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  • RE: How to analyze performance of a cursor

    If the time difference is extreme, you can simply execute both procs in Management Studio and look at the execution time at the bottom of the screen.

    I've had ones where...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (8/19/2009)


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    GilaMonster (8/19/2009)


    *Woot* Just got TechEd evaluation scores. Bar one comment, very nice!

    Congrats, but of course exactly what I'd have expected for you, barring the one negative comment.;-)

    Comment...

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  • RE: Alert When Job Is Cancelled

    There isn't a way I know of to do exactly that, but if you query the job schedule in msdb, you should be able to compare the times it was...

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  • RE: How to do that

    Are you just talking about generating test data, or do you mean you want it random and unique in the production database?

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  • RE: Test Drive

    Mike in Michigan (8/19/2009)


    I can just picture companies deliberately bringing in people for a few days at low wages and no benefits and doing it over and over and over...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (8/19/2009)


    Can't find it now, but I read a post earlier this morning where the OP thought he couldn't use an ORDER BY in a query because he was...

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  • RE: What's cold backup.?

    It's an older process. Essentially, a retronym. Warm backups are more technically complicated at the engine and OS level, and thus arrived on the scene later.

    I've...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (8/19/2009)


    *Woot* Just got TechEd evaluation scores. Bar one comment, very nice!

    Well done!

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dave Ballantyne (8/19/2009)


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    Okay, I'll bite. Why is that one surprising?

    Just simply because after 10 years+ of solid TSQL work, i'd never needed to do that.

    You learn something new...

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  • RE: Test Drive

    Sounds like a pretty standard "contract-to-hire" situation to me. Lots of companies do that.

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  • RE: History of Tables/SPs

    Source control for all scripts run against the database is also a good way to control and track what objects get created/modified/dropped.

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  • RE: can I lose data by using on Log File DBCC SHRINKFILE ( )

    3) Some-one reported that they shrank the log file and they lost data. At first I didn't think that was possible but then I read:

    http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5173108.html

    I just read that article, and...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dave Ballantyne (8/19/2009)


    On a more positive note, a question that made me think, "CAN you do that" ?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic773249-145-1.aspx

    Okay, I'll bite. Why is that one surprising?

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (8/18/2009)


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    Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts...

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  • RE: How to get the root node in a table

    If you really want a UDF, try this:

    CREATE FUNCTION HierarchyTop (

    @OrgUnitID_in VARCHAR(12))

    RETURNS VARCHAR(12)

    AS

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @Top VARCHAR(12) ;

    ;

    WITH ...

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