My database nerd power is insufficient
I got a job handling a small company's IT, but they want to offsite backup a 200GB SQL Server 2008 database and I'm a MCSA, not a DBA, so I want to make sure I'm not making any incorrect...
View ArticleSSIS ForEach Moving Files
Well, I thought this was a great little tutorial.https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/ssis/ssis-basics-introducing-the-foreach-loop-container/ However, when it tries to move the files I get the...
View ArticleRisks of using a shared SQL server in a hosted environment
The company I work for is looking into moving our financial databases to a hosted environment. Among the many problem I see are that the financial databases will be on a shared SQL server, meaning...
View ArticleUnable to connect to SQL server remotely
Hello, all. I am really hoping you can help me with this problem. I have a server running SQL server 2008 R2 that I am no longer able to connect to remotely. The DB is for the time clock software. I...
View ArticleSQL backup script
I have been tasked with creating a script that will conduct daily DB backups, with a TLOG backup that occurs every hour. Also, I need to put in place a cleanup task that will keep jobs only for 2...
View ArticleSuggestion required for a Database storage, VHDX or iSCSI LUN?
Dear community,As I am mentioned in subject I am planning for Virtual Server for SQL Server 2014. Please suggest me the good practise in attaching storage for SQL Database storage location. Which will...
View ArticleLog Shipping and Encrypted Stored Procedures
I have a client with an application database on SQL 2012 Standard that they wanted replicated to another server. I started to setup transactional replication but ran into an issue with there being 40...
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Any news on the SQL Server?
he new SQL Server will be available on June 1. Here's a rundown: http://cdw.io/bb6yv3 Has anyone beta tested this? Got any extra info?
View ArticleSQL Code for EOM and FOM Case statement.
I'm trying to add this case statement to my where clause to filter info based on a date. I want the query to target last month if todays date is the first and on the flip side it will use the first and...
View ArticleOnly show records with certain value SQL in Visual Basic
Hi There,I'm trying show only records within a database on SQL that match a certain value. This is showing the support tickets from a certain computer name. I'm fairly a noob at visual basic but this...
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SSMS 2016 - Install Issues
I have a SQL 2012 at a site and I need to get in with management. In the past with 2008 or 2012 I would have to re-run the initial installer, and then choose to "add features" and then choose Tools....
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 Phoning Home
Thought some might be interested in this. I have just subscribed to Brent Ozar's postings and there is usually something interesting to...
View ArticleSQL server has the servers RAM pegged - normal?
Hi guys ELSE gals, I am not an expert on the server stuff and need some advice / thoughts. Our SQL database keeps the RAM pegged at 97% (the CPU is at 6%.) The guy that has been taking care of the...
View ArticleSQL Query to change a value in a table of a list of items.
Hello everyone,I am in need of assistance with an SQL query long story short, I'm not a programmer, I can write basic queries to look something up in our database, but when it comes down to doing a...
View ArticleWrite SQL query in dll
Hello,I am planning to use dll in SQL triggers. For that I need to use SqlContext.TriggerContext, but I am new to this concept. My requirement is simple, I have one SQL table named reg_key. In that I...
View ArticleUpgrade SSRS from 2014 to 2016 causes web portal to fail in browser
Hi,After testing an in-place upgrade on 2 different machines in our network running SQL 2014 Express with SSRS, I am having the same problem. Upgrade install has no errors and appears to succeed, but...
View ArticleSQL Server on Linux Preview
I found this in the weekly e-mail from Gostev at Veeam and thought I would share - https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Data-Exposed/SQL-Server-on-Linux-Sneak-Peak.Has anyone out there installed the...
View ArticleSQL Server Performance tuning and diagnsotic
My company has a couple applications running on an SQL 2008 R2 backend that has always been a bit of a dog. It does a lot of work and performance is an issue. Up till now. We just accepted the...
View ArticleSQL Server performance tuning and diagnostics
My company has a couple applications running on a SQL Server 2008 R2 back end that has always been a bit of a dog. It does a lot of work, and performance is an issue. Up till now we just accepted the...
View ArticleHow to make software to work without installing SQL server
Hello,If we develop some software in .Net), we don't install visual studio to any client. The client just have to have required .Net framework (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 etc) installed and we are good to...
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