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  • RE: Account Running SQL Server Service

    As a rule, I always use a domain user account, NEVER a domain admin account. You can substantially restrict the rights of the domain account, but in almost every case,...

  • RE: Questions about DBCC TRACEON

    Haven't seen anything on these. They must have overhead to process and send the data, but no idea how much.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB grief

    Haven't run into it, but no one is around when I run DBCCs. Haven't run dbcc dbrepair in a long time. I spoke with the developer from MS for DBCC...

  • RE: Guest Role

    BTW, I don't really use App roles. Do you have a good reason for not just creating a role and assigning users to it?

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Guest Role

    I think your app roles will need to cross databases and be setup for each databare. Not sure if you can have one app role that maps to others in...

  • RE: Indexing in SQL Server 7.0/2000

    The clusteered index is the key. Now in SQL 2000, the storage changed slightly for performance, but whether you search the clustered key (essentially data) or search the data, there...

  • RE: Why did you decide to become a DBA/SQL Programmer?

    Most people I know think my job is boring. Maybe bacause I am cautious and move slow. Anything I do wrong usually has more far reaching effects than something a...

  • RE: Statements Can't be Prepared

    Mind updating us? It's nice to have a followup so others who search these forums can see the resolution.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: sp_executesql

    There shouldn't really be much overhead. There will be security checks, but I prefer a second database for two reasons. Performance and Backups/Restore.

    If you have a failure in the db...

  • RE: Dynamic FTP

    I'd pipe the output of the execute results task to a file and search it. This is probably the best technique, though your search routine may be cumbersome.

    I did a...

  • RE: Constraint Question

    Yikes, I hate triggers. If you must, Brian's suggestion is easier, but ift may come back to haunt you if the requirements change.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Machine ID

    Don;t think so. I get this for trusted connections for sa.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Bcp load is skipping records sporadically

    Thanks for the followup. Do you remember the Q article?

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • RE: Worst Practices - Not Using Primary Keys and Clustered Indexes

    Identities are not good or bad in and of themselves. they do solve problems and in my experience, they can ease loads because I get data that does not have...

  • RE: Machine ID

    user_name will be unique IF your users do not share passwords or machines. host_name has nothing to do with it. I can hard code "awarren" in the host_name parameter for...

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