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  • RE: Cramming for Interviews

    majorbloodnock (1/15/2013)


    Gary Varga (1/15/2013)


    A reasonable interview will test deeper understanding, however, the biggest problem is that some interviews are conducted so poorly these people that "learn by cramming" sometimes succeed....

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  • RE: Problem in installing sql server 2012

    It's not a link. In Windows, open the Start Menu, and type Windows Update. The top item that the search finds will (normally) be "Windows Update". Click...

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  • RE: Benchmarking and baselining for SQL2012 upgrade

    Actually, your best bet for that is replaying a trace file from the current server on the new server. Details on how to do that are here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189604(v=sql.105).aspx

    Collect the...

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  • RE: Problem in installing sql server 2012

    All that means is you have an out-of-date copy of Windows 7.

    Assuming it's a legal copy, you can use Windows Update to get SP1, and then you'll be fine. ...

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  • RE: Please help me understand this SQL

    sp_cursorprepexec is a built-in stored procedure that comes with SQL Server. Details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff848775.aspx

    But it looks like it's in a comment-block in the code you quoted. /* begins...

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  • RE: Problem in installing sql server 2012

    What edition of SQL Server 2012? Enterprise? Standard? Express? Developer?

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  • RE: Differential backup without full backup

    Beginner_2008 (1/10/2013)


    Can anybody suggest a good third party software?

    I was trying t go with redgate. ANy advise please.

    RedGate SQL Backup is a good product. Not sure what that has...

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  • RE: Delete data from a table on a condition without logging

    Well, it'll probably look something like this:

    DELETE FROM dbo.MyTable

    WHERE MyDateColumn >= '2012-06-01' AND MyDateColumn < '2013-01-01';

    SQL Server will log every row row deleted. Has to in order to maintain...

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  • RE: Default DBO Schema

    Definitely not. That was an old practice in prior versions of SQL Server, and Microsoft moved away from it in SQL 2005 and recommended against it. Use schemas...

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral Runs sp_Blitz - Security

    Can I call this proc recursive? Under the headings of Performance, it shows some problems coming up from proc sp_Blitz. 🙂

    [master].[dbo].[sp_Blitz] has WITH RECOMPILE in the stored procedure code,...

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  • RE: How best to report changes to data

    How you record the changes is pretty key to how you report them, but not necessarily critical.

    If you want to regularly query the data, then you either need "active auditing"...

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  • RE: I just became Keeper of the Ring. And I'm Boromir.

    Sounds like you're off to a good start.

    A couple of things you can do:

    Right-click a database in SSMS (Management Studio), then Report -> Standard Reports -> Backup and Restore Events....

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  • RE: Creating a user that is not allowed to run select *

    Advice about it? Read the documentation and ask the questions that come to mind. I found it pretty straightforward once I just followed the directions on MSDN, the...

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  • RE: "USE DATABASE" in stored procedure

    Danzz (1/9/2013)


    Thanks for your replay GSquared 🙂

    Trying to insert the statement "Use Database" into a temp table?

    Per your post immediately prior to my question:

    create table ##permission_info (id int primary...

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  • RE: System Databases

    That's when those databases were created. By Microsoft. Not by you.

    Copy a database from one server to another, and you still get the data it was created on...

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