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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Well, SQL does support the ASCII standard for storing character data (char and varchar) and it supports some of the ANSI SQL standards (of multiple different years), so you could...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Reporting Services Error

    Let me guess, you're posting XML? Any angle brackets get eaten by the forum software. You need to replace < with &_lt_; (remove the _) and > with &_gt_;

    No need...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Anyone feel up to this?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic696402-146-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bruce W Cassidy (4/14/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]I took a lesson from St Lynn. Not sure it will help, but worth a shot.[/font]

    I'm not even sure what the question is any longer.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Help about maintenance

    There are lots and lots of 'involuntary' DBAs who started out knowing nothing and managed. I'd much rather help him learn how to manage the server (if he's interested) than...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (4/14/2009)


    Three years experience, asking questions like this? More like 1 month of experience over 36 months.

    Hmm, a complete change of tack, along with what looks like...

    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 about maintenance

    If you'd said that in the first post it would have saved a lot of wasted time.

    Now, knowing that we're helping you prove to someone that he can't do the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Explanation of SSC rankings structure for "noob"

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic447796-4-1.aspx

    Rank is purely due to the number of points. Points are gained by posting or by answering the Question of the Day correctly.

    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 When Execute Results Doesnt Appear

    What are you running and what do you expect to appear?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Get this in SQL Logs under my user name, what is this mean?

    yulichka (4/14/2009)


    I copied the the hall message from Activity Monitor

    Then check the SQL error log.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Server When Execute Results Doesnt Appear

    Duplicate post. No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic696930-391-1.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 about maintenance

    Musène Jonas (4/14/2009)


    I am so clear, but these check have to be made every week if i do not want to loss many data

    Sorry, I don't understand.

    Index maintenance has nothing...

    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: Get this in SQL Logs under my user name, what is this mean?

    Job? Windows Service? You're typing the password wrong? Registered servers with wrong credentials?

    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: Get this in SQL Logs under my user name, what is this mean?

    If you can post the full error, with the error number, severity, line and state, we can tell you why the login failed. From what you've posted, the only thing...

    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?

    Bob Hovious (4/14/2009)


    That's cruel.

    What is? Lynn's reply?

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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