Maintenance Plan

When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove files
older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
maintenance plan.
Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it? Thanks
to everyone for being there to help.
SQL 2005 ServerHi
It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
"coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove
> files
> older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> maintenance plan.
> Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it?
> Thanks
> to everyone for being there to help.
> SQL 2005 Server|||You don't find this in the wizard. Open the plan in the designer (FROM SSMS)
, and add that task.
Note that sp1 is required to traverse subfolders.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove file
s
> older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> maintenance plan.
> Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it? Than
ks
> to everyone for being there to help.
> SQL 2005 Server|||Three separate plans; Full, Differential, aand transaction log backups.
"Uri Dimant" wrote:

> Hi
> It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
>
> "coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||Found it. It's in the Maintenance Plan Tasks as Maintenance Cleanup Task.
"Uri Dimant" wrote:

> Hi
> It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
>
> "coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
>
>

Maintenance Plan

When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove files
older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
maintenance plan.
Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it? Thanks
to everyone for being there to help.
SQL 2005 Server
Hi
It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
"coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove
> files
> older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> maintenance plan.
> Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it?
> Thanks
> to everyone for being there to help.
> SQL 2005 Server
|||You don't find this in the wizard. Open the plan in the designer (FROM SSMS), and add that task.
Note that sp1 is required to traverse subfolders.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove files
> older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> maintenance plan.
> Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it? Thanks
> to everyone for being there to help.
> SQL 2005 Server
|||Three separate plans; Full, Differential, aand transaction log backups.
"Uri Dimant" wrote:

> Hi
> It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
>
> "coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Found it. It's in the Maintenance Plan Tasks as Maintenance Cleanup Task.
"Uri Dimant" wrote:

> Hi
> It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
>
> "coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
>
>

Maintenance Plan

When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove files
older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
maintenance plan.
Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it? Thanks
to everyone for being there to help.
SQL 2005 ServerHi
It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
"coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove
> files
> older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> maintenance plan.
> Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it?
> Thanks
> to everyone for being there to help.
> SQL 2005 Server|||You don't find this in the wizard. Open the plan in the designer (FROM SSMS), and add that task.
Note that sp1 is required to traverse subfolders.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove files
> older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> maintenance plan.
> Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it? Thanks
> to everyone for being there to help.
> SQL 2005 Server|||Three separate plans; Full, Differential, aand transaction log backups.
"Uri Dimant" wrote:
> Hi
> It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
>
> "coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> > When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove
> > files
> > older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> > maintenance plan.
> > Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it?
> > Thanks
> > to everyone for being there to help.
> >
> > SQL 2005 Server
>
>|||Found it. It's in the Maintenance Plan Tasks as Maintenance Cleanup Task.
"Uri Dimant" wrote:
> Hi
> It was completely changed. What does the MP do?
>
> "coenzyme" <coenzyme@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91D15026-DBAA-4F8F-B126-B2BE60AF3B8B@.microsoft.com...
> > When setting up a maintenance plan in SQL 2000, there is a "...remove
> > files
> > older than...", option. I don't see it in SQL 2005 when creating a
> > maintenance plan.
> > Does this option exist inf SQL 2005? If it does, where can I find it?
> > Thanks
> > to everyone for being there to help.
> >
> > SQL 2005 Server
>
>

Maintenance for SQL 2005 Express:

Maintenance for SQL 2005 Express:How to create a maintenance schedule for 2005 express. In SQL2000 there was Maintenance for creating schedules where did it get moved to in SQL 2.005 express?

since SSIS(SQLServer Integration Service) is not there in the Express, you can not create maintenance plan in SQL Serer Express. You can make your own script and call that using windows scheduler.

You have lot of limitation in Express. If you want more feature you may go for licensed versions

Madhu

|||

SQL Server Agent is NOT included with SQL Express.

You can use a combination of Stored Procedures, SQLCmd.exe, and the Windows Scheduler to create and run your maintenance routines.

And here are some open source projects and guidelines that seem to provide much of the SQL Agent service to SQL Express.

