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  • RE: Issues with DTA....

    Kurt W. Zimmerman (8/12/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (8/12/2011)


    What changed between the time it was providing results and the time it stopped?

    Any OS service packs? Any SQL Server hot fixes / SPs? Any...

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  • RE: How do I get an entry level job with a cert?

    Kiara (8/15/2011)


    SQL Kidd (8/12/2011)

    I totally get you and agree with you! Let me be even more brutally honest with you. I loathe technology! At best my heart can be...

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  • RE: How do I get an entry level job with a cert?

    To ditto everything everyone else has been saying to you...

    Two months to get a cert?? You do realize how many exams are involved in getting certification, right? It's not just...

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  • RE: Issues with DTA....

    Kurt W. Zimmerman (8/12/2011)


    Any script I run through DTA comes back with the same results.... IE no recommendations and yet Estimated Improvement: 99%.

    And being totally snarky (forgive the humor during...

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  • RE: Issues with DTA....

    What changed between the time it was providing results and the time it stopped?

    Any OS service packs? Any SQL Server hot fixes / SPs? Any major issues with your database(s)?

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  • RE: Maintaining ErrorLog For SOX Audits

    Is some other process going in and clearing off space from that location by deleting files it thinks are archived?

    Are your older logs in the same location as the current...

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  • RE: Rpad

    To add a note on the current answers, REPLICATE() is a wonderful function. So is STUFF(), though STUFF() will actually replace an existing character, so be careful.

    You can use them...

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  • RE: bcp tutorial or example

    Another place to check is the usual assortment of certification books. They often have tutorials you can walk through yourself in how to use the various tools in SQL Server.

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  • RE: Cursors: Static v Insensitive

    You're correct. The definition in BOL is pretty much identical, word for word, except for a final statement in the Insensitive part:

    When ISO syntax is used, if INSENSITIVE is omitted,...

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  • RE: Push CSV data to SQL server 2008

    Ditto on the SSIS package. You can create it easily enough (aside from the learning curve), then schedule it with a job to run automatically.

    If the other system is behind...

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  • RE: Issues with DTA....

    I'm a little confused by your post. Have you run other procs through DTA and gotten different results or do all your attempts to use DTA end up with no...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/12/2011)


    Is anyone here working with, or struggling to

    - work in a complex development environment that does automated builds at high volumes (> 1x day)

    -...

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  • RE: Blocked Process Report 2005

    Have you checked SP_WHO2 while this is going on to see what the SPID of the blocking process is?

    Here's the code I use to see what the details of a...

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  • RE: ODBC drop and SQL Server

    That's definitely one approach. Not knowing what your environment is like, I can't say for certain that it will help you narrow down the problem, but it's a good idea...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/12/2011)


    Funny, we've been going to Worldcon for years, but we skipped last year because Australia was too expensive and we're not going this year because it is in...

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