Mailmerge result not displaying after connecting it with a database - database

I have a mailmerge that I am currently developing. I connected the mailmerge to a database (a particular query in the database) as datasource but I see nothing if I press Alt+f9. I understand that ctrl A and pressing F9 is for refreshing the data but it is still not working. Strangely it was showing before
Below is the mailmerge jargons when I toggle back:
DATABASE \d "X:\\PM\\PM-O\\PM-OQ\\PM-OQRA\\PROCESSES\\02_Cosmetics\\98_ Database\\99_Release\\Dossier_Developer.accdb" \c "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source=X:\\PM\\PM-O\\PM-OQ\\PM-OQRA\\PROCESSES\\02_Cosmetics\\98_ Database\\99_Release\\Dossier_Developer.accdb;Mode=Read;Extended Properties=\"\";Jet OLEDB:System database=\"\";Jet OLEDB:Registry Path=\"\";Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=6;Jet OLEDB:Database Locking Mode=1;Jet OLEDB:Global Partial Bulk Ops=2;Jet OLEDB:Global Bulk Transactions=1;Jet OLEDB:New Database Password=\"\";Jet OLEDB:Create System Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Encrypt Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Don't Copy Locale on Compact=False;Jet OLEDB:Compact Without Replica Repair=False;Jet OLEDB:SFP=False;Jet OLEDB:Support Complex Data=False;Jet OLEDB:Bypass UserInfo Validation=False;Jet OLEDB:Limited DB Caching=False;Jet OLEDB:Bypass ChoiceField Validation=False" \s "SELECT * FROM Q_DOSSIER_LeapingBunny_S_C01_ConnectArticleNo" \l "16" \b "191" \h

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Modifying values in master..sysprocesses [Sybase]

Is there a way to modify the column program_name in table master..sysprocesses?
I have found two methods, but both set the name during the creation of the connection:
Using parameter appname when executing an isql command
Adding parameter APP= in a connection string when opening an ODBC connection.
I am looking for a way to modify it AFTER it has been created.
I tried the following example:
sp_configure "allow updates",1
go
UPDATE master..sysprocesses
SET program_name = 'test'
where hostname = 'server'
and hostprocess = '23240'
go
sp_configure "allow updates",0
go
But failed:
Could not execute statement.
Table 'sysprocesses' can't be modified.
Sybase error code=270
Severity Level=16, State=1, Transaction State=0
Line 4
You can continue executing or stop.
Changes to column sysprocesses.program_name are not allowed after its been created. But there are three columns in sysprocesses which can be changed after creation of the connection
sysprocesses.clientname
sysprocesses.clientapplname
sysprocesses.clienthostname
Exerpt from the Sybase Infocenter website:
Changing user session information
The set command includes options
that allow you to assign each client an individual name, host name,
and application name. This is useful for differentiating among clients
in a system where many clients connect to Adaptive Server using the
same name, host name, or application name.
The partial syntax for the set command is:
set [clientname client_name | clienthostname host_name | clientapplname application_name]
where:
client_name – is the name you are assigning the client.
host_name – is the name of the host from which the client is
connecting.
application_name – is the application that is connecting to Adaptive
Server.
These parameters are stored in the clientname, clienthostname, and
clientapplname columns of the sysprocesses table.
For example, if a user logs in to Adaptive Server as "client1", you
can assign them an individual client name, host name, and application
name using commands similar to:
set clientname 'alison'
set clienthostname 'money1'
set clientapplname 'webserver2'
.
.
.
Use the client’s system process ID to view their connection
information. For example, if the user “alison” described above
connects with a spid of 13, issue the following command to view all
the connection information for this user:
select * from sysprocesses where spid = 13
To view the connection information for the current client connection (for example, if the user “alison” wanted to view her own connection information), enter:
select * from sysprocesses where spid = ##spid

