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  • RE: Huge msdb - not backup logs

    Are you sure about the units are on the queries you ran?  I checked a couple of my SQL 2000 servers and msdb.dbo.RTblClassDefs was exactly the same size as yours,...

  • RE: Replace the cursor with array

    DECLARE

    @IDlist TABLE (

        ID int NOT null,

        seq int

  • RE: return a double from integer divide?

    I am not aware of any performance difference.  I find CAST more readable, but CONVERT provides an extra Style parameter to control formatting.  Use whichever one makes you happy.

  • RE: return a double from integer divide?

    Why do a CONVERT on every row?  CONVERT the SUM instead:

    SELECT

    CONVERT(double, SUM(RiderCount

  • RE: How to tell if someone using linked server

    There should be locks created by anyone accessing the view.  This query should tell you the SPID for someone using the view MyDB.xyz.MyView

    SELECT

    DISTINCT...

  • RE: RAID block size, SAS and raid

    The real concern would be how to dispose of the bodies of the miscreants putting 1kb files on my data drives.

  • RE: RAID block size, SAS and raid

    The recommended block size for SQL Server is 64K, because that is the size of most SQL Server I/O operations.  Whether or not that trumps the recommendation in the hardware...

  • RE: Problems with VB code in Access 2003

    It sounds like she needs to learn to open the Access project exclusively before she starts coding.  If that is unacceptable because other users need frequent access, she needs to learn the...

  • RE: Problems with VB code in Access 2003

    VB 6 and Access are very similar, but sometimes not as similar as they appear.  Working with Access tables should be about as easy and familiar in VB6 as in...

  • RE: problem with CAST function

    The idea that a column has the same datatype for every row is pretty fundamental.  If you really wanted a column to be VARCHAR in some rows and BIT in...

  • RE: Problems with VB code in Access 2003

    Asking if VB is a "better platform" is incredibly vague.  VB is more powerful, but also more general-purpose.  There will be a learning curve involved, bad enough with VB6 but...

  • RE: SSIS Package

    The DTEXEC command will run a package, if Access has some version of a Shell function to run it.  You can use xp_cmdshell (if it is enabled) to run a...

  • RE: select query- invalid characters

    Now that we've given you some ideas to work on, I'm going to suggest that you look for another approach.  Cleaning addresses is very messy.  If this is a one-time...

  • RE: sql 2005 Upgrade Advisor

    The sp_delete_backuphistory procedure uses a cursor to go through one backup event at a time and delete all related records in backuphistory, backupfile, backupset, backupmediaset, backupmediafamily, restorehistory, restorefile, and restorefilegroup. ...

  • RE: SSIS Questions.

    Here's an example: http://www.sqlis.com/default.aspx?37

     

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