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  • RE: DTS / Execute Process issue

    Not sure what is wrong. That's kind of strange. Could the .bat already be executing and a lock on that file?

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Track DB Object Changes

    Oh this makes me long for v6.5 in some ways.

    First, Antares is right. Reread his post, twice, before you make any decision. then, here are a couple suggestions.

    System table trigger...

  • RE: Unwieldly Stored Procedure

    I agree with Antares. This is the best way to set this up and modularize the code. You might even resuse some of the individual sprocs for something else.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Concatenating column values?

    select a.cola + b.cola + c.cola

    from tableA a

    inner join tableA b

    on a.something = b.something

    ...

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Filegroup dropping problem

    What objects are still there? Is this the first filegroup? If so, you cannot drop it. It will have the system tables in it.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: reading log file

    Lumigent it the best option. There is a DBCC option to read the log, but it isn't pretty and you will need to do lots of decoding to figure out...

  • RE: SQL 6.5 Backup Restoration....

    Are your browsing? If the extension is not the same, it won't appear. Try copying to the root of a drive and manually typing the file name in.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: String Length

    That works, but I'd do

    select

    case when len ( cola) > 10

    then colA

    else null

    end 'colA'

    Steve...

  • RE: Update/Insert Question

    Do you have some knowledge of what new stuff goes into Table A?

    Actually it doesn't matter. Do an update join on the tables using the PK. Anything that matches will...

  • RE: Invalid Pointer

    Rebuild the pacakge. I suspect something is corrupt. If you still get this, try it on another client station.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Advise me the certification courses.....

    I've started seeing a few jobs in Denver asking for the MCDBA cert, but not many. I think this is mainly to limit the number of resumes from people.

    I...

  • RE: More Powerful Stored Procedure Code?

    Haven't heard that, but I did hear that Stored procedure can be written in VB.NET, C#.NET, etc. IMHO a bad idea. Fundamental differences between the languages (set v row based)....

  • RE: Case Statements

    Agree. There isn't a way to do this (other than dynamic sql, which I don't recommend). Besides, that's what CTRL-C, CTRL-V are for 🙂

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Oracle Vs SQL Server

    I tend to be biased towards SQL Server, but Antares has great points.

    Oracle is regarded as a more scalable and mission critical product. It has a better track record, but...

  • RE: Security

    Tough to audit everything. Lumigent provides a product that reads the logs, which will capture most of this if not all. You can also run profiler, but that will be...

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