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  • RE: Shouldn't system databases also be backed up?

    GT-897544 (2/17/2010)


    Yes\No, because it is very rare you restore system databases, but no harm in taking system databases as they take little space. Include them in maintenance job.

    EnjoY!

    Backing up the...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    Roy Ernest (2/17/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    GSquared (2/17/2010)


    It's all part of The Thread's plot to take over the world. You may very well be the only defense we have...

  • RE: complex join

    It would help if you would provide table defs (CREATE TABLE statements), sample data (series of INSERT INTO statements for the tables), expected results based on the sample data, and...

  • RE: Help with Cursor

    And nested cursors don't scale very well at all.

    If you provide the info requested, we could probably provide you with a much more scalable and mainatainable set based solution.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/17/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (2/17/2010)


    Shoot-Ready-Aim must work in a perfect environment where the right people always know when things go wrong and communication actually works the way it should.

    and DBAs know...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (2/17/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    Twitter certainly is entertaining today.

    Thanks Alvin - I would like to see what is going on - but twitter is blocked by websense.

    I catch it on my...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    Twitter certainly is entertaining today.

    Sheep, goats, and wet suits. Definitely interesting...

  • RE: Help with Cursor

    First, you really should look for a set-based solution to this problem. The cursor-based just won't scale well. We don't have enough info to help you write a...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (2/17/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    Changing subject for a second.

    A wise person once told me:

    [font="Comic Sans MS"]"Do not argue with a fool. People may not know which...

  • RE: Database is in suspect mode in 2000

    CirquedeSQLeil (2/17/2010)


    If it is a crisis and the databases are down, it serves nobody to finger-point. Server Team, Admin Team, SAN Team, and Database Team (occasionally development team) had...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    Changing subject for a second.

    A wise person once told me:

    [font="Comic Sans MS"]"Do not argue with a fool. People may not know which one is the fool."[/font]

    Pretty...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Shoot-Ready-Aim must work in a perfect environment where the right people always know when things go wrong and communication actually works the way it should.

  • RE: Database is in suspect mode in 2000

    GT-897544 (2/17/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (2/17/2010)


    GT-897544 (2/17/2010)


    If failure was at I\O SAN controller level, Server Team had already told you before you go to check SQl server error logs that it is...

  • RE: Updatea table without degrading performance

    If the table is 1 TB in size, you will want to break the update into chunks or you could end up locking the entire table during the update.

    Some idea...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    cmallain (2/17/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (2/17/2010)


    cmallain (2/17/2010)


    Or...has anyone considered that some of us do not know where to look and with being thrown into situations really do not have the time...

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