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  • RE: how to deal with growing tempdb data and log files

    To add to what Gail said, the ONLY 2 reasons you should consider shrinking TempDB would be:

    1) A runaway query that has caused TempDB to grow exponentially beyond the usual...

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  • RE: Restoring from broken backup chain

    Differential base... And so I learn a new term (that I arguably should have know before this).

    Thank you again, Gail. You are a star.

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  • RE: Restoring from broken backup chain

    GilaMonster (12/19/2013)


    Full backups do not break the log chain. Differential backups do not break the log chain

    I know that. The chain that was broken was between the differential and the...

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    jk_in_San_Diego (12/5/2013)


    Once upon a time, in the dark ages of printed textbooks and such, plagarism was not only frowned upon, it was cause for immediate dismissal or expulsion from university.

    To...

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    Samuel Vella (12/5/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/5/2013)


    One thing most people don't realize is that quoting an author's work, and attributing it properly, might not be plagiarism but it is still copyright infringement....

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    jsimancas (12/5/2013)


    SELECT

    [PlagiarizedArticle] AS oversite

    ,rank() OVER (partition by [Ben-Gan].public.Apology)

    FROM SQLServerCentral

    Result:

    ||Hope all is forgiven...here's your free book by author.||

    HA! I like this one.

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    j.zinn (12/5/2013)


    I'm just really impressed by the reaction that this site had to content that was lifted without attribution. A quick, scholarly reaction. I hope that Mr. Ben-Gan appreciated the...

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    One thing most people don't realize is that quoting an author's work, and attributing it properly, might not be plagiarism but it is still copyright infringement. Microsoft gives a certain...

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  • RE: Can someone translate this restore error?

    Having used Litespeed before I know it wouldn't help with this backup because it's a native SQL backup.

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  • RE: Can someone translate this restore error?

    MyPath is a SAN drive on another server. I'd love to copy the backup file over to the server that I'm going to be restoring to, but I don't have...

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  • RE: SQL Instance Memory Allocation

    In that case, I'd make sure you have enough RAM for both instances to be up (when the other server fails) and still be able to run the OS, etc....

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  • RE: SQL Instance Memory Allocation

    I don't advise using the same server for a warm standby of your primary database. If you lose the server, you lose both the primary and the stand by.

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  • RE: SQL Instance Memory Allocation

    According to Brent Ozar's blog (in the comments) it's 64GB per instance. But you should read his reply to that comment.

    http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2010/06/sql-server-r-standard-supports-less-memory/%5B/url%5D

    EDIT: You should also consider what will happen to the...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Speaking of maps and geospatial data, which is a better type of data to use? Raster or Vector?

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  • RE: need hlep to decide the apdesign approach

    The entire structure depends on your data, what you're keeping, etc.

    The way we have ours designed is by using versioning. We keep a "main" table that is narrow and contains...

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