sql-server-express

Is there a SQL Server Profiler for SQL Server Expess? Maybe an open-source one? Or maybe just a tool that helps me see what query is passed to the database? SP1 of SQL Server Express 2012 Advanced Services now includes the full SQL Management Studio, and this has the profiler. Ok, old question but maybe this helps other people with same problem. You can activate the SQL Server Express Error Log in a way that it monitors all statements runned agaist every database. To do so you must run the following on an elevated command prompt (that is, a command prompt runned as administrator): net stop

I have installed SQL Server 2012 Express Edition Advanced Services which states that it includes Full-text indexing. Here is a link that states this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645993.aspx I have confirmed that Full-text service is running, however when I try to create a full-text catalog, it fails. I get the message "Full-text is not supported on this edition of SQL Server. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)" Anyone have any ideas? You can't do this through the wizard, because there are a couple of bugs. Even if I chose not to track changes and not to populate the index when it was

I'm trying to connect to an MDF. I've even gone to the lengths of re-installing sql server express entirely (it is now the only flavor of SQL installed on my box, where previously I had 05 dev and express). I've verified that the paths are all correct, and thus far my google-fu hasn't helped. The Full exception message is: Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed. The Connection string is: <add name= "CustomerEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Data.CustomerModel.csdl|res://*/Data

I need to execute a sql query from within a c# class. I have thought of 2 options Starting a process of sqlcmd. Using a SqlCommand object. My question is which would be the better way? It's important that the solution only holds a connection to the server for a short time. I'm open to other ideas if the above aren't good. Thanks in advance. Justin Niessner Use a SqlCommand. This code will only keep the connection alive for a very short period of time (as long as your query is performant): DataTable results = new DataTable(); using(SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString)) using

I am looking into using the new SQL Server Express LocalDB (I think it is code named "Denali") for a desktop application. It is currently running with SQL Compact, but the user is wanting to share the database between multiple PCs on a network. Unfortunately this is not something that SQL Compact can do, so I am investigating other solutions. The client requires the ability to send database files easily to other sites or to back them up to a flash disk, so I am avoiding going to SQL Express because there is quite a bit of "administrator" knowledge required to backup and restore. So, my

This question already has an answer here: SQL Server Automated Backups [closed] 3 answers I'm running a small web application with SQL server express (2005) as backend. I can create a backup with a SQL script, however, I'd like to schedule this on a daily basis. As extra option (should-have) I'd like to keep only the last X backups (for space-saving reasons obviously) Any pointers? [edit] SQL server agent is unavailable in SQL server express... You cannot use the SQL Server agent in SQL Server Express. The way I have done it before is to create a SQL Script, and then run it as a scheduled task