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  • RE: SQL Server Automated Deployment - Development to Prod

    +1 for this solution which got demo'd at SQL in the City last week. Your best bet would be to speak to the guys...

  • RE: Database Mail - Could not connect (no such host)!

    kevaburg (6/19/2013)


    Are the two machines no the same subnet? If not then there might be an ACL on a border router blocking the port.

    Good thinking Penfold! 🙂

    They're both...

  • RE: Database Mail - Could not connect (no such host)!

    Thanks Elliot, we're scheduled to have another look at this one tomorrow. The only difference I've got on my gmail setup is the port number so I'll give that...

  • RE: ALL clause in SQL Server

    Hugo Kornelis (6/18/2013)


    Toreador (6/18/2013)


    I got this wrong, but having read the explanation I'm still none the wiser...

    To understand the mechanics, start with the subquery:

    SELECT Departmentid

    FROM Emptable AS Emptable_1

    WHERE (Empid...

  • RE: Database Mail - Could not connect (no such host)!

    Elliott Whitlow (6/17/2013)


    I know you said everything is spelled correctly and you could connect via telnet and ping.

    I'm verifying that you are trying telnet and ping by name and not...

  • RE: SHOWPLAN_XML

    Ambiguity thou art a bitch!!

    Luckily got it right but it was always going to be a gamble due to the available answers!

  • RE: Indexing

    kapil_kk (6/14/2013)


    Lokesh Vij (6/13/2013)


    My eyes winked when I looked at this code

    DROP TABLE [dbo].[IndexTable]

    SELECT * FROM indextable

    Qotd aks about "the output of select statement", but as per the code this...

  • RE: Moved Tempdb .mdf now can't restart SQL Server.

    Thanks for responding so quickly guys.

    @Gail - that'll teach me to read the error messages in full - when I grow up I want to be a proper DBA!! 😀

  • RE: IFF - 1

    I was wondering about the collation issue (i.e. case sensitive or not) and as the question didn't specify the collation I took a punt...... and got it wrong! Hey Ho....

  • RE: SSMS Error Message

    This one made me chuckle even though I went for the sp_addmessage answer, very good start to my day. 😀

  • RE: SQL Server only using 4Gb of 8Gb RAM

    Problem solved (ish):- Caused by 32bit OS restricted to max of 4Gb - time to get to the root of what is using so much memory now then!! 😀

  • RE: Assigning categories to values 2

    kapil_kk (5/15/2013)


    Lokesh Vij (5/15/2013)


    I found Today's question relatively easier than yesterday. 🙂

    true 😛

    +1 to that but I was looking for a catch somewhere in the answers though (paranoid much!!)...

  • RE: Assigning categories to values 1

    Liked that one, looked innocuous at first then had a think about it and had a facepalm moment as I was writing out what I thought the results would be...

  • RE: VMWare, virtual disks and SQL Server

    Ness (5/10/2013)


    RAID 10 should be better for write operations but a more expsensive option. RAID 6 good al rounder but slower for write i/o Thick disks are probably best.

    Thanks Ness,...

  • RE: Data Type

    Interesting one, had to use sp_help though as I wasn't 100% sure! 😀

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