There's no associating of differentials to fulls, except when doing a restore.

Do you have anything else backing up this database? Any system backup tool that has a sql component. I've...

Are you trying to restore a differential backup? If so, you need to restore the full WITH NORECOVERY and then restore the differential.

timothyawiseman (8/10/2009)

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GilaMonster (8/10/2009)

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timothyawiseman (8/10/2009)

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I am not clear on if temp tables generate better execution plans than table variables. I have not formally tested it, but intuitively I would expect...

timothyawiseman (8/10/2009)

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Off the cuff, one thought might be to circulate an article through a few volunteers prior to posting. They could send their comments to the author and send...

More accurately perhaps in the mountains, or off camping or something like that. Translate, Steve's on vacation...

timothyawiseman (8/10/2009)

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I am not clear on if temp tables generate better execution plans than table variables. I have not formally tested it, but intuitively I would expect the opposite....

Chad Crawford (8/10/2009)

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I don't think any of you have to worry about too much. English is my first and pretty much only language, but I still don't dare call...

Pleasure. What exactly did I save you time in regards to?

Wanderer (8/10/2009)

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anyways: 1 useful piece of information I got from a Kalen Delaney course. sp_ is NOT Microsoft's "stored procedures". It actually means special, and works for tables as well....

3 main options.

Save as .sqlplan and ask them to install management Studio Express. Easiest to do, easiest plan to read.

As I explained in the article I referred you to, use...

Install management studio express on the user's machines (it's a free download from Microsoft), then they can view the exec plan with full details. No other way is as easy...

Probably the only way to pdf will be via screen shot, which loses most of the information in the plan. Have a look at this article for a way to...

Only if you like your data dirty.

See - http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andrew_kelly/archive/2009/04/10/how-dirty-are-your-reads.aspx

Why do you want to save it as pdf?

Right click on the graphical plan, select save as. Save as a .sqlplan file. It's a form of xml. Anyone with management...

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