The IT Blog Top 10: Nov. 5, 2009

10. Using VRDP to view VirtualBox virtual machines remotely Rick Vanover has put together a useful tutorial for Sun’s xVM VirtualBox. 9. How to reset the Cisco Catalyst Switch to Factory Defaults Yasir Irfan offers some advice for those needing a fresh late on Catalyst switches. 8. Independent clauses and semicolons Margaret Rouse offers up…



Answer Question   |  June 29, 2012  2:29 AM
Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
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6,893 pts.

Moving SQL Stored Procedures

My developers create MS SQL Stored Procedures on a development server. What is the best way to move/copy those SPs to the production server (different machine)?



Answer Question   |  June 29, 2012  12:21 AM
SQL Server Stored Procedure Migration, SQL Server stored procedures
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110 pts.

Crystal Reports 10

How To get first record means last entry record of a from crystal report 10



Answer Question   |  June 29, 2012  12:14 AM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 10, SQL Server 2000
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5 pts.

Crystal Reports 10

How To get first record means last entry record of a from crystal report 10



Answer Question   |  June 29, 2012  12:14 AM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 10, SQL Server 2000
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5 pts.

sql data conversion error 91Object variable or with block variable not setExecuting sql

Error 91 Description: Object variable or with block variable not setExecuting sql statementRetrieving division information from the sql data store. Checking for the core database. Source: AFWSvDataServices3Converter.ConvertergetSQLDivisions, converter.convertergetdivisions, converter.convertergetDatabaseSTatii, converter.converter.Initialize, converter.converterStartIIconverter.converterStartCommandLine.



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  11:46 PM
SQL error messages, SQL Express, SQL Express 2005
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5 pts.

Apache config question

I’m trying to get a rewriteCond & rewriteRule to work. I want the command to check for a file(image) and if it doesn’t find it to use a default image. Not having any luck getting the command right. example: RewriteCond /doc/route/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.+) /dir/images/dir/00000000.JPG [L]



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  11:36 PM
Apache, Config, Web
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5 pts.

Why is SSIS xml variable in escaped format?

In SSIS 2005 I use Execute SQL task to execute a proc that returns an xml resultset using these clauses (For XML Auto, Type within a For XML Path, Type). I return that resultset into string variable User::vSelectedClients. When I look at that variable within a breakpoint, I see all the doublequote marks are escaped…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  10:20 PM
SQL, SQL Tasks, SSIS, SSIS 2005, XML
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5 pts.

Exporting to Excel – Sort doesn’t work due to merged cells

How can I change my SSRS to allow exporting into EXCEL and eliminate the header portion of report which includes merged cells. These prohibit my user from being able to sort a column in the table data.



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  9:59 PM
excel, Excel import/export, SSRS, SSRS Migration, SSRS reports
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5 pts.

Kaplan IT Learning SelfTest software

Hallo community, 70-448 Microsoft Certification Practice Products 70-432 70-433 have you purchesed this software ? what is your experience? I want to prepare for these exams. Thank you very much in advanced for the Answer. DeshRaja



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  9:55 PM
Certification preparation, Exam 70-432, Exam 70-433, Exam 70-448, Exam cram, Exam prep tools, IT certification preparation, Kaplan IT, Microsoft certifications, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server certifications
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25 pts.

Setting a range constraint without a stored procedure in a SQL Server table

I have a table in SQL Server named CustInfo that is as follows: table CustInfo ( startdate datetime enddate datetime CustomerCode int address nvarchar(200) ) I want to define a range constraint to insure that only one address is allowed for a specific customer in a specific range of dates. For example: 2008-01-01,2008-10-27,11,’13 Lexington st’…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  9:43 PM
SQL Server tables, Stored Procedure Constraints, Stored Procedures
2,585 pts.

Securing dynamic file uploads to a SQL 2005 Server database

I need to determine what is the best (practices) method for scanning of files/documents (.DOC, .XLS, .JPG, .TIF, .PDF) before they are dynamically uploaded into an SQL 2005 db as BLOBs..Thanks



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  9:34 PM
SQL Server security
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0 pts.

