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So maybe it's not that DBAs in general are more scarce this year. Maybe it's just good DBAs that are scarce. Would that be a fair assessment?
July 25, 2007 at 8:13 am
Actually, I'm sure Backup Exec can backup open files with no problems. Open text files, .doc files, .xls files. All of which are not SQL Database files.
So you just...
July 25, 2007 at 7:50 am
Oh, I forgot to mention...
Just because the client is doing full backups doesn't mean they're doing transaction log backups. You can do one without the other (though it's not advisable). ...
July 25, 2007 at 7:34 am
Does Backup Exec actually make SQL database backups or is it backing up the .mdf and .ldf files from the server?
If the later, then your client has a problem. Databases can't...
July 25, 2007 at 7:32 am
The problem with the shopping list ads is that contracting companies take them seriously and won't submit you for a job if you're missing what they see as the important...
July 25, 2007 at 6:44 am
Naqaraj, you should really open up a new thread about this error instead of piggy-backing on a thread with a different subject.
People who read this thread are expecting to...
July 25, 2007 at 6:24 am
You can't do a log backup and a full backup of the same database at the same time. One will be held up until the other finishes and they may...
July 25, 2007 at 6:12 am
Here's an example. TableTime has two columns, TimeID and a datetime column. It is updated every month with the most recent month-end date (for accounting). You want to pull all...
July 25, 2007 at 6:11 am
As others have said, and I have heard personally from the lips of Kimberly Tripp (works for Microsoft on the SQL Server team), you can NOT downgrade from SQL Server...
July 25, 2007 at 5:57 am
Bad news. There is no good way to do what you want to do save editing the excel workbook itself and deleting that first line. Now if the first row were...
July 25, 2007 at 5:50 am
Check your database options. AutoShrink on? AutoClose on? Auto Create Stats on? What about your Transaction log checkpoint stuff?
Chances are the reason the first 3 logs were so huge was...
July 25, 2007 at 5:46 am
What tool are you using to do an Autobackup? A job scripted out in T-SQL or the DB Maintenance Plan backup stuff? Or a third party tool like Litespeed?
This makes...
July 25, 2007 at 5:39 am
If you can't add a non-admin user to the app server and the web server, you may be stuck. That's the best solution I can think of, is using a...
July 25, 2007 at 5:31 am
I'm glad I could help you out, Cathy. And Chris actually has some good ideas (the best come from personal experience) that you might want to consider also.
July 24, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hear, hear, James! Having to explain why you want a wrist pad for your keyboard or monitor risers so you don't strain your neck ("Why didn't you need this before?" they...
July 24, 2007 at 9:21 am
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