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Backup SQL Express 2005/2008

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:14:53 +0000

Unfortunately SQL Express 2005/2008 doesn’t come with a Backup Agent. So I searched the net for a couple of solutions to schedule it. There are some good TSQL scripts but a little program which you can run in Windows Task Planer. It is called ExpressMaint and can be downloaded here: Info ExpressMaint

MSSQL Login Failed

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:21:32 +0000

I tried to login to my SQL Server with a new user I created and got following error:
Login failed for user ‘root’. The user is not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection.

You need to activate MS Sql Authentication and Windows Authentication Mode:
1. Open MS SQL Server Manegement Studio
2. Right click on the server
3. Properties
4. Security
5. Change from Windows Authentication Mode to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode

MUST_CHANGE is ON

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:49:32 +0000

I tried to remove the check_policy and check_expiration from a user and got following error in MS SQL Server:

The CHECK_POLICY and CHECK_EXPIRATION options cannot be turned OFF when MUST_CHANGE is ON.

I forgot to remove the must change password flag when I created the user. A simple SQL query to change the users password solved the problem:

ALTER LOGIN %USERNAME% WITH PASSWORD='%PASSWORD%'

Version MS SQL Server

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:08:03 +0000

Here a simple MS Query to get the version of MS SQL Server:
select @@version