I have set up applications in Access and am now starting in SQL Server. I have taken a SQL class, but it did not cover starting from scratch. Our IT dept set up a blank SQL database for me and gave me all permissions, but I'm unsure of how to proceed. Do I need some sort of an interface set...more >>

This is the first time I use SQL server for my application. I need to set up 2 databases in the same server. 1. The first database need to be "hidden" hence no one else even SA should not be able to see the database except for my application. 2. The second database can be seen by SA Is t...more >>

hi dear members we have a program that its database is SQLserver2000 that installed on a computer with ' MIS' name.the type of SQLserver installation is mixed mode (not Authentication ). so , 2 weeks ago the program did run on all of the network clients without login to the SQlserver bes...more >>

Sqlserver 2000/sp3a on Windows 2003 IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 (seperate servers) I'm getting application eventlog error 17055 (mssqlserver) entries and also in the sqlserver log saying Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection. Generated by ...more >>

Hi, anyone knows how to verify if a linked server is active only using SQL code? This question is because I need to check if a created linked server is ok to perform actions on it. Many thanks, Luis ...more >>

Hi I recently installed a copy of SQL Server 2000 and was unable to connect as my SQL server gives me the message "Acess Denied SQL Server doesnot Exist". I did use all the trouble shooting help but couldnot rectify it. The probelm seems to be with my logon. I am starting it with a single user...more >>

Hello All, Which ports are necessary for SQL communication?? I have a test environment with a web server and a separate db server and I want to shut down any unnecessary ports on the web/SQL server. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!! Wade ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to insert 75000+ records into a table via a stored procedure (the table is empty) - the information for all those records is contained in an xml document that is passed to the stored procedure in a string. I am using openxml to read the xml data and to insert the records int...more >>

I'm trying to run a view that calls a table in a linked server (linked to Exchange on an SBS 03 box) The linked server shows the correct tables in the Exchange public folders. The query is; CREATE VIEW dbo.vw_Exchange_Contacts AS SELECT CONVERT(nvarchar(50), [DAV:id]) AS DAVUID, CONVE...more >>

I'm trying to connect to a local SQL Server 2000 'Personal Edition' running on Windows XP Professional. I've tried everything, and searched the forums for similar problems, but I can't get the connection to work... :( Using jdbc, with the follwing URL jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:14...more >>

Hi guys, I have a simple problem, and on the paper I've solved it, but the results are absolutely baffling and inconsistent, hence my cry for help. My client has an SQLServer database (designed and fed by my software) at a hoster, with, for the sake of this exercise, 2 related tables, lets...more >>

I have been creating a small winforms app using VS 2005 and SQL Express. I create serveral tables in the database and added it as the datasource for the project. I created several forms, created several datagrids and regular design views. After I got several of the forms running, I decided to...more >>

Hi, I just installed a virtual sql server 2000 sp3a named instance on a MSCS cluster. I was trying to get the log files onto a separate LUN in my SAN. I changed the startup parameters in Enterprise manager to point to a new location for the -l parameter (log) and removed the previous -l par...more >>

Hi, i have some applications that use a sql server user to connect to databases. Sometimes i Check the las batch time in enterprise manager to see if the connection is active, and the date is expressed like this: "01/01/1900 12:00 am" Do somebody know why this happen?? Thanks a lot for your...more >>

Hello, I don't know much about SQL Server processes/SPIDs but everytime our web app creates a ADO.NET connection and closes it, the SPID is still hanging around in "sleeping status" well after it's closed in the ADO.NET code. Is this normal or I am making database calls inefficiently? I al...more >>

Hi All, I am having my SQL Server 2000 with SP3 service pack on an Windows O/S 2003 server without any service pack. My client application was able to connect without any problems. Now recently I have upgraded my SQL Server 2000 with SP4 Service pack and also upgraded my Windows O/S 200...more >>

Hi, Recently i installed SQL server 2000(EE)on my remote dedicated server( win 2003). I haven't installed ant Service packs. Now the problem is i am not able to connect to the SQL server either thru Query Analyzer or thru the application. I have disabled the firewall, still no use. Can anyone he...more >>

Hi I have a stored proc that uses a linked server connection to a cube and after applying sp4 I get the following error when running the sproc: Server: Msg 7358, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Could not execute query. The OLE DB provider 'MSOLAP' did not provide an appropriate interface to acc...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get ISA2004 to allow my SQL Server installation to talk to a database on the outside world. I have had port 1433 TCP/IP opened and this allows me to see the database. The weird thing is that when I try and use the DTS Import/Export wizrd, it initially shows the list of...more >>

After I installed ISA 2004 SP1 and Windows 2003 SP1, I have not been able to make a connection to several SQL 2000 servers over VPN. I use Windows and tried SQL logon. When I removed the servers from Available Servers in the Register SQL Wizard, I see the servers duplicated. I've tried IP and ...more >>

Hi, I've installed SQL Express as the default 'SQLExpress' install (windows authentication) and while I can connect fine to my created databases from VS Web Edition 2005 (using the test server) I cannot get access to the databases from IIS http://localhost/test.aspx for example. I've worke...more >>

Hello, I'm creating an application that will rely on a central SQL Server database for its help file. I'm a beginner with SQL Server really, and I keep getting the following error; "Login failed for use 'whateverUser'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection" I ca...more >>

I installed Msde, the Sql server desktop engine in Windows 2003 server, then I am trying to connect it via enterprise manager, but failed, the msde instance do not show up in enterprise manager, but do show up in system service list, what can I do ? sid_susan ...more >>

