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  • RE: Uninstall SQL Express 2008 before installing SQL Developer 2008 ?

    You can either uninstall Express, or install Dev Edition as a second instance. Personally, I'd uninstall Express.

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  • RE: How can we standardize SQL Server Data Deployments?

    blandry (12/16/2009)


    I hate to throw a whine at you, but your post presumes that all over the world a DBA can be measured to have the same basic skills from...

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  • RE: How can we standardize SQL Server Data Deployments?

    Adam Gojdas (12/16/2009)


    Using a DROP/CREATE with an IF EXISTS clause instead of an ALTER statement for deploying SQL Server objects like stored procedures is one example of a standard that...

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  • RE: Performance Monitors and Tran log file

    Bru Medishetty (12/16/2009)


    Even if you have no 3rd part tool, you can find what's going on with the databases. You have Activity Monitor start there, look if you have any...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

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    CirquedeSQLeil (12/11/2009)


    By the time the thread hits 10,000 y'all will be flatlined, passed out drunk from all the bear being passed around - bwahahaha...

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  • RE: Try Success

    Take a look at Try Catch in Books Online. It has all the details.

    Basically, errors with a severity below 11 won't fire off the Catch block. Errors 11...

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  • RE: Should i use SSIS or a CTE? Help with either?

    Can you provide the table definitions and some sample data for the current tables?

    From what you're describing, it seems like the whole thing could be simply a few joins and...

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  • RE: how to split a delimeted field value into rows

    Lynn Pettis (12/16/2009)


    Also regarding the company providing training; it's nice when they do, but in the end it is up to us to keep ourselves current and relavent in our...

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  • RE: Capturing XML output from a Stored Procedure

    Peter E. Kierstead (12/16/2009)


    Dude, you rock! I totally missed that in BOL... But I'm still not going to take back the MICROSOFT @)(@#$)(*@#$#@$...

    Thank you.

    As for the comment about MS: Trust...

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  • RE: Enterprise Manager substitute for SQL 2005+

    I've used Apex SQL Edit. It works. Might do what you need. Haven't used TOAD, but from what I've heard, I'm probably not missing much.

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  • RE: Need name of the person who deleted data from DB

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    GilaMonster (12/16/2009)


    As far as I'm aware, what's in the log is the uid, the database user id. If the person who deleted the data was a sysadmin, that'll...

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  • RE: XML import SQL Server 2005 Express

    Computers are becoming easier for end-users, not for DBAs. For us, it gets more complex all the time!

    This site had a series of articles last year (I think it...

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  • RE: Capturing XML output from a Stored Procedure

    You don't have to convert/cast the data. Use "type" in the For XML clause.

    select (select 1 as Val for xml raw, type);

    If you don't use "type", it comes out...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2008 compatibility level 100

    Not a problem. Easy mistake to make.

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  • RE: Try Success

    The "success" block IS the try block. If something succeeds in the try block, it just moves on to the next command.

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