An impossible SQL error - please help!
Usually I can sort out most issues in SQL but this one has me stumped!I am doing a select from a table (actually, it's a large select from multiple tables, but I've narrowed down the source of the...
View ArticleSCCM 2015 Replication Link Analyzer
I am not a user of SCCM and i need to know if this scenario can be done with the SCCM 2012.We are running a SQL database on Site A (Major). We replicated the database to Site B (minor). Our team in...
View ArticleMerge replication between SQL 2008 Ent as Publisher and SQL 2014 as subscriber
Guys, Could you confirm is merge replication is supported for this scenarioMerge ReplicationSQL 2008 Enterprise SP2 as Publisher / Distributor SQL 2014 Standard SP2 as SubscriberThanksGaston
View Articletransferring student emails to google groups
Hello,We have one sql server cursor script that fetches student emails from the database.I wants that output as a text file.Is it possible to transfer student automatically text files and then I want...
View ArticleAdmin SQL in Azure with SSMS. Do I have to use statments? No Dialog boxes?
Does anyone use SQL in Azure?I am trying out SQL in Azure and when connected to the Db from SSMS, I do not get any dialog boxes for creating users, Dbs or assigning roles. When I'm expecting a dialog...
View Articleintermitent issue in SQL Server 2008 R2 Database
Hi All,I a getting an intermittent issue in SQL Server 2008 R2 Database with the below details :[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure.However when I restart the SQL Server this...
View ArticleSQL Server 2000 with domain functional level 2012 R2
Hi all,a customer needs to run a SQL 2000 server (yes, i know it's out of support) and I want to raise the domain functional level up to 2012r2. Does anybody have experience with this...
View ArticleSQL - Split String to Columns in Function
Given that SQL Server pre-2016 lacks a String Splitting function, i'm using the following user-defined function, which splits a string to multiple...
View ArticleTickets.com ProVenue Data Conversion help
We are going to move from our old ticket system to Tickets.com ProVenue system. They are wanting to do a data conversion, but no tools to pull the data off the old sql server. Hoping someone has done...
View ArticleQL Server 2016 Standard - Always On Availability Groups - More than one database
Hello, we are trying to make a high availability cluster using SQL 2016 Standard. We have been planning on using Always On Availability Groups. We have roughly 15 to 20 databases that we are trying to...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 Error: 0x84C4000A
I recently tried to install theSQL Server 2008 R2 and it let me get to the point of choosing the username and password for the server but didn't let me past that part and gave me some error. I forget...
View ArticleRING_BUFFER_CONNECTIVITY question
We have a new SQL 2014 machine that is experiencing relatively large numbers of error, where connections are apparently timing out to the database. I used the following query (I believe originally by...
View Articledeclare a substring comand as a variable and
I'm trying to declare a substring comand as a variable in T-SQL and use that variable to insert data into another column. Is this possible? I have the following:DECLARE @SQL2 varchar(3)SET @SQL2=...
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SQL 2016 - Error when trying to email
I working on a program that has been running on a server from a previous IT company and migrating to a new server. I have the most recent backup of the databases and have my users setup. Before I go...
View ArticleNew SQL 2014 Server - RAID configuration?
Hi all,I work in a medium business with a small IT shop and we're purchasing a new server for SQL 2014. We're looking at a Dell Poweredge R730 with 12 drive bays. We'll be getting 2x10k drives for a...
View ArticleSQL performance dropped with new server
Will try to keep this simple:2008 server running SQL Express 2008 with front end access 2010 or 2013 runtime client using a pretty small, simple database, on W7 PCsServer replaced with 2012 server,...
View ArticleIncremental Statistics on partitioned tables
Having recently partitioned the largest tables in my data warehouse into separate filegroups and set them up using clustered columnstore indexes, I've started now combing over some scripts to further...
View Articlesearch string in multiple SQL SErver procedures
I have this code to look for a string in all procedures in SQLPS:Get-ChildItem | ForEach-Object { (Invoke-SQLCMD -SuppressProviderContextWarning -Query ("sp_helptext '$_'" )) } | Select-Object Text |...
View ArticleSQL Server, VM or Native
I have a new server that I am migrating our SQL databases to. I love idea of putting the SQL server in a VM for backup and disaster recovery options, but I want to make sure the SQL database will take...
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