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New Post: SQLAzureMWBatchBackup v4.0.15 causes Failed to connect.

ghuey — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:21:47 GMT

Hi,

when you want to create or delete a database, you have to connect to the master database. When you want to work with a specific database you need to connect to that database. In the batchbackup wizard you need to specify the database you want to backup. You can do this in the config file or on the command line.

I will do a couple of test when I get off the road. If you want contact me offline and we can work through the issue.

Regards,
George

New Post: SQLAzureMWBatchBackup v4.0.15 causes Failed to connect.

SenHarada — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:13 GMT

I think the follwing line at Process in Program.cs must be uncommented.

        conn.DatabaseName = _SourceDatabase;

Is is my understanding that Azure SQL only accepts user database, not master.

New Post: SQL error when migrating SQL DB to Azure SQL

lvmeijer — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22:32 GMT

Same for me. I do the job in 2 phases. 1st phase is for the data structure, 2nd phase for the table data.

New Post: Useful for relatively large databases?

ghuey — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:42:44 GMT

Yes, I have done that, but it took me something like 3 days. I have seen a random error running on Windows Server 2012 which I am still trying to trace down. So, if you hit a random error, let me know. One thing that I am going to do on my next run is up the chunk size. Currently the Chunk size is 500,000 rows. On my next test, I am going to try 10,000,000 record chunk size. Anyway let me know how it goes for you and let me know of any errors you get.

Thanks,
George

New Post: Useful for relatively large databases?

shipguy — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:25:12 GMT

I'm curious to know if the SQL Database Migration Wizard has been used to transfer databases in the 50 GB to 100 GB range to Azure. If so, how long did the process take?

New Post: Azure Database Copy

ghuey — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:34:55 GMT

Hi,

I am not sure that I understand, but is your request to drop an existing database and then upload a new database? You can do this via SQLAzureMW when you get to the target server. SQLAzureMWBatchBackup and SQLAzureMWBatchUpload are command lines version of SQLAzureMW and in the config file (or command line parameter) you can tell it to drop an existing database if it exists.

Regards,
George

New Post: Remember logins

ghuey — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:28:17 GMT

Hi,

Totally agree. I hate typing in the server / db / users creds all the time. To help with that, edit "SQLAzureMW.exe.config" file and look for:

    <add key="SourceConnectNTAuth" value="true"/>
    <add key="SourceServerName" value="localhost" />
    <add key="SourceUserName" value="" />
    <add key="SourcePassword" value="" />
    <add key="SourceDatabase" value="" />

    <add key="SourceServerType" value="ServerType_SQLServer"/>   <!-- ServerType_SQLAzure = "SQL Azure",
                                                                      ServerType_SQLAzureFed = "SQL Azure Fed",
                                                                      ServerType_SQLServer = "SQL Server" -->

<!-- NOTE BCP requires that you have the SQL Azure server name the end of the user name ie. UserSA@jy8kadhrma -->

    <add key="TargetConnectNTAuth" value="false"/>
    <add key="TargetServerName" value="SERVER.database.windows.net"/>
    <add key="TargetUserName" value="UserName@SERVER"/>
    <add key="TargetPassword" value=""/>
    <add key="TargetDatabase" value=""/>

You can enter the information you want to save there and it will save you a lot of time.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Take care,
George

New Post: Azure Database Copy

ppumkin — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:22 GMT

All these features are awesome.

But I seem to find my self copying one database which is Live. to a Staging Database.

The sql command is simple enough but if we could use an option to copy (backup) a database to a new databse (or existing- delete it and recreate it)

Just fire a the SP across

-- Execute on the master database.
-- Drop the whole Database before copying.
DROP DATABASE liveDB;

-- Execute on the master database.
-- Start copying live data to test db.
CREATE DATABASE liveDBcopy AS COPY OF liveDB;

-- Execute on the master database.
-- Retrieve state of the new database, Database1B.
--SELECT name, state, state_desc FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'liveDBcopy'

Thanks a trillion!

New Post: Remember logins

ppumkin — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:47 GMT

Hi,

This application is awesome!

Just one thing that is starting to get a bit annoying it retyping my local DB in m then my azure credentials almost everyday.

Can you cache the usernames and servers atleast- the passwords should not be stored as best security practise. That is fine. But it will be mega great if the previous servers and thier usernames are remembered.

Thanks a Zillion!

New Post: v4.0.15 source

ghuey — Sat, 04 May 2013 13:01:51 GMT

Hi,

The only difference between v4 and v3 is that I change the reference for SQL Server and modify the app.config file (look at the bottom of the config file).

I have this in the app.config file for v4:

<startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0" />
</startup>

I have this in the app.config file for v3

<startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" sku="Client"/>
</startup>

I uploaded my v4 VS project here: https://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/downloads/get/674506

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
George

New Post: v4.0.15 source

paulhuck — Sat, 04 May 2013 00:52:18 GMT

Is the source code for the v4 edition available?
The Source Code and downloads pages only seem to have the v3.9 edition.

Thanks!

New Post: dependencies for SQLAzureMW are missing . Version 3.9.12

Kwilksys — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:33:37 GMT

hi

I have use the wrong version for sql 2012 and it is now working fine.

