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  • RE: Code Ownership - DBA vs. Developer

    george sibbald (6/27/2011)


    I think you have to accept that in most shops devs will own the code but not the environment (and certainly not production). The DBA is needed to...


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  • RE: Data nearing to 4GB. is there is a way to extend size?

    That's cute, the detailed Express license is AWOL from here:

    http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/default.aspx

    It's not offered here:

    http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/express.aspx

    or here (basically same link as offered above):

    http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions/express.aspx

    Or here...

    http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/licensing.aspx

    Okay, that's getting rediculous. Anyone installed R2 Express lately...


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  • RE: Data nearing to 4GB. is there is a way to extend size?

    repicurus (6/27/2011)


    From MSDN:

    The 4 GB database size limit applies only to data files and not to log files. However, there are no limits to the number of databases that...


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  • RE: Code Ownership - DBA vs. Developer

    george sibbald (6/27/2011)


    A DBA never owns code, Devs own code, the DBA is responsible for the environments the code runs in, especially prod. Ownership and responsibility could be getting mixed...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    mtillman-921105 (6/27/2011)


    Is The Thread dying at the hands of Twitter?

    I suspect that it is. R.I.P. The Thread... 🙁

    Oh lord no. The thread will never die...


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  • RE: Does anyone have a good reason to run xp_CmdShell?

    As Promised: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1132391-391-1.aspx?Update=1


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Data nearing to 4GB. is there is a way to extend size?

    Be aware:

    repicurus (6/27/2011)


    1) Archive data from some of the larger tables, placing them into "archive" databases.

    You will have to alter any SPROCS, VIEWS, UDF's, etc., used in reporting, where appropriate.

    This...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Which one is better select * into # temp from tableA Vs create #temp table insert into...

    Eric M Russell (6/27/2011)


    You are right, the result of a CTE is not persisted; it's just a way to make multiple references to a derived table, each with it's own...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Rows and columns in a table

    aarunkumarreddy (6/26/2011)


    Craig Farrell (6/26/2011)


    In SQL Server? That sounds like an Excel question.

    Check out BoL. It's not a hard limit for columns, but a size one. There's no...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Rows and columns in a table

    In SQL Server? That sounds like an Excel question.

    Check out BoL. It's not a hard limit for columns, but a size one. There's no row limit other...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Does anyone have a good reason to run xp_CmdShell?

    Jeff Moden (6/26/2011)


    They're very useful for things other than xp_CmdShell. A simple example is where you want someone to use a proc that truncates a real table without giving...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Which one is better select * into # temp from tableA Vs create #temp table insert into...

    Eric M Russell (6/25/2011)


    Craig Farrell (6/24/2011)


    ...

    Just to confirm, you're familiar with the fact that a CTE is nothing more then a subquery, and has no optimization value? It's merely...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Restricting DBA from accessing SQL DB objects

    hollynor256 (6/24/2011)


    I'm a little bit confused I hope you can give me link for basic tutorial.

    Sure my little marketing annoyance: http://www.HowNotToBeAShmuck.com


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  • RE: DATEDIFF - Help with query

    skynet_si (6/24/2011)


    You're right (it's from mysql)

    I tried your version but get :

    Msg 174, Level 15, State 1, Line 3

    The datediff function requires 3 argument(s).

    Yeah, he forgot the dd component.

    Use:

    DATEDIFF(...


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  • RE: Which one is better select * into # temp from tableA Vs create #temp table insert into...

    Eric M Russell (6/24/2011)


    The decision of temp table vs table variable vs CTE or etc. depends on how this intermediate resultset will be leveraged within the stored procedure.

    Where I've mostly...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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