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  • RE: Basic of T-SQL

    bitbucket-25253 (8/19/2012)

    QODs using images instead of easily cut and paste text have now been excluded from being published, I would propose to the powers that be that those submitted QODs...

  • RE: SQL Server Training Kits...hardware/software WTF!

    If you are going to do AlwaysOn, then 5 is the recommended number of machines, but you could get by with 4 (or 4VMs).

    You could go to 6 as a...

  • RE: Synchronization of 2 different DB's

    StephenNL (8/18/2012)


    Hello,

    I have tried Red Gate SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare but without any success.

    Also: The DTS "Import data" to a database did not work properly, either.

    However should data...

  • RE: SQL Server Training Kits...hardware/software WTF!

    My demo VMs for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2012 are set at 1MB RAM and a 40GB disk.

    Works fine. Almost any laptop will run SQL Server dev edition.

  • RE: Restore SQL Server 2005 Backup to SQL Server 2008 R2 WITH STANDBY

    GilaMonster (8/18/2012)


    Do the restore WITH NORECOVERY. The only options allowed when upgrading are WITH RECOVERY or WITH NORECOVERY.

    +1

    Whether using script or the GUI, use norecovery.

    You can bring the databases online...

  • RE: Server Crashed,Need to Get SQL Dbs Back from Hard Drive.

    Make sure you copy and don't move the files. Easy to make this mistake and have things fail.

    Right click, drag, and copy.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (8/17/2012)


    Reminds me of a joke.

    Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?

    Experience. 😛

    Unfortunately it's not a joke often enough. Too often we find...

  • RE: Monitoring database growth - time to resize

    I would agree with the above statement, grow it yourself. I tend to grow for 3-4 months, maybe 6, but check it regularly. 12GB is small, so you could do...

  • RE: Learning C

    Lynn Pettis (8/16/2012)


    Discipline in writing good code doesn't come from the language, it comes from having the proper training and mentoring. I am sure that there are C &...

  • RE: Learning C

    sturner (8/16/2012)


    If you learn to think in clean object oriented mentality (which is C# & C++) you are well on your way to thinking outside the box and applying this...

  • RE: Learning C

    Alex Gay (8/16/2012)


    I think Steve should have added, "If you have ever programed in Assembler, of any kind, you know what you are doing and are except".

    I wouldn't...

  • RE: Learning C

    Mike Austin-398977 (8/15/2012)


    By your reasoning, all of us should be required to take a course in transmission repair before we're allowed to drive a car.

    Not quite a good...

  • RE: Separate Accounts

    BlackHawk-17 (8/15/2012)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/15/2012)[hrWhy? Once the instance is up and running, the service account is almost never needed? What's the administrative overhead?

    If there is separation of duties...

  • RE: Separate Accounts

    Adam Seniuk (8/10/2012)


    I like the idea but managing a service account for every server is a nightmare for my environments.

    Why? Once the instance is up and running, the service...

  • RE: Separate Accounts

    Mike Palecek (8/10/2012)


    I will admit that I do not have very many instances under my control, but I very much agree with separate accounts and not storing the password. The...

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