creating a windows athentication login

Hi all. Here is my problem. Computer A has sql server 2005 express installed on it together with sql management studio. Computer B has only sql management studio. Computers are members of a corporate domain and are running xp professional. After starting management studio on computer B the databese engin on computer A is visible in the 'select server to connect to' dialog under network servers. When i try to connect i get the message login failed - so i try to add a windows athentication login for the appropriate user on computer A. The problem is as follows: Under 'Create new login/Select user or group/location' no network location apear and i can not add a network user name. This seem to be a network connectivity issue. I have, however, adjusted network connectivity via surface area configuration and enabled tcp/ip and named pipes - the server is visible form another computer as i have prviously mentioned.

I am not sure how you go there in the GUI. Do you right-click the Security->Logins folder and choose New Login?

From T-SQL, you can just use

CREATE LOGIN domain\user FROM WINDOWS

Creating a user in SQLExpress with SQL Server Management Studio Express

I have created a user in SQL Server Management Studio Express. However,
whenever my ASP.NET application tries to connect I get the error
Cannot open database "ABC" requested by the login. The login failed. Login
failed for user 'Fred'.

If I change my login string to Integrated Security=SSPI it works. Also, I
was able to add a user successfully in SQL 2000 but SQLExpress is differnt.

Can anyone tell me how to add a user and give him permissions for a
particular database? Or refer me to a URL that does.

Many thanks.

In SQL Server Management Studio Express, when you login to the SQL Express Server, you'll see "Databases" as an item in the Object Explorer. If you expand that, you'll see all of your databases listed. Select the database you want and expand that, then you'll see Security as one of the items. Expand that one more time and you'll see Users. You can create a new user there, as well as right click on a user and select Properties to fine tune the permissions of that user.

You can also create global users (Logins) by going to the Security item at the top level list in the Object Explorer. Once you've created a Login, you can map it to certain users within a database.

Thanks< MJ

Creating a user in SQLExpress with SQL Server Management Studio Express

I have created a user in SQL Server Management Studio Express. However,
whenever my ASP.NET application tries to connect I get the error
Cannot open database "ABC" requested by the login. The login failed. Login
failed for user 'Fred'.
If I change my login string to Integrated Security=SSPI it works. Also, I
was able to add a user successfully in SQL 2000 but SQLExpress is differnt.
Can anyone tell me how to add a user and give him permissions for a
particular database? Or refer me to a URL that does.
Many thanks.
hi Andrew,
Andrew Chalk wrote:
> I have created a user in SQL Server Management Studio Express.
> However, whenever my ASP.NET application tries to connect I get the
> error Cannot open database "ABC" requested by the login. The login failed.
> Login failed for user 'Fred'.
> If I change my login string to Integrated Security=SSPI it works.
> Also, I was able to add a user successfully in SQL 2000 but
> SQLExpress is differnt.
> Can anyone tell me how to add a user and give him permissions for a
> particular database? Or refer me to a URL that does.
> Many thanks.
please verify your SQLExpress instance accepts standard SQL Server logins,
enabling mixed security.. your connection string changed to ...Integrated
Security=SSPI implies a trusted connection...
SQL Server uses a so called "2 phases" authentication policy:
first an SQL Server Login or a Windows login must be created of granted
access to the SQL Server instance... at the server level a login can be made
member of none, 1 or all of the fixed server roles, which include "sysadmin"
role and so on...
you can choose between 2 authentication modes:
WinNT (trusted) connections or SQL Server authenticated connections... the
latter always requires full user's credential such as "User
Id=sa;Password=pwd", the password can be NULL so it must not be specified,
but I strongly advise you always to ensure strong passwords are present...
WindowsNT authentication, on the contrary, does not requires user's
credential becouse it's directly provided by Windows via the logins'ID
(sid), which authenticate user's login at the windows login step... SQL
Server only needs to verify that the corresponding login and/or group is
granted to log on the instance...
the second authentication phase is at database level, where each login will
be granted database access mapping to a database user... here access
permissions are set, as granting user/role SELECT/DELETE/EXECUTE (and so on)
privileges at an object level (or column level for tables and views)..
so, the second phase regards a database security implementation... in order
to access a specified database the simple login existance does not provide
database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the corresponding
login.. and is about verifying that at each object level (including
database, tables, views, columns, procedures and so on) the Login/User
association is permitted access to...
CREATE LOGIN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189751.aspx
CREATE USER http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173463.aspx
GRANT {database permission}
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178569.aspx
GRANT {permission} http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187965.aspx
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
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(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
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|||Andrea: Thanks you for your detailed reply.
I understand the concptual difference between Windows and SQL authentication
and thought I had done all the necessary steps, which is why I am puzzled.
As I mentioned, with SQL 2000 I used SQL Enterprise manager and have the
login working. I have tried to map the steps I took in SQL2000's SQL EM to
those in the new SQL Server Mgt. Studio Express.
1) I created a login under the server->security folder.
I did not give this Login any Roles. It is just a plain ol' user (public).
2) I went to the server instance name at the top and GRANTed "Connect SQL"
permission to the new Login just created;
3) I went to the database and granted "Connect" permission to the Login.
After these steps I get the error reported in my earlier post.
I should add that I am not an SQL Server expert and first looked at the SQL
Server Mgt. Studio Express BOL.They are absolutely useless.
Hope the above hels.
Andrew
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:40acn2F19erhvU1@.individual.net...
> hi Andrew,
> Andrew Chalk wrote:
> please verify your SQLExpress instance accepts standard SQL Server logins,
> enabling mixed security.. your connection string changed to ...Integrated
> Security=SSPI implies a trusted connection...
> SQL Server uses a so called "2 phases" authentication policy:
> first an SQL Server Login or a Windows login must be created of granted
> access to the SQL Server instance... at the server level a login can be
> made
> member of none, 1 or all of the fixed server roles, which include
> "sysadmin"
> role and so on...
> you can choose between 2 authentication modes:
> WinNT (trusted) connections or SQL Server authenticated connections... the
> latter always requires full user's credential such as "User
> Id=sa;Password=pwd", the password can be NULL so it must not be specified,
> but I strongly advise you always to ensure strong passwords are
> present...
> WindowsNT authentication, on the contrary, does not requires user's
> credential becouse it's directly provided by Windows via the logins'ID
> (sid), which authenticate user's login at the windows login step... SQL
> Server only needs to verify that the corresponding login and/or group is
> granted to log on the instance...
> the second authentication phase is at database level, where each login
> will
> be granted database access mapping to a database user... here access
> permissions are set, as granting user/role SELECT/DELETE/EXECUTE (and so
> on)
> privileges at an object level (or column level for tables and views)..
> so, the second phase regards a database security implementation... in
> order
> to access a specified database the simple login existance does not provide
> database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the corresponding
> login.. and is about verifying that at each object level (including
> database, tables, views, columns, procedures and so on) the Login/User
> association is permitted access to...
> CREATE LOGIN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189751.aspx
> CREATE USER http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173463.aspx
> GRANT {database permission}
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178569.aspx
> GRANT {permission} http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187965.aspx
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||I don't understand the following stement:
> database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the corresponding
> login..
what is the difference between a Login and a User?
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:40acn2F19erhvU1@.individual.net...
> the second authentication phase is at database level, where each login
> will
> be granted database access mapping to a database user... here access
> permissions are set, as granting user/role SELECT/DELETE/EXECUTE (and so
> on)
> privileges at an object level (or column level for tables and views)..
> so, the second phase regards a database security implementation... in
> order
> to access a specified database the simple login existance does not provide
> database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the corresponding
> login.. and is about verifying that at each object level (including
> database, tables, views, columns, procedures and so on) the Login/User
> association is permitted access to...
> CREATE LOGIN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189751.aspx
> CREATE USER http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173463.aspx
> GRANT {database permission}
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178569.aspx
> GRANT {permission} http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187965.aspx
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||hi Andrew,
Andrew Chalk wrote:
> Andrea: Thanks you for your detailed reply.
> 1) I created a login under the server->security folder.
> I did not give this Login any Roles. It is just a plain ol' user
> (public).
it's not a user, it's a login and there's no "public" server role... it's
just a login which is not member of server roles...

