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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Automation of Excel to SQL Server 2005

Hi all,

I have a task which needs to be automated.

1) Excel spreadsheet load into sql server database as a table.

2) Then , there will be some quering of data joining this table ( imported from excel) with other tables.

3) Then, output should be back into excel spreadsheet.

All these steps 1,2,3 need to be automated.

Could anybody give me the different steps(if not,, any links which guide me doing so), for doing this and any pre setup required for this.

Thanks for all your help..

You can do this using distributed quires...

Here the sample,

Code Snippet

--To fetch the data from the Excel

select * from

OpenDataSource('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',

'Data Source="c:\book1.xls";User ID=Admin;Password=;Extended properties=Excel 5.0')...[Sheet1$]

--To store the data back to the Excel

insert into

OpenDataSource('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',

'Data Source="c:\book1.xls";User ID=Admin;Password=;Extended properties=Excel 5.0')...[Sheet1$]

Values('11','Name11')

Automation of database restoration

We have sql server standard edition , I want to automate the task of data
restoration on a daily basis .
How can I automate copying and restoration of the data on standalone PC .
Kindly suggest me the best option for the same .
Regards,
SwatiI assume that you have two database servers and you want to keep them in
synch.
You have to do two things
BACKUP your database(s) on your primary server
RESTORE your backups to your standby server.
It is simple to set up a job which issues BACKUP commands. In fact you
should be doing that now as part of your backup routine.
The RESTORE is easy. Assuming that the account that SQL Server is running
as on your second server has rights to the machine where your primary
backups are stored you can do something like this: RESTORE DATABASE foo FROM
DISK = '\\primaryserver\x$\foo.bak' WITH REPLACE
If you have a share on the server you can access the share:
RESTORE DATABASE foo FROM DISK = '\\primaryserver\sharename\foo.bak' WITH
REPLACE
If your database servers have a different disk layout you might have to use
the WITH MOVE option to move the physical files to a location that works on
your secondary machine.
Once you are able to issue the appropriate BACKUP and RESTORE commands the
next thing you have to do is create a couple of jobs which will automate the
process for you. You can start a job (on another server) from your main
server, but the easiest method might be to have the jobs be independent of
each other. Schedule your backup job to run at, say 10pm. Lets say that it
takes 30 minutes. You could schedule the restore job on the other server to
start at 10:45pm.
You may find these articles helpful:
314515 INF: Frequently Asked Questions - SQL Server 2000 - Log Shipping
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314515
323135 INF: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - How to Set Up Log Shipping (White
Paper)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323135
325220 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325220
821786 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000: Using Log Shipping
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821786
321247 HOW TO: Configure Security for Log Shipping
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321247
329133 INF: Troubleshooting SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping "Out of Sync"
Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329133
Keith
"swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
news:OefdTe1uEHA.3828@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> We have sql server standard edition , I want to automate the task of data
> restoration on a daily basis .
> How can I automate copying and restoration of the data on standalone PC .
> Kindly suggest me the best option for the same .
>
> Regards,
> Swati
>
>|||Keith,
Thanks for response.
I agree that we can write manual commands for restoring the database on
standby server . Let me explain you our backup stategy
Full backup : 12:00 AM
Diff backup : evry 2 hours
Txn log backup : every 15 minute .this is done using DB maintenance plan .
so every time we get a new file. e.g mydb_db_200410260000.bak
Now I want to restore my full backup and diff backup which is done at
interval of 2 hours . How can I restore my full db backup and diff backup.
Regards,
Swati
"Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OUnaol1uEHA.2684@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I assume that you have two database servers and you want to keep them in
> synch.
> You have to do two things
> BACKUP your database(s) on your primary server
> RESTORE your backups to your standby server.
> It is simple to set up a job which issues BACKUP commands. In fact you
> should be doing that now as part of your backup routine.
> The RESTORE is easy. Assuming that the account that SQL Server is running
> as on your second server has rights to the machine where your primary
