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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (3/4/2009)


    Can I just add that I think this is the first time I've seen an active blanket party on this site.

    I've seen one before. Happened when one...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Is there a way to select all columns except one or two columns?

    Santhosh (3/4/2009)


    but the requirement is

    1. to compare two tables

    If all you're trying to do is compare two tables, have you considered using the tablediff utility that comes with SQL?

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162843(SQL.90).aspx

    If...

    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 Database taking inordinate amount of time to start.

    Post that portion of the error log please?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: "Answered" Posts

    Mangal Pardeshi (3/4/2009)


    I can make out who is asking for right intention and who is just increasing his pots counts.

    Can you really?

    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: Deadlock Scenario

    Krishna (3/4/2009)


    Which one will be the victim for the dead lock agent?

    Who knows?

    The victim is typically the process that is cheaper to roll back. It has nothing to do with...

    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 Database taking inordinate amount of time to start.

    Check the SQL error log. There should be details in there about what SQL was doing for that time. My guess, there was a rather large transaction that it had...

    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?

    Jack Corbett (3/4/2009)


    The funny thing is I don't ever recall seeing the name on any other posts.

    19 threads in total (including the Answered posts one), mostly a single post per...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Trigger not Updating my DestinationTable!

    mail2payan (3/2/2009)


    I now declared a trigger, which will update DestinationTable, whenever data is being inserted in MyTable.

    Actually, your trigger as written will insert into DestinationTable whenever data is been...

    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: Aiming Microsoft Certificate

    Advertising. Reported to moderator.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DBCC Checks.. will they bring the Database down?

    graham.boyle (3/4/2009)


    I want to run some DBCC checks on a Database in SqlServer 2000

    What DBCC checks? There are a lot of DBCC commands. Which one in particular are you talking...

    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: differential Backup

    iainthepitman (3/4/2009)


    yep. as far as i'm aware, the differntial backup only records data changes since the last differential. so if you need to restore to the 29th differential,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Stored Procedure only utilises first character of passed parameter

    tony (3/4/2009)


    CREATE PROCEDURE UPDATE_TABLE_COUNT @NAME VARCHAR, @COUNT INT

    Just to explain why. If you define a varchar (or char, nchar, nvarchar, binary, varbinary) without giving a length parameter, the default length...

    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: "Answered" Posts

    Mangal Pardeshi (3/4/2009)


    If YOU are not doing that, doesn't mean don't happen in SSC or for that matter on any other Online forum, and if you are not doing that...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: I need this Values

    saravanantvr1984 (3/4/2009)


    Hi dear all,

    If I give one date like '2008-03-04' i need the result next month last day or date

    Not quite sure I understand. Do you need the last day...

    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?

    Grant Fritchey (3/4/2009)


    He may as well be quoting from my posts because I'm "guilty" of all the "crimes" he listed.

    Likewise, most of them very recently

    But hey, don't take it...

    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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