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RE: Teamwork

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That really hits home for me too. I agree with Del (above). I have a short list of developers that I actually consider savvy enough to build solid code and an immense list of developers that I [know] from experience code horribly. The "good" coders are the ones that take pride in their work. It's […]

2005-05-23

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RE: Low Priority SQL?

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I think that you are referring to Online vs. Offline operations (From Books Online):DBCC INDEXDEFRAG is an online operation. While this operation is running, the underlying table is available to users of the database. DBCC DBREINDEX is an offline operation. While this operation is running, the underlying table is unavailable to users of the database.AFAIK, […]

2005-05-20

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Outcourcing Operations

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Outsourcing should be used to free up staff, not replace them. That's a great mantra and one that's being espoused by the Gartner Group to its client. The logic is simple. Much of the IT budget it just "keeping the lights on", the tedious, mundane, everyday stuff that the Operations folks do. By outsourcing these […]

2005-05-04

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RE: Transfer AS400-->SQL Server with dynamic table names

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Hi,you can run an Active X script prior to the execution of the data pump to change the table name.Example:'********************************************************************** '  Visual Basic ActiveX Script ' ' Replace the Placeholder ##Supplier## in the  "WHERE" clause in the data pump task '************************************************************************Function Main() ' Get the root parent reference to the DTS package   Set oPkg = […]

2005-04-20

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Re: Problem in inserting a row

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Hi all,I like to insert a row from a table back into the same table.  In another word I want to duplicate the same record in the table in the stored procedure but it is generating the error below.  There is identity column in the table but I'm why I can't insert a row and […]

2005-03-17

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RE: ACCESS VIOLATION

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Nonetheless, such AV should be reported to MS tech support because it is a bug. Microsoft will most likely not charge you with it if you can prove it is a bug. SQL Server should error out nicely with "Constraints Violation". Unreported bugs will not be fixed and will propagate to the next version and […]

2005-02-02

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RE: HUGE Log File

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Really the quickest way?Detach the db, rename or delete the log, attach the DB or useBACKUP LOG WITH TRUNCATE_ONLYDBCC SHRINKFILEBtw, changing the recovery mode has not much to do with the growth of the log file. In doing so, you give up your ability to restore to the point of failure or a point in time.

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2004-12-29

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RE: Copy SP

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INSERT INTO tbl2 (fname) SELECT fname FROM tbl1 WHERE ref#='123'Btw, the # sign isn't really good to be used as a column name. I have seen several threads here, where this caused more or less severe problems.

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2004-12-16

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