> backups are stored you can do something like this: RESTORE DATABASE foo
FROM
> DISK = '\\primaryserver\x$\foo.bak' WITH REPLACE
> If you have a share on the server you can access the share:
> RESTORE DATABASE foo FROM DISK = '\\primaryserver\sharename\foo.bak' WITH
> REPLACE
> If your database servers have a different disk layout you might have to
use
> the WITH MOVE option to move the physical files to a location that works
on
> your secondary machine.
> Once you are able to issue the appropriate BACKUP and RESTORE commands the
> next thing you have to do is create a couple of jobs which will automate
the
> process for you. You can start a job (on another server) from your main
> server, but the easiest method might be to have the jobs be independent of
> each other. Schedule your backup job to run at, say 10pm. Lets say that
it
> takes 30 minutes. You could schedule the restore job on the other server
to
> start at 10:45pm.
> You may find these articles helpful:
>
> 314515 INF: Frequently Asked Questions - SQL Server 2000 - Log Shipping
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314515
> 323135 INF: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - How to Set Up Log Shipping (White
> Paper)
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323135
> 325220 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325220
> 821786 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000: Using Log Shipping
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821786
> 321247 HOW TO: Configure Security for Log Shipping
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321247
> 329133 INF: Troubleshooting SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping "Out of Sync"
> Errors
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329133
>
> --
> Keith
>
> "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:OefdTe1uEHA.3828@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > We have sql server standard edition , I want to automate the task of
data
> > restoration on a daily basis .
> > How can I automate copying and restoration of the data on standalone PC
.
> > Kindly suggest me the best option for the same .
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Swati
> >
> >
> >
> >
>|||swati
Create a job that does RESTORE full and DIFF database
For more details please refer to the BOL
"swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
news:upWyC21uEHA.3276@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Keith,
> Thanks for response.
> I agree that we can write manual commands for restoring the database on
> standby server . Let me explain you our backup stategy
> Full backup : 12:00 AM
> Diff backup : evry 2 hours
> Txn log backup : every 15 minute .this is done using DB maintenance plan .
> so every time we get a new file. e.g mydb_db_200410260000.bak
> Now I want to restore my full backup and diff backup which is done at
> interval of 2 hours . How can I restore my full db backup and diff backup.
> Regards,
> Swati
> "Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OUnaol1uEHA.2684@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I assume that you have two database servers and you want to keep them in
> > synch.
> >
> > You have to do two things
> > BACKUP your database(s) on your primary server
> > RESTORE your backups to your standby server.
> >
> > It is simple to set up a job which issues BACKUP commands. In fact you
> > should be doing that now as part of your backup routine.
> > The RESTORE is easy. Assuming that the account that SQL Server is
running
> > as on your second server has rights to the machine where your primary
> > backups are stored you can do something like this: RESTORE DATABASE foo
> FROM
> > DISK = '\\primaryserver\x$\foo.bak' WITH REPLACE
> > If you have a share on the server you can access the share:
> > RESTORE DATABASE foo FROM DISK = '\\primaryserver\sharename\foo.bak'
WITH
> > REPLACE
> >
> > If your database servers have a different disk layout you might have to
> use
> > the WITH MOVE option to move the physical files to a location that works
> on
> > your secondary machine.
> >
> > Once you are able to issue the appropriate BACKUP and RESTORE commands
the
> > next thing you have to do is create a couple of jobs which will automate
> the
> > process for you. You can start a job (on another server) from your main
> > server, but the easiest method might be to have the jobs be independent
of
> > each other. Schedule your backup job to run at, say 10pm. Lets say
that
> it
> > takes 30 minutes. You could schedule the restore job on the other
server
> to
> > start at 10:45pm.
> >
> > You may find these articles helpful:
> >
> >
> > 314515 INF: Frequently Asked Questions - SQL Server 2000 - Log Shipping
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314515
> >
> > 323135 INF: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - How to Set Up Log Shipping
(White
> > Paper)
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323135
> >
> > 325220 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325220
> >
> > 821786 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000: Using Log Shipping
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821786
> >
> > 321247 HOW TO: Configure Security for Log Shipping
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321247
> >
> > 329133 INF: Troubleshooting SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping "Out of Sync"
> > Errors
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329133
> >
> >
> > --
> > Keith
> >
> >
> > "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:OefdTe1uEHA.3828@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > We have sql server standard edition , I want to automate the task of
> data
> > > restoration on a daily basis .
> > > How can I automate copying and restoration of the data on standalone
PC
> .
> > > Kindly suggest me the best option for the same .
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Swati
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>|||If you want to use the second server for Disaster Recovery, you should also
write a script to export your logins from the source SQL Server to the
Destination SQL Server.
--
Sasan Saidi, MSc in CS
"I saw it work in a cartoon once so I am pretty sure I can do it."
"Uri Dimant" wrote:
> swati
> Create a job that does RESTORE full and DIFF database
> For more details please refer to the BOL
>
> "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:upWyC21uEHA.3276@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >
> > Keith,
> > Thanks for response.
> >
> > I agree that we can write manual commands for restoring the database on
> > standby server . Let me explain you our backup stategy
> > Full backup : 12:00 AM
> > Diff backup : evry 2 hours
> > Txn log backup : every 15 minute .this is done using DB maintenance plan .
> > so every time we get a new file. e.g mydb_db_200410260000.bak
> >
> > Now I want to restore my full backup and diff backup which is done at
> > interval of 2 hours . How can I restore my full db backup and diff backup.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Swati
> >
> > "Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:OUnaol1uEHA.2684@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > I assume that you have two database servers and you want to keep them in
> > > synch.
> > >
> > > You have to do two things
> > > BACKUP your database(s) on your primary server
> > > RESTORE your backups to your standby server.
> > >
> > > It is simple to set up a job which issues BACKUP commands. In fact you
> > > should be doing that now as part of your backup routine.
> > > The RESTORE is easy. Assuming that the account that SQL Server is
> running
> > > as on your second server has rights to the machine where your primary
> > > backups are stored you can do something like this: RESTORE DATABASE foo
> > FROM
> > > DISK = '\\primaryserver\x$\foo.bak' WITH REPLACE
> > > If you have a share on the server you can access the share:
> > > RESTORE DATABASE foo FROM DISK = '\\primaryserver\sharename\foo.bak'
> WITH
> > > REPLACE
> > >
> > > If your database servers have a different disk layout you might have to
> > use
> > > the WITH MOVE option to move the physical files to a location that works
> > on
> > > your secondary machine.
> > >
> > > Once you are able to issue the appropriate BACKUP and RESTORE commands
> the
> > > next thing you have to do is create a couple of jobs which will automate
> > the
> > > process for you. You can start a job (on another server) from your main
> > > server, but the easiest method might be to have the jobs be independent
> of
> > > each other. Schedule your backup job to run at, say 10pm. Lets say
> that
> > it
> > > takes 30 minutes. You could schedule the restore job on the other
> server
> > to
> > > start at 10:45pm.
> > >
> > > You may find these articles helpful:
> > >
> > >
> > > 314515 INF: Frequently Asked Questions - SQL Server 2000 - Log Shipping
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314515
> > >
> > > 323135 INF: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - How to Set Up Log Shipping
> (White
> > > Paper)
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323135
> > >
> > > 325220 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325220
> > >
> > > 821786 Support WebCast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000: Using Log Shipping
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821786
> > >
> > > 321247 HOW TO: Configure Security for Log Shipping
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321247
> > >
> > > 329133 INF: Troubleshooting SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping "Out of Sync"
> > > Errors
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329133
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > > "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> > > news:OefdTe1uEHA.3828@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > We have sql server standard edition , I want to automate the task of
> > data
> > > > restoration on a daily basis .
> > > > How can I automate copying and restoration of the data on standalone
> PC
> > .
> > > > Kindly suggest me the best option for the same .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Swati
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>sql