SQL Server 2005 Agent Equilevent for SQL Server 2005 Express
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/SQLAgent.asp
http://www.lazycoding.com/products.aspx
http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=27
http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=29

|||

Arnie,

Thanks for your reply it was very helpful.

Harry Gibson

Maintaintance plan error

I have sql server 2005 standard edition with service pack 2(9.0.3050),when i
am creating new maintainance plan ,at the end when i click finish button of
the wizard,message i am getting is "one or more arguments are invalid",please
reply me what is the problem asap.
Thanks
Rupesh
It looks like some other people have been experiencing this problem. One
thing that has been suggested in another thread is to assure that you have
SP2 also of Management Studio.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1823734&SiteID=1
If you're interested in an alternative to the Maintenance Plans you could
have a look at a stored procedure based solution that I've made.
http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/1/3440068.html
Ola Hallengren
http://ola.hallengren.com
"Rupesh Mondal" wrote:

> I have sql server 2005 standard edition with service pack 2(9.0.3050),when i
> am creating new maintainance plan ,at the end when i click finish button of
> the wizard,message i am getting is "one or more arguments are invalid",please
> reply me what is the problem asap.
> Thanks
> Rupesh
|||Thank you for the help, my sa password was blank thats why it was not working,
now it is working fine.
Rupesh Mondal.
"Ola Hallengren" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> It looks like some other people have been experiencing this problem. One
> thing that has been suggested in another thread is to assure that you have
> SP2 also of Management Studio.
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1823734&SiteID=1
> If you're interested in an alternative to the Maintenance Plans you could
> have a look at a stored procedure based solution that I've made.
> http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/1/3440068.html
> Ola Hallengren
> http://ola.hallengren.com
>
> "Rupesh Mondal" wrote:

Maintaintance plan error

I have sql server 2005 standard edition with service pack 2(9.0.3050),when i
am creating new maintainance plan ,at the end when i click finish button of
the wizard,message i am getting is "one or more arguments are invalid",please
reply me what is the problem asap.
Thanks
RupeshIt looks like some other people have been experiencing this problem. One
thing that has been suggested in another thread is to assure that you have
SP2 also of Management Studio.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1823734&SiteID=1
If you're interested in an alternative to the Maintenance Plans you could
have a look at a stored procedure based solution that I've made.
http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/1/3440068.html
Ola Hallengren
http://ola.hallengren.com
"Rupesh Mondal" wrote:
> I have sql server 2005 standard edition with service pack 2(9.0.3050),when i
> am creating new maintainance plan ,at the end when i click finish button of
> the wizard,message i am getting is "one or more arguments are invalid",please
> reply me what is the problem asap.
> Thanks
> Rupesh|||Thank you for the help, my sa password was blank thats why it was not working,
now it is working fine.
Rupesh Mondal.
"Ola Hallengren" wrote:
> It looks like some other people have been experiencing this problem. One
> thing that has been suggested in another thread is to assure that you have
> SP2 also of Management Studio.
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1823734&SiteID=1
> If you're interested in an alternative to the Maintenance Plans you could
> have a look at a stored procedure based solution that I've made.
> http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/1/3440068.html
> Ola Hallengren
> http://ola.hallengren.com
>
> "Rupesh Mondal" wrote:
> > I have sql server 2005 standard edition with service pack 2(9.0.3050),when i
> > am creating new maintainance plan ,at the end when i click finish button of
> > the wizard,message i am getting is "one or more arguments are invalid",please
> > reply me what is the problem asap.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rupesh

mailing labels in SQL Server Reporting Services

I am creating a report to be used to print mailing labels. Size 1" x 2 5/8" (3 columns of 10 labels). I seem to have everything but the vertical spacing working properly. I have used a rectangle set to the size of the labels which contains a list box containing text boxes containing expressions to pull in the fields. Some of the street addresses are two lines with the majority being only one line.

