Use this tag for questions specific to scaled down, free edition of SQL Server 2008 R2.
Questions tagged [sql-server-2008r2-express]
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Local SQL Server 2008 R2 database not accessible on Windows 10
I've inherited the job of maintaining an application which uses a local SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Express database as a back-end. I successfully installed the application some months back after upgrading to Windows 10 so that I could start testing and…

jmriebold
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Memory error: Allocation failure : Excel Powerpivot Add on
The table I am trying to refresh using the Excel 2010 PowerPivot add on is currently 2,670,634 rows, and approximately 473 MB when I export the query results from SQL server into a CSV file format. The operating system is in 64bit but my installed…

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How can I know when my table got hit in sql server 2008 r2 express profiler when run from browser
I have one important table called Person among hundreds of tables. But, I'm not sure when it is coming into play. I have to capture table information in such a way that as soon as the Person table is queried by one particular page in the browser, it…

Ashok kumar
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Data from SQL view in entity collection are not sorted
I have a simple SQL view with 2 columns. First is the primary key, which is an nvarchar, and the second is an int. View is ordered by the int column. When I load data using EF, data is not sorted how is specified in SQL. What do I need to do to…

Ondřej
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asp.net cannot open database login failed
I'm using the following to retrieve data from a database but the SqlConnection won't open. It throws an error at scon.Open(). I'm sure it's elementary but I can't work it out.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
…

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Could not connect to SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, suddenly I got a error while I am trying to connect:
TITLE: Connect to Server
Cannot connect to DEBANJAN\SQLEXPRESS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred…

Debanjan Roy
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Incremental commit to optimise insert query
I have the following insert statement that i am running daily and updating approx 55,000 records.
INSERT INTO dbo.ETL_INPUT (
SCH_APPT_ID
,SCH_EVENT_ID
,MRN
,PERSON_ID
,NAME_FULL_FORMATTED
,Main_Bookshelf_Old
…

Lucas Perrett
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How to pass absolute database name,server name as parameter?
I have a requirement where I need to select data from database DB1 and insert into database DB2.
update [Server1\SQLEXPRESS].[DB1].dbo.table1
set CName = (select CName
from [Server2\SQLEXPRESS].[DB2].dbo.table1
where…

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error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server:-provider: Named Pipes Provider
I created a Windows Forms application using C# and SQL Server 2008 R2 as back-end. I also created a click-once installer package by adding Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 as a prerequisites.
If I install my application on computer that have SQL…

Shantnu
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SQL Server produces bad/invalid/damaged XML with FOR XML
I've got a simple (?) problem.
I have a table t_dane_nieruch with one column nr_ewid (int, not null)
My query looks like this:
select top 40
nr_ewid
from
t_dane_nieruch
for xml auto, elements
It produces this output:
…

BojowyZajaczek
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Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express using C#
I am in a situation where I need to Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express silently. I want to use C# for this but couldn't get a working solution.
Can someone post a working C# code for above scenario?

SuryaSan
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Using sql function on CHECK constraint for newly inserted row
First of all i need help with this for my bachelor thesis. I'm doing the whole database on sql server 2008 Release 2.
The problem is with check constraint that is using a function that is working on her own but not with the use in the constraint.…

Caen
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Using batch file for running SQL Server Express with parameter silently
I use this code for running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express in silent mode but this program exit with error
@echo off
set DIRPATH=%~dp0%Sql Express 2008 R2
set Auth=""NT Authority\SYSTEM""
if exist "%DIRPATH%" goto installProg
echo file not…

amir aziz
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Cannot connect to SQL Server 2008 R2 with Management studio
Today I get this strange exception:
Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. (mscorlib)
I cannot connect to my database! Tool started under admin rights.
Services:

Ievgen
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Startup program has intermittant problems connecting to local database
I'm writing an application that runs from the start-up folder, and tries to connect to a local SQLServer2008-r2 database as part of the startup process of the application. The database i'm connecting to is set to use windows authentication, and my…

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