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  • RE: Service Broker

    Okay. Before I lead you down the wrong road, Service Broker stopping with that message can also happen due to a number of other causes, from MSDTC going wonky...


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  • RE: Remove the first character of a string

    LutzM (12/2/2010)


    In that case, either an IIF statement or REGEX should help. (Google regex or IIF in ssis for details.)

    You'd basically use a script component after your data import to...


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  • RE: Remove the first character of a string

    samartel (12/2/2010)


    Thanks but not exactly. I need it to happen upon import, before it tries to import the file i need to verify that the format is right. ...


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  • RE: How do I know when to use temp tables/table variables?

    SQLNW (12/2/2010)


    Thank you Wayne, I am thinking why do we use temp table in the first place? As soon as you see a problem how you decide you need to...


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  • RE: Service Broker

    Whoa, who's turning it off?

    Implications: You've got an existing database(s) using service broker. These are feeding queues. Either the data on this server is going to become out...


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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Logging - That orange tree really needs to come down....


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  • RE: Help with cross-database JOIN

    You need to do something like this:

    SELECT T.Col1, T.Col2, V.Col1, V.Col2, H.Col1, H.Col2

    FROM Thundercats.dbo.Characters AS T

    JOIN Voltron.dbo.Characters AS V

    ON T.Name = V.Name

    JOIN HeMan.dbo.Characters AS H

    ON V.Name = H.Name

    That will remove...


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  • RE: SQL Agent job ownership - allowing multiple users to edit a job

    johnzabroski (12/2/2010)


    Craig,

    The next comment (by RLF) in that thread clearly states a Windows Group cannot own a job, which matches the documentation in [1] and [2] referenced above. Then...


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  • RE: Why doesn’t ISNUMERIC work correctly? (SQL Spackle)

    Nadrek (12/2/2010)


    Honestly, I think the #1 takeaway from this thread is:

    Name functions with accuracy and specificity!

    This is similar to Age calculation functions: Age(birthdate, asofdate) is a bad name for calculating...


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  • RE: SQL Agent job ownership - allowing multiple users to edit a job

    johnzabroski (12/2/2010)


    We do not want every user who manages Agent jobs to have the fixed SQL Server agent role, sysadmin. Giving every user access to SQLAgentUserRole, SQLAgentReaderRole, and SQLAgentOperatorRole...


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  • RE: intermittent connection timeout

    Okay, the primary issue here is the error that states the instance can't find the target log shipping server, or at the least, doesn't have permissions anymore on the target...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: How to increase logical log files

    abhijeet.send2me (12/2/2010)


    Thanks for the reply.

    I have the understanding about the logical files. I just wanted to find out if there is a way to increase them or not. or may...


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  • RE: intermittent connection timeout

    Prakash Heda (12/1/2010)


    2010-12-01 14:30:30.44*** Error: Could not retrieve backup settings for primary ID '3222a279-f58c-4c6b-a51c-b3a30a300a9a'.(Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.LogShipping) ***

    Is this the recipient, or the source, for a logshipped database?

    2010-12-01 14:30:30.44*** Error: Failed to connect...


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  • RE: How to increase logical log files

    A couple of things to note.

    First, what's a Virtual Log file? It's a logical separation of the file internal to it. Read more here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa933049(SQL.80).aspx

    And a quick discussion of...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)


    Craig Farrell (12/1/2010)


    Hey, if anyone's got a disconnected sandbox they can test someone's code in, this person could use some help:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1028937-149-1.aspx?Update=1

    I don't have access to anything I can reinstall...


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