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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Stuart Davies (7/5/2016)


    HappyGeek (7/4/2016)


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  • RE: Stored Procedure execution

    Raghavender (7/4/2016)


    TheSQLGuru (7/4/2016)


    It is showing 0% completed when I checked from dm_exec_requests.

    sys.dm_exec_requests only shows percent_complete for a limited subset of queries. The full list is on the MSDN documentation...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    HappyGeek (7/4/2016)


    Ray K (7/1/2016)


    whereisSQL? (7/1/2016)


    Grumpy DBA (7/1/2016)


    djj (7/1/2016)


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    Ed Wagner (7/1/2016)


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    Luis Cazares (7/1/2016)


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  • RE: Pattern match postcode area lookup

    There's a nice postcode validator from Peso / Peter Larsson at http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/peterl/archive/2008/08/13/Validate-UK-postcode.aspx

  • RE: EXEC sp_executesql

    I would use the QUOTENAME() function wrapped around your database name - that'll make sure that it's properly handled when building up dynamic SQL statements like this.

  • RE: Correct MAXDOP setting

    John Mitchell-245523 (7/1/2016)


    Depends on the workload on the server, whether there are any other instances, etc, etc. I would start with six, test, and adjust as necessary.

    John

    In part, the...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Ed Wagner (7/1/2016)


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    Ed Wagner (6/30/2016)


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  • RE: Trouble with Restore The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing database.

    could you please provide me with the syntax?

    You've got a big WITH clause in your RESTORE statement which contains lots of options to move files around. Just add another...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Ed Wagner (6/30/2016)


    Revenant (6/30/2016)


    TomThomson (6/30/2016)


    djj (6/30/2016)


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  • RE: Trouble with Restore The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing database.

    Welsh Corgi (7/1/2016)


    Thanks John could you kindly provide me with the syntax?

    ermmm.... add "WITH REPLACE" to your command, as documented in the RESTORE documentation?

    Check the impact of WITH REPLACE...

  • RE: Article Research

    djj (6/30/2016)


    I agree with Brandie that most of the changes are to data.

    Years ago, before review started, a IT staff person did an update without a where clause....

  • RE: Article Research

    Then there was the place with the very stringent change control process - everything, no matter how minor, had to go through the full CAB.

    Unless you were the Ops team....

  • RE: Article Research

    Similar to John Mitchell's story, in that external application vendor had full access to a database server that they were maintaining for us. Unfortunately, they had a very heavy-handed...

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    Ed Wagner (6/30/2016)


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