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  • RE: Backup size should restrict to 4 GB

    durai nagarajan (6/28/2011)


    is there a way to split first peice to 4GB and remaining on second. when it goes to 8GB above first 2 should be 4 gb and remining...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: 70-450 Demanding questions

    Rich Yarger (6/27/2011)


    Thanks to "Brain-Dumps", I decided to stick with my Novell certifications, and ditched a training program I was in about 11 years ago. Why you ask? ...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Database restore from full and diff

    Restore the full. Restore the last differential. If you have log backups restore them all in order. Restore all but the last backup WITH NORECOVERY

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Extra space in tables with dbcc checkdb errors

    Corruption is a hardware issue. Something is mangling the pages outside of SQL Server. Do some diagnostics on the IO subsystem and consider moving that database elsewhere.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: DBCC DBREINDEX ERROR

    That's a classic sign of database corruption. Please run the following and post the results. Do nothing else.

    DBCC CheckDB('<Database Name>') WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/27/2011)


    Varies quite a bit, suspect that people are just busy this week getting ready for your vacation.

    Plus it's always quieter over a weekend.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: differing open tran results

    DBCC OPENTRAN is database-specific. Sysprocesses is server-wide. Did you run opentran from the right database?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Alternate options of SQL Profiler

    http://www.google.com/search?q="SQL+Server"+Server-side+trace

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Question on backup of sql database

    Illegal_Operation (6/27/2011)


    i think i know what is the problem. There is 1 transaction log that is missing which is 1050hrs. I am not sure why the file is missing, is...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: The log file for database 'Databasename'is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space

    No. I meant these:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/64582/

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Transaction+Log/72488/

    Hard to copy-paste links when posting from an iPad (which I was earlier)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR DATABASE BEFORE REBUILDING INDEX

    aatishpatel (6/27/2011)


    I would change the database recovery to simple or bulk logged.

    Bulk-logged unless you want to break the log chain and leave the DB open to major data loss risks...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Allocation Errors

    Well i did say 'if that's the only error' and from the repair output it's clear that was not the only error.

    If repair allow data loss won't repair, then the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: SQLIO / SQLIOISM: Must be installed on sql host?

    Cluster as in shared storage windows cluster? If so, be prepared for SQl on the active node to be slow or to fail entirely due to the IO load been...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: The log file for database 'Databasename'is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space

    Go look up my two articles on transaction log management and read them please (no, I don't have the links handy)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Backup size should restrict to 4 GB

    You can stripe a backup over multiple devices, but you need to figure out how many to get the size you want.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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