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  • RE: Find a text string in any column in a database.

    Fair point. I'll have to make the change. The times that I used it I wasn't looking for anything with special characters or keywords.

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  • RE: Developers as sysadmins / no DBA / a trend?

    Actually I know a fair number of developers who became DBA's, or developer/DBA's. But a developer shouldn't be all of a sudden assigned the tasks of a DBA or...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 scripts

    Honestly I tried creating a script like that at one point. Its not easy .. at all. I ended up going with a 3rd party freeware application called...

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  • RE: sp_tables causes locking issues?

    You've probably already done this but just in case have you checked to make sure that you can create the constraint at all?

    Ie run queries to make sure there isn't...

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  • RE: Monthly SQL Crashes

    SQL Server must shut down in order to recover a database (database ID 1). The database is either a user database that could not be shut down or a system...

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  • RE: Monthly SQL Crashes

    Have you run dbcc checkdb on your system databases? (not tempdb) and if so what information did you get?

    Kenneth

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  • RE: Execute varible value on remote server database

    Sorry I should have mentioned you have to go into the advanced tab and change that.

    Glad you found it though 🙂

    Kenneth

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  • RE: Execute varible value on remote server database

    server.master.sys.sp_executesql

    Here is an example

    declare @sql nvarchar(2000)

    set @sql = 'create procedure test as select * from sysdatabases'

    exec [liked server].master.sys.sp_executesql @sql

    Kenneth

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  • RE: Create trigger on system table?

    Honestly sounds really cool, and really scary at the same time :).

    I can see that as being really useful to enforce that a backup login (for instance) is only used...

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  • RE: sp_tables causes locking issues?

    Fair enough, good luck and you have my sympathies 🙂

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  • RE: Drop User

    Just remember that sp_changeobjectowner is a SQL 2000 function and is being deprocated. They recommend using ALTER SCHEMA or ALTER AUTHORIZATION in SQL 2005.

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  • RE: Create trigger on system table?

    One very important thing you should remember (that I just thought of). Its a very bad idea for the DBA to tick off the Network/Hardware guys :).

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  • RE: Create trigger on system table?

    Your better answer is to use profiler and create a trace on those users. Create a standard trace and filter on NTUserName (can't remember the exact column name) ....

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  • RE: Drop User

    Either change the user so that he no longer owns the schema or use ALTER SCHEMA to change the schema of your table.

    You are probably better off changing the owner...

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  • RE: IDENTITY Columns

    One other thing I would consider is when you set up your identity column specify the initial value as the "next" value from your orriginal table. That way if...

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