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  • RE: few record loss in table Primary key where same records exists in foreign key table

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    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backups

    I think maybe you're miunderstanding backups.

    Transaction log backups are 'incremental' backups. The full backup is not a backup of the data file, it's a backup of the data files and...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backups

    sault (6/22/2015)


    If I pull a backup from one of these sites and try to restore it the backup will have the database file plus many log files listed to be...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Dumpfiles

    Yup, that's a stackdump triggered by an access violation.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backups

    So you're getting databases with multiple active ldf files?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Same database with two different machines at different times

    The first problem likely to occur is that he boots the laptop and then plugs the drive in. SQL tries to access the database files when it first opens the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to subtract dates from previous date on same patient?

    Ed Wagner (6/22/2015)


    NineIron (6/22/2015)


    I don't want running total but, the difference between previous rows. Thanx.

    So the difference would be that you subtract instead of add.

    No, because it's a plain subtraction,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Dumpfiles

    To allow for someone with the knowledge and tools to identify the cause of the access violation (memory-related error). Typically that someone is from Customer Support as they have access...

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

    What, exactly, do you mean by 'There is a log file for each day of transactions.'?

    What are you referring to as a 'log file'? The actual .ldf file? A log...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL slow datetime record search

    Index definitions and execution plan (saved as a .sqlplan file) please.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Maintenance commands affect on log file / log file maintenance without log file backups

    HookSqlDba7 (6/18/2015)


    1. Does the index rebuild, index reorg, update statistics and db integrity check commands all use the log file?

    Yes, yes, yes, no.

    2. Does Indexs Reorg have less impact on...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Same database with two different machines at different times

    ratherbeflying (6/19/2015)


    My contention is that sooner or later he's going to forget and that's when things are going to go south.

    Yup.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Newly created Index and execution plan

    Yes, the query's already running, the index create will, depending on locks, have to wait until that query has finished. If it does run at the same time, it can't...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Certification Advice Sought...

    Siberian Khatru (6/19/2015)


    I would LOVE to actually be an expert in this field -- that is my real goal.

    You become an 'expert' by studying, trying, reading, practicing and making mistakes,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Certification Advice Sought...

    Boot camps are typically designed to get you to pass the exams, not learn the material. They're a few of days of cramming what you need to pass the exams...

    Gail Shaw
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