Showing posts with label exists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exists. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Db exists but sql server says no to copy

This issue is so frustrating. I am hoping someone knows the answer to this specific question.

Why would sql server insist that a database does not exist even though it obviously does exist?

I get the error message: Database 'tf_1' does not exist.

Why would it say it does not exist when it is clearly viewable in SMSS. It attached without problem. I can view the tables in the database. I know it's there; SMSS knows it's there; the VB app I wrote knows it's there. But, when I try to run a query to copy a table from one database to another, sql server says it doesn't exist! What gives?

Yes, I asked this question before but nobody answered. The problem is back!

This is the sql statement in vb:

sql = "SELECT [DateTime], [Open], [High], [Low], [Close], [Volume] INTO "
sql = sql & DestDbName & ".dbo." & TableName
sql = sql & " FROM " & TableName & ";"

The connection string:

strDbConn = "Provider=SQLNCLI;Integrated Security=SSPI;" & _
"Persist Security Info=False;" & _
"AttachDBFileName=" & DbPath

is used to open a connection to the source database.

You can't specify an object name like that as a variable. Use a literal variable there, or put the object names in a temp table and cursor through them that way. There are solutions available in scripts across the web - check here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/default.mspx?mfr=true

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I am not sure if you can do this opertaion (inserting into other database) when you connect to DB FILE instaed of the server.

I don think you are trying to insert the data into the same database, but if you are you do not have to specify the database name.

Db exists but sql server says no to copy

This issue is so frustrating. I am hoping someone knows the answer to this specific question.

Why would sql server insist that a database does not exist even though it obviously does exist?

I get the error message: Database 'tf_1' does not exist.

Why would it say it does not exist when it is clearly viewable in SMSS. It attached without problem. I can view the tables in the database. I know it's there; SMSS knows it's there; the VB app I wrote knows it's there. But, when I try to run a query to copy a table from one database to another, sql server says it doesn't exist! What gives?

Yes, I asked this question before but nobody answered. The problem is back!

This is the sql statement in vb:

sql = "SELECT [DateTime], [Open], [High], [Low], [Close], [Volume] INTO "
sql = sql & DestDbName & ".dbo." & TableName
sql = sql & " FROM " & TableName & ";"

The connection string:

strDbConn = "Provider=SQLNCLI;Integrated Security=SSPI;" & _
"Persist Security Info=False;" & _
"AttachDBFileName=" & DbPath

is used to open a connection to the source database.

You can't specify an object name like that as a variable. Use a literal variable there, or put the object names in a temp table and cursor through them that way. There are solutions available in scripts across the web - check here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/default.mspx?mfr=true

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I am not sure if you can do this opertaion (inserting into other database) when you connect to DB FILE instaed of the server.

I don think you are trying to insert the data into the same database, but if you are you do not have to specify the database name.