For anyone that is still stuck on this issue after trying the above. If you are right-clicking on the database and going to tasks->import, then here is the issue. Go to your start menu and under sql server, find the x64 bit import export wizard and try that. Worked like a charm for me, but … Read more
This should do it: Incorporated Kane’s suggestion, you can compute the phone number’s formatting at runtime. One possible approach would be to use scalar functions for this purpose (works in SQL Server):
dbo is the default schema in SQL Server. You can create your own schemas to allow you to better manage your object namespace.
A database is the main container, it contains the data and log files, and all the schemas within it. You always back up a database, it is a discrete unit on its own. Schemas are like folders within a database, and are mainly used to group logical objects together, which leads to ease of setting … Read more
Getting rid of Integrated Security=true worked for me.
You do not need to interact with managed code, as you can use LIKE: As your expression ends with + you can go with ‘%[^a-z0-9 .][^a-z0-9 .]%’ EDIT:To make it clear: SQL Server doesn’t support regular expressions without managed code. Depending on the situation, the LIKE operator can be an option, but it lacks the flexibility that regular expressions provides.
The max size for a column of type NVARCHAR(MAX) is 2 GByte of storage. Since NVARCHAR uses 2 bytes per character, that’s approx. 1 billion characters. Leo Tolstoj’s War and Peace is a 1’440 page book, containing about 600’000 words – so that might be 6 million characters – well rounded up. So you could stick about 166 copies of the … Read more
Just to clear up… or sum up… nchar and nvarchar can store Unicode characters. char and varchar cannot store Unicode characters. char and nchar are fixed-length which will reserve storage space for number of characters you specify even if you don’t use up all that space. varchar and nvarchar are variable-length which will only use up spaces for the characters you store. It will not reserve storage like char or nchar. nchar and nvarchar will take up twice as much storage space, so … Read more
Download and install LINQPad, it works for SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite and also SDF (SQL CE 4.0). Steps for open SDF Files: Click Add Connection Select Build data context automatically and Default (LINQ to SQL), then Next. Under Provider choose SQL CE 4.0. Under Database with Attach database file selected, choose Browse to select your .sdf file. Click OK.