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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Enumerate all available sql servers

Is there a possibility to enumerate all available sql servers in pure java.
At this time i execute osl -L and interprete the result.
Process p = runTime.exec("osql -L");
Computers without a msde or sql server installed do not have the osql
program. Is there a way to install osql? Or is there an other way to find all
available sql servers?
Thanks in advance Davy
You could simply try to connect to port 1433 of all machines and/or use
a JDBC driver that supports named pipes and try to connect via named
pipe to each machine in the network. This might take quite a while,
though.
Alin.
|||Thanks for the respond.
I already tried to connect to all machines, but i took a while (some minutes
which is too long).
I also tried to open a socket on port 1433, but sql server does not respond.
Is there a possibility to multicast a udp message to all ms-sql-monitors
(port 1434)?
Pipes is maybe an alternitive, but i'm not sure if pipes are enabled.
Davy
|||UDP port 1434 might just work. Give it a try and let me know how it
goes.
Alin.
|||Davy:
Rolling your own sqlbrowse with UDP on port 1434 should work, but if
you're considering going through OSQL then you'd be better off using
ODBC (SQLBrowseConnect) which is on every Windows box.
Be careful that this broadcast method is pretty imprecise -- Windows
machines after XPSP2 (esp. W2K3+) turn off port 1434 by default, and the
SQL Server 2005 will also ship with this port off by default for most
scenarios.
-shelby
Shelby Goerlitz
Microsoft SQL Server
"Davy" <Davy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:Davy@.discussions.microsoft.com:
> Thanks for the respond.
> I already tried to connect to all machines, but i took a while (some
> minutes
> which is too long).
> I also tried to open a socket on port 1433, but sql server does not
> respond.
> Is there a possibility to multicast a udp message to all ms-sql-monitors
> (port 1434)?
> Pipes is maybe an alternitive, but i'm not sure if pipes are enabled.
> Davy
|||It’s quite difficult to find out the structure of the udp messages send by
the sql monitor. If anyone knows the udp structure all information is
welcome. I can try to write the udp messages with some help.
Davy
"Alin Sinpalean" schreef:

> UDP port 1434 might just work. Give it a try and let me know how it
> goes.
> Alin.
>
|||So it doesn’t seem a good idea?
I'll give it try, if someone has any idea which information to store in the
udp messages.
I tried the SQLBrowseConnect method as well. I couldn't call it directly
from java, but I found a C++ program.
http://www.sqldev.net/misc/ListSQLSvr.htm
It's easy to use from java and it uses the SQLBrowseConnect API, which is
osql independent.
Thank you very much
Davy
|||> I'll give it try, if someone has any idea which information to store
in the
> udp messages.
Just send a single 0x02 byte. You can find more info about the response
here [jTDS source code]:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p...=1.7&view=auto
Alin.
|||So, it's not even that difficult. I'm working on it, i hope to finish it
tomorrow. I'll post the result. Maybe one more question: any idea how to find
out the multicast address?
Right now i'm testing with a fixed 10.0.0.255 multicast address. Probably
this address want be te same for every company, but how can i calculate this
address?
Davy
"Alin Sinpalean" schreef:

> in the
> Just send a single 0x02 byte. You can find more info about the response
> here [jTDS source code]:
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p...=1.7&view=auto
> Alin.
>
|||Ok, i created some classes to look up all sql servers reachable by a
computer. The program performs a lookup of all subnets of a computer and send
the 02 multicast message on each subnet.
Where should i put the classes? Here as plain text on the forum?
To lookup the subnet of an ip, I use IPCONFIG. Ipconfig is translated, so I
included english, french and dutch. If you need more languages you should add
the texts. I'll add some comment to the source code.
Davy
"Alin Sinpalean" wrote:

> in the
> Just send a single 0x02 byte. You can find more info about the response
> here [jTDS source code]:
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.p...=1.7&view=auto
> Alin.
>
sql