> 2) I went to the server instance name at the top and GRANTed "Connect
> SQL" permission to the new Login just created;
yep... the login has been created, enabled, and granted access to the
instance..

> 3) I went to the database and granted "Connect" permission to the
> Login.
ok, you granted db access to the login, which is now member of th public
database role..

> After these steps I get the error reported in my earlier post.
I reproduced your steps and I can log on to SQLExpress as a standard SQL
Server Login, and access a db the login has been mapped to a corresponding
user.. I did it via SSMSExpress and not via ASP..

> I should add that I am not an SQL Server expert and first looked at
> the SQL Server Mgt. Studio Express BOL.They are absolutely useless.
:D
download the full BOL, december released..

> what is the difference between a Login and a User?
a Login is the very first part of the 2 phases security policy enforcement
of SQL Server... I repeat what I already wrote..
SQL Server uses a so called "2 phases" authentication policy:
first an SQL Server Login or a Windows login must be created in order to
grant access to the SQL Server instance... at the server level a login can
be made member of none, 1 or all of the fixed server roles, which include
"sysadmin" role and so on...
you can choose between 2 authentication modes:
WinNT (trusted) connections or SQL Server authenticated connections... the
latter always requires full user's credential such as "User
Id=sa;Password=pwd", the password can be NULL so it must not be specified,
but I strongly advise you always to ensure strong passwords are present...
WindowsNT authentication, on the contrary, does not requires credential
becouse it's directly provided by Windows via the logins' ID (sid), which
authenticate (Windows) user's login at the windows login step... SQL Server
only needs to verify that the corresponding login and/or group is granted to
log on the instance (checking the granted Login's existence in the SQL
Server instance)...
the second authentication phase is at database level, where each login will
be granted database access mapping to a database user... here access
permissions are set, as granting user/role SELECT/DELETE/EXECUTE (and so on)
privileges at an object level (or column level for tables and views)..
so, the second phase regards a database security implementation... in order
to access a specified database the simple login existance does not provide
database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the corresponding
login.. and is about verifying that at each object level (including
database, tables, views, columns, procedures and so on) the Login/User
association is permitted access to...
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:40d46vF19tm2gU1@.individual.net...
> I reproduced your steps and I can log on to SQLExpress as a standard SQL
> Server Login, and access a db the login has been mapped to a corresponding
> user.. I did it via SSMSExpress and not via ASP..
The phrase:
> the login has been mapped to a corresponding user..
Can you explain that.
How did it happen?
Who is the user?
Is it correct to say that the user is an instance of utilizing a login? I.e.
"users" have logins. Some may use the same logins as others (for example
several instances of an application). In which case each application trying
to use SQL server is a user and their name/password pair correspond to their
login?
Thanks.
|||I now have a role named 'fred' and a user named 'fred' of the database that
I want the application to access. Is the use of the same name the problem?
Thanks
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:40d46vF19tm2gU1@.individual.net...
> hi Andrew,
> Andrew Chalk wrote:
> it's not a user, it's a login and there's no "public" server role... it's
> just a login which is not member of server roles...
>
> yep... the login has been created, enabled, and granted access to the
> instance..
>
> ok, you granted db access to the login, which is now member of th public
> database role..
>
> I reproduced your steps and I can log on to SQLExpress as a standard SQL
> Server Login, and access a db the login has been mapped to a corresponding
> user.. I did it via SSMSExpress and not via ASP..
>
> :D
> download the full BOL, december released..
>
> a Login is the very first part of the 2 phases security policy enforcement
> of SQL Server... I repeat what I already wrote..
> SQL Server uses a so called "2 phases" authentication policy:
> first an SQL Server Login or a Windows login must be created in order to
> grant access to the SQL Server instance... at the server level a login can
> be made member of none, 1 or all of the fixed server roles, which include
> "sysadmin" role and so on...
> you can choose between 2 authentication modes:
> WinNT (trusted) connections or SQL Server authenticated connections... the
> latter always requires full user's credential such as "User
> Id=sa;Password=pwd", the password can be NULL so it must not be specified,
> but I strongly advise you always to ensure strong passwords are
> present...
> WindowsNT authentication, on the contrary, does not requires credential
> becouse it's directly provided by Windows via the logins' ID (sid), which
> authenticate (Windows) user's login at the windows login step... SQL
> Server only needs to verify that the corresponding login and/or group is
