I am developing an app that needs to get from a user a server name or address and a db name and build a folder structure based on that. The problem is that in order to have the same folder for all the different ways there are to get the path to the instance (localhost, ip address, etc.) i'm running the following Query:
select cast(SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName')as varchar)+'\'+##servicename
on the target server and set my folder structure based on that, and in that format saves the connection that the user gave (doesn't matter if i got ip or a server name, there is one connection string for all).
My problem is that when the instance is the default instance on the target machine, I cant seem to connect using MACHINE_NAME\MSSQLSERVER. I can only log in using the machine without instance name. So I need to either find a way to connect to the instance using its full name (preferred) or to find a way figure out if the targeted instance is the default one.
Any help would be very appreciated.
'MSSQLSERVER' is reserved for default instance, so you can
SELECT CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName')AS VARCHAR)+ CASE WHEN CHARINDEX('MSSQLSERVER', ##SERVICENAME, 1) >0 THEN '' ELSE '\'+##SERVICENAME END
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I have a rather complex requirement - that I have to drop a very specifically named file in an FTP location, and the trick here is that I would often have to drop it into a new location and with a new file name each time (both directory name and file name depending on the year, month, date and time). Obviously, for this purpose I chose to use a Dynamic Send Port, which I have configured using a MessageAssignment Shape.
A file will be generated each day. I need to drop it in a remote location in this form:
sample-servername-stage/default/file/ftp/PaymentReports/YYYY/MM_[MonthName]/PaymentReportYYYYMMDD_HHMISS
For example, for a file posted on March, 2 2016 at 6:45pm, we would have:
sample-servername-stage/default/file/ftp/PaymentReports/2016/03_March/PaymentReport20160302_184500
Here's the code I have in the MessageAssignment Shape:
FTPSendPort1(Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.Address) = "ftp://sample-servername-stage:721";
FTPSendPort1(Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.TransportType) = "FTP";
Output(FTP.CommandLogFileName) = "D:\\BiztalkLogs\\FTPLog\\DynamicFTPLog.txt";
Output(FTP.UserName) = "sampleUsername";
Output(FTP.Password) = "samplePassword";
Output(FTP.BeforePut) = "MKD " + Variable_1 + ";CWD " + Variable_1;
FTPSendport1 - name of the Dynamic Send Port.
Output - name of the Output message.
Variable_1 - variable where I will store the directory name to be created.
Here are the biggest issues:
I need to check if a directory already exists - the year, then navigate in and check if the month already exists. If they exist I simply go in there and drop the file. If not, I create it and drop the file in there.
I need to name the file with the date time specifics in the format shown above. In addition to the code shown above, I have tried a number of things including setting FILE.ReceivedFileName, FTP.ReceivedFileName properties etc. Nothing seems to work. This may be because I cannot use the macro %SourceFileName% anywhere. Because of this it keeps dropping the file into the location with a GUID name instead of the one I set. It behaves as though it completely skips/overlooks the command where I set the file name.
I'm thoroughly confused at this point. I'm not sure of how I can mix checking conditions (if the folders already exist etc.) with FTP commands, and especially not sure of how to do this within an orchestration.
The file naming is done in the address property where you provide the FTP URL. In fact you can even use macros in there. Try that:
FTPSendPort1(Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.Address) = "ftp://sample-servername-stage:721/SomeFolder/SomeFileName_%datetime%.xml"
For you other problem of checking if folders exists on the FTP and creating them, I think you'll have to write a custom pipeline component.
I am trying to run a C# program to determine if a directory exists on multiple servers, so I need to run it as %system Variable%, rather than making a drive letter call, since not every server will have the same drive letter. This is what I have:
If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists("D:\backup") Then
This code will work, as I define the drive
If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists("%BCK_DRV%\backup") Then
This will not, I get my else error when running it. The %BCK_DRV% is defined in the environment variables, and I can navigate to the folder without issue using %BCK_DRV%\backup. Is there a special way to set and define a %drive% in C#?
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable?
