I'm almost looking forward to the day they cancel me. For 3 months running, they've messed up my bill. Every month, they assure me that they've fixed the problem. Maybe...

Mark -

Similar to what Michael is explaining, we build a Fact table for certain things we wish to measure. When we invoice a Sales order, we capture several key pieces...

Louis -

The main reason I use Kerberos is to make the hops between our web servers and the sql and analysis services. NTLM cannot make the hop.

Greg E

Louis -

Usually a Domain Administrator Account would not be trusted for delegation. This would be a very bad account to use. The SQL / SSAS machine also has to be...

Make sure you register a SPN. Local System does not register one for SQL Server2005 as in previous versions.

Running as Local System is also a security risk. Please use...

I'd assume your XP SP2 is 32 bit. x64 bit OS can run either 32 bit or x64 bit versions.

I agree with Sugesh - read the compare versions details....

From my understanding, Kerberos is tried first, then if it fails, fallback is to NTLM.

You need to set up SPN's to register the services, which are slightly different on SQL...

For x64 bit machines, you can install a 32 bit version. I don't think they have done any 64 bit versions yet.This was on our disk for x64 bit.

Not...

Windows Update identifies only Windows Patches. If they use Microsoft Update, you should see other patches i.e. Office, SQL Server (or Express), etc.

You might want to check this out.

Greg E 

The stored pocedure gives all the info you may need. I assume you would be interested that SQL Server is 64 bit if running on x64 bit platform. Someone could...

I don't know how many records are involved, but NOT EXISTS might offer some advantages.

FROM V_RPT_TRANS2 WHERE INTNL_PF_NUM NOT IN (SELECT INTNL_PF_NUM FROM V_RPT_TRANS1)

Gail is right - looking at the...

Try saving to MSDB letting it use server security. Default (I think) package is saved with sensitive information encrypted with user key.

How you are scheduling / launching the package...

Norbert -

Just create a data source on your machine to the SQL Express instance, then go to File, Get External Data, Link Tables. You should be able to use this...

Try going into Configuration Tools (under the Start menu, Microsoft SQL Server 2005), and using the Reporting Services Configuration.

These tools should be granting the needed permissions as you make account...

I assume you have an ID which has admin privileges.

In SQL Server Management Studio, go to Security, then Logins.

Double click on the sa account to bring up the properties sheet.

On...