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  • RE: SQL 2000 db on SQL 2005 in compatibility mode 80

    phoenixrising1599 (11/14/2010)


    I'll have to stand up a 2k instance

    That's exactly what I do, any that just can't be moved for whatever reason, I consolidate to a centralised instance. Make 2...

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  • RE: dec to hex

    Paul White NZ (11/14/2010)


    How is casting binary or varbinary dependent on collation?

    Character set conversions! In fact Unicode and instance version may have a bigger effect, I may well be wrong...

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  • RE: Do I need more free space on drive for tempdb?

    presumably your Windows page file occupies the C drive also?

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  • RE: Index Rebuild

    Ola's scripts are indeed great, Michelle Ufford over at SQLFool[/url] also has a great index maintenance script. Check them both out and go with whichever you prefer!

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  • RE: SSRS --The server doenot exist

    you may upload the report via the report manager website!

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  • RE: Delete old rows from all tables in a database

    have you profiled the database to ascertain why data retrieval is slow?

    how many rows do the tables hold when performance is slow?

    what indexes have been implemented to aid data retrieval?

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  • RE: decimal issue

    MonsterRocks (11/14/2010)


    declare @x1 varchar(10)

    declare @x2 decimal(38,7)

    set @x2 =22225655.95163

    set @x1=convert(nvarchar,@x2)

    set @x2=convert(decimal(38,7),@x2)

    print @x1

    its output is 22225655.9

    wht shud i pit in scale if i want to display 7 digits...

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  • RE: Setting a pre-allocated size for a database that already exists

    Use the following to pre size the primary data file

    alter database MYDB modify file (name = MDFLogicalFileName, size = SizeInMBorGB)

    e.g. size = 100MB or size = 100GB

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  • RE: Where does the last identity value would be stored

    to check the last\current id column value used execute the following query

    dbcc checkident('tablename', noreseed)

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  • RE: dec to hex

    casting binary or varbinary can be unreliable depending on the collation, you would probably want to use sys.fn_varbintohexstr

    The best method is detailed at this link and converts to all bases

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  • RE: Log Backups don't keep up during weekend maintenance

    switch to bulk logged rather than simple recovery, alter index rebuild is minimally logged in this mode too!

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  • RE: how to install the default instance on existing node 2

    download my guide at this link and check section 4.2 "add a cluster node".

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  • RE: how to install the default instance on existing node 2

    If you look closely at the installer you'll see 2 options, one for create a new SQL server failover cluster and one for add a node to a SQL server...

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  • RE: SQL 2000 db on SQL 2005 in compatibility mode 80

    with all that's mentioned here, this is why you test before migrating Live. Check with internal devs\vendors whether they support the RDBMS platform or not!

    One thing that can issues between...

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  • RE: Add a new passive node - Active/Active/Passive cluster

    Keith Hays (11/12/2010)


    The process to do this from sp2 is problematic at best.

    not problematic, but does require downtime of the other nodes in order to patch the new passive...

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