I am a CTO with over 5 years of experience in start-up and over 10 years in working at managing position for big companies. I am also a full-stacks developer with over 12 years in system design, product development and technology product deployment. User experience and system security are the things I care about most.

Tag: sql server

Open port for SQL Server remote connection

  • tran.travis
  • July 27, 2019
  • 2 min read

Ports and protocols used by Microsoft SQL Server database engine (SQLServer).

About this task

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. Its primary query language is Transact-SQL, an implementation of the ANSI/ISO standard Structured Query Language (SQL) which is used by Microsoft. You need to allow distant users to connect to the SQL server so they can address it their queries.
SQL Server is used by:

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Restoring database from .mdf and .ldf files of SQL Server 2008

  • tran.travis
  • July 27, 2019
  • 1 min read

  1. First Put the .mdf and .ldf file in C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDATA folder
  2. Then go to sql software , Right-click “Databases” and click the “Attach” option to open the Attach Databases dialog box
  3. Click the “Add” button to open and Locate Database Files From C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDATAfolder
  4. Click the “OK” button. SQL Server Management Studio loads the database from the .MDF file.

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Solving SQL Server Connection Problem

  • tran.travis
  • July 27, 2019
  • 6 min read

Inspect Server Settings

There are three significant aspects that users may neglect, which lead to the failure of the connection to the SQL Server.

Enable TCP/IP Connection

To check whether your server enabled to TCP/IP connections:

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