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  • RE: Why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it.

    paul.knibbs (11/9/2010)


    and make sure you have regular backups so they don't keep growing out of control.

    Log backups are not necessary (and won't run) in simple recovery, which George indicated his...

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  • RE: Suspect Database

    Have you done anything silly with the transaction log recently? (switching files around or similar?)

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  • RE: Database drops

    muthukkumaran (11/9/2010)


    Another one method -->Check the Schema change histroy.

    That report queries the default trace

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  • RE: negative tempdb log space

    DBCC UPDATEUSAGE

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Suspect Database

    Is there a DBA there that you can speak with? Recovering a suspect database is not something for a novice.

    Management studio. Object explorer. Management -> SQL Server logs

    Without seeing what's...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it.

    paul.knibbs (11/9/2010)


    He didn't use TRUNCATE_ONLY as part of a BACKUP command, he used it in a DBCC SHRINKFILE--I can't find any mention that using it in that way is deprecated.

    It's...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it.

    Joshua T. Lewis-378876 (11/9/2010)


    Simon,

    Just as an FYI, Microsoft has depreciated the TRUNCATE_ONLY option in SQL 2008, and you have to use a different option in the BACKUP LOG command:

    BACKUP LOG...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Transaction log backup size exceeds full backup size

    What jobs run between that 12:30 log backup and the previous log backup?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Suspect Database

    First things first. Do not, for any reason, no matter what anyone else tells you, detach that database. You will not be able to reattach it.

    To offer any useful advice...

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  • RE: Transaction log backup size exceeds full backup size

    Unlikely to be the result of the full backup. My guess, between 12.30 and the log backup before it you're doing something like an index rebuild over all indexes.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (11/8/2010)


    Forget the online text editor... put it into a word document. Steve will convert it.

    Yeah, it's only the uninitiated (and those have far too much spare time) who use...

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  • RE: turn on verbose logging and SQL in SQL Server 2005

    gmamata7 (11/8/2010)


    We are analyzing Blocking and MS recommended to enable Verbose logging and I did NOT find any option for that?

    Ask whoever recommended it what he's talking about and where...

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  • RE: turn on verbose logging and SQL in SQL Server 2005

    What do you mean by 'verbose logging' Logging of what to where?

    SQL itself has no logging levels. Most of the replication agents do, but I can't think of much else.

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  • RE: SQL 101 for application programmers

    Craig Farrell (11/8/2010)


    You know, I'd been thinking about possibly getting involved in writing/publishing. Tinkering with it mostly. Most of the importnat topics are already beaten to death, or...

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  • RE: SQL 101 for application programmers

    goodguy (11/8/2010)


    I believe that programmers, especially freelancers like me, need to embrace basic sql admin skills in order to leverage their output.

    Admin, no mostly not (unless they're in a...

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