sql-server

cmd line SQL server 2008 express install

hi, I am trying to install SQL server 2008 express on windows 7 64 bit machine using the following command: Setup.exe /qs /Action=Install /Features=SQL /InstanceName=XXX /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="Builtin\Administrators" /SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" I can not access the database and get "access denied" error. I narrowed down the is...

Is there a way to delay compilation of a stored procedure's execution plan?

(At first glance this may look like a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/421275 or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/414336, but my actual question is a bit different) Alright, this one's had me stumped for a few hours. My example here is ridiculously abstracted, so I doubt it will be possible to recreate locally, but it p...

SQLCMD Mode - Incorrect Syntax?

Trying to use: :On Error exit :r D:\opt\db_objects\REPORTS\dbo.sp_ReportCountLORUsers.sql ...and I get: Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 5 Incorrect syntax near 'U'. ** An error was encountered during execution of batch. Exiting. What am I missing? ...

Why might SQL execute more quickly on SQL Server 2000 when NOT using a stored procedure?

I could see nothing wrong with the execution plan. Besides, as I understand it, SQL Server 2000 extended many of the performance benefits of stored procedures to all SQL statements by recognising new T-SQL statements against T-SQL statements of existing execution plans (by retaining execution plans for all SQL statements in the procedure...

Is this query safe in SQL Server?

I have this SQL update query: UPDATE table1 SET table1.field1 = 1 WHERE table1.id NOT IN (SELECT table2.table1id FROM table2); Other portions of the application can add records to table2 which use the field table1id to reference table1. The goal here is to remove records from table1 which aren't referenced by table2. Does SQL Serv...

Using parameterized function calls in SELECT statements. SQL Server

I have taken over some code from a previous developer and have come across this SQL statement that calls several SQL functions. As you can see, the function calls in the select statement pass a parameter to the function. How does the SQL statement know what value to replace the variable with? For the below sample, how does the query en...

DROP TABLE fails for temp table

I have a client application that creates a temp table, the performs a bulk insert into the temp table, then executes some SQL using the table before deleting it. Pseudo-code: open connection begin transaction CREATE TABLE #Temp ([Id] int NOT NULL) bulk insert 500 rows into #Temp UPDATE [OtherTable] SET [Status]=0 WHERE [Id] IN (SELECT ...

Brackets around Stored Procedure in ADODB Command Text

Help me understand why this is happening! I use the ADODB.Command object. The Command Text is set to the Stored Procedure Name. Sometimes, if I DON'T add brackets around the stored procedure name, I get a Syntax Error or Access Violation error. Sometimes, if I DO add brackets around the stored procedure name, I get a Syntax Error or ...

SCD2 + Merge Statement + SQL Server

I am trying work out with MERGE statment to Insert / Update Dimension Table of Type SCD2 My source is a Table var to Merge with Dimension table. My MERGE statement is throwing an error as: The target table 'DM.DATA_ERROR.ERROR_DIMENSION' of the INSERT statement cannot be on either side of a (primary key, foreign key) relati...

How to Add a default value in SQL server compact?

Hi , I need to add default value column in SqlServer Compact....i am new to this SQL server compact so Plz anyone tell me the Solution of this.... Thanks In Advance ...

Optimizing a Soundex Query for finding similar names

My application will offer a list of suggestions for English names that "sound like" a given typed name. The query will need to be optimized and return results as quick as possible. Which option would be most optimal for returning results quickly. (Or your own suggestion if you have one) A. Generate the Soundex Hash and store it in the...

SQL Queries for Creating a rollback point and to rollback to that specific point

Hi, As per my project requirement i want to perform two operation Password Change Unlock Account(Only unlocking account, no password change!) I want return success only if both the transactions succeeds. Say if password change succeeds and unlock fails i cannot send success or failure. So i want to create a rollback point before pas...

Access sql server without directly permission in domain from ASP.NET

Hi all Here is the situation. All the machines and users are in the same domain.We are in a domain enviroment. There are some sql server 2005/2008 storing data. There is a ASP.NET site in the domain using the Window Authentication. Now, we need read the data from the sql server and display them using SqlDataSource and GridView. But most...

How to transform vertical table into horizontal table?

Hello, I have one table Person: Id Name 1 Person1 2 Person2 3 Person3 And I have its child table Profile: Id PersonId FieldName Value 1 1 Firstname Alex 2 1 Lastname Balmer 3 1 Email [email protected] 4 1 Phone +1 2 30004000 And I want to get data from these two tables in one row ...

MS SQL server and Trees

Im looking for some way of extrating data form a tree table as defined below. Table Tree Defined as :- TreeID uniqueidentifier TreeParent uniqueidentifier TreeCode varchar(50) TreeDesc varchar(100) Data some (23k rows), Parent Refs back into ID in table The following SQL renders the whole tree (takes arround 2 mins 30) I need to do...

How many maximum recursion possible for CTE in SQL server?

How many maximum recursion level possible for CTE in SQL server? If maximum recursion level is reached then what are the alternative way? ...

Distributed Transactions in SQL Server 2005

As part of a transaction I’m modifying rows in tables via a server link, so have to specify “SET XACT_ABORT ON” in my sproc otherwise it won’t execute. Now I’m noticing that SCOPE_IDENTITY() is returning NULL, which is presumably something to do with the distributed transaction scope? Does anyone know why and how to resolve? ...

Invoking method (from .net managed dll) from a SQL Stored procedure - Help

We wanted to call a .NET Managed code (deployed as dll) from a Stored Procedure in (SQL Server 2005/2008) We found couple of solutions, but couldn't get it working: Following steps mentioned in the article at this place http://www32.brinkster.com/srisamp/sqlArticles/article_33.htm - leaves us with following error code: 0x80131700 ...

"SELECT DISTINCT" ignores different cases

Hello, I have the problem, that MSSQL Server 2000 should select some distinct values from a table (the specific column is of the nvarchar type). There are the sometimes the same values, but with different cases, for example (pseudocode): SELECT DISTINCT * FROM ("A", "a", "b", "B") would return A,b But I do want (and do expect) A,a...

transforming binary data using ssis and sql server 2008

Hello All - I have a task to import/transform and extract zipped binary files that contain both text data as well as embedded binary data. Within the data is data that is relational in nature and needs to be processed into a defined database structure. Currently I have a C# single threaded app that essentially grabs all the files from th...