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  • RE: bcp utility not working

    please post the actual BCP command you are running.

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  • RE: datafile defragmentation

    physical fragmentation can hurt performance. diskkeeper is one tool that can defragment disks whilst SQL is online.

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  • RE: Is SQL Server 2008 R1 available for purchase

    you will probably be sold a SQL2008 R2 backward compatibility license. Which means you are paying for R2 and could use it if you wanted, but the license allows the...

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  • RE: BCP in

    this will look for the file on the C drive of the SQL server, is that where the file is?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (10/25/2010)


    george sibbald (10/24/2010)


    I'm interested, why use SSIS for backup plans? That does seem an unnecessary extra layer to me. I presume you mean outside of the maintenance plans....

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  • RE: archiving off records in table with clustered (identity) primary key

    DataDog (10/25/2010)


    The question that remains is whether archiving records in perfect equence will still result in a heavy rebuild

    (ie: engine might physically move all records "to the left" some distance)

    no....

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  • RE: "Sysadmin required" - A question

    Brandie,

    difficult one. I am always connected with sysadmin so difficult to know for certain what would stop working if my rights were reduced without testing lots of combinations. Pretty much...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (10/24/2010)


    george sibbald (10/24/2010)


    I'm interested, why use SSIS for backup plans? That does seem an unnecessary extra layer to me. I presume you mean outside of the maintenance plans....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm interested, why use SSIS for backup plans? That does seem an unnecessary extra layer to me. I presume you mean outside of the maintenance plans.

    Whats the advantage over...

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  • RE: How best to push large DB Copies over the wire on a regular schedule

    A full backup only contains that part of the log needed to bring the database to a consistent point on recovery.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (10/23/2010)


    Personally I learnt SSIS with almost no reference to the docs (other than some of the SSIS expression 'language' and some error handling practices)

    I did, however, play around with...

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  • RE: archiving off records in table with clustered (identity) primary key

    Oh - and never believe WIKI

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  • RE: archiving off records in table with clustered (identity) primary key

    The books are misleading when they say 'physical' order. this is only true when index is first built.

    You say yourself you thought all the pages would be 'painfully' reorganised if...

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  • RE: archiving off records in table with clustered (identity) primary key

    I seriously doubt you need to be concerned about this, certainly not to the point of changing your index.

    a clustered index only guarantees the logical order of data, not physical...

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  • RE: "Sysadmin required" - A question

    SOX people in?

    apply patches.

    must be tons more but would have to think about.

    Are they trying to take sa away from DBAs?

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