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High LATCH_EX wait

Rick Martinez — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:19:16 +0000

What is LATCH_EX wait? Our LATCH_EX wait are very high, what do I need to look at to fix this?

Should I enable service broker on SQL Server 2008?

Rick Martinez — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:05:55 +0000

I am not too familiar with service broker, should I enable it on all databases on my production server? If yes why?

Server Timeout on initial web connection to SQLServer

Ajmo — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:21:30 +0000

We run a couple of websites (hosted on different webservers) that connect to an SQL Server.

The data was recently moved to another SQL Server (called SQLCLUSTER) and now the first time the site is accessed, it takes over 20 seconds to bring up the page. If I don’t set the Connection Timeout in the connection string to a value higher than that, the server times out. Subsequent pages load fine.

If I connect back to the old server there’s no problem.

The old server runs Express 2008, SQLCLUSTER runs 2008 Enterprise edition.

It happens to both webservers and it only happens with SQLCLUSTER (regardless of which database is being connected to). A similar delay happens in VWD’s Database Explorer when testing a connection to SQLCLUSTER.

Databases hosted on SQLCLUSTER are also the backend for Access applications. There is no delay accessing data through the Access front ends, or through SQL Server Mgmt Studio.

The timeout happens at the Open statement of:

dbConn = New SqlConnection(“Server=SQLCLUSTER;Database=GO_SQL_WEB;UID=WEB_USER;PWD=[xxxx]“) (as stored in web.config)

dbConn.Open()

The servers are all in the same LAN so I don’t think its a firewall issue. The timeout also happens when viewing through localhost on either webserver.

Are there any web-specific settings that need to be addressed in SQL Server Enterprise?

Microsoft SQL Server BCP Utility password

Redwine — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:42:31 +0000

I am executing a Microsoft SQL Server Job that runs a BCP Utility. The utility loads a table from a file using the ‘in’ argument, a format file and an error file. I have ‘hard coded’ the user name and password in the command line using the ‘U’ and ‘P’ arguments.

I am looking for a method without using the ‘hard coded’, clear text user name and password.

Has anyone done this using the BCP utility?

SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition SP3 Performance

Rick Martinez — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:27:46 +0000

Question Edited by Michael Tidmarsh

Sql Server CAL

Noyo77 — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:29:07 +0000

I have a Sql Server Enterprise 2005 64X, installed licesed by processor, I what to cut budget so thougt if I change to CAL licensing could save money, but know how to calculate how many users are currently conecting to my server. How can I get this info?

SQL 2005 trial version update

Alan Dala — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:13:07 +0000

I installed SQL 2005 trial version on a production server and the 6 months are almost up. I would like to go to SQL 2008 since I can get a very good deal for it. What options do I have? Can I just upgrade over the trial version or I need to uninstall 2005 and reinstall 2008. The 2005 is a trial for the Enterprise version and the 2008 is Standard. Would this be a problem? Are there any compatibility issues with this plan of moving to SQL 2008. Since it’s a production server, I can’t take any risks.

Thank you for your help!

Errors while attempting the mirroring process in SQL Server 2005

SQL Server Ask the Experts — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:33:54 +0000

I am using SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, and I’m having a problem beginning the mirroring process. I am receiving the error messages:

“Alter failed for Database ‘db_muthu’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)”

“An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)”

“Database Mirroring Transport is disabled in the endpoint configuration. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1486)”

What can I do to solve this issue?

Installing SQL Server Enterprise Edition on Windows XP

SQL Server Ask the Experts — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:13:08 +0000

I have two questions. First, how do I install SQL Server Enterprise Edition on Windows XP? And second, how can I find the SQL password without using an application?

installing SQL server enterprise edition on XP

Sazzemokhalef — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:08 +0000

how can I install SQL server enterprise edition on windows XP?
I know there is a way but I dont know it
if some body know it tell me plz