Microsoft's SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It originated from the Sybase SQL Server codebase, which is why both products use the extension of SQL called Transact-SQL (T-SQL).

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How to structure Master/Detail tables for performance without denormalizing?

Some Background Info We have a set of tables that holds all the transactions for our system, TransactionHeaders and TransactionDetails. There are roughly 80k Transactions a day which translates to ...
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CREATE ASSEMBLY - EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

I am trying to create an assembly on my SQL Server 2005 server. Here is what I am using: CREATE ASSEMBLY [SQLCLRTest] AUTHORIZATION [dbo] FROM 'path\to\my\file.dll' WITH PERMISSION_SET = ...
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Allow users to do anything within his own schema but cannot create or drop the schema itself

I have created a schema in SQL Azure using following permissions on my database role: CREATE ROLE myrole AUTHORIZATION dbo; EXEC sp_addrolemember 'myrole', 'myuser'; CREATE SCHEMA myschema ...
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Are there any best practices before moving SQL Server to another node (controlled failover)?

Let's say there are multiple jobs running on the SQL Server - we have index maintenance jobs, backups, replication, etc. We would like to perform a switchover using Failover Cluster Manager. Are there ...
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I/O is frozen on database databasename

On SQL Server 2005 log report, everyday I receive the following message: I/O is frozen on database databasename. Is it serious ? How to resolve it ?
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What does duration measurement in sql server actually measure?

What precisely does the query duration measure when conducting a profiler trace? I have a stored procedure which performs data access (SELECT), and it is taking an average of around 30 seconds to ...
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Could not allocate space for object 'dbo.History' in database '[path to mdf]' because the 'PRIMARY' filegroup is full

I have a local project i am working on, on my own workstation. I use a local SQL server as well. The project contains alot of data, and as of now, i just need to be able to store all this data in the ...
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SQL Server SSIS issue retrieve data when i enter into login of server side?

can any one try solve my problem here i am facing a problem Failed to retrieve data when i enter into login of server side here is the error message TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ...
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SQL Server : where with cast(value as varbinary) vs cast(value as varbinary(300))

Are there any theoretical performance differences between these queries in the scenarios below. Scenarios are: MyTable has Value nvarchar(300) MyTable has Value nvarchar(max) Q1: declare @p ...
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How to do automated archiving for a SQL Server database based on interpretation of database metadata?

I am looking for a solution giving me automated archiving of SQL Server databases based on a smart interpretation of table relationships that is able to archive records from related tables minimizing ...
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SQL Server 2008 replication scenario

First of all sorry about my english, and most importantly, my database ignorance, I'll do my best ;) Until now, the scenario that I have is as follows: In a server under our LAN, we have a database ...
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In KB2658214, how does SQL Server know that “correlated AND predicates” are actually correlated?

While diagnosing SQL Server 2008 R2 queries with poor cardinality estimation (despite simple indexing, up-to-date statistics, etc.) and hence poor query plans, I found a perhaps-related KB article: ...
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SQL Server named instance - can connect remotely, but not locally

I have an instance of SQL Server on my machine. Machine: Bert01 SQL Server instance: Bert2008 I connect to it using SSMS putting Bert01\Bert2008 in the Server name box, using sa and the . When I ...
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How to get SQLCMD to output errors and warnings only?

How can you get SQLCMD, when executing a SQL script file, to just output any errors or warnings it encounters? I essentially dont want information based messages to be output.
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MDX Block Calculation Optimisation

I have a query I'm trying to optimise. I have read an article here http://web.archive.org/web/20100823233821/http://www.biblogs.com/2008/03/30/optimizing-countfilter-expressions-in-mdx/ about ...
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Lock timeout on user tables traced back to system processes

I have a problem where users are reporting intermittent errors in an application that is using a SQL Server 2005 database. Nothing jumped out at me at first glance so I took a look at ...
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going from heirarchical XML to heirarchical SQL tables then SQL to c# objects to go to user view, how should I store the data in the databases?

Hi I'm getting my data from a web service using their getData call and it comes in as fairly chunky heirarchical XML, first everything all at once, like <allData> <product1> ...
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823 errors on tempdb

Have a couple Fiber channel SAN-attached cluster servers which have been intermittently reporting errors like: 2012-05-09 16:31:54.13 spid74 Error: 823, Severity: 24, State: 2. 2012-05-09 ...
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Logic to convert a UTC date-time to a specific time zone

I have a table which has 1 row per event. Each event has a datetime stamp column which has values in UTC time. Each row has an associated local timezone in which the event occurred. I have a DIM ...
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ProcessID Owner with third party app

I am having problems trying to audit a third party app with a SQLServer backend. The app manages users and user access via a SQL table, using a single SQL login to access the databases. I am trying ...
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SQL Server retrieval error under heavy load (200 concurrent users)

Currently I'm facing an issue in a SQL Server retrieval procedure. Stored procedure returns unexpected result when executed by many user (No. of users > 40) concurrently for the same parameter. For ...
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Clear schema from database without dropping it

I'm working on a school project where I have a SQL Server with a database for my team. I already imported a local database created with Entity Framework. Now the model has changed, table properties ...
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Concurrent Access causing deadlock on the same table

Transaction 1 : SELECT distinct column_id from grid where row_id = @P0 Transaction 2 : INSERT INTO grid (grid_id, row_id, column_id) In this table grid grid_id is primary key clustered. ...
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Startup procedure for SQL Server availability replica becoming becoming primary

Is there any way how to create a startup T-SQL script/procedure for starting availability replica (when state has changed from secondary to primary)? I want to disable SSIS jobs specific for related ...
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Is there an effective way to create extended event data that includes stacktraces in SQL Server on a local db instance?

