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  • RE: SQL Server DBA Certification

    Eric M Russell - Thursday, April 6, 2017 6:47 AM

    bmg002 - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 3:08 PM

    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: Index and or constraint

    It might not be a bad idea to turn this project of "add a column" into a full re-write of all of the software to utilize a better database design?...

    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 Server DBA Certification

    SQLRNNR - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 2:59 PM

    Eric M Russell - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:25 PM

    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: XCOPY failing via xp_cmdshell

    Ah right.  If it runs from the command prompt, it works as you.
    Is 'Homebrew01" an AD account or a local account on both machines?
    If it is a local...

    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: XCOPY failing via xp_cmdshell

    I'm guessing though that you have some method of connecting to the remote machine via remote desktop or have some way to manage that server apart from just FTP?

    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: XCOPY failing via xp_cmdshell

    FTP will be a similar can of worms with a few fun new problems as you then have to have credentials stored in plain text.  Either that or have no...

    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: Management Studio freezing after writing a few lines of code

    richardmgreen1 - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 8:23 AM

    I've never noticed any issues using mis-matched ssms and SQL versions.
    I just find I needed...

    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: Management Studio freezing after writing a few lines of code

    richardmgreen1 - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:08 AM

    I've just had it freeze again, and managed to run the sp_who2 command using sqlcmd.

    Looking...

    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: Index and or constraint

    andis59 - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:47 AM

    bmg002 - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:05 PM

    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: Should I listen to this recommendation to change data lengths for consistency during ETL?

    I personally disagree with your professor.  While having space for longer things is not a horrible idea, there is no benefit to having it larger than it needs to be....

    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: Getting max(date) and relevant unique GUID

    Or another thought:

    SELECT TOP 1 id, cust_id, ISNULL(CompDate, '1900-01-01') AS MaxDate 
    FROM Table1
    WHERE cust_id = <SOME_GUID>
    ORDER BY CompDate DESC

    You don't need to do...

    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: Index and or constraint

    I'd do a constraint on the 3 columns for sure since you are saying they need to be unique.  But when you say they need to be unique, do you...

    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: delete performance Issue

    I would venture a guess that statistics were updated so the delete was easier or that the values you were deleting were indexed better the second time.  But there 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: SQL Server DBA Certification

    I know I got my MTA in Database Fundamentals and the test was quite easy after working with SQL for a few years.  Spent a lot more time proving my...

    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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