I have joined the two fields containing the street addresses and inserted a new line command so each field will print on its own line but yet be contained within the same text box. Everything except the text box containing the street addresses are set to not increase or decrease. My problem is that on the pages of the report where labels vary between the one and two line street addresses the labels tend to creep down which in some cases causes data to be printed over two labels. Any ideas on what I can do to format these to print properly?

Thanks

How did you create 3 columns mailing labels? Is there a way in reporting services to display the data in 3 columns?

Thanks

|||

Report Properties menu on the Layout Tab the first section lets you specify the number of columns and spacing for your report. I then set up a rectangle the size of the label, added a list box and the fields for the data to be shown.

|||

I changed the layout, and added 2 columns to my report, my fields are in a list control, when i preview the report it just shows in one column, the other column is not even displayed, do you know what I could be doing wrong, I am sure it is something silly?

Thanks again

Espy

|||In preview I also only see one column but if you use the print preview you should see all columns. (Took me a few tries to get all this figured out too!). Hope that helps.|||

I did the print layout and get a black screen with nothing in it

When I printed the report it just printed one column

I am not sure what I am doing wrong

Any other suggestions?

thanks for your help

|||

Sorry, I may not be much help in explaining your results; but, below are the Layout settings I have used and I have walked back through the steps: I started a blank report; went to Report - Report Properties - Layout and set the following

Columns: 3; Spacing 0.125 in

Page Width: 8.5in; Page Height: 11 in

Left margin: 0.25in; right margin: 0.125in

Top margin: 0.4in; Bottom margin: 0.5in

Then back on the Layout tab for the report itself I inserted a rectangle and sized it to fit within what would be the actual margins of a label. Then, I adjusted the body of the report itself by dragging the right side towards the left to match the right edge of the rectangle. The actual columns began to show on my report page when I pulled the right side of the body over towards the left is when (sorry, I may not be explaining this very well). Hope this helps.

Good luck.

|||

I was able to make it work

Thanks for your help

|||

Hi

am new to reporting service. I need to do label printing in two columns. that is coming in one column. I changed the layout-columns -2.Is it needed to change anything else ? Its showing in one column. .Please suggest anything. Your earlier conversation helped alot. Thank You very much........

|||

The following may be what you need next, repeating part of my reply posted earlier:

"Then back on the Layout tab for the report itself I inserted a rectangle and sized it to fit within what would be the actual margins of a label. Then, I adjusted the body of the report itself by dragging the right side towards the left to match the right edge of the rectangle. The actual columns began to show on my report page when I pulled the right side of the body over towards the left is when (sorry, I may not be explaining this very well). Hope this helps.

Good luck."

|||

I tried that. now its comin in 2 column, but value that came in the first column is repeating in second column. But in print preview only the second column is showing. adjusted the rectangle. Some silly mistakes will be there. Then, I need 8 labels in 1 column, but only 6 is coming. I increased the report size. but no use. Please help

|||Sorry for the delay in responding to you. Did you get your question resolved? If not, I reviewed the previous posts and then recreated a label. Make sure that in your report properties (menu choice Report - Report Properties - Layout) you have specified the number of columns (8 in your case), your page width and height to match the sheet of labels, and the margins to match the sheet of labels. I then refined the Body of the report; inserted a list box linked to the data source - and sized to match the size of the label; inserted a rectangle sized to match the size of the label and then inserted text boxes with the fields I want to show. From there its just fine-tuning the margins, padding, etc. Please note that I never did get a response addressing my original question though. Hope this helps to answer your question.|||

I am very thankful to you. I got it in a nice maaner by increasing the page width. But I integrated to the program it is not showing that alignment. I am thinking font mismatch will b there . But its not working for me. If u hav any idea pls suggest that. That will help me very much. I am Sure. Thanks alot for ur proper guidings........

|||

Hi

My reports are coming correctly. But the pbms am facing is that,

If am giving page range in print preview(1-2) then 1st page 'll be showing and 2nd page's 1st column [ If 1-3 then 1st,2nd and 3rd page's 1st col; 1-1 means 1st page's ist column]

if it is coming row wise it 'll be helpful.

|||We encountered the same problem - our "fix" was to render in PDF when wanting to print only certain pages. Once entire report is in pdf then you can print specified pages.

mailing labels in SQL Server Reporting Services

I am creating a report to be used to print mailing labels. Size 1" x 2 5/8" (3 columns of 10 labels). I seem to have everything but the vertical spacing working properly. I have used a rectangle set to the size of the labels which contains a list box containing text boxes containing expressions to pull in the fields. Some of the street addresses are two lines with the majority being only one line.

