I've been testing DataGrip as a SQL IDE recently and I really like it. Particularly I decided to test it because of the multiple database type support.
One issue that I am having, and that is forcing me to keep SSMS open, is the SQL Server Agent. When developing I use it quite a bit to execute jobs from the agent. I cannot seem to get the SQL Server Agent to show up in the DB window in DataGrip (or anywhere else for that matter). Is this even possible? If not then this might be a deal breaker from me when working with SQL Server.
I have tried googling all the possible ways this question could be asked, and I've walked through the 'Connecting to SQL Server' instructions on the JetBrains site for DataGrip.
After doing some research and even reaching out to JetBrains themselves, it appears this is not planned to be supported anytime soon. It's kind of a shame this is the case, but I suppose there's only so much you can do. There is a plugin for this, but it will only work on 2019 versions of DataGrip, not the current 2020 versions. Here is the link for anyone using an older version of DataGrip that wants to incorporate this feature into their IDE.
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/13473-sql-server-administration-tool
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I'm currently looking at a SQL Server which was upgraded (by somebody else) from SQL 2008 R2 to 2012 last year. The database works fine, so apparently nobody noticed that a Standard Edition (SE) instance had been upgraded with Enterprise Evaluation Edition (EEE) media. The two database instances stayed as SE but the Management and Client Tools are EEE.
After 180 days the trial ran out and some things stopped working. I noticed these problems when I did a health check on the server and tracked the cause back to that upgrade (SQL Server's saved summary logs every time you even think about changing it are a great help figuring out what happened).
I now have the correct installation media and the SE license key. But I'm not sure how best to proceed. Just uninstall the existing tools and reinstall the correct ones? I've never run across a situation like this so any experience or suggestions gratefully accepted.
I tried it out on a test server with a similar setup and the answer does seem simply to be to uninstall via Windows, reinstall from the original media, and then service pack/CU/patch back to the right level.
I am working on a project where I will be provisioned a SQL Server 2017 database server. However, the only version of SQL Server Management Studio available to me is 2008R2. I could request a newer version but this may take 1-2 months before it is finally installed on my machine.
Am I going to run into compatibility issues? Are there any database settings in SQL Server 2017 I would need to set in order to use this?
I am pretty unfamiliar with the MS suite of database tools so sorry for my ignorance in this! Thanks
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I have a managed system so I am not able to install or run software that has not been "approved". I have tried the portable version of VS Code but that did not work for me. I am going through the process of requests SSMS 2017 but like I said in the question this will not be available for 1-2 months. In the meantime will SSMS 2008 work?
As unlikely as this may be, I happen to have two, and only two, versions of SSMS installed on my machine; 2008R2 and 2017. I'm in the midst of an upgrade project.
I opened SSMS 2008R2 and was to connect to and generally poke around on a SQL Server 2017 server and the related databases. I didn't do anything too complicated (a few SELECT statments & an UPDATE), but they worked. The objects I expected to be visible were visible. And I didn't have to do anything to make it work. It just worked.
Mostly.
Except that every time I right clicked on a table, an error box opened with this message:
Index was outside the bounds of the array. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
But if I hit the OK button, the box cleared and the desired right click menu opened and functioned. That will get irritating, but if you poke around in the Options menu, there might be a way to make it stop. I invested no minutes trying to do that.
At the very least, you should be able to work while you're waiting for your upgrade.
For what it's worth, I work for a government contractor and have the same level of security constraints you do, so I feel your pain.
Another approach is to run sqlcmd, which would have been installed with SQL Server 2008R2. I was able to connect from sqlcmd to a SQL Server 2017 Docker container (external/internal ports 1433). I did not encounter any errors/warnings when creating a database and table, and running some light queries.
Interestingly, I was unable to connect to the same server using SSMS 2008R2. Perhaps the protocol used or the security required (e.g., TLS 1.2) for the underlying connection was different. Clearly it works based on Eric Brandt's results.
Regarding the following images, I have obviously installed the Microsoft SQL Server, but I can't find the exe-file or anything named Microsoft SQL Server in the start menu.
Anyone who knows what to do to solve this, or do I need to install something more?
