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  • RE: "Network-related or Instance specific error" when connecting through SSMS

    Since you can connect when you specify the port, I am thinking this isn't a firewall related issue.
    Have you tried restarting the SQL browser service?  I beleive (but could...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Potential presentation idea: So you want to be a SQL Saturday speaker?

    I am planning on speaking soon... just need to get some demo scripts and some stuff set up.
    I am hoping to do a presentation on troubleshooting service broker.  I've...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Fix Orphan Users for All databases - Fixed Collation Problem

    Where I work, we sometimes have an issue with orphaned users on our test systems.  We restore live user databases to test from backup when we need to troubleshoot some...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Potential presentation idea: So you want to be a SQL Saturday speaker?

    I'd enjoy it.  I know I have wanted to start speaking in general and plan on doing a presentation at my local chapter sometime soon.  But I have also been...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Sql Logins grouping

    Do you have windows authentication turned on on the server?  If so, just add the windows group instead of the individual users.
    Otherwise, you would want to create a SQL...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: List of all dtsx files used in [Integration Services Catalog] - I need help with the SELECT statement

    I agree with Lowell here.  I would export all of the dtsx's using powershell.  You should also get all the DTSX's (or ISPAC's) off of your server so you have...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: SQL QUESTION but SSIS related - How do we get a list of parameters used by each DTSX file ?

    mw112009 - Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:34 AM

    Is there anyway you could tell me the table/col where dtsx content is stored....

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Using Excel as a datasource and reading results via a dataset (works in VS 2012 but not in ReportBuilder 3.0)

    Another thought - does your SSRS server have access to the Excel file?  If it is on a network share, are you using the full UNC filename or the drive...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Odd Behavior by Instance

    Jacob Wilkins - Monday, July 24, 2017 3:29 PM

    ..the query which takes about 2 seconds to run normally clocks until the timeout...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: if exist dynamic sql

    Try it.  That is the best way to know for sure.  Inserting into a temp table (as long as your tempdb isn't full, which will cause other problems as well)...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Msg 823 and Msg 8921

    Might not hurt to run chkdsk on the drive as well.  Could be the disk is starting to fail.

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Need an expression to use in a derived column to create a percentage

    I could be wrong, but I think the problem is you are doing incorrect data type conversion.
    You are dividing an int by an int which will produce an int....

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Reseed one table column

    SQL-DBA-01 - Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:43 PM

    Instead of dropping the base table, can I do something to the existing table? I...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Reseed one table column

    SQL-DBA-01 - Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:47 PM

    I used the below approach. For testing I created another mimic table and tried....

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

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