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  • RE: Storage Subsystems and RAMDisks

    You're welcome. Glad we could help.

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  • RE: How to copy and paste from a RDP session to your Local Desktop

    Try copying from server to workstation, then from workstation to laptop. You might be getting a Kerberos issue with copying from the server (2-steps) to the laptop. Not...

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  • RE: Phone numbers in a Help Desk application

    From what I can find, the longest last name on record, is:

    Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaf

    tschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschut

    zenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolf

    tausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraums

    chiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah

    rthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegeha

    btbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanver

    standigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanleben

    slamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandere

    rintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum

    Yeah, that's one name. But you probably don't need to accommodate that.

    On the other hand, the USPS...

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  • RE: Phone numbers in a Help Desk application

    I've found it useful for this kind of thing to have a PhoneNumbers table, with the relevant data for that, including country code, etc., and an ID number, and a...

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  • RE: Storage Subsystems and RAMDisks

    Another belated thought on this: If you're seeing a LOT of tempdb use, are connections using shapshot isolation (either explicit, or "read committed snapshot isolation" enabled on the databases)?

    That will...

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  • RE: Which free 3rd party tools do you guys use?

    samalex (1/2/2013)


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    I use the RedGate tools at work and at home, and that works for me.

    I wish I could use RedGate products outside of work, but unfortunately I don't...

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  • RE: Creating trigger

    CDC won't modify the tables, like a trigger would, but it does add system objects to the database. If you cannot modify the database at all, then the only...

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  • RE: How to copy and paste from a RDP session to your Local Desktop

    In the RDP app, click Show Options, go to the Local Resources tab, and share the clipboard. That should do it.

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  • RE: Dynamically change connection managers between "Integrated Security=SSPI" and "Username/Password" settings

    I usually simplify this kind of thing by setting up an SQL Server account called something like "SSISUser". Limited rights, etc. Then all normal SSIS packages just use...

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  • RE: Which free 3rd party tools do you guys use?

    I use the RedGate tools at work and at home, and that works for me.

    I used to use the ApexSQL tools, but haven't in a while. They were very...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Anyone with better data than I have on temp tables vs table variables, wanna take a look at this one: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1399050-377-1.aspx?

    Gail, I linked two of your SQL In the Wild...

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  • RE: Storage Subsystems and RAMDisks

    You're welcome.

    Hope I didn't come across heavy-handed or anything. Just trying to say I don't have definitive answers for you. Someone probably does, but just not me. ...

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  • RE: Creating trigger

    Can you change how the data is put in? If so, you could capture at that level.

    Have you looked into Change Data Capture? No object/code level changes needed...

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  • RE: Storage Subsystems and RAMDisks

    Honestly, if you want commentary on the two links, you might ask Gail directly. She (not he) is better positioned to explain her posts than I am.

    I'm not a...

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  • RE: Storage Subsystems and RAMDisks

    SQL 2000 did handle table variables differently than prior versions of SQL Server. They didn't have them, it was a new feature. It hasn't changed, mechanically, since then.

    Here's...

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