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Enterprise Manager hangs

Hi,
I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
Thanks in advance.
Hi
Perhaps you need to delete a backup history
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/geoffh/archive/2008/01/21/MSDB-Performance-Tuning.aspx
"ronnie" <ronnie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B67B18F5-2ACD-49E5-A7EA-AA5A65487B68@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All
> Tasks ->
> Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> Thanks in advance.
|||We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
"ronnie" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
> Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> Thanks in advance.
|||I have narrowed this down to the command "insert #avmed exec
master.dbo.xp_availablemedia", which is what is hanging. I ran "exec
master.dbo.xp_availablemedia" stand alone, and it hangs. This is calling DLL
xpStar90.dll. Has anyone ever seen what might cause this?
"Brent" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
> SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
> from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
> Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
> not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
> "ronnie" wrote:
|||Restarting the server resolved this.
"Brent" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> I have narrowed this down to the command "insert #avmed exec
> master.dbo.xp_availablemedia", which is what is hanging. I ran "exec
> master.dbo.xp_availablemedia" stand alone, and it hangs. This is calling DLL
> xpStar90.dll. Has anyone ever seen what might cause this?
> "Brent" wrote:
|||I tried deleting the backuphistory but it didn't work. Maybe I need to
restart the server.
"Brent" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Restarting the server resolved this.
> "Brent" wrote:
|||Our SQL Instance is clustered, so we failed over to the other node and
everything is fine. As soon as we restarted the node where things were
hanging, we started getting alerts on that the C drive is going bad. I think
this is why it was having trouble calling the dll. You may have a similar
issue. Are you using any monitoring tools like Sitescope to monitor the
hardware? You may have a drive that is going bad.
"ronnie" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> I tried deleting the backuphistory but it didn't work. Maybe I need to
> restart the server.
> "Brent" wrote:

Enterprise Manager hangs

Hi,
I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
Thanks in advance.Hi
Perhaps you need to delete a backup history
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/geoffh/archive/2008/01/21/MSDB-Performance-Tuning.aspx
"ronnie" <ronnie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B67B18F5-2ACD-49E5-A7EA-AA5A65487B68@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All
> Tasks ->
> Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> Thanks in advance.|||We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
"ronnie" wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
> Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> Thanks in advance.|||I have narrowed this down to the command "insert #avmed exec
master.dbo.xp_availablemedia", which is what is hanging. I ran "exec
master.dbo.xp_availablemedia" stand alone, and it hangs. This is calling DLL
xpStar90.dll. Has anyone ever seen what might cause this?
"Brent" wrote:
> We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
> SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
> from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
> Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
> not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
> "ronnie" wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> > when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> > any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> > hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
> > Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.|||Restarting the server resolved this.
"Brent" wrote:
> I have narrowed this down to the command "insert #avmed exec
> master.dbo.xp_availablemedia", which is what is hanging. I ran "exec
> master.dbo.xp_availablemedia" stand alone, and it hangs. This is calling DLL
> xpStar90.dll. Has anyone ever seen what might cause this?
> "Brent" wrote:
> > We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
> > SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
> > from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
> > Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
> > not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
> >
> > "ronnie" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> > > when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> > > any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> > > hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
> > > Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.|||I tried deleting the backuphistory but it didn't work. Maybe I need to
restart the server.
"Brent" wrote:
> Restarting the server resolved this.
> "Brent" wrote:
> > I have narrowed this down to the command "insert #avmed exec
> > master.dbo.xp_availablemedia", which is what is hanging. I ran "exec
> > master.dbo.xp_availablemedia" stand alone, and it hangs. This is calling DLL
> > xpStar90.dll. Has anyone ever seen what might cause this?
> >
> > "Brent" wrote:
> >
> > > We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
> > > SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
> > > from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
> > > Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
> > > not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
> > >
> > > "ronnie" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> > > > when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> > > > any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> > > > hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
> > > > Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.|||Our SQL Instance is clustered, so we failed over to the other node and
everything is fine. As soon as we restarted the node where things were
hanging, we started getting alerts on that the C drive is going bad. I think
this is why it was having trouble calling the dll. You may have a similar
issue. Are you using any monitoring tools like Sitescope to monitor the
hardware? You may have a drive that is going bad.
"ronnie" wrote:
> I tried deleting the backuphistory but it didn't work. Maybe I need to
> restart the server.
> "Brent" wrote:
> > Restarting the server resolved this.
> >
> > "Brent" wrote:
> >
> > > I have narrowed this down to the command "insert #avmed exec
> > > master.dbo.xp_availablemedia", which is what is hanging. I ran "exec
> > > master.dbo.xp_availablemedia" stand alone, and it hangs. This is calling DLL
> > > xpStar90.dll. Has anyone ever seen what might cause this?
> > >
> > > "Brent" wrote:
> > >
> > > > We are seeing this too. The only change we have done recently is applying
> > > > SLQ Server Cum 6 for SP2. Management Studio hangs when we attempt to restore
> > > > from a device. Specifically, it hangs when we click "Add" on the Specify
> > > > Backup dialog. We have no problems using the "From Database" option, so I do
> > > > not believe it has anything to do with MSDB indexes.
> > > >
> > > > "ronnie" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a production server which has about six user databases. Recently,
> > > > > when I try to do a restore ( I wanted to see the available backup sets) on
> > > > > any of the databases using Enterprise Manager (All Tasks -> Restore) it
> > > > > hangs. However, it promptly brings a pop up window when I do the All Tasks ->
> > > > > Backup. What might be causing it to behave this way?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.

