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  • RE: Is there a way to make a backup that isn't part of the backup set

    tvanharp (10/12/2009)


    I found that I can't restore the backup created with the copy only clause in mgnt studio.

    Known bug. Can't recall if there's a connect item opened for it...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Attaching mdf and ldf for SQL 2000 compatible DB - nasty error

    Joseph Fallon (10/12/2009)


    The SQL Service user is in the Admin group on the server so should have ample rights ?

    Not necessarily. It's possible to deny to an administrator

    @Jeffrey I'll try...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Dev Studio 2008 with BIDS - missing a C# compiler? Say it ant so?

    gking-756277 (10/12/2009)


    I installed SQL Server 2008 and BIDS.

    So you have not purchased and installed Visual Studio?

    BIDS is only the business intelligence projects. Unless you have also purchased and 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: Dev Studio 2008 with BIDS - missing a C# compiler? Say it ant so?

    Did you install Visual Studio 2008, or did you install BIDS from the SQL installer?

    If you just installed BIDS, there's no C# projects included.

    If you have full-blown visual studio...

    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: Attach Database - From unrecognized HDD

    Assuming that this is a clustered SQL Server....

    The drives have to be added as a dependency to SQL. This is done in cluster administration.

    Ask the server admin (assuming he...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Optimization job/logs

    Krasavita (10/12/2009)


    What is your suggestion? Thank you

    GilaMonster (10/12/2009)


    Try switching the DB to bulk-logged recovery for the duration of the index rebuilds, then back to full (and take a 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

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  • RE: very urgent please

    Bob Hovious 24601 (10/12/2009)


    Adding "urgent" or "please help me" strikes me as being fairly immature, which leads me to believe that they are issues related to homework assignments.

    Or a project...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Database corruption / steps to fix issues

    First read this http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/65804/

    Once you have read that...

    Run the following and post the full output.

    DBCC CHECKDB (<Database Name>) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS

    Do you have a backup from before running repair?...

    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: Is there a way to make a backup that isn't part of the backup set

    tvanharp (10/12/2009)


    If I run a full backup to a location separate from our normal backups and then delete it, will this cause a problem with restoring that database later?...

    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: Automatically rebuild large indexes

    You need to use dynamic SQL here.

    Extract of code that needs to change

    ...

    SET @sSQL = 'ALTER INDEX [' + @ndxnm + '] ON [' + @tblnm + '] REBUILD PARTITION...

    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: very urgent please

    Silverfox (10/12/2009)


    Bob Hovious 24601 (10/12/2009)


    Because his homework assignment is due in the morning?

    LOL, do you have something against software engineers 😛

    Only lazy ones.

    p.s. I was a software developer, I still...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: database gor corrupted what to do

    Krasavita (10/12/2009)


    Our I/O subsystem isn't reading pages correctly. All the information I posted shows that page (1:38), which SQL Server complained was corrupt, isn't actually corrupt.

    What do you mean...

    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: very urgent please

    Why are you casting to varchar in the first place if you're going to match the values too another table?

    This is very urgent? Why?

    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: Attaching mdf and ldf for SQL 2000 compatible DB - nasty error

    p.s. you are trying to attach them back to the SQL 2008 instance?

    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: Transaction Log truncation

    Beginer (10/11/2009)


    As per my understannding the autocheckpoint should happen when the log file becomes 70% full.

    No, that's for TempDB. For user databases it runs regularly to keep the expected recovery...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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