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  • 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...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ed Wagner (11/17/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/17/2015)


    Ed Wagner (11/17/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/16/2015)


    Ed Wagner (11/16/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/16/2015)


    And then you this type of question:

    ************(11/16/2015)


    How can i round off decimal number. E.g if i have 7.9---i...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ed Wagner (11/17/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/16/2015)


    Ed Wagner (11/16/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/16/2015)


    And then you this type of question:

    ************(11/16/2015)


    How can i round off decimal number. E.g if i have 7.9---i need to round it...

  • RE: Backup file logical Names

    How are your backups being done? Is it a SQL Server maintenance job? Is it a third party tool? Is it a T-SQL job you created?

  • RE: Performance impact of self-referencing Linked Server

    Functionally, so long as the linked server exists, you shouldn't have too much of a problem. But remember that it takes a little bit extra CPU to process those linked...

  • RE: Doing a Search Replace Across a DB, with Wildcards

    You can also use "SELECT @sql" which will do the same thing as PRINT but just stick it in the RESULTS tab instead of the MESSAGES tab.

  • RE: Copy of 1 TB prod database

    What kind of concurrency are you looking at? Can it be a day behind? Does it need to be instantly (or near instantly) current?

    What kind of backups are you...

  • RE: Log file full-Unaable to run Backup log

    GilaMonster (11/16/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/16/2015)


    If you can't do anything else, then you can use the WITH TRUNCATE option to clear the log

    Not on SQL 2008. WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY throws...

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

    GilaMonster (11/17/2015)


    Go sit with your storage admin and see if the two of you can work out why you're getting such slow throughput on a SAN. Work with him, don't...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ChrisM@Work (11/17/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/16/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/16/2015)


    Sorry, got snippy with an OP.

    50 lashes with a noodle please.

    My Patented Wet Noodle <tm> no less. Shame.

    EDIT: BTW, I'm teasing you, Lynn.

    Oh gosh, how...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (11/16/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (11/13/2015)


    (think government contracted software development).

    My scary story when working with the gov't.

    Software contract awarded, specified that all data access has to go through stored procedures.

    They sent to...

  • RE: SQL 2012 - SSRS - Excel rendering error

    balasach82 (11/16/2015)


    Is it because of Excel 2003. If I point it to Excel 2010/2013, would it be resolved?

    I don't know. You'd have to do a google search for the max...

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