enterprise manager error

Hi,
When trying to modify or add a table using enterprise manager I got this
message error:
Enterprise manager: not enough storage is available to complete this
operation.
I have a lot off space available.
I don't have a memory leake.
My server is Dell PowerEdge 2850 with tho CPU ( 3.6 GHZ)
I Regestred my SQL server 2000 on another enterprise manager in a second
server and I was able to modify the table.
I was able to create a table by using query analyser.
Could someone help me find the bug?
Using EM to modify live tables is never a good idea. It often will create a
new table, copy all the rows over to the new table and then drop the old
one. So it must have at least as much space available in the db as the
table being modified and its indexes. But that does not explain why EM
worked on the other machine.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"sql server 2000 enterprise manager" <sql server 2000 enterprise
manager@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92AC93CE-7CAD-4F79-A92C-1B2B0B08B3CD@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> When trying to modify or add a table using enterprise manager I got this
> message error:
> Enterprise manager: not enough storage is available to complete this
> operation.
> I have a lot off space available.
> I don't have a memory leake.
> My server is Dell PowerEdge 2850 with tho CPU ( 3.6 GHZ)
> I Regestred my SQL server 2000 on another enterprise manager in a second
> server and I was able to modify the table.
> I was able to create a table by using query analyser.
> Could someone help me find the bug?
|||Hi, Andrew,
I beleive that using Enterprise manager is not the best choice. but my
issue occurs even when I try to modify a small database as northwind or pubs.
"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

> Using EM to modify live tables is never a good idea. It often will create a
> new table, copy all the rows over to the new table and then drop the old
> one. So it must have at least as much space available in the db as the
> table being modified and its indexes. But that does not explain why EM
> worked on the other machine.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "sql server 2000 enterprise manager" <sql server 2000 enterprise
> manager@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:92AC93CE-7CAD-4F79-A92C-1B2B0B08B3CD@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Sounds like a client issue then. Haven't seen that before. You can try
reinstalling the client tools but I bet it is an issue with that machine
more than EM.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"sql server 2000 enterprise manager"
<sqlserver2000enterprisemanager@.discussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:24AD6EC4-3A53-4D5A-90A2-8F6633C4A5AC@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi, Andrew,
> I beleive that using Enterprise manager is not the best choice. but my
> issue occurs even when I try to modify a small database as northwind or
> pubs.
> "Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

