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  • RE: E-mail Notifications of Replies to Threads You Post In

    Each time you post, you can set a new default.

  • RE: Where can i get a sample database for SQL Server 2008 R2?

    Note that if you have the R2 or 2012 versions, they won't attach.

    I tend to like the 2008 version since it has the Filestream stuff. If you don't need that,...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (5/18/2012)


    In Boston now getting ready for SQL Sat 142.

    If you are close by, come check us out.

    http://bit.ly/JXZNX7

    Enjoy! I'll be speaking downtown in Denver tomorrow at the Rocky Mountain Tech...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (5/18/2012)


    I am so tempted to do the Holy Grail joke as a QotD.

    Steve, would you approve such an animal if I sent it in?

    Perhaps for a holiday. Can...

  • RE: Password Handling

    TravisDBA (5/18/2012)


    Steve,

    Agreed, 12 is manageable for most users I think. 20 is just overkill and it is the default. You must also keep in mind that many of our users...

  • RE: Applying Transaction logs to an O/S backup

    No way. What you are doing is saying, can I restore T-logs at any point in time to my production databases. That's what an OS snapshot is.

    The answer is no....

  • RE: Talking baseball

    Ray K (5/18/2012)


    Been quiet here lately! How about we stir up the pot?

    Let's see . . . how about the following hypothetical situation . . .

    You're the manager....

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Gazareth (5/18/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (5/17/2012)


    Hey, Steve, can you change the birth year in my profile to read 1776, please?

    😀

    I wonder if he could change it to 1752?

    Not 1999?

    ("we're gonna party like...

  • RE: How to provide database update

    Hmm, I thought that Compare would work against a script. I see an option against source control, which doesn't help, but you can compare against a backup.

    If you copied your...

  • RE: Log Shipping with Compression

    The load would be when your backups run on the primary. What is the workload like?

    Check basic perfmon (CPU, pages/sec, disk IO) while people are working, and then when...

  • RE: SSIS - Execute Package Task

    Sorry, SQLSophist, this slipped through the cracks.

    Please take it if you want.

    How about two child packages that do

    - load a simple file (assume an Excel file, simple format, same name,...

  • RE: Password Handling

    sebmr2 (5/18/2012)


    All in all, this has worked well for us. Only problem is it leaves a physical copy of the password in the hands of the developer which may not...

  • RE: Password Handling

    TravisDBA (5/18/2012)


    I also use KeePass2. It generates very strong passwords for me and I can safely store them in KeePass as well and I always have them in case someone...

  • RE: Password Handling

    baxterr (5/18/2012)


    Generally, I do my best to never let a SQL login have any sort of elevated privs on a database let alone the server. We still have one...

  • RE: txt import

    My apologies.

    BULK INSERT is a T-SQL command that essentially does what the command line tool, bcp, does.

    BCP - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162802.aspx

    When in doubt, pop open books online and search. The www version...

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