SQL server error - Failed to connect to server
Hello Every one,Some one can help me to resolve the below issue. Very often i am getting this error from our 3 SQL database servers.TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management...
View ArticleHard drive recommendations for Dell R710 running MS SQL
We have a Dell R710 that I am looking to replace the hard drives. This server hosted our MS SQL database for our NextGen EMR and EDR databases. The system shipped with 8 300GB SAS6 10K 2.5 drives,...
View Articledata formatting with "no-break space alt0160".
Every month I export a Webpage(HTML) file from one of ourvendors, convert to .xlxs, perform some minor column data formatting,convert to a text pipe delimited file to import into SQL for reporting....
View ArticleSQL server went down
Im not an SQL guy at all, but I have been tasked with helping out our database guys. We have an old server that went down that had SQL 2000 on it. The HDD was to small and full to take a backup of the...
View ArticleCan you downgrade SQL 2014 to 2008R2?
Simple question, but I could not find a simple answer looking around. We are upgrading an application that currently sits on SQL 2005. The next version officially supports up to SQL 2008R2 only. Of...
View ArticleHelp with accessing database after migration to a new sql server
So I made a new SQL server and Migrated our databases over from the old server to the new one. All of my data bases work expect for one and I can not figure out why I cant access it. I made sure that...
View Articleproblem in inserting multiple images to the database.
I have a database in which contain product details The product code, name etc are the columns, I have the product images in the system in a folder I need to add the images directly to the database...
View ArticleMissing SQL Provider for Linked Server
Hello Spicy People!I am running a SQL server that was recently upgraded from 2008 to 2012 Enterprise and need to add a Linked Server within SSMS. When I try to add the Server Link using a SQL Server...
View ArticleWhat are the disadvantages of running MSSQL on Win8.1 as opposed to Srv2012R2?
Small busineess environment, Express edition of MSSQL, low budget available.I'm thinking about splitting the SQL server from the current machine, as it does file sharing too and the application used...
View ArticleUsing spatial fields in an expression in Report Builder
I have a report (made using Report Builder 3.0) using a map based on an ESRI shapefile. I changed the layout tooltip to #name (the field linked to outcode) so when I hover over an area of the map in...
View ArticleSQL Database Physical_Name Has Extra Characters?
This morning I attempted to use Veeam v8 to restore a SQL database to its state a couple of days ago and ran into some problems (complete db restore, not anything more granular than that). In Veeam's...
View Articlesql query - duplicate values
I have a number of duplicate values and I need to append a 0 to the front of them so if I have the following values:1234123412341234the corrected values should be1234012340012340001234How can I do this...
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Can SQL injections be stopped?
One of the oldest ways of attacking a SQL database (SQL injections) is still being used by criminals, and successfully. For those that are unfamiliar, SQL injection is a technique by which a hacker...
View ArticleHelp urgent question about SQL server 2008
Dear Spiceheads,I have an urgent question: How can i know if any program is using sql server 2008?? I needed to uninstall microsoft sql server 2008 right now, which is installed on one of our server....
View ArticleSQL 2008 one-off backup - stupid mistake.
HI There, I was asked to perform a quick SQL (2008 r2) prior to performing an upgrade to our SAGE system today. My DBA is off on holiday so I just logged in to do the backup myself. I right clicked the...
View Articlesql identify inconsistencies among duplicate values
I need to figure out how to identify inconsistencies among duplicate values. I've identified all duplicate values however I've no idea how to identify inconsistencies among those duplicates where I...
View ArticleHundreds of cursors held open?
I imagine that this is an issue that I need to bring up with the application vendor, but I thought I'd ask here for any ideas.One of our applications (a windows service which acts as the middleman...
View ArticleSQL Error 999
Hey, Spiceheads.We had a brownout last week which threw one of my UPS units into overload status, taking down one of my ESXi hosts in the process. On that host is one of our servers (as a Win2k8R2 VM)...
View ArticleODBC Connection - DSN System Entry and save password
Hi all,I'm trying to use a System DSN entry (nI can't use a DSN file) on a client PC using a client to access ad SQL Server DB without a trusted connection.Actually it works in a domain environment but...
View ArticleSSIS package runs outright but not when scheduled
Greetings. I have an SSIS package that has a very simple goal. Take data from a table on our AS400 and dump it into a remote SQL 2008 database. The ODBC connects to both databases and I can hit the...
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