Sunday, November 28, 2010

SQL Server 2005: Missing Management Studio from Installation

Ever wondered why is there no SQL server management studio after a successful installation of your SQL Server 2005? This is because by default the SQL 2005 installer does not install this tool. To install the studio just run "SqlRun_Tools.msi" from your setup disk. On enterprise edition, "SqlRun_Tools.msi" is located on D:\Tools\Setup.




Location from CD:


After running the SqlRun_Tools.msi, new items will be displayed on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 menu

Saturday, November 13, 2010

collation error occures in sql2k5

If a collation error occurres then can be resolved by mentioning the collation in query such like that

SELECT Column1, Column2


FROM MyTable M

WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ThisTable T WHERE M.Column1 = T.Column1

COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS)