SQL Server is a relational database management system from Microsoft.
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sql server driver scripts seem awkward, is there a better way to batch sql scripts?
I've been writing 'driver' sql scripts (is that the correct name?) to run multiple sql 'sub' scripts in order, writing errors to log file etc. My Oracle version seems to be more or less ok, but my sql ...
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ODBC 3 Multiple Statements vs Multiple Connections
So right now I have a single thread to handle all the requests for the database. Let's say I have 400 requests per second for logins / logouts / other stuff, and 400 requests per second which are only ...
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Use of booleans in a database
I'm using Visual Studio 2013, .Net 4.5 and SQL Management Studio 2012. I have a table that tracks offices in my database. On the application side there are a some display rules regarding the layout ...
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Why storing a payroll in XML type field would be good or bad
We have a PAYROLL issues by the client to make it dynamic i.e. to make the whole process computerized.
It includes:
Employees
Allowances (Scale wise, which could change yearly or monthly or ...
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Authenticate to a SQL Server with Active Directory credentials from a UWP app
I've been tasked to design an application and a database to store information our company's electricians have measured on-site. We need to save in our database who exactly did which measurement.
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Why are triggers seen as a last resort to solve multiple paths in cascading deletes?
There is a problem using ON DELETE CASCADE on foreign keys in a SQL database if there are multiple paths from the root foreign key to the leaf. The way around this seems to be to replace the ON DELETE ...
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can a single SQL Server connection be shared among tasks executed in parallel
Can a single SQL Server connection be shared among tasks executing in parallel? Each task would dequeue an item from a ParallelQueue, instantiate a SqlClient command, and insert a row into the table. ...
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Migrating MYSQL functions and stored procedures to SQL Server
The company i'm working for is selling HRIS management software. It was built using ASP and mysql. But one of our client's demand is for it to be based on MS SQL Server. our team is made up mostly of ...
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Questions about developing for azure
We currently have a .Net MVC web app with a SQL server back-end database and two web services that perform periodically some computing tasks in the database.
I am thinking of packaging this app for ...
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Best way to get push notifications to server from ms sql database
I partially found solution to my question but I'm not really satisfied with the result.
My application consists of ASP.NET MVC + MS SQL Server.
The case is as follows:
External app saves data ...
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How can we rollback a database synchronized over multiple systems?
On a mobile device, a set of operations has been saved in the local DB with a wrong date (because the system date was set in the future). Then the device regularly doing synchronisation with a server ...
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Create an item in two different table with auto-increment C# SQL [closed]
First of all, let me apologize because I know my question will be very confusing since my English is pretty bad.
I am working on a project for a company, mainly create a system to take care for ...
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Adding a complex check constraint
I am working on a table that has a compound primary key that includes a date.
Faculty
PersonId StartDate EndDate Title ....
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I will add a ...
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One wide table or multiple themed tables?
I'm trying to design a database for a simple text based game where the player characters have a large number of statistics that I want to track. Currently I have a few groups of related statistics, ...
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Stored Procedure performance
I'm working on upgrading an application written by a former developer at my work and I've been converting all the SQL queries in the code into Stored Procedures. I'm doing this with the idea that it ...
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MS SQL Server Cell level Encryption options
Recently, i got the task of doing some research into the data encryption at the cell level. I tried using the Symmetric key (by passphrase) & second option i took is Symmetric key (by ...
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SQL Table With A Call To Action?
This is all done in Microsoft Access 2007 and SQL Server. We are creating a way for our users to quickly make notes on a customer. These quick-notes will contain tags that will prompt the user for ...
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Multi-tenant database design
My boss is currently working on a database design for a multi-tenant capable ERP/CRM system, which will have a Sql Server backend.
Some key points of the design:
A server instance will host a ...
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Why does databases use text? [closed]
This might be a little dumb question but why do we save text in the db instead of something smaller?
Couldn't there be some other way to store data in the db like in a compressed form, and then have ...
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Optional text qualifier in CSV file as input to SSIS package
I receive several CSV files each quarter to process through an SSIS package, and the formatting is inconsistent. This quarter, I encountered what I term optional text qualifiers--text qualifer of ...
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Syncing graph of data to other database (like data)
Switching to new system and need to keep old data going for some time. So, we need to update old database with data when new system being updated.
It's a transactional data, like orders/shipments. ...
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Connect to MS SQL database from client side [closed]
I had a software that was written on VB .Net and used Crystal Report to print out reports. It was a pain to maintain in my case, so I want to move the report to webpage version.
I did some ...
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Is it a good practice to write distinct queries in a single stored procedure based on input parameters
I am going through the stored procedures written throughout our project and see that multiple distinct queries are written inside a single stored procedure and are called by passing different values ...
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Using auto-increment clustered key and guid primary key together
My boss is the db administrator in a new software project and he came up with that design where every table will have both a auto-increment clustered key and a guid primary key (or possibly composite ...
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Caching query results vs Querying each time (finding a middle ground)
This is kind of an expansion on a previously asked question
Some background info:
Querying Over 5,000 items from SQL database that eventually get sorted
into a list depending on who the user ...
