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  • RE: Expanding the Size of Data and Log Files Drives in SQL SERVER 2008 R2 Clustered environment

    Ah. That would depend more on the method of expansion I think, but if you're working with any of the drives that SQL server relies on, you can just...


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  • RE: Error converting data type varcahr to numeric

    Drix,

    More then happy to help you, but need a little more information from you, since we're going to need to actually test that code. It's too dense to spot...


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  • RE: Expanding the Size of Data and Log Files Drives in SQL SERVER 2008 R2 Clustered environment

    Sql Server won't care about the drive size unless you tell it to (such as expanding a filesize manually), or it needs to autogrow an existing file. Then it...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Multi-column, single result aggregation

    LutzM (9/16/2010)


    I'm not sure if the FULL JOIN can be replaced with a CASE statement as well. At the moment it looks like it's possible. It would be great to...


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  • RE: Multi-column, single result aggregation

    Yeah, Lutz, pretty much the same result, but I see what you're driving at. I had been originally tempted not to put in any code at all and ask...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Multi-column, single result aggregation

    cfradenburg (9/16/2010)


    Generic optimizations are difficult to give since how long something takes will vary depending on the schema.

    Yeah, I know, it's painful, but I was figuring this had...


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  • RE: D: drive is full and transaction log is full

    GilaMonster (9/16/2010)


    Do you have another drive with 2.5 GB on it? (The C drive even, or a flash drive, anything!)

    If so, move TempDB completely (ALTER DATABASE TempDB ...), then...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Raw Materials - The Decision

    $1/strip? I'd be more then happy to subscribe, say, $10/year for a weekly strip, but $1/strip? Yeaaah, no.


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (9/16/2010)


    Paul White NZ (9/16/2010)


    GilaMonster (9/16/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (9/16/2010)


    What's humour? You hanging out with Brit's in TN?

    He's finally learnt to spell properly. 😀

    Perhaps a course on the...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/16/2010)


    Actually no. In last 5 years I've had:

    - One database with corrupt log that required a restore

    - One very long restart/recovery (12 hours) resulting from poor (non-existent almost) I/O...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (9/16/2010)


    You know, I feel for both Gail and the OP here. I think the OP is under a lot of pressure and getting desperate to fix it. And Gail,...


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  • RE: Putting system Databases on the same drive with the other databases

    Don't throw the system databases onto the log drive, you're just begging for trouble that way. If you wanted to get really intense about it, each log should have...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Raw Materials - The Decision

    Single user case study: Raw Materials got me back into the forums when I spun by off a link from another site that had some instructions on a task I...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Read Past and No Lock

    The quick and dirty is that readpast skips locked records. This causes a problem if the front page is grabbing a table lock, instead of row/page locks. SQL...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Reset SQL user password by user it self if they forget.

    You know how all those websites out there have 'personal questions' and only send resets to pre-set emails in the account and the like? It's because of exactly what...


    - 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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