Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Unable to finish the...
Hi, My name is Leonard and I am studying SQL. I have downloaded the newest MS SQL 2012 and also MS 2012 Hyper-V. I have set a MS 2012 Hyper-V on a laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 and 3G of RAM (Planing to...
View Articlemsiexec.exe processes keep running after installation of SQL Server 2012 SP1
Hello,I just installed SQL Server 2012 SP1 on top of the RTM. The installation completed without any errors and everything seemed OK until I noticed that my machine was using almost 100% constantly....
View ArticleTrying to install SQL Server 2008 Standard R2 on Windows Server 2008 Standard R2
I have a PC that I installed Windows Server on, did all the maintenance.We needed to install SQL Server so that we could run the accounting system we purchased.The configuration was supposed be the...
View ArticleScript level upgrade for database 'master' failed because upgrade step...
Hello,I've encountered issue during installation of SP1 to SQL Server 2012. After upgrade I'm getting this error in Event Log:Script level upgrade for database 'master' failed because upgrade step...
View ArticleCan't connect to report server database when upgrade from SQL Server 2k8 R2...
Hi, I'm upgrading a SQL Server 2k8 R2 DataCenter Edition stand-alone instance to SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition, and failed on Upgrad Rules check step, the ONLY failed rule is...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 Express - exe not a valid Win32 application
I'm downloading SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from the Microsoft website:http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/InstallOptions.aspxUnder Database with Advanced Services, I select 32-bit.Do you want to...
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error on install: Performance counter registry hive consistency check -...
Hi, I'm tryng to install sql server 2008 in win vista and in the System Configuration Check, item: Performance counter registry hive consistency check has the status FAILED all the others items has...
View ArticleMost used SQL Server version
I am currently using 2008 R2 Developer. I am wondering if most companies are using 2005, 2008 or 2008 R2 versions? Also are there any statistics for this?I guess 2012 is quite new, so not everyone has...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 upgrade advisor won't detect deprecated feature?
Hi,I have a database running in 2000 compatability mode on a SQL 2008 Server, I plan to upgrade the database to 2008 native level and also upgrade SQL 2008 to 2008 R2.I captured the trace running on...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Developer Edition Setup Error Failure to calc def value of...
i trying to install a new copy of SQL Server 2012 Developer stand allone and keep getting the error noted in the question abovecurrently running win 7 SP1 64bit and no know problems. i tried with both...
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SQL Server 2012 RC0 restore database
Hi,I have SQL Server 2012 RC0 64-bit installed & running (on Win 2008 Server R2 64-bit virtual machine). I was trying to restore SQL Server 2008 database backup using SSMS and I don't see OK or...
View ArticleSQL 2008 service packs for client tools
Hello all,Re-installed my sql 2008 client tools. Can I just run SP3 or do I need to run previous SP first?thanks,gvSword
View ArticleError when installing SQL Server 2012 - There was a failure to calculate the...
I tried everything what I could find on google. Keep and this site. No luck. Keep on getting error message "There was a failure to calculate the default value of setting INSTANCEID". Can anyone help...
View ArticleSQL 2012: Avoid "Extract Setup files"?
Hi, I have a powershell script for our developers that handles a quiet-simple SQL 2012 install. I have opted to slipstream from an update folder. I currently have SQLServer2012-KB2723749-x64.exe and...
View ArticleChange SQL Product key after Server Rollout
We are preparing to roll out 100+ servers all with SQL 2008 installed on them and I've been tasked with creating an image file so that all of the servers have identical software configurations using...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 installation failed on Windows 7
ERROR LOG CONTENTS BELOW: Overall summary: Final result: SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL...
View ArticleHow Many Licenses do I have left?
I have the action pack subscription. Where do I look up how many licenses I have already used?
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 install fails due to RegKeyCreate error 0xC0000181...
Hi,After installing and uninstalling SQL Server Express x64, I attempted to install SQL Server 2008 x64.This fails with the entry "MSI (s) (20:AC) [21:58:28:554]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2008...
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Uninstalling SqlServer2005 form command prompt
When I run this command on comand prompt "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\Setup.exe" /Action=Uninstall /FEATURES=SQL,AS,RS,IS,Tools /INSTANCENAME=BIROKRAT2005 /Q /HIDECONSOLEI...
View ArticleChanging SSAS instance from stand-alone to cluster
Hello,I have a 2 node Active/Passive cluster mounted in Windows Server 2008 R2. Currently on the active node there's a SQL Server DB Engine instance running. SQL Server DB Engine and SSAS is 2008 R2.On...
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