Thanks

New Post: dependencies for SQLAzureMW are missing . Version 3.9.12

Kwilksys — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:29:22 GMT

hi,

I have downloaded the latest version on windows 8 . Have unzip and tried to run it but
got an error .

"MicrosoftExceptionMessagesBox, Version = 10.0.0.0, Culture = neutral,
PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91 or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
I have installed SQL 2012 full version.
Strange it seem I can run on my windows 7 with sql 2008 installed

Appreciate any assistance on this.
Regards

New Post: migration error. SQL to Azure

mkariti — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:12:33 GMT

Hi George,
Tried to contact you via PM but not sure if you got it.
cheers
mkariti

New Post: migration error. SQL to Azure

ghuey — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:34:09 GMT

The last two lines are the output of a BCP upload, but not the end of the program. The very last line you should see is:

 Processing finished at 4/4/2013 7:25:54 AM -- UTC -> 4/4/2013 12:25:54 PM

Telling you that the process is finished. During the data upload process, I kick off several tabs for the parallel upload of data. Are all of the tabs gone except for the Results tab? Question for you. Would you mind if I see the SQL script that is generated during the export process? I would like to see if I can't figure out what is going on. I tried creating a database with different collation and I had no problem moving one of my test databases. What collation did you use? I can try that one as well.

Thanks for your time,
George

New Post: migration error. SQL to Azure

mkariti — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:59:47 GMT

Hi George,
Many thanks for your quick and comprehensive answer!
I tried generating it again but this time I set the collection as it should be and it seems fine.
Can the previous error be as a result of mismatch collection?
Also, I can't seem to get the process to go all the way.
it's just says :

"Processing 333 out of 335".

Save or Cancel.

the last 2 lines in the results are as follows:

04/04/2013 12:50:21 --> Copied 2046 of 2046 (100%)
Clock Time (ms.) Total     : 123740 Average : (16.53 rows per sec.)

and on the app site everything seems fine. is that means that its ok?

Many thanks
mkariti

New Post: migration error. SQL to Azure

ghuey — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:18:55 GMT

Hi There,

First, while you got these errors, you should probably have everything successfully migrated. Each statement is handled on it's own and won't effect the next statement unless that next statement depend on it. Now, that said, you by chance didn't save off your SQL script that SQLAzureMW generated during the export phase? What I would look at is the CREATE TABLE statement for UFForms and see if there are default values set for the columns. If there are no default statements in the CREATE TABLE command, then the next thing that I would look for is duplicate ALTER TABLE commands. Basically, I use SMO to create all of the TSQL scripts, but what I do is capture all of the ALTER TABLE commands and put them back in after all of the tables have been created. It might be that I somehow put the same ALTER TABLE command in twice. Anyway, if you don't have an issue with me looking at your TSQL, I would be happy to take a look at it and see if I can figured out what happened. If you want, just contact me offline and we can figure out what is going on.

Regards,
George

New Post: migration error. SQL to Azure

mkariti — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:45:02 GMT

Hi there,
Im keep getting the following errors:

03/04/2013 22:10:10 --> Error #: 1781 -- Column already has a DEFAULT bound to it.
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'[DF__UFForms__Archive__45544755]') AND type = 'D')
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[UFForms] ADD  DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [Archived]
END

03/04/2013 22:10:11 --> Error #: 1781 -- Column already has a DEFAULT bound to it.
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'[DF__UFForms__StoreRe__46486B8E]') AND type = 'D')
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[UFForms] ADD  DEFAULT ((1)) FOR [StoreRecordsLocally]
END

03/04/2013 22:10:12 --> Error #: 1781 -- Column already has a DEFAULT bound to it.
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'[DF__UFForms__Disable__473C8FC7]') AND type = 'D')
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[UFForms] ADD  DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [DisableDefaultStylesheet]
END

Any idea?
Many thanks
mkariti

New Post: Copying azure database more then once.

ghuey — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:47:10 GMT

Hi,

You what was the error? In regards to do you have to start over, it depends on the error. Did all the tables, views, stored procs, ... get transferred correctly? If so, then you can tell SQLAzureMW to just transfer data AND select only the tables you want to transfer again. Actually, all of the data should be on your local drive after the export. Once it is local, you can just create your own BCP command to upload the data to your local SQL database to the tables that failed (after you correct the error). You can also save the script after the export process and before the import process and put it in SQL Server query windows and run the script only the select sections of script that you want to modify.

So, the short answer is yes.

If you have any questions, please let me know. If nothing else, we can setup a quick con call to discuss.

Regards,
George

New Post: Copying azure database more then once.

WiseMonkey — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:59:48 GMT

I am trying to use SQL Database Migration Wizard 4.0.14 to get data from azure to my local database.
The process of retrieval looks to work fine but takes two hours.
I then run it against the local database and it failed with one of the tables inserting data.
The problem is now i have to start again, it will take two hours to do.
Is there a way i could just try to re-run all the files that already have been downloaded from azure?
Since the first part takes much longer but appears to work with no errors, i would like to be able to retry only the second part.