SQL Server runs as a service. You can start and stop it from windows services. SSMS is a gui tool for managing ddl (creating and altering tables and index's for example) and dml (writing queries to inquire, update or add data to databases).SSMS comes free with every edition of SQL server - perhaps you didn't tick a box when installing? You can also do this stuff the old fashioned way using sqlcmd from command line(DBAs love this for some reason) but for us mortals SSMS is much less of a struggle. As an aside there are other guis such as Toad (expensive) and Heidisql (free) amongst others which will do the job.
Looks like you have the engine. What you've got to do now is install SQL Server Management Studio: https://msdn.microsoft.com/hr-hr/library/mt238290.aspx
Looks like you have the various SQL Server components that are installed by Visual Studio (recent version) or SQL Server Data Tools (as used by VS).
I am currently developing, from the ground up, my first asp.net website. After implementing many of the more basic features for my site I have run into a problem with Visual Basic 2010's SQL Server 2008 Express. I want to have search with my site so users can look for specific records in my database, and from what I have researched Full-Text Search is the best way to go (right?). It wasn't until I tried to test my code that I realized the default Express edition doesn't have Full-Text Search enabled. My question is a.) how can I upgrade to the SQL Server Advanced Services in the middle of development without losing my Database's, and b.) what download should I use, because right now I'm thinking http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?Id=25174.
I really want to be sure that I am not only installing the right software, but that I won't completely screw up my project in the process. Along those lines, should I backup my database's and then uninstall my original version of SQL Server before downloading the Advanced Services version? I would really appreciate some help here because I have had massive headaches in the past trying to upgrade Microsoft software and just want a smooth transition.
Well it took me the entirety of a day, but I solved this! First I had to uninstall EVERYTHING regarding SQL Server. Then I downloaded http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?Id=25174 (X86 since I am on Vista) and used .\SQLEXPRESS as my Instance Name. Once it was done installing I had to delete the SQLEXPRESS folder in 'C:\Users[Your computer's name!]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Data' to get my old connections to work! Then I could create databases in SQL Server Management Studio that had Full Text enabled.
Is is possible to write MS SQL Server add-in? I'm thinking of some application integrated with database server available form SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
Have you looked into using extended stored procedures to provide add-in like functionality?
The only hang up would be to see it in the Enterprise Manager, but you can probably use Martin's post as a way to do that.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190987
You might consider researching extended stored procedures. They are a way to integrated C++ logic into SQLServer. It appears that they are being phased out in favor of CLR integration but there might be some really good ideas to be found is seeing what people have done with them.
The one thing that always scared me off of extended stored procedures is that if your code crashed the entire database goes down. They run in the SQL Server process and there is limited protection.
MSDN link:
Database Engine Extended Stored Procedure Programming
I'm not sure if this is too late but here are some links that I've used to get started in writing SSMS plug-ins.
http://jcooney.net/archive/2007/11/26/55358.aspx
http://www.karpach.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleFileName=SQL-Server-Managment-Studio-Object-Explorer-Search-Add-In.htm
http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/jonsayce/archive/2008/01/15/building-a-sql-server-management-studio-addin.aspx
http://aspalliance.com/1374_Extend_Functionality_in_SQL_Server_2005_Management_Studio_with_Addins.all
I hope this helps
You can include a lot into MS SQL server 2005 and 2008 database. Including .Net code.
But there is no real way to extend (create plugin for) the Management Studio. (Formerly Enterprise Manager.)
However there are database management addins for Visual Studio (especially in Team System). Maybe there you can implement what you need.
Nothing directly that I know of. In SQL Server Management Studio (for 2005 and later) at least there's a pretty simple system for adding external tools to the menu. Enterprise Manager probably has something similar. So you could build an application that does whatever you want and add it to your menu.
The trick is deployment. There's almost certainly a way to add your app to the menu as part of an install package, but I haven't had to mess with it myself. Additionally, it sounds like what you really want to do is have the system deployed into the database itsefl, and have Enterprise Manager automatically detect it. I'm pretty sure you can't do that.
SQL Server Enterprise Manager is just an instance of Microsoft Management Console. If you look at the shorcut its command line is this:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe /32 "C:\WINDOWS\system32\SQLServerManager.msc"
You should be able to create a new Snap In that sits beside SQL Server in the tree hierachy.
Take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms692755(VS.85).aspx to see how this is done.