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  • RE: DTS and ActiveX

    james.ellingworth (12/16/2008)


    Thank you GilaMonster for your advice. As I said in my other post, I only realised that the DTS Section existed at a later stage.

    If you repost in...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Database Design Help

    Is this a homework assignment?

    Can you post the schema as it is now?

    The quiz table as you describe it is in violation of 1st normal form. It has repeating groups....

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Bringing System to its Original state

    Not exacly, but they're very different from restoring user databases. Books Online has a good section on restoring the various system databases.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: The BackUP of the file Group of file is not permitted

    Is the database online?

    Can you try and run a backup from the query window -

    BACKUP DATABASE Emp TO DISK = ' Full path to backup file here '

    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 Server 2005 SP3

    Saurabh Vegda (12/16/2008)


    Yes, it seems to have been pulled out, strange...:(

    I'll see if I can get an explanation from someone for the pull back and when it'll be available again.

    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: What does this error say??

    It says that a deadlock occurred and this process (whatever it is) was the deadlock victim and hence it was killed.

    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: DTS and ActiveX

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic615879-19-1.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: Bringing System to its Original state

    ps (12/16/2008)


    You need to backup master and msdb databases besides user databases.

    And model if you've made any changes to that.

    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 2005 SP3

    We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.

    Looks like it's been pulled back for some reason...

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

    Jack Corbett (12/15/2008)


    Maybe one of you guys has the answer they want.

    Why not. I've only had one twit so far this week. I don't have the answer he wants,...

    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: Tracing

    metro17 (12/15/2008)


    Thanks..But the issue is I would like to track the changes that have already been done .

    Can't be done.

    SQL doesn't keep track of that information unless you set...

    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: question about indexes

    Jpotucek (12/15/2008)


    What - if any - damage could I cause if I dropped the non-unique - non-clusered index and left the clustered/unique PK index???

    There shouldn't be any damage

    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: Alter Index statement causes unrecoverable deadlock

    Ok...... Never seen that before.

    If it's stack dumping, you need to call customer support.

    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: Request: Clarification on SQLserver 2K8 certification path

    dbdbdb (12/15/2008)


    Let me clarify my certification goals at this point:

    MCITP: Database Administrator 2008

    MCITP: Database Developer 2008

    MCITP: Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance 2008

    Do you do dev, admin and BI?

    Now as I...

    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: Alter Index statement causes unrecoverable deadlock

    By unrecoverable, do you mean the deadlock detector's not picking it up? Does having traceflag 1222 on result in a deadlock graph in the error log?

    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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