I'm currently working on a reporting tool for a company that conducts the same survey at different clients. So the analysis and report would be the same, except for the conclusions. The ultimate goal of the project would be a tool that automatically extracts, analyses the data and creates the report. SQL Server and Visual Studio are mandatory programs.
I'm completely new to all of this except for the SQL-language. After reading up on this and asking around the usage of stored procedures seemed the best option. If I interpret correct these should be stored in SQL Server and could then be envoked in Visual Studio
However, my problem is, I can't figure out how to connect to the external ODBC-server that holds the data in SQL Server 2005. It seems to me there is no way to connect to a remote server in SQL Server 2005. On the other hand, in Visual Studio 2005 I did manage to connect and extract data from the server.
Is this the right way to achieve my goal (repeatable/automated report)? If so, what am I doing/thinking wrong? If not, please enlighten me.
Thx in advance
Another way to do this is to use bcp...you can check this article to see if there are any answers here for you. There would be no remote server connections if you are able to run the command and the local box that contains the sql server.
You might be able to set up a linked server in SQL Server 2005 to connect to your remote server/database.
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I am using xp. I want to learn SQL.
I have SQL Server Management Studio Express.
I dont know how it works but when I open it ,it says couldn't connect to server.
It asks for server name and instance name, I don't have any idea where to find server name and instance name.
Also looked for solutions related to server name and instance name but dont find SQL manager. Please tell me how to practice SQL?
I am Learning for the first time.Please help me.
Hope these videos will help you to make first steps in studiyng SQL Server.
If you want to study just SQL (not specially SQL Server), you may like lessons on w3schools
I have connected to my SQL azure server using SQL Server 2012 Management Studio and I cannot edit any of my table's schema or the data in it. When I right click on the table the options are missing. Am I doing something wrong?
Not that I am using SSMS 2012, but in 2008 R2 is generally the same. There is no GUI for neither table designer, nor "Edit top 200 records". You have to begin diving into the DDL and DML for SQL Server and give up GUIs. One way you could use GUI to some extend, especially for DDL is to use the portal provided Windows Azure SQL Database manager. You can find a link to it when you go to your database from either the new or the old portal (Manage). Other way is to use some third party tool, which I am not aware of.
Here is the link to that manager from the new portal:
Another option some people may find helpful, if you have and use Visual Studio then you can link to the server in ServerManager, connect to the database, and then design and edit data directly.
My 2008 R2 version of SSMS had the same problem. I downloaded 2016 CTP3 SSMS which has Azure support and everything is normal for the Azure Databases.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt238290.aspx
I did lose my connection history information so beware.
Well, I have a database running on shared hosting and have successfully connected to it. However, i cannot see the database but when i run i.e.
SELECT * FROM Item
Item is a table in it, i get correct result.
Further more, when connected via Visual Studio 2010 with the same credentials, i see it.
Ive had this issue before and resolved it by applying the current Service Pack to SSMS
It looks like a bug in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. See https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/387616/tables-node-does-not-show-all-schemas-in-ssmse-2008
Friends I have a problem with SQL Server Reporting Services ..!!!
I have some reports that show no data, the reports are on a separate server from the server that contains the database, the Data Sources of the reports is well configured.
Stored procedures are executed while the server (display data)
users have the necessary permissions.
What is the problem ..? Thanks
Also, look at reporting services logs. they all end in .log, and begin with Report. I forget where they are on the server, but am pretty sure they are under the program files directory for mssql, just as you would find logs for sql server.
It sounds as though the definition of your data sources in production may be different from that in development. Have you tried redeploying your data sources?
You should be able to access the Database on a server separate from the report server. That all sounds good. When you run the Reports in Visual Studio Preview mode....do you see any data?
So at work, my team is using a central SQL server 2005 database server for integration testing and I want to move to testing on my local database. The only problem is that the central database is in excess of 10 Gb.
I am interested in importing the data objects and a rows for each table to ensure I can be up and running. Can you guys advise me on how I can do this?
I have VS 2008 professional and SQL Server management studio express. Would I need VS 2008 database edition?
Thanks
-Venu
EDIT : I will try logging into the central database server and seeing if the host machine has better tools. Thanks kpollock, I didn't think of that.
Both 2005 and 2008 Express editions have 4 gb limitation.
Have you thought about making a db copy on central server and dealing with it (just restore it into new db with other name)?
See also BACKUP and RESTORE in SQL Server -- Full Backups
Looks like an SSIS job to me - which I think Express version of Management Studio doesn't have.
Or you could do it in C# calling Stored procs on the source database to extract the data if that's where your skills lie. (this is how I would do it as I think it's more widely comprehensible - but that's just my opinion).
If the database is live and new data comes in all the time perhaps you could set up the schema and reference data only then use replication to get the new data as it comes in (if you think that will get you a representative sample).
You will have to code up the sample extraction based upon an understanding of the schema - i.e. ensure you get a full set of linked records (e.g detail records for orders and all lookups e.g. customer, addresses, etc.).