Change Data Tracking for SQL Server Change Data Capture records INSERTs, UPDATEs, and DELETEs applied to SQL Server tables, and makes a record available of what changed, where, and when. It can be configured for individual tables (and... read more Posted by 19 November 2013 Comments(0)
How to set up a MapInfo DBMS table from SQL Server without a DSN A quick note to say that it is definitely possible to use a SQL Server spatial table in MapInfo Professional without an ODBC DSN. There's not much about this on the web, and the normal methods of... read more Posted by Crispin Flower 14 November 2013 Categories: GIS (general) MapInfo Professional SQL Server Comments(1)
MapInfo automatic node generation (aka stream digitizing) Originally posted by Timothy Derbyshire. You can press the N key on the keyboard to activate MapInfo's AutoNode function - this means that you can click once to start plotting your line, and then... read more Posted by Crispin Flower 04 October 2013 Categories: MapInfo Professional Comments(0)
Optimising SQL Server spatial indexing - let sql do the work.. Note – this will take a LONG time to run – quite possibly many hours - on a big dataset as it drops and recreates the index using different parameters – sledgehammer approach, but given the... read more Posted by 01 October 2013 Categories: GIS (general) GISquirrel SQL Server Comments(0)
SQL Server Manager Studio 2008 bug expanding database list There is a bug within SSMS 2008 where if you connect to a db server using an account that does not have any rights to some of the database you can get an error when trying to expand the database list ... read more Posted by Steve Ellwood 27 September 2013 Categories: SQL Server Comments(5)
ArcGIS MapLink: finding and checking dll registration The ArcGIS extension (XGMapLinkArcGISExtension.dll) is located using COM registration. If you have multiple installations it can be confusing working out which copy you are actually running.... read more Posted by 25 September 2013 Categories: ArcGIS COM MapLink Comments(0)
Presenting GeoServer on port 80 on a Windows IIS Server We run several instances of GeoServer on Windows servers, using the Jetty web server included in the GeoServer for Windows installer. By default this results in a service running on an address like... read more Posted by Crispin Flower 25 June 2013 Categories: GeoServer IIS Comments(1)
Some useful SQL server scripts relating to indexes To check index use:SELECT OBJECT_NAME(S.[OBJECT_ID]) AS [OBJECT NAME], I.[NAME] AS [INDEX NAME], USER_SEEKS, USER_SCANS, USER_LOOKUPS, USER_UPDATES FROM ... read more Posted by 16 June 2013 Comments(0)
Invalid column name problem with GeoServer 2.3 and SQL Server views I have been getting this error with a WMS layer based on a SQL Server 2008 view, when using a GetFeatureInfo request: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException java.io.IOException null... read more Posted by Crispin Flower 13 June 2013 Categories: GeoServer SQL Server WMS Comments(0)
Looking at PERC Raid controller log files for disk errors Log files can be obtained from Dells OpenManage interface – see below: This can show up disk errors and RAID errors for disks that have yet themselves to flag themselves as failing. This can cause... read more Posted by 13 June 2013 Comments(1)