Actually in our environment, I noticed that we had 18 months worth of .bak and .trn files on the server. It was because of this that I thought I...

Craig Farrell (10/18/2010)

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I... hesitate to tell YOU that it's okay to destroy YOUR backup files. However, I can help you figure out if it's right for you.

First, keep any...

upstart (10/18/2010)

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Yes, you can safely delete these files. I would setup, if you do not have one already, a Job that will run periodically and auto-remove the old backups...

Thank you for the advise, GSquared.

Probably in most cases I can do that, but in some cases we have large wide columns (VARCHAR(4000) or so), and so I don't think I could do that in...

upstart (10/15/2010)

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Changing the column type as you indicated should not produce any issues, so long as the data currently there fits into the new datatype.

Whenever you alter the structure of...

Interesting point, Steve. When it comes to public safety and/or health, one cannot be too careful.

BTW, loved the cat in your video of this post. 😉

I found that I had to set the IDENTITY_INSERT to ON, before I did the INSERT. Then I turned it back off again, which is the default.

To make it...

I've got a question. In Method 2, you've got:

CREATE TABLE DESTINATION_TB(

ID INT IDENTITY(125006,1) NOT NULL ,DATE DATETIME ,COST MONEY)

INSERT INTO DESTINATION_TB (ID, DATE, COST) SELECT...

My problem is I can just about guarantee that most of...

Lowell (9/27/2010)

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the problem is unless you have your own SMS service, you can't do SMs messages to cell phones;

while every carrier has a supprt email that allows an email to...

LutzM (9/27/2010)

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If you're talking about sending an email using SQL Server you might want to look up sp_send_dbmail in BOL.

If your system is not configured yet to send mails, you...

Having SQL skills, as a developer, is in my opinion essential. Well, perhaps I should say depending upon your work environment. I work in a small, departmental sized...

Good article, Steve. I remember that phrase, "computer programmer", too, and like you, I haven't heard it used in a coon's age. I'm currently a developer, or at...

Thank you for your response, Steve. My friend, Dave that I referenced in my reply, is one who does his best to remain current. Silverlight is a technology...