> granted to log on the instance (checking the granted Login's existence in
> the SQL Server instance)...
> the second authentication phase is at database level, where each login
> will be granted database access mapping to a database user... here access
> permissions are set, as granting user/role SELECT/DELETE/EXECUTE (and so
> on) privileges at an object level (or column level for tables and views)..
> so, the second phase regards a database security implementation... in
> order to access a specified database the simple login existance does not
> provide database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the
> corresponding login.. and is about verifying that at each object level
> (including database, tables, views, columns, procedures and so on) the
> Login/User
> association is permitted access to...
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||OK, fixed it, though mainly through luck than knowhow.
Deleted user "fred" and login "fred".
Recreated login Fred but made sure that I went to 'User Mapping' and checked
the database that I wanted this Login to be able to access;
Login was created and, like magic, a user appeared, also named 'fred', under
the database.
I still don't understand this.
Nonetheless, thanks for your help,
Andrew
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:40d46vF19tm2gU1@.individual.net...
> hi Andrew,
> Andrew Chalk wrote:
> it's not a user, it's a login and there's no "public" server role... it's
> just a login which is not member of server roles...
>
> yep... the login has been created, enabled, and granted access to the
> instance..
>
> ok, you granted db access to the login, which is now member of th public
> database role..
>
> I reproduced your steps and I can log on to SQLExpress as a standard SQL
> Server Login, and access a db the login has been mapped to a corresponding
> user.. I did it via SSMSExpress and not via ASP..
>
> :D
> download the full BOL, december released..
>
> a Login is the very first part of the 2 phases security policy enforcement
> of SQL Server... I repeat what I already wrote..
> SQL Server uses a so called "2 phases" authentication policy:
> first an SQL Server Login or a Windows login must be created in order to
> grant access to the SQL Server instance... at the server level a login can
> be made member of none, 1 or all of the fixed server roles, which include
> "sysadmin" role and so on...
> you can choose between 2 authentication modes:
> WinNT (trusted) connections or SQL Server authenticated connections... the
> latter always requires full user's credential such as "User
> Id=sa;Password=pwd", the password can be NULL so it must not be specified,
> but I strongly advise you always to ensure strong passwords are
> present...
> WindowsNT authentication, on the contrary, does not requires credential
> becouse it's directly provided by Windows via the logins' ID (sid), which
> authenticate (Windows) user's login at the windows login step... SQL
> Server only needs to verify that the corresponding login and/or group is
> granted to log on the instance (checking the granted Login's existence in
> the SQL Server instance)...
> the second authentication phase is at database level, where each login
> will be granted database access mapping to a database user... here access
> permissions are set, as granting user/role SELECT/DELETE/EXECUTE (and so
> on) privileges at an object level (or column level for tables and views)..
> so, the second phase regards a database security implementation... in
> order to access a specified database the simple login existance does not
> provide database access, but a (database) user must be mapped to the
> corresponding login.. and is about verifying that at each object level
> (including database, tables, views, columns, procedures and so on) the
> Login/User
> association is permitted access to...
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||hi Andrew,
Andrew Chalk wrote:
> The phrase:
> Can you explain that.
> How did it happen?
> Who is the user?
perhaps my english is not as good as I thought.. :D
perhaps here,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...rity_4fol.asp,
the architectural design is more clear..
a SQL Server Login (both standard SQL Server login or a WinNT login) is just
the very first brick in the wall in order to access a SQL Server instance...
without that you can not log in and connect to a specified instance... it
has a server wide range...
a User is just a database user (can have the same name as the corresponding
Login [Login is now somehaw obsolete, to be replaced by principals] but this
is not mandatory even if it's recommended in order to minimize troubles :D)
that, at creation time, is mapped via it's sid column
(dbname.sys.sysusers.sid) to an existing login
(master.sys.server_principals.sid)
SELECT u.name AS [Name in DB], u.hasdbaccess ,
p.name AS [Login Name]
FROM master.sys.server_principals p JOIN sys.sysusers u
ON p.sid = u.sid
Principals
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181127(en-US,SQL.90).aspx
DB Users
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190928(en-US,SQL.90).aspx

> Is it correct to say that the user is an instance of utilizing a
> login? I.e. "users" have logins.
Logins can be granted db access as database users, but they can even not..

