Hello,

Put in your SQL 2008 disk, add to current installation and install Business Intelligence Studio, with integrated services etc. then service pack it all up to the level of your...

Hello Lowell,

Thanks for getting back, here is an example of what came back, as well as these the indexes that are actually in the table also came up, but mixed...

Hello,

I do not want the R2 versions of the sample reports, I need the original 2008 versions, but all I am getting are the R2 ones. I studying for the...

I enjoyed it too, but could someone please explain what the following represents, please?

&[1] and the &[2} at the end of the Calender Quarter parts, I'm not sure what they...

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Thanks for getting back, I managed this in the end. I did not use the service account, I used an execution account instead. I think the problem lay with the...

Hello,

Yes, I always use the SSCM. This is what makes the whole thing such as mystery.

Regards,

Paul.

Hello,

In the end, I decided to add the domain user account to the admin group for the local machine to see if it is a permissions issue and AS starts,...

Hi Gail,

It does appear to have started, but in answer to your question, it would have been a yes. Thank you so much for your help, you are totally awsome...

Ok, I hit control C and I am asked if I want to shut down SQL server, presumably I will answer yes, and (hopefully) restart the service? No, I didnt...

Gail,

Even though I started the server in single user mode via the cammand window, can I start it up in multi user mode using the configuration manager? I cannot find...

Gail,

Thank you for getting back, the tail end of the log only seems to give what I had wrote above.

Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed because upgrade step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’...

Hello Gail,

I was writing the other post during your answer, I'll just go to the logs and see if I can get more detail.

Regards,

D.

Thanks, I'm hanging in here, basically I am in single user mode in the command window, which has not prompt so I cant even type anything, I cant start the...

ah ok, so just three exams if you already hold MCITP SQL 2008. I kinda wish they had stayed with the MCITP theme though, I still think the MCSE has...

Just reading about the upgrade paths, it seems to me that if you are new, you take two exams and get the MCSE:Data Platform, but if you are upgrading you...