I have SQL Server 2008 Developer edition installed on my laptop. It has many jobs, and stuff, so I was just wondering, if I install SQL Server 2008 Express edition on my client, would it be able to execute jobs? And if so, does it do it normally like the developer edition or do I have to execute/perform some other action with it.
The main thing is that, in my database, I have this maintenance plan, that does 3 things:-
Takes a full backup every month
Takes a diff. backup every 15 days
Takes a log backup every 15 days.
Rebuilds all indices every 2 months.
So, mainly I am concerned with this, my developer edition can do this, but if I install express edition on client, would it be able to do it to or not? If so, do I have to configure something special?
One more thing, if my database (the one, that has this maintenance plan I wrote in above paragraph) is myData.mdf, and lets say in visual studio I create a setup project for my application, and bootstrap SQL Server Express with it (by clicking Download prerequisites from the same location as my application in Prerequisites Dialog Box) and assuming that my myData.mdf was in Data folder in my application, and is outputted with the project each time. Would these jobs/maintainence plans persist in my database, like all tables and stored procedures, or would they be removed?
Take a look to this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms365248(v=sql.100).aspx
In the Section:
SQL Server Features that Are Not Supported in SQL Server Express
It says:
"SQL Server Agent and SQL Server Agent Service"
There are some alternatives that you can use to do backups. For example: http://sqlbackupandftp.com/. They offer a free version with some limitations.
If you want to use Windows Scheduled Tasks and SQL Script, take a look to this: How can I schedule a daily backup with SQL Server Express?
Express Edition doesn't do it, but it would be trivial to write some scripts to do those tasks and have the Windows Task Scheduler run them for you.
As far as the second part goes, the easiest way to find out would probably be just to try loading it into SQL Express and see what happens.
Take a look at Ola Hallengren's solution at http://ola.hallengren.com
It can be used with the windows task scheduler as in his FAQ - "You can use cmd files and Windows Scheduled Tasks instead" at http://ola.hallengren.com/frequently-asked-questions.html
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I want to migrate my all databases from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014. Is there any way to do all in one short instead of one by one?
you can simply do in-place upgrade in the same server, instead of migration, if possible. It will one-shot operation.
You can do side by side migration, by taking backup in source environment(MSSQL 2012) and restore databases in target environment(MSSQL 2014).
This is a very important operation and many things have to be planned. You have to have migration plan for this.
You can use upgrade advisor tool for this. It will tell you whether everything is fine on your instance for initial analysis: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn236457(v=sql.120).aspx
Also, read below articles.
https://thomaslarock.com/2014/06/upgrading-to-sql-server-2014-a-dozen-things-to-check/
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/meamcs/2013/12/14/what-to-consider-when-creating-sql-server-database-migration-plan/
There are lots of guides available online. Just search internet. you will find many guides.
You can do it in 2 ways:
1.Create a backup of your database and restore it in new server.From Management Studio you can Right-click on your database then select Tasks -> Back up.
2.Generate script, create the database in the new server and run the script.From Management Studio you can Right-click on your database then select Tasks -> Generate Scripts.
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.
We have migrated our production environment to Azure (using SQL Azure instead of SQL Server)
Our local development environment uses SQL Server. We write change scripts when database changes need to occur during a release.
PROBLEM
The issue now is that some T-SQL commands/statements/keywords don't work when run on SQL Azure. This is constantly disrupting our release process.
Educating everyone to use a subset of T-SQL is happening, but these problems continue to crop up.
Is it not possible for us to parse our SQL scripts as 'Azure SQL compatible' in SQL Server using the parser before running them:
Thanks
If you use the new "SQL Server Database Project", there is a feature in Visual Studio that allows you to select the "Target Platform" to SQL Azure. This will allow you to build all your t-sql scripts and check them for SQL Azure compatibility. Any compatibility errors will throw errors and it can create a bacdac/dacpac/t-sql script that is compatible with SQL Azure.
In order to take advantage of this, you have to manage your code using the "SQL Server Database Project" projects in Visual Studio.
You are not going to like this answer .. but the best bet is to move your development environment to SQL Azure. We started in the same process but you will just have the constant battle. We used Redgates SQL Compare tools but I don't believe they will solve your problems, but maybe worth a shot as they are constantly getting better.
Even if you have multiple devs and they each need a SQL Database I would still recommend getting everyone to signed up with Azure and pay the cost under it. Thankfully the database are not that expensive to run, and you might get under the free tier structure. It is still cheaper for us to run the cost of the SQL Azure Dev boxes than it is to have the pain and waste of time at release.
Were there any changes in this area with SQL Server 2014? I’ve seen this post Is it possible to restore Sql Server 2008 backup in sql server 2005 and I know that this was not possible as a scenario for 2012 -> 2008 but I wonder if MS made any changes here with the 2014 version.
We are evaluating 2014 version and we have a fairly large database in testing. We’d like to restore a backup of that database to SQL Server 2008 because that physical machine has more space, RAM,…
I’m getting standard error message when I try to restore backup but I was wondering if there is something else in SQL Server 2014 that I might be missing.
No, it is not possible. Stack Overflow wants me to answer with a longer answer, so I will say no again.
Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/backup-transact-sql#compatibility
Backups that are created by more recent version of SQL Server cannot
be restored in earlier versions of SQL Server.
Not really as far as I know but here are couple things you can try.
Third party tools: Create empty database on 2008 instance and use third party tools such as ApexSQL Diff and Data Diff to synchronize schema and tables.
Just use these (or any other on the market such as Red Gate, Idera, Dev Art, there are many similar) in trial mode to get the job done.
Generate scripts: Go to Tasks -> Generate Scripts, select option to script the data too and execute it on 2008 instance. Works just fine but note that script order is something you must be careful about. By default scripts are not ordered to take dependencies into account.
It is a pretty old post, but I just had to do it today. I just right-clicked database from SQL2014 and selected Export Data option and that helped me to move data to SQL2012.
Pretty old question... but I had the same problem today and solved with script, a little bit slow and complex but worked. I did this:
Let's start from the source DB (SQL 2014) right click on the database you would like to backup -> Generate Scripts -> "Script entire database and all database objet" (or u can select only some table if u want) -> the most important step is in the "Set Scripting Options" tab, here you have to click on "Advanced" and look for the option "Script for Server version" and in my case I could select everything from SQL 2005, also pay attention to the option "Types of data to script" I advice "Schema and data" and also Script Triggers and Script Full-text Indexes (if you need, it's false by default) and finally click ok and next. Should look like this:
Now transfer your generated script into your SQL 2008, open it and last Important Step:
You must change mdf and ldf location!!
That's all folks, happy F5!! :D
No I guess you cannot restore the databases from higher version to lower version , you can make data flow b/w them i,e you can scriptout.
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2810/how-to-migrate-a-sql-server-database-to-a-lower-version/
Please use SQL Server Data Tools from SQL Server Integration Services (Transfer Database Task) as here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27777823/2127493
If you have both versions you can create a merge replication from new to old. Create a merge publication on your newer sql server and a subscription on the older version. After initializing the subscription you can create a backup of the database with the same structure and the same content but in an older version and restore it on your old target server.
You can use this method also with sql server 2016 to target 2014, 2012 or 2008.