Automation Error when called from VB 6

Hi Friend,

I have an application in VB 6 with Crystal Reports 7. Once I deploy the application using Package & Deployment Wizard, I get the error 'Automation Error' when I call the report from VB. I have deployed the .rpt file and not the complied file. I get this error occationally and not always. I also use Selection Formula, and Replace Selection Formula, both in VB code and also in the Report. Other reports function normally but just this one report gives me problems.

Have you come across this problem or do you have any idea of solving this ?

Please let me know if you do.

Bye.You might be missing a required dll.|||omalley might be right...............but it can be about a thousand things in CR - the error traps are so generic...:-(

I've seen this type of error when referencing objects in VB that are nor correctly type, for example.
eg dim myObj as Object
dim myObj as CRAXDRT.Report (which is the correct way to expose a report object and its properties and avoid the iUnknown interface on the COM layer, as I recall.)

It can also occur when automation servers used by CR are not available for some reason. I use some of my own UFLs (user function libraries that I developed in VB), which end up being exposed as "Additional Functions" in the formula editor. Any dll's with prefix UFL MUST be in same location as crpeaut32.dll or they will operate unreliably, even though properly registered using regsvr32.

Check also that your installation doesn't have some distributables on a network drive.

Once you've done that, make sure that you have properly passed your login info to the report in your code, and that you have also passed it to any subreports. This is a trap that bites many CR users - your database security may require you to supply login info to each subreport. It will also vary from OS to OS - standard XP security is much fussier than ME, for example.

As you can isolate it to a particular report that fails, are you doing anything differently to other reports, ie passing a different type of parameter, or maybe a range of parameters instead of a single one, and so on? Or maybe a different user is experiencing the problem.

Failing that, check the event log on the PC and see what information it is returning regarding the automation failure, and post that here.

Dave|||Thank You, omalley and springsoft for your comments. The code I use is given below;

'*****

CR.ReportFileName = App.Path & "\RouteCard.Rpt"

CR.DiscardSavedData = True
CR.Reset
CR.DiscardSavedData = False
CR.WindowShowRefreshBtn = True
CR.WindowShowSearchBtn = True
CR.WindowShowPrintSetupBtn = True

If CmbWoNoFrom.ListCount = 0 Then
MsgBox "No Records", vbInformation
Exit Sub
End If
ab = False
st1 = "({TblSchedulinghdr.Cancelled} = 0 and {TblPartNoWorkOrderNo.Cancelled}=0) and {TblOrderAcceptanceDetail.Move}='MOVE' "

If Trim(CmbWoNoFrom) <> "" Then
st1 = st1 & " AND {TblSchedulinghdr.SequenceWONo} >= " & Val(CmbWoNoFrom)
End If
If Trim(CmbWoNoTo) <> "" Then
st1 = st1 & " and {TblSchedulinghdr.SequenceWONo} <= " & Val(CmbWoNoTo)
End If
If Trim(CmbFinancialYear) <> "" Then
st1 = st1 & " and {TblSchedulinghdr.FinancialYear} = '" & UCase(Trim(CmbFinancialYear)) & "'"

End If
CR.SelectionFormula = st1

CR.Action = 1

'****

I use a database on the network which connects through ODBC and there is no database passwords set. There are 6 sub reports on this report and only one user gets this error at times. This package is compiled on win 2000 and deployed on win98.

Please let me know if you have any clue.

Thanx.
Bye.|||John,
Only potential problem I can see here (and it may not actually be a problem because you have given us a code snippet, not the whole lot), is that you are using combo boxes, by the look of your variable naming notations (which bears some resemblance to Charles Simonyi's Hungarian C Notation, with an indicative type prefix on variable and object names).
If CmbWoNoFrom (for example) is actually a combo box, what are you doing to trap situations where user presses Print button without actually selecting an item from each combo?
Unless you have a default value already set, and it doesn't look like you have, as you are Val'ing the combo's selection, then a failure to select the value may cause the query to fail, because it is passing a value (probably -1) that the query can't handle.

Dave|||Thnak You springsoft for your observations.

