The sql server agent service is not running on my machine. Sql server 2012 express.

All the other services are running.

This is an extract from the error log;

2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ? [100] Microsoft SQLServerAgent version 11.0.2218.0 (X64 unicode retail build) : Process ID 628
2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ? [495] The SQL Server Agent startup service account is WORKGROUP\ANTHONYPHILL-PC$.
2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ! [298] SQLServer Error: 229, The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'sp_sqlagent_update_agent_xps', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (DisableAgentXPs)
2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ! [000] The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'sp_sqlagent_update_agent_xps', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 229)
2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ! [298] SQLServer Error: 229, The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'sp_sqlagent_update_agent_xps', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (DisableAgentXPs)
2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ! [000] The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'sp_sqlagent_update_agent_xps', database 'msdb', schema 'dbo'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 229)
2013-12-15 12:43:26 - ? [098] SQLServerAgent terminated (normally)

How do I fix this issue.

Regards

Hi all,

We are a small audit firm in Cape Town, South Africa. About 2 years ago, we upgraded our main to Windows Server 2012 R2. In our firm, we use a program called Caseware Time 2009 to manage our billings. This programs runs on MS SQL Server 2005 (part of the installation). It took the IT techs of CQS (owners/managers of CWTime 2009) about 2 hours (via Teamviewer) to get our database (previously running on Windows XP Pro SP3) up and running.

We have had no issues until late last year, when, on random occasions the SQL will drop its connectivity. There is no loss in our data, but it is frustrating to restart the program over and login again. This is currently about 4/5 time a day now.

Is there some update/repair that I can run? Some setting that might need to change to not have this drop happen?

I am including the information from the HELP > ABOUT screen for more information:
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express                        9.00.2047.00
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)                        6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Microsoft MSXML                        3.0 4.0 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer                        9.11.9600.16521
Microsoft .NET Framework                        2.0.50727.5477
Operating System                        6.1.7601

Our network setup:
Internet box is running IPCop.
Main Server: Windows Server 2012 R2
Workstations: Varies between WinXP to Win8
All workstations run Caseware Time 2009, with MS SQL Server 2005 Standard installed, linked/connected via network to file on main server.
Network layout: internet > IPCop > Network Hub > workstations (includes main server)

I hope that I can find a solution/answer to our small, irritating issue.

Thank you in advanced for your assistance, and await any reply, if possible.

Hi,

I have a domain where some of my pcs have software which install sql server express because is required. I have no problems connecting to those sql instances from my management studio but once of those installations is giving me problems because I don't see in my management studio. It's installed in a windows server 2012 datacenter and the firewall is disabled.

If I go to the network servers I see the rest of sql servers but not this one.

Can anybody help me?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

Hi all. I have installed SQL server 2012 express on windows 8. When i open management studio and i write ".\SQLEXPRESS" in server name i get this error:

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 53)

i use windows authentication :/

I have software that uses SQL 2005 right now, but the database is close the max size (4 GB). I have SBS2011 installed and it includes SQL 2008 and SQL 2008R2.  I want to move the database to the 2008 version that can that can handle larger databases.

I'm not an SQL expert, but have some experience with it.  What I need are some directions on how to make this change without causing any problems with the system, including setting up the SQL server so it will have all the same settings as the old one. This is a practice management software.

Thanks in advance for any help.  Harvey

Post written June 10, 2010 and pertains to:

• SQL Server 2008 R2 Express on both my server and local machines: SQLX_SRV,SQLX_LOC
• SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio on both my server and local machines: MS_SRV, MS_LOC
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise installed on a Hyper-V VPS: WS
• SQL Server Configuration Manager on both my server and local machines: CMGR_SRV, CMGR_LOC
• Server Manager: SMGR
• I am connecting to my hosting server via Remote Desktop Connection: RDC

I installed SQLX_SRV and MS_SRV on my hosting server and SQLX_LOC and MS_LOC on my local development machine.  I am able to use MS_LOC to connect to SQLX_LOC and to use MS_SRV to connect to SQLX_SRV.  However I am not able to use MS_LOC to connect with SQLX_SRV.  Here's what I have done so far:

• SMGR -> Configuration -> Windows Firewall to turn off the Windows Firewall for Domain, Private and Public profiles.  Obviously I'll change this later, but until I can connect I want to remove as many variables as possible.
• CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Services to confirm that both SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) and SQL Server Browser services were running.
• CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Network Configuration -> Protocols for SQLEXPRESS to ENABLE the Shared Memory, Named Pipes, and TCP/IP protocols and DISABLE the deprecated VIA protocol.
• CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Network Configuration -> Protocols for SQLEXPRESS -> double click TCP/IP to open the TCP/IP properties dialogue.  On the Protocol tab Enabled: Yes, Keep Alive: 30000, changed Listen All to No.  I've tried it both ways, but I've got six IP addresses on my server and I wanted to configure SQLEXPRESS to listen to only the first and primary IP.  On the IP Addresses tab went to IPALL and cleared the TCP Dynamic Ports field and entered 1433 in the TCP Port field.  For my first and primary IP Address I made sure that Enabled was Yes, I cleared the TCP Dynamic Ports field, and entered 1433 in the TCP Port field.  For all other IP Addresses Enabled was set to No and I cleared both the TCP Dynamic Ports and TCP Port fields.
• CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Services -> SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) right click and Restart.  This of course stopped and restarted my instance of SQLX_SRV enabling the TCP/IP configuration in the previous step to take effect.

On my server, SQLX_SRV is the only instance of SQL Server running and so it's easy to hard wire it to the default port 1433.

The instance name for both SQLX_SRV and SQLX_LOC is the default "SQLEXPRESS".  My server machine name is "SERVER1" on the EnglishBrains.com domain.  So the proper local name (local within the context of my remote server as connected via RDC) for my instance of SQLX_SRV would be:

SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS 

Note the use of a backslash NOT a forward slash. 

Of course to connect remotely from my development machine, which is not on the same domain as my hosting server, I would need to specify the domain as well, so the SQL Server name becomes:

SERVER1.EnglishBrains.com\SQLEXPRESS

I must also use SQL Server Authentication.  Before I can use such a remote connection, however, there are still several configuration steps required.  So on my server (connected via RDC) I used MS_SRV to connect to SQLX_SRV using SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS for the server name and Windows Authentication.  Once connected I performed the following steps:

• MS_SRV -> right click the connected parent SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS instance node at the top -> Properties -> Security -> Server authentication: select "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode".  This will enable connections using either type of authentication.
• Next, leaving the Server Properties dialogue open, Connections -> check "Allow remote connections to this server" box.
• Click OK to save these changes and close the Server Properties dialogue.
• MS_SRV -> Security -> right click Logins and select "New Login...", the Login - New dialogue opens.
• On the General page Enter a name for your new login
• Select SQL Server Authorization
• Enter and confirm a password
• Uncheck Enforce password expiration
• Select the default Database and Language
• On the ServerRoles page Public will be checked, also check SysAdmin.  This is probably not a good idea and I'll uncheck this as soon as I can connect to the SQLX_SRV.
• On the User Mapping page select the databases you want your new Login to access and enter the Default Schema of "dbo".
• At the bottom of the User Mapping page you'll see the Database Roles table.  Public will be selected by default.  Also select db_Owner.  Again this is probably not a good idea, and I'll refine this once I can connect.
• On the Status page confirm that "Grant" is checked under "Permission to connect to database engine" and "Enable" is checked under "Login".
• Click OK to save all changes and close the Login - New dialogue.

With these steps completed you should now be able to use MS_SRV to connect to SQLX_SRV using SQL Server Authentication by supplying the name and password for your new Login.  I tried this and it worked fine.  Next I tried to use this same login remotely, that is I went to my local development machine and used MS_LOC to try and connect to SQLX_SRV by using

SERVER1.EnglishBrains.com\SQLEXPRESS

and opting for SQL Server Authentication and supplying the name and password of my new login.

THIS DID NOT WORK??  Instead I get the following error message:

---------------------------
Cannot connect to SERVER1.EnglishBrains.com\SQLEXPRESS.

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: -1)

For help, click:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=-1

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If you follow the suggested help link, you are told:

The SQL Server client cannot connect to the server.  This error could be caused by one of the following reasons:

• A specified SQL Server instance name is not valid.
• The TCP, or named pipes protocols are not enabled.
• The firewall on the server has refused the connection.
• The SQL Server Browser service (sqlbrowser) is not started.

WRONG on all 4 counts!  The instance name IS valid.  Both TCP/IP and Named Pipes protocols are enabled.  The firewall has been shut down, so it is not relevant.  Finally the SQL Server Browser IS started.

The next thing I tried was to circumvent discovery by the SQL Browser service by using the following syntax to specify the IP address and port directly when specifying the SQL Server name.

tcp:68.71.134.186,1433

Using this in the Server Name field I was able to use MS_SRV to successfully connect to SQLX_SRV (using SQL Server Authentication of course) with or without the SQL Browser service running. 

However when I tried to connect from MS_LOC to SQLX_SRV using this same login (WITH SQL Browser service running just for good measure) it does not work??  I get the following error message:

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Cannot connect to tcp:68.71.134.186,1433.

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 10060)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=10060&LinkId=20476

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If you follow the help link you are told:

"The SQL Server client cannot connect to the server. This error could occur because either the firewall on the server has refused the connection or the server is not configured to accept remote connections."

However, the firewall has been shut down and the server HAS been configured to accept remote connections! 

I confirmed that i could indeed Ping to 68.71.134.186  and running NetStat -a |find /i "listening" on the server shows that the server is indeed listening at 68.71.134.186 Port 1433 -- which is why I was able to connect to SQLX_SRV using MS_SRV with tcp:68.71.134.186,1433 .

IN SUMMARY: Even though I can connect to my SQLEXPRESS instance multiple ways from the server itself, I cannot connect remotely from my development machine! 

If anyone can help me figure out why I would be very, very grateful!

i recently downloaded ENU\x86\SQLEXPR_x86_ENU.exe and ENU\x86\SQLManagementStudio_x86_ENU.exe from microsoft SQL server 2012 from official download centre page. First i installed SQLEXPR_x86 (database engine) with mixed mode authentication, then i installed management studio with new installation option rather than selecting add new features.after both the successfull installation i learnt that in the object explorer, expanding database+system database+master i dont have a table option to create new tables as earlier found in sql 2005 and 2008 versions. in simple words i dont have a table designer to create table, i have to type the statments using query editor to create and do manipulations in the table. for your further help i want to tell you some related information:

1.i tried to get the table option with ENU\x86\SQLEXPRADV_x86_ENU.exe and ENU\x86\SQLEXPRWT_x86_ENU.exe without installing management studio as studio is already present in these packages. but still the problem persist.

2.i have windows 7 home basic installed on PC and windows 7 home premium on laptop both with service pack 1 with all the new updates.

3.after installation of sql server 2012 service pack, i thought problem might get solved but no.

i really need table designer feature.

Last night our SQL Server Express 2008 (running on Windows 2003 server) stopped accepting remote connections. 

1. We restarted the SQL Server -- no resolution.

2. We rebooted the host Windows 2003 server - no resolution.

3. telnet localhost 1433: says Could not open connection to the host on port 1433... connection failed.

4. netstat -an indicates that the server is not listening on port 1433

5. SQL Server Network Configuration -> Protocols for SQLEXPRESS2008A -> (properties) -> TCP-IP (enabled), Listen All (yes)

6. SQL Native Client 10.0 Configuration -> Client Protocols -> (properties) TCP-IP (enabled), Default port (1433)

Fragment from the server error log:

2014-03-26 08:50:41.09 Server      A self-generated certificate was successfully loaded for encryption.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv4> 1026].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Server local connection provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\SQLLocal\SQLEXPRESS2008A ].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Server named pipe provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS2008A\sql\query ].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Dedicated administrator connection support was not started because it is disabled on this edition of SQL Server. If you want to use a dedicated administrator connection, restart SQL Server using the trace flag 7806. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Error: 0x54b, state: 3. Failure to register an SPN may cause integrated authentication to fall back to NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      SQL Server is now ready for client connections. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.29 spid10s     Clearing tempdb database.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.89 spid10s     Starting up database 'tempdb'.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.09 spid13s     The Service Broker protocol transport is disabled or not configured.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.09 spid13s     The Database Mirroring protocol transport is disabled or not configured.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.14 spid13s     Service Broker manager has started.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.14 spid7s      Recovery is complete. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:53.48 spid51      Attempting to load library 'xpstar.dll' into memory. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:53.48 spid51      Using 'xpstar.dll' version '2007.100.1600' to execute extended stored procedure 'xp_enumerrorlogs'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:51:35.68 spid54      Starting up database 'Web TimeSheet2'.
2014-03-26 08:51:38.47 spid54      Recovery is writing a checkpoint in database 'Web TimeSheet2' (6). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.

Note: the lines referring to xpstar.dll is new after this porblem.  Previous logs do not have this,Any help will be appreciated.

Hi All,

I have a strange issue with LocalDB.  I have a app that I've created (C#, XAML) in VS2013.  I have a .mdf file in my app and it's connection string is:

<add name="MyDBEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/MyDBModel.csdl|res://*/MyDBModel.ssdl|res://*/MyDBModel.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;attachdbfilename=|DataDirectory|\MyDB.mdf;integrated security=True;connect timeout=30;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />

So I try to actually install it on the same machine that I developed the app on.  Installs fine, but when I go to run the program, I get:

"Your SQL Server Installation is either corrupt or has been tampered with (SQL Server User Instance only supported on SQL Server Express SKU). Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem"

This is what I have installed on the machine as far as MS SQL goes:

So I take my install file.  Go to another computer that has "Microsoft SQL Server Express LocalDB" 11.0.2100.60

The app works like a champ.  What am I missing here or doing wrong?

