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  • RE: Consolidate rows based on criteria

    Probably a more efficient way, but this is the idea:

    ; WITH MyCTE (acc_no, c_name, cnt)

    AS

    ( SELECT acc_no

    , c_name

    ...

  • RE: Synchronization of 2 different DB's

    You can use SQLCompare to do this. Limit the filters to indexes.

  • RE: The Influence of the Cloud

    GSquared (8/20/2012)


    There's always a trade-off between convenience of use and security, and "the cloud" swings heavily towards the "super duper hyper convenient" end of that spectrum.

    Yep, and it's unfortunate that...

  • RE: Time Off

    Doctor Who 2 (8/20/2012)


    I hear you, Steve, but WOW, this is hard to do. I have almost 200 hours of vacation, but trying to get the time is difficult....

  • RE: Time Off

    Jeff Stratford (8/20/2012)


    As yet another Brit. I have in the past not taken holiday leave or virtually any holiday throughout the year due to work pressures. It can almost...

  • RE: Time Off

    Raoul Bastendorff (8/20/2012)


    Ah Steve... You have not looked at any other European countries. You may find that some are even more generous. And some companies even add more to that.

    I...

  • 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 &...

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