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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I agree with Jack. That's not right. It's easy for people to get a poster's history if they want to.

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

    sunny Brook (4/2/2009)


    is it possible that the files you are trying to access are also part of some other good DBs?

    The file in question ('D:\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\Academic Reporting.mdf:MSSQL_DBCC9') is al alternate...

    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: Restore multiple Differential backups

    Double post. Sorry

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Restore multiple Differential backups

    Restore from scratch each time.

    Write a custom sync program or a rather complex SSIS package to do the same thing. This will have a non-trivial impact on production

    Replication's the usual...

    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: Checkdb failure

    Are you running this in a job? If so, check the SQL agent permissions.

    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: Restore multiple Differential backups

    Anukul (4/2/2009)


    Can you provide a script to restore all differential backs hour after hour?

    No need. It's trivial. Add WITH NORECOVERY to all of your restored. However that means that the...

    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: Checkdb failure

    Check the permissions on the directory D:\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\ and make sure that the SQL service account has access. Note that it is possible to have a dir that administrator has no...

    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 (4/2/2009)


    I tried, politely, to get him to give us more complete information to work with, and suggested that he get a good introductory SQL book and do his...

    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: SP

    OS service packs and application service packs are completely unrelated and don't affect one another

    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: Master database corruption

    Are you sure you read the link?

    Part way down there's a link to a second article 'Considerations for restoring the master database'. In there there's a piece on starting...

    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: Master database corruption

    Achtang (4/2/2009)


    Yes, I can restore the master database if the server is running but What if the sql server does not start at all at the start up.

    Did 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

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  • RE: Restore multiple Differential backups

    To restore more backups the database has to be in norecovery, which means it's not readable. Diff backups aren't really suitable for keeping a test server up to date. Have...

    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?

    Ramesh (4/2/2009)


    Anyways, I still think that he deserves a little more help and that too if he shows his willingness to learn and try things on his own.

    We've tried to...

    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: IO Statistics

    Grant Fritchey (4/2/2009)


    Mainly based on the scan count. I'm still assuming, possibly incorrectly, that the second query was able to read from cache where as the first had to go...

    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: Disappearing DBCC Errors

    Corruption 90% of the time is a hardware issue.

    http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/How-to-tell-if-the-IO-subsystem-is-causing-corruptions.aspx

    http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Search-Engine-QA-26-Myths-around-causing-corruption.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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