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  • RE: Restore with no backup

    Okay... we all get your co-worker is "fearless" and has not guts to say "no", the question here is... what did your coworker do before dropping the database? Please don't...

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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: What Happened?

    yes.

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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: Oracle DB backup

    huh?

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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 help or suggestion doing maintenance plan

    The single most important thing you have to have is a backup strategy aligned with business needs.

    Once you have that in place the most important thing you have to remember...

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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: User connexion survey

    You can do it resorting to Logon Triggers.

    Logon Trigger would start a storedproc so you can do whatever you want there. 😉

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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: Oracle DB backup

    Mazharuddin Ehsan (8/29/2008)But in the case of exp/imp, the DatabaseA need not be alive. This is the essence of backup and restore.

    Pure BS 😀

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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: Copy a table structure and data in SQL SERVER

    GermanDBA (8/28/2008)


    ...the easiest way would be to backup the database where this table is and restore it on the target system. You then have an exact copy of 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.
  • RE: Transaction log same size as database

    Well... it sets 'YourDatabaseName' 'trunc. log on chkpt.' option to true then performs a checkpoint 😀

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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: Email Address Validation

    I'm not doing your job but here is a hint...

    a = lenght of the email column.

    b = position of the '@" in the email column.

    If (a !< b + 4)...

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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 log same size as database

    Try this...

    USE master

    go

    EXEC sp_dboption 'YourDatabaseName','trunc. log on chkpt.',true

    go

    USE YourDatabaseName

    go

    CHECKPOINT

    go

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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: I want to migrate sybase database to sql server can any one advise me

    Yes. You may want to start by reading about it, try this...

    http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/SQL-Server/Migrating-from-Sybase-to-SQL-Server/

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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: Finding Parent-child Table tree in sql server 2000

    Assuming you are talking about properly defined referential integrity you just have to create a diagram on Enterprise Manager.

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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: Server Restart

    Ratheesh.K.Nair (8/27/2008)


    What are all happens when we restart SQL Server?

    Help Desk would start getting angry calls from the user community because you forgot to broadcast the Emergency Maintenance Windows notification...

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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: Greek Characters on SQL Server

    CrazyMan (8/27/2008)


    ... i need to insert Greek characters into SQL server on Default SQL Server Settings.

    Problem is you want to do some non-default stuff in a default configured environment.

    I...

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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: SSIS Where Clause w/ Date Functions

    Mazharuddin Ehsan (8/27/2008)This deficiency is removed in SQL Server 2008 which can store date ranging from 1st January 0001 to 31st December 9999.

    Boomer!... how about my 154BC records comming from...

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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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