Directing Database traffic to specific NIC adapter
Folks,I have a physical server running 1 instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 also on Windows 2008 R2 OS.Server has 4 active physical NIC adapters. Configured with 4 static IPv4 addresses in a DNS round...
View ArticleGet active user login details in MS SQL 2008
Hello,I have a requirement of testing currently logged in users to my server. When I searching on internet I got,Textexec sp_who which works fine. But it is giving more than required details. My...
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ODBC to SQL Server 2012 instance no longer works
I have successfully connected to a SQL Server 2012 instance from a Server 2008 box in the past via ODBC but now all of a sudden I get the below if I test the connection:Nothing has changed on either...
View ArticleInstead of delete trigger - do nothing
Stupid question time - I want to set up an instead of delete trigger on a table to basically cancel any deletion attempt. Can I just use the below or do I need to add something...
View ArticleLog SQL connection to a file or table
Hello,I am using MS SQL server 2008. I have a requirement to get a report on total number of connections/logins to my SQL server in a day.How can I log each connection (to my server and database) to a...
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Time for new SQL server?
Right now our server is virtual and I wonder if adding a physical server would help performance. I ran CrystalDiskMark with these scores:What I've played with on Dell's configuration site is an R630...
View ArticleHow do transaction backups roll up?
Time for my daily stupid SQL question!We currently have 3 backup schedules on SQL Server 2012:Full backup at 10pmFull backup at 7amTransaction backups between 7:30 & 20:00The full backups all run...
View ArticleWhen can I change the location of DB and Logs when installing SQL Server 2012?
Hello,I have to install SQL Server 2012. I would like to place the DB (data?) And logs on another drive than C: \ where SQL Server is located.During the SQL Server installation, at what point should I...
View ArticleFrom Zero to Hero: SQL fun
Background: We are a small business and have no domain implemented. Everything we use (email, file server, etc) is all cloud based. I have had no reason to implement a domain since there are only 20 of...
View ArticleMigrating .accbd to SQL?
Hi all,we have a relatively small access DB that we use to track time for employees. This application was written by the owners brother and was not intended to be used outside of the lan. it is a...
View ArticleDell DBA Days Webcast Series
I'm not sure how many subscribe to Brent Ozar's blog, but in it today was a link to a webcast series call Dell DBA Days that sounded quite interesting. I thought I would share for those interested in...
View ArticleSnapshots v Caching in SSRS
Hi,First post for a while :)...Could someone give me some advice as to the best way of improving SSRS report performance? I have one central management report that all of our management team use to...
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View ArticleSQL Question
I apologize for the terrible topic name, and for asking a question that I could Google for, if I could just think of the right search terms to use...I'll preface this question with a disclaimer that I...
View ArticleSearching SQL Server 2008 Stored Procedures
We have a lot of stored procedures in our SQL Server 2008. One of them is sending out an email to a few of our users and I need to disable it. I looked everywhere and can not find where the stored...
View ArticleWhich type of disk would you use for an OLTP MSSQL database?
HiWe're about to purchase a new Dell PowerEdge R630 or R730 server to host Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and SQL Server 2014 Standard and I can't decide which disks to go with.We've decided on RAID...
View ArticleMS SQL 'WHERE NOT EXISTS' issue
Hi all,I am not sure if spiceworks is the right place to post this, as it's a SQL script issue. Shoot me down if you need to!I have two tables, Employee and EmployeeHolidayYearsEntitlement. The first...
View ArticleSSRS Report Limiting Parameter to date range
Hi all,I have an SSRS report that has parameters to include peoples names. I wanted to see if there is a way to limit one of the names to only a certain date range. I have it setup so all names can get...
View ArticleSQL Server Upgrade
Hi Guys,Sorry if this has already been asked but I did search an could not find a answer.I need to upgrade our 2008 SQL servers and thought it was an opportunity to upgrade the OS as well.I have 3...
View ArticleSQL replication
I am trying to setup sql replication between two servers over internet.I have remote domain server that I have database that I want to be replicated to an inhouse standalone server.SQL 2012 is used on...
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