sql server agent
We have a SQL Server Agent that keeps stopping on us. Is there any way to setup a monitor for this service so that it will notify me when it stops?
View ArticleMS SQL: getting Sum over last 14 days per group
Hello,first - i'm not very good in SQL - and with google i could figure out a solution on this...i have the following script:SQL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13...
View ArticleRemove SQL Instance
How can i remove SQL Instance for MS SQL 2008 R2 server...where i have multiple instance named MSSQLSERVER1, MSSQLSERVER2,..... etc and if i want to remove particularly MSSQLSERVER2.Thanks in...
View ArticlePulling the second highest value with SQL
I have a report where I need to pull the most recent comment on a claim and also the second most recent comment on a claim. The only solution I have found online for this is as follows:SQL1 2 3 4...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 Install ?
I'm halfway through the prep steps for this install, and when I specify one or more service accounts and passwords, I always get "The credentials you provided for the blah blah blah service are...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 cannot connect to databases
Good morning.I'm having trouble with SharePoint and each time I try to run the configuration wizard, I wait about 20 seconds and get the error message, Cannot connect to database master at SQL server...
View ArticleNo option to upgrade SQL instance
Hi guys,I am trying to upgrade my VCenter database from SQL express 2005 to express 2012. The upgrade says it completes successfully, but at no point am I prompted to upgrade my particular instance of...
View ArticleMerge SQL Selects
hi everyone,i tried to get these two scripts together:SQL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14...
View ArticleHELP ;) Traffic to new SQL 2012 Hyper-V VM is extremely slow
Hi'ya all!I have a big problem. Have to have this resolved before morning (when the users arrive) ;(Just set up a new 2012 R2 server with one Hyper-V host and two VM's (One DC one SQL). Have installed...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 service won't start
This is all on a virtual development server. SQL 2012R2 was installed and running fine. I first noticed a problem when I couldn't login - using Windows Authentication, which worked previously. There...
View ArticleSQL service logon account "forgets" associated pw after a server restart..help.
Hello spiceheads,We have a server2008r2 with SQL2008r2 installed. We have AD accounts associated with the SQL services instead of using the standard accounts that typically associate with these...
View ArticlePage layout quandry in SSRS
Hi Guys,So I produced an amazing report in SSRS for my boss, but now he's decided that he'd really like the graphs in landscape where the tables are in portrait...After I finished mumbling under my...
View Articleuse GPO to assign SQL Server permissions
I have a number of servers running SQL Server 2008. No admins group was previously prepared or assigned permissions to these SQL servers. I have created an AD group of SQL Admins, but must I visit...
View ArticleSQL Cluster over iSQSI SAN
Hi All,I am little bit newbie into SQL clustering, they have asked me to migrate our single SQL node into two node failover SQL cluster..My main concern is from storage size, the DB is not that big and...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 Release Anouncement and Training Links!
Microsoft just announced that SQL Server 2014 is set to be released April 1st. (Don't worry, this isn't an April Fools...
View ArticleHA / VM / SQL / Always on ?
It's been one of those weeks getting lost in acronyms again :)We recently deployed a pair of HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8's, sat on a a pair EqualLogic load balanced SAN's. Combined resource available of 4...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Identity Issue
SQL 2012 (even with SP1) increases the identity counter of a table by 1000 on a restart of SQL. Anyone have a fix for this? Microsoft says it's a feature and not a bug... I've tried a few "fixes"...
View ArticleControling AD via SQL
I have been trying to figure out if this is even possible to do. Wanted to try and add users into AD via SQL.
View ArticleMSSQl 2005 scripting
I very often open my MSSQL2005 Mgmt studio choose my DB and table. I open the table, then click the Show diagram, criteria and show sql pane and what I wind up with is a simple ( I assume it's simple...
View ArticleMS SQL database export
Greetings all. First time poster. I have a question and I am by no means a DBA. We have a accounting system that uses a MS SQL 2008 backend for storing data. Accounting is wanting to remove and archive...
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