sql-server

Ensure in many-to-many relationship at least one relationship is primary

Sorry for the bad title, if you can think of a better one, let me know. Many-to-many relationship using tables. Product ProductCategory Category In the ProductCategory table i have boolean column primarycategory Each product must have a primary category. I want to find all products in my database which don't have a primarycategory...

Full text search on multiple fields in different tables

Hi, I want to create a a full text search usng ms sql 2005. here is the structure of my table User-contains fields of Id, fname,lname,email,alternativeemail Attachment-contains fields of id, name,category,filenameorurl Certification-contains of fileds of id, title,school,sdate,edate EducationalBackground-contain of fields of, id,quali...

Should we use Visual Studio 2010 for all SQL Server Database Development?

Our company currently has seven dedicated SQL Server 2008 servers each running an average of 10 databases. All databases have many stored procedures and UDFs that commonly reference other databases both on the same server and also across linked servers. We currently use SSMS for all database related administration and development but ...

Populate an SQL Server 2k8 with Oracle Loader files

Hi folks. Here's the problem: I have a project that needs to be migrated to Microsoft SQL Server 2008. We have data in text files for the Oracle SQL Loader and now we need to get that data into the SQL Server DB. I could write a program that converts everything into INSERT statements but there has to be a more comfortable way to so t...

SQL Server error: Primary file group is full

I have a very large table in my database and I am starting to get this error Could not allocate a new page for database 'mydatabase' because of insufficient disk space in filegroup 'PRIMARY'. Create the necessary space by dropping objects in the filegroup, adding additional files to the filegroup, or setting autogrowth on...

pronunciation of SQL SERVER

how to pronunce ms sql sever (is it sql server or sequel server). ...

Advice needed: cold backup for SQL Server 2008 Express?

What are my options for achieving a cold backup server for SQL Server Express instance running a single database? I have an SQL Server 2008 Express instance in production that currently represents a single point of failure for my application. I have a second physical box sitting at the installation that is currently doing nothing. I w...

How to query on XML column In SQL Server 2008

I am using SQL Server 2008 I have a table with xml data looks like: ID xml_col 1 <Attribute id="7">1.0</Attribute><Attribute id="8">AAA</Attribute> 2 <Attribute id="7">2.0</Attribute><Attribute id="8">BBB</Attribute> 3 <Attribute id="7">3.0</Attribute><Attribute id="8">AAA</Attribute> ...

Transposing from rows into columns

Hey, I have a table like this Name State Amount ------------------------------ Pump 1 Present 339 Pump 1 Optimized 88 Which I want to transpose something like this Pump 1 Present 339 Optimized 88 How can I do this with MS SQL 2000? I tried to search for a solution, but couldn't find the most fitting solution...

SQL Server database optimization for large database

I am developing a website with huge data which to be stored in SQL Server database. How should I optimize it to make it faster. 1. Using Stored procedures. 2. Functions / Views. 3. Any other methods ...

Using Full-Text Search in SQL Server 2005 across multiple tables, columns

Hi, I have a problem, I created a full text search query which return a record(s), in which the paramater I have supplied match(es) in every fields(full-text indexed) of multiple tables. The problem is , when the user.id is equal to ceritification.AId it returns a records eventhough it was not satisfied with the parameter supplied. Fo...

SQL Server Operating System

Hi, I found an interesting article about Platform layer for SQL Server. It talks about SQLOS. As I understand it is an abstraction layer between the hardware and SQL Server. So does it mean that we can have SQL Server installed without installing windows? It sounds very strange to me... Please tell me where it is possible to find more ...

Why could "insert (...) values (...)" not insert a new row?

Hi, I have a simple SQL insert statement of the form: insert into MyTable (...) values (...) It is used repeatedly to insert rows and usually works as expected. It inserts exactly 1 row to MyTable, which is also the value returned by the Delphi statement AffectedRows:= myInsertADOQuery.ExecSQL. After some time there was a temporary n...

php 5.3.2 + MS SQL (can`t connect)

I allways used php 5.2.3 version ,but now I updated php to 5.3.2 version. I have problem with mssql,I can`t connect to mssql server. I have downloaded a sql server driver for php 1.1 There are a lot of files, i used 'php_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc9' Put it on php/ext directory 'php_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc9' I have added - extension=php_sqlsrv_53_ts_...

how to get result from this data.

I want to compute result from this table. I want quantity 1 - quantity2 as another column in the table shown below. this table has more such records I am trying to query but not been able to get result. select * from v order by is_active desc, transaction_id desc PK_GUEST_ITEM_ID FK_GUEST_ID QUANTITY TRANSACTI...

how to automate upsizing from Access to SQL Server?

Hi, I need to automate the migration from an Access (2003) to an SQL Server DB (2005 or 2008). The upsizing should be done automatically as part of a build process. I need that because there are 2 versions of the software, a single user rich client and a web version. Access DB is used for single user to minimize setup effort, SQL Server...

Execute SPROC after completion of another SPROC

Essentially, I want to do this in T-SQL 1) Execute SPROC1 2) Upon completion of SPROC1, execute SPROC2 3) Upon completion of SPROC2, execute SPROC3 I know this is possible using SSIS. If there any way I can do this? Thanks ...

SQL Server Backup to a Remote Server

Good Afternoon, I realise there is a command: BACKUP DATABASE [DB Name] TO DISK [PATH] Is it possible too backup to a remote location? - E.G. the web server rather than the database server? Many Thanks, Joel ...

Where's the rest of the space used in this table?

I'm using SQL Server 2005. I have a table whose row size should be 124 bytes. It's all ints or floats, no NULL columns (so everything is fixed width). There is only one index, clustered. The fill factor is 0. Here's the table def: create table OHLC_Bar_Trl ( obt_obh_id int NOT NULL REFERENCES OHLC_Bar_Hdr (obh_id), obt_bar_...

SQL Server db_owner

Hi, in my SQL2008 I have a user which is in the "db_datareader", "db_datawriter" and "db_ddladmin" DB roles, however when he tries to modify a table with SSMS he receives a message saying: You are not logged in as the database owner or system administrator. You might not be able to save changes to tables that you do not own. Of course...