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  • RE: Link from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012 instance

    A linked server should work. Haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it should be easy enough to set up. Will that do what you need?

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  • RE: question on memory settings

    Standard Edition can use 64GB of RAM in 2008 R2. Ref: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/F/C/FFC6D450-A0A2-4916-80EA-B83F7BCDF250/SQLServer2008R2EditionsDatasheet_Aug10%5B1%5D.pdf

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  • RE: Why is BACKUP DATABASE working for Transaction Log backups?

    I haven't tried it myself, but it's entirely possible that Restore Log is only necessary if you're using options like stopping at a certain point in time. Haven't tried...

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  • RE: Inquiry

    You can ask general help questions here. If they're not specific to a particular version of SQL Server, this forum is as good as any other.

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  • RE: Interview question

    k.subramanyam1017 (4/30/2012)


    for example i install the enterprise editions of sql server2005 and 2008

    if u dont mind the pls tell me atleast two difference of installation enterprise editions of...

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  • RE: Super XML noob needs help

    Another thing you can usually do is use OpenRowset to query the file directly, without importing it into a staging table first.

    On the file terminating unexpectedly, how big is it?

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  • RE: Sql Query to find invalid SSN Numbers

    Birthday isn't a valid test for SSNs. It's only very recently that they started issuing them that early. I got mine when I was 18, when I first...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition - SP3: PKey has Identity Spec on and millions of rows...

    Honestly, partitioning is complex enough and very sensitive to the actual data it's being used on, that all I can suggest is testing it out. You'll find out more...

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  • RE: Pull back up to the first Carridge Return

    SELECT SALES.Reference AS 'SalesOrder Referance'

    ,SERV2.Reference AS 'ServiceOrder Reference'

    ,SALESTAT.NAME AS 'Sales Order Status'

    ,SALECAT.Category AS 'Sales Order Category'

    ,SOJ1.[No Of SOJ] AS 'NoOfSOJ'

    ,SOJ2.[JobNumber] AS 'SOJ Number'

    ,SUB1.[ActivityDate] AS 'Appointment Date'

    ,CUST1.ShortName AS 'ParentCustomer'

    ,SOJ2.JobStatusID

    ,PERS.ShortName

    ,CASE WHEN...

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  • RE: Determine whether a database was ever upgraded?

    Nothing I know of does that.

    That's what database inventories and documentation are for, really. I have an internal wiki where that kind of thing gets documented.

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  • RE: parameter

    You can't, so far as I know, put a freeform text box in a report. It goes in a form that wraps around the report. It's part of...

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  • RE: framented images?

    No. Then you'd have to stitch them back together to actually show the image. (I'm assuming you mean something like JPG or PNG files when you say "images".)

    The...

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  • RE: Determine whether a database was ever upgraded?

    Not directly, so far as I know. You might be able to gleen some clues from the create date in sys.databases. If it was created before 2008, odds...

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  • RE: The specified Filestream share name is not a valid windows share name. Verify that the share name is a valid windows share name.

    Further clarification:

    If you read the data on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc949109(v=SQL.100).aspx, you'll see that it says:

    Enter the name of the Windows share in the Windows Share Name box.

    Note that it says, "name of...

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  • RE: The specified Filestream share name is not a valid windows share name. Verify that the share name is a valid windows share name.

    The sharename has to be a local name, without a server/computer name on it. Filestream will then share the data. It isn't a UNC path, it's a local...

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