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  • RE: Why powershell?

    Xp_cmdshell does not maintain a users identity all the way through the stack, which impedes auditing and allows for obfuscation of the identity of the person running the command.

    Once you...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Impasse

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  • RE: Why powershell?

    The point is, using xp_cmdshell limits your options. It paints you into a corner. PowerShell has 100% functionality coverage, and infinitely more, over CmdShell. And when run separate from SQL...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
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  • RE: Why powershell?

    Jeff Moden (4/23/2013)


    opc.three (4/23/2013)


    If you ever find yourself needing to implement functionality that crosses the OS/SQL Server gap then PowerShell can fill that need quite nicely for you. PowerShell is...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Email validation question

    I think if you install a copy of SQL Server Data Tools on top of either VS 2010 or VS 2012 you now get the SQLCLR project types for free...

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    --Plato

  • RE: SQL Server 2005 32-bit on Windows 2008 R2 x64 OS

    SQL Show (4/23/2013)


    along with AWE, you have to use PAE in boot.ini to reveal physical ram more than 16gb.

    PAE is not a valid boot.ini configuration on 64-bit OSes.

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Email validation question

    Should be. All the classes used in the code in the thread I linked to are in the .NET 2.0 Framework which is used by both the SQL 2005 and...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Log backups while Full/Differential backups are running

    I agree with SQLBob in that I would never want to work for that person. Maybe someone can get this thread under their nose...maybe they'll listen to a chorus.

    If I...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: PBM on Sql Server 2005 ?

    Technically you do not need a SQL instance at all to evaluate policies. I have my policies stored as XML files on disk and evaluate them against the instances in...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 32-bit on Windows 2008 R2 x64 OS

    Just in case, because the article is not very clear on this point, if you enable AWE in the SQL Server instance you should absolutely set max server memory using...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Using the CONTEXT_INFO Function for multiple objects in the same database

    My understanding on CONTEXT_INFO is that of a "session variable". If you set it somewhere then all other objects in that session can see the value. If a called object...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Email validation question

    A SQLCLR object might be a better option here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1406771-386-1.aspx

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: CPU on SQL server

    sp_WhoIsActive is a great tool for seeing what is happening at a particular moment. You can also have it capture its results to a table and schedule it which is...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Why powershell?

    If you ever find yourself needing to implement functionality that crosses the OS/SQL Server gap then PowerShell can fill that need quite nicely for you. PowerShell is also very good...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • RE: Min and Max server memory

    prashanthreddymr (4/17/2013)


    Am a junior DBA and We have an issue from last couple of days. We have a server of Windows 2003 Standard Edtion of x64 bit with SP2. SQL...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

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