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  • RE: Printing standards of SSRS report

    Are they printing it automatically, or does someone push a "Print button" of some sort? If automatically, how is it being sent to the printer (.NET call? Scheduled...

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  • RE: Is disable lock escalation for a SELECT statement (only) possible?

    If it has to select the whole table, or most of it, it's going to have to lock the table anyway.

    A Select statement by itself can't really cause a deadlock,...

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  • RE: Ideas for a better way to do this?

    I must be missing something.

    I ran the create script as posted. I ran the populate script as posted. It looks like c. 5000 records in Temp_Cust, and a...

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  • RE: Automate database backup using variable to define database name, SSIS2005

    I'd use a T-SQL task for that, and just issue a backup command. The backup command can accept a variable for the database name, but you might need to...

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  • RE: Sql agent job step - tsql command

    The problem with oddball solutions like this one, using a tool in a way it's not intended/documented for, is that you then have to overdocument it yourself to explain, in...

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  • RE: Ideas for a better way to do this?

    I'm having trouble getting those scripts to copy-and-paste cleanly, because of their size. Think you could post them as .txt file attachments, instead of in the body of the...

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  • RE: Personal Accomplishments: 8000 posts, 20K+ visits.

    Congrats!

    And I love the recursive post!

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  • RE: Question for the "experts"

    DeanORenO (1/12/2012)


    I love this, "read his posts and tear him apart" mentality you employ GSquared.

    Me too. You're welcome.

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  • RE: Is there a quick and dirty way to format varchar(max) SQL Server output into HTML without using Reporting Services?

    That makes sense.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff, I just fielded a question where someone was asking about your Million Rows of Test Data thing. Still planning on writing that?

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  • RE: do i have to install SSIS on develop's PC along with BIDS?

    I avoid it unless I have a copy of Dev Edition licensed for that dev. You need an SQL Server license to legally install SSIS on a machine, and...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

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    GSquared (1/12/2012)


    At least half the time I answer, I didn't have the answer when I started. I read the question, go "I wonder how...

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  • RE: Creating million row test tables?

    There are a number of ways to do it. Far as I know, Jeff is actually working on an article about them.

    One of the easiest, if the tables are...

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  • RE: do i have to install SSIS on develop's PC along with BIDS?

    BIDS can run packages without SSIS installed, last I checked. Ran into that as a problem a while back, when I didn't realize that Workgroup Edition doesn't have SSIS...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bex (1/12/2012)


    Cadavre (1/12/2012)


    I'm going to continue posting, reading and answering questions on this site for one simple reason: I learn as much if not more than those that I've helped....

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