I have joined the two fields containing the street addresses and inserted a new line command so each field will print on its own line but yet be contained within the same text box. Everything except the text box containing the street addresses are set to not increase or decrease. My problem is that on the pages of the report where labels vary between the one and two line street addresses the labels tend to creep down which in some cases causes data to be printed over two labels. Any ideas on what I can do to format these to print properly?

Thanks

How did you create 3 columns mailing labels? Is there a way in reporting services to display the data in 3 columns?

Thanks

|||

Report Properties menu on the Layout Tab the first section lets you specify the number of columns and spacing for your report. I then set up a rectangle the size of the label, added a list box and the fields for the data to be shown.

|||

I changed the layout, and added 2 columns to my report, my fields are in a list control, when i preview the report it just shows in one column, the other column is not even displayed, do you know what I could be doing wrong, I am sure it is something silly?

Thanks again

Espy

|||In preview I also only see one column but if you use the print preview you should see all columns. (Took me a few tries to get all this figured out too!). Hope that helps.|||

I did the print layout and get a black screen with nothing in it

When I printed the report it just printed one column

I am not sure what I am doing wrong

Any other suggestions?

thanks for your help

|||

Sorry, I may not be much help in explaining your results; but, below are the Layout settings I have used and I have walked back through the steps: I started a blank report; went to Report - Report Properties - Layout and set the following

Columns: 3; Spacing 0.125 in

Page Width: 8.5in; Page Height: 11 in

Left margin: 0.25in; right margin: 0.125in

Top margin: 0.4in; Bottom margin: 0.5in

Then back on the Layout tab for the report itself I inserted a rectangle and sized it to fit within what would be the actual margins of a label. Then, I adjusted the body of the report itself by dragging the right side towards the left to match the right edge of the rectangle. The actual columns began to show on my report page when I pulled the right side of the body over towards the left is when (sorry, I may not be explaining this very well). Hope this helps.

Good luck.

|||

I was able to make it work

Thanks for your help

|||

Hi

am new to reporting service. I need to do label printing in two columns. that is coming in one column. I changed the layout-columns -2.Is it needed to change anything else ? Its showing in one column. .Please suggest anything. Your earlier conversation helped alot. Thank You very much........

|||

The following may be what you need next, repeating part of my reply posted earlier:

"Then back on the Layout tab for the report itself I inserted a rectangle and sized it to fit within what would be the actual margins of a label. Then, I adjusted the body of the report itself by dragging the right side towards the left to match the right edge of the rectangle. The actual columns began to show on my report page when I pulled the right side of the body over towards the left is when (sorry, I may not be explaining this very well). Hope this helps.

Good luck."

|||

I tried that. now its comin in 2 column, but value that came in the first column is repeating in second column. But in print preview only the second column is showing. adjusted the rectangle. Some silly mistakes will be there. Then, I need 8 labels in 1 column, but only 6 is coming. I increased the report size. but no use. Please help

|||Sorry for the delay in responding to you. Did you get your question resolved? If not, I reviewed the previous posts and then recreated a label. Make sure that in your report properties (menu choice Report - Report Properties - Layout) you have specified the number of columns (8 in your case), your page width and height to match the sheet of labels, and the margins to match the sheet of labels. I then refined the Body of the report; inserted a list box linked to the data source - and sized to match the size of the label; inserted a rectangle sized to match the size of the label and then inserted text boxes with the fields I want to show. From there its just fine-tuning the margins, padding, etc. Please note that I never did get a response addressing my original question though. Hope this helps to answer your question.|||