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Knowing when a SQL table is done updating before Querying
I am using a self hosted windows service WEB API as the layer between my Windows 8 App and a SQL Server Database because Windows 8 apps can't directly connect to SQL server like win forms or pretty ...
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.NET Why should I use DAL over direct database access
Yesterday on one of SO chats I've been told I should never connect to database directly from the application and rather use DAL.
I've been told that:
1. Using something in the middle should improve ...
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SQL - Designing a Threshold value table
I need to design an SQL table to be used for "threshold" or special values, which in general would have the following properties:
- key
- value
- comparer (less than and greater than as a start, ...
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A CLR SQL Server Stored Procedure calling an ASP.NET Web API
We are developing a big system with SQL Server database, ASP.NET Web API 2.2 services and another external services.
We need to load more data on a table while we process the current data on it. To ...
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Enterprise software: Where should the code go? [duplicate]
I recently went for an interview with a software company that claims to write enterprise level software. During the interview, the interviewer remarked that its better to use the database simply to ...
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What do I need for a database server for Mobile-Apps? [closed]
I'm struggling getting my head around writing a server for a mobile app. The app is quite simple and would manly rely on geographic data and some other basic stuff liker users etc. nothing special ...
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To convert to accurate data types or maintain default type of string
Scenario:
I have a web application that records and checks data against two temp tables (1 table being a temp source and the other being a destination for the application). These temp tables are ...
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How do I do SQL Server mapping with a new Desktop application written in C#? [closed]
In 2 weeks I will be starting a new job as a software developer in a company that currently does not employ any professional programmers. My first task will be to rewrite a Excel/VBA application in ...
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NoSQL within SQL Server
This question is not about the difference between SQL and NoSQL. I am looking for some rationale for something that really does not make sense to me at the moment (maybe because of my lack of ...
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How to infer the result of a query?
To understand what a query does, I have always thought the following is the procedure on evaluating a query:
Form the table as specified in the FROM clause.
Pick the rows from that table as ...
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Portable Data in C# App
I have developed a C# front end app for management of an SQL Database for the purposes of document control. The project this database is for has several consultants and a client spread in a variety ...
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Is a series of OR or a single IN SQL statement better?
I'm using MS SQL 2008 R2. I have been using a series of OR and have an issue where my app periodically give the following error:
Exception message: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior ...
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Git workflow for Microsoft SQL Stack
My team of developers are currently working at a client who has required us to move away from SVN and begin using their native workflow program. (Source tree by Atlassian). We are data warehouse ...
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Updating particular properties of EF objects every X amount of days in MVC
I'm building an MVC ASP.NET IMDb-like website which presents various information about movies to users, relying on 3rd party APIs to (initially) fetch movie info.
The IDs representing each movie on ...
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Storing Dates & Times in SQL [closed]
I have a tool that I am working on which allows people to create meetings. They can select the Date, Time & Timezone that this meeting is occurring in.
I need to determine the best way to store ...
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Implementing “Trending Items” using linear regression in SQL Server
I'm building an MVC .NET website where people can rate and review movies (similar to IMDb). I'm using SQL Server for the back-end.
I'll be implementing a feature where the homepage displays trending ...
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Lock data in DB while external API call is pending?
I have an interesting situation, and I am looking for the best way to solve it. My app runs like this:
1) The user gets a Promotion Pin from Some Company, and I have a db table with these pins also. ...
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Mid-Large Asp.net MVC project: Storing images on filesystem or via SQL Server FILESTREAM [duplicate]
We have a ASP.NET MVC project with AngularJS and Entity Framework database-first, a news portal already in production for about a year. The project is mainly focused on providing content for users ...
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Managing shared storage in a high availability environment
I have an application with a custom high availability (HA) feature that provides automatic failover from an active primary server that experiences a failure to a passive backup server. To date, this ...
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Looking for advice for the following MS SQL Schema
We currently have the following SQL Schema:
Projects
Budgets
BudgetTabs
BudgetSections
BudgetTasks
BudgetTaskDetails
...
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What are the reasons to execute a WebService from SQL?
I was looking at some examples on how to call a Web Service from SQL Server.
And all of them show very unreadable code, that I imagine would be a nightmare to maintain.
So, the main question is why ...
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Entity Framework Code First Centralized database deployment
I originally posted this on stack overflow but was told that here is a better place to ask this kinda stuff. I couldn't find any other similar answered question but if there is one please give me a ...
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What is the best way to allow a user to specify a SQL server and database from a Windows application?
I am working on building a Windows application that will require a connection to at least two different Microsoft SQL Server databases (for example, a source and a target), which may or may not be on ...
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Should I store images in my database or file system in this application? [duplicate]
I'm using ASP.NET MVC 4 and SQL Server 2012. I have no problem going for either of these solutions but I want to know which one would fit better in the particular application I'm creating now.
I'm ...
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500 databases or 1 database with 500 tables or just 1 table with all the records? [duplicate]
I currently have an application that is used by a single end customer. For ease of discussion assume the application only needs a single database table for all records. I now need to support ...
