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  • RE: Duplicate a "model" database

    Then you'll need to do it in two steps.

    The first creates the database without any content (beyond whatever's in model).

    The second opens a connection to the new database and runs...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/24/2011)


    car ad that you click through to get info on the car is still measurably more effective than one that people scan past without noticing.

    Quite possibly true, but...

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  • RE: Sr. SQL Server DBA Position

    Craig Farrell (2/24/2011)


    Besides what G2 already mentioned above...

    Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IS, or related degree, or equivalent experience. 5-6 years experience working with multiple database...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/24/2011)


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    Stefan Krzywicki (2/24/2011)


    I'm hoping that internet advertising catches up to traditional advertising soon. Internet advertising tends to pay on click-throughs while traditional advertising pays on estimated viewings....

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  • RE: Sr. SQL Server DBA Position

    That sounds more like a team of people than a single job listing.

    Develop plans for providing reliable, recoverable, and scalable databases/computing environments to store and integrate company data.

    (emphasis added)

    All...

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  • RE: Where can I find study material on TSQL query tuning?

    Red Gate has one by Grant Fritchey. He knows the subject pretty well, so it's definitely a good place to start.

    (There's a link to Red Gate's site at the...

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  • RE: Normalization Question

    What you're hitting here is the age-old conflict on how best to architect data warehouses. One is "star/snowflake schema", one is "normalized, but not fully". (There are real...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/24/2011)


    I'm hoping that internet advertising catches up to traditional advertising soon. Internet advertising tends to pay on click-throughs while traditional advertising pays on estimated viewings. I know some...

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  • RE: Importing Strange XML File

    Are you familiar with the T-SQL version of XQuery?

    With that, it's pretty easy to shred this XML.

    This should get you started:

    DECLARE @XML XML = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>

    <wcsxml...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (2/24/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (2/24/2011)


    How do they prove they posted the link if it gets deleted?

    I'm sure there's logging software available that will record the site and if data is...

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  • RE: Duplicate a "model" database

    Have you tried simply creating a backup of the database as it's supposed to be when you create a new copy?

    You can use the Restore command to give it a...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (2/24/2011)


    How do they prove they posted the link if it gets deleted?

    I don't know. If I get the chance, I'll ask.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/24/2011)


    GSquared (2/24/2011)


    Most won't go that far, but business competition is ... well ... competitive. Sun Tzu's Art of War applies.

    As I get older, I...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (2/24/2011)


    Ian Scarlett (2/24/2011)


    Does this sort of irritating Spam really work? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1068979-392-1.aspx

    If I was in the market for one of those, I wouldn't buy from a company that does...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (2/24/2011)


    Tom.Thomson (2/23/2011)


    I don't see much point in attempting obfuscation if the enemy can see inside the database.

    That's a good point, Tom. But is "enemy" a good word choice...

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