RESTORE DATABASE myDatabase WITH RECOVERY would work only if there is already a backup in place and you want to restore the default backup. if this is on a diffrerent...

you'll want to read up on RESTORE from Books online; if you are restoring from a file, the command would look something like this:

RESTORE DATABASE [YOURDB]

FROM DISK =...

data like this is tough; i always do this via TSQL and not through SSIS, just because I'm more familiar with TSQL.

Here's how i would do it:

I'd grab the entire...

you can create a table, and then insert into it directly, but if you alter a table, a GO statement is expected.

simply create your table with the constraint in a...

One of the harder concepts to grasp is how SQL server works with Set Based operations, compared to programmatically based processing, which thinks about processing data "Row By Agonizing Row"...

since from the perspective of the server you are looking at, the mdf files are located on a \\UNC drive, I'd speculate that an instance of SQL server on...

if you have the mdf and ldf files, in SSMS in the Object Explorer window on the left, you would simply right click on the Database Folder and select Attach...

then...

easy enough middletree;

add the procedure and run it on your test server.

then immediately run this statement:

select * from sp_DMLTrace

you'll get results for at least 5 rows, which include the commands...

if the files are "in use", could it be that someone renamed database "D1" to another name?

With the select * from sysdatabases, Can you check the filename column and...

a DML trigger tells you who CHANGED data...doesn't help with trying to find who SELECTED data.

a DDL trigger tells you who CHANGED a table structure, , so it again does...

Carl, your example is for SQL 2008, right? I had previously understood that in 2008 you could use the table variables for parameters, and when i tested your code, it...

functions almost always need to be preceded with the owner/schema

so either of these should work:

Insert into newtable (trainingType, otherCols)

values (dbo.fnType(@varcharType), OtherValues)

or

Insert into newtable (trainingType, otherCols)

select dbo.fnType(@varcharType), OtherValues

yes, there is a file that contains all the "noise" words that will be ignored.

on my dev machine, you it is named "noiseENG.txt or noiseENU.txt , and resides in the...

glad i could help out; good luck on your project.

when you have time, you should add how to add other types of linked servers to your snippets of code; it's...

that's easy; the views sysservers or sys.servers hold all the linked server information, so something like this would work fine;

if exists(select * from sysservers where name='MyLinkedServer')

BEGIN

exec sp_dropserver 'MyLinkedServer','DropLogins'

END