Changing BCP format file collation

Hi All, I was wondering if it was possible to change the collation of the format file created by the BCP utility from CS to CI, than import the data? The reason I ask this is I want to import the data from one column to another column using a different collation using bulk insert.…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  9:21 PM
BCP Utility, Collation, Format file, import/export
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290 pts.

Web Hosting strategy – NAT’ing and ARR

I’m looking to develop a new strategy for our web hosting farm. Currently I’ve got  set of standalone IIS 6 web servers and sql 2005 database servers sitting in a network behind a kerio winroute proxy (which handles our nat’ing and intrusion prevention and VPN to our office location) which in turn sit behind a…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  9:10 PM
IIS, IIS Server, Netgear switches, Network Address Translation, SQL 2005 Database, SQL Server 2005
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5 pts.

Adding New Parameter to a existing Crystal reports 9.5

I have a exsiting crystal rpt that passes 5 parameters to a stored proc.  We have added 1 more parameter to the procedure now when attempting to run the crystal rpt it errors out with proc expects parameter “new” (new being the added parameter).   I have been unable to get around this. Can anyone help.…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  8:54 PM
Crystal 9.5, Crystal Reports 9, Parameters, SQL 2000 to 2005 Migration
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5 pts.

Free Centralize backup solution

Hi, anyone has idea of any freeware centralize backup solution or low cost best centralize backup solution. i have 12 lcoations with File and print servers. SQl server Database server 2 web serevrs 1 Domain controller i want to backup the files at my central IDC. locations backup has only Excel, word, pst, jpg files.…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  7:56 PM
Backup Solution, Centralized Storage, File servers, Print Server, SQL Server
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50 pts.

How does oracle avoid dead lock when I create an index on the foreign key column?

How does oracle avoid dead lock when we create an idex on the foreign Key column ? Found many experts say this, but i never really found what is the logic behind this. So any replies provided are appreciated . thanks in advance gangadhar



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  6:49 PM
Database deadlock, Index and Key, Oracle developers, Oracle queries, Oracle Query
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10 pts.

How does oracle avoid dead lock when I create an index on the foreign key column?

How does oracle avoid dead lock when we create an idex on the foreign Key column ? Found many experts say this, but i never really found what is the logic behind this. So any replies provided are appreciated . thanks in advance gangadhar



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  6:49 PM
Database deadlock, Index and Key, Oracle developers, Oracle queries, Oracle Query
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10 pts.

Converting a command to a Database File

I was wondering if someone can offer some code or a site that would show some code examples of what I am trying to do on my LPARs. I’ve created a DB file using command CVTWRKSBS so I could create an IBM query over it to see what subsystems are active on the LPAR. However,…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  6:36 PM
AS/400 LPAR, Converting Commands, Database Files, LPAR, LPAR Configuration, OS/400 V5R4M5
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135 pts.

Address segregation in SQL 2005

I am working in SQL 2005 and would like to parse an address filed such as “1234 N CLARK ST APT 111 ” into seperate fileds like House Number/Street Name/Street Type ie LN ,ST, or Cir/Apartment Number



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  6:30 PM
SQL, SQL 2005, SQL Address Segregation
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25 pts.

Crystal Reports problem

here’s the coding for my crystal report display The above code is written in the report viewer form’s load event method. ‘this is the query for my dataset (used in objItemSale.GetSaleData(string) function) SELECT ItemSale.BillNo, ItemSale.IncomeID, Income.IncomeDate, Income.IncomeValue, ListItem.ItemID, Item.ItemName, ListItem.SaleQuantity, ListItem.SalePrice, ItemSale.SaleItemListID FROM Income INNER JOIN ItemSale ON Income.IncomeID = ItemSale.IncomeID INNER JOIN SaleItemList ON…



Answer Question   |  June 28, 2012  6:17 PM
Crystal Reports 8, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, VB.NET 2005
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95 pts.