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  • RE: Identity col Primary Key Vs Composite Key

    hi tswg2002. There's nothing wrong with identity column. I use it more often than composites because it makes joins easy. My rule is, if the primary key is referenced by...


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  • RE: SQL 2000 SP3

    sreeni, thanks. I tried installing it again this time using NT authentication. Still no luck; same message, same result. I was installing it in SQL2k Ent Ed with SP2.

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  • RE: SQL 2000 SP3

    Hi guys. I totally envy you 'cuz you're already running sp3 while I can't even update to SP3 due to some errors.

    I have SQL2k enterprise in my .NET Server 2003...


    "The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them." - Benjamin Howett

  • RE: SQL Server securiy for Enterprise Manager

    That is alsp my hunch but I just want to make sure. I think I have to do a little Winsk server digging myself. I am just curious.

    Tahnk you...


    "The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them." - Benjamin Howett

  • RE: SQL Server securiy for Enterprise Manager

    I tried it and still no luck. Changing the properties in the server registration did not grant non-admin NT user right to use EM. What I want is to allow...


    "The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them." - Benjamin Howett

  • RE: Preferred method error handling in SP ??

    hi guys....

    SQL Server error generation and handling is very inconsistent and unpredictable. "IF @@ERROR..." construct is not a guarantee that you will trap the error because some errors cut the...


    "The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them." - Benjamin Howett

  • RE: "not null" as default on column creation

    Thank you so much guys!


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  • RE: Worst Practice - Sorting by Ordinal

    Actually, I didn't know there's such a statement. I have lots of sql books and none of them ever mentions such statement. Maybe because it's a bad, bad one.

    Anyways, thanks...


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  • RE: error in my trigger - no effect

    I removed any error handling routines and still no error reported.

    That's exactly my problem. SQL Server does not report the error to VB at all.


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  • RE: replacing dates with blanks

    Antares686, thank you very much.


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  • RE: SQLDMO.SQLRestore erases loginames

    I GOT IT!!!

    I just forgot to assign value to SQLRestore.Action (see my snippet).

    bmsjr,Warren, thanks very much!


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  • RE: SQLDMO.SQLRestore erases loginames

    bmsjr, if you don't mind sir, can you post a vb-dmo code snippet of yours for backing up and restoring database. I just want to learn from experienced DBA's like...


    "The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them." - Benjamin Howett

  • RE: SQLDMO.SQLRestore erases loginames

    Andy, I cannot formulate the exact select statement for fetching the logins of a database together with the roles where they belong using sysusers table. Is it possible to do...


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  • RE: SQL-DMO for Beginners

    Great article. This should have came out before I wrote my first SQLDMO app. I remembered I was having a hard time with that using only the Object Browser and...


    "The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them." - Benjamin Howett

  • RE: Worst Practices - Part 1 of a Very Long Series!

    quote:


    Did they give a reason why (for not using Hungarian)?


    Hi Warren. According to MS,...


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