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  • RE: finding Deceased year

    consider changing is_deceased NVARCHAR(2) NOT NULL to bit, and use a 1 and 0 instead.
    where do you mention deceased date?
    what's the purpose of "row is current", row start...

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  • RE: 2008 R2 Jobs from .bak files not shown in new server when restoring

    what exactly did you backup and restore?

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: SQL Server on VMWare w/1CPU 1 Core

    Always ask yourself, how many people do I need to transport how far, with how much fuel, in a 1 cylinder vehicle. 
    If your expectations are realistic, as well as...

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: SET PROCESS AFFINITY

    Mighty - Friday, March 3, 2017 4:32 AM

    I gave the "correct" answer, but I think it is not correct. AUTO is not...

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Replicate from AlwaysOn group

    Set it up using the name of the actual instance, and afterwards redirect the publisher to the AG Listener Name.
    This should guide you: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh710046.aspx

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: SSMS Slow to Response

    You've checked everything, except network traffic and response. 
    I generally see the same issue when connecting from continent to another, then there's a delay in object explorer visual response.

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: SA login and AlwaysOn

    SSMS version on your workstation is pre-2012 is my guess.

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Large Delete Loop

    joe.dot - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:34 AM

    That's what I keep thinking. My co-worker said it should work just fine. I think...

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Partitioning approaches

    You'll save yourself and future-you a lot of headache by developing an analysis cube and reporting from it rather. 
    It should be faster, sleeker and less admin-overhead than dividing into...

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Show 1st day of previous month.

    SELECT DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, 0, getdate()), 0) AS StartOfMonth

    Is this what you require?

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Help with reading files in subfolders

    Your Loop will perform the required read/operation then delete the folder, you'll need to encapsulate foreach file into a foreach folder.
    http://microsoft-ssis.blogspot.com/2011/01/foreach-folder-enumerator.html

    Perfecting your variables will be crucial.

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Help with reading files in subfolders

    quite difficult since we don't know what you have developed so far, but here is a good starting point on For loops when working with files.
    https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/ssis/ssis-basics-introducing-the-foreach-loop-container/

    Are...

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Help with reading files in subfolders

    Are you using SSIS tasks or batch scripts?

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    This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 6:26 AM

    jasona.work - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 5:37 AM

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  • RE: How to determine Windows domain username when the user connected to SQL as SQL login with SA access

    Eirikur Eiriksson - Monday, February 27, 2017 3:47 PM

    manojgudapati - Monday, February 27, 2017 3:14 PM

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