Using SMO 2012 to trouble shoot support issues

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  • Wouldn't it be easier to have an admin server in your datacenter hooked up with Terminal Services and a copy of 2012 on it? You could then also use it as a central management server and whatnot, and only need to vpn in and rdp to it?

  • Hi Rich,

    sure it would!

    However, like I said at the bottom of the article, it was a little contrived to highlight certain parts of SMO.

    Cheers

    Peter

    I work for 1st Consulting, a small ISV based in the UK. We build web and desktop applications using the MSFT stack. Find us at www.1stconsulting.biz

  • Ooooooo....

    I think if I found one of my developers using SMO to access database objects directly, that person would be found hanging from a cross in the morning.

    This situation is exactly what having an API full of stored procedures is for. The devs should never be querying base tables directly, or updating database / server level settings.

    Any dev wishing to try using a programmatic interface to access SQL Server would also likely run into permission problems, as the credentials they have may not have permissions on various objects.

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    Note to developers:
    CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(FLOOR(NULLIF(ISNULL(COALESCE(1,NULL),NULL),NULL)) AS CHAR(1)),1,1) AS INT) == 1
    So why complicate your code AND MAKE MY JOB HARDER??!:crazy:

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  • Nice article.

    Regards,

    Basit A. Farooq (MSC Computing, MCITP SQL Server 2005 & 2008, MCDBA SQL Server 2000)

    http://basitaalishan.com
  • Hi Derek,

    I dont think I would use SMO for general "day to day" tasks.

    However, if you are looking to automate operational tasks or integrate from a line of business application then this is a great tool to have in your bag.

    Cheers

    Peter

    I work for 1st Consulting, a small ISV based in the UK. We build web and desktop applications using the MSFT stack. Find us at www.1stconsulting.biz

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