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  • RE: SQL Agent job log in to Windows as?

    It is the job owner's account unless you enabled/specified a proxy account at the server level, and that's the same account running your Agent service.

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  • RE: Count number of leading character

    This may seem rather simplistic but you could try D-ECLARE @String char(17)

    SET @String = ' =10 02=5608= '

    SELECT LEN(@String) - LEN(LTRIM(@String))Perhaps create a simple scalar function to...

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  • RE: Shrink Database File and Fragmentation?

    Fragmentation will occur (both within your databases and on the file system), and throughout the process it will cause some degree of contention, which depending on your system may impact...

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  • RE: dbcc checkdb(‘DB-NAME’,REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS) didnt fix the issue

    If your last checkdb fixed the data consistency errors and you took a full backup afterwards, that backup would be good (albeit, you may be missing some data). If...

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  • RE: Maintenance Plan Help!!!!!!

    It's really "preference". Personally I like to segregate out my system stuff from the user stuff for my own peace of mind

    I would recommend creating separate full backup &...

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  • RE: Help with this query (duplicate records)

    Probably more preferred to just select from the CTE where the RowNum = 1?SELECT * FROM dups d1

    WHERE d1.RowNum = 1

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  • RE: Kill SQL SPIDs for a certain SPID range, or a Date Range

    I would create a simple function or just throw the results into a parameter table and loop through the spids, executing a kill command for each (you could also use...

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  • RE: Visit Counter

    Great! Because I've already jumped another hundred visits since yesterday 🙂

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  • RE: It's not you; it's us

    Wow I am shocked (and a little angry). I did notice a change to the signature but had no idea that it was because the carpet had been yanked...

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  • RE: unable to connect to server

    If you have the option to add a new drive and initialize it, you could add the drive, take the old one offline, mount the new drive with the same...

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  • RE: Visit Counter

    I was actually just wondering the same thing! In the past week or so I've noticed that the counter is incrementing every click to a new page (and not...

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  • RE: unable to connect to server

    What kind of disk subsystem is this server running on? SAN? Attached Storage? Internal drives?

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  • RE: Errors from CHECKDB

    Issues resolved. Gail, I sincerely appreciate the guidance

    Steps taken (I know I got lucky):

    1. IT-added new drive to the array, rebuilt it

    2. Dropped the article from the Publisher

    3. Deleted...

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  • RE: Errors from CHECKDB

    I have also found that the battery on the RAID controller is having issues; but I wouldn't think that would cause it?

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  • RE: Errors from CHECKDB

    Will do, and thanks for the quick responses.

    Heard back from IT, a new drive should be installed within the next 2-4 hours, then another few hours to get the data...

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