SA account lock out
I am on Windows Server 2012 R with a SQL Server 2012 version.I am currently locked of my SA account and I am trying to find answers on how I can unlock it.Quickly, do I have to be in Single Mode in...
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SQL Server 2012 SSIS :environment properties sensitive check box is not showing
New to SSIS and when following through coursework I find that the sensitive check box is missing when I clicking on the Variables tab of the Environment Properties.I first suspected that this was a...
View ArticleHierarchy type record retrieval SQL query
+------------+--------------+--------+-------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | templateid | enterpriseid | PlanID | proid | assessid | startdate | enddate |...
View ArticleData feed automation challenges
I get monthly data feeds from source that i need to import into database but the problem is that the feed changes every month, sometimes there are more columns and sometimes there are less columns....
View ArticleSQL Db size monitor and notify
Hi All,I am looking for a way of monitoring Db size within SQL Express 2008 R2 and SQL Express 2012. We just had an indecent where a client exceed 10GB over night and took their system down and no one...
View ArticleSpiceworks SQLite into SQL Server via SSIS
We are working on a huge IT reconcile project. To do this we are pulling data from all the cloud applications we use, AD, Spiceworks, etc and then using this data to ensure that when an employee is...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Restore Performance with a Filestream enabled dB
Hi,We have a test SQL 2012 Standard environment that we are performing test restorations to. A standard 300GB SQL dB will restore in around 55 mins, but a 750GB Filestream enabled dB takes nearly 10...
View ArticleSQL 2008 Server
I have a SQL server 2008 and every time I unplug the monitor the screen resolution reverts to 1024x768. Why is this and how do I stop it?
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SQL Server 2016 Global Availability: June 1st, 2016
The Data Platform team at Microsoft announced this morning that SQL Server 2016 will be globally available on June 1st, 2016.Read the announcement here:...
View ArticleIssue with SQL Server 2000
I have a program that uses SQL Server 2000 Database. That program is installed on a Windows 8 machine and it asks for the server name, database name, username and password. Now when I try to use this...
View ArticleSQL stored procedure and a CSV
Hello all,I have a stored procedure that I need to run against my DB to close open tickets. The way the stored procedure works is it closes open tickets by the i_ticket_id. There are currently 350...
View ArticleShrink DB Log
I never claim to be a DBA but I've had to take on some of the DBA type work since our DBA left. In SQL 2008 I have a DB with a very large transaction log that out backup system for some reason one...
View ArticleResources to get up to speed on SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2016 will be globally available beginning June 1, 2016. Here are some videos that can help you get up to speed on some of the new features in SQL Server 2016.From mobile reports to Polybase,...
View ArticleSwitching From Access to SQL Server
I have a database that is currently housed on an internal server and can only be accessed while connected directly to the network via Access or Access Runtime. In order to improve functionality and...
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Automate script database
Hello,I am trying to automate the 'script database as' option MS SQL 2008 r2. I am not getting any options to my requirement. I got a command line tool, which will script all tables. I dont want to...
View ArticleHow to setup a SQL Server fail-over cluster for existing live database server
Hi,The scenario is that i have a live SQL Database Server running in my company, i want to create a failover cluster for it. Is it possible to create the failover cluster without taking the live...
View ArticleTroubleshooting SQL Server 2008 R2 merge replication
Hi All, I am running a merge replication with 1 publisher and 2 subscribers. Am using the publisher server for same as distributor server.I successfully configured the publisher and 1 subscriber and...
View ArticleSSAS anonymous authentication
I'm trying to configure anonymous access to SSAS accross domains.I've got a SQL Server running SSAS and then a development server with access to database server.I would like a user that doesn't have...
View ArticleHelp with Database Query
our finance department using a budgeting software. I wasn't involved in this project till this point. My manager handled it by himself and he is sick today so they requested me to look into the issue....
View ArticleSQL Server access to UNC path
Hey all,We've to decided to move all of our SQL databases to an SQL Cluster with a file server. This because we've had a few issues with sql server failures causing the databases to become...
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