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  • RE: Are DB snapshots read-only or can they be used for restoring a database fully?

    hxkresl (7/23/2010)


    Despite the reading I've done I'm still unclear about the full benefits of restoring a database from a db snapshot.

    One word: speed.

    A snapshot is taken by splitting a...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Database name, best practice?

    Greg Edwards-268690 (7/23/2010)

    Anytime you modify code, especially if it's to target different environments, you introduce a variable. You could end up with multiple versions, or 1 version that you'd always...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Which is the primary key of given table

    malleswarareddy_m (7/22/2010)


    please provide design and structure of the table.

    Do you want any fries with that order? 😀

    What do you have so far?

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Move from 2005 Standard Edition to 2008 eb edition

    I agree with Bradley, this is a downgrade.

    I have not done the particular one you are facing but I personally did about 25 Enterprise Edition to Standard Edition.

    After checking for...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Indexes on Views

    jcrawf02 (7/23/2010)


    So, let me see if I understand this:

    If you have to use schemabinding for a materialized view, and the view has to have a clustered index, when you create...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Design the datamodel

    tripri (7/22/2010)


    I'm pretty much confused about one task.. that is

    design datamodel for a partisular database..

    what does that exactly mean?..and what i'm i supposed to do over there?...

    Does either "data modeling",...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: restore sql server system databases

    Oracle_91 (7/21/2010)


    Makes sense. You mean to say, rather than restoring all the system databasess and modifying the ssystem tables to point to new server is a clumsy act and which...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (7/21/2010)


    Doesn't matter how smart, or correct, you are if people don't have any respect for what you say because of how you present it to others.

    Agreed.

    Packaging is...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Eqivalent in SQL Server to oracle's "break on" and "skip 1"

    Lori Nifong (7/21/2010)


    Looking for a formatting equivalent to Oracle's "break on" in in sql server. Here is the SQL and the results. But I want the results...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: database dropped -- recovery????

    raamaakrishna (7/21/2010)Any help in recovering the database is greatly appreciated

    At this point in time I'm afraid all we can do is to keep you in our prayers.

    Good luck with undelete...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Report Model Deploy Error

    Either there is not PK (or unique index) on table dbo_DSAdata or FK is not referencing such PK (or unique index)

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: database dropped -- recovery????

    rjohal-500813 (7/21/2010)If you have been 'hacked', who is to say your exchange server isn't next? What about your payroll system? It sounds like you could be fully exposed with your...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (7/21/2010)


    Just hope I don't come across like that when I post. Please, someone, hit me with the proverbial 2 x 4 if I ever start acting that...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (7/21/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (7/16/2010)


    ...

    Not sure it will help, but that, along with a lovely complaint about Mr. Celko has made this a less than enjoyable day.

    Never met...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: database dropped -- recovery????

    raamaakrishna (7/21/2010)


    Hi guys, I am in serious problem. Some one hacked my sql server 2008 and dropped my database. How can I restore, I do not have any backup... Please...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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