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  • Reply To: Memory Usage data capture

    Cyrusbaratt, I am a bit confused why you say that monitoring tools slow things down then suggest Idera, which is a 3rd party monitoring tool (plus a ton of other...

    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.

  • Reply To: SQL2019 ODBC Connection from Linux setup help.

    Is that the only error? USUALLY an "unable to connect" is followed by some information about a login issue or a cannot find the host or something along those lines.

    BUT...

    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.

  • Reply To: Why Don't You Upgrade in Place?

    Wanted to throw my hat into the ring on this - I have done both. In-place upgrades and migration upgrades. My biggest factor in deciding the method is "how many...

    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.

  • Reply To: Table with 2950 columns ???

    No can do in SQL Server according to the docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/maximum-capacity-specifications-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver16

    Those state we have 1024 columns max in a table.

    You'll need to break it up into multiple tables; probably want...

    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.

  • Reply To: 2019 SSRS installation as developer edition problem

    As a random thought, are you fully patched on both SSRS and SQL Server?

    Also, when you uninstalled Standard, did you reboot after the uninstalls? And did you reboot after the...

    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.

  • Reply To: Python Compiler Challenge: Syntax Error Resolution

    I could be dumb, but this really sounds like a homework/assignment style question. That being said, if I asked something like this, my first question would be "what does the...

    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.

  • Reply To: How to write to a file from SQL Server running on Docker Container on Linux

    I suppose that is a good point Jeff. In this specific scenario where the OP is trying to write the file to the server itself, having the data flow from...

    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.

  • Reply To: Weird formatting issue

    One nice thing is that with email notifications, things show up how you would expect. The other fun thing is it happens outside of the code block too:

    those above...

    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.

  • Reply To: How to write to a file from SQL Server running on Docker Container on Linux

    Oh I agree with you here Jeff. When things are set up properly, xp_cmdshell can be secure, but I find that a lot of times, it is used and abused....

    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.

  • Reply To: Weird formatting issue

    @steve-2 Jones - replace the _ with a space and you'll see what's happening.

    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.

  • Reply To: SQL Backups Continuing After Migrating SQL Server Off Azure

    If there are no jobs (maintenance plans are still jobs) or scheduled tasks, then I'd say something must be happening on the Azure side of things that is backing it...

    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.

  • Reply To: How to write to a file from SQL Server running on Docker Container on Linux

    My opinion - don't. Firstly, SQLCMD mode is a client side thing (ie part of SSMS) not a server side thing (ie not part of SQL Server Engine) so SQLCMD...

    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.

  • Reply To: Replication for archive server with longer retention period

    My question would be do you need to use replication for this?

    What I mean is could you modify the stored procedure that updates the primary to ALSO update the secondary...

    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.

  • Reply To: Get text from table and join with BIT column on table 2

    If I understand correctly, could you do something like this:

    SELECT [T1].* -- or could do [T2].*, not certain which table row you are trying to show, 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.

  • Reply To: Arctic Wolf flooding SQL error log

    Thanks for the links Frederico_fonseca - unfortunately it is not a docker thing. In my case it looks like it is a vulnerability scan and it is just driving me...

    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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