I am very thankful to you. I got it in a nice maaner by increasing the page width. But I integrated to the program it is not showing that alignment. I am thinking font mismatch will b there . But its not working for me. If u hav any idea pls suggest that. That will help me very much. I am Sure. Thanks alot for ur proper guidings........

|||

Hi

My reports are coming correctly. But the pbms am facing is that,

If am giving page range in print preview(1-2) then 1st page 'll be showing and 2nd page's 1st column [ If 1-3 then 1st,2nd and 3rd page's 1st col; 1-1 means 1st page's ist column]

if it is coming row wise it 'll be helpful.

|||We encountered the same problem - our "fix" was to render in PDF when wanting to print only certain pages. Once entire report is in pdf then you can print specified pages.

mailing labels in SQL Server Reporting Services

I am creating a report to be used to print mailing labels. Size 1" x 2 5/8" (3 columns of 10 labels). I seem to have everything but the vertical spacing working properly. I have used a rectangle set to the size of the labels which contains a list box containing text boxes containing expressions to pull in the fields. Some of the street addresses are two lines with the majority being only one line.

I have joined the two fields containing the street addresses and inserted a new line command so each field will print on its own line but yet be contained within the same text box. Everything except the text box containing the street addresses are set to not increase or decrease. My problem is that on the pages of the report where labels vary between the one and two line street addresses the labels tend to creep down which in some cases causes data to be printed over two labels. Any ideas on what I can do to format these to print properly?

Thanks

How did you create 3 columns mailing labels? Is there a way in reporting services to display the data in 3 columns?

Thanks

|||

Report Properties menu on the Layout Tab the first section lets you specify the number of columns and spacing for your report. I then set up a rectangle the size of the label, added a list box and the fields for the data to be shown.

|||

I changed the layout, and added 2 columns to my report, my fields are in a list control, when i preview the report it just shows in one column, the other column is not even displayed, do you know what I could be doing wrong, I am sure it is something silly?

Thanks again

Espy

|||In preview I also only see one column but if you use the print preview you should see all columns. (Took me a few tries to get all this figured out too!). Hope that helps.|||

I did the print layout and get a black screen with nothing in it

When I printed the report it just printed one column

I am not sure what I am doing wrong

Any other suggestions?

thanks for your help

|||

Sorry, I may not be much help in explaining your results; but, below are the Layout settings I have used and I have walked back through the steps: I started a blank report; went to Report - Report Properties - Layout and set the following

Columns: 3; Spacing 0.125 in

Page Width: 8.5in; Page Height: 11 in

Left margin: 0.25in; right margin: 0.125in

Top margin: 0.4in; Bottom margin: 0.5in

Then back on the Layout tab for the report itself I inserted a rectangle and sized it to fit within what would be the actual margins of a label. Then, I adjusted the body of the report itself by dragging the right side towards the left to match the right edge of the rectangle. The actual columns began to show on my report page when I pulled the right side of the body over towards the left is when (sorry, I may not be explaining this very well). Hope this helps.

Good luck.

|||

I was able to make it work

Thanks for your help

|||

Hi

am new to reporting service. I need to do label printing in two columns. that is coming in one column. I changed the layout-columns -2.Is it needed to change anything else ? Its showing in one column. .Please suggest anything. Your earlier conversation helped alot. Thank You very much........

|||

The following may be what you need next, repeating part of my reply posted earlier:

"Then back on the Layout tab for the report itself I inserted a rectangle and sized it to fit within what would be the actual margins of a label. Then, I adjusted the body of the report itself by dragging the right side towards the left to match the right edge of the rectangle. The actual columns began to show on my report page when I pulled the right side of the body over towards the left is when (sorry, I may not be explaining this very well). Hope this helps.

