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  • RE: Security Question

    If you change your sa password, I'd make sure that it is a very secure password. Make it long and include both numbers and special chars (!@#$%&*...)

    Steve Phelps

    SQL Server...

  • RE: Database size, I am confused

    Please run DBCC SHOWCONTIG (dbname) on each database and post the results.

    Steve Phelps

    SQL Server DBA

    American Fidelity Group

  • RE: procedure naming prefixes

    Look at sp_rename. Based on your original question, I assume that your procs are not in master. So, you might write a script that finds everything in sysobjects...

  • RE: Database size, I am confused

    If the original database has been around a while, and has had lots of inserts/deletes/updates, and you've never de-fragmented it, it could have been highly fragmented, which would cause it...

  • RE: BackUps Failing...Help!

    The database can have users/processes while performing a backup.

    Steve Phelps

    SQL Server DBA

    American Fidelity Group

  • RE: DBCC Shinkfile not works

    Jennifer,

    A full backup will not affect log size or log usage. DBCC SHRINKFILE won't work either unless you have unused space in your log. You need to truncate...

  • RE: Locked out - please help

    Do you have a backup of the msdb database prior to removing builtin/admin? If so, you can restore msdb and your builtin/admin will be back.

    Failing that, to...

  • RE: Net Send Message

    You can build the command before going to xp_cmdshell....

    SET @cmd = 'NET SEND ' + @Recipient + ' ' + @Message

    EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd, NO_OUTPUT

    Steve Phelps

    SQL Server DBA

    American Fidelity Group

  • RE: Export DB to System off Network

    Just a thought...

    You are initializing the devices, and creating the database before trying to restore, right???

    Steve Phelps

    SQL Server DBA

    American Fidelity Group

  • RE: Job Scheduling - interesting requirement

    I'd like to thank everyone for their input on this. It seems "solution #1" wins hands down. The only problem that I have with "solution #1" is scheduling...

  • RE: Transaction logs increased up to 16 GB

    Chandu,

    If your database is 600mb and your transaction log has grown to 16gb, and you are taking nightly backups, I assume that you are only taking full database backups. In...

  • RE: Microsoft: "Don´t use the prefix sp_"

    I use a different prefix simply to differentiate my sp's from the microsoft supplied sp's. If they all start with my special "af" prefix, they're easy to identify as...

  • RE: Simple recovery model

    If the recovery model is set to simple, the backup statement that you ran would have failed...

    --backup log eXpress to sql1backup

    Server: Msg 4208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

    The statement...

  • RE: Server Properties won't Display

    Thank you for the responses. The situation has been resolved. It was discovered that one of our network administrators had been "messing" with the accounts that all of...

  • RE: User already exists! After backup restore

    Ricky,

    You have another beer waiting for you in Oklahoma City, OK!

    Thanks!

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