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Depending on the size of the database it would almost be worth installing postgre just to use the conversion tools. I'm assuming they have an express type product.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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There is no express version but I already have Postgresql installed. The problem in the scripts I've been provided with won't run. I wanted to try converting them to TSQL and running them against SQL Server directly since the ultimate goal is to port it to SQL Server anyway.
only two letters away from being an asset
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Sounds like a hand job to me  That my double entendre for today....
I'd try splitting the scripts to types ie tables, procs and views, see if there are any standard conversions and try running them individually. Sounds like a LOT of work even if there are no constraints and key involved. I'd go back to the client and try and get a backup.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I'd go back to the client and try and get a backup.
Trying. Unfortunately, I've taken over this project after the original team's failure. They are uncooperative to the point of potential legal actions by the client. I had the suspicion that it would a tedious manual process but had ask just in case.
only two letters away from being an asset
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As others have said, this is going to be a tedious manual process.
I work with Ingres and SQLServer on almost a daily basis; Ingres isn't PostreSQL, but I'm assuming it isn't too far off either.
If you have the scripts to create tables, etc, can you write a script to extract the table name, columns, datatypes and null settings? Having these, you should then be able to script the tables creation in SQLServer.
I will help as I can.
Tim
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I want to Synchronize two Database in two server in sql server 2008. Database Mirroring is not working for me... I've created Master key, Certificate, endpoints... Everything is perfect.. But, even though, the Mirroring is not working.. Is there any other way to attain synchronization... Plz, Anybody Could help me???
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I have a sql server 2008 database installed on windows server 2008, I enabled remote access to it and enabled TCP/IP and added rules for the TCP/IP port on the firewall exceptions and I restarted all sql server services.
I try to connect to the database from my pc remotely using the sa account but it fails.
I even created a new user account and tried to connect using this account but also fails.
What am I missing?
Do I have to download sql server 2008 on my pc to connect to the database remotely instead of sql server 2005?
can someone help me out?
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What is the Error that you Receive ?
Vuyiswa Maseko,
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Nada Adel wrote: Do I have to download sql server 2008 on my pc to connect to the database remotely instead of sql server 2005?
I believe that you do. Given that it should not take too long, depending on the speed of your connection, I would try that. The reason I say that is because I have 2005 and 2008, on two different PCs and 2005 will not connect to a copied 2008 database.
However, as Vuyiswa Maseko asked, do you get an error message? The answer to that might help to pin down the problem.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 -
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also this error was displayed too at some point!!
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provi
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I have seen a lot of people all over the web with this same problem so I will let you know how I fixed my problem with it and maybe it will help someone!
Firstly, go into IIS Manager and click on your website or directory.. on the right hand panel there is a connection strings option - dbl click on it and it will tell you what your default local sql server is set to.. somehow mine got all screwed up so that was part of my problem.. hopefully that is ALL of your problem (some of you anyhow).. 
For me it was more complex however.. I was also trying to do personalization for anonymous users.
Thus, in my web.config there were two sets of connection strings..
one was labelled thus:
<appSettings>
<add key="ConnectionString" value="server=localhost;database=caleb.mdb;uid=;password=;" />
</appSettings>
..so I thought I was using MS Access.. but there was another Connection String attribute like this..
Somewhere else I found this kind of connection string..
<connectionStrings>
<add name="LocalhostCTP6" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=CTP6;User ID=dnn;Password=dnn" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="DynamicConnection" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=CTP6;User ID=dnn;Password=dnn" />
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings>
<add key="ConnectionInfo" value="server=(local);database=Northwind;Integrated Security=SSPI" />
</appSettings>
(see this article[^]
If you arent sure which connection string is actually being used by your program, you can use this code..
[^]
..and to complicate things more, an external file can be involved too as it was in my case!!
<appSettings file="testlabsettings.config"/>
and as if things werent already complicated enough it is possible to add connection strings on the fly at run time see
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/add-connection-string-to-web-configuration-file.aspx[^]
(luckily for me, noone was doing this as far as I know!!)
So there you have it guys.. if that doesnt solve your problem I will eat my hat!
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I've just installed sql server 2008 but still not working.
I have a feeling that the server name is not correct. Can you tell me how to write the server name??
I have access to the server and the database on the server. When I access the database locally I write for example ("MyServer,portnumber")
but remotely, I can't seem to access it using the same server name.
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You might try visiting ConnectionStrings.com[^], a very useful site.
I know that you are not using a connection string but the site shows many variations on the machinename/servername combination.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I've tried everything. Still cannot connect. I used the IP address of the server but still can't connect.
Is there anything I can do on the server to enable remote connection..I've done everything I can thing of..am I missing something?
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Nada Adel wrote: Do I have to download sql server 2008 on my pc to connect to the database remotely instead of sql server 2005?
yes, u r right. u can't connect to sql server 2008 via sql server 2005. i also faced this problem. and in fact sql server 2005 express can not upgraded to sql server 2008 so first u have to uninstall sql server 2005 then install sql server 2008.
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thanks a lot, I'll install sql server 2008 and try again.
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I have a feeling that the server name is not correct.
How can I get the correct server name to connect to?
I have access to the server, can you tell me how to get the server name if I want to connect remotely??
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have u enabled TCP/IP Connection on the server? it's required to connect it remotely.
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yes I did...but the default port is not 1433, it is set to another port - 1512.
So I added that port to firewall exceptions.
I just wanna make sure I did this right. I added a rule for the port 1512. It is a TCP not UDP right?
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We have a database on a SQL 2005 server. We'd like to take an exact copy of it, on the same server (yes, I know this isn't the ideal place for a true dev system), giving the result a name such as mydbname_dev, so as to use it for test purposes.
When I right-click on the database, I see under Tasks an option called "Copy database", which sounds perfect. Only, it doesn't work. Examination of log files tells me that "The login already has an account under a different user name." OK. More Googling suggests that I need to "remove the default associated objects transfer for LOGINS". This means using the "Select Database Objects" screen. Which I can't find... and further investigation shows that it doesn't appear if you're copying to the same server.
Is it really impossible to use "copy database" to simply copy a database?
Any suggestions as to a better way of going about this? I want the new copy to be identical in every way except name to the production database, so we can use it to test out some scripts before we run them on the real thing, and I'd like the copy method to be as simple as possible, to avoid the chances of me introducing an error by typo, or by omitting some vital step.
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Make a backup, and restore it under a new name 
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And that'll preserve all my access control and so on? OK, thanks - will do.
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hei all,
I'm now working in Norwegian environment where date formate is like this DD.MM.YYYY so when i write query in SQL 2000 like this
SELECT joinDate<br />
FROM myTable<br />
WHERE (joinDate>= '01.01.2009') AND (joinDate<= '01.01.2010')
it gives error
And I cant convert date format. Any ideat will be most welcome.
Thanks
Syed Shahid Hussain
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