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  • RE: A quick and easy way to pull up table names, column names, and specific data structure

    True about the other ways to get this kind of data, and I use both of those fairly frequently as well. This is for those times when I have several...

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    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
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  • RE: How to do a full copy of a database onto the same server with a different name

    That got it. Thank you for all the help.

    If someone comes across this post later, and wants to see a walk through, I'll upload the screen capture of what I...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: How to do a full copy of a database onto the same server with a different name

    Glad I posted this, because my brilliant idea caused the system to crash.

    I tried the Tasks > Copy Database option. I made it most of the way through, but that...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Using Row_Number() as ID field to select the newest record

    Ok, I have a solution for my first question. I am sure there must be a better way to do this, but this is what I've got so far:

    Exec dbo.upObjectQuickDrop

    ...

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    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
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  • RE: T-sql select - like

    ScottPletcher (10/8/2012)


    SELECT lastname

    FROM HR.Employees

    WHERE

    lastname LIKE '%[/]%' AND

    lastname NOT LIKE '%[/]%[/]%'

    Still have to add the line that removes / in the first character....

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Convert(Varchar,GetDate(),???) - List of Format Codes

    Lowell (4/26/2012)


    very simiar to mine;

    i put this proc in master, adn whenever i need to refresh myself with date conversions, i just run "sp_dates" in SSMs, to get a quickie...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: This was working - SSIS Restore Step

    I found the solution on another forum.

    Script Task code:

    Public Sub Main()

    Dim vFTP_Loc As String

    Dim vFile As Object

    Dim vFileObject As Object

    Dim vFolder As Object

    Dim FSO As Object

    Dim vFileCount As Integer

    Dim vConnection...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Setting timeout option for Script Task in SSIS

    I found the solution on another forum.

    Script Task code:

    Public Sub Main()

    Dim vFTP_Loc As String

    Dim vFile As Object

    Dim vFileObject As Object

    Dim vFolder As Object

    Dim FSO As Object

    Dim vFileCount As Integer

    Dim vConnection...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: This was working - SSIS Restore Step

    I have done both the full restore (listed in first post with time taken to complete the restore) and now Restore VerifyOnly, and all of those tests show the files...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Adding data

    The links already given above will work a great deal better than what I'm about to show, but...

    My wife says I love complicated things, and I'm sure that will show...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: This was working - SSIS Restore Step

    SQLKnowItAll (3/21/2012)


    Have you verified the integrity of the backup file?

    If you mean do I know that the files work during a restore, yes they do. What other way would you...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Trying to drop a database via daily update

    Perfect, that seems to have gotten it so far. Now I'll see if this works in an SSIS package. I'll post an update about how it goes when I test...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Attacking SSIS at last...ummm?...

    Elliott Whitlow (2/24/2012)


    SQLRNNR (2/24/2012)


    Jeff Moden (2/24/2012)


    Attacking SSIS at last...

    I finally started doing the same thing and had to stop. They really took serious offense to me hitting the server...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Attacking SSIS at last...ummm?...

    Thank you all for your responses. You've given me a great deal to think about, and a greater focus on my research for this weekend.

    I want to make sure that...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

  • RE: Calling SSIS packages via Visual Basic.Net (2010)

    Ok, I believe I've figured it out, and I feel a touch foolish for missing such a simple solution:

    TestString = Chr(34) & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\dtexec.exe" & Chr(34) &...

    [font="Arial"]“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    - Albert Einstein

    "DOH!"
    - Homer Simpson[/font]

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