BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  configuring SQL Server Express          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Databases (SQL Servers) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Ray Porter Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:31 am    Post subject: configuring SQL Server Express I've just installed SQL Server Express and I have a couple of questions. 1) I have a database for a little side project I've been developing in MS Access. I'd like to switch it over to SQL Server. Is there a quick way to import the tables, etc., from MS Access to SQL Server Express? 2) How do you configure SQL Server Express so you can connect to it via ADO from Delphi (BDS2006) or from other tools? 3) I've created a database and have tried adding a user but I get the message, "failed because "username" is not a valid login name or you do not have sufficient permission," or something very similar. I was logged into the Server Manager using Windows authentication. I've also tried it logging in as "sa". 4) Any thing else I need to know to use SQL Server Express as a test/local db engine? Thanks, ================================= Ray Porter Information Systems Applications Development Manager Division of University Advancement University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: (919) 259-9389 Fax: (919) 843-3314 Pager: (919) 216-4218 ray_porter (AT) unc (DOT) edu http://www.unc.edu/~dragon Meddle not in the affairs of dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup Back to top Brian Hollister Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:40 am    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express Quote: 1) I have a database for a little side project I've been developing in MS Access. I'd like to switch it over to SQL Server. Is there a quick way to import the tables, etc., from MS Access to SQL Server Express? Not sure about this one...There might be a wizard or something.... Quote: 2) How do you configure SQL Server Express so you can connect to it via ADO from Delphi (BDS2006) or from other tools? As long as you have it able to accept connections all you should need to do is to use the right driver, see www.connectionstrings.com Quote: 3) I've created a database and have tried adding a user but I get the message, "failed because "username" is not a valid login name or you do not have sufficient permission," or something very similar. I was logged into the Server Manager using Windows authentication. I've also tried it logging in as "sa". Did you run sp_addlogin? If not do that then change to the db in question and then run sp_adduser... Quote: 4) Any thing else I need to know to use SQL Server Express as a test/local db engine? Not that I am aware of we are porting now to 2005, its not express but other than the normal limitations like db size and such there are none that I am aware of. Hth, Brian Back to top Ray Porter Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:50 am    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express Hi Brian, I've managed to add a user in the SQL Server Management Studio. I know how to construct a connection string but I haven't been able to connect to the database from Business Intelligence Development Studio or any other tool. I've seen a comment about SQL Server Express not allowing remote connections by default. I guess that's the setting I haven't been able to locate now. Ray "Brian Hollister" <bhollisterATfuturaintlDOTcom> wrote in message news:46327bef$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: 1) I have a database for a little side project I've been developing in MS Access. I'd like to switch it over to SQL Server. Is there a quick way to import the tables, etc., from MS Access to SQL Server Express? Not sure about this one...There might be a wizard or something.... 2) How do you configure SQL Server Express so you can connect to it via ADO from Delphi (BDS2006) or from other tools? As long as you have it able to accept connections all you should need to do is to use the right driver, see www.connectionstrings.com 3) I've created a database and have tried adding a user but I get the message, "failed because "username" is not a valid login name or you do not have sufficient permission," or something very similar. I was logged into the Server Manager using Windows authentication. I've also tried it logging in as "sa". Did you run sp_addlogin? If not do that then change to the db in question and then run sp_adduser... 4) Any thing else I need to know to use SQL Server Express as a test/local db engine? Not that I am aware of we are porting now to 2005, its not express but other than the normal limitations like db size and such there are none that I am aware of. Hth, Brian Back to top Ray Porter Guest Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:47 pm    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express - a little more informait Hi all, When I attempt to build a connection string for a TADOConnection in Delphi, I get the following error: "Error enumerating data servers. Enumerator reports 'unspecified error'. It looks like SQL Server simply isn't visible to anything else on the local machine. I've enabled TCP/IP. What else do I need to do? Thanks, Ray "Ray Porter" <ray_porter (AT) unc (DOT) edu> wrote in message news:46329a4e$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Hi Brian, I've managed to add a user in the SQL Server Management Studio. I know how to construct a connection string but I haven't been able to connect to the database from Business Intelligence Development Studio or any other tool. I've seen a comment about SQL Server Express not allowing remote connections by default. I guess that's the setting I haven't been able to locate now. Ray "Brian Hollister" <bhollisterATfuturaintlDOTcom> wrote in message news:46327bef$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... 1) I have a database for a little side project I've been developing in MS Access. I'd like to switch it over to SQL Server. Is there a quick way to import the tables, etc., from MS Access to SQL Server Express? Not sure about this one...There might be a wizard or something.... 