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  • RE: Sql errors automaticaly rollback transactions?

    Not all errors roll the transaction back. You should use begin transaction and rollback/commit if it needs to be an atomic operation (all succeeds or none succeeds)

    On 2005, Try.. catch...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Reporting Services 2008

    frecal (7/7/2009)


    I would of thought that when i would of changed my windows password it would update the credentials automatically.

    You changed the password in AD. That doesn't automatically mean that...

    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: Composite primary key & auto increment problem

    GSquared (7/7/2009)


    That means you have to force table locks whenever you access it.

    Exclusive table locks.

    Sequence table has much the same problems as the MAX(ID)+1 solution. Either you get...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: After MCTS, What be the next??

    Sudeepta (7/7/2009)


    Now, I want to proceed towards the next level of certification MCITP on SQL Server 2005, however, I am confused which track should I choose?

    Are you a developer...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Transaction log is created for all..DBs

    Log shipping really is the way to do this. The only other way I can think of (other than DB mirroring) is to use a 3rd part log reader. However...

    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: Duplicate data

    Which of the tables are you concerned is 'duplicate'?

    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: Problem in creating LOGON trigger

    jai verma (7/6/2009)


    What is the difference in SQL 2005 RTM and SQL 2005.

    RTM is Release to Manufacturing. The original release version of SQL 2005 before any service packs. Logon triggers...

    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?

    GSquared (7/6/2009)


    GilaMonster (7/6/2009)


    Paul White (7/6/2009)


    Yr stoopid M$. Yr updats rooning SQL. Im quitting!!!!!11111!!!!!!!

    🙂

    k thx bye

    Isn't that supposed to be all one word? (Alloneword, even.)

    Depends. I've seen both versions.

    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?

    Lynn Pettis (7/6/2009)


    I don't think any further responses are necessary here, but here is an "interesting" omg moment.

    I saw it. :rolleyes:

    I'd say I'm shocked, but it's hardly the first time...

    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?

    Paul White (7/6/2009)


    Yr stoopid M$. Yr updats rooning SQL. Im quitting!!!!!11111!!!!!!!

    🙂

    k thx bye

    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: Recovery to point in time gone wrong

    At least the data's recoverable. May I suggest that you play around a bit with point-in-time recovery (and check books online).

    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?

    GSquared (7/6/2009)


    We don't have tens of thousands of posts that all just say, "you suck!!!1one!!" in a large variety of ways. Nor do we have more tens of...

    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: database 'master' is not valid 9003 error Help!!!

    Do you have a backup of master? What's the exact errors that you're getting? What's in the SQL error 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: How can you identify the year in a smalldatetime column?

    DECLARE @dt SMALLDATETIME

    SET @dt = '2009/01/01'

    SELECT YEAR(@dt)

    SELECT DATEPART(yy,@dt)

    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: Performance issue

    The log file won't help at all and you're better off removing the second log file.

    The second filegroup may help if the server was IO bottlenecked and if the new...

    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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