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all groups > sql server misc > october 2003

trasnfer an entire database
Posted by dawe at 10/29/2003 9:46:39 PM
Hi folks! I have a SQL sever installed in my laboratory and now I have to build a database identical to a danish one (I write from Italy, the danish group works on the same biological experiments and data) so I thought I can tranfer the structure of that database into my SQL server (I dont' real...more >>


Adding user to SQL database
Posted by Sunitapatil NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 10/29/2003 1:47:51 PM
Hi All, I have deleted an user from a SQL server database, after deleting I refreshed the list the user name disappeared, But when I try to add a new user to the database in login name box - the deleted user still shows and if I select this user, it gives me an error that the user already e...more >>

VB Service
Posted by David M at 10/25/2003 1:01:52 AM
Hello -- I'm currently working on a VB application that will essentially be a front-end monitoring application using SQL Server. The front-end application will simply read data from SQL Server and display in a datagrid. What I also need is a backend application that can run as a NT service and...more >>

Single Quotes, SQL Inserts, Identifiers and Base 64...
Posted by Liddle Feesh at 10/23/2003 10:38:26 PM
Hi all! Please - I really hope someone can help me... As part of a document management tool, I am trying to read and write files (of varying content - some txt, bmp, jpg, doc, xls, xml, etc) to and from the windows filesystem and a SQL database. The file content is stored as an ntext in a...more >>

restoring old mdf file
Posted by frank brown at 10/23/2003 5:01:31 PM
I need to restore a Sql2000 database from an .mdf file from last July. Can people tell me if the following procedure is correct, or am I missing something? : 1. restore the .mdf file from backup to temp location (done) 2. backup existing database (in case I need to restore this one) 3. delet...more >>

query help(2)
Posted by u753143310 NO[at]SPAM spawnkill.ip-mobilphone.net at 10/23/2003 3:41:41 AM
got slightly similar table. #Temp Table: name,name1,name2,exam,score A,A1,A21, A,A1,A21,math100,88 A,A1,A21,math101,56 A,A1,A21, A,A1,A21,math102,67 A,A1,A21, A,A1,A21,math104,45 A,A1,A21,Chm100,55 A,A1,A21, A,A1,A21,chm101,86 A,A1,A21,chm102,44 A,A1,A21, (skipping) A,A1,A22,math100,...more >>

how to convert varchar to numeric ?
Posted by meh at 10/20/2003 10:08:28 PM
I have imported data from excel file. When data came to SQL table, the type of AMOUNT column was varchar. I tried to convert and cast amount type of amount column to number type but it does not allow me to convert. What is the best way of importing data into SQL and type stays the same as ...more >>

SQL Reporting Services.
Posted by Neal Boxrud at 10/20/2003 3:06:08 PM
Does anyone know when Microsoft plans to release the second bata of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services? Thanks, Neal... ...more >>



MAPI email service for SQL 7.0
Posted by chris NO[at]SPAM groupinfo.com at 10/20/2003 12:35:22 PM
Hello, We recently set up our SQL 7.0 server (on Win2k) to email us on different things (mainly results for Database Maintenance Plans). We went through the process of installing Outlook and configuring SQL to use its MAPI profile, etc., and it works fine. But my question is, is there an al...more >>

MSDE vs SQL 7.0 .dll files
Posted by malpmcc NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 10/13/2003 4:09:11 AM
I am currently looking to run my database using MSDE as opposed to SQL 7.0. My database runs ok using 7.0 but when i use MSDE i generate an error. I have run a windiff on the files installed by 7.0 and those installed by MSDE and came up with the following results. Can anyone help me with ...more >>

SQL Server project management
Posted by allancady NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 10/12/2003 11:07:49 AM
I'm a veteran software developer who's relatively new to the world of databases. The project I'm currently working on is growing to the point that I'm starting to wish I had the kind of project tools that I'm used to with languages like C++ and Java, namely compilers, "make" utilities, source c...more >>

Free Graphical Database Sizing Utility Available
Posted by NoMail at 10/9/2003 11:20:34 PM
We have just developed a Graphical utility to view the row counts, space used, index space and other information on your Microsoft SQL Server databases. The data is presented in grid and chart format and can be exported to various formats for external analysis. Can connect to servers over the...more >>

Database Backup in 0.5 B and Transaction log backup in GBs
Posted by Narendra Talreja at 10/8/2003 11:59:07 PM
SQL gurus, Simple question: Our database is 470MB and transaction log has become 18GB! (Clustered). I see local Fixed drives in both the SQL boxes from 'System Information' and disk manager where data is being stored. We are backing up database once in 24 hours and transaction logs every ...more >>

Transaction log 18 G and database 470MB
Posted by Narendra Talreja at 10/8/2003 9:34:39 PM
SQL gurus, Simple question: Our database is 470MB and transaction log has become 18GB! (Clustered). I see local Fixed drives in both the SQL boxes from 'System Information' and disk manager where data is being stored. We are backing up database once in 24 hours and transaction logs every ...more >>

Transactionlog
Posted by Martin Edwards at 10/8/2003 10:40:20 AM
Hi My transaction log has reached an unwanted size, 2GB for a 5 MB database. I am using SQL 2000. How do i shrink it? - Martin...more >>

SQL query problem
Posted by kiran NO[at]SPAM boardroomlimited.com at 10/5/2003 6:38:15 PM
Hi, I hv the following query that is returning correct values. However, I want to add one more condition to this query. select b.btdnumber as btdnumber, b.btdtrfno as bbtdtrfno, a.btdtrfno as btdtrfnohidden, a.BtdAcno as BtdAcno, a.BtdCertNo as BtdCertNo, a.BtdShare as BtdShare from shrba...more >>

Self Joins
Posted by kiran NO[at]SPAM boardroomlimited.com at 10/2/2003 8:02:31 PM
Hi, I want to display the results of the following query in my program. select a.cdecode as cdecode, a.cdename as cdename, a.cdecallid as cdecallid, a.cderecID as cderecid, b.cdecode as bcdecode, b.cdename as bcdename, b.cdecallid as bcdecallid, b.cderecid as bcderecid from shrcodemaster a...more >>

insert error ('name is not permitted in this context...')
Posted by frank brown at 10/2/2003 5:26:25 PM
When I submit the following TSQL to SqlServer 2000/SP3: INSERT dispinfo (datetime,incno,alarm,units,loc,type,insType) VALUES ("9/29/2003 01:36","F041069908","1","AU32","3052 NW 134 ST #2 ,SEA","AFA (AUTO. FIRE ALARM)",2) it fails with the following error: Server: Msg 128, Level 15, State ...more >>


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