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How do I ... Determine Database Growth If I Am Not Tracking It? -- Error Logs Part III

How do I ... Determine Database Growth If I Am Not Tracking It? If your database has grown considerably and you're not sure when or why it happened, you'll be hard pressed to figure out the answer unless you're tracking changes in database size.

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2009-02-27

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Database Mirroring FAQ: If the principal fails while running in high performance mode, what options do I have for bringing the mirror online?

Question: If the principal fails while running in high performance mode, what options do I have for bringing the mirror online? This question was sent to me via email. My reply follows. Quick question on DB mirroring client redirection after Principal fails

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2009-02-24

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Database Mirroring FAQ: Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup?

Question: Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup? This question was sent to me via email. My reply follows. Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup? Databases to be mirrored are currently running on 2005 SQL instances but will be upgraded to 2008 SQL in the near future.

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2009-02-23

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Question of the Day

Running SQLCMD II

I run this command to start SQLCMD:

sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"
At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version
2> go
What happens?

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