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  • RE: Unwelcome posts on our forums

    I somehow think those spammers in some Eastern Europian country will laugh when they receive an invoice

    A lot of the companies linked to in the spams had .co.uk addresses. ...

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  • RE: SQL 2008 R2 Express SP2 Cumulative Updates

    AFAIK you can apply standard CUs to SQL Express 2008 and above.

    CUs are not possible on SQL2005 Express, but Security Update KB2716427 which provides the latest publicly available...

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  • RE: Need a license if we have our subscription on a sql 2012 express instance?

    Talk to your license reseller before you buy any licences. Explain your situation to them including the SQL Server versions and editions you hope to use.

    SQL Express may be...

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  • RE: Unwelcome posts on our forums

    Thanks for the update.

    I am sure that you are looking at the legal aspects of this, but if you think the spammers might have broken a law please get the...

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  • RE: SQL Server Database Developer Role Dying?

    Someone once said 'Never put down to enemy action anything that can be adequately explained as incompetence'.

    The statement 'SQL Server is dying, the future is open source' seems a bit...

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  • RE: Proper Shutdown of SQL Servers in a Cluster

    Right-click on the cluster name, select ‘More Actions’, then “Shut Down Cluster…”

    You should use Cluster Manager, but instead of stopping the Cluster you should set the Cluster Groups to Offline....

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  • RE: Shrinking the database and log file questions

    Do not forget that your physical log file contains what are called virtual log files. If the VLF in use starts 14GB into your log file, then the physical...

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  • RE: Moving to SQL 2014 Server

    Grant has covered the main things.

    Definitely do this as a side by side upgrade. An In-Place upgrade is mainly for folks who like playing Russian Roulette.

    You say...

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  • RE: error while installing sql server database engine

    Sorry, I should have said the install will fail if the account running the install and the machine name (not the domain name) are the same.

    I have not been able...

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  • RE: error while installing sql server database engine

    The SQL Server install will fail if both the account running the install and domain name are the same.

    Create a different account on your machine and rerun the install using...

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  • RE: sql failover cluster and load balancing...

    If you want to do load balancing over multiple identical copies of a SQL Server database then you have 3 main options. All options require you to put a...

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  • RE: Hipaa Compliant Server

    I agree with Craig.

    You need to know the requirements, not try to guess them. Your guesses may be right, but if they are wrong you can easily spend time...

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  • RE: Specify SQL Server Installation location when Adding second node to Cluster

    Put it another way... On an ADDNODE install you cannot specify the location for the SQL binaries, they always go to the system drive.

    I agree it is a good idea...

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  • RE: Dirty Bit keeps getting set on SQL Server Logs Drive

    There is also a KB article about disk corruption being reported on a failover if the volume was formatted using a Quick Format and you are accessing it via iSCSI.

    Although...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2012 standard edition on >2 node cluster

    Yes, you can put Standard Edition on a 3-node Windows cluster, but you can only install the SE SQL cluster on two of the nodes.

    Alternatively you can install two instances...

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