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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (1/17/2009)


    how can you possibly think he's wrong?

    Well, it's not that he's wrong. That's a perfectly correct answer, just to a different question. It's the same as...

  • RE: user tables in database where the number of rows is less than 100

    Please post SQL 2000-related questions in the SQL 2000 forums. If you post in the 2005 forums, you're very likely to get 2005-specific solutions. All this does is waste everyone's...

  • RE: Deleted DBs

    Just databases that are currently attached to the instance. If it was very recent, check out the default trace. It should have info on dropped databases. You'll find the .trc...

  • RE: Truncate log file

    MichaelJasson (1/17/2009)


    I wanted to understand where this backup is taken. I couldn't find the backup of the transaction log.

    It's not. That's the whole point. TRUNCATE ONLY means don't write out...

  • RE: Why do people need to do this?

    Jeff Moden (1/17/2009)


    the thing is that Ranking can take care of that one because you're grouping by day.

    No, I'm not. A group is any number of events that are...

  • RE: Does the order of columns in WHERE clause matter?

    bravadortb (1/17/2009)


    I'm wondering if there is a correct order in which the columns should appear in the WHERE clause?

    Not at all. The order that you specify has nothing...

  • RE: Index key with a maximum length of 1004 bytes

    INCLUDE columns?

    Only the columns in the where need to be in the index key The rest can be include cloumns, and there's no limit to either size of number...

  • RE: Error Converting Data type varchar to numeric

    Actually, SQL knows they're numeric. The error comes from trying to concatenate a numeric value into a string. It's trying to convert 'delivered' into numeric, which isn't going to...

  • RE: My problem 'LIKE' Child

    Please post the table and index definitions and the execution plan (saved as a .sqlplan file, zipped and attached to your post)

    I could guess without that info but it would...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/17/2009)


    Since when reading the full question a requirement of posting an answer?

    😀

    Good point. :hehe:

    Grant Fritchey (1/17/2009)


    I'm ashamed to say, I'm guilty on that count. Several times I've spotted a...

  • RE: Database size is increasing rapidly

    Run sp_spaceused on the database and on each of the tables in the database. That should show you where the space is been used, or if it's free space within...

  • RE: Indexing a one table, for just one proc

    I hate to be blunt but that procedure's absolutely huge (560 lines) and I don't have the spare time to work through that size of proc.

    Can you narrow down where...

  • RE: VIMP*Backup

    kiransuram19 (1/17/2009)


    NO_LOG | TRUNCATE_ONLY

    GilaMonster --- This above is the answer I was looking for.

    No, it's not. You stated (in the post that you deleted) that you don't want to break...

  • RE: Why do people need to do this?

    I've got a similar one that I'm working on, that does have a legit business requirement. I don't need a solution, I did figure one out after staring at it...

  • RE: VIMP*Backup

    kiransuram19 (1/17/2009)


    1) How can I Truncate T log so that it can only delete the in-active transactions in the log file

    and this should

    Did you read the article that...

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