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How to write a script to push the server time to out?

Background: I am programming a database in Ms-Access and using SQL-server as the Back-end. But since my database will be a multi-user platform I need to make sure that whenever a user is posting data ...
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Would using timestamps solve consistency issues with snapshot isolation?

I'm considering using Snapshot Isolation for some large queries being send from an Access 2007 frontend. These queries are occasionally causing ASYNC_NETWORK_IO waits, and some blocking as well. I'm ...
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Access 2003 (SQL Server 2000) migration to SQL Azure

As my old Windows 2003 RAID controller started throwing errors, I am seriously thinking about switching current Access 2003 (adp/ADO) clients to use a Windows SQL Azure solution, in place of current ...
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Missing 'Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine' in SSMS

I've got several users that need to import / export ACCDB Access files into out of SQL Server. Unfortunately, I have been unable to get 'Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine' to show up as a ...
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Connecting to a SQL Server database from a Flash program

I currently have the ability to utilize Microsoft SQL Server 2012. I am developing a project with Adobe Flash Builder 4.7. If I link my database with Adobe Flash Builder is there any additional ...
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Replacing the MS-Acccess frontend for accessing linked tables with SQL Server?

Is it possible to use SQL Server / SQL Server Management Studio to do queries across linked tables the way that you would do them in MS-Access? The MS-Access front-end is frustrating and time ...
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SQL Server ODBC Mirror/Failover Partner

Background/Context We are in the process of moving our SQL Server 2000 databases to a mirrored SQL Server 2008 R2 server with a witness and automatic failover. We have both .Net and Access ...
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Column definition for a SQL Server equivalent to Access BOOLEAN type

The BOOLEAN datatype in Access (ie, Jet/ACE) returns a -1 for True and 0 for False; the field is always required (i.e., it cannot be set to NULL). The SQL Server BIT type returns 1 for True and 0 for ...
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SQL Server 2008 linked server to an Access 2007 DB that is in a protected directory on the Network

We have a SQL Server 2008 database that we are attempting to link with an Access 2007 DB (the maintainer works down the hall and refuses to migrate to SQL Server). We have the password to the database ...
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Why do I only see SYS and INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables? Access 2007 ODB to SQL Server 2008

I was finally able to create my ODBC connection but now when I go to External Data > ODBC > LINK TABLES using my ODBC connection in Access 2007 I get a huge list of tables such as ...
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SQL Server 2008 ODBC

My SQL Server 2008 is located on a remote computer so I am trying to create an ODBC connection using SQL Server Authentication. My problem is that the way i normally connect to my SQL Server is by ...
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Write Access Client App for SQL Server 2005 Backend [closed]

I'm writing an inventory/payroll system, and I'm storing all the records on a remote server running SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008 R2. I was wondering how I could start writing forms(very ...
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Can I be automatically notified of prolonged blocking in SQL server?

About once a week I have to resolve a blocking chain on a SQL Server 2005 database, caused by a long-lived read lock from an Access 2003 front-end. The lock is taken out whenever a user opens a ...
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MS Access displays alle columns in SQL Server tables as “deleted”

I have created an ODBC connection to a SQL Server 2005. When I link to the tables from MS Access, some tables have only "deleted" data. This means the rows and columns are displayed, but all data ...