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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    HowardW (2/9/2012)


    MysteryJimbo (2/9/2012)


    Interesting fact: Historically, it used to be in the UK that people drank more beer than water as it was sterile and the water was contaminated. :-D...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    L' Eomot Inversé (2/8/2012)


    Koen Verbeeck (2/7/2012)


    What's to like in warm beer? 🙂

    Depends on the beer.

    There are actually some beers that taste good, so you can drink them without cooling them...

  • RE: SSIS 2008 same package many databases

    Create a variable called server (or similar) and a variable called database. Give them a default value so you can run the package as debugged.

    Modify your database connection to...

  • RE: Database distribution does not exist. Make sure that the name is entered correctly.(Microsoft SQL Error:911)

    Does this database exist under system databases? Is this server a distributor?

    The distribution database is the default name of the transient system data used in replication and will only...

  • RE: Log Shipping Failover

    I've previously used a dns entry to point at a SQL server. All I needed to do after that was change dns between machines.

    Changing the name of a server...

  • RE: Backups to disk first?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/7/2012)


    george sibbald (2/7/2012)


    when you get into terrabyte databases the emphasis shifts (IMHO) and direct backups to tape begin to make more sense. Thats a lot...

  • RE: Backups to disk first?

    PAH-440118 (2/7/2012)


    When we go to SQL 2K8 compression is built in. Do the like of LiteSpeed give any benefits over this?

    My experience with the compressions ratios suggest litespeed compression is...

  • RE: Backups to disk first?

    PAH-440118 (2/7/2012)


    We are not using any compression tools as I assumed (wrongly?) that these would not integrate with the SQL backup Agents we are currently using to go directly to...

  • RE: Backups to disk first?

    Bru Medishetty (2/7/2012)


    PAH-440118 (2/7/2012)


    Do the like of LiteSpeed give any benefits over this?

    If I am not wrong, LiteSpeed has an option to restore a single object from a backup,...

  • RE: Changing the Initial file size

    rajiv.varma (2/7/2012)


    1) If I add a secondary file group and mark it as default, will any of my queries using the primary file group fail?

    No, this is transparent for intents...

  • RE: Changing the Initial file size

    SQL server does have instant file initialisation. It's just not on by default.

    It can be enabled by giving the service account volume tasks permission in the security policy

  • RE: Changing the Initial file size

    One of my databases space usage goes up by 20GB on a weekend. I always presize it for the week as growth varies slightly but always gets used eventually.

    Presizing...

  • RE: Backups to disk first?

    PAH-440118 (2/7/2012)


    Currently one of our main production db's (SQL 2K5 soon to move to 2K8) is 1.7Tb and take around 6.5hrs to backup. As I currently have no environment to...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    investigation 🙂

  • RE: How to improve Join performance for big tables join

    Wo there.

    Approx 40 million rows in each table and a query with no WHERE clause. Why are you duplicating all of this data by inserting it into another table?

    Whats...

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