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Error Handling - Efficient way

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Hi All, We are coming up with a OLTP kin of application. To start with we are little concerned upon how to handle errors (hope in the next version sql server will come with exceptions in line with oracle). Two ways we thought of is 1. After every dml statement check for errornum and have […]

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2001-12-19

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reg....count distinct query

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Hi, I've tried whatever I know, if anyone can help me on this it would be really very helpful. The application is related to web server hits reporting. The platform is asp/vb/sql2000/win 2k. The main database consists of the records from the Web Server Log files and it grows at 0.1 million records per day. […]

2001-12-08

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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Security

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This document introduces the new security features of Microsoft SQL Server 2000. New features are outlined, and a detailed discussion is provided about how to best implement security in a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain environment. Source code examples are included for developers who want to implement the security model immediately.

2001-12-06

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locking mechanism

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what is a standard locking mechanism in sql server 2000? is it a pagelock or a rowlock ? and if i access sql server from client side application ( like vb ), what locking mechanism it's used? because as far as i know the lowest locking mechanism in vb is pagelock

2001-12-04

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Worst Practices - Depending on the GUI

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One of the strengths of SQL Server is its ease of management and administration over other systems. Oracle, DB2, even early versions of SQL Server required command line mastery to make many types of changes. But should you really be using the GUI for most of your tasks?

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2001-12-04

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DTS Export Excel

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I am trying to export a recordset to excel, change or copy the excel file to a new file, and then email this result to a group of users. I am using a vbscript task to execute the file copy (changing the name). The problem I am having is that the excel file is locked […]

2001-11-30

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Learning about DTS

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Hi all, We use SQL 7.0 and I have a good understanding of DTS but I would love to know where I can learn more. I'm looking for any recommendations of books, etc. to find out how to edit existing jobs and learn about the different features of DTS jobs. Thanks in advance, Kevin ------------------ […]

2001-11-29

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Reducing database size

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Hi all, I hope someone can help. I have a Sql Server 6.5 Database that i need to shrink. It currently has a total size of 2200 MB 2000MB data and 200MB Logs. it is reporting 1432MB avalible for data. however when i try to shrink this it is reporting a minimum size possible of […]

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2001-11-29

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