Thanks for all your help! Upon research, I realize that this table was designed poorly. Multiple apps supply the need for multiple data types on this field on the table. It is quite a mess. However, I fixed the problem by creating a view of the table and changing the field to integer in the […]
2003-09-02
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Why does a 3 gig DB shrink to 180mb, was it the logs ?? if it was you could have considered stopping the db, copying the mdf, then attach it on the new machine. I always do a backup before, shrinks or reorgs. I haven't seen any problems, but anything is possible, and I always […]
2003-08-28
Hi Bill, I'll get in this ring first quote: It is a common (but bad) practice to take a dump of a production database, then restore it on a box for developer's to access (for testing, bug fixes, etc.) Some of the data could contain SSN, Driver's numbers, Names, etc and personal info that shouldn't […]
2003-08-25
The Identity Seed Gets incremented every time you insert a record! if you want to reuse the Identity value that you deleted then you must run: DBCC CHECKIDENT ('able Name', RESEED, 'reuse value') I believe that you don't have to drop the Foreign Key constraint, just be AWARE that you should be able to live […]
2003-08-25
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If you are fighting with Excel, this doesn't have error trapping for when the table DOES NOT exist but (if you're not too concerned about that scenario happening), this works pretty well without activex... Using normal DTS Execute SQL Tasks (connected with On Success workflow): Task 1 a) Set existing connection to your XLS connection […]
2003-08-22
Before my dba/webdev days I was a "Configuration Manager" at Nordstrom.com. That title didn't do to well in 2K, let me tell you. Bob: What exactly is it that you do here? Calvin: Can you see? I take the source code from the developers and deliver it to QA. Then I take the source code […]
2003-08-20
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Yes. Outlook 2000 is installed on the box as SQL Server 2000 running.
2003-08-20
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yep! Sometimes, I will even cover my rear further by doing something before the transaction, such as: select * into tempdb..orders from orders Sometime I'll take a prior full backup of the database. It really all depends on the circumstances. Cheers, - Mark
2003-08-20
Hi, I have seen no major differences in restore times between LiteSpeed and Native restores. My experience with restores (LiteSpeed or Native), is that there are two major factors which will cause varying results in restore times: 1-Restoring on a system where the database and log devices do not already exist will generally be twice […]
2003-08-20
The destination file doesn't have to exist. In my testing I created one from the DTS package. Cheers, - Mark
2003-08-19
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