Code sample:
Dim backupDrive As String = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BCK_DRV") & "\backup"
If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists(backupDrive) Then
Try Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables():
string raw = #"%BCK_DRV%\backup" ;
string expanded = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables( path_raw ) ;
Naturally, it's up to you to ensure that your process inherits the correct environment.
To expand "%BCK_DRV%\backup" to it's real value you need
Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables();
Example:
Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%winDir%\test")
will expand to "C:\Windows\test" (on my system).
This is my first post to this precious website. I am a new learner of vb.net. I am working on a simple purchase project, where i got some errors. But the first thing is which baffled me is:
This is my connection string at module level, on the developed machine.
Public strCn As String = "Data Source = (local); Initial Catalog = PSys; Integrated Security = false; User ID = sa; Password = 123;"
Is it mandatory that Data Source must be the original name of the System Name. I mean If i use (local) or using ( . ), so will it work or not? Because when i copy my project to any other system for further development so every time i need to change the Data source, otherwise i get the error that: "Network-related or instance-specific error occurred......."
Kindly guide me that what i need to do.
When you are developing an application which uses a database server such as MsSQL it is not wise to install the server along with your application in every pc which is installed to. For example what are you going to do if a customer has a local network with 10 computers? Are you going to install SQL server in all 10 of them? And if so what if they need to share data?
So your best approach (based on common practice by other applications) will be to allow the user to install the SQL server where he wants and let him configure your application and point it to the server's location. If you follow that path then the configuration of your application can be in the setup application or in the application itself.
Now about the development phase, I had a similar situation in which I needed to develop the same application in two different computers. What I did was to install the SQL server in both of them with a named instance "sqlexpress" then in the application I used the
Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionStringBuilder
class to build the connection string. I did something like this:
Public Function getDevConnectionString() As String
Dim csb As New Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionStringBuilder(My.Settings.dbConnectionString) '<-My original cs in app settings
csb.DataSource = My.Computer.Name & "\sqlexpress"
Return csb.ConnectionString
End Function
Whenever I need a connection string I simply call getDevConnectionString() which returns the connection string based on the computer name plus the sql server instance name. For example:
Dim cs As String
#If DEBUG Then
cs = getDevConnectionString()
#Else
cs = getReleaseConnectionString()
#End If
where getReleaseConnectionString() is the function that returns your connection string configured by the customer.
Hope this point you the right direction...
I have a program that will run a query, and return results in report viewer. The issue is we have 10 locations, all with their own local database. What I'd like to do is have each location use the program and utilize the App.config file to specify which database to connect to depending on which location you are. This will prevent me from having to create 10 individual programs with separate database connections. I was thinking I could have 3 values in the app.config file "Database" "login" "password" Generally speaking the databases are on the .30 address... so it would be nice to be able to have them set the config file to the database server IP...
For example:
Location: 1
DatabaseIP: 10.0.1.30
Login: sa
Password: databasepassword
Is it possible to set something like this up using the app.config file?
You should take a look on the resource files.
Originally, they are intended for localization, but they should work for you also.
Go to your project Properties, and set up an Application Setting --> Type (Connection String) from the drop down. This will result in a xlm config file in your output directory in which you can modify the connection string post-compile.
I ended up using a simple XML File to do this. I used this site to accomplish it. I first wrote the XML using the form load, then switched it to the read.
When using the sql server provider in powershell, the path I pass works fine the first time, but upon the second run it errors out on me. It's like I have to clear the drive somehow?
Example:
sl "SQLSERVER:SQL\SERVERNAME\DEFAULT\DATABASES\DATABASENAME\Tables"
works fine the upon the first run. The location is successfully set. But, when I run it a 2nd time, I get this error:
Set-Location : SQL Server PowerShell provider error: The number of keys specified does not match the number of keys required to address this object. The number of keys requi
red are: Schema.Name.
I'm using quest powergui btw. Please help, this is driving me mad.
Looks to me like you're using a relative path (i.e. it doesn't start with a slash after the provider:). So, first you've set the location relative to the default--root folder. Then, you try to set the location again, but you're already in the "tables" folder, which doesn't have a "SQL\SERVERNAME..." folder inside it.
Does that make any sense?