NiFi connection to SqlServor for ExecuteSQL

I'm trying to import some data from different SqlServer databases using ExecuteSQL in NiFi, but it's returning me an error. I've already imported a lot of other tables from MySQL databases without any problem and I'm trying to use the same workflow structure for the SqlServer dbs.
The structure is as follows:
There's a file .txt with the list of tables to be imported
This file is fetched, splitted and uptaded; so there's a FlowFile for each table of each db that has to be imported,
These FlowFiles are passed into ExecuteSQL which executes their contents
For example:
file.txt
table1
table2
table3
is being updated into 3 different FlowFiles:
FlowFile1
SELECT * FROM table1
FlowFile2
SELECT * FROM table2
FlowFile3
SELECT * FROM table3
which are passed to ExecuteSQL.
Here follows the configuration of ExecuteSQL (identical for SqlServer tables and MySQL ones)
ExecuteSQL
As the only difference with the import from MySQL db is in the connectors, this is how a generic MySQL connector has been configured:
SETTINGSPROPERTIES
Database Connection URL jdbc:mysql://00.00.00.00/DataBase?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&autoReconnect=true
Database Driver Class Name com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
Database Driver Location(s) file:///path/mysql-connector-java-5.1.47-bin.jar
Database User user
PasswordSensitive value set
Max Wait Time 500 millis
Max Total Connections 8
Validation query No value set
And this is how a SqlServer connector has been configured:
SETTINGSPROPERTIES
Database Connection URL jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://00.00.00.00/DataBase;useNTLMv2=true;integratedSecurity=true;
Database Driver Class Name net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
Database Driver Location(s) /path/connectors/jtds-1.3.1.jar
Database User user
PasswordSensitive value set
Max Wait Time -1
Max Total Connections 8
Validation query No value set
It has to be noticed that one (only one!) SqlServer connector works and the ExecuteSQL processor imports the data without any problem. The even stranger thing is that the database that is being connected via this connector is located in the same place as other two (the connection URL and user/psw are identical), but only the first one is working.
Notice that I've tried appending ?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&autoReconnect=true also to the SqlServer connections, supposing it was a problem of date type, but it didn't give any positive change.
Here is the error that is being returned:
12:02:46 CEST ERROR f1553b83-a173-1c0f-93cb-1c32f0f46d1d
00.00.00.00:0000 ExecuteSQL[id=****] ExecuteSQL[id=****] failed to process session due to null; Processor Administratively Yielded for 1 sec: java.lang.AbstractMethodError
Error retrieved from logs:
ERROR [Timer-Driven Process Thread-49] o.a.nifi.processors.standard.ExecuteSQL ExecuteSQL[id=****] ExecuteSQL[id=****] failed to process session due to java.lang.AbstractMethodError; Processor Administratively Yielded for 1 sec: java.lang.AbstractMethodError
java.lang.AbstractMethodError: null
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.JtdsConnection.isValid(JtdsConnection.java:2833)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingConnection.isValid(DelegatingConnection.java:874)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.PoolableConnection.validate(PoolableConnection.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.PoolableConnectionFactory.validateConnection(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:389)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.validateConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2398)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createPoolableConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2381)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:2110)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1563)
at org.apache.nifi.dbcp.DBCPConnectionPool.getConnection(DBCPConnectionPool.java:305)
at org.apache.nifi.dbcp.DBCPService.getConnection(DBCPService.java:49)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1696.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.service.StandardControllerServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(StandardControllerServiceInvocationHandler.java:84)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy449.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.AbstractExecuteSQL.onTrigger(AbstractExecuteSQL.java:195)
at org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor.onTrigger(AbstractProcessor.java:27)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode.onTrigger(StandardProcessorNode.java:1165)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ConnectableTask.invoke(ConnectableTask.java:203)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.scheduling.TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent$1.run(TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent.java:117)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:308)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:294)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

How to trace down more information about SQL Server session ID in the past?

I got into a problem when one of my DB was in "restoring" state.
After checking error logs, i found out that someone had done something.
- Starting up database "mydb"
- The database "mydb" is makred RESTORING and is in a state that does not allow recovery to be fun
- Starting up database "mydb"
- RESTORE DATABASE sucessfully processed 192392 pages in 178.seconds
All of this messages belong to spid128 source.
But i couldn't trace down who did this.
I can check all of the current session ID but that's not what i want.
I'm looking for a way to, let's say check information about that spid yesterday.
Is that possible?
The default trace captures backup and restore events so it will have details of the restore. However, since it's a rollover trace with a max of 5 files of 20MB each, older historical data might not be available depending on server activity.
Below is an example query to get backup/restore events from default trace files for the problem database:
SELECT
te.name
,tt.TextData
,tt.StartTime
,tt.HostName
,tt.LoginName
,tt.ApplicationName
FROM sys.traces AS t
CROSS APPLY fn_trace_gettable(
REVERSE(N'crt.gol' + SUBSTRING(REVERSE(t.path), CHARINDEX(N'\', REVERSE(t.path)), 128)), default) AS tt
JOIN sys.trace_events AS te ON
te.trace_event_id = tt.EventClass
JOIN sys.trace_subclass_values AS tesv ON
tesv.trace_event_id = tt.EventClass
AND tesv.subclass_value = tt.EventSubClass
WHERE
t.is_default = 1 --default trace
AND te.name = N'Audit Backup/Restore Event'
AND DatabaseName = N'mydb';

