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  • RE: Common questions asked in SQL Server DBA Interview

    jocampo (6/19/2009)


    Why I'm going to code or fix code? 😎 ... I'm not getting paid for that!

    Not necessarily true. It depends on what type of shop you're in. In my...

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  • RE: Common questions asked in SQL Server DBA Interview

    Oh, this is FUNNY. On a whim, to verify I knew the answer to Gail's question, I opened up BOL on my desktop. I wanted to check both the new...

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  • RE: Common questions asked in SQL Server DBA Interview

    Scotch Tape!!!

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  • RE: Not able to start sqlserver default instance in sqlserver 2005

    I'm thinking you have a Dev version of one software and a regular "production" version of the other software and that's why you're having problems. So Dugi would be correct...

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  • RE: why is my sql box not using all 16GB????

    Check your paging file values. It could be tied up with that.

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  • RE: Not able to start sqlserver default instance in sqlserver 2005

    sivark1 (6/18/2009)


    first i installed sqlserver 2005 dev edition ((default instance) and later i install lserver2000(named instance)

    Is this your personal box or a production machine?

    Are all your SQL instances...

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  • RE: why is my sql box not using all 16GB????

    You need to check your Server properties and see if SQL has priority for memory or not. Also, remember that just because the memory is available, if SQL doesn't need...

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  • RE: backup table

    As of others have mentioned, you can put the table on a separate file or filegroup for backing up.

    Of course, if you're trying to restore this table to a...

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  • RE: I updated couple of rows in a table wrongly

    The only way I know how to do this is plan in advance.

    We have a "user" database that we SELECT...INTO all data from the tables we are updating prior to...

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  • RE: SQL 2005 Job Step Failing - Set Database To Multi_User from Single User Mode

    alidahope (6/18/2009)


    The steps that usually fail are step 8 and 9 with the following error:

    Unable to connect to SQL Server '(local)'. The step failed.

    This sounds to me as if...

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  • RE: insert data

    You could also use OpenRowSet without creating a linked server, I believe. Or SSIS.

    There are plenty of methods available. The question is, what tools does your workplace have available for...

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  • RE: Primary Filegroup Full

    It could be also that the drive containing your TempDB is full. That error comes up for me when that happens. TempDB in our place is on a different drive...

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  • RE: Common questions asked in SQL Server DBA Interview

    My favorite interview question to ask interviewees is "How to you do a point in time restore for a database in Simple Recovery Mode?"

    Simple question, right? Yet, it stumps so...

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  • RE: Annoying SSIS Truncation Error

    Nevermind. I finally figured out how to make the stupid Conditional Operator work correctly. It kept complaining that I couldn't use a LEN() function in conjunction with a string. a...

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  • RE: why i can't shrink tempdb data file

    My thought on this issue is that the server still thinks something's wrong.

    Announce to your users that you'll be taking the server down for maintenance on X date at...

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