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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White NZ (7/17/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (7/17/2010)


    Tom.Thomson (7/17/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (7/17/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (7/17/2010)


    I'm rubber and you all are glue....

    And we'll soon find out that it's true ...

    But I'll stretch and sick...

  • RE: Job runs but no notification

    hxkresl (7/16/2010)


    ...SQL Agents likes to stop running all by itself for some unknown reason..

    You should investigate this !

    Have a look at the SQLAgent.OUT file, SQLServer's Errorlog file (to be found...

  • RE: Job runs but no notification

    two first impressions :

    1) I don't like using windows accounts for job owners ( had to much troubles with that in the early yaers )

    Backup jobs are...

  • RE: Strange performance issues

    - do you have auto-update statistics enabled for the database ?

    - how is the fragmentation rate of your indexes ?

  • RE: Raw Materials - To Sleep, Perchance to Green

    Now we know why it's important to set your cellphone alert at the planned end time for the meeting :hehe:

    -- edited : emphasized end

  • RE: Job step edit error

    I was having the same issue after installing SSMS SQL2008R2.

    The regsvr fix worked like a charm. 😎

    ( I first changed my current directory in the command prompt to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft...

  • RE: Job runs but no notification

    - Did you follow the BOL ref "How to: Notify an Operator of Job Status (SQL Server Management Studio)"

    - did you create a dbmail profile to be used by...

  • RE: Should I enable SQL Browser Service or use a static port?

    sqlbrowser only translates instance name to port number.

    So, if you don't want to specify port number with your connections, you should activate sqlbrowser.

    You'll have to open the udp port for...

  • RE: Oracle to SQL Server 2008 Migration

    Just a little side note :

    Keep in mind ms published a "sqlserver migration assistant for oracle"

    This may get you started with your plan of attack 😉

  • RE: create a function

    If this is a brute force single action operation, you could use something like:

    create table #wrk16_17 ( TbName sysname not null, Age17 bit, Age16_17 bit )

    truncate table #wrk16_17

    set nocount on

    declare...

  • RE: Using Triggers to update data.

    Some questions:

    1) Do you really need this update "in transaction / in process" ?

    If a single update in database y doesn't succeed (e.g. locked) your whole trigger...

  • RE: Giving Local Administrators group access to SQL 2008 Server

    Denesh Naidoo (6/24/2010)


    ...I do not want to add the BUILTIN\Administrators group...

    What we do is we create a domain group to manage every server, add that group to the local administrators...

  • RE: "PROBLEM WITH xp_cmdshell"

    simple .... avoid xp_cmdshell.

    There must be more optimal ways to perform the same thing without having to open xp_cmdshell and accept the risks that come with it.

    Did you grant exec...

  • RE: Restore failing from Network Drive

    Any news on this matter ?

  • RE: Trace flag for "sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats"

    Suresh B. (6/30/2010)


    Do you get any error when you run sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats?

    Is the database compatibility level = 90?

    Do you have any index (which is used) on this database?

    Good points Suresh.

    If this...

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