....
Any help is appreciated.
TIA
acki
I am getting the exception - System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Could not locate entry in sysdatabases for database. Does anyone has any idea, how to resolve this?
Thanks
Hi Everyone,All the very best for 2004!!i need urgent help with this problem, the users are about to skin mealive!!we have an access front end with linked to sql server 2k tables.when a user tries to insert a record into one of the tables it"randomly" returns a generic ODBC error and fails to save. on otheroccasions the same record will save.a trace was applied and the following select seemed to appear rightafter the insert statement whenever it failed:select substring('NY',status/1024&1+1,1) from master..sysdatabaseswhere name=DB_NAME()i had a look at other articles in the groups re this select statement,but could not find a clear answer.i have tried the insert statements as both SQL pass throughs and justplain docmd.runsql'scan someone help me with the following:* what is the purpose of the select?* what other investigations can i do to get more info on why thisshould be happening?* how can i stop it?the table i am doing the inserts into is showing as have a numericdata type field in sqlserver, but the linked table shows this numericfield as text - could this be the problem?? this field is not used inthe insert statement.i could not find any references in the MS knowledge base.any and all help would very gratefully received.Edwinah63
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Yesterday, literally I was banging my head to the wall, kept getting this error:
A Connection could not be established with the information provided. Hit OK to change your connection settings.
Invalid object name 'sysdatabases'.
I uninstall and re-install back the reporting services couple times and I kept getting the same error.
I have 2 instances of SQL Server on the same Server:
SQL Server 2000
SQL Server 2005
The 2 instances work side by side, I was wondering if this causing the error.
Can anyone help out with this problem?
Thanks - John
Hi all,
From the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384469.aspx (Walkthrough: Creating Stored Procedures for the Northwind Customers Table, I copied the following sql code:
--UpdateSPforNWcustomersTable.sql--
USE NORTHWIND
GO
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE name = 'SelectCustomers' AND user_name(uid) = 'dbo')
DROP PROCEDURE dbo.[SelectCustomers]
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.[SelectCustomers]
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName, ContactTitle, Address, City, Region, PostalCode, Country, Phone, Fax FROM dbo.Customers
GO
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE name = 'InsertCustomers' AND user_name(uid) = 'dbo')
DROP PROCEDURE dbo.InsertCustomers
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.InsertCustomers
(
@CustomerID nchar(5),
@CompanyName nvarchar(40),
@ContactName nvarchar(30),
@ContactTitle nvarchar(30),
@Address nvarchar(60),
@City nvarchar(15),
@Region nvarchar(15),
@PostalCode nvarchar(10),
@Country nvarchar(15),
@Phone nvarchar(24),
@Fax nvarchar(24)
)
AS
SET NOCOUNT OFF;
INSERT INTO [dbo].[Customers] ([CustomerID], [CompanyName], [ContactName], [ContactTitle], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [Phone], [Fax]) VALUES (@CustomerID, @CompanyName, @ContactName, @ContactTitle, @Address, @City, @Region, @PostalCode, @Country, @Phone, @Fax);
SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName, ContactTitle, Address, City, Region, PostalCode, Country, Phone, Fax FROM Customers WHERE (CustomerID = @CustomerID)
GO
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE name = 'UpdateCustomers' AND user_name(uid) = 'dbo')
DROP PROCEDURE dbo.UpdateCustomers
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.UpdateCustomers
(
@CustomerID nchar(5),
@CompanyName nvarchar(40),
@ContactName nvarchar(30),
@ContactTitle nvarchar(30),
@Address nvarchar(60),
@City nvarchar(15),
@Region nvarchar(15),
@PostalCode nvarchar(10),
@Country nvarchar(15),
@Phone nvarchar(24),
@Fax nvarchar(24),
@Original_CustomerID nchar(5)
)
AS
SET NOCOUNT OFF;
UPDATE [dbo].[Customers] SET [CustomerID] = @CustomerID, [CompanyName] = @CompanyName, [ContactName] = @ContactName, [ContactTitle] = @ContactTitle, [Address] = @Address, [City] = @City, [Region] = @Region, [PostalCode] = @PostalCode, [Country] = @Country, [Phone] = @Phone, [Fax] = @Fax WHERE (([CustomerID] = @Original_CustomerID));
SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName, ContactTitle, Address, City, Region, PostalCode, Country, Phone, Fax FROM Customers WHERE (CustomerID = @CustomerID)
GO
====================================================================================
I executed the above code in my SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) and I got the following error messages:
Msg 911, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Could not locate entry in sysdatabases for database 'NORTHWIND'. No entry found with that name.
Make sure that the name is entered correctly.
===============================================================================================================
I know I recreated the NORTHWIND Database from a different Database before and I did not do anything for the entry in sysdatabases. How can I change the entry in sysdatabases for database 'NORTHWIND' now? Please help and advise.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang