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SQL Server 2008 – Saving Changes is not permitted.

Joel — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:12:19 +0000

When trying to save a table when inserting a new column other than at the end I ran into this error:

Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can’t be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.

Solution:
In Management Studio, Tools –> Options then go to the Designer Page and uncheck “Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation”.

Solution found at: http://pragmaticworks.com/community/blogs/brianknight/archive/2008/06/04/sql-server-2008-designer-behavior-change-saving-changes-not-permitted.aspx

Sql Server 2008 Install – Restart Computer Failed

Joel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:34:36 +0000

When installing SQL Server 2008 today I ran into an error right away. In testing the Setup Support Rules the “Restart computer” operation check failed.

After a bit of Binging I found this thread: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/ca182f5d-114a-4516-99d4-0854ad176fbf/

It talks about deleting any registry settings with a value of “PendingFileRenameOperations" in the key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager"

Open your Windows programs type “regedit.exe” in the search then click enter. Now drill down to the Session Manager key. Look for any value with “Pending FileRenameOperations” and delete it.

Go back to the SQL Server 2008 setup and rerun it. Everything should pass now and you can proceed.

Error Restoring SQL Server DB backup

Joel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:54:00 +0000

Scenerio: I had a web application that I developed on my local machine. When I finished it I made a backup of the database to deploy to the staging server.

I uploaded it to the server then went to restore the db on the server, that is when I received this error:

Restore failed for Server ‘staging’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
Additional information:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file “path.db.mdf” failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the specified.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

Solution: The location of where my database on my local machine was different than that on the server. I had to update the database location on the server.

This was done by when restoring clicking on the options tab. Then updating the paths of the Original File Name to where the database data is stored on the server. I found this path out by looking to see where the current ones were stored.