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  • RE: The Corporate Borg

    Tom.Thomson (3/22/2010)


    This was already a good idea back in the 1960s. Of course people had to communicate by telex or paper mail back then, but it was already known that...

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  • RE: Report Server will not initialize

    Where I've seen that before, it's been an issue with creating the encryption certificate. Have you done that?

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  • RE: Sequel Server 2000 SP4 8.00.2055 linked server quits working after 2 years???

    Then it's definitely security. If they can find each other, then it's not "does not exist" and is "or access denied".

    Are you using SQL security at both ends, or...

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  • RE: Sequel Server 2000 SP4 8.00.2055 linked server quits working after 2 years???

    I'd check DNS next. "Server does not exist" may mean it can't resolve the name.

    Can you ping the servers from each other?

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  • RE: Table Splitting

    RedGate's SQL Refactor can do table splitting for you, but it might have trouble biting off that many rows all at once.

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  • RE: Can I intall Analysis Services on Vista?

    I have a copy of SQL 2008 Dev Edition installed on Vista Ultimate at home. Includes SSRS, SSAS, and all the rest.

    You just have to patch it up to...

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  • RE: Object tampering within SQL Server 2008??

    I'm curious how this saved you "many hours of work".

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (3/19/2010)


    GSquared (3/19/2010)


    Well, I get to tell stories about riding a horse home through the woods at 40 degrees below zero with enough wind-chill to make spit freeze before it...

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  • RE: Is it possible to string "Int" datatypes together?

    You're welcome.

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  • RE: Rolling Back a Restore

    So long as it was an option, I think it would be a good idea.

    Of course, as a workaround, you can restore as a different name, then issue a drop...

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  • RE: An Urgent Ad Hoc Report

    I have to agree with Jeff on the point of not changing data in a production system without external validation.

    I've run into that exact situation, a 29 Feb in a...

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  • RE: Pass Node of XML as parameter in XQuery

    The Local Name option is the only one I know of for this that would work in a query. I've used it, and it does work, but it can...

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  • RE: Sequel Server 2000 SP4 8.00.2055 linked server quits working after 2 years???

    Is it possible that any permissions have been changed? If so, you'd be able to log in, and that would make the linked server not give a security error....

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  • RE: '%' has more columns that were specified in the column list

    Can you provide table definitions for the tables the view selects from?

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  • RE: Does the choice of Simple vs Full Rec. Model in non-system DBs affect tempdb space?

    Ray Laubert (3/19/2010)


    I have to take acception to one of the comments above. The selection of simple vs full is not made based on when you do a full...

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