Each time I try to download the option "Express with Advanced Services (SQLEXPRADV)" (32bit) from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dn434042 I get an error in the Akamai NetSession Interface web client that I can't view because the page quickly reloads back to the beginning.

But I can download the 64bit version of it, and also the Express with Tools (SQLEXPRWT) for instance. Why not the 32bit version?     

I'm using Win7 Home premium 64bit with the latest IE 11 and the Akamai NetSession Interface web client installed. I wanted to have the 32bit to have it ready for a 32bit laptop.

I have sql server2012 as default instance and I have sql epress 2008 but when I enabled tcp/ip for epress2008 I can connect only sql serer 2012 but I can't connect with sqlepress2008

Hello, thank you in advance for any help. I have searched the forms for the past couple days and haven't been able to find a solution to my problem. I am attempting to do an update statement, but it will always time out. I have tried running the update statement directly on the server and it works fine, but when I run it through my C# program it times out. 

Below is the code I use for the update statement. Again any help would really be appreciated.

List<string> statements = new List<string>();
                    statements.Add("UPDATE ticket SET ");
                    statements.Add("priority=@NewPriority, ");
                    statements.Add("resolved=@NewResolved, ");
                    statements.Add("hwProblems=@NewHwProblems, ");
                    statements.Add("swProblems=@NewSwProblems, ");
                    statements.Add("closeDate=@NewCloseDate, ");
                    statements.Add("followUp=@NewFollowUp, ");
                    statements.Add("providerID=(SELECT providerID FROM provider WHERE provider.firstName=@NewProvider), ");
                    statements.Add("resID=(SELECT resID FROM resolution WHERE resolution.resText=@NewResolution) ");
                    statements.Add("WHERE ticketID=@ToChange");

                    string temp = null;
                    for (int i = 0; i < statements.Count(); i++)
                        temp += statements[i];
                    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(temp, connection);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewPriority", priority);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewResolved", closed);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewHwProblems", hw);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewSwProblems", sw);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewCloseDate", date);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewFollowUp", followUp);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewProvider", provider);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewResolution", resolution);
                    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ToChange", ticketID);
                    int  rows = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

Hi

I have created a Stored Procedure in SQL Server which is parsed and executed successfully but when I check it in Programmabilty-> Stored Procedures I cannot find it. After refreshing the whole database and also restarting SQL Server, the problem is occuring. Help with a solution.

The Stored Procedure is

Thanks and Regards

Sarthak

Could i disable edit TOP 200 to zero in SQL Server 2008 R2?

as i know it can edit to change from 200 to 2000 but how to turn it off or disable it ?

Please kindly advise

User did a backup of SQL doing an append now getting the message:

The media set has 2 media families.....

The directory of the first media set was copied to an external drive.  The system was then wiped to load Win7 what can be done to restore the files?

Bonnie Whalon

Hi all;

Just yesterday, project management of the application i am working on decided to change the DB we had been using. We had been using an Sqlite DB and are now moving to using Sql Express 2014. As one of my jobs on the project i am also responsible for doing the application's installer. Our application is web based with a number of web services. I am looking at using the Sql Express 2014 LocalDB install as it is a quiet, easier install that the full blown Sql express install and we really only need the localdb functionality. I can see how to create the Named Instance. Once that is done we are looking at generating the db from a set of Sql Scripts.

My question is: Once i have installed the Sql Express2014 LocalDB and used SqlLocalDb to create the Named Instance, how do i connect to it and run the Sql scripts to setup the database? Is there a tool that comes with it?

Shawn

I am looking to make a TSQL statement that I can use to search for a particular string in a field and then then change it.  I know the columns/fields that I need to search.  Basically I have a 2 columns that store a full directory path including the drive letter.  Well I need to only change the drive letter. 

I know the initial search which will give me all the rows that need to be changed will look like this:
SELECT * FROM MYTABLE WHERE MyField LIKE 'C:\%'

What I need to know is how to use the returned rows and then update the field with the new drive letter of F.

Can someone assist in this

Thank you in advance.

I have been trying to import the Northwind.accdb database into SQL Server 2014 Express using the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard. Every time I try, I end up with the following messages. I have reviewed previous replies given to similar queries but I am not getting anywhere. Appreciate if anyone can help. Thanks.

Error 0xc0202009: Source - Customers [1]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR.  An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E37.
 (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

Error 0xc02020e8: Source - Customers [1]: Opening a rowset for "`Customers`" failed. Check that the object exists in the database.
 (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

Exception from HRESULT: 0xC02020E8 (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)