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  • RE: Incorrect syntax error using Oracle linked server

    ...to_date('31-JAN-2009','ddMONYYYY' ' )... syntax is not correct.

    It should be like to_date('31-JAN-2009','dd-mon-yyyy')

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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: Unused Databases, Last accessed DB

    I assume you are talking about a wild, non-secure development box.

    Shutdown the suspected databases, wait three month, if nobody comes crying foul take a full backup and drop it.

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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: Secondary Data file (ndf)

    Mike Levan (3/22/2009)


    yes i did but i am looking for a script which move tables from primary file group to secondary file group.

    or i can put it this way..

    I would...

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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: Data refresh - never works

    iqtedar (3/20/2009)


    I just need to do data refresh..just data for the tables...i tried all possible ways never works properly...here is wat i did.

    i) disable foreign keys EXEC sp_MSForEachTable 'ALTER TABLE...

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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 problem

    Please also describe your backup strategy and what you did while trying to restore.

    As previous poster asked, post log files.

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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: SQL Server Datafile growth

    I'm sorry for not being clear.

    Let me translate my previous post: 100% 😀

    SQL Server would extend a datafile when space is needed and no space is availabe in any...

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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: Named Instances

    danielmonro (3/19/2009)


    I am trying to install a certain database onto a different named instance by detaching the file copying it and pasting it to the desired directory which the named...

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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: SQL problem: cachestore flush

    :w00t: Buffer overload?

    Please check this http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlprogrammability/archive/2007/01/17/10-0-plan-cache-flush.aspx

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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: SQL problem: cachestore flush

    yeah... we know issue started sometime after SQL Server startup -which is what log is showing - but, you may want to pin-point the issue a little more carefully....

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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: Need specifications for the new server setup ?

    CH&HU (3/20/2009)


    Not a big problem for budget but it must suits for BEST.

    You just answered you question, call a couple of hardware vendors and ask for the BEST they can...

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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: transaction logs are not purging, after full database backup

    sbk (3/20/2009)


    [p]I want to know, when is the transaction logs are committed to the database? Like after taking transaction log backup or after succesful full backup? And when will...

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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: Filegroup problem!

    There is nothing wrong with Secondary.

    I really doubt you know in which physical order rows are stored in a table, what makes you think you know how they got stored?

    If...

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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: Need specifications for the new server setup ?

    30 Gig is a small size database meaning you shouldn't see backend performance issues providing data modeling and physical implementation are reasonable well done. Most of your performance issues...

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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: SQL Server Datafile growth

    I do not think the information you are asking for is public domain but experience suggests there is not such a threshold.

    The most likely scenario is that SQL Server would...

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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: Date formating

    xgcmcbain (3/17/2009)


    Im looking for SQL that would work for both TSQL and PLSQL

    Welcome to the exciting world of looking for SQL holly grail 🙂

    What I have done in the...

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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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