2) How do you configure SQL Server Express so you can connect to it via ADO from Delphi (BDS2006) or from other tools? As long as you have it able to accept connections all you should need to do is to use the right driver, see www.connectionstrings.com 3) I've created a database and have tried adding a user but I get the message, "failed because "username" is not a valid login name or you do not have sufficient permission," or something very similar. I was logged into the Server Manager using Windows authentication. I've also tried it logging in as "sa". Did you run sp_addlogin? If not do that then change to the db in question and then run sp_adduser... 4) Any thing else I need to know to use SQL Server Express as a test/local db engine? Not that I am aware of we are porting now to 2005, its not express but other than the normal limitations like db size and such there are none that I am aware of. Hth, Brian Back to top Oliver Townshend Guest Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:11 am    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express - a little more informait Quote: It looks like SQL Server simply isn't visible to anything else on the local machine. I've enabled TCP/IP. What else do I need to do? Try a connection name of SQLEXPRESSS\databasename Oliver Townshend Back to top Brian Hollister Guest Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:19 pm    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express - a little more informait Hi Ray, Did you use the SQL Server Surface Area app to open the server up for remote connections? If not try this link as it may assist you, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173748.aspx. I also had to allow for this in Windows Firewall as well. hth, brian -- Got a big event coming up? Let us help coordinate your event. For more visit www.kissemgoodbye.com "Oliver Townshend" <oliveratcodelegaldotcomdotau> wrote in message news:4634179f (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: It looks like SQL Server simply isn't visible to anything else on the local machine. I've enabled TCP/IP. What else do I need to do? Try a connection name of SQLEXPRESSS\databasename Oliver Townshend Back to top Guest Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:47 pm    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express On Apr 27, 10:31 pm, "Ray Porter" <ray_por...@unc.edu> wrote: Quote: I've just installed SQL Server Express and I have a couple of questions. 1) I have adatabasefor a little side project I've been developing in MSAccess. I'd like to switch it over to SQL Server. Is there a quick way to import the tables, etc., from MSAccessto SQL Server Express? 2) How do you configure SQL Server Express so you can connect to it via ADO from Delphi (BDS2006) or from other tools? 3) I've created adatabaseand have tried adding a user but I get the message, "failed because "username" is not a valid login name or you do not have sufficient permission," or something very similar. I was logged into the Server Manager using Windows authentication. I've also tried it logging in as "sa". 4) Any thing else I need to know to use SQL Server Express as a test/local db engine? Thanks, ================================= Ray Porter Information Systems Applications Development Manager Division of University Advancement University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: (919) 259-9389 Fax: (919) 843-3314 Pager: (919) 216-4218 ray_por...@unc.eduhttp://www.unc.edu/~dragon Meddle not in the affairs of dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup There is an upsizing wizard in MS Access which will transform your MS Access tables to SQL ones. It's in Tools>Database Utilities. The wizard has a few options one of them is to change your tabes to SQL tables. Back to top Paras Kafley Guest Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:11 am    Post subject: Re: configuring SQL Server Express Ray Porter wrote: Quote: 1) I have a database for a little side project I've been developing in MS Access. I'd like to switch it over to SQL Server. Is there a quick way to import the tables, etc., from MS Access to SQL Server Express? Access does (or used to at least) come with an upsizing wizard which would migrate your tables to SQL server. In the version that I used in past, it used to add an extra column to SQL Server tables. Your other option will be to use Data transformation Services to transfer the objects from Access to SQL Server. In both cases you might need to tweak the tables - especially the numeric fields as in most of the cases they get transfered as float field instead of decimal fields which might not be what you want. Also if you have images/blob fields (OLE fields in Access) then you will have a problem since if I remember correctly access adds a header information to the records - which you will have to strip off in SQL Server. Quote: 3) I've created a database and have tried adding a user but I get the message, "failed because "username" is not a valid login name or you do not have sufficient permission," or something very similar. I was logged into the Server Manager using Windows authentication. I've also tried it logging in as "sa". You will need to use the SQL Server Surface area configuration wizard to allow remote connection to the database engine if you are connecting remotely. If you are on the same machine usually providing MachineName\Instance name should work. Also try to connect to the database engine logged in as the administrator of the machine, if memory serves me right, by default SQL Server Express is installed to use integrated Security so logging in as sa will not work - unless you set up the system to use mixed mode authentication. If you can log in to the SQL Server engine as a local administrator then simply add your regual development user to the serveradmin/sysadmin fixed role. While you are developing try to use a user which doesn't have too many priviliges in the database server (not part of serveradmin/diskadmin/sysadmin roles etc) - will save you a lot of grief latter on. Also you should use the fully qualifed object name in the format schema name.object name in your queries etc- it didn't matter much in SQL Server 7-2000 - everyone simply used dbo- but with the seperation of schema from user in SQL Server 2005 this can be fairly important (for example query notifications won't use if you don't use fully qualifed name). It also makes object more easy to secure latter on. 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