I'm using a SSIS package to retrieve Data from active directory and to make a few conversions and write it into a SQL Server destination table (via update ole db command).
Now I've run into the problem that one of the fields retrieved is of type System.Byte[] and it is the TYPE that is written into the field of the sql server database (thus the field UserSID gets the value "System.Byte[]" instead of the user SID itself. the userSID is a unicode varcahr with a max. length of 255).
ole db source sql command:
SELECT extensionAttribute2, mail, objectSID FROM 'LDAP://XXXXXXX' WHERE objectClass='User'
So my question here is: how can I get the value and not the type back from the source object?
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I am writing a test application in .net using c# to connect to IBM's Informix database.
So far what i did is, i installed Informix client sdk v4.10 in my machine. After that i wrote a piece of code referring from here and here. In my code i have a reference to IBM.Data.Informix.dll which is referred from installed path of Informix client sdk's bin folder netf40.
When i run a test application, i am getting below error while trying to opening up an connection,
ERROR [HY000] [Informix .NET provider][Informix]System error occurred
in network function.
i assume this error is due to connection string field not been supplied properly, i referred https://www.connectionstrings.com/informix/ and tried using connection string like informix with ODBC driver and informix .net provider mentioned in above link but no use, i am also having difficulty in understanding from where to get values for each connection string fields like protocol, port, host-name , server-name and service name.
To find values of above fields, i tried looking for SQLHOSTS key in registry entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INFORMIX\ unfortunately it wasn't there! and also tried running setnet32.exe from client sdk's bin folder and i could see below screen with only protocol info!.
It would be really helpful if anyone can help me.
This is a very, very difficult question to answer blind. :-)
setnet32.exe will not know the information you are looking for, you need to provide this information to setnet32.exe.
The first question to ask is: is your database running on Unix or Linux? If it is, then by logging in to the database server as user "informix" and running the command
cat $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts
If you're on Windows, then login to the Windows server and from a command prompt, run
TYPE %INFORMIXDIR%\etc\sqlhosts
This should give you a file with potentially a bunch of information, you're looking for lines that are not comments and have at least 4 columns. This is my sqlhosts file on a Docker I'm testing:
$ cat $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts
############################################################
### DO NOT MODIFY THIS COMMENT SECTION
### HOST NAME = 7edf3045c382
############################################################
informix onsoctcp 7edf3045c382 9088
informix_dr drsoctcp 7edf3045c382 9089
The last two lines are the guts of the file.
Column 1 is the name of the INFORMIXSERVER or an alias (IBM Informix Server in setnet32.exe)
Column 2 is the protocol name (Protocolname in setnet32.exe)
Column 3 is the host name (HostName in setnet32.exe)
Column 4 is the port number or name (Service name in setnet32.exe)
If column 4 is a name and you're on Unix or Linux, then search for the port name in /etc/services on your Unix or Linux server. If you're on Windows, then it will be in %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\services (or similar).
Once you have that, you can then run the command
dbaccess
Choose the Database option, followed by the Select option. This should present you with a list of databases, roughly like:
SELECT DATABASE >>
Select a database with the Arrow Keys, or enter a name, then press Return.
------------------------------------------------ Press CTRL-W for Help --------
backbone#informix wallet#informix
cust#informix
retail#informix
sports#informix
sysadmin#informix
sysha#informix
sysmaster#informix
sysuser#informix
sysutils#informix
In general, databases called "sys" are reserved for Informix administration, and may not be actual databases, although you can query them with SELECTs, you probably won't be able to (and really shouldn't!!) INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE or use DDL.
In my database list above, all the sys* databases are Informix administration "databases". Database names are shown in my example in "databasename#informixservername" format.
You should now have all the information you need to access your database.
we are using analysis service projects to create model and deploy it on azure analysis service. when ever i try to import a new table from data source then i got the following error :
Failed to save modifications to the server. Error returned: 'OLE DB or ODBC error: [Expression.Error] We cannot convert the value null to type Logical..
'.
Steps to create the above error:
Create an analysis service tabular project.
Select "integrated workspace" as analysis service instance.
Choose "SQL server 2017/Azure analysis services(1400) as compatibility level.
Go to "Project" -> properties and assign "asazure://westeurope.asazure.windows.net/projName:rw " in server and also provide "database" and "model" name.
select "import from datasource" and select "Azure Data Lake Store" , provide url of data lake store and finally select a table to import.
click on the "import" button, the following error displayed:
Failed to save modifications to the server. Error returned: 'OLE DB or ODBC error: [Expression.Error] We cannot convert the value null to type Logical..