Good luck."

|||

I tried that. now its comin in 2 column, but value that came in the first column is repeating in second column. But in print preview only the second column is showing. adjusted the rectangle. Some silly mistakes will be there. Then, I need 8 labels in 1 column, but only 6 is coming. I increased the report size. but no use. Please help

|||Sorry for the delay in responding to you. Did you get your question resolved? If not, I reviewed the previous posts and then recreated a label. Make sure that in your report properties (menu choice Report - Report Properties - Layout) you have specified the number of columns (8 in your case), your page width and height to match the sheet of labels, and the margins to match the sheet of labels. I then refined the Body of the report; inserted a list box linked to the data source - and sized to match the size of the label; inserted a rectangle sized to match the size of the label and then inserted text boxes with the fields I want to show. From there its just fine-tuning the margins, padding, etc. Please note that I never did get a response addressing my original question though. Hope this helps to answer your question.|||

I am very thankful to you. I got it in a nice maaner by increasing the page width. But I integrated to the program it is not showing that alignment. I am thinking font mismatch will b there . But its not working for me. If u hav any idea pls suggest that. That will help me very much. I am Sure. Thanks alot for ur proper guidings........

|||

Hi

My reports are coming correctly. But the pbms am facing is that,

If am giving page range in print preview(1-2) then 1st page 'll be showing and 2nd page's 1st column [ If 1-3 then 1st,2nd and 3rd page's 1st col; 1-1 means 1st page's ist column]

if it is coming row wise it 'll be helpful.

|||We encountered the same problem - our "fix" was to render in PDF when wanting to print only certain pages. Once entire report is in pdf then you can print specified pages.

Mailing labels for dummies

Ok, I'm an idiot. Does anyone out there have some step by step instructions for creating a report that will do mailing labels. I've got multiple columns on my report but I end up with the contents of each column being the same across each grouping/row. In other words for each record read, since I have three columns, I get three occurances of each customer and address until all the data selected for that row is presented, then I go to the next customer which again is repeated across all three columns.

I'm sorry I'm so stupid, but I've looked at other entries on the forum, and I just can't figure it out. We are trying to get out from underneith Business objects thumb and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Eric -

Carpet King,

I think what you are looking for is the Multiple Column type report. you will set this up by using going into the report properties and setting the number of colums to 3.

Hope this helps

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Thanks Bret for the input. Your posting helped me to figure out where to look and change the properties. It through me for a while 'cause the pre-view doesn't show the multiple columns. As a result, after reading your input and making the change, it took a while to figure out that what you told me to do really did fix the problem.

The SQL reporting services is still Marginal (at best!) in creating labels. I'm having a heck of a time getting things evened out so that they will print on my labels correctly. I'm still having a lot of problems getting it set up just right so that information from one label doesn't carry over to another.

None the less, thank you very much for your help! I don't want you to feel like I am shooting the messanger, just venting. Sorry. :B - Eric -

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Hello,

I am working on mailing labels and I have the 3 columns, but now I am trying to get them to print across the page,rather than down the page. (Trying to prevent wasting labels by going down the page.) Below is an example of what I need:

1 2 3 4

NOT

1

2

3

4

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

mbsqlnewbie

Mailing labels for dummies

Ok, I'm an idiot. Does anyone out there have some step by step instructions for creating a report that will do mailing labels. I've got multiple columns on my report but I end up with the contents of each column being the same across each grouping/row. In other words for each record read, since I have three columns, I get three occurances of each customer and address until all the data selected for that row is presented, then I go to the next customer which again is repeated across all three columns.

I'm sorry I'm so stupid, but I've looked at other entries on the forum, and I just can't figure it out. We are trying to get out from underneith Business objects thumb and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Eric -

Carpet King,

I think what you are looking for is the Multiple Column type report. you will set this up by using going into the report properties and setting the number of colums to 3.

Hope this helps

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Thanks Bret for the input. Your posting helped me to figure out where to look and change the properties. It through me for a while 'cause the pre-view doesn't show the multiple columns. As a result, after reading your input and making the change, it took a while to figure out that what you told me to do really did fix the problem.