>Some may use the same logins as
> others (for example several instances of an application). In which
> case each application trying to use SQL server is a user and their
> name/password pair correspond to their login?
an application is not a user or a login... in certain case an application
role can represent this scenario
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190998.aspx)

> Deleted user "fred" and login "fred".
> Recreated login Fred but made sure that I went to 'User Mapping' and
> checked the database that I wanted this Login to be able to access;
> Login was created and, like magic, a user appeared, also named
> 'fred', under the database.
it's correct... you created a login... then you granted that login db access
via a database user (in the defined database) mapping it to the original
login ...
if you only create a login without grating him/her access to your desired
database(s), that login will only access it if the predefined "guest"
database user is available (and usually that db user is not available for
security reason)...
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||That URL does not use the work 'Login', only 'User'.
What is the difference between a login and a user?
Thanks,
Andrew
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:40dk3lF198jigU1@.individual.net...
> hi Andrew,
> Andrew Chalk wrote:
> perhaps my english is not as good as I thought.. :D
> perhaps here,
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...rity_4fol.asp,
> the architectural design is more clear..
> a SQL Server Login (both standard SQL Server login or a WinNT login) is
> just the very first brick in the wall in order to access a SQL Server
> instance... without that you can not log in and connect to a specified
> instance... it has a server wide range...
> a User is just a database user (can have the same name as the
> corresponding Login [Login is now somehaw obsolete, to be replaced by
> principals] but this is not mandatory even if it's recommended in order to
> minimize troubles :D) that, at creation time, is mapped via it's sid
> column (dbname.sys.sysusers.sid) to an existing login
> (master.sys.server_principals.sid)
> SELECT u.name AS [Name in DB], u.hasdbaccess ,
> p.name AS [Login Name]
> FROM master.sys.server_principals p JOIN sys.sysusers u
> ON p.sid = u.sid
> Principals
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181127(en-US,SQL.90).aspx
> DB Users
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190928(en-US,SQL.90).aspx
>
> Logins can be granted db access as database users, but they can even not..
>
> an application is not a user or a login... in certain case an application
> role can represent this scenario
> (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190998.aspx)
>
> it's correct... you created a login... then you granted that login db
> access via a database user (in the defined database) mapping it to the
> original login ...
> if you only create a login without grating him/her access to your desired
> database(s), that login will only access it if the predefined "guest"
> database user is available (and usually that db user is not available for
> security reason)...
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
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Creating a stored procedure in SQL Server Management Studio

I have a database that I want to add stored procedures but when I go to save the stored procedure it asked me to save it as a .sql file and doesn;t add it to the database.

This is what I'm doing:

right click on database > programability > stored procedures

select "new Stored Procedure"

writting the procedure

then save - this is when i get the save dialogue rather than seeing the sp added to the database.

There must be something very simple that I'm doing wrong but I just can't figure it out, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Damien

You need to execute this command (that begins with CREATE PROCEDURE) instead of saving to disk.

So, you need to press F5 or press the Execute Button from program bar.

|||Thanks

Creating a SQL Database File in a Specific Location

In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from within
the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any control
of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
that somewhere, right?
Alex
Hi Alex
I presume you are using the New Database Dialog in Management Studio. In the
box where you supply the db name, you also supply all the details about each
of the files, including their physical location. When you scroll to the
right, you can see the text boxes for the path, and there is a button to
click to allow you to browse and choose a different path than the default.
HTH
Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
http://sqlblog.com
"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from
> within
> the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any
> control
> of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
> that somewhere, right?
> Alex
|||Alex
Yes you can specify the database file location
General-> under Database file(move the scroll bar right) section
VT
"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from
> within
> the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any
> control
> of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
> that somewhere, right?
> Alex
|||In SQL Server Management Studio on the General page for creating a new
database you can expand the window or scroll to the right to see the Path
field. This is where you change the default location of the database files.
Regards,
Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com
"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:EB0663C5-18DF-4ECB-8D43-3C36E6263CB9@.microsoft.com...
> In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from
> within
> the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any
> control
> of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
> that somewhere, right?
> Alex
|||Yeah, OOPS. Just found that Thanks.
"Kalen Delaney" wrote:

> Hi Alex
> I presume you are using the New Database Dialog in Management Studio. In the
> box where you supply the db name, you also supply all the details about each
> of the files, including their physical location. When you scroll to the
> right, you can see the text boxes for the path, and there is a button to
> click to allow you to browse and choose a different path than the default.
> --
> HTH
> Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
> http://sqlblog.com
>
> "Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:EB0663C5-18DF-4ECB-8D43-3C36E6263CB9@.microsoft.com...
>
>

