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Transaction Log Size
Heyo,I have a question for about monstrous SQL transaction logs. I've Googled this on and off and always end up half way answers. Prior, I would occasionally set the the database recovery model from...
View ArticleSmart SQL Connectivity Check Facility via PowerShell
Howdy folks,Im after a simple but smart means to check connectivity to a SQL DB, albeit SQL Express, SQL Server or the WSUS WID DB.I do not want to do a lazy port check on 1433 because that to me is...
View ArticleSSRS Sum IIF Displaying #Error
In a subreport, I am trying to create a sum based on an iif statement. I don't receive any errors when saving the report. #error is displayed on the printed output. The expression giving me the...
View ArticleAdministering a SQL Database training course
Dear CommunityI got an approval for in-class training for administering a SQL Database.I now need to find a course close to where I live. I have been looking at all those courses and am a bit...
View ArticleCannot connect to SQL AG listener after failover
Running into an odd one:I have two SQL 2014 servers in an Always-On cluster (herein named SQL-01 and SQL-02). Both nodes are on the same subnet, failover works like a charm, and most services barely...
View ArticleSQL Express Feature removal
I just heard that Microsoft is going to be removing trigger capability from SQL Express. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Obviously don't violate any NDA, but I would appreciate knowing one way or...
View ArticleHow best to deal with decimals using Bulk Insert
This is convoluted but here goes.First, this process is done via the Import and Export Wizard. It is a fixed width flat file that gets broken up into 93 columns. There are two values in particular that...
View ArticleHow to check who created a sql database inside my server
I noticed that there is a sql database in office server. I checked with my team but they said they didn't create it. I want to find out who created that sql database.e.g. IP address or PC name of...
View ArticleHow to best split one field in SQL
I import the file, large file, using the import and export (and now Bulk Insert). This is a bit of a new process so pardon me. My processing instructions (which were designed for foxpro) only account...
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SQL monitor problem authentication
122/5000 Estimados, he presentado problemas de autenticación para el complemento Monitor de SQL Server, ¿podría ayudarme? Imagen adjunta.
View ArticleCCH Practice Management SQL Upgrade Failed
Has anyone upgraded any CCH products that use SQL? I followed the KB articles and verified with tech support that an in-place upgrade was fairly straight forward. The CCH update went okay but the SQL...
View ArticleSQL avg_fragmentation_in_percent
HI All,Wondering if anyone can give me a dig out, going down empty paths trying to figure this one out. We have a lot of performance issues with a SQL DB, and I've ran the following script to see what...
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Cannot restore database
Running a test on migrating our old SQL server to our new one. When I tried to restore a database, I ran into this error:As far as I can tell, TDE was never enabled on this database, although we did do...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2017 SSRS: Mulitple conditions for an "IIF" statment
Hello,I am almost finished putting some finishing touches on an SSRS report, and have run into a snag:I have one field that will populate with 1 of 3 different billing types:Person, Client, Third...
View ArticleWeird SQL Server Express Backup Script problem
Client is running a pretty basic SQL Server Express(v14.0.2014.14) instance on well-equipped Win2016 Std VM w/12 cores 16g RAM, fully patched / updated. The installation is part of a custom vertical...
View ArticleDelete my anti-virus server (escan) in Microsoft SQL Server Management STudio
Hi there,I've just uninstalled the antivirus software called eScan from our server. Unfortunately, the uninstallation did not include removing the eScan database which I think stored all the downloaded...
View ArticleExtracting Data for Data Warehouse
Hello,We have little confusion to taking approach for Extracting data from source to target. Our approach is:1) Drop the RI Constraints 2) Truncate the Tables3) ReCreate the RI Constraints 4) Extract...
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Is this an anomaly in the Microsoft SQL licensing document?
Just reading about SQL licensing here:https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql-server/sql-server-2017-pricingDownloaded the guide on that page...
View ArticleUsing fewer large disks vs more smaller disks in a RAID setup
Hi Guys, I have been pondering on this thought for some time, I have a requirement where I need to use SSD's for my HPE Gen 10 server and I need about 7Tb of space to start with for the SCCM...
View ArticleHYper v vm with sql 2017 move
HI IS it a straight forward thing move Hyper v Vm with sql server from one hyper v host to another host ?? do i just have to select move server and storage option in hyper v ?? we need to move our sql...
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