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  • RE: SQL Mail

    After intitially having a bit of grief with it (NT vs Win2K servers, WMS or no WMS, etc.) I have had it up and working well for a couple of...

    G. Milner

  • RE: Web Application Languages

    Yes, it IS supposed to be reasonably fun. If it's not, you've got the WRONG JOB.

    G. Milner

  • RE: Web Application Languages

    I used to be big on MS products but now am learning PHP. As a SQL Server DBA, I will inevitably have to learn C# due to the CLR in...

    G. Milner

  • RE: Transaction log not truncated on backup

    Here's something I got from the Microsoft site -- Works pretty well(Sorry all the indenting goes out of it with this post. Get the original off the MS site if...

    G. Milner

  • RE: New DBA

    1. Never put spaces or dashes in any object names (columns, table names, server names, etc). It will only turn around and bite you later. Understores are OK.

    2. Learn a...

    G. Milner

  • RE: SA do I need to remember the password

    If you use certain types of software, like Great Plains for example, you must use the sa password to set it up, and in the case of GP, to administer...

    G. Milner

  • RE: T-SQL book recommendation

    Guru's Guide to Transact SQL by Henderson. It has many practical examples.

    G. Milner

  • RE: What type of programming for Newbie?

    Python and PostgreSQL would be my choice.

    G. Milner

  • RE: where does logins default database link stores?

    Also and FYI:

    There's a great script called sp_help_revlogin (by Gregory A. Larsen) which copies all your server logins to another script you can use to recreate them on another server....

    G. Milner

  • RE: CRITICAL: Win Zip 5gb backup using command line

    I use PKZip for Windows. It's cheap and well worth the money. It's also faster and more efficient on Memory usage than anything else out there. I have no problem...

    G. Milner

  • RE: Setting Identity Seed and Identity Increment

    Yes. DBCC CHECKIDENT with RESEED PARAMETER.

    As in:

    DBCC CHECKIDENT ('MyTable',RESEED, 1)

    G. Milner

  • RE: Developer tips for team.

    If your developers will have the ablity to create (or ask for the creation of) tables, columns, views, procs, etc., tell them NOT to include any spaces or dashes (-)...

    G. Milner

  • RE: Clearing and reducing transaction Log

    I believe this script came from the db journal website. First run the script for about 10-15 seconds and MANUALLY STOP IT. Then run the first of the 2 comments...

    G. Milner

  • RE: Clearing and reducing transaction Log

    I believe this script came from the db journal website. First run the script for about 10-15 seconds and MANUALLY STOP IT. Then run the first of the 2 comments...

    G. Milner

  • RE: Dumping results of a query into Excel

    You could also approach if from the other end. Use MS Query in Excel and past your SQL into the MS Query SQL window. You can put a button on...

    G. Milner

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