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  • RE: Trouble dropping database

    What recovery mode is the database in, out of curiousity?

    Also, what exact version and SP pack are you currently running? Any hotfixes/odd startup flags on the server?

    My guess would...


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  • RE: Execution Of EXE

    You need to call a service running on Server2 to execute the process, else the exe gets transferred to server1 and ran there. So, you'll need something already existing...


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  • RE: ssis data flow transform question

    You might want to look into the use of .RAW files in SSIS. They're basically SSIS's version of temp tables. What they do is pull off a single...


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  • RE: DBA Interview Questions needed - Serious only please.

    Nadrek (10/5/2012)


    CptCrusty1 (10/5/2012)


    These two candidates come as stark contrast to each other. Both have Advanced Degress, hers is technology related, his is an MBA, both have BS in CS....


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  • RE: DBA Interview Questions needed - Serious only please.

    Abu Dina (10/5/2012)


    Hmmm... I made a lame attempt to answer the 8 questions. I then researched the answers online.

    You wouldn't have hired me! Lol 😀

    Noone can know everything about SQL...


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  • RE: Transaction log file is gowing anf growing

    You will need to continuously backup the transaction log, it's part of maintaining a database in anything except simple recovery. Most places I know do either 1 hour or...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Indexing question

    You will slightly to heavily slow down any other query using that index, but that's not a bad thing depending on how large an item you stuffed in there.

    At the...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: condition

    dallas13 (10/4/2012)


    That's sounds great. Thanks but I dont want CTE. Common table expression is there any other way? Thanks a ton

    All a CTE presents is an encapsulated subquery. Just...


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  • RE: Copy Database wizard fails

    Grab a backup and restore it on your notebook? I hate that wizard, it's got so many danged little issues.


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: condition

    This is a compound problem. static is the easy part, it's consistent.

    First, you need to know if you've got Y, N, or mixed. That can be handled with...


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  • RE: help for Update

    Table tblgas01g4c40 is returning more than one distinct record for that ID. There's nothing that can be 'fixed' in the statement, you're returning too much data in your subselect.

    Either...


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  • RE: T-sql select - like

    Chain your charindexes.

    Basically, you'll want a where clause that looks like this:

    WHERE

    CHARINDEX( LastName, '/') > 0 -- / exists

    AND CHARINDEX( LastName, '/', CHARINDEX( LastName, '/') + 1) = 0 --...


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  • RE: Best way to effienctly store hugh amounts of data

    aaron.reese (10/3/2012)


    out of interest then; if I was selling books (ISBN, Author, Pages), wine (bottle size, ABV,Vinyard,grape,acidity) and shirts (material,collar type, sleeve length), how would you recommend storing the...


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  • RE: Design problem with junction table

    Hey Abby,

    You're new here so you're probably just not sure of how to present your issue. If you take a look at the first link in my signature below,...


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  • RE: Surrogate Key Generator using SSIS

    Right, use an extra column to create the identities, then a calculated column for your varchar field that converts it into the one you need with formatting

    Otherwise, no, not really....


    - Craig Farrell

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