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RE: How to Compute Actual Space Used In Datafiles

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Have to add my two cents...   DECLARE @DBName nvarchar(60) DECLARE @SQLString nvarchar (2000) DECLARE c_db CURSOR FOR     SELECT name     FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases     WHERE status&512 = 0 CREATE TABLE #TempForFileStats([Server Name]          nvarchar(40),                                [Database Name]        nvarchar(60),                                [File Name]            nvarchar(128),                                [Usage Type]           varchar (6),                                [Size (MB)]            real,                                [Space Used (MB)]      […]

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2004-05-06

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Any known issues using Access with SQL Server

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Hello,I'm currently learning SQL Server and have had years of experience with Microsoft Access.  I've heard from several DBAs that using Microsoft Access to retrieve data from SQL Server can cause issues on the server.  I'm trying to get more information on specific types if issues seen so I can document them for our support […]

2004-04-21

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String Manipulation

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Hello,  I've got a stored procedure written that will send a query to a Finger server and return information about a person.  Currently, I get the person's name like this:Smith Joe R.  I would like to reformat this within the sp to read:Joe R. Smith or even break the name down into three separate fields.  […]

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2004-04-15

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RE: Duplicate Records Being Inserted

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Others gave you the reason why this occurs, but the way to avoid this situation would be to key off another field within the table and check against sometype of timestamp datetime field and a customer id type to see if a particular customer has within a relativly short timespan (e.g. within a few seconds […]

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2004-04-13

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Best Option to Replicate Database?

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We have a database that consists of a number of static tables, several tables that are rebuilt from scratch every night, a couple of SP's and a gazillion views. Currently it resides on a old SQL Server (old hardware, current software) and I'd like to migrate it to a newer High-Availability Clustered SQL Server environment our […]

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2004-04-06

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