SQL “How To’s” Part 3

1) How to move Master Database

Moving a Master database is different from moving a User
database. Last week, in “How To’s” 2 we saw how to move User database. Now lets see how to move a Master database.

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Right-click the SQL Server in Enterprise Manager and
click Properties on the shortcut menu.

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Click the Startup Parameters button and you see the
following entries:

-dD:MSSQL7datamaster.mdf

-eD:MSSQL7logErrorLog

-lD:MSSQL7datamastlog.ldf

-d is the fully qualified path for
the master database data file.

-e is the fully qualified path for
the error log file.

-l is the fully qualified path for
the master database log file.

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Remove these values and specify the new values. For example :

-dE:SQLDATAmaster.mdf

-lE:SQLDATAmastlog.ldf

Note : You can specify a new path
for the error log file as well.

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Stop SQL Server.

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Copy the Master.mdf and Mastlog.ldf files to the new
location (E:Sqldata).

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Restart SQL Server.

2) How to Rename a Server

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Rename the physical
server.

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Reboot the server.

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Run the SQL Server setup
program. This will change the Registry entries. The setup will prompt you to
"Upgrade" SQL Server. Choose "yes".

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Reboot the server.

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Connect to the new server name in Query analyzer.

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Run this code:
sp_dropserver <old server name>

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Run this code:
sp_addserver <new server name>, local

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Add the entry for the
new Server name in Enterprise manager and delete the entry for the Old server
name.

3) How to detect & rectify Orphaned Users in a
Database

Logins are associated to users by the security identifiers
(SIDs), which are stored in the Master database. When you restore a database to a
different server, the SID may be different resulting in a mismatch between the
Login-User association. These users, without a valid login association, are
called ‘Orphaned Users’.

Here’s how you can Detect Orphaned Users :-


Use
Northwind

Go

sp_change_users_login
‘Report’

To associate a Orphaned User with a Login :-


Use
Northwind

Go

sp_change_users_login
‘update_one’, ‘username’, ‘loginname’

4) How to use a Stored procedure as a Derived Table

Here’s a code sample which uses the recordset returned by
the execution of a stored procedure as a derived table.

SELECT a.pub_id, b.pub_name, a.title_id, a.price, a.pubdate

FROM OPENROWSET(‘SQLOLEDB’,’servername’; ‘username’;
‘password’,

‘exec
Pubs.dbo.reptq1’) AS a

inner join publishers b

on a.pub_id = b.pub_id

5) How to Generate Serial Numbers in a Query

create table #Fruits

(Fruit Varchar(25))

INSERT #Fruits (Fruit)

VALUES (‘Mango’)

INSERT #Fruits (Fruit)

VALUES (‘Apple’)

INSERT #Fruits (Fruit)

VALUES (‘Banana’)

INSERT #Fruits (Fruit)

VALUES (‘Grapes’)

select Sno=count(*), a1.Fruit

from #Fruits a1 INNER JOIN #Fruits a2

ON a1.Fruit >= a2.Fruit

group by a1.Fruit

order by [Sno]

Any comments or suggestions are welcome at sumitdig@hotmail.com.

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