Is the protocol for SQL Server available anywhere? In other words, if I TELNET to my server on port 1433, can I issue raw commands right there like I could with, say, SMTP or POP3? ...more >>

Hi All, Is there any way to know any user Connect / Disconnect from the SQL Server? Such as: In any kind of "Method" OR "Event Log" -- Thanks ! ...more >>

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I followed an example from the Chap 12 of "Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 (Wrox 1999)" to connect to my Access and SQL Server databases with the following Coonection Strings. objConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=G:\databases\Movie2000.mdb;" & _ ...more >>

I am trying to get an ODBC connection created from a commandline, I have created the ODBC connection, exported the registry key, and have tried doing regedit /s "regkey", problem is after I do that it never shows us in the ODBC manager, it shows up in the registry under ODBC.INI\Source, but I ...more >>

I have a new SQL Server installation on a remote dedicated web server server hosting several websites. If I use Remote Desktop, I can log in on the server and perform any DB task, using any of the created logins without any problem. I can use Enterprise Manager & Query Analyzer without any...more >>

I am using VS2005 with sql server 2005 express. I have database with atached datafile. when I am using Select command from created table, there is not case sensitive in the result. I mean I have in the table the row with value "Disp1" in col1, and when I am selecting with filter Where col1="d...more >>

Good day. I had my XP Pro PC hard drives formatted to NTFS but when I built the 98SE PC it could not read the shared files from the XP PC. I re-formatted the drives on the XP PC to FAT32. Does the PC on which SQL Server 2000 is installed require the NTFS formatted hard drives? TIA, Jim. ...more >>

I have SQL Server 2000 installed on my XP Pro PC and the Client Tools (SQL Query Analyzer) installed on my 98SE PC. On the 98SE PC, when I start SQL Query Analyzer, I get a window titled "Connect to SQL Server" but the SQL Server line is blank and the drop-down arrow is also blank. How do I ge...more >>

I use enterprise to connect one SQL server from my pc, get the following errors: access deny and connection fail, but, I can use my another server to connect it, same setup, any suggestions? -- Cindy Sai Professional & Continuing Studies The University of Delaware http://www.udel.edu ht...more >>

Is it a security risk to have the IUSR account set up as a dbo, or is it better to give the IUSR account selected authority? I use the IUSR account to access SQL Server for ASP web pages. The connection string uses IUSR_<machine> with no password, but the password is stored within IIS. ...more >>

Two of our servers have a "MYSql OleDB Provider" Datasource. I have no idea where they came from but I would like to add this Datasource to my own PC. Is this something someone likely purchased? Does Microsoft provide it? Thanks...more >>

We've got SQL 2000 clients (standard install, no sp) who are connecting to our SQL 2000 Servers with Named Pipes even though we've disabled named pipes in the client network utility. They should be connecting via tcp/ip. Any ideas on what could be causing this? ...more >>

Hello, I have two sql servers that reside in seperate AD forests and that are separated by a firewall. I need to enalbe connectivity between the two sql servers. In addition to port 1433 are there any other ports that need to be opened...more >>

Hi, I am unable to connect to a SQL Server on our network. I was able to connect to this server until recently. I am not /aware/ of any changes to the server or to the client that could have affected this, however, the server was not responding to pings this morning and had to be rebooted. ...more >>

I have installed SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 and attached a database which was running on SQL Server 2000. On the local machine using server management studio I can see all databases including the one I attached. In SMS I have under Databases System Databases (containing Master tempdb etc.), Data...more >>

Hi, I am trying to link up a SQL Server 2000 SP4 (or SP3a) with a ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) on Windows 2003 SP1. Both SQL Server and ADAM are running on the local machine. The user I am logged on is a local Administrator account. Unfortunately with not much luck. I crea...more >>

Dear gurus, I’ve created a link between an A server (sql2000k) and an B server (sql2000k). They belong to different NT domains as well as different countries. That link has been created from one third server-country but I think that doesn’t matter so that’s not strange at all but th...more >>

We are using SQL Server 2000 with ASP.Net. My manager noticed in Enterprise Manager (under Management | Current Activity | Process Info) that after a page had rendered, some database connections still show. We figured the code must not be closing the connections properly. We did some research...more >>

Hi, I am running Navision 3.10A with SQL Server. When I go into Navision and try Syncronise to SQL I receive the following: (Error Message 1) Click Ok if you want to revoke Windows login DOMAIN\User1 from Server SERVERNAME or click Cancel to allow login to remain granted. This message a...more >>

I have an ASP website that uses SQL Server 2000 as its back end. It is running successfully on SBS 2003--all on one machine. I am moving over to a new domain which has the web site on one server and SQL Server 2000 on another. I have progressed to the point where the web site comes up, but I ...more >>

I use connection string like that: server=10.10.10.1;uid=xuser;pwd=xpasword;database=xdatabase;Connection Timeout=60;Pooling=True;Min Pool Size=1;Max Pool Size=50 And I can't connect to the server. when I connect to \\10.10.10.1\c$ with administrator rights then connection to sqlserver (1...more >>

We are calling stored procedures over a linkedserver from a client and we want to use these client stored procedures in a test and production system with different server names. Also we don' t want to have to kinds of sps (for the test and production system). Our Clients have a MSDE 7.0 and...more >>

We are running SQL Server 2000 on Windows Server 2003 (SP1 not installed). We are trying to access our databases using Enterprise manager from our machines in the office using windows authentication. We have no problems from windows XP machines (using both TCP/IP and Named Pipes). I can con...more >>