I don't think an empty combo box would produce an error as the check for an empty trimmed combo is done before the expression is built. This particular machine had some virus problems and also has a keyboard device driver alert in device manager. Does this pose any potential problem, although I feel it should'nt.

Please let me know of your views.

Thanx.

Bye.

Automation Error

Hello,

Last night was the first night we used Sql Server Agent to run our Warehouse ETL packages. We use the built in logging of SSIS as well as our own event logging mechanism as it goes through all of the packages. Unfortunately, when we checked this morning the agent showed failure but in both logs from the packages no errors were reported. I checked the Windows event log and the Sql Server logs but found nothing that would appear to report an error.

Does anyone have any ideas what I might be missing, any recommendations on things to check, we have manually been running these packages for weeks with no problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

probably user account problem - have you tried to run manually under the same user account as sql agent is running?

|||In reviewing all of the logs it made it through the entire process before reporting failure. The very last process to run is a DBCC CHECKDB task which shows up in the Server logs. I will double check though. Thank you for your input.

Automation

How can I import an xml file to SQL at the same time every night? I will
need to create a new database first via the import after that I will be
appending to the database. Then I need to xport the data into a difference
xml file.
Do I have to have the orginal xml file on my server or can I point to the
location of the xml file?
Thank you
Dee
Hi
You don't give the version of SQL Server that you are using! You can write a
stored procedure that will create the database/table if they do not exist and
then pass the database name to a DTS/SSIS package that will load the file.
Using this global variable for the package you can then change the connection
properties.
You could use OPENXML to load the file and compare the two entries (assuming
the same structure) and FOR XML to produce your output which would not need
DTS/SSIS.
John
"Dee" wrote:

> How can I import an xml file to SQL at the same time every night? I will
> need to create a new database first via the import after that I will be
> appending to the database. Then I need to xport the data into a difference
> xml file.
> Do I have to have the orginal xml file on my server or can I point to the
> location of the xml file?
> Thank you
> Dee
|||John,
I am using SQl 2005 on Windows XP. I have the SQl 2005 express installed
and the standard for Windows XP installed.
Will this work for both.
Thanks
Dee
"John Bell" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi
> You don't give the version of SQL Server that you are using! You can write a
> stored procedure that will create the database/table if they do not exist and
> then pass the database name to a DTS/SSIS package that will load the file.
> Using this global variable for the package you can then change the connection
> properties.
> You could use OPENXML to load the file and compare the two entries (assuming
> the same structure) and FOR XML to produce your output which would not need
> DTS/SSIS.
> John
> "Dee" wrote:
|||Hi
Import/Export and Integration services is not on the feature list for SQL
Express see
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/features/compare-features.mspx.
Therefore using OPENXML and FOR XML (use BCP or SQLCMD to create a file) is
probably the way to go.
John
"Dee" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> John,
> I am using SQl 2005 on Windows XP. I have the SQl 2005 express installed
> and the standard for Windows XP installed.
> Will this work for both.
> Thanks
> Dee
> "John Bell" wrote:
|||But I also have SQL 2005 Standard installed. Can I do an Import/Export from
there. I also have SQL 2005 Enterprise installed at work. How do I do it
from there?
Thanks Dee
"John Bell" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi
> Import/Export and Integration services is not on the feature list for SQL
> Express see
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/features/compare-features.mspx.
> Therefore using OPENXML and FOR XML (use BCP or SQLCMD to create a file) is
> probably the way to go.
> John
> "Dee" wrote:
|||Hi Dee
You would be able to run a package on the Std edition that connected to the
Express edition and populated it, but what you are trying to achieve should
be codable in T-SQL without the need for a package, therefore it can be run
from a command prompt and SQLCMD on the machine that is running SQL Express.
This may help http://www.sqlis.com/31.aspx
John
"Dee" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> But I also have SQL 2005 Standard installed. Can I do an Import/Export from
> there. I also have SQL 2005 Enterprise installed at work. How do I do it
> from there?
> Thanks Dee
> "John Bell" wrote:

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