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  • RE: delete Files and Folders > 90 days Using SSIS

    What happens when you have new files in older folders?

    Better approach for the folders would probably be to delete them if they're empty.


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

    Yeah, you ... can... it's not wise. This is a serious caveat emptor.

    However, if you end up doing it anyway, get someone to build out a webpage for you...


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  • RE: What are MSSQL DBA Lines

    Ali Tailor (9/16/2010)


    Thanks Craig Farrell and All Others, its enough to me, to get an idea of DBA lines.

    thanks

    A pleasure, good luck to you.


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  • RE: What are MSSQL DBA Lines

    fawwad (9/16/2010)


    well you may have a flavour of SSRS and SSIS Bussiness Intelligence

    but specifically in DBA track, i think you may go for multi RDBMS

    Hm, that's true, there are...


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  • RE: Single Table Contents

    Point in time restore via logfiles is about it.


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  • RE: What are MSSQL DBA Lines

    CirquedeSQLeil (9/16/2010)


    In addition to what Craig has listed, there are the DBA's that must fill all of the roles listed by Craig. Sometimes, there is just no way around...


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  • RE: simple SELECT query takes ten seconds to return 5000 rows - can I optimize?

    8kb (9/15/2010)


    CREATE INDEX X_IX1 ON X (ObjID)

    Note, non-covering, non-clustered index, so we're going here, to the PrimaryKey:

    |--Index Scan(OBJECT ([LoadTest].[dbo].[X].[X_IX1]), ORDERED FORWARD)

    |--Clustered Index Seek(OBJECT ([LoadTest].[dbo].[X].[PK__X__3214EC273F466844]),

    Add HistoryID...


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  • RE: What are MSSQL DBA Lines

    In my experience, the term DBA (Database Administrator) ends up falling into 3 camps, which you have to read the actual job description for to figure out what they want......


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Dynamic Quer in UDF

    Jeff Moden (9/15/2010)


    [rant]

    Of course, I also get ticked that object names in a FROM clause can't use a variable name. If I can do it using dynamic SQL, it...


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  • RE: sp_executesql won't return the expected result. Any help please?

    Jason Tontz (9/15/2010)


    Because I get an error :

    Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1

    Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'TOP'.

    Add in a SET @Topcount = 1 between the declare and...


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

    I know *A* way, and it's not pretty. But to determine its validity before giving one of the gurus round here a chance come up with a better way,...


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  • RE: VARCHAR(MAX) and limitations

    Jeff Moden (9/15/2010)


    Correct me if I'm wrong,please, but I don't see anything that pops over 8K to begin with.

    Need to use the second post's code, not the first, might be...


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  • RE: VARCHAR(MAX) and limitations

    Code correction, need to cast the replicate or it trims itself as close to 8k as it can:

    create table #tmp

    (tID INT IDENTITY( 1,1),

    TestString VARCHAR(MAX)

    )

    GO

    INSERT INTO #tmp (TestString) VALUES (

    REPLICATE( REPLICATE(...


    - 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: D: drive is full and transaction log is full

    GilaMonster (9/15/2010)


    Craig Farrell (9/15/2010)


    Can't argue that, but anytime I hear they filled the drive with their log, I usually assume the entire thing was active, and rolling back that monster...


    - 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: D: drive is full and transaction log is full

    GilaMonster (9/15/2010)


    Craig Farrell (9/15/2010)


    If you're stuck in recovery mode, it sounds like someone cycled the server. On a log THAT big, it can take a while. Around how...


    - 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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