Creating a SQL Database File in a Specific Location

In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from withi
n
the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any contro
l
of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
that somewhere, right?
AlexHi Alex
I presume you are using the New Database Dialog in Management Studio. In the
box where you supply the db name, you also supply all the details about each
of the files, including their physical location. When you scroll to the
right, you can see the text boxes for the path, and there is a button to
click to allow you to browse and choose a different path than the default.
HTH
Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
http://sqlblog.com
"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:EB0663C5-18DF-4ECB-8D43-3C36E6263CB9@.microsoft.com...
> In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from
> within
> the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any
> control
> of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
> that somewhere, right?
> Alex|||Alex
Yes you can specify the database file location
General-> under Database file(move the scroll bar right) section
VT
"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:EB0663C5-18DF-4ECB-8D43-3C36E6263CB9@.microsoft.com...
> In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from
> within
> the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any
> control
> of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
> that somewhere, right?
> Alex|||In SQL Server Management Studio on the General page for creating a new
database you can expand the window or scroll to the right to see the Path
field. This is where you change the default location of the database files.
Regards,
Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com
"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:EB0663C5-18DF-4ECB-8D43-3C36E6263CB9@.microsoft.com...
> In SQL Server 9.0 (Standard Edition), I want to create a database from
> within
> the Management Studio. But when I create it, I don't seem to have any
> control
> of WHERE the actual database files are placed. I *must* be able to control
> that somewhere, right?
> Alex|||Yeah, OOPS. Just found that Thanks.
"Kalen Delaney" wrote:

> Hi Alex
> I presume you are using the New Database Dialog in Management Studio. In t
he
> box where you supply the db name, you also supply all the details about ea
ch
> of the files, including their physical location. When you scroll to the
> right, you can see the text boxes for the path, and there is a button to
> click to allow you to browse and choose a different path than the default.
> --
> HTH
> Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
> http://sqlblog.com
>
> "Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:EB0663C5-18DF-4ECB-8D43-3C36E6263CB9@.microsoft.com...
>
>

Creating a project from an existing Database

I have the full blown Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (MSSMS) installed on my workstation.

We have a number of existing databases that I'd like to manage with MSSMS and put into source control.

How do I get MSSMS to "import" or "Convert" an existing SQL server 2000 database into a project that I can manage with MSSMS? We have not used Source safe up to this point, but would like to start doing so now.

This seems like it ought to be explained well up front in any discussion of converting from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 or installing 2005, but I can't find ANYTHING useful in the BOL or other help.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

-Rob Marmion

All what you need is to script your code (and other objects, if you'd like) into separate files and add them to the SSMS project (simply drag'n'dropping). The problem is that SSMS is not able to script your database objects into separate files, only into one, but you can use Enterprise Manager "Generate SQL Script" feature.

Creating a normalized database

Hi. I have a project I need to complete and I really don't know the first step I should take. Basically, we have a case management system that is normalized for the most part except for one major flaw: the clients table. Whenever we add a new case, we have to add the customer's name/address/phone etc. all over again. I would like to redo this current setup so we have one table just for clients and another table just for cases, so we don't have all this double entering all the time. Is there an easy way to do this or could someone point me in the right direction? It's on a SQL Server 2000 database. Thanks for your help!4 easy steps

CREATE the client table (ClientID, ClientName, Address...)

SELECT DISTINCT Client info from the case table into the new Client Table

Build Relationship between the 2 tables (on ClientID)

DELETE the redundant columns from case table|||You can use a ClientCase table with a many to many relationship between your Clients and your Cases tables.


Clients ClientCase Case
------ ------ ------
CliNumber --> CliNumber
CaseNumber <-- CaseNumber
Cliname CaseLeadAtty
CliAddress CaseSecondAtty


etc.|||tomh53,

Just curious...
What would be the need for the intermediate table, unless
one case number can have multiple clients?|||... unless one case number can have multiple clients?if a case only and forever belongs to only one client, then yeah, you don't need the many-to-many relationship table

however, note that you can implement a one-to-many relationship using a many-to-many relationship table -- just make sure (in your app logic) that you never store more than one client per case!!

then, when the day comes, and the case rolls in which requires two clients, you're all set!!

:) :)|||tomh53,

Just curious...
What would be the need for the intermediate table, unless
one case number can have multiple clients?

How about a class-action lawsuit?|||4 easy steps

CREATE the client table (ClientID, ClientName, Address...)

SELECT DISTINCT Client info from the case table into the new Client Table

Build Relationship between the 2 tables (on ClientID)

DELETE the redundant columns from case table
Thank you! That worked like a charm. I still have a few duplicates but it beats going through all of them manually. :)

creating a login

Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
dialog box?
In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change. A
dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the top.
Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in the
Confirm Password box.
AndyP,
Sr. Database Administrator,
MCDBA 2003
"mkiger" wrote:

> Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
> in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
> dialog box?
|||Thanks, that works for server logins, but what about database users?
"AndyP" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
> then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change. A
> dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the top.
> Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in the
> Confirm Password box.
>
> --
> AndyP,
> Sr. Database Administrator,
> MCDBA 2003
>
> "mkiger" wrote:
|||You can go to the database, then Security, then Users, and add/remove the
users to/from the database and affect their overall database access that way.
You can then grant or revoke permissions at that level. The database user
does not have a password property, but is linked to a login which does have a
password.
AndyP,
Sr. Database Administrator,
MCDBA 2003
"mkiger" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Thanks, that works for server logins, but what about database users?
> "AndyP" wrote:

creating a login

Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
dialog box?In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change. A
dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the top.
Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in the
Confirm Password box.
AndyP,
Sr. Database Administrator,
MCDBA 2003
"mkiger" wrote:
> Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
> in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
> dialog box?|||Thanks, that works for server logins, but what about database users?
"AndyP" wrote:
> In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
> then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change. A
> dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the top.
> Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in the
> Confirm Password box.
>
> --
> AndyP,
> Sr. Database Administrator,
> MCDBA 2003
>
> "mkiger" wrote:
> > Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
> > in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
> > dialog box?|||You can go to the database, then Security, then Users, and add/remove the
users to/from the database and affect their overall database access that way.
You can then grant or revoke permissions at that level. The database user
does not have a password property, but is linked to a login which does have a
password.
--
AndyP,
Sr. Database Administrator,
MCDBA 2003
"mkiger" wrote:
> Thanks, that works for server logins, but what about database users?
> "AndyP" wrote:
> > In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
> > then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change. A
> > dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the top.
> > Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in the
> > Confirm Password box.
> >
> >
> > --
> > AndyP,
> > Sr. Database Administrator,
> > MCDBA 2003
> >
> >
> > "mkiger" wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
> > > in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
> > > dialog box?

creating a login

Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's password
in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
dialog box?In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change.
A
dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the top.
Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in the
Confirm Password box.
AndyP,
Sr. Database Administrator,
MCDBA 2003
"mkiger" wrote:

> Is there a way to create a login and password, or change a login's passwor
d
> in management studio (sql 2005) without using a sql script? Any wizard or
> dialog box?|||Thanks, that works for server logins, but what about database users?
"AndyP" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> In the Management Studio, open the Object Explorer and expand your Server,
> then Security, then Logins and right-click on the login you want to change
. A
> dialog box will open and you can change the password in there, near the to
p.
> Type in the password in the Password box, and the same password again in t
he
> Confirm Password box.
>
> --
> AndyP,
> Sr. Database Administrator,
> MCDBA 2003
>
> "mkiger" wrote:
>|||You can go to the database, then Security, then Users, and add/remove the
users to/from the database and affect their overall database access that way
.
You can then grant or revoke permissions at that level. The database user
does not have a password property, but is linked to a login which does have
a
password.
AndyP,
Sr. Database Administrator,
MCDBA 2003
"mkiger" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Thanks, that works for server logins, but what about database users?
> "AndyP" wrote:
>

creating a database, tables, records, and fields in a Sql server 2005 express

I am at my wits end as to how to do this.
I have downloaded Sql server management Studio and tried to create a database but I can't figure it out. There is an almost nonexistant help file so I am lost as to how to start. I have succeeded in looking at some system databases but that is about the extent of it. Can someone show me the proper procedure? Am I using the wrong tool?
Thanks,
Paul

If you are using the managment studio, right click on the Databases node, --> New Database. If you are using a script tool for this, the fastest way to create a database is CREATE DATABASE <name>, which stores the data files in the defautl location, specified at setup time.

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

|||Thanks, Jen! boy was that ever easy! I've got tables and columns now too! Tell me though, can I input some data in the management Studio Also?
Thanks,
Paul
|||Well I think I spoke too soon. Now in VWD I drop a gridview and try to connect it to my database. When I am building a connection string, I get the dialog box, "Add Connection. When I try to browse and select my database I get this real long error, the essence of "Unable to open the phsical file c:\blah|blah\blah\prince.mdb. Operating system error 32(The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process)" I know that it isn't being used because I closed the database and exited Management Studio.
Thanks,
Paul
|||

Make sure the database is AutoClose=true. If the database is not set to automatically close, the SQL Server service will keep it open as long as the server is running.

You can check this in the Options page of the database properties dialog in Management Studio.

Hope this helps,

Steve

|||Thanks, Steve. That was the problem. However, I still can't add data or insert blank records in the database. I noticed when I used an Access database I was able to edit and delete the data. I would like to be able to do that with Sql server express database also and in addition to inserting a blank record. I am using a a gridview component.

In Visual basic 6.0 I could drop a few buttons on the form and with next, previous delete and insert methods I could alter the database where the columns were bound to individule Textboxes.
I have a lot to learn and there are very few books and tutorials written with info on what I want to learn.

I guess the gridview tasks are limited because I have no data to edit or delete, and I don't know how to use the Management Studio to enter the data. :(
|||I tried executing a query like this:
INSERT INTO family VALUES ("Paul", "Handley"); family is my table and there are only two columns. I tried putting the column names but got an error. I also get this error when I try to run the above query:
Msg 128, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
The name "Paul" is not permitted in this context. Valid expressions are constants, constant expressions, and (in some contexts) variables. Column names are not permitted.

Any suggestions?
Paul
|||

You can either set the following command:

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER is OFF

to use double quotation marks, or you use single quotation marks which wont cause the problem.

HTH, jens Suessmeyer.

|||Thanks, Jen. That did the trick. As far as the inserting and the editing of a database record within the web application I am developing, I still can't do that. Is it possible to attach a query to a button and just insert a blank record. Like this:
Insert into family Values( '','') **Those are single quotes**
Thanks,
Paul
|||Ok I've got to the point where when I am configuring the datasource and I get to the "Configure the select statement and I choose "Specify columns from a table or view. I click on te advanced tab and I want to choose"Generate Insert, Update and Delete Statements" but the whole dialog box is grayed out! What do I do now? I want the capabilities of editing, insertsing, deleteing and updating my records
Thanks,
Paul

|||Ok I found the where I could add the various links to Update Insert and edit my fields and when I click on New I get the blank fields to add new data but when I click on update I get this error msg:

Inserting is not supported by data source 'SqlDataSource1' unless InsertCommand is specified.

