george sibbald (6/15/2011)

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To avoid this problem in the future, next time your instance is down take a flat file copy of the system database files to another directory (including the...

Hashbytes seems overly complicated to me as well.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/17/2011)

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Cross your fingers, everyone. Horse vet called, ugly cut on the rear hind of a horse. I think it can be stitched, but you never...

GilaMonster (6/17/2011)

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Which would you prefer?

1) Finding out the backup is damaged and unrestorable right after making it, when you can make another

2) Finding out the backup is damaged after the...

paul.knibbs (6/20/2011)

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But if the Sybase DATETIME is only accurate to 1/300th of a second, it CAN'T be using any old values for the thousandths--0.001 would make no sense because the...

SQLRNNR (6/17/2011)

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Yeah it seems...

Wow. PASS people have been busy the past two weeks. I've gotten more SQL Saturday speaker request notifications than I can shake a stick at!

GilaMonster (6/17/2011)

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Off to the UK for a week and a half. Can some people keep an eye on the corruption forums make sure that any problems don't get unchallenged stupid...

Kiara (6/17/2011)

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Brandie Tarvin (6/17/2011)

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Kiara (6/17/2011)

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Totally off the security rights topic... can anyone point me in the right direction to get some information on realistic salary levels in the US for...

Salary.com is...

That is a very well written post. Thank you for putting up...

glen.wass (6/17/2011)

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HI, try looking up variable temp tables, as i understand it these work from memory however, i do think that there is a limit to the amount of data...

Yes and no.

Yes, because it's taking your backups.

No, because to truly verify your backups, it's best to...

paul.knibbs (6/17/2011)

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They look the same to me--0.000, 0.003 or 0.007 means 3 divisions in 1/100th of a second, which is 1/300th second accuracy....

GSquared (6/17/2011)

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As much as they need. Really, in a dev...