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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (11/18/2015)


    Jack Corbett (11/18/2015)


    Phil Parkin (11/18/2015)


    Jack Corbett (11/18/2015)


    Remember, it is not about winning or losing because everyone is a winner if they try their best...

  • RE: Both principal and mirror down

    When the witness does not exist and the primary goes down, I believe mirroring will be broken and you have to manually make the mirror DB the primary.

    I know when...

  • RE: NOT IN versus IN

    May I also point out that NOT IN vs IN is a different matter than NOT LIKE and LIKE?

    NOT IN and IN only consider whole value comparisons where NOT LIKE...

  • RE: Inserting into Temp tables

    Or, instead of dropping temp2, change the second "INTO temp2" to an "INSERT INTO temp2 (column list)" like you did with temp_p.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    robert.sterbal 56890 (11/18/2015)


    Luis Cazares (11/18/2015)


    Why should we consider using hashtags? Is there any benefit on that? The forum software won't recognize them, I'm not sure if search engines would care,...

  • RE: Copy of 1 TB prod database

    GilaMonster (11/18/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/18/2015)


    tripleAxe (11/18/2015)


    Striping the backup to multiple backup files can help you reduce the backup/restore time.

    In my experience, I have seen no difference between restoring striped files...

  • RE: Performance impact of self-referencing Linked Server

    Jeff Moden (11/17/2015)


    As a bit of a side bar, I strongly recommend NOT using 3 and 4 part naming anywhere except within a synonym or passthrough view. I...

  • RE: 150 GB Backup (compressed) taking over 1 day

    jbrandenburg (11/17/2015)


    How is this configuration option completed? What is the impact of doing so?

    Which configuration option are you talking about?

    Have you gotten with the server admin to run a...

  • RE: Copy of 1 TB prod database

    tripleAxe (11/18/2015)


    Striping the backup to multiple backup files can help you reduce the backup/restore time.

    In my experience, I have seen no difference between restoring striped files and a single...

  • RE: DBA path discussion

    K. Brian Kelley (11/17/2015)


    The most overlooked area: "soft skills."

    - How clearly you can communicate.

    - How well you work with others.

    - How organized you are.

    Yes. And emotional intelligence is probably the...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    djj (11/17/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/17/2015)


    OMG

    Resume time.

    Not touching that one with a ten foot pole.

    Someone is probably getting fired.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Send some of that snow my way, Steve?

  • RE: Copy of 1 TB prod database

    If you only need to restore once every two weeks, then restoring off the production backups (as Gail suggested) is your best bet.

    Create a T-SQL job that is scheduled...

  • RE: Backup file logical Names

    As Anthony said, you need to talk to the person providing these backups to you.

    EDIT: To be clear, unzipping a file does not "create" a backup file. What's happening is...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (11/17/2015)


    The heatwave here has just broken, yesterday was the first rain for almost a month and a half (in our peak rainfall season). It's been seriously unpleasant here since...

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