Copy Microsoft Dynamics GP Live Company To Test Automatically
Backing up the a Microsoft Dynamics GP company to test is, unfortunately, not as simple as backing up one database and restoring it to the Test one. There are two scripts which need to be run after...
View ArticleHow To Rename A SQL Server
Like some other posts recently, this one is the result of a conversation with a colleague at my new company, where I found they were unaware of something I took for granted; the ability to easily...
View ArticleHow To Change The SQL Server Backup Folder
When you install Microsoft SQL Server you select the Data, Logs and Backup folder during the installation process. If you subsequently need to change these folders you can only change two of them...
View ArticleError Code 2337 When Installing Microsoft SQL Server Into A Virtual Machine
I have installed SQL Server into Virtual Machines many times in the past but I’ve recently seen an error when trying to do it again; I had a think about the error and realised that I usually installed...
View ArticleRestoring A Database Without Encountering A Locking Issue
I periodically have problems when trying to restore a GP company database over the Test database as SQL reports that the database is currently in use. One way of resolving is to restart the SQL Server...
View ArticleHow To Configure SQL Server Reporting Services In Order To Deploy Reporting...
The post following this will cover deploying SSRS reports within Microsoft Dynamics GP but I thought I’d cover configuring SSRS as a spearate post rather than assuming everyone has it already...
View ArticleHow To Deploy SSRS Reports In Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2
Earlier this week I did a post on how to configure SQL Server Reporting Services for use with Microsoft Dynamics GP. This is the follow up post where I’m going to explain how to deploy the SSRS reports...
View ArticleSQL Server Management Studio Not Allowing Table Changes That Require A Table...
I was doing some work with a custom table yesterday and at one point needed to make a change to the table layout via SQL Server Management Studio. However, when I tried, I got the below error message;...
View ArticleSSRS GL Trial Balance Returning No Data
I was doing some testing to compare the SSRS Trial Balance against the standard report version but ran into a problem straight away when I found the SSRS version returned no data. A quick search online...
View ArticleError Granting Database Access In SQL Server Management Studio
I’m currently involved with a couple of projects where we have needed to migrate databases from one SQL Server to another and needed to do so more than once. Prior to the first copy, we used a script...
View ArticleSystem Requirements For Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 Now Available
The System Requirements for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 are now available from CustomerSource (login required). The stand out items for me is that support has been dropped for several older versions of...
View ArticleSQL Error: “The query uses non-ANSI outer join operators”
I’ve recently been working on a project upgrading a client from Microsoft Dynamics GP 9 SP3 to a later version and also from Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 R2. Much of the upgrade has...
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