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  • RE: Need correct data type

    DateDiff returns an integer value. It won't give you fractions.

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  • RE: Surely It Should Just Work?

    Of course it "should just work", but so should everything else.

    My car has an automatic transmission. My wife's has a manual. If I try to drive hers the...

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  • RE: SSIS - how to watch the values in SSIS variables in debug mode

    Put a break-point on the step, and there's a window at the bottom that'll have the values in it.

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  • RE: running database clusters

    Jeffrey Williams-493691 (11/16/2009)


    GSquared (11/16/2009)


    If it has multiple peanuts, it's clustered. If it's just one peanut per database, then it's not. Seems simple to me.

    What if you have a...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I would like to apologize for my answers to all three of those... but I won't. 😀

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  • RE: running database clusters

    If it has multiple peanuts, it's clustered. If it's just one peanut per database, then it's not. Seems simple to me.

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  • RE: RAID

    Krasavita (11/16/2009)


    what is RAID 10?

    It's the latest upgrade in bug-killer-in-a-can. You spray it on the database, and it fixes all your software flaws for you.

    Or something like that....

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  • RE: running databases on a SAN

    Well, since "sans" means "without", "san" must be the singular for "without". So, if you database is running with one "without", then it's on a "san".

    Or it could be...

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  • RE: Consolidating Again and Again and Again

    Jeff Moden (11/13/2009)


    Still, mirroring, log shipping, or what have you to a server a couple of hundred miles away will save your company's hiney if your building is flooded, get's...

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  • RE: Detect and update 'duplicates' based on time difference

    You're welcome.

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  • RE: Question regarding Index Fragmentation

    Just to confirm, the number of pages below which rebuild/reorg won't do anything is 1,000. Below that size, the whole index is likely to be loaded into RAM, and...

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  • RE: directory lookup for the file failed with the operating system error 2

    Ajay, do you understand directory structures and file paths?

    If you look at what Gail posted, you appear to be trying to use a directory called "as.mdf" to hold a file...

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  • RE: How to Prevent DBA's from viewing the data

    There's nothing wrong with keeping people you trust away from data they don't need, and shouldn't have. Even if you have DBAs that you trust implicitly and that are...

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  • RE: Is C# Better?

    Rod at work (11/13/2009)


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    Jeff Moden (11/12/2009)


    Heh... I have an odd personal preference... I don't like languages that require semi-colons or line continuation characters. It seems that they...

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  • RE: Is C# Better?

    dean.rother (11/13/2009)


    1. I should have use marked the code as code.

    2. I copied both samples from http://www.asp.net. I assumed MS could code to their own standards and the c#...

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