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  • RE: Increase trace file retention in SQL 2012

    Just set up your own automated task to do the copy on a frequent basis. SCHTASKS is built into Windows and is fine for this. SQL Agent could...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: Do we need Quorum Disk or not

    The typical quorum for AG implementations is File Share since the vast majority of AGs are based on WSFCs that are NOT using shared storage.

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: Need replacement for Triggers

    Try Red Gate's or ApexSQL's Data Compare tools. This is right up their alley, and both can be automated I believe. You should be OK with read-only permission...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Restore succeeded but Data is different?? What? Is this possible?

    DominantDBA (1/29/2014)


    Hi All

    Scenario:

    A backup is taken and is 50gb uncompressed and is copied from one domain(A) into Domain(B). It is restored and all is well. The same backup file is...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Do we need Quorum Disk or not

    Mani-584606 (1/28/2014)


    Hi,

    We are planning to build 2 node cluster to configure Always on Availability groups.

    Do we need Quorum Disk or not? Please advise.

    If you are doing this as part of...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Adding 2 COUNT statements results in heavy query

    If memory serves the only time you want the engine to count a particular field is when you want it to DISCARD NULL values from the count.

    Oh, and I would...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: how to create an alert when a job step fails but the job needs to continue

    I always do this by having a failure step for every actual step that simply sends an email and continues to the next actual step. Very easy to do...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Query just hangs!

    David Webb-CDS (1/27/2014)


    I'm afraid you're asking for code that would make these two:

    21ST CENTURY SERIVES

    21ST CENTURY SERVICES

    equal, not because they are, but because they SHOULD be. Is that true?...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Query just hangs!

    by my reconning there are no duplicates in your sample data. NOTE: quickie, unverified code

    ;with a as (select organisationname, address1, row_number() OVER (partition by organisationname, address1 ORDER BY ID)...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Login User Mappings SQL Server 2012 HA

    It is code that creates code - one of my favorite things!

    As I covered in my reply to your PM: ALWAYS verify stuff you get from anyone online before you...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Sometimes values get saved, other times they don't. Can't figure out why?

    Rod at work (1/27/2014)


    OK, I think I've found out what the problem was. There wasn't a call to the save routine, in the user control that hosted those 8 data...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Login User Mappings SQL Server 2012 HA

    Very common issue. The SIDs for the logins are not the same on both boxes. Try this to generate the login on all standby servers so failovers aren't...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Best way to get large amount of data for a join from another server?

    SQLKnowItAll (1/27/2014)


    We have a main database on its own server for our internal application. Several other applications with databases on different servers need this data in real time. We currently...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Sometimes values get saved, other times they don't. Can't figure out why?

    In addition to what was said already:

    1) You may want to add some logging to your code, on both ends, to use for analytics of what was prepped/sent and what...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Query just hangs!

    We asked specifically (several times) for your expected OUTPUT too.

    In particular, I am unclear on this statement:

    and your task is to add a new column called...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

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