varchar(max) vs varchar(255)
Hi guys, I'm new to MS-SQL 2005, I will ask you a bunch of questions and I hope I will not be too boring hehe ! I learned that in MS-SQL 2005, you can now use varchar(max), my question is why not...
View Articlewhich index will it take and why ?
Hi, I have a table Employee and i have an index on EmpID on this table. Now i have created a view EmpView on this table. I have created an index on this view for the same column EmpID.Now my question...
View ArticleBCP Utility Comma
I have the following problem. I need to create a .csv file with SQL (with the bcp utility). I can create this .csv file and the following data is inserted: 1","ad","dsa","333","","2","0","","","",""" I...
View ArticleHow to update Junction Table
I have trigger setup on the sql server end, which inserts data into the tables products and prices, however my junction table 'Product_Prices', is not automatically updating with the records, when the...
View ArticleAUto-renaming mdf & ldf filenames when restoring a database with SQL...
Hi!I am using SQL Management Studio 2014 and I am experiencing some problems when restoring a database backup.I have a SQL Server 2008R2 & SQL Server 2012 instances.On the 2012 instance, when I...
View ArticleNew install of older version on new machine questions (2008 R2 Express)
Hi,I want to setup SQL Server 2008 R2 Express to an i5 machine running window 8.1. This should include ssis, ssrs, ssas, and the management studio. The instructions say to:Step 1: Install Microsoft...
View ArticleRIght Outer Join not working as expected
I have selected two record groups (217,244) and want to perform a query that will list all the records, whether matching or not. What am I doing wrong? I cannot get recid=4 to show in the result...
View ArticleIs there a way to get long running SQL Agent jobs information using powershell?
Hi All,Is there a way to get long running SQL Agent jobs information using powershell for multiple SQL servers in the environment?Thanks in Advance.--Hunt
View ArticleUnable to login to sa account
Hi, I inherited database admin duties from a previous employee who is no longer with us. The program currently used is SQL Server Manager and it has a database that I need to back up. Problem is, he...
View ArticleCalculating fractions of hours from time date range
Hello friends, I'm using sql server 2008 r2 and I have a table called attendance with the following fields attendance_no int attendance_date date attendance_timein time(7) attendance_timeout...
View ArticleInstallation of SQL Server device client accesses
Hello,Please help me out for the below query.Actually I don't have an idea of User & Device CAL Licenses. I joined newly in a company as SQL DBA but I don't know about the licensing part. So, In my...
View ArticleTransactional Server Replication
Hi,I created Publisher on instance "A" and Subscriber on instance "A/alternate".Strange thing is that replication copy all tables but without data... Here is a error that occurs, can anybody suggest...
View Articlecolumn store index and table designer
Is it possible to create a column store index using table designer , not code?thankssukai
View ArticleAdding numbers from text onto a date
Hi lifesavers!I am writing a report where my people have used a text field to state the number of days for an audit to last.I am trying to develop a schedule that shows AUDIT START DATE + number of...
View ArticleChart Vertical Access keeps growing
hi everyone!I am using a range chart and I keep expanding the chart to give more room to the data... but instead the vertical labels just keep getting more room.How do I stop the vertical axis labels...
View ArticleWildcard certificate in mssql 2008R2
Hello, I have installed wildcard certificate in Certificates(Local Computer)\Personal in sql server. We are using Windows 2008R2 server and 2008 R2 SQL server. Certificate is issued by StartCom. With...
View ArticleImporting schema+ data using a text file containing sql commands
I have the 2012 SQL SVR Mgmt Studio installed. I received a file--snippet below... from an export of our current DB provider, Advantage. I know I have to edit a lot of commands, but my question is...
View ArticleListing Size of all user Databases in SQL2005
Can anyone please tell me of a way of generating a list of all user databases and their size with one command or view?Thanks,
View Articlexp_logevent permission
Hi,I am getting below error The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'ServiceAgent', database 'HOFHUB', schema 'dbo'. The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'xp_logevent', database...
View ArticleCannot Log in locally to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2, Can log in remotly.
Hello, Domain Admins has been added to the sysadmin group. My domain account is a member of Domain Admins. I can log into the database engine via Managment Studio from a remote computer however i...
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