Save password for ODBC connection to MS SQL server from MS Access 2007

The best solution is obviously to use Windows security. If that is not suitable, here is a possible alternative trick, exploiting the fact that Access remembers all opened connections until the program is closed: copy the connect string of one of your tables create a passthru queries “ptqConnect” and enter any fast SQL statement in … Read more

Limitations of SQL Server Express

There are a number of limitations, notably: Constrained to a single CPU (in 2012, this limitation has been changed to “The lesser of one socket or four cores”, so multi-threading is possible) 1GB RAM (Same in 2008/2012) 4GB database size (raised to 10GB in SQL 2008 R2 and SQL 2012) per database http://www.dotnetspider.com/tutorials/SqlServer-Tutorial-158.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/editions.aspx With … Read more

How can I clone an SQL Server database on the same server in SQL Server 2008 Express?

Install Microsoft SQL Management Studio, which you can download for free from Microsoft’s website: Version 2008 Microsoft SQL Management Studio 2008 is part of SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services Version 2012 Click download button and check ENU\x64\SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe Version 2014 Click download button and check MgmtStudio 64BIT\SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe Open Microsoft SQL Management Studio. Backup original … Read more