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  • RE: How do I recover data from SQL Server's log files?

    Typically, you don't. The transaction log is not there for data recovery and there's no built-in way (except for ROLLBACK TRANSACTION) to use the transaction log to undo a transaction.

    Additionally,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: highest unused ID

    Lynn Pettis (1/10/2009)


    I need to get it to the Dean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Colorado Tech here in Colorado Springs. I am trying o get a...

    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: Image is Everything

    What I wear on a particular day depends on what I'm doing. I personally detest skirts and I haven't worn one since highschool (where it was required uniform) and the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: highest unused ID

    Jeff Moden (1/10/2009)


    What's really a mystery to me is Lynn's dev box when parallelism kicks in... the times for both queries absolutely suck on that box until he adds 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: highest unused ID

    Lynn Pettis (1/10/2009)


    Sorry, I was watching the last 2 episodes of StarGate Atlantis (had them on DVR).

    Any good?

    Or it could be a result of the Raid 5 configuration of the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Database File Size & Break-Up

    Gautam Saha (1/9/2009)


    Space management (several drives are empty whereas 2 are almost full) & Potentially increasing performance. I know the performance plus is highly debated but from what I read...

    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_who2 results show one spid 24 times

    It's parallelism. It's something that SQL decides to do, not the developer.

    Not all of the threads will likely be running and there can be more than the maxdop set or...

    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: clustered index hell

    If all the queries that filter on the quid are equalities (hence finding 1 row), I'd put a nonclustered index on the Guid and find somewhere else for the cluster.

    I've...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Secuirty in stored procs with passphrase

    Digs (1/9/2009)


    SO are you saying the code in asp.net codebehind and TSQL 2005 stored proceedures can be hacked ...?????

    Anyone that has login rights to the SQL Server and either execute...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Error: 5243, Severity: 22, State: 1

    No way to tell.

    I'm asking what appears to cause it, not the root cause. What are you generally doing when it happens?

    Earlier advice still applies. The best people to contact...

    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 File Size & Break-Up

    Gautam Saha (1/9/2009)


    Can I break up the database so that it consists of 4 mdf/ndf files

    You can. What are you trying to achieve by doing so?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Restore Database Without Log

    Tim Riley (1/9/2009)


    The reason I'm looking to just recover the mdf file is that I know there were no uncommitted transactions; the backup was taken after a server re-boot...

    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: KERBEROS

    What are the security settings of the linked server?

    Are you sure the linked server is pointing at the correct database on the remote server?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Sql QUERY Help

    Lynn Pettis (1/9/2009)


    GilaMonster (1/9/2009)


    It's do-it-yourself sample data. Values at the top of the post, insert statements at the bottom. 😛 😀

    That I think not. Too many data columns for...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Sql QUERY Help

    Lynn Pettis (1/9/2009)


    hmmmm, something missing I am. No data I see in the insert statements.

    It's do-it-yourself sample data. Values at the top of the post, insert statements at 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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