Note: 1. For testing we have taken a table containing one row and there is no null value in it.
If any one is currently using Analysis service project for model deployment, then please share your experience.
In step 6, enter a numeric value in property "Page size in bytes (optional)" . Although this property is optional it requires some value.there's no documentation available on internet explaining it.
With a C# .net application connecting to postgres using npgsql, how do I recover the just the metadata of a sql query? Is their any equivalent to the Transact SQL option FMTONLY, where the request returns no rows, and makes no changes, but populates the column meta-data with the schema information - column names and data types?
I am about to deploy my application and have came into a bit of trouble.
I have the connection string for the database held in the application.settings and need a way to check if the database exists when the program first starts up, and if it doesn't, i need the program to create it before starting the program.
I am assuming it would be a mysql statement to check if db exists, if not create. However, I don't know where or how to do this, can I create a mysql dump of a blank database with tables etc already created and use that?
I have already stored the mysql dll files locally so there is no problem with that, its just creating the database that the string wants to connect to before the application runs so there are no connection errors straight away.
Thanks.
You can do this by running the following SQL statement:
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = "my_db"
If it doesn't exist from the result set you get returned you can then create it.
This does pose questions regarding MySQL permissions and if your application should have user rights that enable such checking.
Edit in response of comments.
It isn’t clear if you create the connection string or not – I’ll assume the worst and that it is a part of the setup so your client can enter it (if you do know it the process below simplifies.
I would pass the connection string to the constructor of the MySqlConnectionStringBuilder class, this then makes it easy to connect to the database using the MySqlConnection class. I would use the properties from the new instance of the MySqlConnectionStringBuilder class (Server, Host, User etc) to setup the MySqlConnection class.
If the connection didn’t work I would return information to the user and they can update their connection string.
Once I’ve successfully connected to the database I would then use the database name from the Database property of my MySqlConnectionStringBuilder instance to build the query above.
If the command returns NULL the database doesn't exist and then needs creating, if the database does exist then the command will return the name of the database.
Now there are two paths:
It Doesn't exist – It needs creating, I would probably have an external SQL file with the create statements in (can be produced by MySQL dump by using the –nodata option). I would parse this file and execute the create statements
It does exist – I would now check the structure of the database to make sure it is compatible before continuing the installation.
How can I connect a Crystal Report (VS 2008 basic) to a MySQL DB without using a DSN or a preload DataSet using C#?
I need install the program on several places, so I must change the connection parameters. I don't want to create a DSN on every place, nor do I want to preload a DataSet and pass it to the report engine. I use nhibernate to access the database, so to create and fill the additional DS would take twice the work and additional maintenance later. I think the best option would be to let the crystal reports engine to connect to MySQL server by itself using ODBC.
I managed to create the connection in the report designer (VS2008) using the Database Expert, creating an ODBC(RDO) connection and entering this connection string
"DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};SERVER=myserver.mydomain"
and in the "Next" page filling the "User ID", "Password" and "Database" parameters. I didn't fill the "Server" parameter. It worked. As a matter of fact, if you use the former connection string, it doesn't matter what you put on the "Server" parameter, it seems the parameter is unused. On the other hand, if you use "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver}" as a connection string and later fill the "Server" parameter with the FQDN of the server, the connection doesn't work.
How can I do that by code? All the examples I've seen till now, use a DSN or the DataSet method. I saw the same question posted but for PostgreSQL and tried to adapt it to mysql, but so far, no success. The first method:
Rp.Load();
Rp.DataSourceConnections[0].SetConnection("DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};SERVER=myserver.mydomain", "database", "user", "pass");
Rp.ExportToDisk(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, "report.pdf");
raise an CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LogOnException during ExportToDisk
Message="Logon failed.\nDetails: IM002:[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified.\rError in File temporal file path.rpt:\nUnable to connect: incorrect log on parameters.
the InnerException is an System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException with the same message and no InnerException
The "no default driver specified" makes me wonder if the server parameter is unused here too (see above). In that case: How can I specify the connection string?
I haven't tried the second method because it doesn't apply.
Does anybody know the solution?
I think it'll likely be quicker to generate the Dataset via nHibernate, or do a direct ADO.NET query, then trying to solve the issue.