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  • RE: delete files from DOS

    Are you running this ad hoc or are you going to schedule it?

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  • RE: Best practice for SQL SERVER 2008 Installation?

    Jeffrey Williams 3188 (1/4/2012)


    Perry Whittle (1/4/2012)


    If all you're doing is joining the server to a domain then it won't make any difference whether you install SQL Server before or after....

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  • RE: Help with quick disk usage report

    jspatz (1/4/2012)


    I went into this thinking this should be an easy report using DMV's being that most of the info I need is already present on the canned disk space...

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  • RE: delete files from DOS

    if you're executing this within a sql server agent job i'd use a VB script

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  • RE: Specified file is not a SQL Server backup file

    I use a simple VB script which works quite well at trimming backup files

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  • RE: Specified file is not a SQL Server backup file

    doesnt seem to much wrong with the syntax, remember that as an undocumented extended proc this is liable to change with any release.

    I'm using SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1...

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  • RE: Can't create users -- permissions issue

    Ray K (1/4/2012)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/4/2012)


    When you rebuilt, and resinstalled, I assume, did you "add Current User" as an administrator? That's easy to miss.

    Yeah, that I did remember...

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  • RE: Specified file is not a SQL Server backup file

    sorry missed that bit, they're definitely native backups then?

    How are you executing xp_delete_file?

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  • RE: SQL2005 Express with Advanced Service SP4

    tyang (12/23/2011)


    I have downloaded SQL 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Service SP4 (SQLEXPR_ADV) and tried to apply on SQL 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Service SP3, it turned out installing...

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  • RE: restart sql server service

    Tara-1044200 (1/4/2012)


    Can someone help me with the sql to schdule restart of sql service and aagent service and also send mesage 15 min before to the users logged in?

    You...

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  • RE: CheckDB behavior

    I've had issues in previous times backing up SharePoint databases. Qualifying the database names with QUOTENAME() has always resolved the issue

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  • RE: Best practice for SQL SERVER 2008 Installation?

    ananda.murugesan (1/4/2012)


    Hi,

    Right now server is ready with operating system - windows 2008 32 bit, Disk configuration etc..

    currently server is work-group, N/W has been configured and server is not member of...

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  • RE: CheckDB behavior

    ChrisTaylor (1/4/2012)


    Interesting one that, i've just done a test on SQL 2005 and 2012 for a DB with a name of 120chars in length and ran checkdb with nothing other...

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  • RE: Specified file is not a SQL Server backup file

    what happens if you run

    RESTORE HEADERONLY FROM DISK = N'm:\MSSQL\MYBAKFILE.BAK'

    obviously substituting your drive path and filename details

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  • RE: Backup size is 12 GB and on restoration it requires 84 gb

    forsqlserver (1/4/2012)


    My mistake..Compress backup is enable.

    Its fine..

    For future reference the following tools can help to provide info about a sql server backup file

    RESTORE FILELISTONLY

    RESTORE HEADERONLY

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