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  • RE: Backup Database Command Fails Intermittently with "cannot find the file specified"

    Definitely sounds like an issue with the mapped drives (this happens) - don't suppose the external storage is a READYNAS or something similar?

    While not sure it's the cause of your...

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  • RE: Using a column name in a COUNT function

    You know that doing COUNT(*) on a table with a lot of columns and a lot of rows can take a lot of time and memory

    There is virtually no difference...

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  • RE: Backup Database Command Fails Intermittently with "cannot find the file specified"

    What (if anything) does your System/Application Event logs have to say?

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  • RE: Backup Database Command Fails Intermittently with "cannot find the file specified"

    Have you tried writing it locally first, then copying?

    Not that this would be a solution, but it would prove there's an issue with the UNC mapping - issues with mapped...

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  • RE: Better way to write this query

    Thanks for all the GREAT responses everyone. I had actually tweaked an existing index to get the query down to a few seconds, and at one point attempted the...

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  • RE: Create link server for Microsoft Access2000

    Was this link of any use to you?

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  • RE: SQL Profiler Reads vs Set Statistics IO logical reads

    BTW, I am using SQL 2008 EE, not 7,2000

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  • RE: SQL Profiler Reads vs Set Statistics IO logical reads

    Did you ever find an answer to this? I have a similar situation: I have a query that consistently showing 2.4 million reads in profiler, yet running the exact...

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  • RE: tempdb data files - move/initial size

    Yes it should be set to a fixed amount...and other equally important items are outlined quite plainly in the article I pointed out from idera (above) - have you had...

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  • RE: tempdb data files - move/initial size

    This is a good article outlining tempdb, it's not too lengthy and should help answer your questions:

    http://www.idera.com/resourcecentral/whitepapers/demystify-tempdb-performance-and-management

    It will definitely answer your questions regarding how to set the growth...

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  • RE: DBCC FREEPROCCACHE

    You could also check to see if there are any lingering/old/unused spids that can be killed - in our shop we have report writers that will run rather large queries...

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  • RE: Combine fields

    So...just tweak what I already posted? Something like:D-ECLARE @OldTable TABLE( col1 varchar(1), col2 int, col3 int, col4 int, col5 int);

    D-ECLARE @NewTable TABLE( col1 varchar(1), col2 int, col3 int);

    INSERT @OldTable VALUES...

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  • RE: Combine fields

    Assuming the NewTable has at least 1 column - in it's simplset form:

    INSERT INTO NewTable

    SELECT SUM(col1 + col2 + col3 + col4 + col5 + col6 + col7) FROM OtherTable

    Test

    D-ECLARE...

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  • RE: wildcards

    I am familiar with the wildcard operator and like everyone else, the answer should have been 2, but because of the insert issue, I also chose 0 knowing that the...

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  • RE: Shrink Database File and Fragmentation?

    If your DB is only 800GB and you have that many indexes, chances are the non-clustered indexes are pretty small so the rebuild process should go rather quickly (especially so...

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