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First, go into your SQL Server Configuration Manager and verify that NONE of your services are running under the Built-In Administrators account. It doesn't have to be the SQL...
November 27, 2007 at 4:29 am
All, I'm glad my article is generating such positive responses. For those currently going a similar Non-IT to DBA route, I hope my experiences help you along the way.
Nadeem7971,...
November 27, 2007 at 4:07 am
Hey, Jorg, the article Steve pointed out also has info on the 446 exam. You might want to check it out.
November 27, 2007 at 3:55 am
You can also use SUM(ISNULL(Quantity,0)) to do something similar. The difference is that ISNULL simply replaces any NULL values with zero instead of looking for the first non-NULL value.
November 27, 2007 at 3:51 am
Thanks for the blog, Jorg! I appreciate it!
November 26, 2007 at 11:37 am
WANT MORE FEATURES!!!!
Sorry, couldn't resist. @=)
The Scope Creep discussion reminds me of a moment at one job where the developers worked their butts off designing a website solution (tied to...
November 26, 2007 at 11:34 am
Andy Warren said:
Good stuff, even if I don't rank up there with Brian & Steve!
On the contrary, Andy. You definitely rank up there with those two! Your...
November 26, 2007 at 6:18 am
Unfortunately, using the LIKE operator always affects query performance. For one, if you use the wildcard on both sides of the search syntax, then you can inadvertantly generate tablescans.
The...
November 26, 2007 at 5:06 am
What error are you getting with the Flat File Source?
And what datatype is the column you're importing this data into?
November 26, 2007 at 5:00 am
I take it you don't have any previous backups (to the one you're currently using) that might have these 8 tables on it?
There are some disk recovery services that might...
November 26, 2007 at 4:57 am
If all else fails, change the order of your tables. @=)
Sometimes with INNER JOIN table order doesn't matter, but I usually go from the table that's likely to have the...
November 26, 2007 at 4:51 am
That's a good point, John. Unfortunately, when I was studying for my cert, I didn't know of any local users groups. They don't advertise very well in my...
November 26, 2007 at 4:37 am
If you're writting your syntax properly and not coming up with the result set you expect, there could be one of two problems.
1) You're using the wrong keys to join...
November 26, 2007 at 4:32 am
anjanasl,
To expand on what Matt said, probably you're saving your backup to a previously created backup device which itself has two media families. Are you doing this through the...
November 26, 2007 at 4:26 am
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