Is MS SQL 2008 Web Edition compatible with windows standard server 2008 r2?
Hello, Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I am confused with the post on other websites. I have already installed windows Standard server 2008 r2 and want to know whether I can install...
View ArticleSQL Server 5 Express
The software for my diabetic meter wants me to setup or be able to connect to a SQL Sever for a data base. I am having trouble connecting to a server. This software also requires aspnet same problem...
View Articlequery to find what is filling the tempdb in sql server 2012
Hi all,I have recently migrated 2008 server to 2012 server(Parallel migration) with TempDb files on H drive with 200GB.The H drive has only TemDB files.It is in simple recovery model and the size of...
View ArticleWhat is the commonly used Authentication mode in SQL Server?
Hi, Am quite new to SQL Server and trying to learn to be a DBA. I see that SQL Server has 3 auth modes :1. SQL Server login credentials2. Windows Auth3. Mixed (1 or 2)Which is more commonly used in...
View Articlemultiple instances for single user
can i install multiple instances for single user. right now i have installed windows server 2008 in my system. by default there is an Administrator account. so when i have installed sql server 2012 it...
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SQL Server Timeout expired
i am having lot of session timout errors in my database,i have no idea where to start looking fromk
View ArticleWill the real DB owner please stand up...?
Many of our databases are owned by the AD account of our DBA user. That's cool until he leaves one day. I think all DB owners should be changed to "sa". Do you agree?TIA,edm2
View ArticleHow to create a database instance in sql server 2008 express edition
Hi,I have downloaded Visual Basic 2010 Express edition which comes with sql server 2008 express edition. In the SQL Server Configuration Manager I clicked SQL Server Services; and setSQL Server(SQL...
View ArticleTo shrink (trans log file) or not to shrink
In the early days of computers they talked a lot about "defragging" your (local) hard disk to reclaim blocks of contiguous storage. We sometimes have to shrink large ldf files on disk and I'm worried...
View ArticleSteps preceeding installing Sql 2008 SP3
What steps do you do before installing a Sql Service Pack? Here's what I do (maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm scared).1. I stop\disable the SQL Server Agent2. I restart Sql Server in Single User mode. (I...
View ArticleList of Perfmon counters for sql server
Can anyone guide me for list of all perfon counters and their standard vale which is necessary to collect data for analyzing of sql server.
View ArticleSQL Server Maintenance Plan Reports?
Hi All,Using SQL Server 2008R2 (10.50.1804), created a maintenance plan for databases backups with the below tasks:1) Maintenance Cleanup 2) Cleanup History 3) Backup Database [Full]After execution of...
View Articlecreated .bat file to run my sql script
Please review batch file. I need to execute this file using sql authentication on sql server. And my log.log ,batch file, sql scripts on same folder location. Please give me advice for same....
View ArticleBIg trans log; space used % small.....
We have a database in Simple Recovery mode. Recently I noticed its trans log had grown to 118GB but only 0.089% was being used (dbcc sqlperf (logspace)). There are several connections to that database...
View Articleinvalid object name
i created database..and i made the respective query for that database.Now when i detach that database and reattach it and run the query, i got the error messageMsg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Invalid...
View Articlegetdate in stored procedure
Hi friends,I want to pass getdate as a parameter when executing my stored procedure but i am getting an error like must declare scalar variable create proc get_date@empno int,@ename...
View ArticleSQL Server Express support ??
What versions of SQL Server Express does Windows Compact (2013) support ?What microprocessors and their variants will SQL Server Express run on ?How much storage space and RAM does it require ?Randy...
View Articleerror on views containing union
Here is my script:select * from view_tablea where patient_id is not nullunion allselect * from view_tableb where patient_id is not nullview_tablea and view_tableb have the same data items.I have this...
View Articlesqlserver 2012 service pack 1 - where is?
Bi sqlserver 2012 edition I have, and I want to install the latest service pack in microsoft page I see: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35575 and according to what I see are...
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