I feel sure If I could fix this I would be on my way, but the as I stated above the whe option are grayed out!

Will someone pleeese answer this post!

|||Ok, that's it. If you are going to just leave me hanging here, I'm through. I'm going back to Linux and PHP and Mysql. I should have know better than to try this Microsoft garbage!
Paul
|||

Hi Paul,

there is no need yelling in this group. As we are doing this all in our spare free time and on a voluntary basis, the poster of a question sometimes has to wait until he gets an answer. IMHO I would rather learn the basis things first, before comming to the groups and posting question which would have been solved if you just took a walkthough-easy-to-use-example.

The question you are posting is related that you appearantly didn′t specifiy which command has to be executed in the case of an insert. YOu can either specify your own command or use a commanbuilder (But that are , as I told below some basic things which wouldn′t concern you if you have done some ADO.NET basics first)

Fell free to come any time again in this group, but be aware that you sometime need to have a bit patience.

HTH; jens Suessmeyer.

|||p3aul,
your statement:
INSERT INTO family VALUES ("Paul", "Handley");
should be:
INSERT INTO family (fieldname, fieldname) VALUES ("Paul", "Handley");
where fieldname is the name of your field.
|||Well I wasn't aware that I was shouting, I just c & p the error that appeared on the webpage. i figured it would just paste as normal 10 or 12 pt type. I enlarged the fon't and chose the color red in my plea for help because Time was going by and I was beginning to lose my train of thought.. I don't sit idley by and wait for someone to give me an idea that might help, I try to persue a solution on my on. If I leave the a file i am working on and load something else in and put my mind ont I am apt to forget what I was doing on the first file. I apologise for feeling frustrated but Microsoft tools are frustraing things to work with.

tonic999 Thank you for the post. I don't remember where I was now. In working with MySQL , though, in the insert statement (fieldname, fieldname) are optional.

My original question, If I can find the file I was working on, still stands, to wit:
Ok I've got to the point where when I am configuring the datasource and I get to the "Configure the select statement and I choose "Specify columns from a table or view. I click on te advanced tab and I want to choose"Generate Insert, Update and Delete Statements" but the whole dialog box is grayed out! What do I do now? I want the capabilities of editing, insertsing, deleteing and updating my records
Thanks,
Paul

Createing tables

I am trying to make a customer management database and need some help. I have two tables, customer and equipment. I want to have a unique value that is in both tables such as custid. I feel I need this to be able to search for all equipment belonging to a specific customer. Help please.Not sure what exactly you are asking, your approach of having a key that identified a customer and of using that the identify the equipment sounds like a fine one.|||

If an equipment can only belong to one customer this would be something like this:

Customers
=======

CustomeriD
(OtherColumns)

Equipment
=========
EquipmentD
(OtherColumns)
CustomerID

If one Equipment can belong to more than one customer you have a N-M relation:

Customers
=======
CustomeriD
(OtherColumns)

Equipment
=========
EquipmentD
(OtherColumns)

CustomerEquipment
================
EquipmentD
CustomeriD

HTH, jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

Createing New Triggers in SQL Server Management Studio Express

Is it possible to create a new trigger for a SQL 2000 Database using SQL Server Management Studio Express?

hi,

yes...

connect to the desired instance.. select the required database and navigate to the "table" node.. expand the desired table/view object and select the Triggers node.. right click and write your trigger.. a template is presented as well..

or just open a new query window, select the desired database and type the trigger code..

regards

Created table in SQL SERVER EXPRESS but don't see it

I installed SQL SERVER 2005 Developer Edition over SQL SERVER EXPRESS in order to get the Management Studio.
I created a new Database called TRADING.
I then started a NEW QUERY and created a table and inserted 2 rows.
I then selected from the table and got 0 rows .
I then went to Trading database on the left side and clicked tables and did not see the table I created.
What am I doing wrong. SHould I remove SQL SERVER EXPRESS and then install SQL SERVER 2005 Developer Edition.

look in the master database. you might have created it there.

|||

As Karl suggested, you likely created the table in a database other than your new TRADING database.

In order to use a database, you have to be in the context of that database. You do this by using the USE statement. For example:

CREATE DATABASE Trading

GO

USE Trading

CREATE TABLE MyTable (C1 int, C2 varchar(50))

GO

INSERT INTO MyTable VALUES (1, 'Test')

See the topic 'USE (Transact-SQL)' in Books Online for more information.

You can also see the current database context when you're in the SQL editor by looking at the database listed in the Standard toolbar. Selecting another database from the dropdown list in the toolbar is the same as running a USE <databasename> statement.

