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RE: Restore to New Server

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-- There is no problem with it, except the fact that it will keep getting bigger, until you re-initialize the file. I usually take log backup in to separate files and delete it after moving to the tape -- You can create the database if you want to before restoring but you have to choose […]

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2003-07-25

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RE: Importing data from txt file and updating Table

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One way is to import the file into a temporary table and then process that temporary table to insert or update records in the master table. Depending on how complex the data is, you might get away with a simple insert statement: insert <master_table> select <col1>, <col2> from <temporary_table> where not exists (select * from […]

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2003-07-25

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RE: QOD Cheats

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People always cheat. You can't prevent it, though honestly we never discussed this. We tend to operate in a real time environemnt and assumed most everyone else would. We're a community and we have that level of trust among us. If people cheat, I'd like to think they'd get caught at some point. Perhaps we […]

2003-07-24

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RE: Simple Enough..

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Try this instead CREATE Procedure p_get_customerdetails /* Param List */ @Customer_ID int, @view Int =0 AS Set NOCOUNT ON /*     0 = CustMain     1 = Devices     2 = Setup     3 = trxHist */ IF @view = 0     BEGIN         SELECT * FROM vw_CUSTOMER WHERE CustomerId = @Customer_ID         RETURN 0     END IF @view = 1     BEGIN         SELECT […]

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2003-07-23

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RE: poor Question of the day 7_13_2003

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quote: Right 🙂 But I was doing it as a counter-example. You have a 'valid' login but you cannot login. Hence you cannot execute your SELECT. So there, Answer nr 1 does not work. I'm assuming you tested this. Out of curiousity, did you add your login to master as a user before blocking guest […]

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2003-07-16

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RE: Operational Acceptance Testing

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Here we have lots of servers and are always getting new apps. HOWEVER, they are mostly small and they are of little impact. And most people don't do the testing. We've tried to change that, but quite often the decision has been made far above me to move this into production, so we work with […]

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2003-07-10

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RE: Locking problem

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Yes - agree with GuardData - closing the rocordset ought to release any locks it is holding - in some configurations of the lock- and cursor- type parameters, the rst will act like a scroll cursor, holding a lock on the current record, or even all the records, until you close it. quote: We did […]

2003-07-01

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