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  • RE: Log shipping and DB Mirror question

    If the principal becomes corrupt it is highly unlikely that the mirror will as well. Corruption is an IO subsystem problem and, since mirroring just copies log records, such corruption...

    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: Log shipping questions

    Full backups do not and never have truncated the transaction log. Hence full backups won't affect any chain of log backups including the one for log shipping.

    Don't understand the corruption/backup...

    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: Does anyone have a SQL procedure to delete ALL records in a DB ?

    Use the system tables to generate DELETE FROM statements for all tables. Run repeatedly until there's nothing more to delete (assuming you have foreign keys. If not, one run will...

    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: sql log restore

    If you restored the database WITH RECOVERY (bringing it online) then to restore more log files you need to restore from scratch the full backup and all logs.

    Once the 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

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  • RE: Index Defragmentation

    Raghavender (9/13/2010)


    We are doing Index Defrag.

    Defrag only works on the leaf level of the index (level 0), so what you are seeing is expected and by design. If 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

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  • RE: Error on SQL Statement

    The columns that are defined as BLOB data type, what are they supposed to be storing?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Error on SQL Statement

    The script won't work fine, because there are other syntax errors in it. Like the BLOB data type.

    This looks like an MS-Access script. Is it? If so, you can't just...

    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: In database Mirroring can I have a virtual IP...

    And Books online? Should be installed locally if you have any portion of SQL installed.

    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: Index Defragmentation

    Raghavender (9/13/2010)


    as you can see same index is repeating 2 times on the same table with different fragmentation values.

    So which one we need to take into consideration and if we...

    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: In database Mirroring can I have a virtual IP...

    Did you read the articles that search returns? Have you read up on client redirection in books online? (hint, a witness is not involved in transparent client redirection)

    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: Index Defragmentation

    Raghavender (9/7/2010)


    as you can see same index is repeating 2 times on the same table with different fragmentation values.

    Perfectly normal. When you query index_physical_stats in detailed mode, you get one...

    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: In database Mirroring can I have a virtual IP...

    forsqlserver (9/13/2010)


    I have also the single database but I want automatic connectivity of application to database if primary server fails..Guide me for this...

    http://www.google.com/search?q=%22transparent+client+redirect%22+mirroring

    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: deadlocked on thread

    You may want to call MS customer support on this. Deadlock on communication buffer is an odd one.

    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: Job Failed

    Please don't crosspost. It just wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic984554-1550-1.aspx

    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: Restore database with transaction log backup

    You can't. To restore you need a full database backup. A transaction log backup does no contain the entire DB, it contains only the record of changes that occurred in...

    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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