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  • RE: Commit, Checkpoint and Truncate.

    Exactly as in step by step code walkthrough? Or do you just want a high level overview?

    If high level overview:

    For commit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190295%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175523%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

    For checkpoint, start here: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/06/26/the-lazy-writer-and-the-checkpoint/

    Which truncate are...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Commit, Checkpoint and Truncate.

    doctom22 (9/30/2010)


    - Commit: Operation that confirms (records) the transaction in log of transaction.

    Kinda, but not quite.

    - Chackpoint: Process that generates a marking in log of transaction and transfers the data...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Log Shipping backups and Transaction Log backups from Maintenance Plans

    If the existing maint plan is for all DBs, just remove the log shipping one. Otherwise disable it.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Log Shipping backups and Transaction Log backups from Maintenance Plans

    If you are going to log ship, the log shipping job should be the only log backup job there is. You are complicating the situation massively. Why don't you want...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Group by vs. Distinct

    UMG Developer (9/29/2010)


    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (9/29/2010)


    mmmhhh... since DISTINCT does not allow for aggregations I wouldn't say that DISTINCT is doing "an automatic GROUP BY"

    DISTINCT and GROUP BY are two very different tools...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Race to post 1,000,000

    I'm betting the average has increased dramatically over the years. Might be interesting to see an avg posts/day for each of those 9 years.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Query Analyzer results shows (1 row(s) affected) 3 times for sindle record delete

    Yup.

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

    Kit G (9/29/2010)


    Jack Corbett (9/29/2010)


    Why assume that this person is a male?:-P

    Because a woman couldn't possibly be wrong and therefore whatever she came up with would work and wouldn't be...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: exclude BIT column from the Group By clause

    If you cast it to a numeric type (tinyint) you should be able to use MAX.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Msg 8152, Level 16 Error

    That or change the dates so that the format is unambiguous. yyyy-mm-dd works well.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to pass a Microsoft certification [70-432]

    The exams assume that you have practical experience, either from working in the field or practising on your own. You're unlikely to pass without that experience.

    From the official website:

    Audience Profile

    Candidates...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Maintanse job failing

    Firstly why are you shrinking your database in a maintenance plan?

    You probably have autoshrink enabled as well and the autoshrink is shrinking while the scheduled shrink is trying to run.

    Error...

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

    Grant Fritchey (9/29/2010)


    GilaMonster (9/29/2010)


    Just found out that the PM promised the users that they can see the reports on monday (as in next week). Fat bloody chance in hell, I'm...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Msg 8152, Level 16 Error

    The problem is with the column [Codigo]. It's 4 characters long but your insert has a 5 character value specified for it (N' 0002'). There's a leading space that makes...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (9/29/2010)


    Secondly, he should be asking you what he can do to facilitate what you're doing. Not badgering you about the fact that you're behind schedule.

    An extension of the...

    Gail Shaw
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