Friday, February 24, 2012

Enterprise Manager Availability

Is Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer available as separate licenses? or
downloads?
Ritche M wrote:
> Is Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer available as separate
> licenses? or downloads?
If you purchase a CAL using a client licensing model, that gives you the
rights to install the client tools. If you already have a processor
license, your users can install client tools. The client tools are
installed from the main SQL Server CD. There are no separate downloads
AFAIK. None of this applies if you don't own a SQL Server license. There
are some free and more capable retail tools out there to perform the
functions of SQL EM / QA.
David Gugick
Quest Software
www.imceda.com
www.quest.com
|||check out http://www.agileinfollc.com DataStudio, it has superior user
interface and functionalities for managing SQL Server and other databases.
John King
http://www.agileinfollc.com
"Ritche M" <Ritche M@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F291C016-4266-446C-B2E8-B68ACCDA0C27@.microsoft.com...
> Is Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer available as separate licenses?
> or
> downloads?

Friday, February 17, 2012

Enterprise Manager - Available Servers - remote instance not listed

When using the register available servers in Enterprise Manager, the
named instances on a remote machine are not listed. The unnamed
instance is listed and will register successfully.
I have tried manually typing the names of the remote NAMED instances;
then tried to authenticate and get the message "SQL server does not
exist or access denied".
Local machine; SQL Server 2000 SP4 (Developer Edition) installed.
2 Instances
Unnamed
DEV\DB1
On the remote machine SQL Server 2000 (MSDE Edition) installed
3 Instances;
Unnamed
REM\DB1
REM\DB2
Both machines are on the same domain. All SQL server instances are
running.
I have also used the svrnetcn.exe tool to make sure the Named Pipes
and TCP/IP protocols are enabled. The port on the TCP/IP protocol has
been changed to 1433 on all remote instances. (both machines were
rebooted)
What else can I check ?
Thanks
DOn Sep 18, 9:18 pm, do <dmc...@.gmail.com> wrote:
> When using the register available servers in Enterprise Manager, the
> named instances on a remote machine are not listed. The unnamed
> instance is listed and will register successfully.
> I have tried manually typing the names of the remote NAMED instances;
> then tried to authenticate and get the message "SQL server does not
> exist or access denied".
> Local machine; SQL Server 2000 SP4 (Developer Edition) installed.
> 2 Instances
> Unnamed
> DEV\DB1
> On the remote machine SQL Server 2000 (MSDE Edition) installed
> 3 Instances;
> Unnamed
> REM\DB1
> REM\DB2
Create an alias for the named instances on the client end & then try
registering...
> Both machines are on the same domain. All SQL server instances are
> running.
> I have also used the svrnetcn.exe tool to make sure the Named Pipes
> and TCP/IP protocols are enabled. The port on the TCP/IP protocol has
> been changed to 1433 on all remote instances. (both machines were
> rebooted)
> What else can I check ?
> Thanks
> D

