Problem Deleting Backup Data (sp_delete_backuphistory)
I've been runnning log shipping for nearly a year, and on several DB's. My msdb database is now more than 4 Gigs and has about 5 million records in each of the backup tables. Naturally, I have a...
View ArticleSQL Server Sharepoint database, restoring Excel objects
I have a SQL Server 2000 database for Sharepoint. User wants a DB restore to recover a website in order to recover Excel sheets that were on the site. Excel objects all report 0k and open up blank. How...
View ArticleBlocking Notification in SQL Server 2000
Hi, I have been researching to see if we can get email when there is blocking in SQL Server 2000 but not able to find any information. Can somebody please let me know that is there any way to do...
View ArticleNew SQL Server Express Installation
I'm in the process of bringing up a new SQL Server Express server for a migration. I'm able to ping the server from my laptop. I'm able to RDP into the server and connect to the databases as an Admin...
View Articleorphaned spids
Anybody have any info on what causes these? Are there any known issues related to Citrix metaframe 1.8?
View ArticleFinding out what servers are connected to what database...
Hi Everyone.New to the DBA world here. And i have been given the task of researching what the organisation has and how it is connected as far as MS SQL databases are concerned. I have found out what we...
View ArticleCryptAcquireContext failed. Error 0x57
On a production db of over 100 GB, i am getting the below error freqently and i have to restart my server as it becomes dead.[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]CryptoAPI function...
View ArticleOLE DB provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error.
Hi,I am able to excute a select query suceefully in the same server.I am getting below error when i excute the same query in another sql2005 management studio.[OLE/DB provider returned message: The...
View ArticleSSIS- Excel Source
Hi,i need your help please! , i'm new to sql server and i have about 30 excel files to extract, the files have different formats and differents types of data.is there a way to extract them all at once...
View ArticleSQL server 2000 not visible
I have sql server 2000 service running in my box but when i click on start -> programs i couldnt find the same. Any suggestion on this please.
View ArticleSQL Server 2000 Data Loss
TIA for any help...First some background...I am supporting a 2000 instance that does ETL for reporting, custom VB forms, etc. This has been in place for 10+ years and remains mostly unchanged over...
View ArticleScript for alter NonClustered Index to Custered across all databases
Hi,I required to have an automation script which will generate a script to alter all non-clustered indexes to clustered index for performance improvement. I am on SQL Server 8.00.760 (SP3). Will it be...
View ArticleDelete or move tempdb .ndf file
We have tempdb on a different physical disk than our user databases. A few weeks ago, we were running out of space on that disk during a data warehouse load. Until we could buy a bigger disk, we...
View ArticleDBCC shrinkfile error - Msg 8985
HiI am getting following error when I try to shrink the transaction log:DBCC SHRINKFILE (wslogdb50_Log, 2000)Server: Msg 8985, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Could not locate file 'wslogdb50_Log' in...
View ArticleWindows 7 and Primavera p6.... database incompatibility
HI FOLKS....I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE HERE THAT CAN HELP ME. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A WINDOWS 7 LAPTOP AND I HQVE BEEN TRYING TO DOWNLOAD PRIMAVERA P6 TO MY LAPTOP BUT IT'S COMING UP WITH THE...
View ArticleRemove database name from CURSOR/
I have written a script to run DBCC CHECKDB, but I want to skip entering the database "master" when user runs the dbcc checkdb with "tablock=y" option enabled.Any generous person can please help me to...
View Articlegetting error "The system cannot find the path specified." using xp_cmdshell
Hi,I am getting error "The system cannot find the path specified." using xp_cmdshell, tyring to copy file from one folder to another. Following is code i execute:DECLARE @fn char(6), @cmd...
View ArticleDropping NON Clustered Indexes
We have a table with over a million rows and there is a primary key on the table.We have an additional non clustered index that indexes 3 columns.During the upload or inserting process, what would...
View ArticleHow to find all children
HiI am moving all of my data from an old SQL 2000 Enterprise to SQL 2012 Enterprise. What I need is to map all of the views and tables that are used and where, and if possible, cross database.With this...
View ArticleSystem resource exceeded
A strange problem on production.we read data from few text files and update to the database everyday as part of a schedule. Daybefore yesterday we received the below error while performing the...
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