I read Paul Randal's article on getting the symbols for SQL Server. I have a theory that I could get the extended events to read the symbols from the symbol server catch directory by setting the ...
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Asynchronous processing of SQL CLR results that can dynamically add more work

I have an application that consists of Web-services that make calls to a sharded SQL Server database. Each database node has a SQL CLR stored procedures, which given some number of records to process, ...
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Denying direct remote access to SQL Server

I am trying to stop our valid database users accessing our SQL Server remotely via applications other than our system application (e.g., MS Excel). These accesses need to be prevented because they ...
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Registering a SSDT database project as a data tier application fails

I am having problems publishing a SSDT database project and registering it as a data tier application. Let me explain. I have a database (A) which references two other databases (B & C) through ...
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Slow Response: Initially it's slow and on subsequent restart of the host it works normally

We have SQL Server 2008 R2 32 bit installed on the following hardware: CPU: Intel Xeon E5310 @ 1.60 GHz RAM: 4 GB HDD: Raid Server: HP Proliant 120 OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard ...
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DPM and AlwaysOn - Can they work

How does AlwaysOn tie into DPM for SQL Server 2012? Can we use one or the other for High Availability ? Can they work together or must they be used separately. Thanks
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how can Audit All Login To SQL Server BY ODBC Connection

I MAke Report By Access Form On SQL database I make ODBC Connection For login To Update the data From Database Now I want Audit All logins To know who make Update today Or who make Update Now ? ...
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SQL pre-login handshake connection failure

I'm having an intermittent problem with one of my old SQL 2000 servers. Every once in a while it stops accepting logins. I fix the problem by bouncing sqlservr.exe and then it starts working properly ...
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SSIS Merge Join Trouble: 3 tables into 1

So I am having trouble merging three tables into one. All sources are DB, and I am using the MERGE JOIN function. When I join my first two tables, using standard left inner join, it returns the exact ...
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Transfer data from DynamoDB to SQL server 2008?

I want to transfer data from amazon dynamo DB to SQL server 2008. What are the tools or methods which can be used to do this ?
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SQL server slow on Xeon machine, fast on Corei7 x990

i have searched this problem but have had no luck find any improvement. I have a complex application that used stored procedures in SQL server. Some of the stored procedures use cursors due to the ...
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Database Timeout Error from VB Application

Recently we are receiving so many database timeout error from different servers we are using vb application -- which will use ODBC connection to connect database - here no problem when we run the ...
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Getting LCK_M_S On read committed Snapshot Isolation

I'm getting LCK_M_S on read_committed_snapshot isolation. From my understanding, this isn't supposed to happen since my selects are not placing shared locks anymore. From my logs, I can see that my ...
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connect sql server using windows authentication in another pc

I am having sql server 2008 r2 express installed in a PC. I have some other PC which are connected to this pc in a local network.Now those PC connect to my pc's sql server using sql authentication. ...
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sql server full text search - fuzzy searching?

Is there a way to configure fuzzy searches in sql server full text search. Meaning if I search for a term called POWDER, I must get matches (i.e. strings) which contain any variations of it within an ...
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Why Am I Getting Deadlock - Please Read Trace

can anyone help me? i'm getting deadlock on this trace, i'm using symmetricds and i can't understand why i'm getting a deadlock on a certain table. I'm using sql server 2008 r2, ...
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SSRS Timeline Chart for each day / minute

I'm asked to make a Timeline Bar Chart with SSRS 2012. There should be 1 chart per day/employee, and this chart should have a x-axis of 1440 minutes (or 24 hours). The bar should have 2 different ...
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sp_testlinkedserver taking long time to time-out

I'm using the following code to check if a linked server is available before running queries on it: declare @srvr nvarchar(128), @retval int; set @srvr = 'my_linked_srvr'; begin try exec @retval ...
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Collect CPU, reads and writes when replaying SQL Profiler Trace

I'm trying to replay a trace on a test environment with SQL Profiler in order to benchmark a database prior to making some performance tweaks. I intend to replay the same trace at various stages to ...
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Troubleshooting Database Mail issues and Service Account permissions in SQL Server

I am having difficulties troubleshooting a Database Mail issue. When I try to stop and start the service using sysmail_start_sp and sysmail_stop_sp, I see a critical error in the Administrative Logs ...
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INSERT BULK in SQL Profiler without values

I started SQL Profiler to catch actions that are doing on server, and among them I found one row where is stated: SQL BatchStarting: insert bulk table_name <column_list> but there is no ...
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Will Startup Procs Run Again After Database Recovery?

We have a number of stored procedures that run on startup via the sp_procoption startup: exec sp_procoption 'ProcName', 'startup, 'true' A customer's server started up with a very large database in ...
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Migration advice from SQL server 2000 bak

A small and old Windows 2003 server, just crashed; from the backup only the .bak files are available. A new server will be built, however, as the database is very small (20MB) and the Windows server ...
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Efficiently retrieve big amount of data based on date range

Table EVENTS TimeStamp |O.Name |Location |Source | 2008-11-12 |Pretorian|Európe |England | 2009-12-24 |Lex Rosa |Európe |Italy | 2010-01-01 |Nasdaq |USA |Whasington | ...
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The Cluster service failed to bring clustered service or application 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)' completely online or offline

SQL Server service restarted/stopped, which cause the production database down n find this errors in System log. ERROR5:The Cluster service failed to bring clustered service or application 'SQL ...
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SSMS produces error if query returns too many rows

We are having an issue with a server that we linked to our sql server 2012 instance. The server that we linked through an odbc or oledb connection is Pervasive SQL. Selecting from the linked server ...

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