The SQL reporting services is still Marginal (at best!) in creating labels. I'm having a heck of a time getting things evened out so that they will print on my labels correctly. I'm still having a lot of problems getting it set up just right so that information from one label doesn't carry over to another.

None the less, thank you very much for your help! I don't want you to feel like I am shooting the messanger, just venting. Sorry. :B - Eric -

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Hello,

I am working on mailing labels and I have the 3 columns, but now I am trying to get them to print across the page,rather than down the page. (Trying to prevent wasting labels by going down the page.) Below is an example of what I need:

1 2 3 4

NOT

1

2

3

4

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

mbsqlnewbie

MAC used as search index for Encrypted data: how secure?

I have read recommendations about searching encrypted data. Typically, they involve creating a MAC (message authentication code) table. One of the elements of that table is a HASH of the encrypted data (plus a Mac key) that is used as an index for searching. Is that HASH as secure as the encrypted data itself, or is this approach less secure? If it is less secure, then may I assume that approach is the only feasible way to search data encrypted by nondeterministic algorithms?

TIA,

Barkingdog

Is the hash as secure as the encrypted data? This is a difficult question, because the answer depends on what you are trying to secure against, and what algorithms you are using, and what vulnerabilities they develop over time. One thing that a hash would disclose, and that encryption would normally not disclose, is data identity. That is, you can encrypt the same piece of data and you won't be able to determine from the resulting blobs whether they are corresponding to identical data, but if you hash the data, the result will be identical.

Strictly speaking, the only way to search encrypted data (and I mean non-deterministic, although I should not need to specify this because encryption is always intended to be a non-deterministic operation) is to decrypt all data and search through the decrypted text. Using hashes is a workaround that allows you to search hashes instead of the encrypted data, to answer an equality search. You can probably devise other alternative search schemes, depending on what searches you want to allow and how much information you are willing to give away.

Thanks
Laurentiu

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>>>Using hashes is a workaround

Yes, I agree with that. I'm just concerned that the creation of hashes (out of practical necessity) results in a workable solution because the hash codes are easier to "crack" than the encrypted data itself. Maybe "cracking" the hash can lead to cracking the encrypted data?

Barkingdog.

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Strictly speaking, yes it is possible to user a rainbow attack against a pure hash on the data we are trying to protect, especially if the domain of the plaintext is finite and well defined (i.e. SSN, CCN, etc.). For example, I can easily create an offline rainbow table with all possible hashes (SHA1, MD5, etc.) for every possible SSN, once I find your hashed value I just need to find the corresponding value on the rainbow table.

This is the reason why I was suggesting using an HMAC, that way the domain of the plaintext is different and creating a dictionary is far more expensive that the example above. You are still giving away some information to the potential attacker, but the difference is that now there is a random bag of bits of arbitrary length (the HMAC key) combined with the data we want to protect, that way the hash input does not belong to the same domain as the original plaintext.

Assuming that the key is truly random, large enough and well protected, the previous attack is rendered useless, and to the best of our knowledge the attacker will need to brute force all possibilities (i.e. hash( ‘111-111-111’ + 0x00…001 ), hash( ‘111-111-111’ + 0x00…002 ) … hash( ‘999-999-999’ + 0xFF…FFF ), as you can see this is far more expensive, and the larger the key, the better.

Is this better or worse than trying to brute force a symmetric key? That is a really difficult question as Laurentiu mentioned. Hashes are less expensive (computational wise) than decryptions, but there are too many factors to consider (domain of your plaintext, domain of the key, reusing keys, new attack methods being discovered, etc.).

The best option if you want to create an index over the encrypted data may be to create a completely new identifier for it, i.e. a customer ID that is completely unrelated to the data being protected, but we understand this option is not always possible due to business reasons.

I would recommend defining what assets you are trying to protect and against what kind of threats. From there you need to evaluate what options you have to protect against such threats, as well as what mechanisms (preferably use defense in depth) you have to prevent, detect and halt a possible attack, as well as what are the steps to follow after the situation is back under control.

Thanks a lot,

-Raul Garcia

SDE/T

SQL Server Engine