Regards,

Gail

Created logins

They're under Security>Logins in Management Studio Object Explorer
HTH,
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
"robert salazar" <robert salazar@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:406F979C-5E66-48FA-BF8D-06ECF466F6ED@.microsoft.com...
> In sql 2000 the logins were displayed under "Security" In sql 2005 I
> sucessfully create the login but I cant find them?
> Where have they moved themI looked, there not. But the logins created succesfully
"Jasper Smith" wrote:

> They're under Security>Logins in Management Studio Object Explorer
> --
> HTH,
> Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> http://www.sqldbatips.com
>
> "robert salazar" <robert salazar@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messa
ge
> news:406F979C-5E66-48FA-BF8D-06ECF466F6ED@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||In sql 2000 the logins were displayed under "Security" In sql 2005 I
sucessfully create the login but I cant find them?
Where have they moved them|||They're under Security>Logins in Management Studio Object Explorer
HTH,
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
"robert salazar" <robert salazar@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:406F979C-5E66-48FA-BF8D-06ECF466F6ED@.microsoft.com...
> In sql 2000 the logins were displayed under "Security" In sql 2005 I
> sucessfully create the login but I cant find them?
> Where have they moved them|||I looked, there not. But the logins created succesfully
"Jasper Smith" wrote:

> They're under Security>Logins in Management Studio Object Explorer
> --
> HTH,
> Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> http://www.sqldbatips.com
>
> "robert salazar" <robert salazar@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messa
ge
> news:406F979C-5E66-48FA-BF8D-06ECF466F6ED@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||Did you refresh?
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"robert salazar" <robertsalazar@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE163B15-7538-41F4-AC25-48C377DBB76C@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
>I looked, there not. But the logins created succesfully
> "Jasper Smith" wrote:
>|||Did you refresh?
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"robert salazar" <robertsalazar@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE163B15-7538-41F4-AC25-48C377DBB76C@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
>I looked, there not. But the logins created succesfully
> "Jasper Smith" wrote:
>

Create XML file with SS Management Studio Express

Hi Folks,

I have this problem using SQL Server Management Studio Express.
When browse query/table with XML type column I cannot create manualy XML field.
Is that possible using built-in XML editor ?

I make following steps:
1. Use AdventureWorks example Database
2. Create New Query on Person.Contact table

SELECT ContactID, Title, FirstName, AdditionalContactInfo
FROM Person.Contact

3. Execute query
4. Then : first 10 records contain XML data in AdditionalContactInfo field
5. I cannot insert manualy new XML data into record 11,12 e.t.c

I thing it is possible by built-in XML editor, but HOW ?

Is it possible to change such field using MS Access version 2002 ?

Thanks in advance !

Hi Aleko_b,

You can't directly edit the XML with SQL Server Management Studio or the Express version either. We are considering this functionality in a future release. You need to construct an INSERT statement within the T-SQL Editor and copy/paste the XML from the XML editor.

As far as Access 2003 is concerned, you will want to create a Linked Table via ODBC to the table in question. The XML field will look like a Memo field that you can edit for changing the contents of the XML field. Just be careful not to modify the tags. ;-)

Thank you,
Bill Ramos, Lead PM, SQL Server Manageabilty

|||

I just discovered the "XML Editor" today. Is there an instruction guide or a list of supported features available?

TIA,

barkingdog

Create XML file with SS Management Studio Express

Hi Folks,

I have this problem using SQL Server Management Studio Express.
When browse query/table with XML type column I cannot create manualy XML field.
Is that possible using built-in XML editor ?

I make following steps:
1. Use AdventureWorks example Database
2. Create New Query on Person.Contact table

SELECT ContactID, Title, FirstName, AdditionalContactInfo
FROM Person.Contact

3. Execute query
4. Then : first 10 records contain XML data in AdditionalContactInfo field
5. I cannot insert manualy new XML data into record 11,12 e.t.c

I thing it is possible by built-in XML editor, but HOW ?

Is it possible to change such field using MS Access version 2002 ?

Thanks in advance !

Hi Aleko_b,

You can't directly edit the XML with SQL Server Management Studio or the Express version either. We are considering this functionality in a future release. You need to construct an INSERT statement within the T-SQL Editor and copy/paste the XML from the XML editor.

As far as Access 2003 is concerned, you will want to create a Linked Table via ODBC to the table in question. The XML field will look like a Memo field that you can edit for changing the contents of the XML field. Just be careful not to modify the tags. ;-)

Thank you,
Bill Ramos, Lead PM, SQL Server Manageabilty

|||

I just discovered the "XML Editor" today. Is there an instruction guide or a list of supported features available?

TIA,

barkingdog

Create XML file with SS Management Studio Express

Hi Folks,

I have this problem using SQL Server Management Studio Express.
When browse query/table with XML type column I cannot create manualy XML field.
Is that possible using built-in XML editor ?

I make following steps:
1. Use AdventureWorks example Database
2. Create New Query on Person.Contact table

SELECT ContactID, Title, FirstName, AdditionalContactInfo
FROM Person.Contact

3. Execute query
4. Then : first 10 records contain XML data in AdditionalContactInfo field
5. I cannot insert manualy new XML data into record 11,12 e.t.c

I thing it is possible by built-in XML editor, but HOW ?

Is it possible to change such field using MS Access version 2002 ?

Thanks in advance !

Hi Aleko_b,

You can't directly edit the XML with SQL Server Management Studio or the Express version either. We are considering this functionality in a future release. You need to construct an INSERT statement within the T-SQL Editor and copy/paste the XML from the XML editor.

As far as Access 2003 is concerned, you will want to create a Linked Table via ODBC to the table in question. The XML field will look like a Memo field that you can edit for changing the contents of the XML field. Just be careful not to modify the tags. ;-)

Thank you,
Bill Ramos, Lead PM, SQL Server Manageabilty

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I just discovered the "XML Editor" today. Is there an instruction guide or a list of supported features available?

TIA,

barkingdog