Accessing Legacy SQL 2000 DTS packages on SQL Server 2008 R2 on Citrix
Hello there,We have a Citrix Farm and users across the globe access the applications published on the farm. Offlate SQL Server 2008 is installed on the citrix server and the users are given access to...
View ArticleChanging the format of Money to reflect local setting
Hi Currently i have in my database fields that hold values for money displays as 1235,67I need it to display as 1235.67i need the columns in the database table to change as it is too many queries that...
View ArticleMulti-server administration - force poll on target fails, server needs to be...
I'm experimenting with multi=server administration on my SQL lab. Running SQL 2012 Enterprise SP1 on Windows 2008 R2 on a domain. I've created a domain account for my sql server agent user on each...
View ArticleSQL Server Agent - Will Job Run on Specific Future Date?
I have a number of SQL Server Agent jobs will different types of schedules (Daily, Weekly, Monthly). Each of these jobs will represent an event. For example there will be an FTP job that will...
View ArticleRecording and Reruning changes in a DataBase definition
Suppose I have two identical DataBases A and B, but with different Data. The tables, store procedures, etc are originally the same in both.Now I start doing changes in the definition of DataBase A,...
View ArticleIndex tuning
Hi,I am in the process of tuning the indexes on the production server. I have listed the missing indexes on the tables using dynamic managment. Is there any way where I can capture CPU, Elapsed before...
View ArticleUnable to see Edit Top (x) option when i right click
Hi sql guys,I recently installed sql server 2012 and try to right clikc on a database table, i am unable to view edit top(x) or edit table options . Any ideas?newbie
View ArticleData COllector in SQL Server SSMS 2008
Hi Friends,Could you please provide the query to know how many data collector is enabled or not?Please note: please provide the query.Thanks in AdvanceParixitsinh
View ArticleBest Practices For BI Environments ( Development, Test and production)
Hi, We are developing a BI solution using Microsoft 2012 BI, and we are wondering if there is a best practices to manage Dev, Test and production environements for SSIS, SSAS and SSRS regarding these...
View ArticleSQL change tracking
Hi All,I am on SQL Server 2008 R2 and want to track the changes happening in the database and then re-apply the change when it is required. I am aware that I can use database change tracking which is...
View ArticleSQL Server memory optimization?
What are the symptoms of a SQL server with insufficient memory (slow queries?) How can you tell if your SQL server does not have enough memory? How do you calculate the optimal amount of memory for...
View ArticleCan't find packages
This seems kind of crazy, but I created some Packages in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, I opted to both run the package immediately, and to save the package so I could run it later. Everything...
View ArticleLogshipping DR testing
Hi,I am planning to run a DR test scenario to check whether database and application is working in case of failure. I am have the log shipping configured for this scenario. I don't want to switch...
View ArticleHow to split filegroup files to more than physical storage drive
Are I can spread my database filegroup files to more than storage drive , not on the same storage drive , and stay connected logically as if they in the same drive , for example I want create filegroup...
View ArticleSQL service slow startup when many databases present
Hello,We have a 2 node SQL 2008 cluster. But when the service needs to failover it takes about 15 minutes for all databases to work. It seems that when the SQL service starts, every database needs to...
View ArticleSQL Server Policy Based Management
Hi,When specifying multiple servers as a target in Policy Based Management, will the policies be pushed from the central server to the target servers or the central server will only perform evaluation...
View ArticleSQL Server event forwarding error (can't find solution via bing or google)
I'm setting up a new central DBA server for Central Management Server, Performance DW and alerts. Older SQL 2000 and 2005 can forward their alerts with no problem. But newer servers on SQL 2008 R2 and...
View ArticleShrink files
I have a database, which is around 2gb but the transactional log file is around nearly 2gb. In order to reduce the size of the log file I was going to shrink performance on the file. Would there be...
View ArticleRegister Multiple sql server instances using powershell.(Register servers)
Hi Guys,we got around 300+ servers (both named and default instances) and I want to register them through powershell at one shot with in Central management server or registered server group from the...
View ArticleCannot execute as the server principal
Hi,I have restored a database from different server. The database has store procedure which run under an impersonated account IMPA. The impersonated account IMPA has permission to read data from other...
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