Ms Access Join tables in separate databases in delphi

I use ADOConnection and AdoQuery to execute queries over MS Access (mdb) database. I want to join two tables in different databases (mdb files). I searched the web and find this solution:(example)
select [ZRDocs].* from [ZRDocs] left join [;database=d:\2222.mdb].[ZRDocItems] AS abc on [ZRDocs].[ID] = [abc].[DocID];
when I query this inside MSAccess, It works fine but when I execute this using ADOQuery, it throws an exception :
Parameter object is improperly defined. Inconsistent or incomplete information was provided.
I use Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider.
I also used complete connection string like this:
select [ZRDocs].* from [ZRDocs]
left join [Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source=d:
\2222.mdb;Mode=Share Deny None;Jet OLEDB:System database="";Jet OLEDB:Registry Path="";Jet OLEDB:Database Password="";Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5;Jet OLEDB:Database Locking Mode=1;Jet OLEDB:Global Partial Bulk Ops=2;Jet OLEDB:Global Bulk Transactions=1;Jet OLEDB:New Database Password="";Jet OLEDB:Create System Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Encrypt Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Don't Copy Locale on Compact=False;Jet OLEDB:Compact Without Replica Repair=False;Jet OLEDB:SFP=False;].[ZRDocItems] AS abc
on [ZRDocs].[ID] = [abc].[DocID];
I searched google and many pages but found nothing.
So, how join two tables from different mdb (access) databases using delphi (ADO)?
Try this code:
select [ZRDocs].*
from [ZRDocs] left join ([ZRDocItems] IN "D:\2222.mdb") AS abc
on [ZRDocs].[ID] = [abc].[DocID];

Waiting for DB restore to finish using sqlalchemy on SQL Server 2008

I'm trying to automate my db restores during development, using TSQL on SQL Server 2008, using sqlalchemy with pyodbc as a transport.
The command I'm executing is:
"""CREATE DATABASE dbname
restore database dbname FROM DISK='C:\Backups\dbname.bak' WITH REPLACE,MOVE 'dbname_data' TO 'C:\Databases\dbname_data.mdf',MOVE 'dbname_log' TO 'C:\Databases\dbname_log.ldf'"""
Unfortunately, the in SQL Management Studio, after the code has run, I see that the DB remains in state "Restoring...".
If I restore through management studio, it works. If I use subprocess to call "sqlcmd", it works. pymssql has problems with authentication and doesnt even get that far.
What might be going wrong?
The BACKUP and RESTORE statements run asynchronously so they don't terminate before moving on to the rest of the code.
Using a while statement as described at http://ryepup.unwashedmeme.com/blog/2010/08/26/making-sql-server-backups-using-python-and-pyodbc/ solved this for me:
# setup your DB connection, cursor, etc
cur.execute('BACKUP DATABASE ? TO DISK=?',
['test', r'd:\temp\test.bak'])
while cur.nextset():
pass
Unable to reproduce the problem restoring directly from pyodbc (without sqlalchemy) doing the following:
connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_string) # ensure autocommit is set to `True` in connection string
cursor = connection.cursor()
affected = cursor.execute("""CREATE DATABASE test
RESTORE DATABASE test FROM DISK = 'D:\\test.bak' WITH REPLACE, MOVE 'test_data' TO 'D:\\test_data.mdf', MOVE 'test_log' to 'D:\\test_log.ldf' """)
while cursor.nextset():
pass
Some questions that need clarification:
What is the code in use to do the restore using sqlalchemy?
What version of the SQL Server ODBC driver is in use?
Are there any messages in the SQL Server log related to the restore?
Thanks to geographika for the Cursor.nextset() example!
For SQL Alchemy users, and thanks to geographika for the answer: I ended up using the “raw” DBAPI connection from the connection pool.
It is exactly as geographika's solution but with a few additional pieces:
import sqlalchemy as sa
driver = 'SQL+Server'
name = 'servername'
sql_engine_str = 'mssql+pyodbc://'\
+ name\
+ '/'\
+ 'master'\
+ '?driver='\
+ driver
engine = sa.create_engine(sql_engine_str, connect_args={'autocommit': True})
connection = engine.raw_connection()
try:
cursor = connection.cursor()
sql_cmd = """
RESTORE DATABASE [test]
FROM DISK = N'...\\test.bak'
WITH FILE = 1,
MOVE N'test'
TO N'...\\test_Primary.mdf',
MOVE N'test_log'
TO N'...\\test_log.ldf',
RECOVERY,
NOUNLOAD,
STATS = 5,
REPLACE
"""
cursor.execute(sql_cmd)
while cursor.nextset():
pass
except Exception as e:
logger.error(str(e), exc_info=True)
Five things fixed my problem with identical symptoms.
Found that my test.bak file contained the wrong mdf and ldf files:
>>> cursor.execute(r"RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'test.bak'").fetchall()
[(u'WRONGNAME', u'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL ...),
(u'WRONGNAME_log', u'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL ...)]
Created a new bak file and made sure to set the copy-only backup option
Set the autocommit option for my connection.
connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_string, autocommit=True)
Used the connection.cursor only for a single RESTORE command and nothing else
Corrected the test_data MOVE to test in my RESTORE command (courtesy of #beargle).
affected = cursor.execute("""RESTORE DATABASE test FROM DISK = 'test.bak' WITH REPLACE, MOVE 'test' TO 'C:\\test.mdf', MOVE 'test_log' to 'C:\\test_log.ldf' """)

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