SP to iterate over multiple tables, writing piped results to temp table
Requirement - I have to extract a lot of data out of our ERP database for prospective customer SARs under GDPR.Assume the Temporary Table is something like the...
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Ok, this will be vague but here goes. I know what a query is. It is based on a SELECT statement. However, in general when I want to perform a calculation based on a select statement and have that...
View ArticleHow to write a query in SQL 2008 for last year same month comp numbers
I am looking for some help with writing a SQL query to return last years month to date sales numbers for a comparable to this year current months sales numbers. I have tried everything and it is not...
View ArticleSQL Studio hangs on "Executing" when changing backup model to simple
We need to change our SQL backup model to simple but when I do this through SQL Studio, it hangs on "executing" for hours. I have tried rebooting the server and when i try again, i get the same...
View ArticleBulk insert error: Bulk load: unexpected end of file
I am attempting a bulk insert of a fixed width text file. The text file is to be be broken up into 90 columns and each row is about 250 characters long. What I am looking for is a general explanation...
View ArticleSQL server Express 2012 user limitation?
Hi, Is there any limitation on how many users can access to SQL server express editions? I think there is NO limits on users but I am not satisfied as I am not able to find any relevant document Thanks
View ArticleCore licensing vSphere 6.5
Is there a best way to plan for SQL only ESXi hosts. There are approx 65 sql machines workload is the same. No OLTP involved. Half are in 5.5 and half in 6.5 vSphere. Mix of SQL 2003, 2005, 2008 and...
View ArticleSage 300 / ACCPAC Application Slowness
At first this was thought to be a network issue, but seeing that Sage 300 takes ~10 seconds to get to the login screen on the server has me thinking it's a localized issue (My money is on SQL delaying...
View ArticleNeed to modify simple (existing) Transact-SQL SQL backup command
We manage a server for client A. Client A uses a product from Third Party B. We work with Third Party B, but they can occasionally be a little difficult to deal with.One problem with Party B is that we...
View ArticleHow to allow multiple users access to a SQL server
I have a SQL server that hosts an accounting software, I need to be able to allow up to three people to access the software at once, I am wondering what that would look like?Thanks,
View ArticleMS SQL backup error 0x80090006
Here is the following backup error that happens when SQL server does a Full Backup. Differential Backups work without issue. Any help with how to fix would be appreciated Here is the...
View ArticleExport from VarBinary
Hi GuysPlease bear with me as I dont have very much SQL knowledge.I am trying to help out a friend who has a lot of .doc and .rtf files in a SQL DB in varbinary format.He wants to get the docs out but...
View Articlesp_send_dbmail issues
I seem to be having an issue with sending DB mail. I have successfully set up my profile and account, and the test email was received. However for some reason I can not get any mail to send using...
View ArticleConversion failed when converting the varchar value to data type int
Hello,Running out of ideas how to fix this case. I am getting an error: Error converting data type varchar to numeric. CASE WHEN sopHdr.SOPTYPE = 4 THEN...
View ArticleConversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string
Have the code below but i am getting an error message. The error message is "Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.Can I get help...
View ArticleCan I Make an Ad Hoc SQL Script That Utilizes CLR?
Our core software is an IIS/.net app with a SQL backend. Every so often we need to copy that DB to our test environment. I had a script that performs a number of functions, one of which is hashing a...
View ArticleHow best to deduplicate a table in SQL
I have a table in this instance titled industryimport. It is formed by using a merge statement and combining 8 other tables into one. I have failed to find a way to de-duplicate using union of the 8....
View ArticleCannot create sql instances using domain accounts
Hello there,I am new server analyst not familiar much with sql servers. I want to help our DBAs who are telling me that they are unable to create Solarwinds SQL DPA Database instances using domain...
View ArticleRUN .dtsx package with config file
First let me start out by stating for security purposes, we can not have Linked (SQL servers-2008R2. We can not have access to use OPENQUERY or OPENROWSET.We can't have SSIS. We have 2 SQLServers with...
View ArticleSQL Maintenance plan stopped backing up translogs
In the last month, I've moved a bunch of SQL Server maintenance plans over to a new server. Upon doing so, I've went into each maintenance plan and updated accordingly. All works well, except for the...
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