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Sqlserveragent service started and then stopped

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When attempting to start SQLserveragent service, then servie starts and then stops issuing an informaitonal message "SQLServeragent servie on Local Computer started and then stopped.  Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do..."This prevents the service from running and from starting dependent tasks.  The messge is not logged into the event viewer or […]

2005-04-11

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Can''t upload reports

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I usually use the upload functionality to deploy reports.  Today, when I click "OK" to upload the new RDL file, nothing happens.  This worked fine for me last Thursday.  The only change I know about is that 4 patches were pushed to my workstation on Friday, (KB840315,KB841872,KB841873,KB842526).  I have looked these up and don't really […]

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2005-03-28

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Date calculation trigger problem

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I am trying to code an after insert, update trigger that will calculate a date but I am having a problem with my date variables being an invalid data type. I rightly or wrongly chose to try and perform this operation using a trigger because of a condition has to be tested and a few of the fields […]

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2005-03-28

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RE: how to find sa password

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SA may not be the only login that can perform a backup.  Backup permissions default to members of the sysadmin server role and the db_owner & db_backupoperator database roles.  If there's a login in one of those roles that you know, use it to do the backup.If you do a search on this site for […]

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2005-03-16

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RE: Curious Locking

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Thanks for that..had a look.The execution plans were identical.I tried varying the indexes on this table. One index in particular was dropped and it cured the problem....the query now runs in about 5 minutes instead of an hour. Funny thing is the same indexes exists on a similar test system and that runs ok??Thanks again..Graeme

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2005-03-11

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