sql-server-2005

How To Automatically Script SQL Server: 'Generate Scripts' for SQL Database

I want to run scheduled nightly exports of my database code into my SVN source. It's easy to schedule automated check-in's into svn from a folder, but scheduling the export from SQL in SQL Management Studio is Right click target database, choose Tasks > Generate Scripts. Follow the wizard and presto you've got scripts in a folder....

SQL Server Full-Text Search - No hit even though the word is present

Hi, I'm having problems with Full-Text Search on SQL Server 2005. In my setup, I am indexing a single column, let's call it Content. The indexing is done in the neutral culture since the column might contain text in different languages. The fulltext index is created as follows: CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX ON [dbo].[Table1]([Content]) KEY IN...

SSIS error when executing package with removed connections

Hi everyone, I'm using SSIS on SQL Server 2005 and have run across an error. As part of the cleanup process I removed a couple of connections from the connection manager section, that we didn't end up using. But now when I attempt to execute the package I get an error stating that "The connection {some guid} is not found. This error ...

dm_fts_parser equivalent in SQL Server 2005

Is there a way to get the synonyms of the words in an expression, in SQL Server 2005? In SQL Server 2008 this can be done using dm_fts_parser function, but this one does not exist in 2005. EDIT: I found that there is a file that indicates the words used by Thesaurus, in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\FTData and also t...

error with sql function creation

Getting the following error when trying to create this sql function in SQL2k5. Any ideas here? It runs fine outside the function. UPDATE THIS work NOW ,but I have to come to the realization that this needs to be in the form of a view since I need to do an inner join on the product_id so this current form will only work when I am passing...

how-to manage production deployment for sql server 2005 database upgrade with <10 tables and <20 stored procedures

I have a Sql Server 2005 Standard production database with some <120 tables and <150 stored procedures. The newer version update requires beside the application layer upgrade also the upgrade to the db. According to the resources provided I intent to perform the upgrade as follows: create for each new table create script with insert...

Communication link failure error message

I'm in the process of testing an application and it's database and for this I want to restart my testing each time completely clean. This application loads a large amount of data from Twitter. Therefore, before I start, I delete all data from the database and kill any processes from my web account associated with this application. When I...

Using multiple UNION ALLs to build a view: is there a better way?

There are some constraints to this question; I don't have the ability to fundamentally alter any database structure. The challenge here is that I have rows in a database that contain information that really should be on its own row. A somewhat simplified example of the column structure: [PersonID] [FirstName] [LastName] [FirstNameGuest...

How do I find out what type of locking a table has?

Hi all, I'm getting alot of deadlocks on a table. It is SQL Server 2005 the sp that is getting the error does the following Delete From EmployeeAccrualAdj Where EmployeeID = @iEmployeeID and SchemeCode = @sSchemeCode and AdjTypeCode = @sAdjTypeCode and EffectiveDate >= @dtDateFrom I'm trying to work out if the...

Looking for SQL count performance inprovements.

I'm refactoring some older SQL, which is struggling after 4 years and 1.7m rows of data. Is there a way to improve the following MS SQL Query: SELECT ServiceGetDayRange_1.[Display Start Date], SUM (CASE WHEN Calls.line_date BETWEEN [Start Date] AND [End Date] THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS PerDayCount FROM dbo.ServiceGetDayRange(GET...

is a Solution in SSMS worthwhile?

I've been wrestling with the SSMS Solution in SQL 2008. I'm beginning to wonder if other professionals actually use this feature -- it just seems like it doesn't work well. Opinions? Avoid like the plague? Suggestions for using it properly? ...

Need Help with a Trigger for preventing a circular reference on a table

Hi all, We currently have a table that looks like this: ChildId | ParentID ------------------ 1 | NULL 2 | NULL 3 | 1 4 | 3 Can anyone help me come up with a constraint/trigger that would prevent a circular reference from being inserted or updated into the table? Thanks ...

CMD command to install sql server 2005 express edition via command prompt (silent install)

How to install sql server 2005 express edition via command prompt (silent install). Further the installed instance should be accessible via lan instance name: test username : sa password : admin123 Can you plz generate the required script for it. Thanks in advance. ...

How can I find sql server port number from windows registry?

How can I find sql server port number from windows? Is there any generic way to find port number for sql server 2000, 2005 and 2008? ...

C# Winforms - How to Pass Parameters to SQL Server Stored Procedures

my practice is that i fill use databinded listboxes and using a tablebindingsource and tableadapter. Then to get selective records in listbox i build stored procedure and select required records. But now i want that the stored procedure must take some parameter from some textbox value. like i to implement the following query string q...

SQL Error : error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server

Hi Guys, I Get this error message whenever I tried to up my aspx page. An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 ...

How can i get a list of Indexes where a particular index column appears first?

I've noticed that we have a lot of indexes that begin with a certain column and that column has low cardinality (i.e. Company and 99% of records belong to the 'live' company). Therefore these indexes are next to useless (from what I've read) as they are not providing a means of segregating the data in the table to be found quickly. So,...

How to connect to sql-server with windows authentication from windows-service?

I have programmed a Windows Service in C# which should connect to an SQL-Server 2005 Express Database with System.Data.SqlClient. As Microsoft prefers to use Windows Authentication over SQL Authentication I tried to connect to the DB with Trusted Conenction / Integrated Security. However that doesn't work as I get a System.Data.SqlClie...

Sql Server query perfomance

I have contacts that can be in more than one group and have more than one request. I need to simply get contacts for a specific group that have no specific requests. How do I improve the performance of this query: SELECT top 1 con_name , con_id FROM tbl_group_to_contact gc INNER JOIN tbl_contact c ON gc.con_id = c.i...

ColdFusion executing unwanted SQL statements

I have an application that loads a vast amount of data from twitter. We have began to notice some performance issues and so I setup SQL Profiler for the applications database. I have noticed the following SQL statement are being executed but do not appear anywhere in my code. Therefore, I am assuming that either SQL Server 2005 or ColdFu...