Damn, I failed my 70-229 again

Okay I am starting to think that 70-229 is not for me. I failed the thing again for the 2nd time. Boy sometimes I wonder why I went to college and passed SQL Server, but now I can not pass it through these MS exams. I think I will take it one last time, after that I am taking the Oracle root.Always treat failure as a step for success.

Attempts may fail ... but never fail to attempt...

Good luck.|||They are overrated...you'll find some of the poorest dba's who have passed it...

Just keep taking it, and you're bound to pass...

Plus the questions sometimes are based on situations you would never find yourself in...

You should never attack a situation in certain ways..

Check out this thread...

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=32178&SearchTerms=70-229|||Originally posted by Satya
Always treat failure as a step for success.

Attempts may fail ... but never fail to attempt...

Good luck.

Thanks for the wise words

Damn! SQLServer2000 can't add a NOT NULL COLUMN even in one empty existing table!

Damn! SQLServer2000 can't add a NOT NULL COLUMN even in one empty
existing table!
That is, A is the existing table and it is emtpy, I want to add one NOT
NULL COLUMN (col_new) to A using following T-SQL statement, then it
will fail.

ALTER TABLE A ADD
col_new varchar(600) NOT NULL
GO

You should change it to these statements in SQLServer2000:

ALTER TABLE A ADD
col_new varchar(600) NULL
ALTER TABLE A ALTER COLUMN col_new varchar(600) NOT NULL
GO

ah, ridiculous! right?

Fortunately, this stupid behavior is changed in SQLServer2005. The
first T-SQL statements works.Hi,

You can use a workaround in this case... Put a DEFAULT constraint on
your column and it will work...

Enjoy,

Cdric Del Nibbio
MCSD .NET
MCTS SQL Server 2005
http://cedric-delnibbio-sql.blogspot.com
aling a crit :

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Damn! SQLServer2000 can't add a NOT NULL COLUMN even in one empty
existing table!
That is, A is the existing table and it is emtpy, I want to add one NOT
NULL COLUMN (col_new) to A using following T-SQL statement, then it
will fail.
>
ALTER TABLE A ADD
col_new varchar(600) NOT NULL
GO
>
You should change it to these statements in SQLServer2000:
>
ALTER TABLE A ADD
col_new varchar(600) NULL
ALTER TABLE A ALTER COLUMN col_new varchar(600) NOT NULL
GO
>
ah, ridiculous! right?
>
Fortunately, this stupid behavior is changed in SQLServer2005. The
first T-SQL statements works.

Damn! Can not have it to work!

I am a noob toSQL server. I need it to create a database that should work along with my program. Firts time I have installed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with all components (because I was not shure which components may appear necessary later). It does not work. I could create a database in SQL Server management Studio, but as soon as I tried to add a new table to the database an error message appeared: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object. (SQLEditors)". All the same happened in Visual Studio (they call it Business development studio or something like that). As I tried to connect a database an error message displayed: "can not make connection.... Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I formatted my hard drive, reinstalled windows (Windows Server 2003 R2), Installed SQL Server (this time, only database services an workstation components), downloaded and installed SP2. and it is all the same, damn thing does not work. Whatever i do - trying to add a new table or new view to existing database - I get the same damn ansver. And there is not an error number, why?
I would appreciate any advise.

pls refer this,

http://www.mcse.ms/message2008943.html they have solved reinstalling the workstation components

http://fabdata.wordpress.com/2007/03/24/object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object-sqleditors/ also this one

|||Deepak Rangarajan,
Unfortunately, that didn't work for me. I uninstalled workstation components, even nativeclient. restarted an installed them again. All the same - can not cerate table, can not create view, can not connection to databese in VS.

Damn Pesky ' RED X'

How...Why...
Running SQL 2000 SP3 & Win 2000 Adv Srv.
I cannot get rid of the Red X that appears in my replication monitor.
I have run 'sp_MSload_replication_status' to no avail.
HELP!!!
How can I get rid of this?
The X appears on the Replication
Monitor->Publishers->servername->Publication, but there is no problem
with the Snapshot, log Reader or the Distribution Agent.
The X appears on the Replication Monitor->Agents->Distribution Agents
folder, but there is no errors with any of the distribution agents.
My SQL servers get restarted nightly, but the servers are not
restarted. Manually restarting the SQL server do not fix this either.
Any help will be appreciated.
Larry...
Try restarting the sql server service if all else fails. Usually it results
from an out-of-date error in tempdb (assuming it is not a genuine error .
Rgds,
Paul Ibison
<lreames@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109791850.594371.167360@.l41g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> How...Why...
> Running SQL 2000 SP3 & Win 2000 Adv Srv.
> I cannot get rid of the Red X that appears in my replication monitor.
> I have run 'sp_MSload_replication_status' to no avail.
> HELP!!!
> How can I get rid of this?
>
> The X appears on the Replication
> Monitor->Publishers->servername->Publication, but there is no problem
> with the Snapshot, log Reader or the Distribution Agent.
> The X appears on the Replication Monitor->Agents->Distribution Agents
> folder, but there is no errors with any of the distribution agents.
> My SQL servers get restarted nightly, but the servers are not
> restarted. Manually restarting the SQL server do not fix this either.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Larry...
>
|||have you enabled show anonymous subscriptions? Right click on Replication
Monitor to do this.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com
<lreames@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109791850.594371.167360@.l41g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> How...Why...
> Running SQL 2000 SP3 & Win 2000 Adv Srv.
> I cannot get rid of the Red X that appears in my replication monitor.
> I have run 'sp_MSload_replication_status' to no avail.
> HELP!!!
> How can I get rid of this?
>
> The X appears on the Replication
> Monitor->Publishers->servername->Publication, but there is no problem
> with the Snapshot, log Reader or the Distribution Agent.
> The X appears on the Replication Monitor->Agents->Distribution Agents
> folder, but there is no errors with any of the distribution agents.
> My SQL servers get restarted nightly, but the servers are not
> restarted. Manually restarting the SQL server do not fix this either.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Larry...
>

Damn Newbie

I am looking to make a program using express edition Visual C#. I want my
application to interact with Microsoft SQL server, create tables, inserts,
lookups, the normal.

First I would like to read the documentation,and now to the point of my
post. Due to the (recently pointed out) ineptitude of my googling skills I
cannot find what I am looking for.

I presume this is an obvious and easy request so all comments on that front
will be directed to the bit bucket :-)

TIAShane (shane@.weasel.is-a-geek.net) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I am looking to make a program using express edition Visual C#. I want my
application to interact with Microsoft SQL server, create tables, inserts,
lookups, the normal.
>
First I would like to read the documentation,and now to the point of my
post. Due to the (recently pointed out) ineptitude of my googling
skills I cannot find what I am looking for.
>
I presume this is an obvious and easy request so all comments on that
front will be directed to the bit bucket :-)

Not sure what documentation you are asking for. But SQL Server comes with
Books Online, see also links below.

I don't know what Visual C# Express comes with, but you should find MSDN
Library on msdn.microsoft.com.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx