I'm sure this is very simple but I can't seem to find an answer to this at the moment and my googling powers have returned nothing.
I previously had an issue with an Addin and SSMS gave me the option to disable it (which I took). I have since reinstalled the plugin but it still does not appear as I previously disabled it.
Does anyone know where I can find the 'Add-In Manager' in SSMS 2008 R2 like in Visual studio?
For 2008 versions of SSMS you have to check this registry key:
Key="HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell\AddIns\"
You will find there 1 entry per installed add-in. Every add-in entry has setting:
"LoadBehavior". Set it to "1" to make SSMS load add-in at start-up.
You can check and see if your add-in is located in either of these directories:
%PROGRAMDATA%\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\
I believe disabling an add-in will simply remove/move it from one or the other of those directories, or possibly change the extension.
SSMS doesn't have any official support from MS for add-in functionality, unfortunately, so is lacking in tools to manage the add-ins. They have also stated that they won't support your installation of SSMS if you have extensions installed for it. Read here for more: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/265567/ssms-allow-support-for-addins-as-in-visual-studio
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I need to understand what a certain job in SQL Server 2012 does. It's a job someone created and left the company before I started to work here, and nobody on my team knows what this job does also.
The job isn't SQL command based but SSIS Package (which I'm not familiar with), the package points to a Maintenance Plan with the same name as the job. As I read on the internet I connected via Integration Services type, then Stored Packages -> MSDB -> Maintenance Plans, right click on the Maintenance Plan and exported it to a .dtsx file.
I opened it in Visual Studio 2010 Shell, but I can't edit anything because of this error:
The task with the name "" and the creation name "" is not registered for use on this computer.
I also don't have a Solution Explorer for that package, and the icons of the tasks seem a bit faded compared to tasks icons of a new project if I create one.
Maybe the dated version of the VS can be the problem? Perhaps there is other way to see what this job does?
I never worked with SSIS before so maybe I'm missing something very basic but I've been on the Internet for days already and can't find any solution.
Please help,
Thanks in advance
By way of background, until Visual Studio 2019, VS, by itself, couldn't open an SSIS package.
Prior to VS 2010, you needed to use a different product, called Business Intelligence Design Studio (BIDS), which was based on VS, but was built for SQL Server functionality. With the release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft created SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) as a plugin for VS that required a separate installation. Until SSDT(VS) 2017, you needed to have stand-alone versions of BIDS or SSDT for each version of SSIS you were working with in your environment. The 2017 version, though, is backward compatible to SQL Server 2012, and forward compatible (!) to SQL Server 2019. Visual Studio 2019 has SQL Server Data Tools sort of built in, but you need to add extensions through the extension manager for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Analysis Services (SSAS), and/or Reporting Services (SSRS).
That's kind of a lot to take in, and is sort of irrelevant to you, but it forms the context for Larnu's comments. Rather than messing around with antique versions of Visual Studio, you should just install either VS2017 and also SSDT, or VS2019 with the SSIS extension. Both are in current widespread use, so support is easy to find, and either will allow you to work with the 2012 package you're trying to open up.
Once you have the software installed, you should be able to create a "dummy" integration services solution that you can use to open random packages. I keep one around called MiscSolution. Right click on the solution name, select Add -> Existing Item. Then find your .dtsx package and import it. (Or right click SSIS Packages -> Add Existing Package. I always do it at the Solution level because that interface allows you to select multiple packages.)
Note that when you do this, you're making a new copy of the package in your local solution directory. You are NOT working on the copy of the package that sits in the folder where you picked it up. This matters if you're going to be making any changes, since it will need to be redeployed. It also matters if you accidentally hose up the package, because you've done no harm as long as you just delete that copy.
Once the package imports, which might take a minute or so depending on how complex it is, you should be able to open it up and see what's going on.
I have seen almost every youtube video and also searched on Google but cant find a SOLUTION.
I have SQL Server Management Studio 18.4 installed and I cant find its Configuration Manager and in Services.msc I cant find its services.
EDIT: Thanks for all the support and answers, I got the solution 🙂
The Configuration Manager is a Microsoft Management Console Plug-in. To start it, run mmc.exe, click "Add or Remove Snap-ins", select "SQL Server Configuration manager", click "Add", and OK.
Don't forget to save the MMC configuration.
Instructions with images are here. I just looked it up recently ;)
Be aware that if you have several versions of SQL Server installed, selecting the "correct" (i.e. most recent) one, seems to be a matter of good luck.
I'm trying to install the developer edition of SQL Server 2008 R2. I run the setup as admin, but after it installs the "Setup Support Files", it closes and returns back to the installation center screen.
Any ideas?
I had this same problem and it appears to be something to do with previous versions leaving behind elements in their install/uninstall. I fixed it by running the Microsoft install/uninstall utility linked below. During the process you are asked what program you are trying to install and MSSQL Server 2008 R2 is listed. After running this the install continued after the "Setup Support Files" stage. Hope it helps!
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall
So does it even installs Support files? You can check it by looking into "Programs and Features" (if using Windows Vista or 7) and if it is not there then it is not even installing support files. In that case may be you are missing components required for Support files itself (e.g. older version of Windows Installer).
Sometimes, SQL Server installer itself acts funny and without any reason it just crashes. Did you tried to run it again? Or try to run the installer after rebooting your system (I know this sound like a too rookie advice but in many cases rebooting OS solves issue).
The problem started when I change the shared folder directory from \Program Files(86)\SQL Server to custom folder. If I could have rename back to default, it should have been fine but I stop the installation and restart the install again assuming it will install fresh, but it did not and it hangs all the time.
I appreciate the comment from Lee, as per his advice I ran the fix it tool from Microsoft. The tool finds SQL Server 2008 R2 installed and I choose to uninstall.
When re-install the SQL Engine, it went through because this time, I did not change the Share Folder location and leave it to the default. I think this is some kind of bug in the SQL Installation. I wonder why Installation has to hang...!
The problem might be the location of the Setup Support Files.
Remove all the Setup Support Files using Control Panel/Uninstall Program.
After that install SQL 2008 from the beginning.
I've installed SQL Express 2008 on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine and have noticed that the Server Management Studio has duplicate toolbars, so that the standard toolbar shows, "File File Edit Edit" etc. The content of the toolbars is duplicated in a similar way. Has anyone else noticed similar issues?
This happened to me recently as well. When I went to add/remove buttons, and for each button, one was enabled and one was disabled.
Once I removed all of the enabled ones, the disabled ones were all that was left, and it went back to normal.
SSMS saves information about toolbar settings in .prf files.
Try to locate them in folder with path, similar to:
C:\Users\LOGINNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell
and delete .prf file with latest modification date. This will force SSMS to re-create all buttons/menues.
I have used Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll and Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll in a number of VS2008 projects but they don't appear in the VS2010 Add Reference dialog. Why did they disappear and how can I add them to my VS2010 project?
I'm pretty sure when I've used those I've always added by browsing to the DLLs themselves (but we're restricted to 2005 at work).
As far as I know, those assemblies are installed if and when you install the SQL Server client-side tools. They should be visible in the .NET tab of your Add Reference dialog, for sure (if you installed those SQL Server client side tools).
You can also download those libraries separately directly from Microsoft and re-install them. That sometimes helps to "get them back" :-)
Go here: SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack and find the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects about half way down on the page and download the package you need and install that.