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Help with Error from BCP

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Hi, I have an error I am trying to understand. First I am a programmer/developer who has mostly worked with DB2 (20 yrs). I have a database on a server. I was able to use BCP to create a format file for a table. Since the file being loaded has extra fields, I did what […]

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2002-01-10

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Executing a string versus a static SQL Statement.

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Which do you prefer to use in stored procedures? Building a string dynamically and then executing it or creating static SQL code? Do you ever mix these two techniques in the same stored procedures? For me, I prefer building a string dynamically and then executing it. Too me this allows much more flexibility and is […]

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2002-01-08

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AutoNumber Field?

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Does anybody know how to set up an AutoNumber field in SQL Server, like in Access? I want a field that simply increments a number by 1 with each new record, and so creates a unique field. Thanks!

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2002-01-07

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NT Event log: how to turn warnings into errors..

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Background: We have database maintenance plans to do our backups. Our backup file system filled up so the database backup failed. It generated a warning in the event log with the following text: "BackupMedium::ReportIoError: write failure on backup device '...'. Operating system error 112(There is not enough space on the disk.)." which is the standard […]

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2002-01-07

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Replication type interaction

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This is the scenario: 1. Merge replication between B <-> C 2. Trans replication from A -> B 3. This is with the same table x in both publications. 4. A change made on x in A replicates to x in B, but the merge replication do not register the change and therefor do not […]

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2001-12-04

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Handling Both

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posted from user: How can I solve this problem, Example: Create Table Test (ID integer, address char(40)) I like insert a data like this ID=1 address=O'donnell 74 or ID=2 address=2" size insert into test(ID, address) values(1,'O''donnel')? Brian Lockwood President LockwoodTech Software

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2001-12-03

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