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Hello all. We use a stored procedure that has an argument that used to be great at varchar(800). The company has grown though and when a user tried to send 43K bytes to that argument sql server was...
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I am working on SQL Server 2014 and I want to know, Is it possible to change the location of SQL log file and will it affect to the database if it is possible to change its location?
View ArticleSQL cluster Installation failed on adding node (passive) to cluster.
Hello:During the installation of Adding node to a SQL Server failover cluster(On passive node) getting error like.. TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Setup------------------------------ The following...
View ArticleSQL 2012 SP2 X86 Freezes - Updating MSI Timing Action
I'm trying to upgrade a box to SP2 to start with on dev. It's a X86 install. When running SQLServer2012SP2-KB2958429-x86-ENU.exe : the screen freezes for a long time on "Updating MSI Timing Action"...
View ArticleSql Server Installation Error - missing msi (?)
When trying to install MS SQL 2014 Enterprise Edition, I'm receiving the following error:TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure. ------------------------------ SQL Server Setup has encountered the following...
View ArticleSuperseeded Patch
Hopefully, I am in the right forum for this question. This is a question about superseded patches and although in the case it deals with SQL, this could also be asked of any MS patches. I am currently...
View ArticleCan you restore a database SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 install to a SQL Server...
Hello,Can you restore a database SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 install to a SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 server install? I like to restore BAK files to another server but it is at SP3.ThanksPaul
View ArticleProper version of SSDT for Sql Server 2014
Sql 2014 does not come with BIDS or SSRS out-of-the box. (I need to install SSDT on our Sql 2014 server to emulate that.). But what is the proper version of SSDT to use? (It seems to be tied into the...
View Articleusers with sysadmin role can't access network drives
HelloWhen I create logins for SQL Server 2012, something strange happens. When I assign the sysadmin role to a login, the login loses the access to the network drives (for example when creating or...
View ArticleHow to apply SP4 on SQL Server 2008
Hi All,To apply SP4 on SQL Server 2008 what is the best practice.Apart from DB Backup, do we need to have setup file in handy to reinstall SQL Server and restore databases including system & user...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 Express does not delete registry entries at uninstall
Hello,i'm responsible for the install routine of our porducts in our company. We used to install the SQL Server 2008 Express with our setup. We also checked registry entries to detect if the SQL Server...
View ArticleSQL compact 4.0 won't install
I accidentally uninstalled SQL compact server so I got the download from Microsoft website, but when I try to run installer a box pops up and says ''preparing file location'' then box disappears and...
View ArticleBacking Up SQL Server 2014
My company has recently began using an SQL Server, located on the Head-Production computer, to store data for the factory. I am trying to learn more about the backup process for this, since the server...
View ArticleHow we can assign a fixed amount of memory for a multiple instance in SQL 2014
Hi,We have a SQL enterprise server 2014 with two installed instance.First instance for SharePoint 2013 DBs and second instance Dynamics AX 2012 R3 DBs.The server has 32 GB of RAM, currently the...
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SQL Server 2014 SP1 - Not applied to Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for...
Hi All:Recently we had applied SQL Server 2014 SP1, discovery report we are seeing SP1 not applied to the component "Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search", Even we tried to install SP1 one...
View ArticleI upgraded to SQL 2014 Developer. Now it takes 30 seconds to connect...
Howdy! I just upgraded to sql 2014 Dev edition. before the upgrade I connected using SSMS in about 2 seconds. Now it takes 30 and I'm confused as to why. Oddly enough, it doesn't matter whether I am...
View Article";SQL Server 2014 Configuration File" is required in configuration file???
If the file has the first line, then it works fine, if not, it just popup the wizard.------------------------------;SQL Server 2014 Configuration File [OPTIONS] ACTION="Install"...
View ArticleEdition upgrade from 2008 R2 Express with Advanced services to Standard
Hi thereI'm trying to upgrade from "SQL Server 2008 R2 x64 (64-bit) Express with Advanced Services" to "SQL Server 2008 R2 x64 (64-bit) Standard" edition via Maintenance->Edition Upgrade, but...
View ArticleKB3045305 Causes problem with unique clustered index
After applying KB3045305 we started having problems with a PeopleSoft SQR (Structured Query Reporter) job that pulls data via distributed query from a table on our Finance system (another SQL Server)....
View ArticleDatabase Backup to Network Share on an Islion and Restore onto another...
I need to backup a SQL Database on a SQL 2014 to network share on a EMC Islion (Windows NTFS) and then a day later restore the database onto a offline server . How is this best achieve, TSQL Scripts...
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