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  • RE: Working with Developers

    We are also in the process of standardizing our processes.  We currently do not have all of our database objects in a source/version control software, but we are moving in...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Working with Developers

    I think that has alot to do with the developer's comfort/talent level with SQL.  Our programmers have varying degrees of skill with SQL so some need more support than others. ...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Maintenance plans working for all DBs but one...

    When you executed the BACKUP DATABASE script, did you send the backup file to the exact same location as the maintenance plan would have?

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Help with backupsystem!

    I think you have 2 seperate issues here.  One is that you need a way to look at archived data on a seperate server.  Second, you need to save off backups...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Compute with Sub-Query

    There is no need to perform a compute or count of any kind if you are looking for parent rows without children. You need an outer join. This...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Help with backupsystem!

    OK, so you need to archive off all tables in your database on a regular scheduled basis to a different server where the data will then be available until the...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Help with backupsystem!

    I'm not quite clear on what you are trying to do here, so let me tell you what it sounds like you are asking for. It sounds to me...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Backing up database depnding on records

    This would not be possible with BACKUP. You would need to create a data extract script that could conditionally pull data from your tables.

    John Rowan

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  • RE: dynamic sql

    The parser is trying to cast the first portion of you @sql to int implicitly. Instead, you need to explicitly cast @id to varchar.

    DECLARE @id int

    SET @id=2

    DECLARE @sql varchar(400)

    SELECT...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Restore database failure

    The I/O problem looks like it came during the CREATE DATABASE portion of the restore. I would suggest creating your database first. You should be able to size...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Problems with deleting older backup files

    My bad, I did not see that this was a 2005 post.  You will need to use the Cleanup History task like David has suggested.

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Min & Max Memory Settings.

    Well, I would say that it still holds true.  If your Total and Target memory are the same, SQL Server would benefit from additional memory.  If you are not experiencing...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Update query

    Could you post some sample data from table1 and table2 as well as an example of the results you are expecting?  Is there a reason you chose a RIGHT OUTER...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Working with Developers

    I just finished putting together a T-SQL standards document for our developers to use.  The following sites have some good info to consider:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/vk_sql_best_practices.asp

    http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterSQLServerDatabases.aspx

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnsqlpro04/html/sp04l9.asp

    I agree with you with...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Problems with deleting older backup files

    There is an option in the Maintenance Plan Wizard that will allow you to specify backup retention.  Setting this option will remove old files for you.

    John Rowan

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