Enterprise Manager - Available Servers - remote instance not listed

When using the register available servers in Enterprise Manager, the
named instances on a remote machine are not listed. The unnamed
instance is listed and will register successfully.
I have tried manually typing the names of the remote NAMED instances;
then tried to authenticate and get the message "SQL server does not
exist or access denied".
Local machine; SQL Server 2000 SP4 (Developer Edition) installed.
2 Instances
Unnamed
DEV\DB1
On the remote machine SQL Server 2000 (MSDE Edition) installed
3 Instances;
Unnamed
REM\DB1
REM\DB2
Both machines are on the same domain. All SQL server instances are
running.
I have also used the svrnetcn.exe tool to make sure the Named Pipes
and TCP/IP protocols are enabled. The port on the TCP/IP protocol has
been changed to 1433 on all remote instances. (both machines were
rebooted)
What else can I check ?
Thanks
DHow about trying adding aliases from SQL Server Client Network Utility?
Add Aliases for your named instances and try connecting then.
You may obtain more info about this from the following link:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213780(SQL.80).aspx
You may want to have a look at the following article from BOL to learn more
about Browser Service of SQL Server 2005. This may be irrelevant however it
informs you about SS2000' s listening service too. It may give you an idea.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181087.aspx
--
Ekrem Önsoy
"do" <dmcb73@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190189984.640820.24640@.o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> When using the register available servers in Enterprise Manager, the
> named instances on a remote machine are not listed. The unnamed
> instance is listed and will register successfully.
> I have tried manually typing the names of the remote NAMED instances;
> then tried to authenticate and get the message "SQL server does not
> exist or access denied".
> Local machine; SQL Server 2000 SP4 (Developer Edition) installed.
> 2 Instances
> Unnamed
> DEV\DB1
> On the remote machine SQL Server 2000 (MSDE Edition) installed
> 3 Instances;
> Unnamed
> REM\DB1
> REM\DB2
> Both machines are on the same domain. All SQL server instances are
> running.
> I have also used the svrnetcn.exe tool to make sure the Named Pipes
> and TCP/IP protocols are enabled. The port on the TCP/IP protocol has
> been changed to 1433 on all remote instances. (both machines were
> rebooted)
> What else can I check ?
> Thanks
> D
>

Enterprise Manager

Is Enterprise Manager available as a separate download and installable on a
system with MSDE installed?
Are there any similar third-party tools?
Many thanks.
Am Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:51:45 -0600 schrieb Andrew Chalk:

> Is Enterprise Manager available as a separate download and installable on a
> system with MSDE installed?
> Are there any similar third-party tools?
> Many thanks.
No, Enterprise Manager is not free, it's part of the 'big' SQL-Server,
where you have to pay for. You can manage MSDE with EM, yes, but you are
not allowed to copy EM from somebody or to give it away for free. You can
buy a SQL-Server Developer Edition CD from Microsoft (around 60$), this
includes an EM you can use for development.
Or you can use this free tool (can handle SQL2005 too!):
http://sqlmanager.net/en/products/mssql/manager
(the lite version is free)
bye,
Helmut
|||Thanks, I'll check it out.
- Andrew
"helmut woess" <hw@.iis.at> wrote in message
news:2pvy6t2z8b4o.1xpt7hatujbcl.dlg@.40tude.net...
> Am Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:51:45 -0600 schrieb Andrew Chalk:
>
> No, Enterprise Manager is not free, it's part of the 'big' SQL-Server,
> where you have to pay for. You can manage MSDE with EM, yes, but you are
> not allowed to copy EM from somebody or to give it away for free. You can
> buy a SQL-Server Developer Edition CD from Microsoft (around 60$), this
> includes an EM you can use for development.
> Or you can use this free tool (can handle SQL2005 too!):
> http://sqlmanager.net/en/products/mssql/manager
> (the lite version is free)
> bye,
> Helmut

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Enter Today's Date in SSMS Open Table Grid View

What date constants are available for entering today's date in a
datetime column after using the Open Table command within SSMS? I
have tried GETDATE() and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, but neither worked.
Another question - if I open the samed named table in two databases to
compare the data contents using Open Table, the tab labels only
display the table name and are not fully qualified. Is there an SSMS
option to show the table labels fully qualified.
Thanks in advance - Peter
pwc (pcrickman@.verizon.net) writes:
> What date constants are available for entering today's date in a
> datetime column after using the Open Table command within SSMS? I
> have tried GETDATE() and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, but neither worked.
You look at your watch, and the type what you see. Open Table is a very
simple data-entry tool.
If you don't want to consult your watch, you will have to write an INSERT
or an UPDATE statement instead.

> Another question - if I open the samed named table in two databases to
> compare the data contents using Open Table, the tab labels only
> display the table name and are not fully qualified. Is there an SSMS
> option to show the table labels fully qualified.
Yes, it's called SP2. That is, they've changed this in SP2 so that the
database name is included.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx