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  • RE: SQL Server 2000 Datbase Crash

    muhammad.raza (5/17/2010)


    PLEASE DO What ever you Could do to Help me in this particular Regrd.

    Well you're not paying me, so I'm not going to spend hours or days on this,...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dave Ballantyne (5/17/2010)


    GilaMonster (5/17/2010)


    I'm all for optimism, but it might be just a little bit misplaced here. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost922808.aspx

    Maybe a binary file editor 🙂

    Oh a hex editor will work. I can...

    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?

    I'm all for optimism, but it might be just a little bit misplaced here. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost922808.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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Backup Log Failing in FULL recovery mode.

    Please do. I'd be very interested in the reason for this odd scenario.

    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: SQL Server 2000 Datbase Crash

    You're welcome to feel that way.

    Do note that I'm not talking in ignorance here. I know a reasonable amount about corrupt databases and recovering them. I could point you...

    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: SQL Query Error

    I'm going to assume you didn't read the article I listed. Please take a minute and do so. Thanks

    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 Query Error

    Please post table definitions, sample data and desired output. Read this to see the best way to post this to get quick responses.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

    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: SQL Server 2000 Datbase Crash

    If the rebuild log failed, it's game over. That's the absolute last resort and there's nothing else that can be done.

    Try the data recovery tool (yes, you'll have to buy...

    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: Error executing "Check Database Integrity Task" job

    Are there any errors from around that time in the SQL Server error log? CheckDB execution is logged.

    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 Server 2000 Datbase Crash

    muhammad.raza (5/17/2010)


    Upon Attaching The Database it Gives Me Error : "THE FILE You Have Specified Is not Valid SQL Server Datbase File"

    You sure it's a mdf file? If you're getting...

    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: A sample question

    Nothing. It's just the naming standard that MS used in the adventureworks 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: HELP -- Lost drive with database transaction logs

    ianT (5/17/2010)


    Why not use SSMS to detach then re-attach (remember to delete the log on the attach dialog) ? Or attach the .mdb to a new SQL instance?

    Because that won't...

    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: COLLATE order of NULL

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic922719-9-1.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: HELP -- Lost drive with database transaction logs

    The recommended approach would be to restore the user databases from backup.

    Since you don't have backups, check this blog post for how to force SQL to rebuild the log...

    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: DBCC CHECKDB Consistency Error

    This is a SQL 2005 server?

    What's the type of syskeys?

    SELECT type_desc from sys.objects where name = 'syskeys'

    Some other important questions.

    Has checkDB been running successfully up until now?

    Is this...

    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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